2 Samuele 19
1 Sango ekomelaki Joabi na koloba: « Mokonzi azali kolela mpe asali matanga mpo na Abisalomi. »
Now it was reported to Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for his son.
2 Mokolo wana, elonga ebongwanaki matanga mpo na bato nyonso, pamba te bato bayokaki na mokolo wana sango koloba: « Mokonzi azali na mawa makasi mpo na mwana na ye ya mobali. »
And so the victory on that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said on that day, “The king is grieving over his son.”
3 Na mokolo wana kaka, bato bazongaki na nkuku kati na engumba lokola mampinga oyo bazali koyoka soni mpo ete bakimi na bitumba.
And the people declined to enter the city on that day, in the manner that the people were accustomed to decline if they had turned and fled from battle.
4 Mokonzi azipaki elongi mpe alelaki makasi: « Oh mwana na ngai ya mobali, Abisalomi! Oh mwana na ngai ya mobali, Abisalomi! Mwana na ngai ya mobali! »
And the king covered his head, and he was crying out in a great voice: “My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
5 Joabi akendeki kokuta mokonzi kati na ndako mpe alobaki na ye: « Lelo, oyokisi bato na yo nyonso soni, bato oyo bawuti kobikisa bomoi na yo, bomoi ya bana na yo ya mibali mpe ya basi, bomoi ya basi na yo mpe bomoi ya bamakangu na yo.
Therefore, Joab, entering to the king in the house, said: “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants, who saved your life, and the lives of your sons and your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines.
6 Olingaka bato oyo bayinaka yo mpe oyinaka bato oyo balingaka yo. Lelo penza, otalisi yango polele ete bakonzi ya basoda mpe basoda na bango bazali pamba na miso na yo. Namoni ete olingaki kosepela lelo soki Abisalomi azalaki na bomoi mpe soki biso nyonso tokufaki.
You love those who hate you, and you hate those who love you. And you have revealed this day that you have no concern for your leaders and for your servants. And truly, I know now that if Absalom had lived, and if we all had been killed, then it would have pleased you.
7 Sik’oyo, bima mpe pesa longonya na basoda na yo. Nalapi ndayi na Kombo na Yawe ete soki obimi te, soda moko te akotikala elongo na yo kino butu eya. Ekozala mpo na yo pasi, koleka makama nyonso oyo ekweyela yo wuta na bolenge na yo kino lelo. »
Now then, rise up and go out, and speak so as to make amends to your servants. For I swear to you by the Lord that if you will not go forth, not even one person will be left with you this night. And this will be worse for you than all the evils that have come to you, from your youth even to the present.”
8 Boye mokonzi atelemaki mpe avandaki na ekuke. Bongo tango bayebisaki basoda ete mokonzi avandi na ekuke, bango nyonso bayaki pene na ye. Mpe na tango wana, bana ya Isalaele bakimaki moto na moto na ndako na ye.
Therefore, the king rose up, and he sat at the gate. And it was announced to all the people that the king was sitting at the gate. And the entire multitude went before the king. But Israel fled to their own tents.
9 Kati na bikolo ya Isalaele, bato bazalaki kotiana tembe mpe koloba: « Mokonzi oyo akangolaki biso na maboko ya banguna na biso, bato ya Filisitia, ye nde sik’oyo akimi mokili likolo ya Abisalomi;
And all the people were conflicted, in all the tribes of Israel, saying: “The king has freed us from the hand of our enemies. He himself saved us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he flees from the land for the sake of Absalom.
10 mpe Abisalomi oyo topakolaki mafuta mpo ete akamba biso asili kokufa na bitumba. Boye mpo na nini bozali koloba eloko te mpo na kozongisa mokonzi na Yelusalemi? »
But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in the war. How long will you be silent, and not lead back the king?”
11 Mokonzi Davidi atindaki sango epai ya Banganga-Nzambe Tsadoki mpe Abiatari: « Botuna na bampaka ya Yuda: mpo na nini bosengeli kozala bato ya suka mpo na kozongisa mokonzi na ndako na ye, pamba te makambo oyo ezali kolobama kati na Isalaele mobimba esili kokoma na matoyi ya mokonzi?
