2 Samuel 14

1 Joab wuod Zeruya nongʼeyo ni chuny ruoth gombo Abisalom.

And Joab the son of Saruia knew that the heart of the king was toward Abessalom.

2 Omiyo Joab nooro ngʼat moro Tekoa mi okelne dhako moro mariek koa kuno. Nowachone niya, “Wuondri ni ikuyo. Rwak lep ywak kendo kik iwirri gi mo del. Chal ka dhako mosebet ka ywago ngʼate motho kuom ndalo mangʼeny.

And Joab sent to Thecoe, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray you, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint you not with oil, and you shall be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.

3 Bangʼe idhi ir ruoth kendo iwachne wechegi.” Joab nomiye weche monego owach.

And you shall go to the king, and speak to him according to this word. And Joab put the words in her mouth.

4 Kane dhako moa Tekoa odhi ir ruoth, nokulore nyaka e lowo auma mar miye luor, eka nowachone niya, “Konya, yaye ruoth!”

So the woman of Thecoe went in to the king and fell upon her face to the earth, and did him obeisance, and said, Help, O king, help.

5 Ruoth nopenje niya, “Angʼo machandi?” Nowacho niya, “Chutho, an dhako ma chwore otho; chwora nosetho.

And the king said to her, What is the matter with you? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

6 An jatichni, ne an gi yawuowi ariyo. Negigore ka gin oko e pap, ne onge ngʼato machiegni mane nyalo thegogi. Achiel nogoyo machielo mi onege.

And moreover your handmaid had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one struck the other his brother, and killed him.

7 Koro anywola duto orido ni jatichni matek; kagiwacho ni, Gol ngʼat mane onego owadgi, mondo wanege, kaka ne onego owadgi; eka wanatieki nyaka jarit girkeni bende. Koro gidwaro nego mirni maliel madongʼ-go, ka giweyo chwora dongʼ maonge nying kata kothe modongʼ e wangʼ piny.”

And behold the whole family rose up against your handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that struck his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and we will take away even your heir: so they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave my husband remnant or name on the face of the earth.

8 Ruoth nowacho ni dhakoni niya, “Dhi dala, kendo abiro golo chik e wachnino.”

And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to your house, and I will give commandment concerning you.

9 To dhako moa Tekoa nowachone niya, “Ruodha ma en ruoth, we mondo ketho odongʼ e wiya kendo ewi dhood wuora, to mondo ruoth gi kom ruodhe obed maonge ketho.”

And the woman of Thecoe said to the king, On me, my lord, O king, and on my father's house [be] the iniquity, and the king and his throne [be] guiltless.

10 Ruoth nodwoke niya, “Ka ngʼato owachoni gimoro, to mondo ikele ira, ma ok nochak ochandi kendo.”

And the king said, Who was it that spoke to you? you shall even bring him to me, and [one] shall not touch him any more.

11 Nowacho niya, “Kara koro ruoth osingre gi nying Jehova Nyasaye ni odhi tamo jachul kuor mondo kik omed ketho kendo mondo wuoda kik negi.” Nowacho niya, “Akwongʼora gi nying Jehova Nyasaye mangima ni onge yie wi wuodi kata achiel manolwar piny.”

And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, [As] the lord lives, not a hair of your son shall fall to the ground.

12 Eka dhakono nowachone niya, “Yie iwe jatichni owach wach moro ni ruodhe ma en ruoth.” Nodwoke niya, “Wachi.”

And the woman said, Let now your servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

13 Kendo dhakono nowacho niya, “Kara en angʼo momiyo isengʼado wach marach kama kuom jo-Nyasaye? Ka ruoth wacho kama, donge ongʼado bura ne en owuon, nikech ruoth pok odwogo wuode mane oriembi.

And the woman said, Why have you devised this thing against the people of God? or [is] this word out of the king's mouth as a transgression, so that the king should not bring back his banished?

14 Kaka pi mopukore piny ma ok nyal tuom kendo, omiyo nyaka watho. To Nyasaye ok neg ngʼato; kar timo kamano, to oloso yore mondo ngʼat mane oriembi kik osiki ka en jasike.

For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.

15 “To koro sani asebiro mondo awach ma ni ruodha ma en ruoth nikech ji osemiya luoro. Jatichni noparo ni, ‘Abiro wuoyo gi ruoth; kamoro dipo kotimo gima jatichne okwaye.

And now whereas I came to speak this word to my lord the king, [the reason is] that the people will see me, and your handmaid will say, Let one now speak to my lord the king, if perhaps the king will perform the request of his handmaid;

16 Kamoro dipo ruoth biro yie mondo okony jatichne e lwet ngʼat madwaro tieka an kaachiel gi wuoda e girkeni mane Nyasaye omiyowa.’

for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son from the inheritance of God.

17 “To koro sani jatichni wacho ni, ‘Mad wach ruodha kelna kwe, nimar ruodha ma en ruoth chal gi malaika mar Nyasaye manono ber gi rach. Mad Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi bed kodi.’”

