1It was told Joab, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”
1 I ci Yowab se ka ne: «Guna, bonkoono goono ga hẽ, a goono ga baray Absalom sabbay se.»
2The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people; for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”
2 Han din zaama teeyaŋo ye ka bare ka ciya bu baray koyne jama kulu se, zama han din jama maa baaru kaŋ i ne bonkoono goono ga bine saray te nga izo se.
3The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
3 Borey binde furo kwaara ra han din hane tugante, sanda boroyaŋ kaŋ haawi n'i di waato kaŋ i zuru wongu do, kaŋ i na goobu haŋ.
4The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!”
4 Bonkoono mo na nga moyduma daabu. A ce mo da jinde beeri, ka ne, «Ya ay izo, Absalom, ya Absalom! Ya ay izo, ay izo!»
5Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
5 Yowab binde furo windo ra bonkoono do ka ne: «Hunkuna ni na ni tamey kulu haawandi, ngey kaŋ yaŋ na ni fundo, da ni ize arey, da ni ize wayey, da ni wandey da ni wahayey fundey mo faaba.
6in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it would have pleased you well.
6 Zama borey kaŋ ga konna nin no ni ga baa, ka konna ni baakoy. Zama ni bangandi hunkuna kaŋ koyey da bannyey wo yaamoyaŋ no ni se. Hunkuna ay faham da woone: da day Absalom ga funa, iri kulu mo bu, doŋ a ga kaan ni se gumo.
7Now therefore arise, go out, and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don’t go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.”
7 A binde, sohõ ni ma tun ka fatta ka sanni kaano te ni tamey se. Zama ay ze da Rabbi, da ni mana fatta hunkuna, boro kulu si no kaŋ ga goro ni banda. Laala din binde ga jaase hay kulu kaŋ du nin za ni go arwasu ka to hala hunkuna.»
8Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all the people, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
8 Waato din gaa no bonkoono tun ka goro kwaara meyo gaa. I ci jama kulu se ka ne: «Guna, bonkoono goono ga goro kwaara meyo gaa.» Borey kulu binde kaa bonkoono jine. Amma Israyla kulu jin ka zuru, boro kulu koy nga kwaara.
9All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
9 Borey kulu binde soobay ka care kusuuma Israyla kundey kulu ra. I goono ga ne: «Bonkoono n'iri faaba iri yanjekaarey kambey ra. A n'iri faaba mo Filistancey kambey ra, amma sohõ a zuru Absalom sabbay se.
10Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don’t you speak a word of bringing the king back?”
10 Absalom mo kaŋ iri daŋ bonkooni iri boŋ, a bu wongo ra. Sohõ binde, ifo se no araŋ si salaŋ ka ne i ma ye ka kande bonkoono?»
11King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? Since the speech of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house.
11 Bonkoono Dawda binde donton alfagey Zadok nda Abiyatar do ka ne: «Wa salaŋ da Yahuda arkusey ka ne: ‹Ifo se no araŋ ciya kokor banda wane yaŋ bonkoono ye-ka-kande fu yaŋ ciine ra, za kaŋ Israyla kulu sanney to bonkoono do nga kwaara ra?
12You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’
12 Araŋ no ga ti ay nya-izey, d'ay biriyo d'ay baso mo. Ifo se binde kaŋ araŋ no ga ti kokor banda waney bonkoono ye-ka-kande yaŋo ciine ra?›
13Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually in the room of Joab.’”
13 Araŋ ma ne Amasa mo se: ‹Nin wo, manti ay biri nd'ay basi no? Irikoy m'ay laali da ni mana ciya wongu marga wonkoyo ay jine Yowab nango ra duumi.› »
14He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
14 A binde na Yahuda alborey kulu biney naan, sanda boro folloŋ bine cine, hal a donton bonkoono gaa ka ne: «Ma ye ka kaa, nin da ni tamey kulu.»
