2 Samuel 17
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1Et Achitophel dit à Absalom : Laisse-moi donc douze mille hommes à mon choix ! je veux entreprendre la poursuite de David cette nuit même
2et le surprendre dans le moment où il est fatigué et a les mains énervées, et lui donner l'alarme, et la troupe qui l'accompagne prendra la fuite, et mes coups porteront sur le Roi seul ;
3et ainsi, je ferai revenir à toi tout le peuple, comme une fiancée revient à son époux. C'est à la vie d'un homme que tu en veux, et tout le peuple aura la paix.
4Et la proposition plut à Absalom et à tous les Anciens d'Israël.
5Et Absalom dit : Appelez donc aussi Husaï d'Erech, afin que nous l'entendions aussi s'exprimer.
6Et Husaï vint chez Absalom qui lui parla en ces termes : Achitophel ouvre tel et tel avis : mettrons-nous son avis à effet ? si non, dis toi-même ton opinion.
7Et Husaï dit à Absalom : Le conseil donné cette fois par Achitophel n'est pas bon.
8Et Husaï dit : Tu connais ton père et ses hommes pour des braves, exaspérés dans l'âme comme l'ourse dans les champs, à qui on a enlevé ses petits ; et ton père est un guerrier qui n'est pas homme à passer la nuit au repos avec sa troupe.
9Voilà que maintenant il s'est caché dans quelque ravin ou autre lieu. Et si d'emblée il fond sur eux, au premier bruit on dira : La déroute est dans la troupe qui suit Absalom !
10et même le brave qui a un cœur de lion, prendra l'épouvante ; car tout Israël sait que ton père est un héros, et que des braves l'accompagnent.
11Je donne plutôt ce conseil : Qu'autour de toi viennent se grouper tous les Israélites, de Dan à Béerséba, nombreux comme les grains de sable sur le bord de la mer, et en personne marche au combat.
12Et si nous le joignons dans l'un des endroits où il se tient, nous fondrons sur lui, comme la rosée sur le sol, et de lui et de tous les hommes qui l'accompagnent, il ne restera pas un seul.
13Que s'il se retire dans une ville, tout Israël enceindra de câbles cette ville, et nous la culbuterons dans le torrent, jusqu'à ne pas y laisser un seul caillou.
14Et Absalom et tous les hommes d'Israël dirent : Mieux vaut le conseil d'Husaï d'Erech que le conseil d'Achitophel. Or l'Éternel avait résolu de rendre inutile le conseil d'Achitophel, qui était le bon, afin d'attirer le désastre sur Absalom.
15Et Husaï dit aux Prêtres Tsadoc et Abiathar : Achitophel a conseillé Absalom et les Anciens d'Israël dans tel et tel sens, et moi je les ai conseillés dans tel et tel sens.
16Maintenant envoyez en hâte informer David en ces termes : Ne reste pas cette nuit dans les plaines du désert, mais passe plus loin, afin de prévenir la perte du Roi et de toute la troupe qui l'accompagne.
17Cependant Jonathan et Ahimaats étaient postés près de la Fontaine du Foulon, et la servante vint leur apporter l'avis d'aller informer le Roi David ; car il n'y avait pas possibilité pour eux de se faire remarquer en entrant dans la ville.
18Mais ayant été aperçus par un jeune garçon qui fit rapport à Absalom, aussitôt ils partirent tous les deux en hâte et ils gagnèrent la maison d'un homme à Bahurim, lequel avait une citerne dans son enclos, et ils s'y dévalèrent.
19Et sa femme prit la couverture qu'elle étendit sur l'ouverture de la citerne et par-dessus elle répandit des gruaux pour qu'on ne se doutât de rien.
20Alors les serviteurs d'Absalom entrèrent chez la femme dans la maison et dirent : Où sont Ahimaats et Jonathan ? Et la femme leur dit : Ils ont passé le Filet-d'eau. Et ils cherchèrent et ne trouvèrent pas et ils regagnèrent Jérusalem.
