¹Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying,

¹Nak ac câmc re laj David, quixbok laj Salomón riqßuin ut quixchakßrabi riqßuin li âtin aßin:

²“I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;

²—Lâin câmc cue joß nak nequeßcam chixjunileb li cristian saß ruchichßochß. Cauhak taxak âchßôl ut tâyal taxak âkße chixbânunquil li us.

³and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.

³Chabânu lâ taklanquil li xqßue li Kâcuaß lâ Dios. Tâbânu taxak li cßaßru naxye âcue. Bânu li cßaßru naraj aßan joß tzßîbanbil saß li chakßrab li quiqßueheß re laj Moisés. Tâbânu li cßaßru naraj li Kâcuaß re nak us tat-êlk riqßuin chixjunil li tâbânu yalak bar tatxic.

⁴That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’

⁴Cui tatcuânk saß tîquilal chiru li Dios, li Dios tixbânu chixjunil li cßaßru quixyechißi cue. Aßan quixye cue, “Cui eb lâ cualal âcßajol teßcuânk saß tîquilal chicuu ut cui teßxbânu li cßaßru ninye chi anchaleb xchßôl ut chi anchaleb li râm, junelic eb lâ cualal âcßajol teßoc chokß xreyeb laj Israel.”

⁵“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his waist, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

⁵Lâat nacanau cßaßru quixbânu cue laj Joab lix yum lix Sarvia. Nacanau nak quixcamsiheb li cuib li queßtaklan saß xbêneb li soldados aj Israel. Quixcamsi laj Abner li ralal laj Ner ut quixcamsi ajcuiß laj Amasa li ralal laj Jeter. Incßaß yô li plêt nak quixcamsiheb re xqßuebal rêkaj li camsînc queßxbânu nak yô li plêt. Ut riqßuin li camsînc li quixbânu, quixqßue saß inbên lâin li mâc, usta aßan raj li cuan xmâc.

⁶Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. in peace.

⁶Lâat cuan ânaßleb ut tânau cßaßru us tâbânu. Abanan, tento nak camsinbil laj Joab nak tâosokß.

⁷But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

⁷Abanan tâbânu usilal reheb li ralal xcßajol laj Barzilai, Galaad xtenamit. Chaqßueheb chi cuaßac saß lâ mêx. Aßaneb li xeßtenkßan cue nak xinêlelic chiru laj Absalón lâ cuas.

⁸“Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

⁸Cuan âcuiqßuin laj Simei li ralal laj Gera. Aßan xcomoneb li ralal xcßajol laj Benjamín, Bahurim xtenamit. Laj Simei, aßan cßajoß nak quinixmajecua saß li cutan nak côin Mahanaim. Mokon chic cô chincßulbal saß li nimaß Jordán. Lâin xinye re saß xcßabaß li Kâcuaß nak incßaß tincamsi.

⁹Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. with blood.”

⁹Abanan, lâat incßaß tâcuy xmâc. Lâat cuan ânaßleb, ut tânau chanru tâbânu re nak camsinbil nak tâosokß, chan laj David.

¹⁰David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

¹⁰Laj David quicam ut coxixtauheb lix xeßtônil yucuaß. Ut quimukeß Jerusalén saß lix tenamit.

¹¹The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

¹¹Laj David quicuan chokß rey caßcßâl chihab. Cuukub chihab quicuan chokß rey aran Hebrón ut oxlaju xcaßcßâl chihab quicuan chokß rey aran Jerusalén.

¹²Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.

¹²Chirix aßan, laj Salomón quicuan chokß rey chokß rêkaj laj David lix yucuaß. Xakxo saß xnaßaj lix cuanquil ut quiniman xcuanquil.

¹³Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come peaceably?” He said, “Peaceably.

¹³Laj Adonías lix yum lix Haguit cô chirilbal lix Betsabé lix naß laj Salomón. Lix Betsabé quixye re: —¿Ma saß usilal xatchal chicuilbâl? chan. Ut laj Adonías quixye re: —Saß usilal xinchal châcuilbal, chan re.

¹⁴He said moreover, I have something to tell you.” She said, “Say on.”

¹⁴Ut laj Adonías quixye ajcuiß re: —Cuan cßaßru nacuaj xyebal âcue, chan. Lix Betsabé quixye re: —Ye cßaßru tâcuaj xyebal, chan.

¹⁵He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from Yahweh.

¹⁵Laj Adonías quixye re: —Lâat nacanau nak lâin raj xin-oc chokß rey. Chixjunileb li tenamit Israel xeßraj raj nak lâin xin-oc chokß rey. Abanan aß chic li cuîtzßin quixakabâc chokß rey xban nak joßcan quiraj li Kâcuaß saß xbên.

¹⁶Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.”

¹⁶Li cßaßru nacuaj xtzßâmanquil châcuu, aßan aßin. Usan cui tâbânu li cßaßru tintzßâma châcuu, chan. Ut lix Betsabé quixye re: —Ye cue cßaßru tâcuaj tinbânu, chan.

