2 Hamuera 17

1 I mea ano a Ahitopere ki a Apoharama, Tena kia whiriwhiria etahi tangata e ahau, kia kotahi tekau ma rua mano, kia whakatika ahau ki te whai i a Rawiri i te po nei.

And Achitophel said to Abessalom, Let me now choose out for myself twelve thousand men, and I will arise and follow after David this night:

2 A ka huakina ia e ahau i a ia e ngenge ana, i nga ringa e kahakore ana; na ka whakaoho ahau i a ia, a ka rere tona nuinga katoa, ko reira ahau patu ai i te kingi, i a ia anake;

and I will come upon him when he [is] weary and weak-handed, and I will strike him with terror; and all the people with him shall flee, and I will strike the king only of all.

3 A ka whakahokia mai e ahau te iwi katoa ki a koe: ko te hokinga mai tenei o te katoa, ki te mau te tangata e whaia nei e koe, penei ka ata noho te iwi katoa.

And I will bring back all the people to you, as a bride returns to her husband: only you seek the life of one man, and all the people shall have peace.

4 Na tika tonu taua kupu ki te whakaaro o Apoharama, ki te whakaaro hoki o nga kaumatua katoa o Iharaira.

And the saying [was] right in the eyes of Abessalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

5 Na ka mea a Apoharama, Tena, karangatia ano hoki a Huhai Araki, kia rongo ai tatou ki tana kupu.

And Abessalom said, Call now also Chusi the Arachite, and let us hear what [is] in his mouth, even in his also.

6 A, no te taenga o Huhai ki a Apoharama, ka korero a Apoharama ki a ia, ka mea, Ko te kupu tenei i korero ai a Ahitopere: me mea ranei e tatou tana i korero ai? ki te kahore, korero mai?

And Chusi went in to Abessalom, and Abessalom spoke to him, saying, After this manner spoke Achitophel: shall we do according to his word? but if not, do you speak.

7 Na ka mea a Huhai ki a Apoharama, ko te whakaaro i whakaaro ai a Ahitopere i tenei wa nei, kahore i pai.

And Chusi said to Abessalom, This counsel which Achitophel has counselled this one time [is] not good.

8 I mea hoki a Huhai, E mohio ana koe ki tou papa, ratou ko ana tangata, he toa ratou, e mamae ana hoki o ratou ngakau, e rite tonu ana ki te pea kua tangohia nei ana kuao i te parae; he tangata whawhai hoki tou papa; e kore e moe i roto i nga tang ata.

And Chusi said, You know your father and his men, that they are very mighty, and bitter in their spirit, as a bereaved bear in the field, [and as a wild boar in the plain]: and your father [is] a man of war, and will not give the people rest.

9 Nana, kei te piri tera i roto i tetahi rua, i tetahi atu wahi ranei; na, akauanei, hei te hinganga o etahi o ratou i te timatanga, a ka rongo tetahi, ka ki ia, Kua pa te patu ki te hunga e whai ana i a Apoharama.

For, behold, he is now hidden in one of the hills or in some [other] place: and it shall come to pass when he falls upon them at the beginning, that [some one] will certainly hear, and say, There has been a slaughter among the people that follow after Abessalom.

10 Ahakoa ko wai tetahi toa, i rite tona ngakau ki to te raiona, ka ngohe noa iho: e mohio ana hoki a Iharaira katoa he marohirohi tou papa, he toa hoki ana tangata.

Then even he [that is] strong, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, —it shall utterly melt: for all Israel knows that your father [is] mighty, and they that are with him [are] mighty men.

11 Koia ahau ka mea ai, Me ata kohikohi ki a koe a Iharaira katoa, o Rana a tae noa ki Peerehepa; kia rite ki te onepu i te moana te tini; me haere ano hoki koe, a koe na ano, ki te tatauranga.

For thus I have surely given counsel, that all Israel be generally gathered to you from Dan even to Bersabee, as the sand that is upon the sea-shore for multitude: and that your presence go in the midst of them.

12 Na ka whakaekea ia e tatou ki tetahi wahi e kitea ai ia; a ka tau iho ki runga ki a ia, ka pera ano me te tomairangi e tau ana ki runga ki te oneone: a ko ia me ana tangata katoa, e kore e mahu tetai i a tatou ahakoa kia kotahi nei.

And we will come upon him in one of the places where we shall find him, and we will encamp against him, as the dew falls upon the earth; and we will not leave of him and of his men so much as one.

13 A ki te tomo ia ki tetahi pa, na, ka mau taura atu a Iharaira katoa ki taua pa, ka toia taua pa e tatou ki roto ki te awa, kia kore ra ano e kitea tetahi kohatu, ahakoa ririki, ki reira.

And if he shall have taken refuge with his army in a city, then shall all Israel take ropes to that city, and we will draw it even into the river, that there may not be left there even a stone.

14 Na ka mea a Apoharama ratou ko nga tangata katoa o Iharaira, Pai atu te whakaaro o Huhai Araki i te whakaaro o Ahitopere. Na Ihowa hoki te tikanga kia whakataka te whakaaro pai o Ahitopere, kia kawea ai he kino e Ihowa ki runga ki a Apoharama.

And Abessalom, and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Chusi the Arachite [is] better than the counsel of Achitophel. For the Lord ordained to disconcert the good counsel of Achitophel, that the Lord might bring all evil upon Abessalom.

