2 Samuel 3
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: David prospering and growing always stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul decaying daily.
1Naʻe fai fuoloa foki ʻae tau ʻae fale ʻo Saula pea mo e fale ʻo Tevita, ka naʻe fakaʻaʻau pe ke mālohi lahi ʻa Tevita, pea naʻe fakaʻaʻau ke vaivai hifo ʻae fale ʻo Saula.
2And sons were born to David in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess:
2¶ Pea naʻe fānau ʻae fānau tangata kia Tevita ʻi Hepeloni: ko hono ʻuluaki ko ʻAmanoni, ʻia ʻAhinoami ko e fefine Sesilili;
3And his second Cheleab of Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel: and the third Absalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tholmai king of Gessur:
3Pea ko hono toko ua ko Kiliapi, ʻia ʻApikale naʻe mali mo Napale ko e tangata Kameli; pea ko hono toko tolu ko ʻApisalomi, ko e tama ʻa Meaka, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Talimai ko e tuʻi ʻo Kesuli:
4And the fourth Adonias, the son of Haggith: and the fifth Saphathia the son of Abital:
4Pea ko hono toko fā, ko ʻAtonisa, ko e tama ʻo Hakiti; pea ko hono toko nima, ko Sifatia ko e tama ʻo ʻApitali;
5And the sixth Jethraam of Egla the wife of David: these were born to David in Hebron.
5Pea ko hono toko ono, ko Itiliami, ʻia Ekila ko e uaifi ʻo Tevita. Naʻe fanauʻi ʻakinautolu ni kia Tevita ʻi Hepeloni.
6Now while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner the son of Ner ruled the house of Saul.
6¶ Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he lolotonga ʻae fetauʻaki ʻae fale ʻo Saula pea mo e fale ʻo Tevita, naʻe kau mālohi ʻa ʻApina ki he fale ʻo Saula.
7And Saul had a concubine named Respha, the daughter of Aia. And Isboseth said to Abner:
7Pea naʻe ai ʻae fefine sinifu ʻo Saula, ʻaia naʻe hingoa ko Lisipa, ko e taʻahine ʻo ʻAia: pea naʻe pehē ʻe Isiposeti kia ʻApina, “Ko e hā kuo ke hū atu ai ki he sinifu ʻo ʻeku tamai?”
8Why didst thou go in to my father’s concubine? And he was exceedingly angry for the words of Isboseth, and said: Am I a dog’s head against Juda this day, who have shewn mercy to the house of Saul thy father, and to his brethren and friends, and have not delivered thee into the hands of David, and hast thou sought this day against me to charge me with a matter concerning a woman?
8Pea naʻe toki ʻita ʻaupito ʻa ʻApina koeʻuhi ko e lea ʻa Isiposeti, pea ne pehē, “He ko e ʻulu au ʻo ha kulī? Kuo u fai lelei ki Siuta he ʻaho ni ki he fale ʻo Saula ko hoʻo tamai, ki hono ngaahi tokoua, pea ki hono kāinga, pea kuo ʻikai te u tukuange koe ki he nima ʻo Tevita, ka kuo ke lau kiate au he ʻaho ni ha meʻa hala ki he fefine ni?
9So do God to Abner, and more also, unless as the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him,
9Ke fai ʻe he ʻOtua kia ʻApina, ʻo lahi hake foki, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te u fai ʻo hangē ko e fuakava ʻa Sihova kia Tevita;
10That the kingdom be translated from the house of Saul, and the throne of David be set up over Israel, and over Juda from Dan to Bersabee.
10Ke hiki ʻae puleʻanga mei he fale ʻo Saula, pea ke fokotuʻu ʻae nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻo Tevita ki ʻIsileli mo Siuta, ʻo fai atu mei Tani ʻo aʻu ki Peasipa.”
11And he could not answer him a word, because he feared him.
