Buka ea Bobeli ea Samuele
16 Ha Davida a se a fetile hanyenyane ka holim’a thaba,+ Tsiba+ mohlanka oa Mefiboshethe+ o ne a le moo ho tla kopana le eena ka litonki tse peli, tse neng li jere lilofo tse 200 tsa bohobe, lipolokoe tse 100 tsa morara o omisitsoeng, lipolokoe tse 100 tsa litholoana* tsa lehlabula le jeke e kholo ea veine.+ 2 Eaba morena o re ho Tsiba: “Ke hobane’ng ha u tlisitse lintho tsee?” Tsiba a re: “Litonki ke tsa ba lelapa la morena hore ba li palame, bohobe le litholoana tsa lehlabula ke tsa bahlankana hore ba li je ’me veine ke ea ba tla khathala lefeelleng hore ba e noe.”+ 3 Joale morena a re: “Mora* oa mong’a hao o kae?”+ Eaba Tsiba o re ho morena: “O lutse Jerusalema hobane o itse, ‘Kajeno ntlo ea Iseraele e tla khutlisetsa puso ea Ntate ho ’na.’”+ 4 Eaba morena o re ho Tsiba: “Lintho tsohle tsa Mefiboshethe e se e le tsa hao.”+ Tsiba a re: “Ke inama ka pel’a hao. E se eka nka amoheleha mahlong a hao moren’a ka.”+
5 Ha Morena Davida a fihla Bahurime, monna oa lelapa la ntlo ea Saule ea bitsoang Shimei+ e leng mora oa Gera, a tsoa a rohakana ha a ntse a atamela Davida.+ 6 O ne a betsa Davida le bahlanka bohle ba hae ka majoe hammoho le batho bohle le banna ba matla ba neng ba le lehlakoreng le letona le le letšehali la morena. 7 Shimei o ne a ntse a rohakana a re: “Tloha, tloha uena monna ea molato oa mali, ea se nang thuso! 8 Jehova o khutliselitse molato oohle oa mali oa ntlo ea Saule ho uena, eo u busang sebakeng sa hae ’me Jehova o fa mora oa hao Absalome borena. U tlokotsing hobane u monna ea nang le molato oa mali.”+
9 Abishai mora oa Tseruja+ a re ho morena: “Ke hobane’ng ha ntja ee e shoeleng+ e rohaka moren’a ka?+ Ke kopa u ntumelle hore ke ee ho eena ke e’o mo khaola hlooho.”+ 10 Empa morena a re: “Le kena kae tabeng ee lona bara ba Tseruja?+ Mo tlohele a nthohake+ hobane Jehova o itse ho eena,+ ‘Rohaka Davida!’ Kahoo, ke mang ea tla re, ‘Ke hobane’ng ha u etsa tjee?’” 11 Davida a re ho bahlanka ba hae bohle le ho Abishai: “Ha e le moo mora oa ka eo ke mo tsoetseng a batla ho mpolaea,+ joale le re Mobenjamine eo eena a ka ntlohela?+ Mo tloheleng a nthohake kaha ke Jehova ea itseng a nthohake. 12 Mohlomong Jehova o tla bona bohloko boo ke bo utloang+ ’me Jehova o tla mpha tlhohonolofatso sebakeng sa thohako eo ke e fumaneng kajeno.”+ 13 Davida le banna ba hae ba ’na ba tsamaea ha Shimei a ntse a tsamaea pel’a thaba haufi le Davida, a rohakana,+ a betsa majoe a bile a thuntša lerole le lengata.
14 Qetellong morena le batho bohle ba neng ba e-na le eena ba fihla moo ba neng ba ea teng eaba baa phomola.
15 Ka nako eo, Absalome le banna bohle ba Iseraele ba fihla Jerusalema ba e-na le Akitofele.+ 16 Ha motsoalle oa Davida e leng Hushai+ oa Moareke+ a fihla ho Absalome, a re ho Absalome: “Morena a ke a phele!+ Morena a ke a phele!” 17 Eaba Absalome o re ho Hushai: “Na lee ke lona lerato* leo u ratang motsoalle oa hao ka lona? Ke hobane’ng ha u sa tsamaea le motsoalle oa hao?” 18 Hushai a re ho Absalome: “Ke ka lehlakoreng la ea khethiloeng ke Jehova, ea khethiloeng ke batho bana le ea khethiloeng ke banna bohle ba Iseraele. Ke tla lula le eena. 19 Hape ke re, Ke lokela ho sebeletsa mang? Na ha kea lokela ho sebeletsa mora oa hae? Ke tla u sebeletsa feela joalokaha ke sebelelitse ntate oa hao.”+
20 Eaba Absalome o re ho Akitofele: “Nkeletse.+ Re etse’ng?” 21 Akitofele a re ho Absalome: “Robala le lirethe* tsa ntate oa hao+ tseo a li siileng hore li hlokomele ntlo.*+ Ha Iseraele eohle e utloa hore u ikentse motho ea nyonyehang ho ntate oa hao, batho ba u tšehetsang ba tla u tšehetsa le ho feta.” 22 Kahoo, ba hlomela Absalome tente holim’a marulelo+ eaba Absalome o robala le lirethe tsa ntate oa hae+ mahlong a Baiseraele bohle.+
23 Mehleng eo, keletso ea Akitofele+ e ne e nkoa e le joaloka lentsoe le tsoang ho* Molimo oa ’nete. Ke kamoo Davida le Absalome ba neng ba nkela likeletso tsohle tsa Akitofele holimo kateng.