15So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
15 Bonkoono binde ye ka kaa, hal a to Urdun isa. Yahuda mo kaa Jilgal, zama ngey ma bonkoono kubay se, ka Urdun daŋandi a banda.
16Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
16 Simey, Gera ize mo, Benyamin boro, Ba-Hurim kwaara bora waasu-waasu ka zumbu Yahuda borey banda Bonkoono Dawda kubayyaŋ se.
17There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
17 Benyamin alborey mo, ngey boro zambar fo go no a banda, hala nda Ziba, Sawulu windi bannya, da nga ize way cindi guwa, da nga bannya waranka a banda. I na Urdun daŋandi ka koy bonkoono do.
18A ferry boat went to bring over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he had come over the Jordan.
18 Kal i na bonkoono almayaaley daŋandi yawyaŋo do haray ka te mo haŋ kaŋ ga kaan bonkoono se. Gera ize Simey mo, waato kaŋ a daŋandi, a ye ganda bonkoono jine.
19He said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, nor remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
19 A ne a se: «Bonkoono ma si taali dake ay boŋ, ma si fongu mo haŋ kaŋ ay, ni tamo te hartayaŋ ra waato kaŋ koyo ay bonkoono fun Urusalima ra, hala bonkoono ma woodin jisi nga bina ra.
20For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
20 Zama ay, ni tamo bay kaŋ ay na taali te. Sohõ binde, guna ay kaa hunkuna. Ay no ga ti ijina Yusufu kunda kulu ra ay ma kaa koyo ay bonkoono kubayyaŋ se.»
21But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shall Shimei not be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?”
21 Amma Zeruwiya ize Abisay tu ka ne: «I si Simey wi no, za kaŋ a na Rabbi wane suubananta wow?»
22David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? Shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? For don’t I know that I am this day king over Israel?”
22 Dawda mo ne: «Ya araŋ Zeruwiya izey, ifo k'ay zaa da araŋ, kaŋ araŋ ga ciya ay ibareyaŋ hunkuna? I ga boro kulu wi Israyla ra hunkuna, wala? Manti ay bay hunkuna kaŋ ay ya bonkooni no Israyla boŋ?»
23The king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” The king swore to him.
23 Bonkoono mo ne Simey se: «Ni si bu.» Bonkoono ze a se mo.
24Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
24 Sawulu haama Mefiboset mo kaa zama nga ma bonkoono kubay se. A mana nga ce camsey dumbu, wala nga kaabe hanseyaŋ, wala baa nga bankaaray nyunayaŋ za hano kaŋ hane bonkoono dira kala hano kaŋ a ye ka kaa baani.
25It happened, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”
25 A ciya binde, waato kaŋ a kaa Urusalima bonkoono kubayyaŋ se, kala bonkoono ne a se: «Mefiboset, ifo se no ni mana koy ay banda?»
26He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because your servant is lame.
26 Nga mo tu ka ne: «Ya koyo ay bonkoono, ay tamo no k'ay fafagu. Zama ay ni bannya ne: ‹Naŋ ay ma kaari-ka daŋ ay farka gaa, zama ay ma kaaru a boŋ ka koy bonkoono banda, zama ay, ni tamo ya fanaka no.›
27He has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Do therefore what is good in your eyes.
27 Amma a na ay, ni tamo maa sara koyo ay bonkoono do. Amma koyo ay bonkoono ga hima sanda Irikoy malayka. Kala ni ma te mo haŋ kaŋ ga kaan ni se.
28For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?”
28 Zama ay baaba windo almayaaley kulu ciya sanda buukoyaŋ koyo ay bonkoono jine. Kulu nda yaadin, ni na ay, ni tamo daŋ borey kaŋ ga ŋwa ni taablo boŋ yaŋ ra. Ay gonda hina ka hẽ bonkoono gaa koyne, wala?»
29The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.”
