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1Ahithôphel pơhiăp hăng Absalôm tui anai, “Kâo či ruah pluh-dua-rơbâo⚓ čô ƀing ling tơhan laih anŭn tơbiă nao mlam anai mơtam kiăng kơ kiaŏ mă Dawid.
2Kâo či kơsung blah ñu tơdang ñu tơdu rơmơ̆n laih anŭn gleh glan. Kâo či pơhuĭ pơbra̱l hĭ ñu, tui anŭn abih bang mơnuih hrŏm hăng ñu či đuaĭ kơdŏp hĭ yơh. Kâo či kơnơ̆ng pơrai hĭ pơtao đôč,
3laih anŭn či ba glaĭ abih bang mơnuih pơkŏn kơ ih pơ anai. Tơdang pô ih hlak hơduah anŭn djai hĭ laih, sĭt abih bang ƀing ană plei či wơ̆t glaĭ pơ ih yơh laih anŭn ƀing gơñu ƀu či răm rai hĭ ôh.”
4Hơdră jơlan anŭn jing hiam kơ Absalôm laih anŭn kơ abih bang ƀing kŏng tha Israel mơ̆n.
5Samơ̆ Absalôm laĭ tui anai, “Tơña lăng bĕ Husai mơnuih Arkit dơ̆ng, tui anŭn ƀing ta dưi hơmư̆ hơget tơlơi ñu khŏm pơhiăp.”
6Tơdang Husai rai pơ ñu, Absalôm laĭ tui anai, “Ahithôphel hơmâo brơi laih tơlơi djru pơmĭn anŭn. Hiư̆m ngă, ƀing ta khŏm ngă tui hăng tơlơi ñu djru pơmĭn anŭn mơ̆? Tơdah ƀu năng ôh, pha brơi bĕ kơ ƀing ta tơlơi ih djru pơmĭn.”
7Husai laĭ glaĭ kơ Absalôm tui anai, “Tơlơi djru pơmĭn Ahithôphel hơmâo brơi laih anŭn ƀu hiam đơi ôh tal anai.
8Ih thâo krăn laih kơ ama ih laih anŭn ƀing ling tơhan ñu. Ƀing gơñu jing ƀing pơblah laih anŭn kheñ⚓ kar hăng sa drơi tơgâo arăng mă hĭ khul ană ñu yơh. Laih dơ̆ng, ama ih jing pô mưn tŭ laih amăng tơlơi pơblah; ñu ƀu či pơdơi hrŏm hăng ƀing tơhan ñu ôh.
9Truh kơ ră anai, ñu hlak dŏ kơdŏp amăng pa̱r ƀôdah amăng anih pơkŏn laih. Tơdah ñu kơsung blah ƀơi ling tơhan ih hlâo, tui anŭn hlơi pô hơmư̆ kơ tơlơi kơsung blah anŭn hăng laĭ kơ tơlơi ƀing ling tơhan Dawid hơmâo pơblah dưi hĭ hăng ƀing ling tơhan ih laih.
10Giŏng anŭn, wơ̆t tơdah hơmâo ling tơhan khĭn kơtang biă mă, jing pô hơmâo pran jua ñu hrup hăng hơtai boh rơmung dŭl tŭ mơ̆n, ñu ăt či huĭ bra̱l yơh, yuakơ ƀing Israel thâo krăn laih ama ih jing pô thâo pơblah laih anŭn ƀing nao hăng ñu jing ƀing khĭn kơtang mơ̆n.
11“Tui anŭn, kâo djru pơmĭn kơ ih tui anai: Brơi bĕ abih bang ƀing Israel, čơdơ̆ng mơ̆ng Dan truh pơ Beêrseba, jing ƀing lu kar hăng čuah ƀơi ha̱ng rơsĭ, pơƀut glaĭ pơ ih, hăng ih pô yơh dui ba ƀing gơñu nao pơ tơlơi pơblah.
12Giŏng anŭn, ƀing ta či kơsung blah ñu ƀơi anih pă tŭ mơ̆n tơdah ƀing ta ƀuh ñu laih anŭn ƀing ta či kơsung blah ñu kar hăng ia ngo̱m lê̆ ƀơi lŏn yơh. Ƀing gơmơi či pơdjai hĭ ñu wơ̆t hăng abih bang ƀing ling tơhan ñu mơ̆n.
13Tơdah ñu kơdŭn đuaĭ mŭt amăng sa boh plei, tui anŭn abih bang ƀing Israel či pơrai hĭ plei anŭn kar hăng djă̱ ba hrĕ kuĭ nao pơ plei anŭn yơh kiăng dui hua tơbiă plei anŭn nao pơ dơnung tơl ƀu hơmâo ôh sa čơđeh rơmeh dưi dŏ glaĭ.”