¹⁷He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”

¹⁷Ut laj Adonías quixye re: —Nintzßâma châcuu nak tat-âtinak riqßuin li rey Salomón xban nak aßan tixbânu li cßaßru tâtzßâma lâat. Tâye re nak tixqßue chokß cuixakil lix Abisag, Sunem xtenamit, chan.

¹⁸Bathsheba said, “Alright. I will speak for you to the king.”

¹⁸Ut lix Betsabé quixye re: —Us. Tinbânu li cßaßru xaye. Lâin tinâtinak riqßuin li rey saß âcßabaß lâat, chan.

¹⁹Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

¹⁹Joßcan nak lix Betsabé cô chi âtinac riqßuin li rey Salomón saß xcßabaß laj Adonías. Li rey quixakli chixcßulbal lix naß ut quixxulub rib chiru. Chirix aßan quicßojla cuißchic saß lix cßojaribâl ut quixtakla xcßambal jun tem re nak lix naß tâchunlâk. Ut lix naß quichunla saß lix nim ukß.

²⁰Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.” The king said to her, “Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.”

²⁰Lix Betsabé quixye re: —Nacuaj xtzßâmanquil junak usilal châcuu. Usan cui tâbânu li cßaßru tintzßâma châcuu, chan. Li rey quixye re: —At innaß, ye cue cßaßru tâcuaj ut lâin tinbânu, chan.

²¹She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”

²¹Lix Betsabé quixye re: —Nacuaj raj nak tâqßue lix Abisag, Sunem xtenamit, chok rixakil laj Adonías lâ cuas, chan.

²²King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

²²Li rey Salomón quixye: —¿Cßaßut nak tâcuaj lix Abisag chokß rixakil laj Adonías? Mâre yôcat ajcuiß xcßoxlanquil xpatzßbal cue nak tinqßue lin cuanquil re yal xban nak aßan li cuas. Ut laj Abiatar laj tij ut laj Joab lix yum lix Sarvia nequeßoquen chirix, chan.

²³Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

²³Ut li rey Salomón quixbânu li juramento saß xcßabaß li Dios ut quixye: —Aß taxak li Dios tinixqßue chixtojbal inmâc cui incßaß tinqßue chi câmc laj Adonías xban li cßaßru xtzßâma chicuu.

²⁴Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”

²⁴Saß xcßabaß li yoßyôquil Dios li quixxakaban cue chokß rey chokß rêkaj lin yucuaß, li Dios li quiqßuehoc re li cuanquil saß inbên ut saß xbêneb li cualal incßajol, lâin ninye nak laj Adonías tâcamsîk chiru ajcuiß li cutan aßin, chan.

²⁵King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.

²⁵Joßcan nak li rey Salomón quixtakla laj Benaía li ralal laj Joiada chixcamsinquil laj Adonías. Ut laj Benaía quixbânu li cßaßru quiyeheß re.

²⁶To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.”

²⁶Ut li rey Salomón quixye re laj Abiatar laj tij: —Ayu Anatot saß lâ tenamit. Âcßulub raj li câmc, abanan incßaß tatincamsi xban nak lâat catcßamoc re li Lokßlaj Câx nak laj David lin yucuaß quicuan chokß rey. Ut xattzßakon ajcuiß riqßuin li raylal li quixcßul lin yucuaß, chan.

²⁷So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

²⁷Joßcan nak li rey Salomón quirisi laj Abiatar chokß aj tij. Arin quitzßakloc ru li quixye li Kâcuaß aran Silo chirixeb li ralal xcßajol laj Elí.

²⁸The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn’t turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

²⁸Nak laj Joab quirabi resil quiêlelic saß junpât ut cô saß li artal ut quixchap li xucub li cuan saß xxuc. Quixucuac xban nak qui-oquen chirix laj Adonías, usta incßaß qui-oquen chirix laj Absalón.

²⁹It was told king Solomon, “Joab has fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is by the altar.” Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall on him.”

²⁹Li rey Salomón quirabi resil nak laj Joab quiêlelic ut cô saß li artal chixcolbal rib. Joßcan nak laj Salomón quixbok laj Benaía li ralal laj Joiada ut quixye re: —Tatxic ut tâcamsi laj Joab, chan.

³⁰Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, “Thus says the king, ‘Come forth!’” He said, “No; but I will die here.” Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”

³⁰Laj Benaía cô cuan cuiß li artal ut quixye re laj Joab: —Li rey Salomón quixye nak tat-êlk arin, chan. Abanan laj Joab quixye: —Incßaß tinêlk. Arin tincâmk, chan. Ut laj Benaía cô cuißchic chixyebal re li rey cßaßru quixye laj Joab.

³¹The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.

