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Si David kag si Ziba

16 Sang makalampuwas lang si David sa ibabaw sang bukid, ginsugata siya ni Ziba nga suluguon ni Mefiboshet. May duha siya ka asno nga may karga nga 200 ka tinapay, 100 ka hakop sang pasas, 100 ka luto nga prutas,[a] kag bino nga nasulod sa suludlan nga panit. Ginpamangkot ni David si Ziba, “Ngaa nagdala ka sina?” Nagsabat si Ziba, “Ang mga asno para sakyan sang imo pamilya, ang mga tinapay kag mga prutas para kaunon ninyo sang imo mga kaupod, kag ang bino imnon ninyo kon kapuyon kamo sa kamingawan.”

Nagpamangkot si David, “Diin na si Mefiboshet, ang apo sang imo agalon nga si Saul?” Nagsabat si Ziba, “Nagpabilin siya sa Jerusalem, tungod nagahunahuna siya nga paharion siya sang katawhan sang Israel sa sini nga tion sa ginharian sang iya lolo.” Nagsiling si David, “Kon amo sina, ginahatag ko sa imo subong ang tanan nga ginapanag-iyahan ni Mefiboshet.” Nagsiling si Ziba, “Mahal nga Hari, handa ako sa pag-alagad sa imo. Kabay pa nga malipay ka sa akon.”

Ginpakamalaot ni Shimei si David

Sang nagahinampot si Haring David sa Bahurim, may tawo nga nagguwa sa sina nga banwa kag ginapakamalaot niya si David. Ini nga tawo amo si Shimei nga anak ni Gera kag paryente ni Saul. Ginbato niya si David kag ang iya mga opisyal bisan pa nga ginalibutan si David sang iya mga tinawo kag mga badigard. Amo ini ang iya pakamalaot kay David: “Indi ka magsulod sa amon banwa, ikaw nga manugpatay kag malaot nga tawo! Ginabalusan ka sang Ginoo sa imo pagpatay kay Saul kag sa iya panimalay. Gin-agaw mo ang iya ginharian, pero karon ginhatag ini sang Ginoo sa imo anak nga si Absalom. Nalaglag ka tungod sa imo pagpamatay.”

Nagsiling sa hari si Abishai nga anak ni Zeruya, “Mahal nga Hari, ngaa bala nga ginapabay-an mo lang nga pakamalauton ka sang sina nga tawo nga pareho man lang sa patay nga ido? Tuguti ako nga utdan siya sang ulo.” 10 Pero nagsiling ang hari, “Kamo nga mga anak ni Zeruya, ano ang inyo labot? Kon ginsugo siya sang Ginoo nga pakamalauton ako, sin-o ako nga magpugong sa iya?” 11 Nagsiling dayon si David kay Abishai kag sa tanan niya nga opisyal, “Kon ang anak ko mismo nagatinguha sa pagpatay sa akon, ano pa gid ayhan ining paryente ni Saul?[b] Pabay-i lang ninyo siya kay ang Ginoo ang nagsugo sa iya. 12 Basi pa lang makita sang Ginoo ang akon kalisod, kag balusan niya ako sang pagpakamaayo sa baylo sang pagpakamalaot nga nabaton ko subong.”

13 Gani nagpadayon si David kag ang iya mga tinawo sa paglakat. Sige man ang sunod ni Shimei sa ila, pero sa kilid lang siya sang bukid nag-agi. Samtang nagalakat siya ginapakamalaot niya si David kag ginahabuyan sang bato kag duta. 14 Kinapoy gid si David kag ang tanan niya nga tinawo, gani nagpahuway-huway sila pag-abot nila sa Suba sang Jordan.[c]

Nagpakigkita si Hushai kay Absalom

15 Sa pihak nga bahin, nag-abot sa Jerusalem si Absalom, si Ahitofel, kag ang iban pa nga mga Israelinhon. 16 Nag-abot man didto si Hushai nga Arkhanon, nga amigo ni David, kag nagkadto siya kay Absalom kag nagsiling sa iya, “Mabuhay ang hari! Mabuhay ang hari!” 17 Ginpamangkot ni Absalom si Hushai, “Diin na ang imo pag-unong sa imo amigo nga si David? Ngaa wala ka mag-upod sa iya?” 18 Nagsabat si Hushai, “Indi puwede! Sa imo ako maupod kay ikaw ang ginpili sang Ginoo kag sang bug-os nga katawhan sang Israel nga mangin hari. 19 Luwas sina, sin-o pa abi ang alagaran ko kundi ikaw nga anak ni David? Subong nga nag-alagad ako sa imo amay, magaalagad man ako sa imo.”

