2 صَمُوئيل 14
| وَعَلِمَ يُوآبُ بْنُ صُرُوِيَّةَ أَنَّ قَلْبَ الْمَلِكِ مُتَشَوِّقٌ لأَبْشَالُومَ، | ١ 1 |
When Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart longed for Absalom,
| فَاسْتَدْعَى يُوآبُ مِنْ تَقُوعَ امْرَأَةً حَكِيمَةً وَقَالَ لَهَا: «تَظَاهَرِي بِالْحُزْنِ، وَارْتَدِي ثِيَابَ الْحِدَادِ، وَلا تَتَطَيَّبِي، وَتَصَرَّفِي كَامْرَأَةٍ قَضَتْ أَيَّاماً طَوِيلَةً غَارِقَةً فِي أَحْزَانِهَا عَلَى فَقِيدٍ. | ٢ 2 |
he sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave as a woman who has been mourning for the dead a long time.
| وَادْخُلِي لِمُقَابَلَةِ الْمَلِكِ، وَكَلِّمِيهِ بِمَا أُسِرُّهُ إِلَيْكِ». وَلَقَّنَهَا يُوآبُ مَا تَقُولُ. | ٣ 3 |
Go in to the king and say this to him." Then Joab told her what to say.
| وَمثَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ التَّقُوعِيَّةُ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ، وَخَرَّتْ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَسَجَدَتْ قَائِلَةً: «أَغِثْنِي أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ» | ٤ 4 |
And the woman of Tekoa went to the king, and she bowed down with her face to the ground and showed respect, and said, "Help, O king."
| فَسَأَلَهَا الْمَلِكُ: «مَا شَأْنُكِ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «أَنَا أَرْمَلَةٌ، مَاتَ رَجُلِي | ٥ 5 |
And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she replied, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
| مُخَلِّفاً لِي ابْنَيْنِ. فَتَخَاصَمَا فِي الْحَقْلِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ مَنْ يُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا. فَضَرَبَ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ وَقَتَلَهُ. | ٦ 6 |
And your servant had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
| وَهَا هِيَ الْعَشِيرَةُ قَاطِبَةً قَدْ قَامَتْ تُطَالِبُنِي بِتَسْلِيمِ الْقَاتِل لِمُعَاقَبَتِهِ جَزَاءً لَهُ عَلَى قَتْلِ أَخِيهِ وَبِذَلِكَ يَقْضُونَ عَلَى الْوَارِثِ. وَهَكَذَا يُطْفِئُونَ أَمَلِي الَّذِي بَقِيَ لِي، وَيَمْحُونَ اسْمَ زَوْجِي وَذِكْرِهُ مِنْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ». | ٧ 7 |
Look, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say, 'Give us the man who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed.' Thus they would eliminate also the heir and the one ember I have left will be extinguished, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ: «امْضِي إِلَى بَيْتِكِ وَأَنَا أُصْدِرُ قَرَاراً فِي أَمْرِكِ». | ٨ 8 |
Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to the king, my lord, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your servant said, 'I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.'
| فَأَجَابَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: «لِيَقَعِ اللَّوْمُ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي، أَمَّا الْمَلِكُ وَعَرْشُهُ فَهُمَا بَرِيئَانِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَائِبَةٍ». | ٩ 9 |
For the king will hear and deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who is seeking to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of the LORD.
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «إِذَا اعْتَرَضَ عَلَيْكِ أَحَدٌ فَأَحْضِرِيهِ إِلَيَّ فَلا يَعُودَ يُسِيءُ إِلَيْكِ». | ١٠ 10 |
Then your servant said, 'Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May the LORD, your God, be with you.'"
| فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: «احْلِفْ لِي باسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ أَنْ تَمْنَعَ طَالِبَ الدَّمِ مِنْ إِرَاقَةِ مَزِيدٍ مِنَ الدِّمَاءِ لِئَلّا يُهْلِكَ ابْنِي». فَأَجَابَهَا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِنَّهُ لَنْ تَسْقُطَ شَعْرَةٌ مِنْ رَأْسِ ابْنِكِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ». | ١١ 11 |
Then the king said, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."
| فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: «دَعْ جَارِيَتَكَ تَقُولُ كَلِمَةً لِسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ» فَقَالَ: «تَكَلَّمِي». | ١٢ 12 |
The woman of Tekoa said to 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."
| قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: «إذَنْ، لِمَاذَا ارْتَكَبْتَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ فِي حَقِّ شَعْبِ اللهِ؟ أَلا يَدِينُ المَلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَمَا يُصْدِرُ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْحُكْمِ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَرُدَّ ابْنَهُ مِنْ مَنْفَاهُ؟ | ١٣ 13 |
The king said, "Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more."
| لأَنَّنَا لابُدَّ أَنْ نَمُوتَ وَنَكُونَ مِثْلَ الْمِيَاهِ الْمُتَسَرِّبَةِ فِي شُقُوقِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يَتَعَذَّرُ جَمْعُهَا. وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتأْصِلُ نَفْساً بَلْ يُفَكِّرُ بِشَتَّى الطُّرُقِ حَتَّى لَا يَقْطَعَ عَنْهُ مَنْفِيَّهُ. | ١٤ 14 |
Then she said, "Please let the king remember the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son." He said, "As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."
| وَهَا أَنَا الآنَ قَدْ جِئْتُ لأُخَاطِبَ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ بِهَذَا الأَمْرِ لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ أَخَافَنِي. فَقُلْتُ: سَأُخَاطِبُ الْمَلِكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَتَقَبَّلُ طَلَبَ جَارِيَتِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on."
| لأَنَّ الْمَلِكَ قَدْ يُوَافِقُ عَلَى إِنْقَاذِ جَارِيَتِهِ مِنْ يَدِ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى ابْنِي وَيَسْتَوْلِيَ عَلَى الْمِيرَاثِ الَّذِي وَهَبَنَا إِيَّاهُ اللهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
The woman said, "Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of the LORD? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his exiled one.
| وَقَالَتْ جَارِيَتُكَ: لِتَحْمِلْ كَلِمَةُ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ عَزَاءً لِنَفْسِي، لأَنَّ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ هُوَ كَمَلاكِ اللهِ فِي التَّمْيِيزِ بَيْنَ الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ، وَالرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ يَكُونُ مَعَكَ». | ١٧ 17 |
For your son is dead, and as water spilled on the ground can't be gathered up again, so he can't bring his life back again. But it seems sensible to the king to keep his exiled one away from him."
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ: «لَدَيَّ مَا أَسْأَلُكِ عَنْهُ فَلا تَكْتُمِي الْجَوَابَ عَنِّي». فَأَجَابَتْ: «لِيَتَكَلَّمْ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ». | ١٨ 18 |
Then the king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not hide from me anything that I ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."
| فَسَأَلَهَا: «هَلْ لِيُوآبَ يَدٌ فِي كُلِّ هَذَا الأَمْرِ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «لِتَحْيَ نَفْسُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ! إِنَّ أَحَداً لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُرَاوِغَ فِي أَمْرِ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ. نَعَمْ إِنَّ عَبْدَكَ يُوآبَ هُوَ أَوْصَانِي وَلَقَّنَنِي كُلَّ مَا نَطَقْتُ بِهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
So the king said, "Did Joab put you up to all this?" The woman answered, "As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who had me do this, and he put all these words in the mouth of your servant.
| وَقَدْ قَامَ يُوآبُ بِهَذَا الأَمْرِ لإِحْدَاثِ تَغْيِيرٍ فِي الْوَضْعِ الرَّاهِنِ. إِنَّ سَيِّدِي يَتَمَتَّعُ بِحِكْمَةٍ مُمَاثِلَةٍ لِحِكْمَةِ مَلاكِ اللهِ، وَعَالِمٌ بِمَا يَحْدُثُ فِي الْبِلادِ». | ٢٠ 20 |
Your servant Joab did this in order to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of an angel of God for knowing things in the land."
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِيُوآبَ: «لَقَدِ اسْتَقَرَّ رَأْيِي عَلَى تَنْفِيذِ هَذَا الأَمْرِ. فَاذْهَبِ الآنَ وَأَحْضِرِ الْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومَ». | ٢١ 21 |
Then the king said to Joab, "Look now, I have done according to your word. Go, bring back the young man Absalom."
| فَانْحَنَى يُوآبُ بِوَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَسَجَدَ وَبَارَكَ الْمَلِكَ قَائِلاً: «الْيَوْمَ عَلِمَ عَبْدُكَ أَنِّي قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ يَا سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ، إِذِ اسْتَجَابَ الْمَلِكُ لِطَلَبِ عَبْدِهِ». | ٢٢ 22 |
Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground, and blessed the king. And Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant."
| ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ يُوآبُ إِلَى جَشُورَ وَأَحْضَرَ أَبْشَالُومَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٣ 23 |
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «لِيَنْصَرِفْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ ولا يَرَ وَجْهِي». فَمَضَى أَبْشَالُومُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ وَلَمْ يَمْثُلْ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْمَلِكِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
The king said, "He must return to his own house, but he must not see my face." So Absalom returned to his own house, and did not see the king's face.
| وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ رَجُلٌ وَسِيمُ الْمُحَيَّا، يَحْظَى بِالإِعْجَابِ كَأَبْشَالُومَ الَّذِي خَلا مِنْ كُلِّ عَيْبٍ مِنْ قِمَّةِ الرَّأْسِ إِلَى أَخْمَصِ الْقَدَمِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Moreover, Absalom – in Israel no one was so much admired as he for his fine appearance. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
| وَكَانَ يَقُصُّ شَعْرَ رَأْسِهِ مَرَّةً فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَثْقُلُ عَلَيْهِ، إِذْ كَانَ يَزِنُ مِئَتَيْ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ كِيلُو جِرَامَيْنِ وَنِصْفٍ). | ٢٦ 26 |
When he cut the hair of his head – now it was at the end of every year that he cut it, because it became too heavy, therefore he cut it – he weighed the hair of his head at one hundred shekels by the king's weight.
| وَأَنْجَبَ أَبْشَالُومُ ثَلاثَةَ بَنِينَ وَبِنْتاً وَاحِدَةً اسْمُهَا ثَامَارُ، كَانَتْ تَتَمَتَّعُ بِقِسْطٍ وَافِرٍ مِنَ الْجَمَالِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.
| وَمَكَثَ أَبْشَالُومُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ سَنَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَحْظَى بِالْمُثُولِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْمَلِكِ | ٢٨ 28 |
Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he did not see the king's face.
| فَاسْتَدْعَى يُوآبَ لِيَتَشَفَّعَ لَهُ عِنْدَ أَبِيهِ، فَلَمْ يَشَأْ يُوآبُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ إِلَيْهِ. ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ ثَانِيَةً، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَيْضاً. | ٢٩ 29 |
Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ لِرِجَالِهِ: «لِيُوآبَ حَقْلُ شَعِيرٍ مُجاوِرٍ لِحَقْلِي، فَاذْهَبُوا وَأَحْرِقُوهُ». فَقَامَ رِجَالُ أَبْشَالُومَ بِإِحْرَاقِ الْحَقْلِ بِالنَّارِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Therefore he said to his servants, "Look, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire." Absalom's servants set the field on fire. And the servants of Joab came to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, "The servants of Absalom have set the field on fire."
| فَأَقْبَلَ يُوآبُ إِلَى أَبْشَالُومَ فِي بَيْتِهِ قَائِلاً: «لِمَاذَا أَحْرَقَ رِجَالُكَ حَقْلِي بِالنَّارِ؟» | ٣١ 31 |
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"
| فَأَجَابَ أَبْشَالُومُ: «أَرْسَلْتُ طَالِباً إِلَيْكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ إِلَى هُنَا لأُوْفِدَكَ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ لِتَسْأَلَهُ لِمَاذَا اسْتَدْعَانِي مِنْ جَشُورَ خَيْرٌ لِي لَوْ بَقِيتُ هُنَاكَ. إِنِّي أَوَدُّ أَنْ أَمْثُلَ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْمَلِكِ، فَإِنْ كُنْتُ مُذْنِباً فَلْيَقْتُلْنِي». | ٣٢ 32 |
And Absalom answered Joab, "Look, I sent to you, saying, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there. Now therefore let me appear before the king. If I am guilty, put me to death.'"
| فَمَضَى يُوآبُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ وَأَبْلَغَهُ كَلامَ أَبْشَالُومَ. فَاسْتَدْعَى الْمَلِكُ أَبْشَالُومَ، فَجَاءَ هَذَا إِلَيْهِ وَسَجَدَ أَمَامَهُ، فَقَبَّلَ الْمَلِكُ أَبْشَالُومَ. | ٣٣ 33 |
So Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. And he came to the king and bowed himself with his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.
