2 Samuela 17

1 Naʻe pehē foki ʻe ʻAhitofeli kia ʻApisalomi, “Tuku ke u fili mai ha kau tangata ʻe tokotaha mano mo e toko ua afe, pea te u tuʻu hake mo tuli atu kia Tevita ʻi he poōni:

Moreouer Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me chuse out now twelue thousand men, and I will vp and follow after Dauid this night,

2 Pea te u hoko atu kiate ia lolotonga ʻa ʻene ongosia mo nima vaivai, pea u fakamanavahēʻi ia: pea ʻe hola ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate ia; pea teu taaʻi ʻae tuʻi tokotaha pe:

And I will come vpon him: for he is wearie, and weake handed: so I will feare him, and all the people that are with him, shall flee, and I will smite the King onely,

3 Pea te u toe ʻomi kiate koe ʻae kakai kotoa pē: ko e tangata ʻaia ʻoku ke kumi ʻoku hangē ia ko e liliu mai ʻoe kakai kotoa pē: pea ʻe fiemālie ai ʻae kakai kotoa pē.”

And I will bring againe all the people vnto thee, and when all shall returne, (the man whome thou seekest being slaine) all the people shalbe in peace.

4 Pea naʻe lelei ʻae lea ni kia ʻApisalomi, pea mo e mātuʻa kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli.

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the Elders of Israel.

5 Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe ʻApisalomi, “Ui eni foki kia Husai ko e tangata ʻAliki, pea ke tau fanongo ki heʻene lau ʻaʻana.”

Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let vs heare likewise what he sayth.

6 Pea ʻi heʻene hoko mai ʻa Husai kia ʻApisalomi, naʻe lea ʻa ʻApisalomi kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “Kuo pehē ni ʻae lea kuo fai ʻe ʻAhitofeli: te tau fai pe ʻikai ki heʻene lea? Kapau ʻe ʻikai, ke ke lea mai pe koe.”

So when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spake vnto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken thus: shall we doe after his saying, or no? tell thou.

7 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Husai kia ʻApisalomi, “Ko e fakakaukau kuo lea ʻaki ʻe ʻAhitofeli ʻoku ʻikai lelei ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko eni.”

Hushai then answered vnto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath giuen, is not good at this time.

8 He naʻe pehē ʻe Husai, “ʻOku ke ʻilo ʻa hoʻo tamai pea mo ʻene kau tangata, ko e kau tangata toʻa ʻakinautolu, pea kuo nau mamahi ʻi honau loto, ʻo hangē ko ha pea kuo kaihaʻasi mei ai hono ʻuhiki ʻi he vao: pea ko hoʻo tamai ko e tangata maheni ai mo e tau, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne nofo fakataha mo e kakai.

For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father, and his men, that they be strong men, and are chafed in minde as a beare robbed of her whelps in the fielde: also thy father is a valiant warrier, and will not lodge with the people.

9 Vakai, kuo fufū eni ia ʻi ha luo, pe ʻi ha potu kehe: pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻoka tō hifo honau niʻihi ʻi he kamataʻanga, ʻe pehē ʻe ia kotoa pē ʻoku fanongo ki ai, Kuo fai ʻae teʻia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai ʻoku muimui kia ʻApisalomi.

Behold, he is hid now in some caue, or in some place: and though some of them be ouerthrowen at the first, yet the people shall heare, and say, The people that follow Absalom, be ouerthrowen.

10 Pea ko ia foki ʻoku toʻa pea tatau hono loto mo e loto ʻo ha laione, ʻe vaivai ʻaupito: he ʻoku ʻilo ʻe ʻIsileli kātoa ko hoʻo tamai ko e tangata toʻa ia, pea ʻoku lototoʻa ʻakinautolu ʻoku kau mo ia.

Then he also that is valiant whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall shrinke and faint: for all Israel knoweth, that thy father is valiant, and they which be with him, stout men.

11 Ko ia ko ʻeku fakakaukau ʻaʻaku ke tānaki kotoa pē ʻa ʻIsileli kiate koe, mei Tani ʻo aʻu atu ki Peasipa, ke hangē ko e ʻoneʻone ʻoe matātahi ʻa honau tokolahi; pea ko koe, ke ʻalu koe ki he tau.

Therefore my counsell is, that all Israel be gathered vnto thee, from Dan euen to Beer-sheba as the sand of the sea in nomber, and that thou goe to battell in thine owne person.

