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16 Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, there was Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth to meet him with a pair of saddled donkeys, and on them 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 fig cakes and a bottle of wine. So the king asked Ziba, “What are you doing with these?”

Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and the figs are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for anyone who faints in the wilderness to drink.”

Then the king asked, “And where is your master’s son?”

“Well, he’s staying in Jerusalem,” Ziba said to the king, “for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my father.”

Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.”

“I bow low,” Ziba said. “Let me find favor in your eyes, my lord the king.”

When King David arrived at Bahurim, behold, just coming out from there was a man of the family of the house of Saul—his name was Shimei son of Gera. As he came out, he kept on cursing and flinging stones at David and at all King David’s servants, while all the people and all the mighty men were at his right hand and on his left. Thus Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out! The man of bloodshed, the good-for-nothing! Adonai has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you’ve reigned. Adonai has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom—so see, your own evil has overtaken you, because you are a man of bloodshed.”

Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why let this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over now and take off his head!”

10 But the king said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, it’s because Adonai has said to him, ‘Curse David!’ So who should say, ‘Why did you do so?’” 11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his officials, “Look, my son who came from my own body is seeking my life—how much more this Benjamite? Leave him alone and let him curse, since Adonai has told him. 12 Perhaps Adonai will look on my affliction and return good to me for his cursing this day.” 13 So David and his men continued on the way, while Shimei kept walking alongside the hill parallel with him, cursing as he walked, casting stones at him and throwing dirt.

14 Finally the king and all the people that were with him arrived weary, so he refreshed himself there.

Counselors Divided

15 Meanwhile Absalom and all the people of the men of Israel arrived in Jerusalem. Ahithophel was with him. 16 Now when David’s friend Hushai the Archite came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

17 But Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”

18 “No!” said Hushai to Absalom. “For the one whom Adonai has chosen—as well as these people, all the men of Israel—his I will be and with him I will stay. 19 Besides, whom should I serve? Shouldn’t I be in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I will be in your presence.”

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

21 So Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go to your father’s concubines whom he has left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself abhorrent to your father and the hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.”

22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel. 23 Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was like inquiring for the word of God—so was all of Ahithophel’s counsel both with David and with Absalom.

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.

David and Ziba

16 When David had passed a little beyond (A)the summit, (B)Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, (C)a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine. And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, (D)“The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who (E)faint in the wilderness to drink.” And the king said, “And where is your master's son?” (F)Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’” Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” And Ziba said, “I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”

Shimei Curses David

When King David came to (G)Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was (H)Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came (I)he cursed continually. And he threw 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 Shimei said as he (J)cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man! The Lord (K)has avenged on you all (L)the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood.”

Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this (M)dead dog (N)curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.” 10 But the king said, (O)“What have I to do with you, (P)you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’” 11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, (Q)my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to. 12 It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me,[a] and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing today.” 13 So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and (R)cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust. 14 And the king, and all the people who were with him, (S)arrived weary at the Jordan.[b] And there he refreshed himself.

Absalom Enters Jerusalem

15 (T)Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 16 And when Hushai the Archite, (U)David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, (V)“Long live the king! Long live the king!” 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? (W)Why did you not go with your friend?” 18 And Hushai said to Absalom, “No, for whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain. 19 And again, (X)whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.”

20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel. What shall we do?” 21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to (Y)your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and (Z)the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom (AA)on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father's concubines (AB)in the sight of all Israel. 23 Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, (AC)both by David and by Absalom.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 16:12 Septuagint, Vulgate will look upon my affliction
  2. 2 Samuel 16:14 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks at the Jordan

Si David ug si Ziba

16 Igo lang nakalapas ug gamay si David sa tumoy sa bukid sa dihang gitagbo siya ni Ziba nga sulugoon ni Mefiboshet. May dala siyang duha ka asno nga gikargahan ug 200 ka buok nga pan, 100 ka kumkom nga pasas, 100 ka hinog nga prutas,[a] ug bino nga gisulod sa sudlanan nga panit. Gipangutana ni David si Ziba, “Nganong nagdala ka niana?” Mitubag si Ziba, “Ang mga asno alang sa imong pamilya aron ilang masakyan, ang mga pan ug mga prutas aron inyong kan-on sa imong mga kauban, ug ang bino aron inyong imnon kon kapuyon kamo sa kamingawan.”

Nangutana si David, “Asa si Mefiboshet, ang apo sa imong agalon nga si Saul?” Mitubag si Ziba, “Nagpabilin siya sa Jerusalem, tungod kay naghunahuna siya nga ibalik kaniya sa mga Israelinhon niining panahona ang gingharian sa iyang lolo.” Miingon si David, “Kon mao kana, ihatag ko na kanimo karon ang tanang gipanag-iya ni Mefiboshet.” Miingon si Ziba, “Mahal nga Hari, andam ako sa pag-alagad kanimo. Hinaut nga malipay ka kanako.”

