II Samuel 17

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

Apre sa, Achitofèl di Absalon konsa: -Kite m' chwazi douzmil (12.000) sòlda. M'ap pati aswè a menm dèyè David.

And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

M'ap pwofite antan li tou bouke, tou dekouraje a, m'ap atake l', m'ap fè l' pè. Lè sa a, tout moun ki avè l' yo va kraze rak. Se wa a ase m'ap touye.

And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

Lèfini, m'ap mennen tout lòt moun yo vin jwenn ou, menm jan yon madan marye tounen vin jwenn mari l'. Se yon sèl moun ou vle yo touye, pa vre. Apre sa, repo pou tout moun.

And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

Koze a te fè Absalon ak tout chèf moun Izrayèl yo plezi.

Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

Absalon di konsa: -Rele Ouchayi, moun peyi Ak la. Ann tande sa li gen pou l' di nou.

And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.

Lè Ouchayi rive, Absalon di l' konsa: -Men konsèy Achitofèl ban nou. Eske se pou nou fè sa li di nou fè a? Si ou pa dakò, di nou sa pou nou fè.

And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

Ouchayi reponn li: -Fwa sa a, konsèy Achitofèl bay la pa bon menm.

For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Ou konnen jan papa ou ak moun pa li yo vanyan gason? Koulye a, yo move tankou yon manman lous ki pèdi pitit li. Papa ou se yon sòlda ki gen anpil esperyans nan fè lagè. Li p'ap janm rete pase lannwit menm kote ak moun li yo.

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

Koulye a li dwe kache nan yon gwòt osinon yon lòt kote. Premye atak David va fè sou moun ou yo, moun pral konn sa, y'a di: David bat patizan Absalon yo.

And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

Lè sa a, menm sòlda ki pi vanyan yo, sa ki tankou lyon, ki pa pè anyen yo, pral pèdi kouraj, paske tout moun peyi Izrayèl yo konnen jan papa ou se sòlda ki konn goumen, jan moun pa l' yo se brave danje.

Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

Men konsèy mwen menm m'ap bay: Fè sanble dènye gason nan tout peyi Izrayèl la, depi lavil Dann jouk lavil Bècheba, pou yo tankou grenn sab bò lanmè. Lèfini, ou menm w'a mache alatèt yo.

So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

Nenpòt kote David ye, n'a tonbe sou li tankou lawouze sou fèy bwa, n'a atake l' anvan menm li konnen sa k'ap rive l'. Nou p'ap kite pesonn chape, ni li, ni yonn nan moun pa l' yo.

Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

Si li al kache kò l' nan yon lavil, tout moun Izrayèl yo va pran kòd, y'a mare lavil la, y'a trennen l' al jete anba nan fon an. Yo pa t' kite yon grenn wòch sou tèt mòn kote lavil la te ye a.

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

Absalon ak tout moun peyi Izrayèl yo di: -Konsèy Ouchayi, moun Ak la, pi bon pase pa Achitofèl la. Sa te pase konsa, paske Seyè a te deside pou li pa t' kite yo swiv konsèy Achitofèl la pou malè te ka tonbe sou Absalon.

Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

Apre sa, Ouchayi rele Zadòk ak Abyata, prèt yo, li di yo: -Men konsèy Achitofèl te bay Absalon ak chèf fanmi moun Izrayèl yo. Men konsèy mwen menm mwen te ba yo.

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

Koulye a, prese voye komisyon bay David. Di li pa rete pase nwit nan plenn dezè a. Se pou l' al pi lwen toujou pou yo pa touye l' ansanm ak moun pa li yo.

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En–rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.

Jonatan, pitit Abyata a, ak Akimaz, pitit Zadòk la, te rete bò sous Lesivèz yo ap tann, paske yo pa t' ka antre nan lavil la pou moun pa t' wè yo. Se yon sèvant ki te konn al pote nouvèl sa k'ap pase ba yo pou yo te ka al avèti wa David.

Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

Men, yon ti gason bare yo, li al di Absalon sa. De mesye yo kouri al kache lakay yon moun ki te rete lavil Bakourim. Nonm lan te gen yon pi nan lakou lakay li. Mesye yo desann al kache ladan l'.

And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

Madanm nonm lan pran yon gwo dra, li kouvri bouch pi a. Lèfini, li simen grenn pile sou li, konsa pesonn pa wè sa ki anba dra a.

And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

Moun Absalon yo vini nan kay la, yo mande madanm lan: -Kote Akimaz ak Jonatan? Madanm lan reponn: -Yo janbe lòt bò dlo a. Mesye Absalon yo chache, men yo pa jwenn yo. Apre sa, yo tounen tounen yo lavil Jerizalèm.

And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

Lè yo fin ale, Akimaz ak Jonatan soti nan pi a, y' al pote nouvèl bay wa David. Yo rakonte l' ki konsèy Achitofèl te bay Absalon. Epi yo di l': -Prese janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden.

Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

Se konsa David leve ansanm ak tout moun ki te avè l' yo, yo janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden. Lè bajou kase, yo tout te gen tan lòt bò larivyè a.

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

Lè Achitofèl wè yo pa t' soti pou swiv konsèy li te bay la, li sele bourik li, li tounen lakay li nan peyi l'. Lè li fin regle tout zafè l', li pann tèt li. Se konsa li mouri. Apre sa, yo antere l' nan kavo papa l'.

Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

Lè Absalon ansanm ak moun li yo rive pou yo janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an, David te gen tan rive lavil Manayim.

And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

Absalon te chwazi Amasa pou kòmande lame a nan plas Joab. Amasa sa a te pitit gason Jitra, yon moun fanmi Izmayèl. Manman l' te rele Abigal, pitit fi Nach, sè Sewouya, manman Joab.

So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

Absalon ak moun peyi Izrayèl yo moute tant yo nan peyi Galarad.

And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

Lè David rive lavil Manayim, gen twa moun ki vin jwenn li. Se te Choni, pitit gason Nach, moun lavil Raba, kapital peyi Amon an, Maki, pitit gason Amyèl, moun lavil Lodeba, ak Bazilayi, moun lavil Wogelim nan peyi Galarad.

Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

Twa mesye sa yo te pote bagay pou moun kouche, bòl, kaswòl ak manje pou David ak moun pa l' yo. Te gen ble, lòj, farin, grenn griye, ti pwa ak gwo pwa tout kalite,

And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

siwo myèl, bè, fwomaj lèt bèf, fwomaj lèt mouton. Yonn te di lòt: -Apre tout mache sa a nan dezè a, moun sa yo dwe grangou, yo dwe swaf, yo dwe bouke kont kò yo.