2 Samuel 15

Absalom’s Conspiracy

1In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him. 2He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, “What town are you from?” He would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.” 3Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.” 4And Absalom would add, “If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.”

5Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him. 6Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts of the people of Israel.

7At the end of four#15:7 Some Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac and Josephus; Hebrew forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord. 8While your servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: ‘If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.#15:8 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have in Hebron.’ ”

9The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he went to Hebron.

10Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, then say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron.’ ” 11Two hundred men from Jerusalem had accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and went quite innocently, knowing nothing about the matter. 12While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from Giloh, his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept on increasing.

David Flees

13A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”

14Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.”

15The king’s officials answered him, “Your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king chooses.”

16The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten concubines to take care of the palace. 17So the king set out, with all the people following him, and they halted at the edge of the city. 18All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites and Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath marched before the king.

19The king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come along with us? Go back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from your homeland. 20You came only yesterday. And today shall I make you wander about with us, when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take your people with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness.”#15:20 Septuagint; Hebrew May kindness and faithfulness be with you

21But Ittai replied to the king, “As surely as the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be.”

22David said to Ittai, “Go ahead, march on.” So Ittai the Gittite marched on with all his men and the families that were with him.

23The whole countryside wept aloud as all the people passed by. The king also crossed the Kidron Valley, and all the people moved on toward the wilderness.

24Zadok was there, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city.

25Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s eyes, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place again. 26But if he says, ‘I am not pleased with you,’ then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him.”

27The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Do you understand? Go back to the city with my blessing. Take your son Ahimaaz with you, and also Abiathar’s son Jonathan. You and Abiathar return with your two sons. 28I will wait at the fords in the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” 29So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and stayed there.

30But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went; his head was covered and he was barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads too and were weeping as they went up. 31Now David had been told, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”

32When David arrived at the summit, where people used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite was there to meet him, his robe torn and dust on his head. 33David said to him, “If you go with me, you will be a burden to me. 34But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘Your Majesty, I will be your servant; I was your father’s servant in the past, but now I will be your servant,’ then you can help me by frustrating Ahithophel’s advice. 35Won’t the priests Zadok and Abiathar be there with you? Tell them anything you hear in the king’s palace. 36Their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with anything you hear.”

37So Hushai, David’s confidant, arrived at Jerusalem as Absalom was entering the city.

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2 SAMUELE 15

Abosalome o rera ho fetohela kgosi

1Kamora mona, Abosalome a iketsetsa kariki ya ntwa, a batla le dipere, le banna ba mashome a mahlano ba tla mo etella pele. 2Abosalome o ne a ye a tsohe e sa le hoseng, a yo ema tseleng e yang kgorong ya motse. E ne e ye ere ha motho ya nang le nyewe a eya ho kgosi hore a yo ahlolelwa, ebe Abosalome o a mmitsa, o re ho yena: “O tswa motseng ofe?”

Eo a re: “Mohlanka wa hao o tswa ho o mong wa merabe ya Iseraele.”

3Abosalome a re ho yena: “Nyewe ena ya hao e ntle haholo, e bile e nepahetse, empa ha ho le ya mong wa banna ba kgosi ya tla o mamela.” 4Abosalome a tswele pele, a re: “Hoja ke ne ke le moahlodi naheng ena, mme bohle ba nang le dinyewe kapa ditaba ba etla ho nna, ke ne ke tla ba ahlolela ka toka.”

5Ha motho a itihela fatshe kapele ho yena, ho isa hlompho, o ne a ye a mo tshware ka letsoho, a mo emise, mme a mo ake. 6Abosalome a etsa tjena ho Baiseraele bohle ba neng ba ye ba tle ho kgosi, hore ba ahlolelwe. Ka mokgwa ona Abosalome a hapa dipelo tsa bana ba Iseraele.

7Qetellong ya dilemo tse nne, Abosalome a re ho kgosi: “Ke o kopa hore nke ke ye Heborone, ke yo phetha kano, eo ke ileng ka e etsetsa Morena. 8Ha mohlanka wa hao a sa le Geshure e Arame, o ile a etsa kano, a re: ‘Haeba ruri Morena a ka nkgutlisetsa Jerusalema, ke tla mo nyehella ke le Heborone.’ ”

9Kgosi ya re ho yena: “Itsamaele ka kgotso.”

Abosalome a tsamaya, a ya Heborone. 10Empa Abosalome a romela bahlohleletsi merabeng yohle ya Iseraele, a re: “Hanghang ha le utlwa modumo wa lenaka, le tle le re: ‘Abosalome o etswa kgosi kwana Heborone!’ ” 11Banna ba makgolo a mabedi ba tswang Jerusalema, ba neng ba memilwe, ba ikela tjee ba sa tsebe letho, ba tsamaya le Abosalome. 12Ha Abosalome a ntse a nyehela ka mahlabelo, a bitsa Ahitofele wa Mogilo, moeletsi wa Davida, a le motseng wa habo wa Gilo. Morero ona wa bohlabaphiyo o ne o le matla le batho ba tshehetsang Abosalome ba nna ba eketseha.

Davida o baleha Jerusalema

13Leqosa la fihla ho Davida, la re: “Abosalome o hapile banna ba Iseraele.”

