2 Samuel 19

1 Joab was told, "Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom." 2 The victory that day was turned into mourning among all the people, for the people heard it said that day, "The king grieves for his son."

3 The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 4 The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!"

5 Joab came into the house to the king, and said, "Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants who today have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines; 6 in that you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have declared today that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and we had all died today, then it would have pleased you well. 7 Now therefore arise, go out and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don’t go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now."

8 Then the king arose and sat in the gate. The people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent. 9 All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom. 10 Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don’t you speak a word of bringing the king back?"

11 King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, "Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the speech of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house? 12 You are my brothers. You are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’ 13 Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually instead of Joab.’" 14 He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as one man, so that they sent to the king, saying, "Return, you and all your servants."

15 So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan. 16 Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David. 17 There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of Saul’s house, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king. 18 A ferry boat went to bring over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good.

Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had come over the Jordan. 19 He said to the king, "Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember that which your 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 your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king."

21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, "Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?"

22 David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For don’t I know that I am king over Israel today?" 23 The king said to Shimei, "You will not die." The king swore to him.

24 Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. 25 When he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, "Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?"

26 He answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame. 27 He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes. 28 For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should appeal any more to the king?"

29 The king said to him, "Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land."

30 Mephibosheth said to the king, "Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house."

31 Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king to conduct him over the Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man. 33 The king said to Barzillai, "Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem."

34 Barzillai said to the king, "How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? 35 I am eighty years old, today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear the voice of singing men and singing women any more? Why then should your servant be a burden to my lord the king? 36 Your servant will just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward? 37 Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you."

38 The king answered, "Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. Whatever you request of me, that I will do for you."

39 All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. Then the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him; and he returned to his own place. 40 So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him. All the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel. 41 Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, "Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?"

42 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gift?"

43 The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, "We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?" The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

Ka Kohetetia e Ioapa a Rāwiri

1 Nā, ka kōrerotia ki a Ioapa, "Nanā, kei te tangi te kīngi, kei te uhunga mō Apohārama." 2 Nā, puta kē ana te whakaoranga i taua rā hei tangi mā te iwi katoa; i rongo hoki te iwi i taua rā i te kōrero, e kōingo ana te kīngi ki tāna tama. 3 Nā, haere puku ana te iwi i taua rā ki te pā, ānō he hunga e haere puku ana i te whakamā, ina rere i te whawhai. 4 Ko te kīngi ia, taupoki tonu tōna mata, nui atu te reo o te kīngi ki te tangi, "E Apohārama, e tāku tama, e Apohārama, e tāku tama, e tāku tama."

5 Nā, ka haere a Ioapa ki te kīngi ki roto ki te whare, ā, ka mea, "Kua whakamā i a koe ināianei ngā mata o āu tāngata katoa i ora ai koe i tēnei rā, i ora ai hoki āu tama, me āu tamāhine, i ora ai āu wāhine, i ora ai anō āu wāhine iti, 6 i a koe ka aroha nei ki ōu hoariri, ka kino nei ki te hunga e aroha ana ki a koe. Kua whakaatu mai nā hoki koe i tēnei rā, he kore noa iho ki a koe ngā rangatira me ngā tāngata; e mōhio ana hoki ahau i tēnei rā, kia ora kau ko Apohārama, ā, kia mate ko mātou katoa i tēnei rā, ka pai rawa ki a koe.

7 "Nā, whakatika, puta atu ki waho, kia puaki tētahi kupu pai ki āu tāngata; tā te mea he oati tēnei nāku i a Ihowā, ki te kāhore koe e puta ake, e kore tētahi tangata e noho ki a koe i tēnei pō; ā, nui atu tēnei kino ki a koe i ngā kino katoa i pā ki a koe o tōu taitamarikitanga ake ā mohoa noa nei."

8 Nā, ka whakatika te kīngi, ā, noho ana i te kūwaha. Nā, ka kōrerotia te kōrero ki te iwi katoa, "Nanā, ko te kīngi, kei te kūwaha e noho ana." Nā, haere ana te iwi katoa ki te aroaro o te kīngi.

Ka Whakahokia a Rāwiri ki Hiruhārama

Kua whati hoki tērā a Īharaira ki tōna tēneti, ki tōna tēneti. 9 Nā, ka puta ake he tautohetohe i ngā tāngata katoa o ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira, i kī rātou, "Nā te kīngi tātou i whakaora i roto i te ringa o ō tātou hoariri, nāna hoki tātou i mawhiti ai i te ringa o ngā Pirihitini; heoi kua whati atu nei ia i te whenua i te wehi ki a Apohārama. 10 Ā, ko Apohārama i whakawahia nei e tātou hei kīngi mō tātou, kua mate i te whawhai. Nā, he aha koutou tē whai kupu ai kia whakahokia mai te kīngi?"