21Et après le départ des serviteurs, ils sortirent de la citerne, et ils allèrent porter l'avis au Roi David et dirent à David : Debout ! et hâtez-vous de passer l'eau ; car Achitophel a donné tel et tel conseil contre vous.
22Alors David se mit sur pied avec toute la troupe qui l'accompagnait, et ils passèrent le Jourdain, et au lever du jour, tous, sans qu'il en manquât un seul, avaient franchi le Jourdain.
23Et lorsque Achitophel vit que son conseil n'avait pas été mis à exécution, il sella son âne et partit et regagna sa maison, sa cité, et après avoir mis ordre à ses affaires domestiques, il s'étrangla ; et il mourut, et on lui donna la sépulture dans le tombeau de ses pères.
24Cependant David gagna Mahanaïm, et Absalom passa le Jourdain, lui et tous les hommes d'Israël avec lui.
25Et Absalom substitua Amasa à Joab dans le commandement de l'armée. Or Amasa était fils d'un homme nommé Jithra l'Israélite, qui avait habité avec Abigal, fille de Nahas, sœur de Tseruïa, mère de Joab.
26Et Israël et Absalom campèrent sur le territoire de Galaad.
27Et lorsque David fut arrivé à Mahanaïm, Sobi, fils de Nahas, de Rabba des Ammonites, et Machir, fils d'Ammiel, de Lodebar, et Barzillaï, le Galaadite, de Roglim,
28apportèrent des lits et des tapis et de la vaisselle de potier, du froment et de l'orge et de la farine et du grain rôti et des fèves et des lentilles et du grain rôti
29et du miel et du caillé et des moutons et des fromages de vache, à David et à la troupe qui l'accompagnait, pour se nourrir ; car ils s'étaient dit : La troupe a eu faim, fatigue et soif dans le désert.
Reina-Valera 1909
1ENTONCES Achitophel dijo á Absalom: Yo escogeré ahora doce mil hombres, y me levantaré, y seguiré á David esta noche;
2Y daré sobre él cuando él estará cansado y flaco de manos: lo atemorizaré, y todo el pueblo que está con él huirá, y heriré al rey solo.
3Así tornaré á todo el pueblo á ti: y cuando ellos hubieren vuelto, (pues aquel hombre es el que tú quieres) todo el pueblo estará en paz.
4Esta razón pareció bien á Absalom y á todos los ancianos de Israel.
5Y dijo Absalom: Llama también ahora á Husai Arachîta, para que asimismo oigamos lo que él dirá.
6Y como Husai vino á Absalom, hablóle Absalom, diciendo: Así ha dicho Achitophel; ¿seguiremos su consejo, ó no? Di tú.
7Entonces Husai dijo á Absalom: El consejo que ha dado esta vez Achitophel no es bueno.
8Y añadió Husai: Tú sabes que tu padre y los suyos son hombres valientes, y que están con amargura de ánimo, como la osa en el campo cuando le han quitado los hijos. Además, tu padre es hombre de guerra, y no tendrá la noche con el pueblo.
9He aquí él estará ahora escondido en alguna cueva, ó en otro lugar: y si al principio cayeren algunos de los tuyos, oirálo quien lo oyere, y dirá: El pueblo que sigue á Absalom ha sido derrotado.
10Así aun el hombre valiente, cuyo corazón sea como corazón de león, sin duda desmayará: porque todo Israel sabe que tu padre es hombre valiente, y que los que están con él son esforzados.
11Aconsejo pues que todo Israel se junte á ti, desde Dan hasta Beer-seba, en multitud como la arena que está á la orilla de la mar, y que tú en persona vayas á la batalla.
12Entonces le acometeremos en cualquier lugar que pudiere hallarse, y daremos sobre él como cuando el rocío cae sobre la tierra, y ni uno dejaremos de él, y de todos los que con él están.
13Y si se recogiere en alguna ciudad, todos los de Israel traerán sogas á aquella ciudad, y la arrastraremos hasta el arroyo, que nunca más parezca piedra de ella.
