1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
1Mokon chic laj Ahitofel quixye re laj Absalón: —Anakcuan tinsicß ruheb cablaju mil chi soldados ut chiru ajcuiß li kßojyîn aßin toxic chixsicßbal laj David.
2I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him shall flee. I will strike the king only;
2Tinpletik riqßuin nak lublûqueb ut mâcßaß xmetzßêuheb. Teßxucuak chiku ut chixjunileb li cuînk teßêlelik. Caßaj cuiß li rey tincamsi.
3and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
3Tinye reheb chixjunileb li cristian li yôqueb chi oquênc chirix laj David nak teßsukßîk âcuiqßuin. Eb aßan incßaß teßcamsîk. Lâat caßaj cuiß li rey tâcuaj tâcâmk. Nak acak xeßsukßi saß li tenamit, incßaß chic tâcuânk plêt, chan.
4The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
4Laj Absalón quixcßul xchßôl li cßaßru quixye ut queßxcßul ajcuiß xchßôleb laj Israel li nequeßcßamoc be.
5Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.”
5Laj Absalón quixye re: —Bok chak laj Husai laj arquita, re takabi li cßaßru tixye aßan, chan.
6When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
6Nak quicuulac laj Husai, laj Absalón quixserakßi re li cßaßru quiyeheß re xban laj Ahitofel. Quixye: —Aßin li naßleb li xqßue laj Ahitofel. ¿Ma us xbânunquil li cßaßru naxye malaj ut incßaß us? ¿Cßaßru nacaye lâat? chan.
7Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
7Laj Husai quixye re: —Li naßleb li xqßue laj Ahitofel anakcuan incßaß us.
8Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
8Lâat nacanau nak lâ yucuaß ut eb lix soldados cauheb rib chi pletic. Yôqueb xjoskßil anakcuan. Chanchaneb li oso li namakßeß li ral chiru. Lâ yucuaß naxnau pletic chi us. Aßan incßaß tixnumsi li kßojyîn saß xyânkeb li tenamit.
9Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’
9Mâre ac xmuk rib saß junak ochoch pec malaj ut saß junak chic naßajej. Nak acak xeßoc chi pletic laj David riqßuineb lâ soldados, eb li tenamit teßxye nak laj David xeßrêchani li plêt.
10Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
10Usta eb lâ soldados cauheb rib joß xcacuil rib li cakcoj, teßxucuak xban nak chixjunileb laj Israel nequeßxnau nak lâ yucuaß kßaxal cau rib chi pletic. Ut eb li cuanqueb rochben cauheb ajcuiß rib chi pletic.
11But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
11Lâin ninye âcue nak kßaxal us nak tâchßutubeb ru chixjunileb laj Israel, li cuanqueb saß li tenamit Dan toj saß li tenamit Beerseba. Eb aßan kßaxal nabaleb. Chanchaneb li cocß ru li samaib chire li palau. Ut lâat tatcßamok xbeheb nak texxic chi pletic.
12So shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave so much as one.
12Lâo topletik riqßuin lâ yucuaß aß yal bar takatau ut aß yal bar cuan. Chi mâcßaßeb saß xchßôl tocuulak. Chi moco aßan, chi moco eb lix soldados teßcanâk chi yoßyo.
13Moreover, if he be gone into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”
13Ut cui naxic chixcolbal rib saß junak tenamit, chixjunileb laj Israel teßxcßam xlâseb ut takaquelo li tenamit toj saß li nimaß. Mâ jun chic li pec tâcanâk saß xnaßaj, chan.
14Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
14Laj Absalón ut chixjunileb li cuanqueb rochben queßxye: —Kßaxal us li naßleb li xqßue laj Husai chiru li xqßue laj Ahitofel, chanqueb. Queßxye nak us xban nak ac cuan saß xchßôl li Dios nak tâpoßekß ru li naßleb li quixqßue laj Ahitofel ut nak laj Absalón tixcßul li raylal.
15Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
15Ut laj Husai quixye reheb laj Sadoc ut laj Abiatar laj tij: —Aßan aßin li naßleb li xqßue laj Ahitofel re laj Absalón ut reheb ajcuiß li nequeßcßamoc be saß xyânkeb laj Israel. Ut aßan aßin li naßleb li xinqßue lâin, chan.
16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”
16Ut quixye ajcuiß reheb nak teßxtakla resil chi junpât riqßuin laj David re nak incßaß teßxnumsi li kßojyîn saß li chaki chßochß bar nequeßnumeß cuiß jun pacßal li nimaß. Teßxic ban jun pacßal li nimaß Jordán saß junpât re nak incßaß tâcamsîk li rey joßqueb ajcuiß li cuanqueb rochben.
17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David. For they might not be seen to come into the city.
