2 Samuel 20
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel.'
1Pea ʻiloange naʻe nofo ʻi ai ʻae tangata angakovi ʻaia naʻe hingoa ko Sepa, ko e foha ʻo Pikili, ko e tangata Penisimani: pea naʻa ne ifi ʻe ia ʻae meʻalea, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai te mau kau mo Tevita, pea ʻoku ʻikai te mau tofiʻa fakataha mo e foha ʻo Sese: ʻE ʻIsileli ke taki taha ʻalu ʻae tangata ki hono fale.”
2So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah did cleave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
2Ko ia naʻe hiki ai ʻae kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli mei heʻenau muimui kia Tevita, ka nau muimui kia Sepa ko e foha ʻo Pikili: ka naʻe pikitai ʻae kau tangata ʻo Siuta ki honau tuʻi mei Sioatani ʻo aʻu ki Selūsalema.
3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood, with their husband alive.
3¶ Pea naʻe hoko mai ʻa Tevita ki hono fale ʻi Selūsalema; pea naʻe ʻave ʻe he tuʻi ʻae kau fefine sinifu ʻe toko hongofulu, ʻaia naʻa ne tuku ke tauhi hono fale, ʻo ne ʻai kinautolu ki he fale naʻe leʻohi, pea naʻe fafangaʻi ai kinautolu, ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne hū atu ia kiate kinautolu, Pea ko ia naʻa nau pōpula ai ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ʻo ʻenau mate, ʻonau moʻui taʻeʻmali.
4Then said the king to Amasa: 'Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.'
4¶ Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe he tuʻi kia ʻAmasa, “ʻI he teʻeki ke ʻosi ʻae ʻaho ʻe tolu ke ke tānaki mai kiate au ʻae kau tangata ʻo Siuta, pea ke ʻi heni koe.”
5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
5Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ʻa ʻAmasa ke tānaki ʻa Siuta: ka naʻa ne tatali fuoloa ange ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho naʻe tukupau ʻe ia kiate ia.
6And David said to Abishai: 'Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom; take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.'
6Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia ʻApisai, “Ko eni ʻe lahi hake ʻi he kovi naʻe fai ʻe ʻApisalomi ʻae kovi ʻe fai kiate kitautolu ʻe Sepa ko e foha ʻo Pikili: ʻave ʻe koe ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa hoʻo ʻeiki, pea tuli kiate ia, telia naʻa ne maʻu ha ngaahi kolo kuo ʻāʻi, pea ne hao meiate kitautolu.”
7And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
7Pea naʻe tuli kiate ia ʻae kau tangata ʻa Soape, mo e kau Keliti, mo e kau Peleti, pea mo e kau tangata toʻa kotoa pē: pea naʻa nau ʻalu mei Selūsalema ke tuli kia Sepa ko e foha ʻo Pikili.
8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
8Pea ʻi heʻenau hoko atu ki he fuʻu maka ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Kipione, naʻe muʻomuʻa atu ʻa ʻAmasa. Pea naʻe noʻotaki kiate ia ʻe Soape ʻa hono kofu naʻa ne ʻai, pea naʻe ʻai ki ai ʻae nonoʻo mo e heletā naʻe fakamaʻu ki ai mo hono ʻaiʻanga, ki hono tenga; pea ʻi heʻene ʻalu atu naʻe tō hifo ia ki lalo.
9And Joab said to Amasa: 'Is it well with thee, my brother?' And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
9Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Soape kia ʻAmasa, “Hoku kāinga ʻoku ke moʻui lelei?” Pea naʻe puke ʻe Soape ki he kava ʻo ʻAmasa ʻaki ʻa hono nima toʻomataʻu ke ʻuma kiate ia.
10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand; so he smote him therewith in the groin, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
10Ka naʻe ʻikai tokanga ʻe ʻAmasa ki he heletā naʻe ʻi he nima ʻo Soape: pea pehē naʻa ne hokaʻi ia ʻi hono lalo hui fatafata, pea naʻe tō hifo hono toʻotoʻonga ki he kelekele, pea naʻe ʻikai ke ne taaʻi ia ke liunga ua; pea naʻa ne mate ai. Ko ia naʻe tuli atu ʻe Soape mo ʻApisai ko hono tokoua kia Sepa ko e foha ʻo Pikili.
11And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said: 'He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David let him follow Joab.'
11Pea naʻe tuʻu ofi kiate ia ʻae tokotaha ʻi he kau tangata ʻo Soape, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko ia ʻoku kau mo Soape, pea mo ia ʻoku kau kia Tevita, ke ne muimui ʻia Soape.”
12And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
12¶ Pea naʻe tokoto ʻa ʻAmasa ʻi he toto ʻi he loto hala. Pea ʻi heʻene mamata ʻe he tangata ʻoku tuʻumaʻu ʻae kakai kotoa pē, naʻa ne hiki atu ʻa ʻAmasa mei he loto hala ki he vao, mo ne ʻufiʻufi ia ʻaki ha kofu, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene mamata naʻe tuʻumaʻu ai ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe haʻu ofi ki ai.