Ang Laygay ni Ahitofel kay Absalom

20 Karon, nagsiling si Absalom kay Ahitofel, “Sugiri ako kon ano ang himuon ta.” 21 Nagsabat si Ahitofel, “Maghulid ka sa mga asawa sang imo amay nga iya ginbilin sa pag-atipan sang palasyo. Dayon mahibaluan sang tanan nga Israelinhon nga ginpaakig mo gid ang imo amay, kag tungod sini mangisog pa gid ang imo mga tinawo.” 22 Gani nagpatindog sila sang tolda para kay Absalom sa atop sang palasyo, kag makita sang bug-os nga Israel nga nagasulod siya didto sa paghulid sa mga asawa sang iya amay.

23 Sadto nga panahon nagasunod gid si Absalom sa mga laygay ni Ahitofel, subong sang ginhimo ni David. Kay ang pagkabig nila sa laygay ni Ahitofel pareho nga naghalin sa Dios.

Footnotes

  1. 16:1 prutas: Siguro prutas nga higos ukon pomegranata.
  2. 16:11 paryente ni Saul: sa Hebreo, Benjaminhon.
  3. 16:14 sa Suba sang Jordan: Wala ini sa Hebreo, pero makita sa isa ka Griego nga teksto.

David and Ziba

16 When David had gone a short distance beyond the summit, there was Ziba,(A) the steward of Mephibosheth, waiting to meet him. He had a string of donkeys saddled and loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs and a skin of wine.(B)

The king asked Ziba, “Why have you brought these?”

Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and fruit are for the men to eat, and the wine is to refresh(C) those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

The king then asked, “Where is your master’s grandson?”(D)

Ziba(E) said to him, “He is staying in Jerusalem, because he thinks, ‘Today the Israelites will restore to me my grandfather’s kingdom.’”

Then the king said to Ziba, “All that belonged to Mephibosheth(F) is now yours.”

“I humbly bow,” Ziba said. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king.”

Shimei Curses David

As King David approached Bahurim,(G) a man from the same clan as Saul’s family came out from there. His name was Shimei(H) son of Gera, and he cursed(I) as he came out. He pelted David and all the king’s officials with stones, though all the troops and the special guard were on David’s right and left. As he cursed, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you murderer, you scoundrel! The Lord has repaid you for all the blood you shed in the household of Saul, in whose place you have reigned.(J) The Lord has given the kingdom into the hands of your son Absalom. You have come to ruin because you are a murderer!”(K)

Then Abishai(L) son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog(M) curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head.”(N)

10 But the king said, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah?(O) If he is cursing because the Lord said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why do you do this?’”(P)

11 David then said to Abishai and all his officials, “My son,(Q) my own flesh and blood, is trying to kill me. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.(R) 12 It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery(S) and restore to me his covenant blessing(T) instead of his curse today.(U)

13 So David and his men continued along the road while Shimei was going along the hillside opposite him, cursing as he went and throwing stones at him and showering him with dirt. 14 The king and all the people with him arrived at their destination exhausted.(V) And there he refreshed himself.

The Advice of Ahithophel and Hushai

15 Meanwhile, Absalom(W) and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel(X) was with him. 16 Then Hushai(Y) the Arkite, David’s confidant, went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

17 Absalom said to Hushai, “So this is the love you show your friend? If he’s your friend, why didn’t you go with him?”(Z)

18 Hushai said to Absalom, “No, the one chosen by the Lord, by these people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and I will remain with him. 19 Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve the son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.”(AA)

20 Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

21 Ahithophel answered, “Sleep with your father’s concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to your father, and the hands of everyone with you will be more resolute.” 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.(AB)

23 Now in those days the advice(AC) Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David(AD) and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel’s advice.

16 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.

And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him.

12 It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.

13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.

17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.