17Laj Jonatán ut laj Ahimaas cuanqueb chire li haß Rogel. Incßaß naru teßoc Jerusalén xban nak naru nequeßileß. Joßcan nak jun li môs ixk naxic chixyebal reheb cßaßru yô chicßulmânk saß li tenamit. Ut chirix aßan, laj Jonatán ut laj Ahimaas nequeßxic chixyebal re li rey David.
18But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
18Abanan queßileß xban jun li sâj al. Li sâj al cô chixyebal resil re laj Absalón. Laj Jonatán ut laj Ahimaas queßcôeb chi junpât. Queßcuulac saß rochoch jun li cuînk cuan Bahurim. Cuan jun li becbil haß saß li nebâl ut aran queßxmuk ribeb chi saß li becbil haß.
19The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.
19Li rixakil li cuînk quixtzßap li becbil haß riqßuin jun li tßicr ut quixhel li ru li trigo saß xbên. Ut mâ ani quinaßoc re nak mukmûqueb li cuînk chi saß li becbil haß.
20Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
20Eb li nequeßcßanjelac chiru laj Absalón queßcuulac saß li cab aßan ut queßxpatzß re li ixk: —¿Bar cuanqueb laj Ahimaas ut laj Jonatán? chanqueb. Li ixk quixye reheb: —Ac xeßnumeß arin. Xeßcôeb saß li nimaß, chan. Queßxsiqßui abanan incßaß queßxtauheb. Joßcan nak queßsukßi cuißchic Jerusalén.
21It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
21Nak ac xeßcôeb li cuînk, laj Ahimaas ut laj Jonatán queßel saß li becbil haß ut queßcôeb riqßuin laj David chixyebal re li cßaßru queßrabi. Queßxye re: —Sêbahomak êrib. Texxic jun pacßal li nimaß xban nak laj Ahitofel ac xye reheb nak chiru ajcuiß li kßojyîn aßin teßchâlk chi pletic êriqßuin, chanqueb.
22Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
22Joßcan nak laj David ut chixjunileb li cuanqueb rochben queßcôeb jun pacßal li nimaß. Nak quisakêu, ac xeßxkßax li nimaß Jordán chixjunileb.
23When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
23Laj Ahitofel quixqßue retal nak incßaß queßxbânu li cßaßru quixye reheb. Joßcan nak quixyîb rix lix bûr ut quitakeß chirix ut quisukßi saß xtenamit. Quixyîb ru li cßaßru re saß li rochoch. Ut chirix aßan quixyatzß rib. Joßcaßin nak quicam laj Ahitofel. Quimukeß saß li muklebâl li quimukeß cuiß lix yucuaß.
24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
24Nak laj David ut eb li rochben yôqueb chi cuulac saß li tenamit Mahanaim, laj Absalón rochbeneb chixjunileb lix soldados aj Israel yôqueb chi numecß saß li nimaß Jordán.
25Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
25Laj Absalón quixxakab laj Amasa chi taklânc saß xbêneb li soldados chokß rêkaj laj Joab. Laj Amasa, aßan ralal laj Itra, xcomoneb li ralal xcßajol laj Ismael. Laj Itra, aßan lix bêlom lix Abigail lix rabin laj Nahas. Lix Abigail, aßan li ras lix Sarvia. Ut lix Sarvia, aßan lix naß laj Joab.
26Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
26Laj Absalón ut eb li cuînk aj Israel li cuanqueb rochben queßxyîb lix muhebâleb aran Galaad.
27It happened, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
27Nak quicuulac laj David Mahanaim, laj Sobi, laj Maquir ut laj Barzilai queßcuulac riqßuin. Laj Sobi, aßan li ralal laj Nahas. Rabá xtenamit, li cuan saß xcuênteb li ralal xcßajol laj Amón. Laj Maquir, aßan li ralal laj Amiel. Lodebar xtenamit. Ut laj Barzilai, Rogelim xtenamit, li cuan saß xcuênt Galaad.
28brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
28Queßxcßam li cßaßru teßxsi re laj David ut reheb li cuanqueb rochben. Queßxcßam eb li cuarib, li chßochß ucßal, ut li cuc. Ut queßxcßam ajcuiß li trigo ut li cebada, li cßaj ut li ru li trigo qßuilinbil. Ut queßxcßam ajcuiß cuib pây ru li quênkß reheb.Ut queßxcßam ajcuiß xyaßal cab, mantêc, carner, ut queso re nak teßcuaßak xban nak queßxnau nak laj David ut eb li rochben tacuajenakeb ut teßtzßocâk ut tâchakik reheb.
29honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, “The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.”
29Ut queßxcßam ajcuiß xyaßal cab, mantêc, carner, ut queso re nak teßcuaßak xban nak queßxnau nak laj David ut eb li rochben tacuajenakeb ut teßtzßocâk ut tâchakik reheb.