2 Samuel 16 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

16 ¹Bere a Dawid twaa bepɔ no atifi kakra no, Mefiboset somfo Siba bɛhyiaa no a ɔde mfurum abien a wɔasiesie wɔn a wɔsoa brodo ahannu, bobe aba nkekaa ɔha, ahohuru bere mu nnuaba ɔha ne nsa nhoma kotoku baako ba. ²Ɔhene bisaa Siba se, “Adɛn nti na wode yeinom aba?” Siba buae se, “Mfurum no yɛ ma ɔhene fiefo sɛ wɔbɛtena wɔn so, brodo ne nnuaba no yɛ ma mmerante no sɛ wɔbɛdi, na nsa no yɛ ma obiara a ne ho bɛtɔ piti wɔ sare so no sɛ ɔbɛnom.”

³Ɔhene bisae se, “Ɛhe na wo wura ba no wɔ?” Siba buae se, “Ɔte Yerusalem, efisɛ ɔkae se, ‘Ɛnnɛ Israelfi bɛsan de mʼagya ahenni no ama me.’”

⁴Ɔhene ka kyerɛɛ Siba se, “Biribiara a na ɛyɛ Mefiboset dea no, afei ɛyɛ wo dea.” Siba kae se, “Mekotow wʼanim. Me wura ɔhene, ma menya wʼanim dom.”

Simei Dome Ɔhene a Ɔreguan No

⁵Bere a Ɔhene Dawid duu Bahurim no, Saul abusua mu barima bi a ne din de Simei, Gera ba, puei bae a ɔredome a onnyae. ⁶Ɔtoo aboɔ guu Dawid ne Ɔhene Dawid nkoa nyinaa so, bere a nnipa no nyinaa ne akofo akɛse no nyinaa wɔ ne nifa ne ne benkum. ⁷Bere a ɔredome no, Simei kae se, “Fi ha, fi ha, wo mogyahwiefo, wo onipa hunu! ⁸Yɛn Agya de Saul fi a wodii hene wɔ ne anan mu no mogya nyinaa aba wo so, na yɛn Agya de ahenni no ahyɛ wo ba Absalom nsa. Afei wo ankasa bɔne aka wo, efisɛ woyɛ mogyahwiefo.” ^a a v8 Mpo bere a Simei redome no, Agya no nkutoo na obetumi de nʼasɛm akɔ ne nkyɛn; nanso ɔkyerɛ no sɛ obi a ɔtɔ were a ne yam nhyehye — atoro a ɛfa Agya no koma ho, a Dawid ahotoso a ɛyɛ komm no bua no.

⁹Afei Seruia ba Abisai ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene se, “Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ kraman funu yi dome me wura ɔhene? Ma mentwa nkɔ na mentwa ne ti.” ¹⁰Nanso ɔhene kae se, “Seruia mma, ɛfa mo ho dɛn? Sɛ ɔredome efisɛ yɛn Agya aka akyerɛ no se, ‘Dome Dawid,’ a, hena na obetumi abisa se, ‘Adɛn nti na woayɛ eyi?’”

¹¹Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Abisai ne ne nkoa nyinaa se, “Me ba ankasa a ofi me mu no pɛ sɛ okum me; na Benyaminni yi de, ɔbɛyɛ saa koraa! Munnyaw no, momma ɔnnome, efisɛ yɛn Agya na ɔka kyerɛɛ no. ¹²Ebia yɛn Agya bɛhunu mʼamanehunu, na ɔde papa atua me ka ama nnome a wɔadome me ɛnnɛ no. ¹³Dawid ne ne mmarima toaa wɔn kwan so, bere a Simei nam bepɔ ho a ɛne wɔn di nhwɛanim no so ara, redome bere a ɔrekɔ, retow aboɔ abɔ no na ɔretow mfutuma.” ¹⁴Ɔhene ne nnipa a wɔka ne ho no nyinaa duu hɔ a wɔabrɛ, na ɔhomee ne ho wɔ hɔ.

Absalom Kɔ Yerusalem na Wɔtu No Fo

¹⁵Saa bere no mu, Absalom ne nnipa no nyinaa, Israel mmarima no, baa Yerusalem, na Ahitofel ka ne ho. ¹⁶Bere a Dawid adamfo Husai, Arkini no, baa Absalom nkyɛn no, Husai ka kyerɛɛ Absalom se, “Ɔhene nkwa nware! Ɔhene nkwa nware!”

¹⁷Absalom bisaa Husai se, “Saa na wodi wʼadamfo nokware? Adɛn nti na wo ne wʼadamfo ankɔ?”

¹⁸Husai ka kyerɛɛ Absalom se, “Daabi; nea yɛn Agya ne nnipa yi ne Israel mmarima nyinaa apaw no no—ne de na mɛyɛ, na me ne no bɛtena. ¹⁹Bio nso, hena na ɛsɛ sɛ mesom no? Ɛnyɛ ne ba anaa? Sɛnea mesomm wʼagya no, saa ara na mɛsom wo.”

²⁰Afei Absalom ka kyerɛɛ Ahitofel se, “Tu yɛn fo. Dɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛyɛ?”

²¹Ahitofel ka kyerɛɛ Absalom se, “Kɔ ne wʼagya mpena a ogyaw wɔn sɛ wɔnhwɛ fie no nna. Afei Israel nyinaa bɛte sɛ woama wo ho ayɛ akyiwade wɔ wʼagya anim, na wɔn a wɔka wo ho nyinaa bɛnya ahoɔden.”

²²Enti wɔsii ntamadan maa Absalom wɔ ɔdan no atifi so, na ɔne nʼagya mpena no dae wɔ Israel nyinaa anim.

²³Saa bere no, na Ahitofel afotu te sɛ nea obi abisa yɛn Agya ankasa; saa ara na Dawid ne Absalom nyinaa buu nʼafotu nyinaa.