11 Nā, ka tono tāngata a Kīngi Rāwiri ki a Hāroko rāua ko Apiātara, ki ngā tohunga, hei kī atu: "Kōrero atu ki ngā kaumātua o Hūrā, mea atu, ‘He aha koutou i tauhiku ai ki te whakahoki i te kīngi ki tōna whare? Kua tae atu nā hoki te kōrero a Īharaira katoa ki te kīngi, ki te whakahoki i a ia ki tōna whare. 12 Ko ōku tēina nei koutou, ko ōku wheua, ko ōku kikokiko, he aha koutou i tauhikuhiku ai ki te whakahoki i te kīngi?’ 13 Mā kōrua anō e kī atu ki a Amaha, ‘Ehara ianei koe i te wheua nōku, i te kikokiko nōku? Mā te Atua e mea tēnei mea ki ahau me tētahi atu mea, ki te kāhore koe e meinga hei rangatira ope ki tōku aroaro i ngā rā katoa hei whakakapi mō Ioapa.’ "

14 Ā, meinga ana e ia kia piko te ngākau o ngā tāngata katoa o Hūrā ānō he tangata kotahi; ā, ka tono tāngata rātou ki te kīngi hei mea, "Hoki mai, me āu tāngata katoa." 15 Nā, hoki ana te kīngi, ā, ka tae ki Horano.

I haere anō a Hūrā ki Kirikara, he haere ki te whakatau i te kīngi, hei whakawhiti i te kīngi i Horano. 16 Nā, hohoro tonu a Himei Pineamini tama a Kera, tērā i Pahurimi rā, haere tahi ana me ngā tāngata o Hūrā ki raro, ki te whakatau i a Kīngi Rāwiri. 17 Nā, kotahi mano ngā tāngata o Pineamine i a ia, me Tipa anō, me te tangata o te whare o Haora, rātou ko āna tama tekau mā rima, me āna pononga e rua tekau; ā, whiti ana rātou i Horano i te aroaro o te kīngi. 18 I whiti anō he perepoti hei whakawhiti mō te whare o te kīngi, hei mea hoki i ngā mea e pai ana ki tōna whakaaro.

Te Atawahi o Rāwiri ki a Himei

Nā, ka tāpapa a Himei tama a Kera ki te aroaro o te kīngi, i a ia ka whiti nei i Horano, 19 ā, ka mea ki te kīngi, "Kaua tōku ariki e whakairi hara ki ahau, kaua anō e maharatia te tutū o tāu pononga i te rā i puta mai ai tōku ariki, te kīngi i Hiruhārama; kaua te ngākau o te kīngi e mea ki tēnā. 20 E mōhio ana hoki tāu pononga i hara ahau. Koia ahau i haere mai ai ināianei, ko te tuatahi o te whare katoa o Hōhepa; i haere mai hoki ki raro, ki te whakatau i tōku ariki, i te kīngi."

21 Otiia ka oho a Āpihai tama a Teruia, ka mea, "E kore ianei a Himei e whakamatea mō tēnei, mōna i kanga i tā Ihowā i whakawahi ai?"

22 Anō rā ko Rāwiri, "Hei aha māku tā kōrua, e ngā tama a Teruia, i mea ai kōrua ki te totohe ki ahau i tēnei rā? Kia mate koia he tangata i roto i a Īharaira i tēnei rā? Kāhore ianei ahau e mōhio ko ahau te kīngi o Īharaira i tēnei rā?" 23 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a Himei, "E kore koe e mate." Nā, oati ana te kīngi ki a ia.

Ka Whakahoa anō a Rāwiri rāua ko Mepipohete

24 Nā, ka haere a Mepipohete tama a Haora ki raro, ki te whakatau i te kīngi. Kīhai ōna waewae i whakapaia, kīhai tōna pāhau i whakapaia, kīhai anō ōna kākahu i horoia, nō te rā i haere ai te kīngi ā taea noatia te rā i hoki mārie mai ai ia. 25 Ā, i tōna taenga ki Hiruhārama ki te whakatau i te kīngi, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, "He aha koe tē haere ai tātou, e Mepipohete?"

