2 Samyèl 19

1 Yo voye di Joab jan wa a t'ap kriye, jan li te pran lapenn pou Absalon ki mouri a.

It was told Joab, "Look, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom."

2 Jou sa a, sòlda David yo pa t' fè fèt pou genyen yo genyen batay la. Yo tout te kagou, paske yo te pran nouvèl jan wa a te nan gwo lapenn pou lanmò pitit li a.

The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people; for the people heard it said that day, "The king grieves for his son."

3 Yo antre nan lavil la san fè ankenn bri, tankou sòlda ki wont paske yo kouri pou lagè.

So the people went quietly into the city that day, the way that people who are humiliated creep away when fleeing in battle.

4 Wa a menm te kouvri tèt li, li t'ap rele: -Woy! Gason m' lan! Absalon, pitit gason m' lan! Absalon, pitit gason m' lan!

The king covered his face, and he cried with a loud voice, "My son Absalom, Absalom, my son."

5 Joab al jwenn wa a nan chanm li, li di l' konsa: -Jan ou fè sa jòdi a ou fè tout sòlda ou yo wont. Yo menm ki te sove lavi ou ansanm ak lavi pitit gason ak pitit fi ou yo, lavi madanm ak fanm kay ou yo.

Then Joab went into the house to the king, and said, "Today you have humiliated the faces of all your servants, who have this day saved your life and the lives of your sons and of your daughters and the lives of your wives and the lives of your secondary wives;

6 Ou moutre jan ou renmen moun ki rayi ou, men ou pa vle wè moun ki renmen ou. Ou fè wè jan chèf lame ak sòlda k'ap goumen pou ou yo pa di ou anyen. Jòdi a mwen wè monwa ta pi kontan si Absalon te vivan, epi nou tout nou te mouri.

by loving those who hate you and hating those who love you. For you have made it clear today that commanders and servants are nothing to you. For you know that if Absalom were alive today, and all of us had died, then you would be pleased.

7 Koulye a, monwa, leve non! Al pale ak moun pa ou yo pou ankouraje yo. Si ou pa fè sa, mwen fè sèman devan Bondye, denmen maten p'ap gen yon moun k'ap kanpe avè ou ankò. Malè sa a pral pi rèd pase tout malè ki janm tonbe sou ou depi ou te jenn gason rive jounen jòdi a.

Now therefore get up, go out and speak kindly to your servants. For I swear by the LORD, if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you this night, and that will be worse for you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now."

8 Wa a leve vre, li vin chita bò pòtay lavil la. Lè sòlda yo vin konn sa, yo tout vin sanble bò kote l'. Moun peyi Izrayèl yo menm te kouri ale chak moun lakay yo.

So the king got up and sat at the gate. And all the people were informed, saying, "Look, the king is sitting at the gate." And all the people came before the king. Meanwhile, Israel had fled each man to his tent.

9 Nan tou peyi Izrayèl la, moun t'ap diskite, yo t'ap di: -Wa David te delivre nou anba men lènmi nou yo. Li te sove nou anba men moun peyi Filisti yo. Men koulye a, li kouri kite peyi a poutèt Absalon.

All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land and from being over his kingdom.

10 Nou te fè /seremoni pou mete Absalon wa peyi a. Men li mouri nan lagè. Sa ki kenbe nou koulye a pou nou fè wa David tounen ankò?

And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you not speak a word of bringing the king back?" And the talk of all Israel came to the king.

11 Antan wa a lakay li, li vin konnen tou sa pèp la t'ap di. Lamenm, li voye yon mesaj bay Zadòk ak Abyata, li di yo: -Pale ak chèf fanmi moun peyi Jida yo. Mande yo poukisa se pa yo menm premye moun ki chache fè wa a tounen lakay li.

So king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, "Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, 'Why are you the last to bring the king back to his palace?

12 Di yo se fanmi m' yo ye, menm ras avè m'. Poukisa se yo menm dènye moun ki pou fè m' tounen nan palè a?

You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?'

13 n'a pale ak Amasa, n'a di l' pou mwen se fanmi m' li ye. Depi jòdi a, mwen mete l' alatèt lame mwen an nan plas Joab. Si mwen pa kenbe pawòl, se pou Bondye ban m' pi gwo pinisyon ki genyen!

And say to Amasa, 'Aren't you my bone and my flesh? Now then, God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't commander of the army before me continually in place of Joab. '"

14 Lè tout moun peyi Jida yo tande pawòl David yo, yo tonbe dakò ak li. Yo mete tèt yo ansanm, yo voye di l': -Ou mèt tounen ansanm ak tout moun pa ou yo.

