¹[Ny hafatra nataon'i Davida tamin'i Solomona, sy ny nahafatesany] Ary rehefa antomotra ny andro hahafatesan'i Davida, dia nandidy an'i Solomona zananilahy izy hoe:

¹And draw near do the days of David to die, and he chargeth Solomon his son, saying,

²Izaho efa handeha amin'ny lalan-kalehan'ny tany rehetra; koa mahereza ianao, ary misehoa ho lehilahy.

²`I am going in the way of all the earth, and thou hast been strong, and become a man,

³Ary tandremo izay asain'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao hotandremana handehananao amin'ny lalany hitandremanao ny lalàny sy ny didiny sy ny fitsipiny ary ny teni-vavolombelony, araka ny voasoratra ao amin'ny lalan'i Mosesy, mba hataonao lavorary avokoa izay rehetra hataonao sy izay rehetra halehanao,

³and kept the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that thou dost wisely all that thou dost, and whithersoever thou turnest,

⁴mba hanatanterahan'i Jehovah ny teny izay nilazany ahy hoe: Raha ny taranakao hitandrina ny alehany ka handeha eo anatrehako amin'ny fahamarinana amin'ny fony rehetra sy amin'ny fanahiny rehetra (hoy Izy), dia tsy ho diso zanakalahy ho eo amin'ny seza fiandrianan'ny Isiraely ianao.

⁴so that Jehovah doth establish His word which He spake unto me, saying, If thy sons observe their way to walk before Me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul; saying, There is not cut off a man of thine from the throne of Israel.

⁵Ary ianao koa mahalala izay nataon'i Joaba, zanak'i Zeroia, tamiko, dia ilay nataony tamin'izy roa lahy komandin'ny miaramilan'ny Isiraely, dia tamin'i Abnera, zanak'i Nera, sy tamin'i Amasa, zanak'i Jatera, izay novonoiny sady nalatsany rà toy ny amin'ny ady, nefa tsy nisy ady tsinona, ka nasiany rà toy ny amin'ny ady ny fehin-kibony teny am-balahany sy ny kapany teny an-tongony.

⁵`And also, thou hast known that which he did to me — Joab son of Zeruiah — that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether — that he slayeth them, and maketh the blood of war in peace, and putteth the blood of war in his girdle, that [is] on his loins, and in his sandals that [are] on his feet;

⁶Koa manaova araka ny fahendrenao, ary aza avela hidina any amin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita amin'ny fiadanana ny volo fotsiny.[Heb: Sheola]

⁶and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.

⁷Fa ny zanak'i Barzilay Gileadita kosa dia asio soa, ka avelao mba ho isan'izay mihinana eo amin'ny latabatrao izy; fa hanao soa toy izany no nankanesan'ireo tany amiko, fony nandositra an'i Absaloma rahalahinao aho.

⁷`And to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite thou dost do kindness, and they have been among those eating at thy table, for so they drew near unto me in my fleeing from the face of Absalom thy brother.

⁸Ary indro fa ao aminao koa Simey, zanak'i Gera, Benjamita avy any Bahorima loza loatra ny nanozonany ahy tamin'ny andro nankanesako tany Mahanaima, nefa izy mba nidina hitsena ahy tao Jordana ihany, ary Jehovah no manianako taminy hoe: Tsy hovonoiko amin'ny sabatra ianao.

⁸`And lo, with thee [is] Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, and he reviled me — a grievous reviling — in the day of my going to Mahanaim; and he hath come down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swear to him by Jehovah, saying, I do not put thee to death by the sword;

⁹Koa aza ataonao afa-tsiny izy; fa lehilahy hendry ianao, ka fantatrao izay tokony hanaovanao azy, ka amin'ny fandatsahan-drà no hampidinanao ny volo fotsiny ho any amin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita.[Heb. Sheola]

⁹and now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou [art], and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.`

¹⁰Ary Davida dia lasa nodi-mandry any amin'ny razany ka nalevina ao an-Tanànan'i Davida.

¹⁰And David lieth down with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David,

¹¹Ary ny andro nanjakan'i Davida tamin'ny Isiraely dia efa-polo taona; tao Hebrona no nanjakany fito taona, ary tao Jerosalema no nanjakany telo amby telo-polo taona.

¹¹and the days that David hath reigned over Israel [are] forty years, in Hebron he hath reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he hath reigned thirty and three years.

