2 صَمُوئيل 14
| وَعَلِمَ يُوآبُ بْنُ صُرُوِيَّةَ أَنَّ قَلْبَ الْمَلِكِ مُتَشَوِّقٌ لأَبْشَالُومَ، | ١ 1 |
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward 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 |
Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil; but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
| وَادْخُلِي لِمُقَابَلَةِ الْمَلِكِ، وَكَلِّمِيهِ بِمَا أُسِرُّهُ إِلَيْكِ». وَلَقَّنَهَا يُوآبُ مَا تَقُولُ. | ٣ 3 |
Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
| وَمثَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ التَّقُوعِيَّةُ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ، وَخَرَّتْ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَسَجَدَتْ قَائِلَةً: «أَغِثْنِي أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ» | ٤ 4 |
When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”
| فَسَأَلَهَا الْمَلِكُ: «مَا شَأْنُكِ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «أَنَا أَرْمَلَةٌ، مَاتَ رَجُلِي | ٥ 5 |
The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “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 |
Your servant had two sons; and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the 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 |
Behold, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.”
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ: «امْضِي إِلَى بَيْتِكِ وَأَنَا أُصْدِرُ قَرَاراً فِي أَمْرِكِ». | ٨ 8 |
The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”
| فَأَجَابَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: «لِيَقَعِ اللَّوْمُ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي، أَمَّا الْمَلِكُ وَعَرْشُهُ فَهُمَا بَرِيئَانِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَائِبَةٍ». | ٩ 9 |
The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «إِذَا اعْتَرَضَ عَلَيْكِ أَحَدٌ فَأَحْضِرِيهِ إِلَيَّ فَلا يَعُودَ يُسِيءُ إِلَيْكِ». | ١٠ 10 |
The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you any more.”
| 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 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 earth.”
| فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: «دَعْ جَارِيَتَكَ تَقُولُ كَلِمَةً لِسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ» فَقَالَ: «تَكَلَّمِي». | ١٢ 12 |
Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”
| 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 woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
| 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 |
For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
| وَهَا أَنَا الآنَ قَدْ جِئْتُ لأُخَاطِبَ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكَ بِهَذَا الأَمْرِ لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ أَخَافَنِي. فَقُلْتُ: سَأُخَاطِبُ الْمَلِكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَتَقَبَّلُ طَلَبَ جَارِيَتِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
Now therefore, seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid. Your servant said, ‘I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.’
| 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 |
For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
| 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 |
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.’”
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ: «لَدَيَّ مَا أَسْأَلُكِ عَنْهُ فَلا تَكْتُمِي الْجَوَابَ عَنِّي». فَأَجَابَتْ: «لِيَتَكَلَّمْ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ». | ١٨ 18 |
Then the king answered the woman, “Please don’t hide anything from me that I ask you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king now 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 |
The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in 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 spoken; for your servant Joab urged me, 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 has done this thing to change the face of the matter. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.”
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِيُوآبَ: «لَقَدِ اسْتَقَرَّ رَأْيِي عَلَى تَنْفِيذِ هَذَا الأَمْرِ. فَاذْهَبِ الآنَ وَأَحْضِرِ الْفَتَى أَبْشَالُومَ». | ٢١ 21 |
The king said to Joab, “Behold now, I have granted this thing. Go therefore, and bring the young man Absalom back.”
| 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 |
Joab fell to the ground on his face, showed respect, and blessed the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has performed 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, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, and didn’t 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 |
Now in all Israel there was no one 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 defect 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 every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.
| وَأَنْجَبَ أَبْشَالُومُ ثَلاثَةَ بَنِينَ وَبِنْتاً وَاحِدَةً اسْمُهَا ثَامَارُ، كَانَتْ تَتَمَتَّعُ بِقِسْطٍ وَافِرٍ مِنَ الْجَمَالِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.
| وَمَكَثَ أَبْشَالُومُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ سَنَتَيْنِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَحْظَى بِالْمُثُولِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْمَلِكِ | ٢٨ 28 |
Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t 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. Then 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, “Behold, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants 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 |
Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, 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 to be there still. Now therefore, let me see the king’s face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”’”
| فَمَضَى يُوآبُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ وَأَبْلَغَهُ كَلامَ أَبْشَالُومَ. فَاسْتَدْعَى الْمَلِكُ أَبْشَالُومَ، فَجَاءَ هَذَا إِلَيْهِ وَسَجَدَ أَمَامَهُ، فَقَبَّلَ الْمَلِكُ 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.
