2 Samuel 17
1 Tidak lama setelah itu, Ahitofel berkata lagi kepada Absalom, "Izinkanlah aku memilih 12.000 orang. Nanti malam aku akan berangkat mengejar Daud.
And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night.
2 Dia akan kuserang sewaktu dia lelah dan jatuh semangatnya. Aku akan mengejutkan dia, sehingga seluruh anak buahnya melarikan diri. Hanya Raja Daud saja yang akan kubunuh.
And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.
3 Tetapi seluruh anak buahnya akan kukembalikan kepada Tuanku seperti pengantin perempuan kembali kepada suaminya. Bukankah Tuanku hanya menginginkan nyawa satu orang saja? Yang lain tidak akan diapa-apakan."
And I will bring back all the people, as if they were but one man: for thou seekest but one man: and all the people shall be in peace.
4 Nasihat itu dipandang baik oleh Absalom dan oleh semua pemimpin Israel.
And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel.
5 Meskipun begitu Absalom berkata, "Panggillah sekarang Husai; mari kita dengar bagaimana pendapatnya."
But Absalom said: Call Chusai the Arachite, and let us hear what he also saith.
6 Ketika Husai datang menghadap, Absalom memberitahukan rencana Ahitofel, lalu berkata, "Akan kita turutikah nasihat itu? Jika tidak, berikan usul yang lain."
And when Chusai was come to Absalom, Absalom said to him: Achitophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do it or not? what counsel dost thou give?
7 Husai menjawab, "Nasihat Ahitofel kali ini tidak baik.
And Chusai said to Absalom: The counsel that Achitophel hath given this time is not good.
8 Paduka pasti tahu bahwa Daud dan anak buahnya itu adalah pejuang yang gagah berani. Mereka seganas beruang betina yang kehilangan anaknya. Lagipula Daud adalah prajurit berpengalaman yang tidak pernah bermalam bersama-sama dengan anak buahnya.
And again Chusai said: Thou knowest thy father, and the men that are with him, that they are very valiant, and bitter in their mind, as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away: and thy father is a warrior, and will not lodge with the people.
9 Mungkin pada saat ini pun dia sedang bersembunyi di dalam sebuah gua atau tempat lain. Jadi, seandainya anak buah Paduka diserang oleh Daud, dan ada yang tewas, maka siapa saja yang mendengar hal itu akan berkata bahwa anak buah Absalom telah dikalahkan.
Perhaps he now lieth hid in pits, or in some other place where he list: and when any one shall fall at the first, every one that heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that followed Absalom.
10 Maka orang-orang yang paling berani dan gagah perkasa seperti singa pun pasti akan menjadi takut. Sebab semua orang Israel tahu bahwa ayah Paduka itu adalah pahlawan, dan bahwa anak buahnya adalah pejuang-pejuang yang gagah berani.
And the most valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall melt for fear: for all the people of Israel know thy father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are valiant.
11 Oleh sebab itu, nasihatku begini: Kumpulkanlah semua orang Israel dari seluruh negeri, sehingga jumlahnya sebanyak pasir di tepi laut. Lalu Paduka sendirilah yang memimpin mereka maju bertempur.
But this seemeth to me to be good counsel: Let all Israel be gathered to thee, from Dan to Bersabee, as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered: and thou shalt be in the midst of them.
12 Kita akan menemukan Daud di mana pun dia berada, dan kita serang dia sebelum dia sadar apa yang terjadi. Tak ada yang akan dapat lolos, baik dia maupun anak buahnya.
And we shall come upon him in what place soever he shall be found: and we shall cover him, as the dew falleth upon the ground, and we shall not leave of the men that are with him, not so much as one.
13 Jika dia lari ke dalam sebuah kota, seluruh rakyat kita akan mengambil tali-temali dan menyeret kota itu lalu menjatuhkannya ke dalam lembah yang terdekat. Sebuah batu pun tak akan ada yang tertinggal di atas bukit itu."
And if he shall enter into any city, all Israel shall cast ropes round about that city, and we will draw it into the river, so that there shall not be found so much as one small stone thereof.
14 Mendengar itu Absalom dan semua orang Israel berkata, "Nasihat Husai lebih baik daripada nasihat Ahitofel." Memang, TUHAN telah menentukan untuk menggagalkan nasihat Ahitofel yang baik itu, supaya Absalom tertimpa malapetaka.
And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Sesudah itu Husai melaporkan kepada Imam Zadok dan Imam Abyatar tentang nasihat Ahitofel dan nasihatnya sendiri kepada Absalom dan para pemimpin Israel.
And Chusai said to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests: Thus and thus did Achitophel counsel Absalom, and the ancients of Israel: and thus and thus did I counsel them.