¹²[Ny nataon'i Solomona hampiorina tsara ny fanjakany] Ary Solomona nipetraka teo amin'ny seza fiandrianan'i Davida rainy; ary ny fanjakany dia niorina tsara

¹²And Solomon hath sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom is established greatly,

¹³Ary Adonia, zanakalahin'i Hagita, nankany amin'i Batseba, renin'i Solomona. Ary hoy ravehivavy: Moa fihavanana va no ahatongavanao? Dia hoy izy: Eny, fihavanana.

¹³and Adonijah son of Haggith cometh in unto Bath-Sheba, mother of Solomon, and she saith, `Is thy coming peace?` and he saith, `Peace.`

¹⁴Ary hoy koa izy: Misy teny kely holazaiko aminao. Ary hoy ravehivavy: Lazao ary.

¹⁴And he saith, `I have a word unto thee,` and she saith, `Speak.`

¹⁵Dia hoy izy: Hianao mahalala fa ahy ny fanjakana, ary ny Isiraely rehetra nanandrandra ahy hanjaka, kanjo tafahodina ny fanjakana ka lasan'ny rahalahiko, fa azony avy tamin'i Jehovah.

¹⁵And he saith, `Thou hast known that the kingdom was mine, and towards me set their faces had all Israel for reigning, and the kingdom is turned round about, and is my brother`s, for from Jehovah it was his;

¹⁶Koa ankehitriny zavatra iray loha no mba angatahiko aminao; ka aza dia lavinao aho. Ary hoy ravehivavy taminy: Lazao ary.

¹⁶and now, one petition I am asking of thee — turn not back my face;` and she saith unto him, `Speak.`

¹⁷Dia hoy izy: Masìna ianao, mitenena amin'i Solomona mpanjaka (fa tsy handà anao izy). mba homeny ho vadiko Abisaga Sonemita.

¹⁷And he saith, `Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king, for he doth not turn back thy face, and he doth give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.`

¹⁸Ary hoy Batseba: Eny ary, fa izaho dia hilaza ny teninao amin'ny mpanjaka.

¹⁸And Bath-Sheba saith, `Good; I do speak for thee unto the king.`

¹⁹Ary Batseba nankany amin'i Solomona mpanjaka hilaza aminy ny tenin'i Adonia. Ary ny mpanjaka nitsangana hitsena an'i Batseba sady niankohoka teo anatrehany, dia nipetraka teo amin'ny seza fiandrianany, ary nasainy nisy nitondra seza fiandrianana koa ho an'ny renin'ny mpanjaka; ka dia nipetraka teo amin'ny ankavanany izy.

¹⁹And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto king Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king riseth to meet her, and boweth himself to her, and sitteth on his throne, and placeth a throne for the mother of the king, and she sitteth at his right hand.

²⁰Ary hoy izy: Misy zavatra kely iray loha mba hangatahiko aminao, ka aza dia lavinao aho. Ary hoy ny mpanjaka: Angataho ary, ry ineny, fa tsy handà anao aho.

²⁰And she saith, `One small petition I ask of thee, turn not back my face;` and the king saith to her, `Ask, my mother, for I do not turn back thy face.`

²¹Dia hoy izy: Aoka Abisaga Sonemita homena ho vadin'i Adonia rahalahinao.

²¹And she saith, `Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.`

²²Fa Solomona mpanjaka namaly ka nanao tamin-dreniny hoe: Nahoana ianao no mangataka an'i Abisaga Sonemita ho an'i Adonia; angataho ho azy koa ary ny fanjakana, fa izy no zokiko, dia ho azy sy Abiatara mpisorona ary ho an'i Joaba, zanak'i Zeroia.

²²And king Solomon answereth and saith to his mother, `And why art thou asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? also ask for him the kingdom — for he [is] mine elder brother — even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.`

²³Ary Solomona mpanjaka dia nianiana tamin'i Jehovah hoe: Hataon'Andriamanitra amiko anie izany, eny, mihoatra noho izany aza, raha tsy hatao maty Adonia noho ny nanaovany izany teny izany.

²³And king Solomon sweareth by Jehovah, saying, `Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add — surely against his soul hath Adonijah spoken this word;

²⁴Koa ankehitriny, raha velona koa Jehovah, Izay nampitoetra sy nametraka ahy teo amin'ny seza fiandrianan'i Davida raiko sady nanome ahy fara handimby araka izay nolazainy, dia hatao maty anio ihany Adonia.[Heb. nanao trano ho ahy]

²⁴and now, Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and causeth me to sit on the throne of David my father, and who hath made for me an house as He spake — surely to-day is Adonijah put to death.`

²⁵Ary Solomona mpanjaka naniraka an'i Benaia, zanak'i Joiada; ary izy namely azy ho faty.

²⁵And king Solomon sendeth by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falleth upon him, and he dieth.