Then truly, king David sent to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, saying: “Speak to those greater by birth of Judah, saying: ‘Why have you arrived last to lead back the king into his house? (For the talk in all of Israel had reached the king in his house.)
12 Bozali bandeko na ngai ya mibali, nzoto na ngai mpe makila na ngai. Bongo mpo na nini kozala bato ya suka mpo na kozongisa mokonzi?
You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why are you the last to lead back the king?’
13 Mpe boloba na Amasa: ‹ Ozali mosuni na ngai mpe makila na ngai te? Tika ete Nzambe apesa ngai etumbu ya makasi ndenge alingi soki banda sik’oyo okomi te mokonzi ya mampinga na ngai na esika ya Joabi mpo na libela. › »
And say to Amasa: ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do these things, and may he add these other things, if you will not be the leader of the military in my sight, for all time, in the place of Joab.’”
14 Makambo oyo Davidi alobaki ekotaki na mitema ya bato nyonso ya Yuda lokola moto moko. Boye batindaki maloba epai ya mokonzi mpo na koloba na ye: « Zonga, yo elongo na basali na yo nyonso. »
And he inclined the heart of all the men of Judah, as if one man. And they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
15 Mokonzi azongaki mpe akomaki kino na Yordani. Bato ya Yuda bayaki na Giligali mpo na kokende kokutana na mokonzi mpe kokatisa ye mayi ya Yordani.
And the king returned. And he went as far as the Jordan, and all of Judah went as far as Gilgal, so as to meet the king, and to lead him across the Jordan.
16 Shimei, mwana mobali ya Gera, moto ya ekolo ya Benjame ya Bawurimi, akendeki mbangu elongo na bato ya Yuda mpo na kokutana na mokonzi Davidi.
And Shimei, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, from Bahurim, hurried and descended with the men of Judah to meet king David,
17 Azalaki elongo na bato ya Benjame, nkoto moko, mpe Tsiba, moto oyo azalaki kosala kati na libota ya Saulo, elongo na bana na ye ya mibali zomi na mitano mpe basali na ye, tuku mibale. Bakendeki mbangu na Yordani epai wapi mokonzi azalaki.
with one thousand men from Benjamin, and with Ziba, the servant from the house of Saul. And with him were his fifteen sons and twenty servants. And going into the Jordan,
18 Bamataki na bwato mpo na kokatisa libota ya mokonzi mpe mpo na kosala nyonso oyo ezali malamu na miso ya mokonzi. Tango Shimei, mwana mobali ya Gera, akatisaki Yordani, akweyaki liboso ya mokonzi
they crossed the fords before the king, so that they might lead across the house of the king, and might act in accord with his order. Then, Shimei, the son of Gera, prostrating himself before the king after he had now gone across the Jordan,
19 mpe alobaki na ye: « Tika ete nkolo na ngai atangela ngai ngambo te, akanisa te mabe oyo mosali na ye asalaki mokolo oyo mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, alongwaki na Yelusalemi. Tika ete mokonzi alongola likambo yango na makanisi na ye.
said to him: “May you not impute to me, my lord, the iniquity, nor call to mind the injuries, of your servant in the day that you, my lord the king, departed from Jerusalem. And may you not store it up in your heart, O king.
20 Pamba te ngai, mosali na yo, nayebi ete nasalaki masumu, mpe lelo nayei awa lokola moto ya liboso kati na libota mobimba ya Jozefi mpo na kokutana na mokonzi, nkolo na ngai. »
For as your servant, I acknowledge my sin. And for this reason, today, I arrive as the first from all the house of Joseph, and I descend to meet my lord the king.”
21 Abishayi, mwana mobali ya Tseruya, alobaki: — Boni, Shimei asengelaki te kokufa mpo na likambo oyo, pamba te alakelaki mabe mopakolami na Yawe?
Yet truly, Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, responding, said, “Should not Shimei, because of these words, be killed, since he cursed the Christ of the Lord?”
22 Davidi azongisaki: — Likambo nini kati na ngai mpe bino bana mibali ya Tseruya? Bokomi lelo banguna na ngai! Boni, basengeli koboma moto moko lelo kati na Isalaele? Nayebi te ete ngai nde nazali lelo mokonzi ya Isalaele?
