2 Samuel 14
1 And Joab the son of Sarvia, understanding that the king’s heart was turned to Absalom,
राजाको हृदयमा अब्शालोमलाई भेट्ने इच्छा जागेछ भनी सरूयाहका छोरा योआबले बुझे ।
2 Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and be not anointed with oil, that thou mayest be as a woman that had a long time been mourning for one dead.
योआबले तकोमा खबर पठाए र एउटा बुद्धिमानी स्त्रीलाई तिनीकहाँ ल्याउन लगाए । तिनले उनलाई भने, “कृपया तिमी शोकमा परेको बहाना गर र शोकको लुगा लगाऊ । आफूलाई तेल नलगाऊ, तर मरेको मानिसको निम्ति लामो समयदेखि शोकमा परेकी स्त्रीजस्तो होऊ ।
3 And thou shalt go in to the king, and shalt speak to him in this manner. And Joab put the words in her mouth.
अनि राजाकहाँ जाऊ र तिनलाई मैले बताएको कुरामा बारेमा बताऊ ।” यसरी उनले राजालाई भन्नुपर्ने कुरा योआबले उनलाई भने ।
4 And when the woman of Thecua was come in to the king, she fell before him upon the ground, and worshipped, and said: Save me, O king.
तकोकी ती स्त्रीले राजासँग कुरा गर्दा, उनले आफ्नो अनुहार भुईंमा घोप्टो पारिन् र भनिन्, “हे महाराजा, मलाई सहायता गर्नुहोस् ।”
5 And the king said to her: What is the matter with thee? She answered: Alas, I am a widow woman: for my husband is dead.
राजाले उनलाई भने, “के खराबी भयो?” उनले जवाफ दिइन्, “सत्य कुराचहिं म एउटी विधवा हुँ र मेरा पति मरिसकेका छन् ।
6 And thy handmaid had two sons: and they quarrelled with each other in the field, and there was none to part them: and the one struck the other, and slew him.
म तपाईंको दासीका दुई जना छोरा थिए र तिनीहरू खेतमा एक-आपसमा झगडा गरे र तिनीहरूलाई छुट्टाउने त्यहाव कोही पनि थिएन । एउटाले अर्कोलाई प्रहार गर्यो र त्यसलाई मार्यो ।
7 And behold the whole kindred rising against thy handmaid, saith: Deliver him that hath slain his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he slew, and that we may destroy the heir: and they seek to quench my spark which is left, and will leave my husband no name, nor remainder upon the earth.
सारा कुल नै तपाईंको दासीको विरुद्धमा उठेका छन् र तिनीहरू भन्छन्, 'आफ्नो भाइलाई प्रहार गर्ने मानिसलाई हाम्रो हातमा सुम्प, ताकि त्यसले मारेको आफ्नो भाइको जीवनको निम्ति मूल्य चुकाउन हामी त्यसलाई मार्न सकौँ ।' यसरी तिनीहरूले उत्तराधिकार पनि नष्ट पार्ने छन् । यसरी मैले छोडेको बलिरहेको भुङ्ग्रोलाई तिनीहरूले निभाउने छन् र तिनीहरूले मेरो पतिको निम्ति पृथ्वीको सहतमा न नाम न त सन्तान नै छोड्ने छन् ।
8 And the king said to the woman: Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
राजाले ती स्त्रीलाई भने, “आफ्नो घर जाऊ र तिम्रो निम्ति केही कुरा गर्न म आदेश दिने छु ।”
9 And the woman of Thecua said to the king: Upon me, my lord, be the iniquity, and upon the house of my father: but may the king and his throne be guiltless.
तकोकी महिलाले राजालाई जवाफ दिइन्, “हे मेरो मालिक महाराजा, सारा दोष म र मेरो पिताको घरानामाथि परोस् । महाराजा र उहाँको सिंहासन दोषरहित होस् ।
10 And the king said: If any one shall say ought against thee, bring him to me, and be shall not touch thee any more.
राजाले जवाफ दिए, “कसैले तिमीलाई कुनै कुरा भन्यो भने त्यसलाई मकहाँ लेऊ र त्यसले तिमीलाई फेरि छुने छैन ।”
11 And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God, that the next of kin be not multiplied to take revenge, and that they may not kill my son. And he said: As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
उनले भनिन्, “महाराजाले परमप्रभु आफ्ना परमेश्वरलाई सम्झनुभएको होस्, ताकि रगतको बदला लिनेले अब उसो नाश गर्ने छैन ताकि तिनीहरूले मेरो छोरालाई नाश गर्ने छैनन् । राजाले जवाफ दिए, “जस्तो परमप्रभु जीवित हुनुहुन्छ, तिम्रो छोराको शिरको एउटा कपाल पनि भुईंमा खस्ने छैन ।