Gipanghimaraot ni Shimei si David

Sa dihang duol na si Haring David sa Bahurim, may tawo nga migawas niadto nga lungsod ug ginapanghimaraot niya si David. Kining tawhana mao si Shimei nga anak ni Gera ug paryente ni Saul. Gibato niya si David ug ang iyang mga opisyal bisan ug gilibotan si David sa iyang mga tawo ug mga sinaligan nga guwardya. Mao kini ang iyang panghimaraot kang David: “Ayaw pagsulod sa among lungsod, ikaw nga mamumuno ug daotan nga tawo! Gipanimaslan ka na sa Ginoo tungod sa imong pagpatay kang Saul ug sa panimalay niini, kinsa imong gipulihan ingon nga hari. Giilog mo ang gingharian gikan kang Saul, apan karon gihatag kini sa Ginoo sa imong anak nga si Absalom. Miabot kanimo kini nga kalaglagan tungod sa imong pagkamamumuno.”

Miingon sa hari si Abishai nga anak ni Zeruya, “Mahal nga Hari, nganong gipasagdan mo lang nga panghimaraoton ka nianang tawo nga sama lang sa patay nga iro? Tugoti ako nga putlan siyag ulo.” 10 Apan miingon ang hari, “Kamong mga anak ni Zeruya, unsay inyong labot? Kon gisugo siya sa Ginoo nga panghimaraoton ako, kinsa ako nga mopugong kaniya?” 11 Unya miingon si David kang Abishai ug sa tanan niyang mga opisyal, “Kon ang akong anak mismo nagatinguha sa pagpatay kanako, unsa pa kaha kining paryente ni Saul?[b] Pasagdi lang ninyo siya kay ang Ginoo ang nagsugo kaniya. 12 Basin pa ug makita sa Ginoo ang akong kalisod, ug balosan niya ug kaayohan ang panghimaraot nga akong nadawat karon.”

13 Busa nagpadayon si David ug ang iyang mga tawo sa paglakaw samtang nagpaatbang usab kanila sa paglakaw si Shimei agi sa kilid sa bungtod. Samtang nagalakaw sila, padayon nga gipanghimaraot ni Shimei si David, ug gilabay ug bato ug yuta. 14 Gikapoy pag-ayo si David ug ang tanan niyang mga tawo, busa namahulay sila pag-abot nila sa Suba sa Jordan.[c]

Nakigkita si Hushai kang Absalom

15 Sa laing bahin, miabot si Absalom, si Ahitofel, ug ang uban pang mga Israelinhon sa Jerusalem. 16 Miabot usab didto si Hushai nga Arkanhon, nga amigo ni David, ug miadto siya kang Absalom ug miingon kaniya, “Malungtarong kinabuhi alang sa Mahal nga Hari! Malungtarong kinabuhi alang sa Mahal nga Hari!” 17 Gipangutana ni Absalom si Hushai, “Asa na ang imong pagkamaunongon sa imong amigo nga si David? Nganong wala ka mouban kaniya?” 18 Mitubag si Hushai, “Kanimo ako mouban kay ikaw ang gipili sa Ginoo ug sa tibuok katawhan sa Israel nga mahimong hari. 19 Gawas niana, kinsa pa ba ang akong alagaran kondili ikaw nga anak sa akong agalon nga si David? Maingon nga nagaalagad ako sa imong amahan, mag-alagad usab ako kanimo.”

Ang Tambag ni Ahitofel kang Absalom

20 Unya, miingon si Absalom kang Ahitofel, “Sultihi ako kon unsay atong buhaton.” 21 Mitubag si Ahitofel, “Pakigdulog sa mga asawa sa imong amahan nga iyang gibilin aron mag-atiman sa palasyo. Unya mahibaloan sa tanang mga Israelinhon nga gipasuko mo pag-ayo ang imong amahan, ug tungod niini molig-on pa gayod ang suporta sa imong mga tawo kanimo.” 22 Busa nagpatindog sila ug tolda alang kang Absalom sa atop sa palasyo, ug makita sa tibuok Israel nga nagasulod siya didto sa pagpakigdulog sa mga asawa sa iyang amahan.

23 Niadtong panahona nagsunod gayod si Absalom sa mga tambag ni Ahitofel, sama sa gihimo ni David. Kay giisip nila ang tambag ni Ahitofel nga gikan sa Dios.

Footnotes

  1. 16:1 prutas: Tingali prutas nga igos o pomegranata.
  2. 16:11 paryente ni Saul: sa Hebreo, Benjaminhon.
  3. 16:14 sa Suba sa Jordan: Wala kini sa Hebreo, apan makita sa usa ka Griego nga teksto.