29 Bonkoono ne a se: «Ifo se no ni na ni sanno tonton? Ay sanno neeya: Doŋ day, nin da Ziba, kal araŋ ma farey fay.»
30Mephibosheth said to the king, “Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.”
30 Mefiboset binde ne bonkoono se: «Oho, naŋ a ma hay kulu sambu, za kaŋ koyo ay bonkoono ye ka kaa fu baani samay.»
31Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.
31 Jileyad bora Barzillay fun Rogelim. A na Urdun daŋandi bonkoono banda, zama nga m'a dum ka koy hala Urdun daaranta.
32Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
32 Barzillay wo mo dottijo zeeno no gumo, zama a jiiri wahakku. A na kwaara goray hari haggoy bonkoono se mo za a go Mahanayim da goray, zama nga wo boro beeri no gumo.
33The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.”
33 Bonkoono ne Barzillay se: «Kala ni ma daŋandi ay banda. Ay mo ya ni jare ay banda Urusalima ra.»
34Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
34 Amma Barzillay ne bonkoono se: «Ay fundo jirbi marge no ka cindi kaŋ ay ga kaaru bonkoono banda ka koy Urusalima?
35I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?
35 Hunkuna ay jiirey to wahakku. Ay ga hin ka fayanka ihanno nda ilaalo game ra no? Ay, ni tamo ga hin k'ay ŋwaari dumi taba, wala haŋ kaŋ ay ga haŋ no? Wala ay ga hin ka maa alboro nda wayboro kaŋ goono ga doon jinde? Ifo se binde ay, ni tamo ga ciya jaraw koyo ay bonkoono se ne jine?
36Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
36 Ay, ni tamo ga ba ay ma Urdun wo daŋandi hinne no ay bonkoono banda. Ifo se no bonkoono ga alhakku bana ay se ya-cine?
37Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.”
37 Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma naŋ ay, ni tamo ma bare ka ye, zama ay ma bu ay bumbo kwaara ra, ay baabo d'ay nyaŋo saarayey do. Amma ma ni bannya Kimham guna. Nga din ma daŋandi koyo ay bonkoono banda. Ni ma te a se mo haŋ kaŋ ga kaan ni se.»
38The king answered, “Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you require of me, that I will do for you.”
38 Bonkoono tu ka ne: «Kimham ga daŋandi ay banda, ay ga te a se mo haŋ kaŋ ni ga ba. Hay kulu mo kaŋ ni ga hã ay gaa, kal ay m'a te ni se.»
39All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. Then the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.
39 Borey kulu binde na Urdun daŋandi, bonkoono mo daŋandi. Bonkoono na Barzillay garbe sunsum, ka albarka gaara a se. Nga mo ye nga nango do.
40So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him. All the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.
40 Bonkoono binde daŋandi ka kaa Jilgal, Kimham mo daŋandi a banda. Yahuda jama kulu na bonkoono dum, nga nda Israyla jama jara mo.
41Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?”
41 Guna mo, Israyla alborey kulu kaa bonkoono do. I ne a se: «Ifo se no iri nya-izey Yahuda alborey na ni zay? I na Urdun daŋandi nda bonkoono, da nga almayaaley, da Dawda alborey kulu a banda.»
42All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?”
42 Kala Yahuda alborey kulu tu Israyla alborey se ka ne: «Zama bonkoono ya iri dumi no kaŋ ga maan. Ifo se binde araŋ ga binya sanno din se? Iri na hay fo ŋwa bonkoono albarka ra no? Wala a n'iri no hay fo no?»
43The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
43 Kala Israyla borey tu Yahuda borey se ka ne: «Iri gonda baa way bonkoono do. Iri wano baa da araŋ wano mo Dawda ra. Ifo se binde kaŋ araŋ ga donda iri? Manti iri no ga ti sintina iri bonkoono ye-ka-kande yaŋ ciine ra?» Yahuda borey sanno koroŋ ka bisa Israyla borey wano.