12 Then the woman said: Let thy handmaid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.
अनि ती स्त्रीले भनिन्, “कृपया आफ्नो दासीलाई महाराजासँग अरू एउटा कुरा गर्न दिनुहोस् ।” तिनले भने, “भन ।”
13 And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile?
त्यसैले ती स्त्रीले भनिन्, “तपाईंले परमश्वरका मानिसहरूका विरुद्धमा किन यस्तो कुरा गर्नुभएको छ? राजाले यसो भन्नुहुँदा उहाँ कुनै दोषी व्यक्तिजस्तै हुनुहुन्छ, किनभने राजाले आफ्नो निर्वासित छोरालाई फिर्ता ल्याउनुभएको छैन ।
14 We all die, and like waters that return no more, we fall down into the earth: neither will God have a soul to perish, but recalleth, meaning that he that is cast off should not altogether perish.
किनकि हामी सबै नै मर्नुपर्छ र हामी जमिनमा पोखिएको पानीजस्तै छौं, जसलाई फेरि जम्मा पार्न सकिंदैन । तर परमेश्वरल जीवन लिनुहुने छैन । बरु, उहाँले धपाइएकाहरूलाई पुनर्स्थापना गर्ने कुनै उपाय खोज्नुहुन्छ ।
15 Now therefore I am come, to speak this word to my lord the king before the people. And thy handmaid said: I will speak to the king, it maybe the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
अब यो देखेर म मेरो मालिक राजासँग यो कुरा गर्न आएको छु, किनभने मानिसहरूले मलाई भयभीत तुल्याएका छन् । तपाईंको दासीले मनमनै भनिन्, 'म अब महाराजासित कुरा गर्ने छु । सायद महाराजाले आफ्नो दासीको बन्ती पुरा गरिदिनुहुने छ ।
16 And the king hath hearkened to me to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of all that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
सायद महाराजाले मेरो बिन्ती सुन्नुहुने छ र परमेश्वरले हामीलाई दिनुभएको उत्तराधिकारबाट म र मेरो छोरोलाई नष्ट पार्ने मानिसहरूको हातबाट मुक्त गर्नुहुने छ ।'
17 Then let thy handmaid say, that the word of the Lord the king be made as a sacrifice. For even as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, that he is neither moved with blessing nor cursing: wherefore the Lord thy God is also with thee.
त्यसपछि तपाईंकी दासीले प्रार्थना गरिन्, 'हे परमप्रभु, मेरो मालिक महाराजाका वचनले मलाई मुक्त गर्नुभएको होस्, किनकि मेरो मालिक असल र खराब छुट्याउनला परमश्वरको स्वर्गदूतजस्तै हुनुहुन्छ ।' परमप्रभु तपाईंको परमेश्वर तपाईंसँग हुनुभएको होस् ।”
18 And the king answering, said to the woman: Hide not from me the thing that I ask thee. And the woman said to him: Speak, my lord the king.
अनि राजाले जवाफ दिए र ती स्त्रीलाई भने, “मैले तिमीलाई सोध्ने कुनै पनि कुरा मबाट नलुकाऊ ।” ती स्त्रीले जवाफ दिइन्, “हे मेरा मालिक महाराजा भन्नहोस् ।”
19 And the king said: Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? The woman answered, and said: By the health of thy soul, my lord, O king, it is neither on the left hand, nor on the right, in all these things which my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put all these words into the mouth of thy handmaid.
राजाले भने, “के यी सबै कुराको पछाडी योआबको हात छैन र?” ती स्त्रीले जवाफ दिइन्, “जस्तो तपाईं मेरो मालिक महाराजा जीवित हुनुहुन्छ, मेरो मालिक महाराजाले भन्नुभएको कुराबाट कोही पनि दाया वा बाँया लाग्न सक्दैन । तपाईंकी दासीले बोलेको यी कुराहरू भन्न मलाई आज्ञा गर्ने र बताउने तपाईंको दास योआब नै थिए ।
20 That I should come about with this form of speech, thy servant Joab, commanded this: but thou, my lord, O king, art wise, according to the wisdom of ail angel of God, to understand all things upon earth.
तपाईंको दास योआबले जे भइरहेको छ त्यसको प्रवाहलाई परिवर्तन गर्न यसो गरेका हुन् । मेरो मालिक परमेश्वरको स्वर्गदूतजस्तै बुद्धिमान हुनुहुन्छ र मुलुकमा भइरहेका हरेक कुरा जान्नुहुन्छ ।”
21 And the king said to Joab: Behold I am appeased and have granted thy request: Go therefore and fetch back the boy Absalom.
राजाले योआबलाई भने, “हेर, म यो गर्ने छु । तब जाऊ र त्यो जवान अब्शालोमलाई फर्काएर ल्याऊ ।”
22 And Joab falling down to the ground upon his face, adored, and blessed the king: and Joab said: This day thy servant hath understood, that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king: for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant.