²⁶Ary Abiatara mpisorona dia nilazan'ny mpanjaka hoe: Mandehana ianao hankany Anatota ho any an-tambohonao, fa olona tokony hatao maty ianao; nefa tsy hataoko maty amin'izao andro izao. satria nitondra ny fiaran'i Jehovah Tompo teo alohan'i Davida raiko ianao sady niara-nitondra fahoriana tamin'ny raiko tamin'izay rehetra nampahoriana azy.

²⁶And to Abiathar the priest said the king, `To Anathoth go, unto thy fields; for a man of death thou [art], but in this day I do not put thee to death, because thou hast borne the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all that my father was afflicted in.`

²⁷Ary Solomona dia nanongana an'i Abiatara tsy ho mpisoron'i Jehovah, ka dia nahatanteraka ny tenin'i Jehovah, ilay nolazainy tao Silo ny amin'ny taranak'i Ely, izy.

²⁷And Solomon casteth out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfil the word of Jehovah which He spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

²⁸Ary ren'i Joaba izany (fa Joaba efa niodina nanaraka an'i Adonia, kanefa tsy niodina nanaraka an'i Absaloma izy), dia nandositra nankao amin'ny trano-lain'i Jehovah izy ka nangia ny tandroky ny alitara.

²⁸And the report hath come unto Joab — for Joab hath turned aside after Adonijah, though after Absalom he did not turn aside — and Joab fleeth unto the tent of Jehovah, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.

²⁹Ary nambara tamin'i Solomona mpanjaka fa Joaba efa lasa nandositra ho ao amin'ny trano-lain'i Jehovah, ka, indro, eo anilan'ny alitara izy. Dia nirahin'i Solomona Benaia, zanak'i Joiada, ka nilazany hoe: Andeha, asio izy.

²⁹And it is declared to king Solomon that Joab hath fled unto the tent of Jehovah, and lo, near the altar; and Solomon sendeth Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, `Go, fall upon him.`

³⁰Ary Benaia tonga tao amin'ny tranolain'i Jehovah ka nanao tamin'i Joaba hoe: Izao no lazain'ny mpanjaka: Mivoaha ianao. Fa hoy izy: Tsia, fa eto ihany aho no ho faty. Ary Benaia nitondra teny tany amin'ny mpanjaka indray hoe: Izany no lazain'i Joaba, ary izany no navaliny ahy.

³⁰And Benaiah cometh in unto the tent of Jehovah, and saith unto him, `Thus said the king, Come out;` and he saith, `Nay, but here I die.` And Benaiah bringeth back the king word, saying, `Thus spake Joab, yea, thus he answered me.`

³¹Ary hoy ny mpanjaka taminy: Ataovy araka izay nolazainy, ka asio izy, dia aleveno, mba hanesoranao amiko sy amin'ny taranaky ny raiko ny rà marina izay nalatsak'i Joaba.

³¹And the king saith to him, `Do as he hath spoken, and fall upon him, and thou hast buried him, and turned aside the causeless blood which Joab shed, from off me, and from off the house of my father;

³²Dia hatsingerin'i Jehovah ho amin'ny lohany ihany ny ràny, satria izy namely olona roa lahy izay marina sady tsara noho izy ka namono azy tamin'ny sabatra, dia Abnera, zanak'i Nera, komandin'ny miaramilan'ny Isiraely sy Amasa, zanak'i Jatera, komandin'ny miaramilan'ny Joda, nefa Davida raiko tsy nahalala izany akory

³²and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, — and my father David knew not — Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;

³³Eny, ny ran'izy roa lahy ireo hitsingerina amin'ny lohan'i Joaba sy ny lohan'ny taranany mandrakizay; fa amin'i Davida sy ny taranany sy ny mpianakaviny ary amin'ny seza fiandrianany kosa dia hisy fiadanana mandrakizay avy amin'i Jehovah.

³³yea, turned back hath their blood on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed to the age; and for David, and for his seed, and for his house, and for his throne, there is peace unto the age, from Jehovah.`

³⁴Dia niakatra Benaia, zanak'i Joiada, ka namely azy ho faty; ary nalevina tao amin'ny fonenany tany an-efitra izy.

³⁴And Benaiah son of Jehoiada goeth up and falleth upon him, and putteth him to death, and he is buried in his own house in the wilderness,

³⁵Ary Benaia, zanak'i Joiada, no notendren'ny mpanjaka ho solony ho komandin'ny miaramila; ary Zadota mpisorona no notendren'ny mpanjaka ho solon'i Abiatara.

³⁵and the king putteth Benaiah son of Jehoiada in his stead over the host, and Zadok the priest hath the king put in the stead of Abiathar.

