2 Samuel 17 in Nepali

1 अहीतोपेलले अब्शालोमलाई भने, “दया गरि मलाई 12,000 मानिस छान्न दिनुहोस्। म आज राती नै दाऊदको खेदो गर्छु।

2 जब उ थाकेर कमजोर भएको हुन्छ म उसलाई पक्रनेछु। म त्यसलाई धम्काउँछु। तब उसका मानिसहरू सबै भाग्नेछन्। तर म खालि दाऊदलाई मात्र मार्नेछु।

3 त्यसपछि उसका सेनालाई तपाईंको अनुगामी बनाइदिन्छु। यदि दाऊद मरे भने सबै मानिसहरू शान्तिसित तपाईंको पछि आउनेछन्।”

4 यो योजना अब्शालोम र इस्राएलका अगुवाहरूलाई राम्रो लाग्यो।

5 तर अब्शालोमले भने, “अहिले एरेकी हूशैलाई बोलाऊ। म उसलाई पनि सोध्छु, उसले के भन्छ सुनौं।”

6 हुशै अब्शालोम भएकहाँ आए। अब्शालोमले हुशैलाई भने, “यो अहीतोपेलको योजना हो। के यो योजनालाई हामी कार्यमा ल्याउन सक्छौं? अथवा सक्दैनौं दया गरेर तपाईंको विचार भन्नुहोस्।”

7 हुशैले भने, “यस समय अहीतोपेलको सल्लाह ठीक छैन।”

8 “तपाईंलाई थाहै छ तपाईंका पिता र उहाँसँग भएका मानिसहरू धेरै बलियाछन्। तिनीहरू बच्चाहरू खोसिएका भालू जस्तै हिस्रक छन् तपाईंका पिता निपुण योद्धा हुनुहुन्छ। उहाँ रातभरी सैनिकहरू सित रहनु हुन्न।

9 जहाँसम्म उहाँ त कुनै गुफा अथवा अरू कुनै ठाउँमा लुकिसक्नु भयो। यदि तपाईंका पिताजीले तपाईंका मानिसहरू माथि धावा बोल्नुभयो भने मानिसहरूले यो खबर सुन्नेछन्। अनि तिनीहरूले सोच्ने छन्, ‘अब्शालोमका अनुयायीहरू हार्दैछन्।’

10 तब सिंह जस्ता सहासी मानिसहरू पनि डराउने छन। किनभने? इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरूलाई थाहै छ कि तपाईंका पिता बलिया लडाकु हुन, अनि उनका मानिसहरू धेरै साहसी छन्।

11 “म यो सुझाव दिन्छुः दानदेखि बेर्शेबासम्मका सबै इस्राएलीहरूलाई भेला गराउनु होस्। मानिसहरू समुद्रका किनारका बालुवा जस्तै हुनेछन्। त्यसपछि तपाईं आफै युद्धभूमिमा जानुहोस्।

12 हामीले दाऊदलाई लुकेकै ठाउँमा समाउने छौं। दाऊदलाई धेरै सिपाहीहरूको साथमा जाइलाग्नु पर्छ। हाम्रो संख्या भुँइमा खसेको शीतका थोपाहरू जस्तो हुनुपर्छ। हामीले दाऊदलाई उसका मानिसहरूसँगै मार्नु पर्छ। कसैलाई जिउँदो छाडने होइन।

13 तर यदि दाऊद कुनै शहरमा भाग्यो भने, सबै इस्राएलीहरूले डोरी ल्याउने छन् अनि हामी शहरको पर्खाललाई बेंसीको तल तान्ने छौ एउटा सानो ढुङ्गा सम्म पनि छोडिने छैन्।”

14 अब्शालोम अनि इस्राएलीहरूले भने, “एरेकी हूशैको सल्लाह अहीतोपेलको भन्दा राम्रो छ।” तिनीहरूले किन यसो भन्यो भने यो परमप्रभु कै योजना हो। परमप्रभुले अहीतोपेलको राम्रो सल्लाहलाई नष्ट पारिदिनु भयो। कसरी परमप्रभुले अब्शालोमलाई सजाय दिनुभयो।

15 हुशैले ती कुराहरू पूजाहारी सादोक र एबीयातारलाई भने। हूशैले अहीतोपेलको अब्शालोम र इस्राएलका अधिकारीलाई दिएको सल्लाहबारे भने। हुशैले आफूले दिएको सल्लाहको पनि उल्लेख गरे। हुशैले भने,