16 Kata Husai, "Cepat! Beritahukanlah kepada Daud supaya jangan bermalam di tempat penyeberangan sungai di padang gurun. Ia harus segera menyeberangi Sungai Yordan. Jika tidak, dia dan seluruh pasukannya akan dihancurkan."
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying: Tarry not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but without delay pass over: lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that is with him.
17 Sementara itu Yonatan anak Abyatar dan Ahimaas anak Zadok sedang menunggu di dekat mata air En-Rogel, di pinggir kota Yerusalem. Mereka tidak berani masuk kota sebab takut dilihat orang. Seperti biasanya, seorang budak wanita menyampaikan kepada mereka berita yang harus dilaporkan kepada Raja Daud.
And Jonathan and Achimaas stayed by the fountain Rogel: and there went a maid and told them: and they went forward, to carry the message to king David, for they might not be seen, nor enter into the city.
18 Tetapi kali itu seorang anak laki-laki kebetulan melihat mereka, dan memberitahukannya kepada Absalom. Jadi mereka cepat-cepat pergi dan bersembunyi di rumah seorang penduduk desa Bahurim. Di dekat rumahnya ada sumur dan mereka masuk ke dalamnya.
But a certain boy saw them, and told Absalom: but they making haste went into the house of a certain man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they went down into it.
19 Istri pemilik rumah itu membentangkan sehelai kain di atas lubang sumur itu dan menaburkan gandum di atasnya, sehingga sumur itu tidak kelihatan.
And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known.
20 Orang-orang suruhan Absalom datang ke rumah itu dan bertanya kepada wanita tadi, "Di mana Ahimaas dan Yonatan?" "Mereka baru saja menyeberangi sungai," jawabnya. Mereka mencari kedua pemuda itu, tetapi tidak menemukannya, lalu pulanglah mereka ke Yerusalem.
And when Absalom’s servants were come into the house, they said to the woman: Where is Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman answered them: They passed on in haste, after they had tasted a little water. But they that sought them, when they found them not, returned into Jerusalem.
21 Ahimaas dan Yonatan keluar dari sumur itu, lalu cepat-cepat pergi menemui Raja Daud dan melaporkan semuanya. Kata mereka, "Ahitofel memberi nasihat untuk menyerang Baginda. Jadi berangkatlah sekarang juga menyeberangi sungai ini."
And when they were gone, they came up out of the well, and going on told king David, and said: Arise, and pass quickly over the river: for this manner of counsel has Achitophel given against you.
22 Lalu Daud dan anak buahnya menyeberangi Sungai Yordan, dan sampai di seberang pada waktu fajar.
So David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan, until it grew light, and not one of them was left that was not gone over the river.
23 Ketika Ahitofel mengerti bahwa nasihatnya tidak dituruti, ia memasang pelana keledainya lalu pulang ke kotanya sendiri. Sesudah membereskan segala urusannya ia menggantung diri, lalu dikuburkan dalam kuburan keluarganya.
But Achitophel seeing that his counsel was not followed, saddled his ass, and arose and went home to his house and to his city, and putting his house in order, hanged himself, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 Daud telah sampai ke kota Mahanaim ketika Absalom menyeberangi Sungai Yordan, diiringi oleh orang-orang Israel.
But David came to the camp, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, be and all the men of Israel with him.
25 (Absalom telah mengangkat Amasa menjadi kepala pasukan menggantikan Yoab. Amasa anak Yitra orang Ismael; ibunya bernama Abigail anak Nahas, yakni saudara perempuan Zeruya ibu Yoab.)
Now Absalom appointed Amasa in Joab’s stead over the army: and Amasa was the son of a man who was called Jethra of Jezrael, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Naas, the sister of Sarvia who was the mother of Joab.
26 Absalom dan anak buahnya berkemah di tanah Gilead.
And Israel camped with Absalom in the land of Galaad.
27 Ketika Daud tiba di Mahanaim, ia disambut oleh Sobi anak Nahas dari kota Raba di Amon, dan oleh Makhir anak Amiel dari Lodebar, dan oleh Barzilai dari Rogelim di Gilead.
And when David was come to the camp, Sobi the son of Naas of Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammihel of Lodabar, and Berzellai the Galaadite of Rogelim,
28 Mereka membawa mangkok, kuali, dan kasur untuk Daud dan anak buahnya, juga gandum, jelai, tepung, gandum panggang, kacang merah, kacang merah besar, madu, keju, kepala susu dan beberapa ekor domba. Mereka tahu bahwa Daud dan anak buahnya sedang lapar, haus dan lelah karena perjalanan di padang gurun.
Brought him beds, and tapestry, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and fried pulse,
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and fat calves, and they gave to David and the people that were with him, to eat: for they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the wilderness.