13When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
13Pea hili ʻae hiki atu ia mei he loto hala, naʻe muimui atu kia Soape ʻae kakai kotoa pē, ke tuli kia Sepa ko e foha ʻo Pikili.
14And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites; and they were gathered together, and went in also after him.
14¶ Pea naʻa ne ʻalu atu ʻi he ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo aʻu ki ʻEpeli, pea ki Pete Meaka, pea mo e kakai ʻo Peli kātoa: pea naʻe fakataha ʻakinautolu, ʻonau muimui foki kiate ia.
15And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood in the moat; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
15Pea naʻa nau haʻu ʻo kāpui ia ʻi ʻEpeli ʻi Pete Meaka, pea naʻa nau tanu puke ki he kolo pea naʻe hanga atu ia ki he ʻā kituʻa: pea naʻe haha ʻae ʻā ʻe Soape pea mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, koeʻuhi ke fakahinga ia ki lalo.
16Then cried a wise woman out of the city: 'Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab: Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.'
16Pea naʻe toki ui mai ʻe ha fefine fakapotopoto mei he loto kolo, “Mou fanongo! Mou fanongo! ʻOku ou kole kiate kimoutolu, ke mou tala kia Soape, Haʻu ke ofi mai ki heni, koeʻuhi ke u lea kiate koe.”
17And he came near unto her; and the woman said: 'Art thou Joab?' And he answered: 'I am.' Then she said unto him: 'Hear the words of thy handmaid.' And he answered: 'I do hear.'
17Pea ʻi heʻene ʻunuʻunu atu ʻo ofi kiate ia, naʻe pehē ʻe he fefine, “Ko Soape koe?” Pea naʻe talaange ʻe ia, “Ko au.” Pea naʻa ne toki pehē kiate ia, “Fanongo mai ki he ngaahi lea ʻa hoʻo kaunanga.” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “ʻOku ou fanongo pe.”
18Then she spoke, saying: 'They were wont to speak in old time, saying: They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they ended the matter.
18Pea naʻa ne toki lea, ʻo pehē, “Naʻa nau faʻa lea ʻi he kuonga ʻi muʻa ange, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e moʻoni tenau fakafehuʻi ki ai ʻi ʻEpeli:” pea ʻe ngata ia ʻi ai.
19We are of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel; seekest thou to destroy a city and a mother in Israel? why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?'
19Ko e fakamelino mo e angatonu au ʻi ʻIsileli; ka ʻoku ke kumi ʻe koe ke fakaʻauha ha kolo pea mo ha faʻē ʻi ʻIsileli: ko e hā te ke fōngia hifo ai ʻae tofiʻa ʻo Sihova?”
20And Joab answered and said: 'Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
20Pea naʻe talaange ʻe Soape ʻo pehē, “Ke mamaʻo ia, ke mamaʻo ia meiate au ke u folo hifo pe fakaʻauha.
21The matter is not so; but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.' And the woman said unto Joab: 'Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.'
21ʻOku ʻikai pehē ha meʻa: ka ko e tangata mei he moʻunga ko ʻIfalemi, ko Sepa ko hono hingoa, ko e foha ʻo Pikili, kuo hiki angatuʻu hake ʻe ia ʻa hono nima ki he tuʻi, ʻio, kia Tevita: ke tuku mai pe ia pea te u ʻalu mei he kolo.” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he fefine kia Soape, “Vakai, ʻe lī atu ʻa hono ʻulu ʻi he ʻā kiate koe.”
22Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he blew the horn, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
22Pea naʻe toki ʻalu ʻae fefine ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻi heʻene fai fakapotopoto. Pea naʻa nau tutuʻu ʻae ʻulu ʻo Sepa ko e foha ʻo Pikili ʻonau lī atu ia kia Soape. Pea naʻa ne ifi ʻe ia ha meʻalea, pea naʻa nau tutuku atu mei he kolo, ko e tangata taki taha ki hono fale. Pea naʻe foki atu ʻa Soape ki he tuʻi ki Selūsalema.
23Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
23¶ Ka ko eni naʻe pule ʻa Soape ki he kautau kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli: pea ko Penaia ko e foha ʻo Sehoiata naʻe pule ki he kau Keliti pea mo e kau Peleti:
24and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
24Pea naʻe pule ʻa ʻAtolami ki he tukuhau: pea ko Sihosafate ko e foha ʻo ʻAhilute ko e tangata tohi meʻa ia:
25and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
25Pea ko e tangata tohi ʻa Siva: pea ko e ongo taulaʻeiki ʻa Satoki pea mo ʻApiata:
26and Ira also the Jairite was chief minister unto David.
26Pea ko Ila ko e tangata Saili ko e ʻeiki lahi foki ia naʻe kau kia Tevita.
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