And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious, —[well]: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord your God shall be with you.

18 Eka ruoth nowacho ni dhakono niya, “Kik ipandna dwoko e gima adwaro penji.” Dhakono nowacho niya, “Ruodha ma en ruoth owuo.”

And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray you, the matter which I ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.

19 Ruoth nopenje niya, “Donge Joab ni kodi e wechegi duto?” Dhakono nodwoke niya, “Akwongʼora e nyimi ni in ruodha ma en ruoth kendo ni gima iwachono en adier. Ee, ne en jatichni Joab mane onyisa mondo atim ma kendo en bende ema noketo wechegi e dho jatichni.

And the king said, [Is] not the hand of Joab in all this matter with you? and the woman said to the king, [As] your soul lives, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.

20 Jatichni Joab notimo ma mondo okel lokruok kuom gik matimore sanigi. Ruodha nigi rieko ka mar malaika mar Nyasaye kendo ongʼeyo gik moko duto matimore e pinywa ka.”

In order that this form of speech might come about [it was] that your servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as [is] the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

21 Ruoth nowacho ni Joab niya, “Mano kare, abiro timo kamano. Dhiyo mondo iom wuowi ma Abisalom oduogi.”

And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done to you according to this your word: go, bring back the young man Abessalom.

22 Joab nopodho piny auma e nyime mondo omiye duongʼ, kendo nogwedho ruoth. Joab nowacho niya, “Kawuononi jatichni ongʼeyo ni ogene gi ruodha ma en ruoth, nikech ruoth oseyie timo gima jatichne okwaye.”

And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant.

23 Eka Joab nodhi Geshur mi okelo Abisalom Jerusalem.

And Joab arose, and went to Gedsur, and brought Abessalom to Jerusalem.

24 To ruoth nowachone niya, “Nyaka odhi e ode owuon; kendo kik obi buta.” Omiyo Abisalom nodhi e ode owuon kendo ne ok osudo machiegni gi ruoth.

And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Abessalom returned to his house, and saw not the king's face.

25 Ei Israel duto ne onge ngʼama ipako ni jaber ka Abisalom. Koa e wiye nyaka e pat tiende ne oonge gi mbala moro amora kuome.

And there was not a man in Israel so very comely as Abessalom: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

26 E kinde duto mane olielo yie wiye, nimar nojaliel wiye kinde ka kinde nikech yie wiye ne dongo piyo kendo bedone mapek, kane opime to ne oloyo kilo ariyo kopim gi rapim mar joka ruoth.

And when he polled his head, (and it was at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew, heavy upon him, ) even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel.

27 Abisalom nonywolo yawuowi adek gi nyako achiel. Nyare ne iluongo ni Tamar, kendo nodongo nyako ma jaber.

And there were born to Abessalom three sons and one daughter, and her name was Themar: she was a very beautiful woman, and she becomes the wife of Roboam son of Solomon, and she bears to him Abia.

28 Abisalom nodak Jerusalem kuom higni ariyo kapok osudo machiegni but ruoth.

And Abessalom remained in Jerusalem two full years, and he saw not the king's face.

29 Eka Abisalom noluongo Joab mondo oore ir ruoth, to Joab nodagi dhi ire. Omiyo nochako ooro wach mar ariyo to nochako odagi.

And Abessalom sent to Joab to bring him in to the king, and he would not come to him: and he sent to him the second time, and he would not come.

30 Eka nowachone jotije niya, “Neuru puoth Joab omakore gi mara, kendo cham mar shairi ni e iye. Dhiuru umokie mach.” Omiyo jotij Abisalom nodhi momoko mach e puodhono.

And Abessalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab's portion in the field [is] next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Abessalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes tore, and they said to him, The servants of Abessalom have set the field on fire.

31 Eka Joab nodhi ir Abisalom e ode mowachone niya, “Angʼo momiyo jotiji owangʼo puotha?”

And Joab arose, and came to Abessalom into the house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?

32 Abisalom nowacho ni Joab niya, “Ne, naoroni wach kawacho ni, ‘Bi mondo aori ir ruoth mondo ipenje kama: “Angʼo momiyo nabiro kawuok Geshur? Dine ber kane pod an kuno!”’ Sani koro adwaro dhi neno ruoth, to ka an gi ketho moro, to mondo onega.”

And Abessalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come hither, and I will send you to the king, saying, Why did I come out of Gedsur? it would have been better for me to have remained there: and now, behold, I have not seen the face of the king; but if there is iniquity in me, then put me to death.

33 Omiyo Joab nodhi ir ruoth mowachone wechegi. Eka ruoth noluongo Abisalom, mi nodonjo kendo nokulore auma piny e nyim ruoth. Ruoth nonyodho Abisalom.

And Joab went in to the king, and brought him word: and he called Abessalom, and he went in to the king, and did him obeisance, and fell upon his face to the ground, even in the presence of the king; and the king kissed Abessalom.