15 Katahi a Huhai ka mea ki nga tohunga, ki a Haroko raua ko Apiatara, Ko nga whakaaro tenei o Ahitopere ki a Apoharama ratou ko nga kaumatua o Iharaira; ko oku whakaaro hoki enei i whakatakoto atu nei.

And Chusi the Arachite said to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus Achitophel counselled Abessalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

16 Na kia hohoro te tono tangata ki te whakaatu ki a Rawiri. Mea atu, Kaua e moe i tenei po ki nga kauanga i te koraha; engari kia hohoro te whiti atu, kei horomia ake te kingi me tona nuinga katoa.

And now send quickly and report to David, saying, Lodge not this night in Araboth of the wilderness: even go and make haste, lest [one] swallow up the king, and all the people with him.

17 Na i Enerokere a Honatana raua ko Ahimaata e tatari ana; kihai hoki i ahei kia kitea e haere mai ana ki te pa: na ka haere tetahi pononga wahine, ka whakaatu ki a raua, a haere ana raua ki te whakaatu ki a Kingi Rawiri.

And Jonathan and Achimaas stood by the well of Rogel, and a maidservant went and reported to them, and they go and tell king David; for they might not be seen to enter into the city.

18 Otiia i kitea raua e tetahi taitamariki, a korerotia atu ana e ia ki a Apoharama: heoi hohoro tonu raua, a ka tae ki te whare o tetahi tangata i Pahurimi. Na he poka wai tana i tona marae, a heke iho ana raua ki reira.

But a young man saw them and told Abessalom: and the two went quickly, and entered into the house of a man in Baurim; and he had a well in his court, and they went down into it.

19 Na ka tikina tetahi hipoki e te wahine, taupokina ana e ia ki te poka, na horahia ana e ia he witi tuki ki runga, a kihai taua mea i mohiotia.

And a woman took a covering, and spread it over the mouth of the well, and spread out ground corn upon it to dry, and the thing was not known.

20 Na ka tae nga tangata a Apoharama ki te wahine, ki te whare, ka mea, Kei hea a Ahimaata raua ko Honatana? Na ka mea te wahine ki a ratou, Kua whiti raua i te awa wai. Na ka rapu ratou, a kihai i kitea, a hoki ana ki Hiruharama.

And the servants of Abessalom came to the woman into the house, and said, Where [are] Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman said to them, They are gone a little way beyond the water. And they sought and found them not, and returned to Jerusalem.

21 A, i muri i to ratou haerenga, ka piki ake raua i roto i te poka, a haere ana, whakaatu ana ki a Kingi Rawiri; i mea ki a Rawiri, Whakatika, hohoro koutou te whiti atu i te wai nei; ko te whakaaro hoki tenei o Ahitopere mo koutou.

And it came to pass after they were gone, that they came up out of the pit, and went on their way; and reported to king David, and said to David, Arise you and go quickly over the water, for thus has Achitophel counselled concerning you.

22 Katahi ka whakatika a Rawiri ratou ko tona nuinga katoa, a whiti ana i Horano: ao rawa ake te ra, kihai tetahi i kore te whiti i Horano.

And David rose up and all the people with him, and they passed over Jordan till the morning light; there was not one missing who did not pass over Jordan.

23 A, i te kitenga o Ahitopere kihai i meatia tana i whakaaro ai, whakanohoia ana e ia tana kaihe, a whakatika ana, haere ana ki tona whare ki tona pa, na kei te whakariterite i nga mea o tona whare, tarona ana i a ia, a mate ake, tanumia iho ki te tanumanga o tona papa.

And Achitophel saw that his counsel was not followed, and he saddled his ass, and rose and departed to his house into his city; and he gave orders to his household, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

24 Katahi ka haere a Rawiri ki Mahanaima. A i whiti ano a Apoharama i Horano me nga tangata katoa o Iharaira.

And David passed over to Manaim: and Abessalom crossed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

25 A ka meatia a Amaha e Apoharama hei whakakapi mo Ioapa, hei rangatira mo te ope: na he tama a Amaha na tetahi tangata, ko Itira tona ingoa, no Iharaira, i haere nei ki roto, ki a Apikaira tamahine a Nahaha, ki te teina o Teruia whaea o Ioapa.

And Abessalom appointed Amessai in the room of Joab over the host. And Amessai was the son of a man whose name was Jether of Jezrael: he went in to Abigaia the daughter of Naas, the sister of Saruia the mother of Joab.

26 Na noho ana a Iharaira ratou ko Apoharama ki te whenua o Kireara.

And all Israel and Abessalom encamped in the land of Galaad.

27 A, no te taenga o Rawiri ki Mahanaima, ka kawea mai e Hopi tama a Nahaha o Rapa o nga tama a Amona, e Makiri tama a Amiere o Rotepara, ratou ko Paratirai Kireari o Rokerimi,

And it came to pass when David came to Manaim, that Uesbi the son of Naas of Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Amiel of Lodabar, and Berzelli the Galaadite of Rogellim,

28 He moenga, he peihana, he oko oneone, he witi, he parei, he paraoa, he kanga pahuhu, he pini, he pi, me etahi atu mea pahuhu,

brought ten embroidered beds, (with double coverings, ) and ten caldrons, and earthenware, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and meal, and beans, and pulse,

29 He honi, he pata, he hipi, me te tiihi, hei kai ma Rawiri ratou ko tona nuinga: i mea hoki ratou, E matekai ana te iwi, e ngenge ana, e matewai ana i te koraha.

and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheeses of kine: and they brought them to David and to his people with him to eat; for [one] said, The people [is] faint and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.