14Entonces Absalom y todos los de Israel dijeron: El consejo de Husai Arachîta es mejor que el consejo de Achitophel. Porque había Jehová ordenado que el acertado consejo de Achitophel se frustrara, para que Jehová hiciese venir el mal sobre Absalom.
15Dijo luego Husai á Sadoc y á Abiathar sacerdotes: Así y así aconsejó Achitophel á Absalom y á los ancianos de Israel: y de esta manera aconsejé yo.
16Por tanto enviad inmediatamente, y dad aviso á David, diciendo: No quedes esta noche en los campos del desierto, sino pasa luego el Jordán, porque el rey no sea consumido, y todo el pueblo que con él está.
17Y Jonathán y Ahimaas estaban junto á la fuente de Rogel, porque no podían ellos mostrarse viniendo á la ciudad; fué por tanto una criada, y dióles el aviso: y ellos fueron, y noticiáronlo al rey David.
18Empero fueron vistos por un mozo, el cual dió cuenta á Absalom: sin embargo los dos se dieron priesa á caminar, y llegaron á casa de un hombre en Bahurim, que tenía un pozo en su patio, dentro del cual se metieron.
19Y tomando la mujer de la casa una manta, extendióla sobre la boca del pozo, y tendió sobre ella el grano trillado; y no se penetró el negocio.
20Llegando luego los criados de Absalom á la casa á la mujer, dijéronle: ¿Dónde están Ahimaas y Jonathán? Y la mujer les respondió: Ya han pasado el vado de las aguas. Y como ellos los buscaron y no los hallaron, volviéronse á Jerusalem.
21Y después que ellos se hubieron ido, estotros salieron del pozo, y fuéronse, y dieron aviso al rey David; y dijéronle: Levantaos y daos priesa á pasar las aguas, porque Achitophel ha dado tal consejo contra vosotros.
22Entonces David se levantó, y todo el pueblo que con él estaba, y pasaron el Jordán antes que amaneciese; ni siquiera faltó uno que no pasase el Jordán.
23Y Achitophel, viendo que no se había puesto por obra su consejo, enalbardó su asno, y levantóse, y fuése á su casa en su ciudad; y después de disponer acerca de su casa, ahorcóse y murió, y fué sepultado en el sepulcro de su padre.
24Y David llegó á Mahanaim, y Absalom pasó el Jordán con toda la gente de Israel.
25Y Absalom constituyó á Amasa sobre el ejército en lugar de Joab, el cual Amasa fué hijo de un varón de Israel llamado Itra, el cual había entrado á Abigail hija de Naas, hermana de Sarvia, madre de Joab.
26Y asentó campo Israel con Absalom en tierra de Galaad.
27Y luego que David llegó á Mahanaim, Sobi hijo de Naas de Rabba de los hijos de Ammon, y Machîr hijo de Ammiel de Lodebar, y Barzillai Galaadita de Rogelim,
28Trajeron á David y al pueblo que estaba con él, camas, y tazas, y vasijas de barro, y trigo, y cebada, y harina, y grano tostado, habas, lentejas, y garbanzos tostados,
29Miel, manteca, ovejas, y quesos de vacas, para que comiesen; porque dijeron: Aquel pueblo está hambriento, y cansado, y tendrá sed en el desierto.
King James Version
1Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
2And 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:
3And 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.
4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
6And 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.
7And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
8For, 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.
9Behold, 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.
10And 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.
11Therefore 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.
12So 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.
13Moreover, 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.
14And 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.
15Then 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.
16Now 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.
17Now 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.
18Nevertheless 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.
19And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
20And 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.
21And 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.
22Then 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.
23And 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.
24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25And 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.
26So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
27And 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,
28Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
29And 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.
World English Bible
1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
2I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,
3and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
4The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”
6When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
7Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
8Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’
10Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
11But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
12So we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him.
13Moreover, if he has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”
14Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom.
15Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”
17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city.
18But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
19The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.
20Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
22Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
23When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, and went home to his city, set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
26Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
27When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
29honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”