2 Samuel 17
Magandang Balita Biblia
Nalinlang ni Cusai si Absalom
17 Sinabi ni Ahitofel kay Absalom, “Papiliin mo ako ng labindalawang libong tauhan at ngayon ding gabi'y hahabulin namin si David. 2 Sasalakayin ko siya habang pagod pa siya at nanghihina. Malilito siya at tiyak na magtatakbuhan ang kanyang mga tauhan. Ang hari lamang ang aking papatayin. 3 Ibabalik ko sa iyo ang lahat ng kanyang mga tauhan, gaya ng isang babaing ikakasal sa naghihintay niyang mapapangasawa. Iisang tao lamang ang nais mong mamatay, kaya't ang iba ay hindi masasaktan.” 4 Nagustuhan ni Absalom at ng pinuno ng Israel ang payo ni Ahitofel.
5 Ngunit sinabi ni Absalom, “Tanungin din natin si Cusai na Arkita kung ano ang kanyang maipapayo tungkol sa bagay na ito.” 6 Pagdating ni Cusai, sinabi ni Absalom ang payo ni Ahitofel. Tinanong niya si Cusai, “Susundin ba natin si Ahitofel? At kung hindi, ano ang masasabi mo?”
7 Sinabi naman ni Cusai kay Absalom, “Sa ngayon, ang balak ni Ahitofel ay hindi mabuting sundin. 8 Hindi mo ba alam na ang mga tauhan ng iyong ama'y mga sanay na mandirigma? Mababangis silang tulad ng inahing osong inagawan ng anak. Sa talino ng iyong ama'y hindi iyon matutulog na kasama ng kanyang mga tauhan. 9 Malamang siya ngayo'y nagtatago sa isang hukay o sa ibang lugar. At kung sa unang pagsalakay ay malagasan ka ng mga tauhan, tiyak na ang sinumang makabalita ay ganito ang sasabihin: ‘Natalo ang mga tauhan ni Absalom.’ 10 Matapang ma't may pusong-leon ay matatakot din, sapagkat alam ng buong Israel na magiting na mandirigma ang iyong ama, at hindi aatras sa labanan ang mga tauhan niya. 11 Ganito ang payo ko: ‘Hintayin mo munang ang mga Israelita mula sa Dan hanggang Beer-seba ay matipong lahat na sindami ng buhangin sa tabing-dagat. Pagkatapos, ikaw mismo ang manguna sa pakikipaglaban. 12 Hahabulin natin ang kaaway saanman siya magsuot. Sasalakayin natin siya na parang hamog na pumapatak sa lupa, at wala isa man sa kanilang sambahayan at mga tauhan ang matitirang buháy. 13 Kung siya'y umatras sa isang lunsod, ating iguguho ang lunsod na iyon at itatambak sa bangin upang wala ni kapirasong bato na matira roon.”
14 Pagkarinig niyon, sinabi ni Absalom at ng buong Israel, “Mas maganda ang payo ni Cusai na Arkita kaysa payo ni Ahitofel.” Nagpasya si Yahweh na huwag masunod ang mabuting payo ni Ahitofel upang mapahamak si Absalom.
Nakatakas si David
15 Pagkatapos, sinabi ni Cusai sa dalawang paring sina Zadok at Abiatar ang payo ni Ahitofel kay Absalom at sa matatandang pinuno. Matapos ipagtapat ang lahat, 16 sinabi niya, “Babalaan ninyo agad si David na huwag matutulog ngayong gabi sa may batis sa ilang. Patawirin siya sa ibayo ng Jordan bago mahuli ang lahat, baka mapahamak siya at ang mga kasama niya!”
17 Para walang makakita sa kanila, sina Jonatan at Ahimaaz ay hindi na pumasok ng lunsod; doon na lamang sila naghintay sa En-rogel. Ang anumang balita para kay David ay dinadala sa kanila ng isang aliping babae. 18 Ngunit may binatilyo palang nakakita sa kanila at ito ang nagsumbong kay Absalom. Nang malaman nila ito, umalis agad ang dalawa at nagtago sa Bahurim. Lumusong sila sa balon sa loob ng bakuran ng isang tagaroon. 19 Tinakpan agad ng asawa nito ang balon at kinalatan ng trigo ang ibabaw niyon upang hindi paghinalaang may nagtatago roon. 20 Dumating ang mga alipin ni Absalom at nagtanong sa babae, “Saan naroon sina Ahimaaz at Jonatan?”
