¹Zvino Ahitoferi wakati kuna Abhusaromu, Nditenderei zvino nditsaure varume vane zviuru zvine gumi nezviviri, ndisimuke, nditeverere Dhavhidhi usiku hwuno;

¹And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, `Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,

²ndimuvambe akaneta, asine simba, ndimutyise, vanhu vose vaanavo vatize; ini ndichauraya mambo oga.

²and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who [are] with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,

³Ipapo ndichadzosera vanhu vose kwamuri; kana mawana munhu mumwe wamunotsvaka, vanhu vose vachadzoka; naizvozvo vanhu vose vachava norugare.

³and I bring back all the people unto thee — as the turning back of the whole [is] the man whom thou art seeking — all the people are peace.

⁴Shoko iro rakafadza Abhusaromu navakuru vose vaIsiraeri.

⁴And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

⁵Ipapo Abhusaromu akati, Danai Hushai muArikiwo, tinzwe zvaanotaura.

⁵And Absalom saith, `Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what [is] in his mouth — even he.`

⁶Hushai wakati asvika kuna Abhusaromu, Abhusaromu akataura naye akati, Ahitoferi wataura zvokuti nezvokuti; zvino toita sezvaakataura here? Kana tisingafaniri kudaro, taura iwe.

⁶And Hushai cometh in unto Absalom, and Absalom speaketh unto him, saying, `According to this word hath Ahithophel spoken; do we do his word? if not, thou — speak thou.`

⁷Hushai akati kuna Abhusaromu, Zano ramapiwa nguva ino naAhitoferi harina kunaka.

⁷And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Not good [is] the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled at this time.`

⁸Hushai akawedzera, akati, Munoziva baba venyu navanhu vavo, kuti vanhu voumhare, zvino vane shungu pamoyo pavo, sebere ratorerwa vana varo kusango; baba venyu munhu wokurwa, havangavati navanhu.

⁸And Hushai saith, `Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they [are] heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father [is] a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people;

⁹Tarirai, zvino vandovanda pabako, kana pamwe; zvino kana vamwe vakatanga kuurawa, ani nani unonzwa uchati, Vanhu, vanotevera Abhusaromu, vourawa.

⁹lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who [are] after Absalom;

¹⁰Ipapo kunyange munhu wemhare, ano moyo wakafanana noweshumba, uchawora moyo, nekuti vaIsiraeri vose vanoziva kuti baba venyu imhare, naivo vavanavo vanhu voumharewo.

¹⁰and he also, the son of valour, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, doth utterly melt, for all Israel doth know that thy father is a hero, and sons of valour [are] those with him.

¹¹Zvino zano rangu ndiro, kuti vaIsiraeri vose vaunganidzwe kwamuri, kubva paDhani kusvikira paBheerishebha, vawande sejecha riri pagungwa; nemiwo muende mumene kuhondo.

¹¹`So that I have counselled: Let all Israel be diligently gathered unto thee, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, and thou thyself art going in the midst;

¹²Naizvozvo tichamuvamba paanenge achiwanikwa, tigomhara pamusoro pake somumharire weveta pasi; hatingasii kunyange mumwe wavo, kunyange ivo kunyange vanhu vavanavo.

¹²and we have come in unto him in one of the places where he is found, and we [are] upon him as the dew falleth on the ground, and there hath not been left of him and of all the men who [are] with him even one.

¹³Uye, kana vakapinda muguta, vaIsiraeri vose vangauya namabote kuguta iro, tirikwevere murwizi, kusvikira pachishaikwa kunyange ibwe rimwe duku.

¹³And if unto a city he is gathered, then they have caused all Israel to bear unto that city ropes, and we have drawn it unto the brook till that there hath not been found there even a stone.`

¹⁴Ipapo Abhusaromu navarume vose vaIsiraeri vakati, Zano raHushai muAriki rakanaka kukunda zano raAhitoferi. Nekuti Jehovha wakange atema kuti zano rakanaka raAhitoferi rikoneswe, kuti Jehovha apinze Abhusaromu panjodzi.

¹⁴And Absalom saith — and all the men of Israel — `Better [is] the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;` and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah`s bringing unto Absalom the evil.

¹⁵Zvino Hushai akati kuna Zadhoki nokuna Abhiatari vapristi, Ahitoferi wakapa Abhusaromu navakuru vaIsiraeri zano rokuti nerokuti, asi ini ndakavapa zano rokuti nerokuti.

¹⁵And Hushai saith unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, `Thus and thus hath Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus I have counselled;

¹⁶Naizvozvo zvino, tumai munhu pakarepo, audze Dhavhidhi, ati, Regai kuvata usiku hwuno kumazambuko erenje, asi munofanira kuyambuka, kuti mambo arege kumedzwa navanhu vose vaanavo.

