2 Samuel 16

1 When David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a container of wine. 2 The king said to Ziba, "What do you mean by these?"

Ziba said, "The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that those who are faint in the wilderness may drink."

3 The king said, "Where is your master’s son?"

Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.’"

4 Then the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours."

Ziba said, "I bow down. Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king."

5 When King David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came. 6 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. 7 Shimei said when he cursed, "Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow! 8 Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!"

9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head." 10 The king said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’"

11 David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Behold, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him. 12 It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today." 13 So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust. 14 The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary; and he refreshed himself there.

15 Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 16 When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"

17 Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?"

18 Hushai said to Absalom, "No; but whomever Yahweh and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, I will be his, and I will stay with him. 19 Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn’t I serve 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 we shall do."

21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father’s concubines that he has left to keep the house. Then all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong."

22 So they spread a tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

23 The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the inner sanctuary of God. All the counsel of Ahithophel was like this both with David and with Absalom.

Ka Whāngai a Tipa i a Rāwiri

1 Ā, he iti nei te haerenga atu o Rāwiri i te tihi o te pikitanga, nā, ko Tipa, tangata a Mepipohete kua tūtaki ki a ia, me ngā kāihe e rua, whakanoho rawa. Ko te pīkaunga, he taro e rua rau, he tautau karepe maroke kotahi rau, he hua raumati kotahi rau, he ipu wāina.

2 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a Tipa, "Hei aha ēnei māu?"

Ā, ka mea a Tipa, "Hei eke mō te whare o te kīngi ngā kāihe; hei kai mā ngā tamariki te taro me ngā hua raumati; hei inu anō te wāina mā te hunga e ngenge ana i te koraha."

3 Nā, ka mea te kīngi, "Ā, kei hea te tama a tōu ariki?"

Anō rā ko Tipa ki te kīngi, "Kei Hiruhārama tērā e noho ana; i mea hoki, ‘Ko āianei te whare o Īharaira whakahoki mai ai i te kīngitanga o tōku pāpā ki ahau.’ "

4 Kātahi te kīngi ka mea ki a Tipa, "Nanā, māu katoa ngā mea a Mepipohete."

Nā, ka mea a Tipa, "E piko atu nei ahau; kia manakohia ahau e koe, e tōku ariki, e te kīngi."

Ka Kanga a Himei i a Rāwiri

5 Ā, nō ka tae a Kīngi Rāwiri ki Pahurimi, nā, ka puta mai ki reira he tangata nō te hapū o te whare o Haora, ko tōna ingoa ko Himei, ko te tama a Kera; ko tōna putanga mai e kanga haere ana. 6 Epaina ana hoki e ia ki te kōhatu a Rāwiri me ngā tāngata katoa a Kīngi Rāwiri; nā, ko te iwi katoa, rātou ko ngā toa katoa kei tōna matau, kei tōna mauī. 7 Ko te kupu hoki tēnei a Himei i a ia e kanga ana, "Puta atu, puta atu, e te tangata toto, e te tangata o Periara. 8 Kua whakahokia e Ihowā ki a koe ngā toto katoa o te whare o Haora; ko koe nā hoki te kīngi i muri i a ia; ā, kua hoatu e Ihowā te kīngitanga ki te ringa o Apohārama, o tāu tama. Nā, kei tōu kino nā anō koe, he tangata toto nā hoki koe."

9 Kātahi ka mea a Āpihai tama a Teruia ki te kīngi, "He aha tēnei kurī mate i kanga ai ki tōku ariki, ki te kīngi? Tēnā, kia whiti atu ahau ki te pōuto i tōna upoko."

10 Nā, ka mea te kīngi, "Hei aha māku tā kōrua, e ngā tama a Teruia? He kanganga nāna, he meatanga nā Ihowā ki a ia, ‘Kangā a Rāwiri,’ ko wai tēnā hei mea, ‘He aha koe i pēnā ai?’ "

11 I mea anō a Rāwiri ki a Āpihai rātou ko āna tāngata katoa, "Nanā, ko tāku tama i puta nei i roto i ōku whēkau te whai nei kia whakamatea ahau; nā, tērā noa ake āianei he mea mā tēnei Pineamini. Waiho atu, tukua ia kia kanga; nā Ihowā hoki i mea ki a ia. 12 Tērā pea a Ihowā e titiro ki tōku mate, e hōmai i te pai ki ahau hei utu mō tāna kanga ki ahau i tēnei rā."

13 Nā, haere ana a Rāwiri rātou ko āna tāngata i te huarahi; me te haere anō a Himei i te taha o te maunga i tōna ritenga mai; haere ana me te kanga, me te epa i te kōhatu ki tōna ritenga mai, me te ākiri anō i te puehu. 14 Nā, haere ngenge ana te kīngi rātou ko tōna nuinga, ā, okioki ana ki reira.

He Whakaaro o Ahitopere

15 Nā, ka tae mai a Apohārama rātou ko te iwi katoa, ngā tāngata o Īharaira ki Hiruhārama; ko Ahitopere hoki tōna hoa. 16 Nā, i te taenga o Huhai Araki, o te hoa o Rāwiri, ki a Apohārama, nā, ka mea a Huhai ki a Apohārama, "Kia ora te kīngi, kia ora te kīngi!"

17 Nā, ka mea a Apohārama ki a Huhai, "Ko tōu aroha tēnā ki tōu hoa? He aha koe tē haere tahi ai i tōu hoa?"

18 Nā, ka mea a Huhai ki a Apohārama, "Kāhore, engari ko tā Ihowā, ko tā tēnei iwi, ko tā ngā tāngata katoa o Īharaira e whiriwhiri ai, hei a ia he tikanga mōku, ā, me noho ahau ki a ia. 19 Nā, tētahi, kia mahi ahau ki a wai? Kaua ianei ahau e mahi ki te aroaro o tāna tama? Ka rite ki tāku mahi ki te aroaro o tōu pāpā tāku ki tōu aroaro."

20 Nā, ka mea a Apohārama ki a Ahitopere, "Tēnā koa ōu whakaaro me aha tātou?"

21 Nā, ka mea a Ahitopere ki a Apohārama, "Haere ki ngā wāhine iti a tōu pāpā, i waiho nei e ia hei tiaki i te whare, ā, ka rongo a Īharaira katoa kua piro whakarihariha koe ki tōu pāpā, nā, ka kaha ngā ringa o tōu nuinga katoa." 22 Nā, whakatūria ana tētahi tēneti e rātou mō Apohārama ki runga ki te tuanui; ā, haere ana a Apohārama ki roto, ki ngā wāhine iti a tōna pāpā i te tirohanga a Īharaira katoa.

23 Nā, ko te whakaaro o Ahitopere i whakaaro ai ia i aua rā, me te mea e uia ana he tikanga ki tā te Atua kupu; pērā tonu ngā whakaaro katoa o Ahitopere ki ā rāua tokorua, ki a Rāwiri, ki a Apohārama.