Kings II 14
1 And Joab the son of Saruia knew that the heart of the king was toward Abessalom.
Ketika Yoab, anak Zeruya, mengetahui, bahwa hati raja merindukan Absalom,
2 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.
maka ia menyuruh orang ke Tekoa menjemput dari sana seorang perempuan yang bijaksana, lalu ia berkata kepada perempuan itu: "Berlakulah pura-pura berkabung, dan pakailah pakaian berkabung, janganlah berurap dengan minyak, dan berlakulah seperti seorang perempuan yang telah lama berkabung karena seorang mati.
3 And you shall go to the king, and speak to him according to this word. And Joab put the words in her mouth.
Kemudian masuklah menghadap raja dan berbicaralah kepadanya seperti ini" --lalu Yoab menaruh perkataannya ke dalam mulut perempuan itu.
4 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.
Ketika perempuan Tekoa itu masuk menghadap raja, sujudlah ia dengan mukanya ke tanah dan menyembah, sambil berkata: "Tolonglah, ya tuanku raja!"
5 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.
Raja bertanya kepadanya: "Ada apa?" Jawabnya: "Ah, aku ini seorang janda, sebab suamiku sudah mati.
6 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.
Hambamu ini mempunyai dua orang anak laki-laki; mereka berkelahi di padang dan karena tidak ada yang memisahkan, maka yang satu memukul yang lain dan membunuh dia.
7 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.
Dan sekarang seluruh kaum keluarga bangkit melawan hambamu ini, dan mereka berkata: Serahkanlah orang yang membunuh saudaranya itu, supaya kami menghukum dia mati ganti nyawa saudaranya yang telah dibunuhnya itu, dan supaya kami memunahkan juga ahli waris itu. Mereka hendak memunahkan keturunanku yang masih tersisa itu dengan tidak meninggalkan nama atau keturunan bagi suamiku di muka bumi."
8 And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to your house, and I will give commandment concerning you.
Lalu berbicaralah raja kepada perempuan itu: "Pulanglah ke rumahmu, mengenai engkau akan kuberi perintah."
9 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.
Perempuan Tekoa itu berkata kepada raja: "Aku dan keluargaku akan menanggung kesalahan itu, ya tuanku raja, tetapi raja dan takhtanya tak bersalah."
10 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.
Lalu berkatalah raja: "Jika ada orang yang mengatakan apa-apa lagi terhadap engkau, bawalah orang itu menghadap aku, maka ia tidak akan mengusik engkau lagi."
11 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.
Kata perempuan itu: "Kiranya raja ingat kepada TUHAN, Allahmu, supaya si penuntut tebusan darah jangan terlalu banyak menimbulkan kemusnahan dan supaya mereka jangan memunahkan anakku itu." Lalu berkatalah raja: "Demi TUHAN yang hidup--sehelai rambutpun dari kepala anakmu itu takkan jatuh ke bumi!"
12 And the woman said, Let now your servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
Kemudian berkatalah perempuan itu: "Izinkanlah hambamu ini berkata sepatah kata lagi kepada tuanku raja." Jawabnya: "Katakanlah."
13 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?
Berkatalah perempuan itu: "Mengapa raja merancang hal yang demikian terhadap umat Allah? Oleh karena tuanku mengucapkan perkataan ini, maka tuanku sendirilah yang bersalah dengan tidak mengizinkan pulang orang yang telah dibuangnya.
14 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.
Sebab kita pasti mati, kita seperti air yang tercurah ke bumi, yang tidak terkumpulkan. Tetapi Allah tidak mengambil nyawa orang, melainkan Ia merancang supaya seorang yang terbuang jangan tinggal terbuang dari pada-Nya.
15 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;
Maka sekarang, aku datang mengatakan perkataan ini kepada tuanku raja karena orang banyak itu telah menakut-nakuti aku. Sebab itu pikir hambamu ini: baiklah aku berbicara dahulu dengan raja, mungkin raja mengabulkan permohonan hambanya ini;
16 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.
sebab raja akan mendengarkan aku dan akan melepaskan hambanya ini dari tangan orang yang hendak memunahkan aku dan anakku bersama-sama dari milik pusaka Allah.
17 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.