³¹Ut li rey Salomón quixye re laj Benaía: —Camsi aran joß xye âcue ut tâmuk re nak tâêlk saß inbên li mâc li quixbânu laj Joab nak quixcamsiheb li cuînk chi mâcßaßeb xmâc. Ut tâêlk ajcuiß li mâc aßin saß xbêneb li ralal xcßajol laj David lin yucuaß.

³²Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

³²Li Dios tâqßuehok re chi câmc laj Joab xban nak laj Joab quixcamsiheb li cuib chi cuînk li kßaxal tîc xchßôleb ut châbileb xnaßleb chiru laj Joab. Quixcamsiheb chi incßaß quixnau laj David lin yucuaß. Aßaneb laj Abner, li quitaklan saß xbêneb lix soldados laj Israel, ut laj Amasa, li quitaklan saß xbêneb lix soldados laj Judá.

³³So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever. But to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace forever from Yahweh.”

³³Lix tojbal rix li mâc aßan tâtßanekß saß xbên laj Joab ut saß xbêneb li ralal xcßajol. Abanan li Kâcuaß târosobtesiheb li ralal xcßajol laj David lin yucuaß. Ut xakxôk saß xnaßaj junelic lix cuanquilal li ralal xcßajol laj David li teßoc chokß xreyeb laj Israel, chan laj Salomón.

³⁴Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

³⁴Joßcan nak laj Benaía cô saß li artal. Quixcamsi laj Joab ut quixtakla xmukbal saß lix naßaj saß li chaki chßochß.

³⁵The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

³⁵Ut li rey Salomón quixqßue laj Benaía li ralal laj Joiada chi taklânc saß xbêneb li soldados chokß rêkaj laj Joab. Ut quixqßue laj Sadoc laj tij chi cßanjelac chokß rêkaj laj Abiatar.

³⁶The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don’t go out from there anywhere.

³⁶Chirix aßan li rey quixtakla xbokbal laj Simei ut quixye re: —Tâyîb lâ cuochoch arin Jerusalén. Tatcanâk arin ut mâ bar tat-êlk.

³⁷For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head.”

³⁷Cui tat-êlk saß li tenamit ut tatnumekß jun pacßal li haß Cedrón, relic chi yâl ninye âcue nak tatcamsîk. Ut lâat cuânk âmâc cui tatcamsîk, chan.

³⁸Shimei said to the king, “The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

³⁸Ut laj Simei quixye: —Us. Mâcßaß naxye, at rey. Lâin tinbânu li cßaßru xaye, chan. Ut laj Simei najt quicuan Jerusalén.

³⁹It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your servants are in Gath.”

³⁹Nak ac xnumeß chic oxib chihab, cuibeb lix lokßbil môs laj Simei queßêlelic ut queßcôeb riqßuin laj Aquis li ralal laj Maaca. Laj Aquis, aßan li rey aran Gat. Quiyeheß resil re laj Simei nak eb lix môs cuanqueb Gat.

⁴⁰Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

⁴⁰Joßcan nak laj Simei quixyîb rix lix bûr ut cô riqßuin laj Aquis aran Gat chixsicßbaleb lix môs. Nak quixtauheb, quixcßameb cuißchic Jerusalén.

⁴¹It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.

⁴¹Li rey Salomón quirabi resil nak laj Simei qui-el Jerusalén ut cô Gat ut ac xsukßi chak cuißchic.

⁴²The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Didn’t I adjure you by Yahweh, and warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die?’ You said to me, ‘The saying that I have heard is good.’

⁴²Tojoßnak li rey Salomón quixtakla xbokbal laj Simei ut quixye re: —¿Ma incßaß ta biß xinye âcue saß xcßabaß li Dios nak tatcamsîk saß li cutan nak tat-êlk arin Jerusalén? Ut lâat xaye cue, “Us, mâcßaß naxye. Tinbânu li cßaßru xaye,” chancat.

⁴³Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?”

⁴³¿Cßaßut nak xakßet li cßaßru xinye âcue? ¿Cßaßut nak xakßet li juramento li xabânu chiru li Kâcuaß?

⁴⁴The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.

⁴⁴Lâat nacanau chanru nak xatmâcob chiru laj David lin yucuaß. Anakcuan li Kâcuaß tixqßue saß âbên chixjunil li mâusilal li xabânu.

⁴⁵But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever.”

⁴⁵Abanan li Dios tâosobtesînk cue lâin ut aßan tixxakab saß xnaßaj lix cuanquileb li ralal xcßajol laj David chi junelic kße cutan, chan.Ut chirix aßan, li rey Salomón quixtakla laj Benaía li ralal laj Joiada chixcamsinquil laj Simei. Joßcan nak lix cuanquil laj Salomón quicana chi xakxo saß xnaßaj.

⁴⁶So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

⁴⁶Ut chirix aßan, li rey Salomón quixtakla laj Benaía li ralal laj Joiada chixcamsinquil laj Simei. Joßcan nak lix cuanquil laj Salomón quicana chi xakxo saß xnaßaj.