II Samuel 17
1 Kalpasanna, kinuna ni Ahitofel kenni Absalom, “Ita palubosannak a pumili iti 12, 000 a lallaki, ken bumangonakto ket kamatek ni David inton rabii.
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom: “I will choose for myself twelve thousand men, and rising up, I will pursue David this night.
2 Mapanakto kenkuana inton nabannog ken nakapuy isuna ket maklaatto isuna gapu iti buteng. Agtatarayto dagiti tattao a kaduana, ket ti laeng ari iti darupek.
And rushing against him, for he is weary and has weakened hands, I will strike him. And when all the people who are with him will have fled, I will strike down the king in isolation.
3 Isublikto dagiti amin a tattao kenka, kas iti panagsubli iti nobia iti asawana, ket addaanto iti talna iti panagturaymo dagiti amin a tattao.”
And I will lead back the entire people, returning in the manner of one man. For you are seeking only one man. And all the people shall be in peace.”
4 Naay-ayo ni Absalom ken dagiti amin a panglakayen iti Israel iti imbaga ni Ahitofel.
And this word pleased Absalom and all those greater by birth of Israel.
5 Kinuna ngarud ni Absalom, “Ita ayabanyo met ni Cusai nga Arkita, ket denggentayo no ania iti makunana.”
But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite, and let us hear what he also may say.”
6 Idi dimteng ni Cusai iti ayan ni Absalom, impalawag ni Absalom kenni Cusai ti imbaga ni Ahitofel sana sinaludsod ni Cusai, “Rumbeng kadi nga aramidenmi ti imbaga ni Ahitofel? No saan, ibagam kadakami no ania ti maibalakadmo.”
And when Hushai had gone to Absalom, Absalom said to him: “Ahithophel has spoken a word in this manner. Should we do it or not? What counsel do you give?”
7 Kinuna ni Cusai kenni Absalom, “Saan a nasayaat iti daytoy a kanito ti balakad ni Ahitofel.”
And Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given at this time is not good.”
8 Kinuna pay ni Cusai, “Ammom a nabileg a mannakigubat ti amam ken dagiti tattaona, ket makaungetda, kasda la oso a natakaw dagiti urbonna iti kataltalonan. Maysa a mannakigubat iti amam; saan isuna a makikadua a maturog kadagiti soldadona ita a rabii.
And again Hushai declared, “You know your father, and the men who are with him, to be very strong and bitter in soul, comparable to a bear raging in the forest when her young have been taken away. Moreover, your father is a man of war, and so he will not live among the people.
9 Kitaem, nalabit nga ita a kanito ket nakalemmeng isuna iti maysa nga abut wenno iti sabali a lugar. Mapasamakto nga inton mapapatay iti sumagmamano kadagiti tattaom iti rugrugi iti raut, ibaganto iti siasinoman a makangngeg iti daytoy, 'Adda pannakapapatay kadagiti soldado a sumurot kenni Absalom.'
Perhaps now he hides in pits, or in another place, wherever he wills. And if by chance, in the beginning, anyone may fall, whoever hears about it, no matter what he has heard, will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who were following Absalom.’
10 Ket uray dagiti katuturedan a soldado, a kasla agpuspuso a leon, agbutengto gapu ta ammo iti amin nga Israel a maysa a maingel a tao ti amam, ken napipigsa unay dagiti tattaona.
And even the very strong, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will be weakened out of fear. For all the people of Israel know your father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are robust.
11 Isu nga ibalakadko kenka a pagmaymaysaem koma nga ummongen dagiti amin nga Israel kenka, manipud Dan agingga iti Beerseba, a kas kaado dagiti darat iti baybay, ket mapanka a mismo a makigubat.
But this seems to me to be the right counsel: Let all of Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand of the sea which is innumerable. And you will be in their midst.
12 Mapankaminto kenkuana sadinoman a pakasapulan kenkuana, ket kalubanmi isuna a kas iti panagtinnag ti linnaaw iti daga. Awanto ti ibatimi uray maysa kadagiti tattaona, wenno isuna a mismo, a sibibiag.
And we shall rush against him in whatever place he will have been found. And we shall cover him, as the dew usually falls upon the ground. And we shall not leave behind even one of the men who are with him.
13 No agkamang isuna iti maysa a siudad, ket mangipanto kadagiti tali dagiti amin nga Israel iti dayta a siudad ket iguyodminto daytoy iti karayan, agingga nga awanton uray maysa a bassit a bato a masarakan sadiay.”
And if he will enter into any city, all of Israel shall encircle that city with ropes. And we will pull it into the torrent, so that there may not be found even one small stone from it.”
14 Kinuna ngarud ni Absalom ken dagiti tattao ti Israel, “Nasaysayaat ti balakad ni Cusai nga Arkita ngem iti balakad ni Ahitofel.” Ta inkeddeng ni Yahweh iti pannakalaksid iti nasayaat a balakad ni Ahitofel tapno maiyeg iti pannakadadael kenni Absalom.
And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, said: “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” So, by an act of the Lord, the useful counsel of Ahithophel was defeated, in order that the Lord might lead evil over Absalom.
15 Kalpasanna, kinuna ni Cusai kada Zadok ken Abiatar a papadi, “Binalakadan ni Ahitofel ni Absalom ken dagiti panglakayen ti Israel iti kasta, ken kastoy a wagas, ngem adda iti maysa a banag nga imbalakadko.
And Hushai said to the priests, Zadok and Abiathar: “Ahithophel gave counsel to Absalom and to the elders of Israel in this and that manner. And I gave counsel in such and such a manner.
