صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 14
| وَعَلِمَ يُوآبُ ٱبْنُ صَرُويَةَ أَنَّ قَلْبَ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَلَى أَبْشَالُومَ، | ١ 1 |
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart [was] toward Absalom.
| فَأَرْسَلَ يُوآبُ إِلَى تَقُوعَ وَأَخَذَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ ٱمْرَأَةً حَكِيمَةً وَقَالَ لَهَا: «تَظَاهَرِي بِٱلْحُزْنِ، وَٱلْبَسِي ثِيَابَ ٱلْحُزْنِ، وَلَا تَدَّهِنِي بِزَيْتٍ، بَلْ كُونِي كَٱمْرَأَةٍ لَهَا أَيَّامٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَهِيَ تَنُوحُ عَلَى مَيْتٍ. | ٢ 2 |
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
| وَٱدْخُلِي إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ وَكَلِّمِيهِ بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ». وَجَعَلَ يُوآبُ ٱلْكَلَامَ فِي فَمِهَا. | ٣ 3 |
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
| وَكَلَّمَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ ٱلتَّقُوعِيَّةُ ٱلْمَلِكَ، وَخَرَّتْ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَسَجَدَتْ وَقَالَتْ: «أَعِنْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ». | ٤ 4 |
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
| فَقَالَ لَهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ: «مَا بَالُكِ؟» فَقَالَتْ: «إِنِّي ٱمْرَأَةٌ أَرْمَلَةٌ. قَدْ مَاتَ رَجُلِي. | ٥ 5 |
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
| وَلِجَارِيَتِكَ ٱبْنَانِ، فَتَخَاصَمَا فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَضَرَبَ أَحَدُهُمَا ٱلْآخَرَ وَقَتَلَهُ. | ٦ 6 |
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
| وَهُوَذَا ٱلْعَشِيرَةُ كُلُّهَا قَدْ قَامَتْ عَلَى جَارِيَتِكَ وَقَالُوا: سَلِّمِي ضَارِبَ أَخِيهِ لِنَقْتُلَهُ بِنَفْسِ أَخِيهِ ٱلَّذِي قَتَلَهُ، فَنُهْلِكَ ٱلْوَارِثَ أَيْضًا. فَيُطْفِئُونَ جَمْرَتِي ٱلَّتِي بَقِيَتْ، وَلَا يَتْرُكُونَ لِرَجُلِي ٱسْمًا وَلَا بَقِيَّةً عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ». | ٧ 7 |
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the earth.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ: «ٱذْهَبِي إِلَى بَيْتِكِ وَأَنَا أُوصِي فِيكِ». | ٨ 8 |
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
| فَقَالَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ ٱلتَّقُوعِيَّةُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «عَلَيَّ ٱلْإِثْمُ يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكَ وَعَلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي، وَٱلْمَلِكُ وَكُرْسِيُّهُ نَقِيَّانِ». | ٩ 9 |
And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity [be] on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne [be] guiltless.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «إِذَا كَلَّمَكِ أَحَدٌ فَأْتِي بِهِ إِلَيَّ فَلَا يَعُودَ يَمَسُّكِ بَعْدُ». | ١٠ 10 |
And the king said, Whosoever saith [ought] unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
| فَقَالَتِ: «ٱذْكُرْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ حَتَّى لَا يُكَثِّرَ وَلِيُّ ٱلدَّمِ ٱلْقَتْلَ، لِئَلَّا يُهْلِكُوا ٱبْنِي». فَقَالَ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّهُ لَا تَسْقُطُ شَعْرَةٌ مِنْ شَعْرِ ٱبْنِكِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ». | ١١ 11 |
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
| فَقَالَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ: «لِتَتَكَلَّمْ جَارِيَتُكَ كَلِمَةً إِلَى سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ». فَقَالَ: «تَكَلَّمِي» | ١٢ 12 |
Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one] word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
| فَقَالَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ: «وَلِمَاذَا ٱفْتَكَرْتَ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ عَلَى شَعْبِ ٱللهِ؟ وَيَتَكَلَّمُ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ كَمُذْنِبٍ بِمَا أَنَّ ٱلْمَلِكَ لَا يَرُدُّ مَنْفِيَّهُ. | ١٣ 13 |
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
| لِأَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ أَنْ نَمُوتَ وَنَكُونَ كَٱلْمَاءِ ٱلْمُهْرَاقِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِي لَا يُجْمَعُ أَيْضًا. وَلَا يَنْزِعُ ٱللهُ نَفْسًا بَلْ يُفَكِّرُ أَفْكَارًا حَتَّى لَا يُطْرَدَ عَنْهُ مَنْفِيُّهُ. | ١٤ 14 |
For we must needs die, and [are] as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect [any] person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
| وَٱلْآنَ حَيْثُ إِنِّي جِئْتُ لِأُكَلِّمَ ٱلْمَلِكَ سَيِّدِي بِهَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ أَخَافَنِي، فَقَالَتْ جَارِيَتُكَ: أُكَلِّمُ ٱلْمَلِكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلْمَلِكَ يَفْعَلُ كَقَوْلِ أَمَتِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
| لِأَنَّ ٱلْمَلِكَ يَسْمَعُ لِيُنْقِذَ أَمَتَهُ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُهْلِكَنِي أَنَا وَٱبْنِي مَعًا مِنْ نَصِيبِ ٱللهِ. | ١٦ 16 |
For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man [that would] destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
| فَقَالَتْ جَارِيَتُكَ: لِيَكُنْ كَلَامُ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ عَزَاءً، لِأَنَّهُ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ كَمَلَاكِ ٱللهِ لِفَهْمِ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَٱلشَّرِّ، وَٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ يَكُونُ مَعَكَ». | ١٧ 17 |
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
| فَأَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ: «لَا تَكْتُمِي عَنِّي أَمْرًا أَسْأَلُكِ عَنْهُ». فَقَالَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ: «لِيَتَكَلَّمْ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ». | ١٨ 18 |
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «هَلْ يَدُ يُوآبَ مَعَكِ فِي هَذَا كُلِّهِ؟» فَأَجَابَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَقَالَتْ: «حَيَّةٌ هِيَ نَفْسُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكَ، لَا يُحَادُ يَمِينًا أَوْ يَسَارًا عَنْ كُلِّ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ، لِأَنَّ عَبْدَكَ يُوآبَ هُوَ أَوْصَانِي، وَهُوَ وَضَعَ فِي فَمِ جَارِيَتِكَ كُلَّ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ. | ١٩ 19 |
And the king said, [Is not] the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
| لِأَجْلِ تَحْوِيلِ وَجْهِ ٱلْكَلَامِ فَعَلَ عَبْدُكَ يُوآبُ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ، وَسَيِّدِي حَكِيمٌ كَحِكْمَةِ مَلَاكِ ٱللهِ لِيَعْلَمَ كُلَّ مَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ». | ٢٠ 20 |
To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in the earth.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِيُوآبَ: «هَأَنَذَا قَدْ فَعَلْتُ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ، فَٱذْهَبْ رُدَّ ٱلْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومَ». | ٢١ 21 |
And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
| فَسَقَطَ يُوآبُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَسَجَدَ وَبَارَكَ ٱلْمَلِكَ، وَقَالَ يُوآبُ: «ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلِمَ عَبْدُكَ أَنِّي قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ يَا سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكَ، إِذْ فَعَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ قَوْلَ عَبْدِهِ». | ٢٢ 22 |
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
| ثُمَّ قَامَ يُوآبُ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى جَشُورَ وَأَتَى بِأَبْشَالُومَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «لِيَنْصَرِفْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ وَلَا يَرَ وَجْهِي». فَٱنْصَرَفَ أَبْشَالُومُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ وَلَمْ يَرَ وَجْهَ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.
| وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجُلٌ جَمِيلٌ وَمَمْدُوحٌ جِدًّا كَأَبْشَالُومَ، مِنْ بَاطِنِ قَدَمِهِ حَتَّى هَامَتِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ عَيْبٌ. | ٢٥ 25 |
But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
| وَعِنْدَ حَلْقِهِ رَأْسَهُ، إِذْ كَانَ يَحْلِقُهُ فِي آخِرِ كُلِّ سَنَةٍ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَثْقُلُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَحْلِقُهُ، كَانَ يَزِنُ شَعْرُ رَأْسِهِ مِئَتَيْ شَاقِلٍ بِوَزْنِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled [it: ] because [the hair] was heavy on him, therefore he polled it: ) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
| وَوُلِدَ لِأَبْشَالُومَ ثَلَاثَةُ بَنِينَ وَبِنْتٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ٱسْمُهَا ثَامَارُ، وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَةً جَمِيلَةَ ٱلْمَنْظَرِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
| وَأَقَامَ أَبْشَالُومُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ سَنَتَيْنِ وَلَمْ يَرَ وَجْهَ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
| فَأَرْسَلَ أَبْشَالُومُ إِلَى يُوآبَ لِيُرْسِلَهُ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَلَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ إِلَيْهِ. ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ أَيْضًا ثَانِيَةً، فَلَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ. | ٢٩ 29 |
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
| فَقَالَ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «ٱنْظُرُوا. حَقْلَةَ يُوآبَ بِجَانِبِي، وَلَهُ هُنَاكَ شَعِيرٌ. ٱذْهَبُوا وَأَحْرِقُوهُ بِٱلنَّارِ». فَأَحْرَقَ عَبِيدُ أَبْشَالُومَ ٱلْحَقْلَةَ بِٱلنَّارِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
| فَقَامَ يُوآبُ وَجَاءَ إِلَى أَبْشَالُومَ إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لِمَاذَا أَحْرَقَ عَبِيدُكَ حَقْلَتِي بِٱلنَّارِ؟» | ٣١ 31 |
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto [his] house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
| فَقَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ لِيُوآبَ: «هَأَنَذَا قَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ قَائِلًا: تَعَالَ إِلَى هُنَا فَأُرْسِلَكَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ تَقُولُ: لِمَاذَا جِئْتُ مِنْ جَشُورَ؟ خَيْرٌ لِي لَوْ كُنْتُ بَاقِيًا هُنَاكَ. فَٱلْآنَ إِنِّي أَرَى وَجْهَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَإِنْ وُجِدَ فِيَّ إِثْمٌ فَلْيَقْتُلْنِي». | ٣٢ 32 |
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? [it had been] good for me [to have been] there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be [any] iniquity in me, let him kill me.
| فَجَاءَ يُوآبُ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ وَأَخْبَرَهُ. وَدَعَا أَبْشَالُومَ، فَأَتَى إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ وَسَجَدَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَقَبَّلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَبْشَالُومَ. | ٣٣ 33 |
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