11Pea naʻe ʻikai te ne toe faʻa lea mai kia ʻApina, he naʻa ne manavahē kiate ia.
12Abner therefore sent messengers to David for himself, saying: Whose is the land? and that they should say: Make a league with me, and my hand shall be with thee: and I will bring all Israel to thee.
12¶ Pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe ʻApina ʻae kau talafekau kia Tevita maʻana, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOku ʻo hai ʻae fonua? Mo ne pehē, Ke tā kau taha mo au, pea vakai, ʻe ʻiate koe ʻa hoku nima, ke fakatoka ʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē kiate koe.”
13And he said: Very well: I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, saying: Thou shalt not see my face before thou bring Michol the daughter of Saul: and so thou shalt come, and see me.
13¶ Pea naʻa ne pehē, “ʻOku lelei, te u fai ha fuakava mo koe: ka ko e meʻa ʻe taha kuo pau hoku loto ke ke fai, ʻa eni, ʻE ʻikai te ke sio ki hoku mata, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te ke tomuʻa ʻomi ʻa Mikale ko e ʻofefine ʻo Saula, ʻoka ke ka hau ke sio ki hoku mata.”
14And David sent messengers to Isboseth the son of Saul, saying: Restore my wife Michol, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
14Pea naʻe ʻave ʻe Tevita ʻae kau talafekau kia Isiposeti ko e foha ʻo Saula, ʻo ne pehē, “Tuku mai hoku uaifi ko Mikale, ʻaia naʻaku poloʻi kiate au ʻaki ʻae muʻa kili ʻe teau ʻoe kau Filisitia.”
15And Isboseth sent, and took her from her husband Phaltiel, the son of Lais.
15Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Isiposeti, ʻo ne ʻomi ia mei hono husepāniti ko Faliteli ko e foha ʻo Leisi.
16And her husband followed her, weeping as far as Bahurim: and Abner said to him: Go and return. And he returned.
16Pea naʻe muimui tangi pe ʻa hono husepāniti ʻiate ia ʻo aʻu ki Pahulimi. Pea naʻe pehē ai ʻe ʻApina kiate ia, “ʻAlu, ʻo foki atu.” Pea naʻa ne foki ange.
17Abner also spoke to the ancients of Israel, saying: Both yesterday and the day before you sought for David that he might reign over you.
17¶ Pea naʻe fealēleaʻaki ʻa ʻApina pea mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻI he kuonga kuo hili naʻa mou kumi kia Tevita ke ne tuʻi kiate kimoutolu:
18Now then do it: because the Lord hath spoken to David, saying: By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hands of the Philistines, and of all their enemies.
18Pea ko eni fai ia: he kuo folofola ʻa Sihova ʻia Tevita, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻI he nima ʻo hoku tamaioʻeiki ko Tevita te u fakamoʻui ʻa hoku kakai ʻIsileli mei he nima ʻoe kau Filisitia, pea mei he nima ʻo honau ngaahi fili kotoa pē.’”
19And Abner spoke also to Benjamin. And he went to speak to David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to all Benjamin.
19Pea naʻe lea foki ʻa ʻApina ke ongo atu ki Penisimani: pea naʻe ʻalu foki ʻa ʻApina ke lea ʻi he telinga ʻo Tevita ʻi Hepeloni, ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe loto lelei ki ʻIsileli, mo ia naʻe lelei ai ʻae fale kotoa pē ʻo Penisimani.
20And he came to David in Hebron with twenty men: and David made a feast for Abner, and his men that came with him.
20Ko ia naʻe haʻu ai ʻa ʻApina ki Hepeloni kia Tevita, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko uofulu. Pea naʻe fai ha kātoanga ʻe Tevita kia ʻApina pea mo e kau tangata naʻe ʻiate ia.
