1Zvino shure kwaizvozvo Abhusaromu akazvigadzirira ngoro namabhiza navarume vana makumi mashanu kuti vamhanye pamberi pake.
1It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
2Abhusaromu waimuka mangwanani, akandomira parutivi rwenzira pasuwo; zvino kana kuchinge kuno munhu wakange ouya kuna mambo kuzotambirwa mhosva yake, Abhusaromu ndokumudana, akati, Uri weguta ripiko? Kana akati, Muranda wenyu unobva kuno rumwe rwamarudzi aIsiraeri,
2Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. It was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, “What city are you from?” He said, “Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.”
3Abhusaromu waiti kwaari, Tarira, mashoko ako akanaka, akarurama hawo, asi hakuna munhu wakatumwa namambo kuzokunzwa.
3Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”
4Uye Abhusaromu akatiwo, Dai ini ndichiitwa mutongi panyika, kuti ani nani anenge ane mhaka kana shoko auye kwandiri, ini ndimururamisire.
4Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”
5Zvino kana ani nani akaswedera kuzopfugama pamberi pake, iye waitambanudza ruoko rwake, achimubata, achimutsvoda.
5It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
6Zvino Abhusaromu waiita nomutowo uyu navaIsiraeri vose vaiuya kuna mambo kuzotambirwa mhosva dzavo; naizvozvo Abhusaromu akanyengera moyo yavanhu vaIsiraeri kuti imude.
6Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7Zvino makore mana akati apfuura, Abhusaromu akati kuna mambo, Nditenderei henyu ndiende Hebhuroni, ndindoripira kupika kwangu kwandakapikira Jehovha.
7It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
8nekuti muranda wenyu wakapika mhiko ndichigere Geshuri paSiria, ndikati, Zvirokwazvo, kana Jehovha akandidzosera Jerusaremu, ndichanamata Jehovha.
8For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.’”
9Mambo akati, Chienda hako norugare. Naizvozvo akasimuka, akaenda Hebhuroni.
9The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose, and went to Hebron.
10Asi Abhusaromu wakatuma vashori pakati pamarudzi ose aIsiraeri, akati, Kana mukanzwa kurira kwehwamanda, ipapo muti, Abhusaromu ndimambo paHebhuroni.
10But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’”
11Zvino Abhusaromu akaperekedzwa navarume vana mazana maviri veJerusaremu, vakanga vakokwa; ivo vakaenda havo vakafara vasingazivi chinhu.
11Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know anything.
12Abhusaromu akatuma munhu kundodana Ahitoferi muGironi, gurukota raDhavhidhi, paguta rake Giro, panguva yakanga achibayira zvibayiro. Kurangana uku kukava nesimba, nekuti vanhu vakaramba vachiwanda kuna Abhusaromu.
12Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
13Zvino nhume yakasvika kuna Dhavhidhi, ikati, moyo yavarume vaIsiraeri yotevera Abhusaromu.
13A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.”
14Ipapo Dhavhidhi akati kuvaranda vake vose vakanga vanaye paJerusaremu, Simukai, titize nekuti kana tikasadaro, hapana mumwe wedu ungapukunyuka kuna Abhusaromu; kurumidzai tiende, arege kutibata pakarepo, atiitire zvakaipa, nokuparadza guta nomunondo unopinza.
14David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
15Varanda vamambo vakati kuna mambo, Tarirai, varanda venyu vakamirira kuita zvose zvinodikamwa naishe wedu mambo.
15The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”
16Mambo akabuda, vose veimba yake vakamutevera. Mambo akasiya vakadzi vane gumi, vaiva varongo, kuti vachengete imba.
16The king went forth, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
17Mambo akabuda navanhu vose vakamutevera, vakandomira paBhetimaerihaki.
17The king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.
18Varanda vake vose vakapfuura kurutivi rwake, navaKereti vose, navaPereti vose, navaGiti vose, varume vana mazana matanhatu vakanga vamutevera vachibva Gati, vakatungamirira pamberi pamambo.
18All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
19Mambo akati kuna Itai muGiti, Iwe unoendireiko nesu? Dzoka hako, ugare namambo, nekuti iwe uri mutorwa wakadzingwa; dzokera kunyika yako.
19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Return, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner, and also an exile. Return to your own place.