14Absalôm laih anŭn abih bang ƀing Israel laĭ tui anai, “Tơlơi Husai mơnuih Arkit djru pơmĭn anai jing hiam hloh kơ tơlơi djru pơmĭn Ahithôphel.” Yuakơ Yahweh hơmâo pơkra laih hơdră kiăng kơ pơrai hĭ tơlơi djru pơmĭn hiam Ahithôphel, tui anŭn yơh kiăng ba rai tơlơi răm rai ƀơi Absalôm.
15Husai ruai kơ Zadôk laih anŭn kơ Abiathar jing ƀing khua ngă yang kơ tơlơi Ahithôphel hơmâo djru pơmĭn laih kơ Absalôm laih anŭn kơ ƀing kŏng tha Israel kiăng ngă tơlơi hrup hăng anai hrup hăng anŭn, samơ̆ ñu hơmâo djru pơmĭn laih kơ ƀing gơñu hăng tơlơi phara.
16Husai ăt pơtă kơ ƀing gơñu tui anai, “Ră anai mơit nao mơtam bĕ tơlơi laĭ pơthâo anŭn kơ Dawid kơ tơlơi ñu anăm dŏ đŏm mlam ƀơi kơđông amăng tơdron ha̱r ôh; găn nao bĕ anăm dŏ akaih ôh huĭdah ƀing gơñu či hơma̱o nao pơrai hĭ pơtao wơ̆t hăng abih bang ƀing đuaĭ tui pơtao mơ̆n.”
17Yônathan laih anŭn Ahimaaz hlak dŏ pơ anih In-Rôgêl. Sa čô hlŭn đah kơmơi juăt nao laĭ pơthâo kơ ƀing gơñu, tui anŭn ƀing gơñu nao laĭ pơthâo kơ pơtao Dawid yơh, yuakơ ƀing gơñu huĭ kơ arăng ƀuh tơdah mŭt amăng plei.
18Samơ̆ sa čô hlak ai ƀuh ƀing gơñu laih anŭn nao laĭ pơthâo hăng Absalôm amăng hrơi anŭn. Tui anŭn, dua gơñu đuaĭ hĭ tañ mơtam laih anŭn đuaĭ nao pơ sang sa čô đah rơkơi dŏ pơ plei Bahurim. Pô đah rơkơi anŭn hơmâo sa boh ia dơmŭn amăng tơdron sang ñu laih anŭn ƀing gơñu trŭn kơdŏp amăng anŭn yơh.
19Bơnai pô anŭn mă sa blah gơnam la̱ng go̱m hĭ kơbăng ia laih anŭn tuh traih pơdai gah ngŏ anŭn. Ƀu hơmâo hlơi pô thâo kơ tơlơi anŭn ôh.
20Tơdang ƀing tơhan Absalôm nao pơ sang đah kơmơi anŭn, ƀing gơñu tơña kơ gơ̆ tui anai, “Pơpă Ahimaaz laih anŭn Yônathan lĕ?” Pô đah kơmơi anŭn laĭ glaĭ kơ ƀing gơñu tui anai, “Ƀing gơñu găn čroh ia anŭn.” Ƀing tơhan anŭn hơduah kơsem samơ̆ ƀu ƀuh hlơi pô ôh, tui anŭn ƀing gơñu wơ̆t glaĭ pơ plei Yerusalaim yơh.
21Tơdơi kơ ƀing tơhan anŭn đuaĭ glaĭ laih, dua čô anŭn tơbiă hĭ mơ̆ng ia dơmŭn anŭn laih anŭn nao laĭ pơthâo kơ pơtao Dawid. Ƀing gơñu laĭ kơ pơtao tui anai, “Tơbiă găn nao krong anŭn mơtam bĕ; Ahithôphel hơmâo djru pơmĭn laih tui anai tui adih kiăng pơkơdơ̆ng glaĭ hăng ih.”
22Tui anŭn, Dawid hăng abih bang ƀing đuaĭ tui ñu găn krong Yurdan. Truh kơ mơguah, abih bang ƀing gơñu hơmâo găn hĭ laih krong anŭn hăng tơlơi rơnŭk rơnua.
23Tơdang Ahithôphel ƀuh arăng ƀu ngă tui tơlơi djru pơmĭn ñu ôh, ñu mă aseh glai ñu laih anŭn tơbiă glaĭ pơ sang ñu amăng plei ñu pô. Ñu dap rơmet sang ñu tŏ tơroai laih anŭn yol hĭ tơkuai ñu pô yơh. Tui anŭn, ñu djai hĭ laih anŭn arăng dơ̱r ñu amăng pơsat ama ñu.