21And Abner said to David: I will rise, that I may gather all Israel unto thee my lord the king, and may enter into a league with thee, and that thou mayst reign over all as thy soul desireth. Now when David bad brought Abner on his way, and he was gone in peace,
21Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻApina kia Tevita, “Te u tuʻu hake ʻo ʻalu, pea te u tānaki ʻa ʻIsileli kātoa ki hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi koeʻuhi ke nau fai ha fuakava mo koe, pea koeʻuhi ke ke puleʻi ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku holi ho loto ki ai.” Pea naʻe tukuange ʻe Tevita ʻa ʻApina; pea naʻa ne ʻalu ʻi he melino pe.
22Immediately David’s servants and Joab came, after having slain the robbers, with an exceeding great booty: and Abner, was not with David in Hebron, for he had now sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
22¶ Pea vakai, naʻe liu mai ʻae kakai ʻo Tevita mo Soape mei he vāhenga tau, pea naʻa nau ʻomi mo kinautolu ʻae fuʻu koloa lahi: ka naʻe ʻikai ʻia Tevita ʻa ʻApina ʻi Hepeloni; he kuo ʻosi ʻa ʻene tukuange ia, pea kuo ʻalu ia ʻi he melino.
23And Joab and all the army that was with him, came afterwards: and it was told Joab, that Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
23Pea ʻi heʻene hoko mai ʻa Soape mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, naʻa nau fakahā kia Soape, ʻo pehē, naʻe haʻu ʻa ʻApina ko e foha ʻo Nea ki he tuʻi, pea kuo ne tuku ia ke ʻalu, pea kuo ʻalu melino pe ia.
24And Joab went in to the king, and said: What hast thou done? Behold Abner came to thee: Why didst thou send him away, and he is gone and departed?
24Ko ia naʻe toki haʻu ai ʻa Soape ki he tuʻi ʻo ne pehē, “Ko e hā eni kuo ke fai? Vakai kuo haʻu ʻa ʻApina kiate koe; ko e hā kuo ke tuku ai ia ke ne ʻalu, pea kuo ne mole atu ʻaupito?
25Knowest thou not Abner the son of Ner, that to this end he came to thee, that he might deceive thee, and to know thy going out, and thy coming in, and to know all thou dost?
25ʻOku ke ʻilo ʻa ʻApina ko e foha ʻo Nea naʻa ne haʻu ke kākaaʻi koe, pea ke ne matakiʻi ʻa hoʻo feʻaluʻaki, pea ke ʻilo ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku ke fai.”
26Then Joab going out from David, sent messengers after Abner, and brought him back from the cistern of Sira, David knowing nothing of it.
26Pea hili ʻa ʻene haʻu ʻa Soape meia Tevita, naʻa ne kouna atu ʻae kau talafekau kia ʻApina, pea naʻa nau ʻomi ia mei he vaikeli ko Sila: ka naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ia ʻe Tevita.
27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to speak to him treacherously: and he stabbed him there in the groin, and he died, in revenge of the blood of Asael his brother.
27Pea ʻi heʻene liliu mai ʻa ʻApina ki Hepeloni, naʻe ʻave ia ʻe Soape ki he kau hala ʻi he matapā ke lea fakafufū kiate ia, pea naʻa ne hokaʻi ia ʻi ai ʻi hono kete ke ne mate, koeʻuhi ko e toto ʻo hono tokoua ko ʻAsaeli.
28And when David heard of it, after the thing was now done, he said: I, and my kingdom are innocent before the Lord for ever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
28¶ Pea ʻi heʻene toki fanongo ki ai ʻa Tevita, naʻa ne pehē, “ʻOku ou ʻataʻatā au mo hoku puleʻanga ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo taʻengata, ʻi he toto ʻo ʻApina ko e foha ʻo Nea:
29And may it come upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father’s house: and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue of seed, or that is a leper, or that holdeth the distaff, or that falleth by the sword, or that wanteth bread.