Thus the heart of all the men of Judah was inclined as one man, so that they sent a message to the king, "Return, you and all your servants."

15 Wa a leve, li pran wout pou l' tounen. Li rive bò larivyè Jouden an. Tout moun peyi Jida yo, bò pa yo, kite lavil Gilgal, y' al kontre wa a. Yo ede l' janbe larivyè a.

So the king returned and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, having come down to meet the king, to bring the king across the Jordan.

16 Se konsa yon nonm nan branch fanmi Benjamen an, Chimeyi, pitit Gera a, moun lavil Baourim, te kouri al kontre wa David bò larivyè Jouden an ansanm ak yo.

And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David,

17 Te gen mil (1000) gason nan branch fanm Benjamen an avè l'. Ziba, domestik fanmi Sayil la, te la tou ansanm ak kenz pitit gason l' yo ak vin moun k'ap travay avèk li yo. Yo tout kouri al kontre wa a bò larivyè Jouden an.

and a thousand men from Benjamin with him. But Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him, waded through the Jordan ahead of the king,

18 Yo janbe larivyè a, yo ede moun wa yo janbe pas la. Yo fè tou sa wa a te mande yo fè. Lè wa a fè sa pou l' janbe tou, Chimeyi lage kò l' atè devan wa a.

and did the work of bringing the king across and to do whatever he wished. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he crossed the Jordan.

19 Li di l' konsa: -Monwa, tanpri! Pa kenbe m' nan kè! Bliye sa m' te fè ou jou ou t'ap kite lavil Jerizalèm lan. Tanpri, pa kenbe m' nan kè!

Then he said to the king, "May my lord not consider punishment. Do not remember what your servant did wrong on the day when my lord the king left Jerusalem, so that the king should call it to mind.

20 Mwen konnen sa m' te fè a te mal, monwa. Ou wè jòdi a, premye moun nan tout branch fanmi Jozèf la ki kouri vin resevwa ou, se mwen menm.

For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore, look, I have come today the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king."

21 Lè sa a, Abichayi, pitit gason Sewouya a, pale, li di konsa: -Sa pa ka anpeche yo touye Chimeyi, paske li te bay moun Bondye te chwazi pou wa a madichon.

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah replied, "Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?"

22 Men David reponn li: -Pa antre nan koze a. Sa pa gade ou, pitit Sewouya! Poukisa jòdi a ou vle kenbe tèt avè m'? Mwen pa vle yo touye pesonn nan moun peyi Izrayèl yo, paske jòdi a mwen konnen se mwen menm ki wa peyi Izrayèl la vre.

But David replied, "What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should become my adversaries today? Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? For do you not know that today I begin to rule over Israel?"

23 Apre sa, wa a di Chimeyi konsa: -Mwen fè ou sèman, yo p'ap touye ou!

Then the king said to Shimei, "You will not die." And the king gave him his oath.

24 Mefibochèt, pitit pitit Sayil la, te vin kontre wa a tou. Depi jou wa David te kite lavil Jerizalèm lan jouk jou li te tounen san danje san malè a, Mefibochèt pa t' koupe bab li, ni li pa t' lave pye l', ni li pa t' lave rad sou li.

Now Mippibaal son of Jonathan son of Saul came down to meet the king, and he had neither cared for his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back safely.

25 Lè Mefibochèt rive lavil Jerizalèm pou li al resevwa wa a, wa a di l': -Mefibochèt, poukisa ou pa t' pati ansanm avè m'?

And it happened when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mippibaal?"

26 Mefibochèt reponn li: -Monwa, se domestik mwen an ki woule m'. Ou konnen m' enfim. Mwen te mande domestik mwen an pou l' te sele fenmèl bourik mwen an pou m' te ka ale ansanm avèk monwa.

So he answered, "My lord king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said to him, 'Saddle a donkey for me so that I may ride on it and go with the king,' for your servant is lame.

27 Domestik la al ba ou manti sou mwen. Men, monwa, mèt mwen, ou tankou yon zanj Bondye. Ou mèt fè sa ou vle avè m'.

And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king did that which was good in my eyes, like an angel of God.

28 Tout moun nan fanmi Sayil, granpapa m' lan, te merite pou ou te touye yo vre. Men monwa, ou ban m' dwa pou m' manje sou menm tab avè ou. Mwen pa gen dwa mande monwa ankenn lòt favè ankò.

For though all my father's house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, yet you placed your servant among those who eat at your table. From whom, then, could I have finer treatment?" But when he cried out to the king,

29 Wa reponn li: -Ou pa bezwen di anyen ankò! Mwen pran desizyon m' deja. W'a antann ou ak Ziba pou nou pataje tè Sayil yo.

the king said, "Why do you multiply your words? I say: You and Ziba divide the property."