14Davida a re ho bahlanka ba hae bohle ba neng ba ena le yena Jerusalema: “Emang, re baleheng hobane re ke ke ra phonyoha ho Abosalome. Potlakang, re tsamayeng, esere a re fumana re sa le mona, a re etsa hampe, mme a bolaya baahi ba motse ona ka sabole.”

15Bahlanka ba kgosi ba re ho kgosi: “Bahlanka ba hao ba itokiseditse ho phetha tsohle tseo kgosi e tla ba laela tsona.”

16Kgosi ya tswa motseng le bohle ba lelapa la yona, ya siya basadi ba leshome, bao e neng e le basadi ba mafielo ba yona, hore ba hlokomele lelapa.

17Kgosi ya fela ya tswa le setjhaba sohle sa yona, ya fihla ya emisa tlung ya ho qetela. 18Bahlanka bohle ba kgosi ba nna ba feta kathoko ho yona: E le Bakerete bohle, le Bapelete bohle, le banna ba makgolo a tsheletseng ba Bagate, ba neng ba sale kgosi morao ha e tloha Gate. Batho bana ba fetela kapele ho kgosi.

Davida le Itai

19Yaba kgosi e re ho Itai wa Mogate: “O tsamaelang le rona? Kgutla, o yo dula le kgosi, hobane o moditjhaba, o bile o balehile naheng ya heno. 20O tswa fihla maobanyana mona; jwale ebe nka re o nne o lelere le rona hohle moo re yang teng, empa ke sa tsebe le hore na ke ya kae? Kgutla, o tsamaye le bana beno, mme Morena a ke a o hauhele, a o etsetse tse molemo.”

21Itai a araba kgosi, a re: “Ke hlapanya ka Morena ya phelang, le ka monga ka, kgosi ya ka e phelang, moo monga ka, kgosi ya ka, a tla ba teng, ebang o tla shwa kapa a phele, le hona moo mohlanka wa hao o tla ba hona teng.”

22Davida a re ho Itai: “Tsamaya, o fetele pele.” Itai wa Mogate a fetela pele le banna bohle ba hae, le bana bohle bao a neng a ena le bona.

23Baahi bohle ba naha ba bokolla haholo, ha setjhaba sohle se fetela pele. Ha kgosi e tshela molatswana wa Kiderone, setjhaba sohle sa fetela pele, ka tsela e yang lehwatateng.

Davida le Balevi

24Sadoke le yena a tla, le Balevi bohle ba neng ba ena le yena, ba nkile areka ya selekane sa Modimo. Ba fihla ba bea areka ya Modimo fatshe, pela Abiatare, ho fihlela ha setjhaba sohle se felella ho tswa motseng.

25Kgosi ya re ho Sadoke: “Kgutlisetsa areka ya Modimo motseng; haeba Morena a ka nkgauhela, o tla nkgutlisa, mme a mpontshe yona le leaho la hae. 26Empa haeba Morena a ka re: ‘Ha o nkgahle,’ bona, ke nna enwa, a nketse seo a bonang se lokile.”

27Kgosi ya boela ya re ho moprista Sadoke: “Na o re o senohe? Ke re o kgutlele motseng ka kgotso, wena le Ahimase, mora wa hao, le Jonathane, mora wa Abiatare; ke ho re lona le bara ba lona ba babedi. 28Bona, ke tla emisa diphuleng tse lehwatateng, ho fihlela ke fumana molaetsa o tswang ho lona.” 29Bo-Sadoke le Abiatare ba kgutlisetsa areka ya Modimo Jerusalema, mme ba hlola hona teng.

30Davida a nyolosa moepa wa Thaba ya Mehlwaare, a ntse a lla. O ne a ikgurumeditse hlooho, a tsamaya a sa rwala letho maotong. Batho bohle ba neng ba ena le yena le bona ba ne ba ikgurumeditse dihlooho, mme ba nyoloha ba ntse ba lla. 31E mong a bolella Davida, a re: “Ahitofele o teng kahara mahlabaphiyo a Abosalome.”

Davida a re: “Oho, Morena, ke a o rapela: Ako nyopise dikeletso tsa Ahitofele.”

32Ha Davida a se a fihlile kahodima tlhoro ya thaba, moo a neng a tlwaetse ho kgumamella Modimo teng, a bona ho fihla Hushai wa Moareke, seaparo sa hae se hahohile, a itshetse ka lerole hloohong. 33Davida a re ho yena: “Ha o ka fetela pele le nna, o tla nkgoka. 34Ha o ka kgutlela motseng, wa re ho Abosalome: ‘Oho, kgosi, ke tla ba mohlanka wa hao; jwalokaha ke nnile ka ba mohlanka wa ntatao, ka mokgwa o jwalo ke tla ba mohlanka wa hao,’ mme ka ho etsa jwalo o tla tseba ho nnyopisetsa dikeletso tsa Ahitofele. 35Ha ke re hona moo le na le bo-Sadoke le Abiatare? Ka baka leo, ntho efe kapa efe eo o utlwang e buuwa lapeng la kgosi, o e sebele baprista, bo-Sadoke le Abiatare. 36Ba na le bara ba bona ba babedi hona moo, e leng Ahimase, mora wa Sadoke, le Jonathane, mora wa Abiatare, mme ntho efe kapa efe eo le e utlwang le tla ntsebisa yona ka bona.”

37Yaba Hushai, motswalle wa Davida, o fihlellana le Abosalome motseng wa Jerusalema.

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