“Tumawid na sila sa ilog,” tugon ng babae.
Ginalugad nila ang lugar na iyon, ngunit walang nakita, kaya't nagbalik na sila sa Jerusalem. 21 Pagkaalis ng mga tauhan, umahon sa balon ang dalawa. Nagpunta agad sila kay David at ipinagtapat ang masamang binabalak ni Ahitofel. Pagkatapos, sinabi nila, “Tumawid kayo agad ng ilog.” 22 Tumawid nga si David at ang buo niyang pangkat, at nang magmamadaling-araw, wala isa mang naiwan sa kabila ng Jordan.
23 Nang malaman ni Ahitofel na hindi sinunod ang kanyang payo, umuwi agad siyang sakay ng asno. Matapos mag-iwan ng huling habilin sa mga kasambahay, siya'y nagbigti. Inilibing siya sa puntod ng kanyang ama.
Dumating si David sa Mahanaim
24 Nasa Mahanaim na si David nang tumawid sa Jordan sina Absalom at mga kasamang Israelita. 25 Sa halip na si Joab, si Amasa ang ginawa ni Absalom na pinuno ng buong hukbo. Si Amasa ay anak kay Abigail ni Itra, isang lalaking Ismaelita.[a] Si Abigail naman ay anak ni Nahas, kapatid ni Zeruias na ina ni Joab. 26 Ang mga Israelita at si Absalom ay nagkampo sa Gilead.
27 Pagdating sa Mahanaim, si David ay sinalubong ni Sobi, anak ni Nahas na Ammonitang taga-Rabba. Kasama ni Sobi si Maquir, anak ni Amiel na taga-Lo-debar at si Barzilai, isang Gileaditang taga-Rogelim. 28 May dala silang mga banig, kumot, mangkok at banga. May dala rin silang trigo, sebada, harina, mga butil na sinangag, gulayin, 29 pulot-pukyutan, keso at mga tupa. Ipinagkaloob nila ito kina David at mga kasama nito upang may makain sila, sapagkat alam nilang ang mga ito'y pagod na pagod at nagdanas ng matinding gutom at uhaw sa ilang.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 17:25 Ismaelita: Sa ibang manuskrito'y Israelita .
2 Samuel 17
English Standard Version
Hushai Saves David
17 Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight. 2 I will come upon him while he is (A)weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. (B)I will strike down only the king, 3 and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man,[a] and all the people will be at peace.” 4 And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
5 Then Absalom said, “Call (C)Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say.” 6 And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, “Thus has Ahithophel spoken; shall we do as he says? If not, you speak.” 7 Then Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good.” 8 Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged,[b] (D)like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people. 9 Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place. And as soon as some of the people fall[c] at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’ 10 Then even the valiant man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly (E)melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men. 11 But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, (F)from Dan to Beersheba, (G)as the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person. 12 So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left. 13 If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we shall drag it into the valley, until not even a pebble is to be found there.” 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” (H)For the Lord had ordained[d] to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
15 (I)Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so have I counseled. 16 Now therefore send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not stay tonight at (J)the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be (K)swallowed up.’” 17 Now (L)Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at (M)En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city. 18 But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So both of them went away quickly and came to the house of a man at (N)Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard. And they went down into it. 19 (O)And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known of it. 20 When Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook[e] of water.” And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, (P)“Arise, and go quickly over the water, for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you.” 22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed the Jordan. By daybreak not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.
23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to (Q)his own city. He (R)set his house in order and (S)hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
24 Then David came to (T)Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel. 25 Now Absalom had set (U)Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite,[f] who had married Abigal the daughter of (V)Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother. 26 And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
27 When David came to Mahanaim, (W)Shobi the son of Nahash from (X)Rabbah of the Ammonites, and (Y)Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and (Z)Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim, 28 brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans and lentils,[g] 29 honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The people are hungry and (AA)weary and thirsty (AB)in the wilderness.”
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 17:3 Septuagint; Hebrew back to you. Like the return of the whole is the man whom you seek
- 2 Samuel 17:8 Hebrew bitter of soul
- 2 Samuel 17:9 Or And as he falls on them
- 2 Samuel 17:14 Hebrew commanded
- 2 Samuel 17:20 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- 2 Samuel 17:25 Compare 1 Chronicles 2:17; Hebrew Israelite
- 2 Samuel 17:28 Hebrew adds and parched grain
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