¹⁶and now, send hastily, and declare to David, saying, Lodge not to-night in the plains of the wilderness, and also, certainly pass over, lest there be a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.`

¹⁷Zvino Jonatani naAhimazi vakanga vari paEnirogeri; murandakadzi akaenda kundovaudza ivo vakandoudza mambo Dhavhidhi, nekuti havazaifanira kuonekwa vachipinda paguta.

¹⁷And Jonathan and Ahimaaz are standing at En-Rogel, and the maid-servant hath gone and declared to them — and they go and have declared [it] to king David — for they are not able to be seen to go in to the city.

¹⁸Asi mumwe mukomana wakavaona, akandoudza Abhusaromu; ivo vaviri vakakurumidza kuenda, vakasvika paimba yomumwe munhu paBhahurimu; iye wakange ane tsime paruvazhe rwake, ivo vakaburukiramo.

¹⁸And a youth seeth them, and declareth to Absalom; and they go on both of them hastily, and come in unto the house of a man in Bahurim, and he hath a well in his court, and they go down there,

¹⁹Mukadzi akatora chokufukidzira nacho, akachiwarira pamusoro pomuromo wetsime, akanika zviyo zvakatswiwa pamusoro pacho; hakune chinhu chakazozikamwa.

¹⁹and the woman taketh and spreadeth the covering over the face of the well, and spreadeth on it the ground corn, and the thing hath not been known.

²⁰Zvino varanda vaAbhusaromu vakasvika kumukadzi kumba, vakati, Ahimaazi naJonatani varipiko? Mukadzi akati kwavari, Vayambuka rukova. Ivo vakavatsvaka, vakavashaiwa, vakadzokera Jerusaremu.

²⁰And the servants of Absalom come in unto the woman to the house, and say, `Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan?` and the woman saith to them, `They passed over the brook of water;` and they seek, and have not found, and turn back to Jerusalem.

²¹Zvino vakati vabva, ivo vakabuda mutsime, vakandoudza mambo Dhavhidhi; vakati kuna Dhavhidhi, Simukai, mukurumidze kuyambuka mvura, nekuti Ahitoferi wakapa zano rokuti nerokuti pamusoro penyu.

²¹And it cometh to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare to king David, and say unto David, `Rise ye, and pass over hastily the waters, for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.`

²²Dhavhidhi akasimuka, navanhu vose vaakanga anavo, vakayambuka Joridhani; kwakati koedza mangwanani, kwakanga kusino mumwe wavo wakange achigere kuyambuka Joridhani.

²²And David riseth, and all the people who [are] with him, and they pass over the Jordan, till the light of the morning, till one hath not been lacking who hath not passed over the Jordan.

²³Zvino Ahitoferi wakati achiona kuti vakanga vasine hanya nezano rake, akaisa chigaro pamusoro pembongoro yake, akasimuka, akaenda kumba kwake kuguta rake, akaraira vose veimba yake, akazvisungirira, akafa, akavigwa muhwiro hwababa vake.

²³And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.

²⁴Zvino Dhavhidhi akasvika Mahanaimu. Abhusaromu akayambuka Joridhani, iye navarume vose valsiraeri, vaakanga anavo.

²⁴And David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him;

²⁵Abhusaromu akagadza Amasa ave mutungamiriri wehondo panzvimbo yaJoabhu. Amasa wakange ari mwanakomana womunhu wainzi Jitira mulsiraeri, wakange apinda kuna Abhigairi, mukunda waNahashi, munin'ina waZeruya, amai vaJoabhu.

²⁵and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa [is] a man`s son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;

²⁶VaIsiraeri naAbhusaromu vakadzika matende avo panyika yeGiriyadhi.

²⁶and Israel encampeth with Absalom [in] the land of Gilead.

²⁷Zvino Dhavhidhi wakati achisvika paMahanaimu, Shobhi mwanakomana waNahashi weRabha, wavana vaAmoni, naMakiri mwanakomana waAmieri weRodhebhari, naBharizirai muGiriyadhi weRogerimi,

²⁷And it cometh to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi, son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from Rogelim,

²⁸vakauya nenhovo, nehari, nemidziyo yevhu, nezviyo, nebhari, noupfu, nezviyo zvakakangwa, nenyimo, nenyemba, nezvakakangwa,

²⁸couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and roasted [pulse],

²⁹nouchi, namafuta, namakwai, namapundu omukaka, kuti Dhavhidhi navanhu vose vaakanga anavo vadye; nekuti vakati, Vanhu vane nzara, vaneta, vane nyota murenje.

²⁹and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who [are] with him to eat, for they said, `Thy people [is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.`