त्यसैले योआबले राजाप्रति आदर र कृतज्ञता प्रकट गर्न भुईंमा घोप्टो परे । योआबले भने, “राजाले आफ्नो दासको बिन्ती पुरा गर्नुभएकोमा मैले मेरा मालिक महाराजा तपाईंको दृष्टिमा निगाह पाएको छु भनी मैले आज थाहा पायो ।”
23 Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
त्यसैले योआब उठे, गशूरमा गए र अब्शालोमलाई यरूशलेममा फिर्ता ल्याए ।
24 But the king said: Let him return into his house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned into his house, and saw not the king’s face.
राजाले भने, “ऊ आफ्नै गरमा फर्कोस्, तर उसले मेरो मुख हेर्न नआओस् ।” त्यसैले अब्शालोम आफ्नै घरमा गए तर राजाको मुख देखेनन् ।
25 But in all Israel there was not a man so comely, and so exceedingly beautiful as Absalom: from the sole of the foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
सारा इस्राएलमा नै आफ्नो सुन्दरताको निम्ति प्रशंसा गरिएको व्यक्ति अब्शालोमभन्दा अरू थिएन । तिनको शिरदेखि पाउसम्म नै तिनमा कुनै खोट थिएन ।
26 And when he polled his hair (now he was polled once a year, because his hair was burdensome to him) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sicles, according to the common weight.
जब तिनले हरेक वर्षको अन्तमा गह्रौं भएको हुनाले आफ्नो कपाल काट्थे, तब तिनले आफ्नो कपाल तौलन्थे । यो लगभग दुई सय शेकेल हुन्थो, जसलाई राजाको मानकअनुसारको तौलद्वरा नापिन्थ्यो।
27 And there were born to Absalom three sons: and one daughter, whose, name was Thamar, and she was very beautiful.
अब्शालोमका तीन छोरा र एक छोरी थिए, जसको नाउँ तामार थियो । तिनी सुन्दरी महिला थिइन ।
28 And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
अब्शालोम राजाको मुख नहेरिकन नै पुरा दुई वर्ष यरूशलेममा बसे ।
29 He sent therefore to Joab, to send him to the king: but he would not come to him. And when he had sent the second time, and he would not come to him,
त्यसपछि अब्शालोमले आफूलाई राजाकहाँ पठाउनलाई योआबलाई बोलाए, तर योआब तिनीकहाँ आएनन् । यसैले अब्शालोमले दोस्रो पटक खबर पठाए, तर योआब अझै आएनन् ।
30 He said to his servants: You know the field of Joab near my field, that hath a crop of barley: go now and set it on fire. So the servants of Absalom set the corn on fire. And Joab’s servants coming with their garments rent, said: The servants of Absalom have set part of the field on fire.
त्यसैले अब्शालोमले आफ्ना सेवकहरूलाई भने, “हेर, योआबको खेत मेरो खतको छेउमै छ र त्यहाँ उसको जौ छ । जाऊ र त्यसलाई आगो लगाइदेऊ ।” अनि अब्शालोमका सेवकहरूले त्यो खेतमा आगो लगाइदिए ।
31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said: Why have thy servants set my corn on fire?
अनि योआब उठे र अब्शालोमको घरमा तिनीकहाँ आए र तिनलाई भने, “तिम्रा सेवकहरूले मेरो खेतमा किन आगो लगाइदिएका छन्?”
32 And Absalom answered Joab: I sent to thee beseeching thee to come to me, that I might send thee to the king, to say to him: Wherefore am I come from Gessur? it had been better for me to be there: I beseech thee therefore that I may see the face of the king: and if he be mindful of my iniquity, let him kill me.
अब्शालोमले योआबलाई जवाफ दिए, “हेर, मैले तिमीकहाँ यसो भनेर खबर पठाएँ, 'यहाँ आऊ, ताकि तिमीलाई राजाकहाँ म यसो भन्नलाई पठाउन सकूँ’ । ‘म गशूरबाट किन आएँ? मलाई त अझै त्यहाँ हुनु नै असल हुन्छ। यसकारण अब म राजाको मुख हेर्न पाऊँ र म दोषी छु भने तिनले नै मलाई मारुन् ।'”
33 So Joab going in to the king, told him all: and Absalom was called for, and he went in to the king: and prostrated himself on the ground before him: and the king kissed Absalom.
त्यसैले योआब राजाकहाँ गए र तिनलाई भने । जब राजाले अब्शालोमलाई बोलाए, तब तिनी राजाकहाँ आए र राजाको सामु भुईंमा निहुरिए र राजाले अब्शालोमलाई चुम्बन गरे ।