And David said: “What is it to me and to all of you, O sons of Zeruiah? Why are you acting toward me this day like Satan? Why should any man be put to death on this day in Israel? Or do you not know that today I have been made king over Israel?”
23 Bongo mokonzi alobaki na Shimei: — Okokufa te. Mpe mokonzi alakaki Shimei na nzela ya ndayi.
And the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And he swore to him.
24 Mefibosheti, koko ya Saulo, akendeki mpe kokutana na mokonzi. Banda mokolo oyo mokonzi abimaki kino azongaki, Mefibosheti atikalaki kosukola makolo na ye te, akataki mandefu te mpe asukolaki bilamba na ye te.
And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, descended to meet the king, with unwashed feet and uncut beard. And he had not washed his garments from the day that the king had departed, until the day of his return in peace.
25 Tango akomaki na Yelusalemi mpo na kokutana na mokonzi, Davidi atunaki ye: — Mefibosheti, mpo na nini okendeki te elongo na ngai?
And when he had met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
26 Mefibosheti azongisaki: — Mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, mosali na ngai akosaki ngai. Pamba te lokola ngai, mosali na yo, nazali na mbeba na makolo, namilobelaki: « Nakosenga ete babongisela ngai ane na ngai, mpe nakomata yango mpo ete nakende elongo na mokonzi. »
And in response, he said: “My lord the king, my servant spurned me. And I, your servant, spoke to him so that he might saddle a donkey for me, and I might climb upon it and go with the king. For I, your servant, am lame.
27 Kasi Tsiba, mosali na ngai, akosaki ngai. Akoselaki mosali na yo makambo epai ya mokonzi, nkolo na ngai. Mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, azali lokola Anjelu na Nzambe. Boye sala sik’oyo makambo oyo omoni ete ezali malamu.
Moreover, he also accused me, your servant, to you, my lord the king. But you, my lord the king, are like an Angel of God. Do whatever is pleasing to you.
28 Pamba te na makanisi ya mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, esengelaki koboma bato nyonso ya libota ya koko na ngai, Saulo; kasi atako bongo, ondimaki mosali na yo na mesa, kati na bato oyo bazali kolia elongo na yo. Boye makoki nini nakoki lisusu kozala na yango ya kosenga eloko epai ya mokonzi?
For my father’s house was deserving of nothing but death before my lord the king. Yet you have placed me, your servant, among the guests of your table. Therefore, what just complaint might I have? Or what else can I cry out to the king?”
29 Mokonzi alobaki na ye: — Mpo na nini maloba ebele boye? Nasili kopesa mitindo ete yo mpe Tsiba bokabola bilanga.
Then the king said to him: “Why are you still speaking? What I have spoken is fixed. You and Ziba shall divide the possessions.”
30 Mefibosheti alobaki na ye: — Lokola mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, azongi mobimba na ndako na ye, tika ete akamata na ye ata nyonso.
And Mephibosheth responded to the king, “But now let him take it all, since my lord the king has been returned peacefully into his own house.”
31 Barizilayi, moto ya Galadi, awutaki na Rogelimi mpo na kokatisa ebale Yordani elongo na mokonzi mpe kotika ye kokoba mobembo na ye.
Likewise, Barzillai the Gileadite, descending from Rogelim, led the king across the Jordan, having prepared also to follow him beyond the river.
32 Nzokande, Barizilayi akomaki mobange, azalaki na mibu tuku mwambe, mpe ezalaki ye nde asungaki mokonzi na mikolo nyonso oyo mokonzi avandaki na Maanayimi, pamba te azalaki moto ya bozwi mingi.
Now Barzillai the Gileadite was very old, that is, eighty years old. And he provided the king with sustenance when he was staying at the encampment. For indeed, he was an exceedingly rich man.
33 Mokonzi alobaki na Barizilayi: — Katisa elongo na ngai mpe vanda epai na ngai na Yelusalemi, mpe ngai nakosunga yo.
And so the king said to Barzillai, “Come with me, so that you may rest securely with me in Jerusalem.”