26 Anō rā ko ia, "Nā tāku pononga ahau i tinihanga, e tōku ariki, e te kīngi; i mea hoki tāu pononga, ‘Me whakanoho e ahau tētahi kāihe mōku, hei ekenga atu mōku, ka haere ai i te kīngi.’ He kopa hoki tāu pononga. 27 Nā, kua whakapae teka ia mō tāu pononga ki tōku ariki, ki te kīngi. Otiia, rite tonu tōku ariki, te kīngi ki te anahera a te Atua; nā, māu e mea te mea e pai ana ki tāu titiro. 28 Ko te whare katoa hoki o tōku pāpā me te mea he tūpāpaku i te aroaro o tōku ariki, o te kīngi. Heoi, kua whakanohoia e koe tāu pononga ki te hunga i kai ki tāu tēpu. Nā, he aha ake rā tāku e tika ai kia karanga atu ai anō ahau ki te kīngi?"

29 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, "Hei aha ake āu kōrero i kōrerotia tonutia ai? Ko tāku kupu tēnei: me wehe e kōrua ko Tipa te māra."

30 Nā, ka mea a Mepipohete ki te kīngi, "Engari me tango katoa e ia, he mea hoki kua tae mārie mai tōku ariki, te kīngi ki tōna whare."

Te Manaaki o Rāwiri a Paratirai

31 I haere mai anō a Paratirai Kireari i Rokerimi; ā, whiti ana rāua ko te kīngi i Horano, he kawe i a ia ki tērā taha o Horano. 32 Nā, he koroheke rawa a Paratirai, e waru tekau ōna tau. Nāna i atawhai te kīngi i tōna nohoanga ki Mahanaima; he tangata nui rawa hoki ia. 33 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a Paratirai, "Me whiti koe, tāua, ā, māku koe e atawhai ki tōku taha ki Hiruhārama."

34 Nā, ka mea a Paratirai ki te kīngi, "E hia ngā rā o ngā tau hei oranga mōku, e haere tahi ai ahau me te kīngi ki runga, ki Hiruhārama? 35 Ka waru tekau ōku tau i tēnei rā; e mōhio rānei ahau he pai tēnei, he kino tērā? E mōhiotia rānei e tāu pononga te reka o tāku e kai ai, o tāku rānei e inu ai? E rongo anō rānei ahau i te reo o ngā tāne waiata, o ngā wāhine waiata rānei? Ā, kia meinga anō tāu pononga hei whakararuraru mō tōku ariki, mō te kīngi hei aha? 36 Ka haere tahi atu rā tāu pononga me te kīngi ki tāwāhi iti atu o Horano; ā, he aha kia whakaarohia tērā ki ahau e te kīngi ki tēnei utu nui? 37 Nā, tukua tāu pononga kia hoki, kia mate ai ahau ki tōku nei pā, ki te taha o te urupā o tōku pāpā, o tōku whaea. Engari ia tāu pononga, a Kimihama; ko ia e whiti tahi me tōku ariki, me te kīngi; meatia ki a ia te mea e pai ana ki tāu titiro."

38 Nā, ka mea te kīngi, "Me whiti tahi māua ko Kimihama, ā, māku e mea ki a ia ngā mea e pai ana ki tāu titiro; ā, he aha tāu e tono ai ki ahau, ka mahia e ahau māu."

39 Nā, whiti ana te iwi katoa i Horano. I whiti anō te kīngi, ā, kihia ana e te kīngi a Paratirai, manaakitia ana; ā, hoki ana tērā ki tōna wāhi.

40 Heoi, whiti ana te kīngi ki Kirikara, ā, i haere tahi anō a Kimihama i a ia; ā, nā te iwi katoa o Hūrā, nā te hāwhe o te iwi o Īharaira te kīngi i kawe.

41 Nā, haere ana ngā tāngata katoa o Īharaira ki te kīngi, ka mea ki te kīngi, "He aha ō mātou tēina, ngā tāngata o Hūrā i tāhae ai i a koe, i whakawhiti mai ai i te kīngi, i tōna whare katoa, i ngā tāngata katoa anō a Rāwiri, i Horano?"

42 Nā, ka whakahokia e ngā tāngata katoa o Hūrā ki ngā tāngata o Īharaira, "Nō te mea he whanaunga tata te kīngi ki a mātou. He aha rā koutou i riri ai mō tēnei mea. I kai rānei mātou i tētahi mea a te kīngi? I hōmai rānei e ia tētahi mea ki a mātou?"

43 Nā, ka whakahoki ngā tāngata o Īharaira ki ngā tāngata o Hūrā, ka mea rātou, "Kotahi tekau ngā wāhi o te kīngi kei a mātou, ā, nui atu hoki i tō koutou tō mātou take ki a Rāwiri; ā, he aha mātou i whakahāweatia ai e koutou, tē waiho ai mā mātou te kupu tuatahi mō te whakahoki mai i tō mātou kīngi?"

Heoi, i pakari rawa ake ngā kupu a ngā tāngata o Hūrā i ngā kupu a ngā tāngata o Īharaira.