1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
1 Ahitofel ye ka ne Absalom se koyne: «Naŋ ay ma alboro zambar way cindi hinka suuban sohõ, ay ma tun mo ka Dawda banda gana hunkuna cino wo ra.
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;
2 Ay ga kaŋ a boŋ za a go fargante, a kambey mo go ga sooli, y'a humburandi. Borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ go a banda mo ga zuru, ay ma bonkoono hinne kar.
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.”
3 Ay ma ye ka kande jama kulu ni se, borey kaŋ yaŋ ni goono ga ceeci. D'i du bonkoono, nga hinne, danga i kulu ga ye ka kaa nooya. Yaadin gaa no jama kulu ga goro baani samay.»
4The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
4 Sanno din binde kaan Absalom se ka boori, hala nda Israyla arkusey kulu mo.
5Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.”
5 Waato din gaa Absalom ne: «Wa Husay Arcita bora mo ce sohõ. Iri ma maa haŋ kaŋ no nga mo ga ne.»
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.”
6 Waato kaŋ Husay kaa Absalom do, Absalom salaŋ d'a ka ne: «Ahitofel salaŋ ka ne ya da ya. To, hal iri ma goy a ciyaŋo boŋ no? Da manti yaadin no, ma ci.»
7Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
7 Husay mo ne Absalom se: «Saawara kaŋ Ahitofel kande, hino wo a si boori.»
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.
8 Husay ne koyne: «Ni ga ni baaba bay, nga nda alborey kaŋ yaŋ go a banda, kaŋ wongaariyaŋ no, boro beeri yaŋ mo no. I goono ga maa konni mo ngey fundey ra sohõ, danga urs* kaŋ i fay da nga izey saajo ra. Ni baaba mo wongaari no, a si kani borey banda.
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!’
9 A go, hunkuna day a go guusu fo ra ga tugu, wala mo nangu fo. A ga ciya mo d'a kaŋ i boŋ, afooyaŋ mo kaŋ ka bu za sintina, boro kulu kaŋ maa r'a ga ne: ‹I na halaciyaŋ bambata te Absalom ganakoy ra.›
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.
10 Hala mo baa bora kaŋ ci alboro cimi-cimi, kaŋ a bina ga hima muusu beeri wane ga yay latak! Zama Israyla kulu ga bay kaŋ ni baaba ya wongaari no. Borey kaŋ yaŋ go a banda mo alboro cimanteyaŋ no.
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.
11 Amma ay saawara neeya: I ma Israyla kulu margu ni do, za Dan gaa kal a ma koy Beyer-Seba, danga teeku me gaa taasi baayaŋ cine. Ni bumbo mo ma koy wongo do.
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.
12 Iri binde ga kaŋ a boŋ nango kaŋ i g'a gar. Iri m'a to sanda mate kaŋ harandaŋ ga kaŋ laabu boŋ. A ra binde, da alborey kulu kaŋ yaŋ go a banda, iri si baa afolloŋ naŋ.
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.”
13 Da mo a jin ka mulay ka ye kwaara fo ra, waati din gaa Israyla ga korfoyaŋ sambu ka kond'ey kwaara din gaa. Iri m'a candi kala gooro ra hal i si baa tond'ize folloŋ gar nango din ra.»
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.
14 Absalom da Israyla alborey kulu ne Husay Arcita bora saawara bisa Ahitofel wano. Zama Rabbi no ka waadu i ma hin Ahitofel saawara kaŋ gonda nafa hala Rabbi masiiba ma kaa Absalom gaa.
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.
15 Saaya din binde Husay ne alfagey Zadok da Abiyatar se: «Yaawo da yaawo no Ahitofel saaware nd'a Absalom da Israyla arkusey se. Ya da ya no ay mo saaware nd'a.
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.’”
16 Araŋ mo, kal araŋ ma donton da waasi ka seeda Dawda se. I ma ne a se: ‹Hunkuna ni ma si kani saajo furoyaŋo do haray, amma mate kulu kaŋ no ni ma du ka daŋandi, zama i ma si bonkoono da borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ go a banda halaci.› »
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.
17 Yonata binde, nga nda Ahimaz goro En-Rogel waato din. Wayboro fo kaŋ koŋŋa no, nga no ga koy ka baaru dede i se. Ngey mo, i ma koy ka ci bonkoono Dawda se, zama a si du ka te i ma di i furo kwaara ra.
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.
18 Amma arwasu fo di ey ka ci Absalom se. I boro hinka binde fatta da cahãyaŋ ka koy boro fo kwaara Ba-Hurim, kaŋ gonda day nga windo bindi ra. I furo dayo ra.
19The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.
19 Waybora mo na day daabirjo sambu ka dayo me daabu nd'a. A na hayni masangu gusam a boŋ, i mana bay i gaa mo.
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.
20 Absalom tamey binde kaa waybora do windo ra ka ne: «Man Ahimaz nda Yonata?» Waybora ne i se: «I na hari gooro daŋandi.» Waato kaŋ i ceeci, i mana di ey, gaa no i ye Urusalima.
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.”
21 A ciya binde i dirawo banda, kala borey din mo fatta ka fun dayo ra. I koy ka ci bonkoono Dawda se. I ne Dawda se: «Wa tun ka haro daŋandi nda waasi, zama saawara kaŋ dumi Ahitofel no araŋ boŋ nooya.»
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.
22 Dawda binde tun, nga nda borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ go nga banda. I na Urdun daŋandi hala mo boyaŋ hananyaŋo ga to. I mana baa afo naŋ i ra kaŋ mana Urdun daŋandi.
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.
23 Saaya kaŋ cine Ahitofel di i mana nga saawara gana, kal a na kaari-ka daŋ nga farka gaa. A dira ka ye fu, nga kwaara ra. A na nga windo muraadey kulu margu ka ban, gaa no a na nga boŋ sarku. A binde bu, i n'a fiji mo nga baabo saara ra.
24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
24 Waato din gaa Dawda kaa Mahanayim. Absalom mo na Urdun daŋandi, nga nda Israyla alborey kulu nga banda.
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.
25 Absalom binde na Amasa daŋ a ma ciya wongu marga jine boro Yowab nango ra. Amasa wo mo Israyla boro fo kaŋ se i ga ne Itra ize no. Nga no ka kani nda Abigayil Nahas ize wayo, Zeruwiya Yowab nya dumi no.
26Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
26 Absalom da Israyla zumbu Jileyad ra.
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,
27 Waato kaŋ Dawda to Mahanayim, kala Sobi, Nahas ize, Rabba kwaara Amon izey boro, nga nda Macir Amiyel ize, Lo-Debar kwaara bora, da Barzillay Rogelim kwaara boro Jileyad laabu,
28brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
28 i kaa ka kande daarijiyaŋ, da gumbutuyaŋ, da kusuyaŋ, da alkama, da sayir, da hamni, da hayni safante, da dunguri, da damsi, da kobto kogoyaŋ,
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.”
29 da yu, da ji, da feejiyaŋ, da haw wa cukku, ka no Dawda nda nga banda borey se, i ma ŋwa. Zama i ne: «Borey wo, haray da jaw da farga go i gaa saajo ra.»