³⁶Ary ny mpanjaka naniraka naka an'i Simey ka nanao taminy hoe: Manaova trano ato Jerosalema ianao ka mitoera ao, ary aza miala ao ianao na ho aiza na ho aiza akory.

³⁶And the king sendeth and calleth for Shimei, and saith to him, `Build for thee a house in Jerusalem, and thou hast dwelt there, and dost not go out thence any where;

³⁷Fa amin'izay andro hivoahanao mita ny lohasahan-driaka Kidrona, dia aoka ho fantatrao marina fa hatao maty tokoa ianao; ny rànao ho amin'ny lohanao ihany.

³⁷and it hath been, in the day of thy going out, and thou hast passed over the brook Kidron, thou dost certainly know that thou dost surely die — thy blood is on thy head.`

³⁸Ary hoy Simey tamin'ny mpanjaka: Tsara izany teny izany; araka izany nolazain'ny mpanjaka tompoko Izany no hataon'ny mpanomponao. Ary Simey nitoetra ela tany Jerosalema.

³⁸And Shimei saith to the king, `The word [is] good; as my lord the king hath spoken so doth thy servant do;` and Shimei dwelleth in Jerusalem many days.

³⁹Ary nony afaka telo taona mipaka, dia nisy roa lahy mpanompon'i Simey, nandositra ho any amin'i Akisy, zanak'i Maka mpanjakan'i Gata. Ary nisy nanambara tamin'i Simey hoe: Indreo, any Gata ny mpanomponao.

³⁹And it cometh to pass, at the end of three years, that flee do two of the servants of Shimei unto Achish son of Maachah, king of Gath, and they declare to Shimei, saying, `Lo, thy servants [are] in Gath;`

⁴⁰Dia nitsangana Simey nanisy lasely ny borikiny ka nankany Gata ho any amin'i Akisy hitady ny mpanompony, dia lasa nody Simey nitondra ny mpanompony avy tany Gata.

⁴⁰and Shimei riseth, and saddleth his ass, and goeth to Gath, unto Achish, to seek his servants, and Shimei goeth and bringeth his servants from Gath.

⁴¹Ary nambara tamin'i Solomona ny nialan'i Simey tany Jerosalema hankany Gata sy ny niveranany indray.

⁴¹And it is declared to Solomon that Shimei hath gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and doth return,

⁴²Ary ny mpanjaka naniraka naka an'i Simey ka nanao taminy hoe: Tsy efa nampianiana anao tamin'i Jehovah va aho ka nilaza taminao marimarina hoe: Aoka ho fantatrao marina fa amin'izay andro hivoahanao sy handehananao na ho aiza na ho aiza akory dia hatao maty tokoa ianao? Ary hoy ianao tamiko: Tsara izany teny reko any.

⁴²and the king sendeth and calleth for Shimei, and saith unto him, `Have I not caused thee to swear by Jehovah — and I testify against thee, saying, In the day of thy going out, and thou hast gone anywhere, thou dost certainly know that thou dost surely die; and thou sayest unto me, The word I have heard [is] good?

⁴³Koa nahoana ianao no tsy nitandrina ny fianianana tamin'i Jehovah sy ny didy izay nandidiako anao?

⁴³and wherefore hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I charged upon thee?`

⁴⁴Ary hoy koa ny mpanjaka tamin'i Simey: ianao mahalala ny ratsy rehetra nataonao tamin'i Davida raiko, eny, tsaroan'ny fonao izany, ka dia hatsingerin'i Jehovah amin'ny lohanao ny haratsianao.

⁴⁴And the king saith unto Shimei, `Thou hast known all the evil that thy heart hath known, which thou didest to David my father, and Jehovah hath turned back thine evil on thy head,

⁴⁵Fa hotahina kosa Solomona mpanjaka, ary ny seza fiandrianan'i Davida hampitoerina eo anatrehan'i Jehovah mandrakizay.Ary ny mpanjaka nandidy an'i Benaia, zanak'i Joiada, dia nivoaka izy ka namely an'i Simey ho faty. Ary ny fanjakana dia naorina teo an-tànan'i Solomona.

⁴⁵and king Solomon [is] blessed, and the throne of David is established before Jehovah unto the age.`

⁴⁶Ary ny mpanjaka nandidy an'i Benaia, zanak'i Joiada, dia nivoaka izy ka namely an'i Simey ho faty. Ary ny fanjakana dia naorina teo an-tànan'i Solomona.

⁴⁶And the king chargeth Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he goeth out and falleth on him, and he dieth, and the kingdom is established in the hand of Solomon.