30 Mefibochèt di wa a: -Ziba te mèt pran tout pou li. Sa ki pi enpòtan pou mwen, se wè pou m' wè wa a tounen san danje san malè nan palè li.

And Mippibaal said to the king, "Yes, let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely home."

31 Bazilayi, moun lavil Gilgal, te desann soti lavil Wogelim rive larivyè Jouden ansanm ak wa a. Li janbe lòt bò larivyè a ansanm ak wa a. Lè li fin janbe, li di wa a orevwa pou l' te tounen lakay li.

Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, and he went with the king to conduct him from the Jordan.

32 Bazilayi te yon vye granmoun, li te gen katrevenzan. Li te rich anpil. Se li menm ki te bay wa a tout pwovizyon li te bezwen lè wa a te lavil Manayim.

Now Barzillai was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had provided for the king while he was staying at Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.

33 Wa a di l' konsa: -Ann ale ansanm avè m' lavil Jerizalèm non. M'a pran swen ou.

And the king said to Barzillai, "Come over with me, and I will provide for your old age in Jerusalem with me."

34 Men Bazilayi reponn li: -Monwa, mwen pa rete anpil tan ankò pou m' viv. M' pa wè poukisa pou m' ale ansanm avè ou lavil Jerizalèm.

But Barzillai said to the king, "How many more days would I have there, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

35 Mwen deja gen katreven lanne sou tèt mwen. Anyen pa di m' anyen ankò. M' pa pran gou ni sa m'ap manje, ni sa m'ap bwè. M' pa tande vwa gason ak fi k'ap chante yo ankò. M' pral tounen yon chay pou monwa.

I am now eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of male and female singers? Why then should your servant be any further burden to my lord the king?

36 Epitou, mwen pa merite tout rekonpans sa a. Se annik yon ti bout chemen m' te vle fè avè ou lòt bò larivyè Jouden an.

Your servant will cross the Jordan with the king for a short distance. Why should the king compensate me in this way?

37 Tanpri, kite m' tounen lakay mwen. Konsa, m'a mouri toupre tonm fanmi mwen. Men Chimkam, pitit mwen, ki va sèvi ou. Ou mèt pran l' avè ou, monwa. W'a fè sa ou wè ki pi bon pou li.

Please let your servant return, so that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you."

38 Wa a reponn li: -Bon. M'ap pran l' avè m'. M'a fè pou li tou sa ou menm w'a wè ki bon pou li. Nenpòt kisa w'a mande m', m'a fè l' pou ou.

And the king answered, "Kimham will go over with me, and I will do for him whatever I consider appropriate, and whatever you require of me I will do for you."

39 Apre sa, tout moun yo janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an. Lè wa a fin janbe, li bo Bazilayi, li rele benediksyon Bondye sou li. Bazilayi tounen lakay li apre sa.

All the people crossed over the Jordan, but the king remained. Then the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.

40 Tout moun peyi Jida yo ak mwatye nan moun peyi Izrayèl yo janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an ansanm ak wa a. Wa a desanm lavil Gilga. Chimkam te ale avè l'.

So the king went over to Gilgal, and Kimham went over with him. All the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.

41 Lè sa a, moun peyi Izrayèl yo al jwenn wa a, yo di l' konsa: -Monwa, poukisa frè nou yo, moun peyi Jida yo, te vin pran ou, yo fè ou janbe larivyè Jouden ansanm ak tout fanmi ou ak tout moun pa ou yo?

Look, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, "Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?"

42 Moun Jida yo reponn: -Nou fè l' paske wa a pi fanmi moun Jida yo pase li fanmi moun Izrayèl yo. Sa ki gen la a atò pou nou fache? Li pa janm peye manje pou nou ki fanmi l', ni li pa janm fè nou kado anyen.

The men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's cost? Has he given us a gift? Or has he brought us a portion?"

43 Lamenm, moun peyi Izrayèl yo reponn moun peyi Jida yo: -Nou gen dis fwa plis dwa pase moun Jida yo sou wa a, menm si se fanmi yo li ye. Poukisa nou menm moun Jida yo, nou meprize moun peyi Izrayèl yo konsa? Pa bliye se nou menm premye moun ki te pale koze fè wa a tounen an. Men moun peyi Jida yo pale pi fò, yo fèmen bouch moun peyi Izrayèl yo.

Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, "We have ten shares in the king, and we are the firstborn rather than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?" But the comments of the men of Judah were more forceful than the comments of the men of Israel.