16 “दाऊदलाई छिटो खबर पठाऊ। तिनलाई मानिसहरूले जहाँ मरूभूमि पार गर्छन् त्यहाँ नबस्नु भन्नु। चाँडै यर्दन नदी पार गर्नु भन्नु। यदि नदी पार गरे भने राजा र तिनका मानिसहरू समातिने छैनन्।”

17 पूजाहारीका छोरा जोनाथन अनि अहीमास एन-रोगेलमा पर्खिएका थिए। शहरभित्र आफू नदेखुन् भनेर तिनीहरू चाहान्थे, यसैले एउटी नोकर्नी तिनीहरूकहाँ आइन् र तिनले खबर दिइन्। तब जोनाथन र अहीमास दाऊदलाई खबर भन्न हिडे।

18 तर एउटा केटोले जोनाथन र अहीमासलाई देखे। त्यो केटो अब्शालोमलाई भन्न दौड्यो। जोनाथन र अहीमास चाँडो-चाँडो भागे। तिनीहरू बहूरीमका एकजनाको घरमा आइपुगे। जसको आँगनमा एउटा कुवा थियो। जोनाथन र अहीमास कुवाभित्र गए।

19 त्यस मानिसकी पत्नीले च्यादरले कुवा ढाकिदिइन्। तब तिनले त्यो च्यादरलाई अन्नले ढाकिन। कुवा अन्नको राश जस्तो देखिइयो। यसकारण कसैले पनि जोनाथन र अहीमास त्यहाँ लुकेका छन् भनेर सोच्नै सकेनन्।

20 अब्शालोमको नोकर त्यस महिलाको घरमा आएर सोधे, “अहिमास र जोनाथन कहाँ छन्?”त्यस महिलाले अब्शालोमको नोकरलाई भनिन्, “तिनीहरूले त खोला तरिसके होला।”अब्शालोमको नोकर जोनाथन र अहीमासको खोजीमा अघि बढयो। तर तिनीहरूलाई भेटून सकेनन् यसर्थ अब्शालोमको नोकर यरूशलेम फर्कियो।

21 अब्शालोमको नोकर हिडेपछि जोनाथन र अहीमास कुवाबाट निस्किए। तिनीहरू दाऊदलाई खबर भन्न गए। तिनीहरूले दाऊदलाई भने, “छिटो, नदी पार गरिहाल्नु होस्। अहीतोपेलले तपाईंको विरूद्धमा यस्तो योजना बनाएको छ।”

22 तब दाऊद र उसका सबै मानिसहरूले यर्दन नदी तरे सुर्य उदय हुन अघि, दाऊदका मानिसहरू प्रत्येकले यर्दन नदी पार गरे।

23 अहीतोपेलले बुझे कि कुनै इस्राएलीले पनि उनको सल्लाह मानेनन्। अहीतोपेल आफ्नो गधामा चढेर आफ्नो शहरको घर गए। परिवारका लागि केही योजना बनाएर आफू पासो लागेर मरे। तिनको मृत्युपछि मानिसहरूले उनैका पिताको चिहानको छेउमा गाडे।

24 दाऊद महनैम पुगे। अब्शालोम र उनका साथमा रहेका इस्राएलीहरू यर्दन नदी पार गरेर गए।

25 अब्शालोमले आमासालाई सेनाका नयाँ कप्तान बनाए। आमासाले योआबको ठाउँ लिए। आमासा इश्माएली यित्रका छोरा थिए। आमासाकी आमा अबीगेल सरूयाहकी बहिनी नाहाशकी छोरी थिइन्। सरूया योआबकी आमा थिइन्।

26 अब्शालोम र इस्राएलीहरूले गिलादमा छाउनी बसाए।

27 दाऊद महनैम पुगे। शोबी, माकीर र र्बजिलाइहरू त्यस ठाउँमा थिए। (शोबी रब्बाको अम्मोनी नाहाशका छोरा थिए। माकीरचाहि लोदबारको अमीएलका छोरा थिए। र्बजिलाइ गिलादका रोग्लीमबाट थिए।)

28 ती तीनै जना मानिसहरूले भने, “यस मरूभूमिद्वारा जाने मानिसहरू साह्रै थकित र भोक प्यासी छन्।” यसैले तिनीहरूले दाऊद र उनका मानिसहरूका निम्ति धेरै थोक ल्याए।

29 तिनीहरूले ओढ्ने-ओछ्यान, र अन्य भाँडा-कुँडाको बन्दबस्त मिलाइदिए। तिनीहरूले गहुँ, जौं, आँटा, उसिनेको फल, सिमी, सुकेको विजन, मह, नौनी, भेडा अनि गाईको दूधबाट बनेको चिज ल्याइ दिए।

1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.

7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone 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. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.

18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

20 And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.

26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

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