20Iwe uchangosvika zuro, zvino ini ndichakufambisa-fambisa seiko nesu, zvandisingazivi ini kwandinoenda? Dzoka hako, udzokewo nehama dzako; nenyasha nechokwadi ngazvive newe.
20Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you.”
21Itai akapindura mambo akati, NaJehovha mupenyu zvirokwazvo, panondogara ishe wangu mambo, kana kufirapo kana kuraramirapo, ndipo pachava nemuranda wenyuwo.
21Ittai answered the king, and said, “As Yahweh lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king shall is, whether for death or for life, even there also will your servant be.”
22Dhavhidhi akati kuna Itai, Chienda hako, uyambuke. Itai muGiti akayambuka, navanhu vake vose, navana vaduku vose vakanga vanaye.
22David said to Ittai, “Go and pass over.” Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who were with him.
23Vanhu venyika yose vakachema nenzwi guru, vanhu vose vakayambuka; naiye mambo amene akayambukawo rukova Kidhoroni, navanhu vose vakayambukawo vakaenda nenzira yokurenje.
23All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
24Zvino Zadhoki akasvikawo navaRevhi vose vanaye, vakatakura areka yesungano; vakagadzika areka yaMwari pasi, Abhiatari akakwirawo, kusvikira vanhu vose vapedza kubuda paguta.
24Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people finished passing out of the city.
25Ipapo mambo akati kuna Zadhoki, Dzoserai areka yaMwari muguta; kana Jehovha akandinzwira nyasha, uchandidzosazve, akandiwonesa iyo nenzvimbo yayozve.
25The king said to Zadok, “Carry back the ark of God into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation;
26Asi kana akati, Handifari newe; tarirai, ndiri pano hangu, ngaandiitire sezvaanoda.
26but if he say thus, ‘I have no delight in you;’ behold, here am I. Let him do to me as seems good to him.”
27Mambo akati kuna Zadhoki mupristi, Iwe hausi Muvoni here? Dzokera muguta norugare, iwe navanakomana vako vaviri vaunawo, mwanakomana wako Ahimaazi, naJonatani mwanakomana waAbhiatari.
27The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
28Tarira, ini ndichandomira pamazambuko erenje, kusvikira shoko rinobva kwauri rasvika, kundizivisa.
28Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform me.”
29Naizvozvo Zadhoki naAbhitari vakadzosera areka yaMwarizve Jerusaremu; ivo vakagarapo.
29Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem; and they stayed there.
30Dhavhidhi akakwira nokumukwidza wegomo reMiorivhi, akafamba achingochema, akafukidza musoro wake, akafamba asine shangu, navanhu vose vakanga vanaye vakafukidza misoro yavo, vakakwira, vakangochema pakukwira kwavo.
30David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
31Zvino mumwe akaudza Dhavhidhi, akati, Ahitoferi unoranganawo navamwe naAbhusaromu. Dhavhidhi akati, Haiwa Jehovha, shandurai henyu mashoko aAhitoferi, ave mashoko oupenzi.
31Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
32Zvino Dhavhidhi wakati asvika kumusoro kwainamatwa Mwari, akaona Hushai muAriki osangana naye, nguvo dzake dzakabvarurwa nevhu pamusoro wake.
32It happened that when David had come to the top, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.
33Dhavhidhi akati kwaari, Kana iwe ukapfuura neni, uchandiremedza;
33David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;
34asi kana ukadzokera kuguta, ukandoti kuna Abhusaromu, Ndichava muranda wenyu, mambo; sezvandaiva muranda wababa venyu kare, saizvozvo ndichava muranda wenyu zvino; ipapo ungandikundira mano aAhitoferi.
34but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’
35Zadhoki naAbhiatari vapristi, havazipo newe here? Naizvozvo zvose zvaunonzwa mumba mamambo, uudze Zadhoki naAbhiatari vapristi izvozvo.
35Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear out of the king’s house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36Tarira, vana vavanakomana vavo vaviripo, Ahimaazi mwanakomana waZadhoki, naJonatani mwanakomana waAbhiatari; zvino unditumire navo zvose zvauchanzwa.
36Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son; and by them you shall send to me everything that you shall hear.”
37Naizvozvo Hushai, shamwari yaDhavhidhi, akaenda kuguta; naAbhusaromu akapinda Jerusaremu.
37So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.