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19 May nagsugid kay Joab nga nagahilibion ang hari kag nagapangasubo tungod kay Absalom. Sang mabatian man ini sang mga soldado, nauntat ang ila kinasadya sa ila nga pagdaog, kag nagpangasubo man sila. Nagbalik sila nga malinong sa banwa sang Mahanaim, pareho sa mga soldado nga nahuya tungod kay nagpalagyo sa inaway. Gintabunan ni David ang iya guya kag naghibi sing tudo, “O Absalom, anak ko, anak ko!”

Dayon nagkadto si Joab sa balay sang hari kag nagsiling, “Ginpakahuy-an mo subong nga adlaw ang imo mga tinawo nga nagluwas sang imo kabuhi kag sang kabuhi sang imo mga anak kag mga asawa. Ginapalangga mo ang nagakontra sa imo, kag ginakontra mo ang nagapalangga sa imo. Maathag nga ginapakawalay pulos mo ang imo mga opisyal kag mga tinawo. Nareyalisar ko nga mas nalipay ka pa kon tanan kami ang napatay kag si Absalom iya buhi. Karon, guwa ka, kag pasalamati ang imo mga tinawo. Kay kon indi ka, ginasumpa ko sa Ginoo nga wala sing may magpabilin sa ila upod sa imo sini nga gab-i. Kag amo ini ang pinakamalain nga matabo sa imo halin sang una hasta subong.” Gani nagtindog si David kag nagpungko sa may puwertahan sang banwa. Sang mahibaluan ini sang mga tawo, nagtipon sila tanan sa iya.

Nagbalik si David sa Jerusalem

Sa pihak nga bahin, nagpalalagyo pauli ang mga soldado sang Israel nga mga tinawo ni Absalom. Nagbinais-bais ang mga tawo sa bug-os nga Israel. Siling nila, “Ginluwas kita ni Haring David sa kamot sang aton mga kaaway nga mga Filistinhon, pero nagpalagyo siya sa aton nasyon tungod kay Absalom. 10 Karon, si Absalom nga aton ginpili nga magpangulo sa aton napatay sa inaway. Ngaa indi kita magpangita sang paagi nga mapabalik ta si David bilang hari?”

11-12 Sang mabalitaan ni Haring David ang ila gin-estoryahan, nagpadala siya sang mensahi sa mga pari nga si Zadok kag si Abiatar, nga nagasiling, “Ihambal ninyo ini sa mga manugdumala sang Juda: ‘Nabalitaan ko nga gusto sang inyo mga pumuluyo nga ibalik ako bilang hari. Ngaa ulihi kamo sa pagpabalik sa akon bilang hari? Indi bala nga mga paryente ko kamo kag mga kadugo ko gid?’ 13 Kag ihambal man ninyo ini kay Amasa, ‘Tungod kay kadugo ko ikaw, himuon ko ikaw nga kumander sang akon mga soldado sa baylo ni Joab. Kon indi ko paghimuon ini, kabay pa nga silutan ako sang Dios sing puwerte gid.’ ”

14 Nakombinsi ni David ang tanan nga taga-Juda kag nag-isa sila sa ila desisyon. Nagpadala sila sang mensahi kay David nga nagasiling, “Magbalik ka na diri sa amon kag ang tanan mo nga tinawo.”

15 Samtang nagapabalik si David, ginsugata siya sang mga tawo sang Juda didto sa Suba sang Jordan. Ini nga mga tawo nagtipon sa Gilgal sa pagbulig kay David sa pagtabok sa suba. 16 Nagdali-dali man upod sa pagsugata kay David si Shimei nga anak ni Gera, nga isa ka Benjaminhon halin sa Bahurim. 17 May upod siya nga 1,000 ka Benjaminhon, lakip na diri si Ziba nga alagad sang pamilya ni Saul, kag ang iya 15 ka anak nga lalaki kag 20 ka suluguon. Nagdali-dali gid sila sa pagsugata kay David sa Suba sang Jordan. 18 Ginbuligan nila tanan si David kag ang iya panimalay sa pagtabok sa suba, kag gintuman nila ang bisan ano nga gusto ni David.

Ang Kaayo ni David kay Shimei

Sang manugtabok pa lang si David sa Suba sang Jordan, nagluhod si Shimei sa iya 19 kag nagsiling, “Mahal nga Hari, patawara ako. Kabay pa nga kalimtan mo na ang akon malain nga ginhimo sa imo sang naghalin ka sa Jerusalem. 20 Ginaako ko nga nakasala gid ako, Mahal nga Hari. Amo gani nga una gid ako nga nagkadto diri sang sa iban nga mga tribo sa aminhan[a] sa pagsugata sa imo.”