24Dawid nao pơ plei pơnăng Mahanaim laih, tơdang anŭn Absalôm hlak găn krong Yurdan wơ̆t hăng abih bang ƀing Israel.
25Absalôm hơmâo ruah mă Amasa jing khua git gai tơhan pơala kơ Yôab. Amasa jing ană đah rơkơi kơ sa čô anăn Yether, jing mơ̆ng kơnung djuai Ismaêl. Ñu dŏ kơ HʼAbigail, ană dra Nahas. HʼAbigail jing amai adơi hăng HʼZeruyah laih anŭn HʼZeruyah ăt jing amĭ kơ Yôab mơ̆n.⚓
26Ƀing Israel laih anŭn Absalôm dŏ jưh amăng anih tring Gilead.
27Tơdang Dawid truh pơ plei Mahanaim, Sobi, jing ană đah rơkơi Nahas mơ̆ng plei Raƀah mơnuih Ammôn, Makhir, jing ană đah rơkơi Ammiêl mơ̆ng plei Lô-Debar, laih anŭn Barzillai, jing mơnuih Gilead mơ̆ng plei Rôglim,
28ba rai khul anih đih laih anŭn khul hraŏ wơ̆t hăng khul mŏng ja̱m, khul gơnam hơtŭk tơnă. Ƀing gơñu ăt ba rai pơdai kơtor laih anŭn pơdai kơtur, tơpŭng laih anŭn braih hơna, rơtă̱ laih anŭn rơtă̱ hơbai,
29ia hơni laih anŭn ia tơsâo rơmô tơlŏ, khul triu laih anŭn ƀañ ia tơsâo rơmô, ia tơsâo rơmô kơ Dawid laih anŭn kơ abih bang ƀing rai hrŏm ƀơ̆ng. Yuakơ ƀing gơñu laĭ kơ tơlơi ƀing gơñu thâo krăn ƀing gơ̆ rơpa mơhao laih anŭn gleh glan biă mă yơh amăng tơdron ha̱r.
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1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.
2I will come upon him while he is⚓weary and weak, and make him afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will ⚓strike only the king.
3Then I will bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people will be at peace.”
4And the saying pleased Absalom and all the ⚓elders of Israel.
The Advice of Hushai
5Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he ⚓says too.”
6And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken in this manner. Shall we do as he says? If not, speak up.”
7So Hushai said to Absalom: “The advice that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.
8For,” said Hushai, “you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are enraged in their minds, like ⚓a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not camp with the people.
9Surely by now he is hidden in some pit, or in some other place. And it will be, when some of them are overthrown at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’
10And even he who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will ⚓melt completely. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
11Therefore I advise that all Israel be fully gathered to you, ⚓from Dan to Beersheba, ⚓like the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.
12So we will come upon him in some place where he may be found, and we will fall on him as the dew falls on the ground. And of him and all the men who are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
13Moreover, if he has withdrawn into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city; and we will ⚓pull it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there.”
14So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For ⚓the Lord had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring disaster on Absalom.
Hushai Warns David to Escape
15⚓Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so I have advised.
16Now therefore, send quickly and tell David, saying, ‘Do not spend this night ⚓in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily cross over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.’ ”
17⚓Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz ⚓stayed at ⚓En Rogel, for they dared not be seen coming into the city; so a female servant would come and tell them, and they would go and tell King David.
18Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom. But both of them went away quickly and came to a man’s house ⚓in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down into it.
19⚓Then the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground grain on it; and the thing was not known.
20And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”
So ⚓the woman said to them, “They have gone over the water brook.”
And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21Now it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well and went and told King David, and said to David, ⚓“Arise and cross over the water quickly. For thus has Ahithophel advised against you.”
22So David and all the people who were with him arose and crossed over the Jordan. By morning light not one of them was left who had not gone over the Jordan.
23Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to ⚓his house, to his city. Then he put his ⚓household in order, and ⚓hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his father’s tomb.
24Then David went to ⚓Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25And Absalom made ⚓Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jithra, an Israelite, who had gone in to ⚓Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
26So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
27Now it happened, when David had come to Mahanaim, that ⚓Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the people of Ammon, ⚓Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and ⚓Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,
28brought beds and basins, earthen vessels and wheat, barley and flour, parched grain and beans, lentils and parched seeds,
29honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him to eat. For they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty ⚓in the wilderness.”