12 Pea pehē, te tau hoko atu kiate ia ʻi ha potu pe ʻe ʻilo ai ia, pea te tau tō hifo ki ai ʻo hangē ko e tō hifo ʻae hahau ki he funga kelekele: pea ʻiate ia pea mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻoku kau mo ia ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito tuku ke toe hanau tokotaha.

So shall we come vpon him in some place, where we shall finde him, and we will vpon him as the dewe falleth on the ground: and of all the men that are with him, wee will not leaue him one.

13 Pea kapau foki kuo ne hū atu ki ha kolo, ʻe toki ʻomi ai ʻe ʻIsileli kātoa ha ngaahi maea ki he kolo ko ia, pea te tau tohoaki ia ki he vaitafe, kaeʻoua ke taʻeʻiloʻi ʻi ai hano momoʻi foʻi maka siʻi ʻe taha.”

Moreouer if he be gotten into a citie, then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that citie, and we will draw it into the riuer, vntill there be not one small stone founde there.

14 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻApisalomi pea mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, “ʻOku lelei hake ʻae fakakaukau ʻa Husai ko e tangata ʻAliki ʻi he fakakaukau ʻa ʻAhitofeli. He naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe Sihova ke veuveuki ʻae fakakaukau lelei ʻa ʻAhitofeli, koeʻuhi kae ʻomi ʻe Sihova ʻae kovi kia ʻApisalomi.”

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better, then the counsell of Ahithophel: for the Lord had determined to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel, that the Lord might bring euill vpon Absalom.

15 Pea naʻe toki pehē ai ʻe Husai kia Satoki mo ʻApiata ko e ongo taulaʻeiki, naʻe pehē mo pehē ʻae fakakaukau naʻe fai ʻe ʻAhitofeli kia ʻApisalomi pea mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻIsileli; pea kuo pehē mo pehē ʻa ʻeku fakakaukau ʻaʻaku.

Then said Hushai vnto Zadok and to Abiathar the Priests, Of this and that maner did Ahithophel and the Elders of Israel counsell Absalom: and thus and thus haue I counseled.

16 Ko ia foki mo fekau fakatoʻotoʻo, pea tala kia Tevita, ʻo pehē, ʻoua naʻa ke nofo ʻi he poōni ʻi he potu ʻataʻatā ʻoe toafa, ka ke mole atu ke vave; telia naʻa fōngia hifo ʻae tuʻi pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate ia.

Now therefore sende quickely, and shewe Dauid, saying, Tarie not this night in the fieldes of the wildernesse, but rather get thee ouer, lest the King be deuoured and all the people that are with him.

17 Ka ko eni naʻe nofo ʻa Sonatane mo ʻAhimasi ʻo ofi ki Eni-Lokeli; he naʻe tapu ʻe na hū mai ki he kolo: ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ha fefine ʻo ne tala ia kiate kinaua; pea naʻa na ʻalu ʻo fakahā ia ki he tuʻi ko Tevita.

Now Ionathan and Ahimaaz abode by En-rogel: (for they might not be seene to come into the citie) and a maid went, and tolde them, and they went and shewed King Dauid.

18 Ka naʻe mamata kiate kinaua ha tamasiʻi, pea ne fakahā ia kia ʻApisalomi: ka naʻa na ʻalu fakatoʻotoʻo fakatouʻosi, ʻo na hoko ki he fale ʻo ha tangata ʻi Pahulimi, ʻaia naʻe maʻu ha luo vaikeli ʻi hono lotoʻā, pea naʻa na ʻalu hifo ki ai.

Neuerthelesse a yong man sawe them, and tolde it to Absalom. therefore they both departed quickely, and came to a mans house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, into the which they went downe.

19 Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe he fefine ha meʻa ʻufiʻufi ʻo ne ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻae ngutu ʻoe luo vai, pea naʻe folofolahi ki ai ʻae fuaʻi uite ʻaia naʻe momosi; pea naʻe ʻikai ʻiloʻi ʻae meʻa ko ia.

And the wife tooke and spred a couering ouer the welles mouth, and spred ground corne thereon, that the thing should not be knowen.

20 Pea ʻi he hoko mai ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa ʻApisalomi ki he fefine ʻi he fale, naʻa nau pehē, Ko fē ʻia ʻa ʻAhimasi pea mo Sonatane? Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he fefine kiate kinautolu, “Kuo na mole atu ki he kauvai ʻe taha.” Pea hili ʻenau kumi mo taʻeʻiloʻi ʻakinaua, naʻa nau toe ʻalu ki Selūsalema.

