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17 Biabia Ahitofele balunguile Absalome’shi: “Ntadiile namu nsangule bantu 12 000, bua’shi tuibingene na Davide buno bufuku. 2 Nakamubasamusha nsaa yadi mukookie kushi bukome, mmutueshe mu kafutaakanyi. Bantu boso baadi nabo abakasuuku, na nakayipaa penda nfumu. 3 Akupu nakalusha bantu boso kodi. Muanda kualukila kuabo, akuikala muyile akikitshikila muntu okuete kukimba. Paapa, bantu boso abekala mu butaale.” 4 Uno muanda ubaadi usankishe Absalome na bakulu boso ba Isalele.
5 Anka Absalome bakuile’shi: “Tubandeyi namu kuitanyina Ushayi muina Arke, tupushe biakula.” 6 Biabia Ushayi nkufika kui Absalome. Akupu Absalome nkumulungula’shi: “Dino nyi elango dibabetupa kui Ahitofele, abitungu tuidikookiele su? Su tatuidikookiela, obe etulungule kia kukita.” 7 Paapa Ushayi nkulungula Absalome’shi: “Elango dibaatusha Ahitofele uno musango tadii buwa!”
8 Ushayi nkuamba dingi’shi: “Ouku kalolo’shi nshobe na bantu baye mbilobo bia ngoshi, na be na bukielo nka bu nyema a urse bashimisha bana baye mu kisuku. Dingi nshobe nkilobo kia ngoshi, nta mulombene kulala pamune na bantu boso. 9 Ino nsaa mmufuame mu lubuebue,* sunga mu ingi mbalo. Su abanga kulua netu, baba abapusha uno muanda abamba’shi: ‘Babatshimuna bantu abalondanga Absalome!’ 10 Sunga muntu e n’eshimba di bukopo bu dia ntambue akatshinyi, muanda bena Isalele boso abauku’shi nshobe nkilobo kia ngoshi, na’shi bantu baadi nabo be na mashimba anyingie. 11 Biabia, ami nakupa dino elango: Babungie bena Isalele boso kodi, kubanga ku Dane mpa na ku Beere-sheba, bekale bungi nka bu lusenga lua ku bukunkula bua kalunga ka mema, na webakunkushe mu ngoshi. 12 Atukamutukila mbalo yoso yadi, na atukamupaatuka na kiluilo kikata kia basalayi nka bu lume alupono mu nsenga, takui muntu su ngumune a kuabadi akapanda, biabikala aye sunga bantu be naye. 13 Su afuama mu kibundi kampanda, bena Isalele boso abaata mioshi banye kiakia kibundi, na tuikikakie mpa na muibanda, mu kipaso kia’shi takushalanga sunga ebue diakio.”
14 Paapa Absalome na bantu boso ba mu Isalele nkuakula’shi: “Elango dia Ushayi muina Arke di buwa kukila elango dia Ahitofele!” Muanda Yehowa baadi mupue kuata kitshibilo kia kuluisha elango dia Ahitofele di buwa, bua’shi Yehowa amone bia kufuishila Absalome malua.
15 Kunyima, Ushayi bakalunguile tshite muakuidi Zadoke na Abiatare’shi: “Ahitofele baapa Absalome na bakulu ba Isalele dino elango, ami namu nebapa dino elango. 16 Binobino, tumayi eyi bukidibukidi kui Davide numudimushe’shi: ‘Toshalanga pepi na mafua a Yordane e pepi na mu kabaaka buno bufuku, abitungu osabukie nka binobino, bisumanga mbalombene kubutula nfumu na bantu boso baadi nabo.’”
17 Yonatane na Akimase babaadi abatengiela ku Ene-rogele, muanda tababaadi abakumina kutuela mu kibundi bua’shi tala bebamona kui bantu. Biabia mufubi mukashi bayile, aye nkuibalungula bioso bibaadi abikitshika, abo namu babayile mu kulungula nfumu Davide. 18 Anka ungi nsongualume bebamuene, aye nkukalungula Absalome. Biabia Yonatane na Akimase babayile bukidibukidi kua ungi muntu mu Bakurime, yawa muntu baadi na buina mu lupango luaye. Abo nkutuela mu buabua buina. 19 Mukashi a yawa muntu baatshile kilamba, ekibuikila ku buabua buina, aye nkupalakasha kunundu kuabo ntete yabadi batue. Takui muntu su ngumune baadi auku wawa muanda. 20 Bafubi ba Absalome babafikile kui yawa muana mukashi bamuipusha’shi: “Yonatane na Akimase be kunyi?” Yawa muana mukashi nkuibalula’shi: “Bakilanga pano mbatadiile dia ku mema.” Paapa baba bantu babebakimbile, anka tambebapete, nyi abo nkualukila ku Yelusalema.
21 Kunyima kua baba bantu kualukila, babatuukile mu buina, abo nkuenda mu kulungula Nfumu Davide. Babambile’shi: “Ebueyi bukidibukidi nusabukie mema, muanda dino nyi elango dibatusha Ahitofele pabinutale.” 22 Musango umune Davide na bantu baye boso babebuele, abo nkusabuka Yordane. Pakuamba’shi bufuku butokie, boso babapuile kusabuka, takubashele muntu su ngumune.
23 Pabamuene Ahitofele’shi ntambalonde elango diaye, aye nkuadisha kishalelo pa mpunda aaye, na nkualuka mu kibundi kiabo. Kunyima kua’ye kulungula ba mu nshibo yaye kiabadia kukita, bepudikile. Biabia bafuile, abo nkumushiika mu mbalo ya kushiikila bantu ya ba nkambua baye.
24 Mu yaaya nsaa, Davide bayile ku Mahanaime, Absalome namu basabukile Yordane na bantu boso ba mu Isalele. 25 Absalome batuudile Amasa bu mukata a kiluilo kia basalayi pa mbalo ya Yoabe. Amasa baadi muana a ungi muntu abetanyina bu Itra muina Isalele, abatandile na Abigaile muana a Nakashe, mukuabo mukashi na Seruya nyinaye na Yoabe. 26 Absalome na bena Isalele babatuudile kishalelo kiabo mu nsenga ya Gileade.
27 Musango umune pabafikile Davide mu Mahanaime, Shobi muana a Nakashe a ku Raba a bena Amone, Makire muana a Amiele a ku Lo-debare na Barzilayi muina Gileade a ku Rogelime, 28 babatuadile bia kuladila, malonga a kudiila, ngieso ya buma, ntete ya blé, ntete ya orje, bukula, ntete ikangie, nkunde ikata na ipela, na ingi ntete yume, 29 buuki, manteka, mikooko na fromage. Babafikile na bino bintu bioso bua’shi Davide na bantu babaadi nabo badie. Muanda babambile’shi: “Bantu be na nsala na mbakokie na nyota mu kabaaka.”