16 Ita ngarud, agapurakayo ket inkayo ipadamag kenni David; ' Saankayo nga agkampo inton rabii iti pagballasiwan iti Araba, ngem aramidenyo iti amin a pamusposan tapno makaballasiwkayo, ta no saan ket maalun-on ti ari agraman dagiti amin a tattao a kaduana.'”
Now therefore, send quickly, and report to David, saying: ‘You shall not stay this night in the plains of the desert. Instead, without delay, go across. Otherwise the king may be engulfed, and all the people who are with him.’”
17 Ita, adda nga agur-uray da Jonatan ken Ahimaas idiay igid iti ubbog ti Rogel; adda maysa nga adipen a babai a kadawyan a mapan agidanon kadagiti mensahe kadakuada. Kalpasanna mapanda ibaga kenni Ari David, tapno saan ida a makita a mapmapan iti siudad.
But Jonathan and Ahimaaz remained beside the Fountain of Rogel. And a handmaid went away and reported it to them. And they set out, so that they might carry the report to king David. For they could not be seen, nor enter into the city.
18 Ngem iti daytoy a tiempo, nakita ida iti maysa a bumarito ket imbagana kenni Absalom. Isu a sidadaras a pimmanaw ni Jonatan ken ni Ahimaas ket napanda iti balay ti maysa a tao idiay Bahurim, addaan daytoy a lalaki iti bubon iti paraanganna, nga isu ti bimmabaanda.
But a certain young man saw them, and he revealed it to Absalom. Yet truly, they traveled quickly and entered into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they descended into it.
19 Innala iti asawa ti lalaki ti pagkalub iti bubon ket inyabbongna daytoy iti ngarab ti bubon, ken winarisanna kadagiti bukbukel iti rabaw daytoy, isu nga awan ti makaammo nga adda iti uneg ti bubon da Jonathan ken Ahimaas.
Then a woman took and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as if drying hulled barley. And so the matter was hidden.
20 Napan dagiti tattao ni Absalom iti balay ti babai ket kinunada, “Sadino ti ayan da Ahimaas ken Jonatan?” Imbaga ti babai kadakuada, “Nagaballasiwda iti karayan.” Kalpasan a kinitada iti aglawlaw ket saanda ida a nasarakan, nagsublida idiay Jerusalem.
And when the servants of Absalom had entered into the house, they said to the woman, “Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman responded to them, “They passed through hurriedly, after they had taken a little water.” But those who were seeking them, when they had not found them, returned to Jerusalem.
21 Ket naaramid kalpasan a nakapanawda, rimuar da Jonatan ken Ahimaas iti bubon. Napanda impadamag kenni Ari David; imbagada kenkuana, “Tumakderkayo ket partakanyo ti bumallasiw iti danum gapu ta nagibalakad iti kasta ken kastoy ni Ahitofel maipapan kadakayo.”
And when they had gone, they ascended from the well. And traveling, they reported to king David, and they said: “Rise up, and go across the river quickly. For Ahithophel has given a counsel of this kind against you.”
22 Timmakder ngarud ni David ken dagiti amin a tattao a kaduana, ket binallasiwda ti Jordan. Awan uray maysa kadakuada iti saan a nakaballasiw iti Karayan Jordan sakbay nga aglawag iti agsapa.
Therefore, David rose up, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed over the Jordan, until first light. And not even one of them was left behind who had not crossed over the river.
23 Idi naammoan ni Ahitofel a saan a nasurot ti balakadna, sinillianna ti asnona sa pimmanaw. Nagawid isuna iti bukodna a siudad, inurnosna iti balayna, sana imbitin ti bagina. Iti kastoy a wagas natay isuna ken naitabon iti tanem ni amana.
Then Ahithophel, seeing that his counsel had not been done, saddled his donkey, and he rose up and went away to his own house and to his own city. And putting his house in order, he killed himself by hanging. And he was buried in the sepulcher of his father.
24 Kalpasanna, dimteng ni David iti Mahanaim. Kasta met ni Absalom, binallasiwna ti Jordan, isuna ken amin dagiti tattao iti Israel a kaduana.
Then David went to the encampment, and Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Ket insaad ni Absalom ni Amasa a mangidaulo iti armada imbes a ni Joab. Ni Amasa ket putot a lalaki ni Jeter nga Israelita, a nakikaidda kenni Abigail a putot a babai ni Naas ken kabsat a babai ni Zeruyas, nga ina ni Joab.
Truly, Absalom appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Now Amasa was the son of a man who was called Ithra of Jezrael, who entered to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Zeruiah, who was the mother of Joab.
26 Kalpasanna, nagkampo ni Absalom iti daga ti Galaad.
And Israel made camp with Absalom in the land of Gilead.
27 Ket naaramid idi nakadanun ni David iti Mahanaim, a ni Sobi a putto a lalaki ni Naas iti Ammonita a taga Raba, ken ni Makir a putto ni Amiel a taga Lodebar, ken ni Barzillai a maysa a Galaadita a taga Rogelim,
And when David had arrived at the encampment, Shobi, the son of Nahash, from Rabbah, of the sons of Ammon, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai, the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 ket nangiyegda kadagiti ikamen ken ules, malukong ken banga, ken trigo, arina a naaramid manipud iti sebada, nakirog a bukel, bukel ti utong, patani,
brought to him bedding, and tapestries, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and cooked grain, and beans, and lentils, and fried chick peas,
29 diro, mantikilya, karnero, ken keso. Tapno makapangan ni David ken dagiti tattao a kaduana. Kinuna dagitoy a tattao, “Mabisin dagiti tattao, nabannog, ken mawaw idiay let-ang.”
and honey, and butter, sheep and fattened calves. And they gave these to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the desert.