21 Dayon nagsiling si Abishai nga anak ni Zeruya, “Indi bala nga dapat patyon si Shimei tungod kay ginpakamalaot niya ang hari nga ginpili sang Ginoo?” 22 Pero nagsiling si David, “Kamo nga mga anak ni Zeruya, ano ang inyo labot? Indi ninyo pagkontraha ang akon desisyon subong. Ako na subong ang hari sang Israel, kag wala sing tawo nga pagapatyon sa Israel subong nga adlaw.” 23 Gani nagsiling si David kay Shimei, “Nagasumpa ako nga indi ka gid pagpatyon.”

24-25 Nagkadto man didto si Mefiboshet nga apo ni Saul sa pagsugata kay David. Halin siya sa Jerusalem. Wala siya makapanghinaw sang iya tiil, wala makapamarbas, kag wala man makailis sang iya bayo halin sang naghalin si David sa Jerusalem hasta nga nakabalik siya nga wala maano. Sang pag-abot niya didto, ginpamangkot siya ni David, “Mefiboshet, ngaa wala ka mag-upod sa akon?” 26 Nagsabat siya, “Mahal nga hari, nahibaluan mo nga lupog ako. Ginsilingan ko ang akon suluguon nga si Ziba nga ipreparar niya ang akon asno agod makasakay ako kag makaupod sa imo. Pero gintraiduran niya ako. 27 Kag ginbutang-butangan niya ako sa imo nga kuno indi ako mag-upod. Pero nahibaluan mo ang matuod kay pareho ka sa anghel sang Dios, gani himua ang maayo para sa imo. 28 Dapat lang kuntani nga pamatyon mo ang tanan nga kaliwat sang akon lolo, pero ginhatagan mo ako nga imo alagad sang pabor sa pagkaon upod sa imo. Gani wala ako sing kinamatarong sa pagpangayo pa sa imo sang pabor.” 29 Nagsiling si David sa iya, “Husto na ina. Nakadesisyon na ako nga tungaon ninyo ni Ziba ang duta ni Saul.” 30 Nagsiling si Mefiboshet sa hari, “Ihatag na lang sa iya tanan. Para sa akon kontento na ako nga nakapauli ka nga wala maano.”

Ang Kaayo ni David kay Barzilai

31 Nagkadto man kay David si Barzilai nga taga-Gilead halin sa Rogelim. Gusto man niya magbulig sa pagpatabok sa ila ni David sa Suba sang Jordan. 32 Tigulang na si Barzilai; 80 na ang iya edad. Manggaranon gid siya, kag siya ang naghatag sang mga kinahanglanon ni David sang didto pa si David nagatiner sa Mahanaim. 33 Nagsiling si David sa iya, “Magtabok ka upod sa akon kag mag-estar sa Jerusalem. Ako ang bahala sa imo didto.” 34 Pero nagsabat si Barzilai, “Indi na ako maglawig, ngaa nga maupod pa ako sa imo sa Jerusalem? 35 80 na ang akon edad, kag indi na ako makahibalo kon ano ang manami kag ang indi manami. Indi na ako makapanabor sang akon ginakaon kag ginainom. Indi na ako makabati sang mga manugkanta. Mabudlayan ka lang sa akon, Mahal nga Hari. 36 Gamay man lang nga pabor[b] ang pagdul-ong ko sa imo,[c] ngaa balusan mo gid ako sang pareho sina? 37 Mapauli lang ako, agod nga kon mapatay ako, didto ako mapatay sa akon kaugalingon nga banwa, nga sa diin ginlubong ang akon ginikanan. Pero ari ang akon anak nga si Kimham nga magaalagad sa imo. Dal-a siya, Mahal nga Hari, kag himua sa iya kon ano ang maayo para sa imo.” 38 Nagsabat ang hari, “Paupdon ko siya sa akon kag himuon ko sa iya ang bisan ano nga maayo para sa imo, kag himuon ko man sa imo ang bisan ano nga ipangabay mo sa akon.” 39 Ginhakos ni David si Barzilai kag ginbendisyunan. Dayon nagtabok si David kag ang tanan niya nga tinawo sa Suba sang Jordan. Kag nagpauli si Barzilai sa iya balay.

40 Sang nakatabok na si David, nagkadto siya sa Gilgal kaupod si Kimhan kag ang tanan nga soldado sang Juda kag ang katunga sang mga soldado sang Israel.

41 Karon, nagkadto kay David ang tanan nga soldado sang Israel kag nagreklamo kon ngaa ang ila kadugo nga mga taga-Juda amo gid ang nagpangamot sa pagpatabok sa iya kag sa iya pamilya, kag sa tanan niya nga tinawo. 42 Nagsabat ang mga taga-Juda sa mga soldado sang Israel, “Ginhimo namon ini tungod kay ang hari amon malapit nga paryente. Gani ngaa mangakig gid kamo? Nakabaton bala kami sang pagkaon ukon sang bisan ano nga regalo halin sa iya? Wala gid! 43 Nagsabat ang katawhan sang Israel, “Napulo kami ka tribo sa Israel, gani napulo ka pilo ang amon kinamatarong sa hari sang sa inyo. Ngaa ginahikayan ninyo kami? Indi bala nga kami gani ang una nga nagsiling nga pabalikon naton ang aton hari?” Pero indi gid magpasupil ang katawhan sang Juda, kag masakit sila kon magsabat sa katawhan sang Israel.