34 Kasi Barizilayi azongiselaki mokonzi: — Natikali na mibu boni mpo ete nakende elongo na mokonzi na Yelusalemi?
And Barzillai said to the king: “How many days remain in the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35 Nazali sik’oyo na mibu tuku mwambe. Boni, nakoki na ngai lisusu kokesenisa malamu mpe mabe? Mosali na yo akoki koyoka lisusu elengi ya biloko oyo azali kolia mpe komela? Nakoki lisusu koyoka mongongo ya bayembi ya mibali mpe ya basi? Bongo mpo na nini mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, akoki lisusu komitungisa mpo na mosali na yo?
Today I am eighty years old. Are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter? Or is food and drink able to delight your servant? Or can I still hear the voice of men and women singers? Why should your servant be a burden to my lord the king?
36 Mosali na yo akokatisa Yordani elongo na mokonzi mpo na mwa tango moke kaka. Kasi mpo na nini mokonzi akoki kopesa ngai lifuti ya boye?
I, your servant, shall proceed a little ways from the Jordan with you. I am not in need of this recompense.
37 Nabondeli yo, tika ete mosali na yo azonga mpo na kokufa na engumba na ngai pene ya kunda ya tata mpe mama na ngai! Kasi tala mwana na ngai ya mobali, mosali na yo, Kimeami. Tika ete akende elongo na mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, mpe salela ye makambo oyo yo omoni ete ezali malamu.
But I beg you that I, your servant, may be returned and may die in my own city, and may be buried beside the sepulcher of my father and my mother. But there is your servant Chimham; let him go with you, my lord the king. And do for him whatever seems good to you.”
38 Mokonzi azongisaki: — Tika ete Kimeami akende elongo na ngai, mpe ngai nakosalela ye makambo oyo ezali malamu na miso na yo. Nakosalela ye nyonso oyo akosenga ngai.
And so the king said to him: “Let Chimham cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever will be pleasing to you. And all that you ask of me, you shall obtain.”
39 Sima na bato nyonso kokatisa ebale Yordani, mokonzi mpe akatisaki. Bongo mokonzi apesaki Barizilayi beze mpe apambolaki ye. Mpe Barizilayi azongaki na ndako na ye.
And when the entire people and the king had crossed over the Jordan, the king kissed Barzillai, and he blessed him. And he returned to his own place.
40 Tango mokonzi akatisaki na Giligali, Kimeami mpe akatisaki elongo na ye. Bato nyonso ya Yuda mpe ndambo ya mabota ya Isalaele balekisaki mokonzi.
Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him. Now all the people of Judah had led the king across, but only as much as one half part of the people of Israel were there.
41 Kasi na mbala moko, bato nyonso ya Isalaele bayaki epai ya mokonzi mpe balobaki na ye: — Mpo na nini bandeko na biso, bato ya Yuda, bazwaki yo na kobombama? Mpo na nini balekisaki mokonzi na ebale Yordani, elongo na libota na ye mpe bato nyonso ya Davidi elongo na ye?
And so, all the men of Israel, running to the king, said to him: “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you away. And why have they led the king and his house across the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?”
42 Bato nyonso ya Yuda bazongiselaki bato ya Isalaele: — Tosalaki bongo, pamba te mokonzi azali ndeko na biso ya mosika te. Bongo mpo na nini kosilika na tina na yango? Boni, tobikaki bomoi na biso mpo na mokonzi? Tozwaki ata eloko moko mpo na biso?
And all the men of Judah responded to the men of Israel: “Because the king is nearer to me. Why are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten anything belonging to the king, or have any gifts been given to us?”
43 Bato ya Isalaele bazongiselaki bato ya Yuda: — Tozali na makoki kati na mokonzi koleka mbala zomi, mpe biso nde tozali na makoki mingi koleka bino na tina na Davidi. Mpo na nini bozali komona biso lokola bato pamba. Tozalaki bato ya liboso te na koluka ndenge nini kozongisa mokonzi na biso? Kasi bato ya Yuda bazongiselaki bato ya Isalaele na maloba makasi.
And the men of Israel responded to the men of Judah, and said: “I have the greater amount, ten parts, with the king, and so David belongs to me more so than to you. Why have you caused me injury, and why was it not announced to me first, so that I might lead back my king?” But the men of Judah answered more firmly than the men of Israel.