And when Absaloms seruants came to the wife into the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Ionathan? And the woman answered them, They be gone ouer the brooke of water. And when they had sought them, and could not finde them, they returned to Ierusalem.

21 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hili ʻenau ʻalu, naʻa na ʻalu hake mei he luo vaikeli, ʻo na ō mo fakahā kia Tevita, ko e tuʻi, ʻo na pehē kia Tevita, “Tuʻu hake, pea ʻalu fakatoʻotoʻo atu ki he kauvai: he kuo pehē ni ʻae fakakaukau ʻa ʻAhitofeli kiate kimoutolu.”

And assoone as they were departed, the other came out of the well, and went and tolde King Dauid, and sayde vnto him, Vp, and get you quickely ouer the water: for such counsell hath Ahithophel giuen against you.

22 Pea naʻe toki tuʻu hake ai ʻa Tevita, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, pea naʻa nau aʻa atu ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani: ʻi heʻene maʻa hake ʻae ʻaho naʻe ʻikai toe ha tokotaha naʻe taʻeʻā atu ʻi Sioatani.

Then Dauid arose, and all the people that were with him, and they went ouer Iorden vntil the dawning of the day, so that there lacked not one of them, that was not come ouer Iorden.

23 Pea ʻi heʻene mamata ʻe ʻAhitofeli kuo ʻikai fai ʻa ʻene fakakaukau ʻaʻana, naʻa ne ʻai ʻae hekaʻanga ki heʻene ʻasi, pea ne tuʻu hake, pea naʻe ʻalu ia ki hono ʻapi, pea ki hono kolo, pea naʻa ne tuku ʻae fekau ki hono fale, pea ne tautau ʻe ia ia, ʻo ne mate, pea naʻe tanu ia ʻi he faʻitoka ʻo ʻene tamai.

Nowe when Ahithophel sawe that his counsell was not followed, he sadled his asse, and arose, and he went home vnto his citie, and put his houshold in order, and hanged him selfe, and dyed, and was buryed in his fathers graue.

24 Pea hili ia naʻe haʻu ʻa Tevita ki Mehanemi. Pea naʻe aʻa atu ʻa ʻApisalomi ʻi Sioatani, ʻaia mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli naʻe ʻiate ia.

Then Dauid came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed ouer Iorden, he, and all the men of Israel with him.

25 Pea naʻe fakanofo ʻe ʻApisalomi ʻa ʻAmasa ko e ʻeiki pule ʻoe tau ko e fetongi ʻo Soape: pea ko ʻAmasa ko e foha ia ʻoe tangata ʻaia naʻe hingoa ko Itila ko e tangata ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻe ʻalu ʻo mohe mo ʻApikali ko e ʻofefine ʻo Naʻasi, pea ko e tokoua kia Seluia ko e faʻē ʻa Soape.

And Absalom made Amasa captaine of the hoste in the stead of Ioab: which Amasa was a mans sonne named Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Ioabs mother.

26 Ko ia naʻe nofo ai ʻa ʻIsileli mo ʻApisalomi ʻi he fonua ʻo Kiliati.

So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

27 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻI heʻene hoko mai ʻa Tevita ki Mehanemi, [naʻe haʻu ]ʻa Sopi ko e foha ʻo Naʻasi mei Lapa ʻi he fānau ʻa ʻAmoni, mo Mekili ko e foha ʻo ʻAmieli ʻo Lotipale, mo Pasilai ko e tangata Kiliati mei Lokelimi,

And when Dauid was come to Mahanaim, Shobi the sonne of Nahash out of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the sonne of Ammiel out of Lo-debar, and Barzelai the Gileadite out of Rogel

28 ‌ʻO[nau ]ʻomi ʻae ngaahi moheʻanga, mo e ngaahi ipu, mo e ngaahi ipu kelekele, mo e uite, mo e paʻale, mo e mahoaʻa, mo e uite naʻe tunu, mo e piini, mo e faʻahinga piini naʻe tunu.

Brought beds, and basens, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and floure, and parched corne, and beanes, and lentiles, and parched corne.

29 Mo e honi, mo e pota, mo e fanga sipi, mo e siisi mei he[huhuʻa ʻoe ]fanga pulu fefine, [ko e meʻa ]maʻa Tevita, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, kenau kai: he naʻa nau pehē, Kuo fiekaia ʻae kakai, mo ongosia, mo fieinua, ʻi he toafa.

And they brought hony, and butter, and sheepe, and cheese of kine for Dauid and for the people that were with him, to eate: for they said, The people is hungry, and wearie, and thirstie in the wildernesse.