29Tuku ke tō ia ki he ʻulu ʻo Soape, pea ki he fale kotoa ʻo ʻene tamai; pea ʻoua naʻa hala ʻae fale ʻo Soape ʻi ha kuonga, ʻi ha taha ʻoku mahaki kovi pe ha kilia, pe ha taha ʻoku faʻaki ki ha tokotoko, pe ha taha ʻoku tō ki he heletā, pe ha taha ʻoku masiva meʻakai.”
30So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asael at Gabaon in the battle.
30Ko ia naʻe tāmateʻi ʻa ʻApina ʻe Soape mo ʻApisai ko hono tokoua, koeʻuhi ko ʻene tāmateʻi ʻa hona tokoua ko ʻAsaeli ʻi he tau ʻi Kipea.
31And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him: Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloths, and mourn before the funeral of Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
31¶ Pea naʻe pehē ʻa Tevita kia Soape, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, Haehae ʻa homou ngaahi kofu, pea nonoʻo ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae tauangaʻa, pea tēngihia ʻa ʻApina. Pea naʻe muimui ʻe Tevita ko e tuʻi ki he fata ʻoe pekia .
32And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, king David lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner: and all the people also wept.
32Pea naʻa nau tanu ʻa ʻApina ʻi Hepeloni: pea naʻe hiki hake ʻe he tuʻi hono leʻo ʻo ne tangi ʻi he faʻitoka ʻo ʻApina; pea naʻe tangi ʻae kakai kotoa pē.
33And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died.
33Pea naʻe tēngihia ʻe he tuʻi ʻa ʻApina, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko e hā kuo mate ai ʻa ʻApina, ʻo hangē ko ha tangata kovi?
34Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet laden with fetters: but as men fall before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people repeating it wept over him.
34Naʻe ʻikai haʻi ho nima, pea naʻe ʻikai fakamaʻu ho vaʻe ʻi he meʻa haʻi: ʻo hangē ko e tō ha tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai angakovi, naʻe pehē ʻa hoʻo hinga.” Pea naʻe toe tēngihia ia ʻe he kakai kotoa pē.
35And when all the people came to take meat with David, while it was yet broad day, David swore, saying: So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or any thing else before sunset.
35Pea ʻi he haʻu ʻae kakai kotoa pē kia Tevita ke kole ia ke ne kai ha meʻa ʻi heʻene kei ʻaho, naʻe fuakava ʻe Tevita, ʻo pehē, “Ke pehē hono fai kiate au ʻe he ʻOtua, ʻo lahi hake, ʻo kapau te u kamata ha konga mā , pe ha meʻa kehe, kaeʻoua ke tō hifo ʻae laʻā.”
36And all the people heard, and they were pleased, and all that the king did seemed good in the sight of all the people.
36Pea naʻe tokanga ʻae kakai kotoa pē, pea naʻa nau leleiʻia ai: ʻo hangē foki ko e fiemālie ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻe he tuʻi.
37And all the people, and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king’s doing, that Abner the son of Ner was slain.
37He naʻe ʻilo ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻe he kakai kotoa pē mo ʻIsileli kotoa pē, naʻe ʻikai ko e loto ʻoe tuʻi ke tāmateʻi ʻa ʻApina ko e foha ʻo Nea.
38The king also said to his servants: Do you not know that a prince and great man is slain this day in Israel?
38Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, “ʻIkai ʻoku mou ʻilo ko e ʻeiki mo e tangata ongoongo kuo tō hifo he ʻaho ni ʻi ʻIsileli?
39But I as yet am tender, though anointed king. And these men the sons of Sarvia are too hard for me: the Lord reward him that doth evil according to his wickedness.
39Pea kuo u vaivai he ʻaho ni, neongo kuo pani au ko e tuʻi: pea ʻoku faingataʻa fau kiate au ʻae kau tangata na ko e ngaahi tama ʻo Seluia: ʻe totongi ʻe Sihova ki he fai kovi ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene ngāue kovi.”
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