Footnotes

  1. 19:20 sang sa iban nga mga tribo sa aminhan: sa literal, sa bug-os nga panimalay ni Jose.
  2. 19:36 Gamay man lang nga pabor: ukon, Indi gid man malayo.
  3. 19:36 sa imo: sa Hebreo, sa imo sa Jordan.

19 [a]Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.” And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, “The king is grieving for his son.” The men stole into the city that day as men steal in who are ashamed when they flee from battle. The king covered his face and cried aloud, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Then Joab went into the house to the king and said, “Today you have humiliated all your men, who have just saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and concubines. You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that the commanders and their men mean nothing to you. I see that you would be pleased if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead. Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come on you from your youth till now.”(A)

So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the men were told, “The king is sitting in the gateway,(B)” they all came before him.

Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled to their homes.

David Returns to Jerusalem

Throughout the tribes of Israel, all the people were arguing among themselves, saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies; he is the one who rescued us from the hand of the Philistines.(C) But now he has fled the country to escape from Absalom;(D) 10 and Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”

11 King David sent this message to Zadok(E) and Abiathar, the priests: “Ask the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his palace, since what is being said throughout Israel has reached the king at his quarters? 12 You are my relatives, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring back the king?’ 13 And say to Amasa,(F) ‘Are you not my own flesh and blood?(G) May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,(H) if you are not the commander of my army for life in place of Joab.(I)’”

14 He won over the hearts of the men of Judah so that they were all of one mind. They sent word to the king, “Return, you and all your men.” 15 Then the king returned and went as far as the Jordan.

Now the men of Judah had come to Gilgal(J) to go out and meet the king and bring him across the Jordan. 16 Shimei(K) son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David. 17 With him were a thousand Benjamites, along with Ziba,(L) the steward of Saul’s household,(M) and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed to the Jordan, where the king was. 18 They crossed at the ford to take the king’s household over and to do whatever he wished.

When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell prostrate before the king 19 and said to him, “May my lord not hold me guilty. Do not remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem.(N) May the king put it out of his mind. 20 For I your servant know that I have sinned, but today I have come here as the first from the tribes of Joseph to come down and meet my lord the king.”

21 Then Abishai(O) son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this? He cursed(P) the Lord’s anointed.”(Q)

22 David replied, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah?(R) What right do you have to interfere? Should anyone be put to death in Israel today?(S) Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?” 23 So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king promised him on oath.(T)

24 Mephibosheth,(U) Saul’s grandson, also went down to meet the king. He had not taken care of his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely. 25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn’t you go with me,(V) Mephibosheth?”

26 He said, “My lord the king, since I your servant am lame,(W) I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled and will ride on it, so I can go with the king.’ But Ziba(X) my servant betrayed me. 27 And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. My lord the king is like an angel(Y) of God; so do whatever you wish. 28 All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death(Z) from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table.(AA) So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?”

29 The king said to him, “Why say more? I order you and Ziba to divide the land.”

30 Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has returned home safely.”

31 Barzillai(AB) the Gileadite also came down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and to send him on his way from there. 32 Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age. He had provided for the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy(AC) man. 33 The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me and stay with me in Jerusalem, and I will provide for you.”

34 But Barzillai answered the king, “How many more years will I live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king? 35 I am now eighty(AD) years old. Can I tell the difference between what is enjoyable and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers?(AE) Why should your servant be an added(AF) burden to my lord the king? 36 Your servant will cross over the Jordan with the king for a short distance, but why should the king reward me in this way? 37 Let your servant return, that I may die in my own town near the tomb of my father(AG) and mother. But here is your servant Kimham.(AH) Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever you wish.”

38 The king said, “Kimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever you wish. And anything you desire from me I will do for you.”

39 So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and bid him farewell,(AI) and Barzillai returned to his home.

40 When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham crossed with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel had taken the king over.

41 Soon all the men of Israel were coming to the king and saying to him, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, steal the king away and bring him and his household across the Jordan, together with all his men?”(AJ)

42 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about it? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions? Have we taken anything for ourselves?”

43 Then the men of Israel(AK) answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king; so we have a greater claim on David than you have. Why then do you treat us with contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing back our king?”

But the men of Judah pressed their claims even more forcefully than the men of Israel.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 19:1 In Hebrew texts 19:1-43 is numbered 19:2-44.

19 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

17 And there 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 over Jordan before the king.

18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?

22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.

31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?

42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.