Juga hambamu ini berpikir: perkataan tuanku raja tentulah akan menenangkan hati, sebab seperti malaikat Allah, demikianlah tuanku raja, yang dapat membeda-bedakan apa yang baik dan jahat. Dan TUHAN, Allahmu, kiranya menyertai tuanku."
18 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.
Lalu raja menjawab, katanya kepada perempuan itu: "Baiklah jangan sembunyikan kepadaku apa yang hendak kutanyakan kepadamu." Kata perempuan itu: "Berkatalah kiranya tuanku raja!"
19 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.
Kemudian bertanyalah raja: "Adakah Yoab campur tangan dengan engkau dalam semuanya ini?" Perempuan itu menjawab: "Demi hidupmu, tuanku raja, tidaklah mungkin untuk menyimpang ke kanan atau ke kiri dari segala yang tuanku raja katakan. Sesungguhnya hambamu Yoab yang memerintahkan daku; dialah yang menaruh ke dalam mulut hambamu segala perkataan ini.
20 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.
Dengan maksud untuk mengubah rupa perkara itu maka hambamu Yoab melakukan perkara ini. Tetapi tuanku bijaksana sama seperti malaikat Allah, sehingga mengetahui semua yang terjadi di bumi."
21 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.
Sesudah itu berkatalah raja kepada Yoab: "Baik, kukabulkan permohonan ini. Pergilah, bawalah kembali orang muda Absalom itu."
22 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.
Lalu sujudlah Yoab dengan mukanya ke tanah dan menyembah sambil memohon berkat bagi raja. Dan Yoab berkata: "Pada hari ini hambamu mengetahui bahwa tuanku raja suka kepada hamba, karena tuanku telah mengabulkan permohonan hambamu ini."
23 And Joab arose, and went to Gedsur, and brought Abessalom to Jerusalem.
Lalu bangunlah Yoab, ia pergi ke Gesur dan membawa Absalom ke Yerusalem.
24 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.
Tetapi berkatalah raja: "Ia harus pergi ke rumahnya sendiri, jangan ia datang ke hadapanku." Jadi pergilah Absalom ke rumahnya sendiri dan tidak datang ke hadapan raja.
25 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.
Di seluruh Israel tidak ada yang begitu banyak dipuji kecantikannya seperti Absalom. Dari telapak kakinya sampai ujung kepalanya tidak ada cacat padanya.
26 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.
Apabila ia mencukur rambutnya--pada akhir tiap-tiap tahun ia mencukurnya karena menjadi terlalu berat baginya--maka ditimbangnya rambutnya itu, dua ratus syikal beratnya, menurut batu timbangan raja.
27 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.
Bagi Absalom lahir tiga orang anak laki-laki dan seorang anak perempuan, yang bernama Tamar. Ia seorang perempuan yang cantik.
28 And Abessalom remained in Jerusalem two full years, and he saw not the king's face.
Setelah Absalom diam di Yerusalem genap dua tahun lamanya, dengan tidak datang ke hadapan raja,
29 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.
maka Absalom menyuruh memanggil Yoab untuk diutus kepada raja. Tetapi ia tidak mau datang kepadanya. Kemudian disuruhnya memanggil dia lagi, untuk kedua kalinya, tetapi ia tidak mau datang.
30 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.
Lalu berkatalah ia kepada hamba-hambanya: "Lihat, ladang Yoab ada di sisi ladangku dan di sana ada jelainya. Pergilah, bakarlah itu." Maka hamba-hamba Absalom membakar ladang itu.
31 And Joab arose, and came to Abessalom into the house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?
Lalu Yoab pergi mendapatkan Absalom ke rumahnya, dan bertanya kepadanya: "Mengapa hamba-hambamu membakar ladang kepunyaanku itu?"
32 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.
Jawab Absalom kepada Yoab: "Ya, aku telah menyuruh orang kepadamu mengatakan: datanglah ke mari, supaya aku mengutus engkau kepada raja untuk mengatakan: apa gunanya aku datang dari Gesur? Lebih baik aku masih tinggal di sana. Maka sekarang, aku mau datang ke hadapan raja. Jika aku bersalah, biarlah ia menghukum aku mati."
33 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.
Kemudian masuklah Yoab menghadap raja dan memberitahukan hal itu kepadanya. Raja memanggil Absalom, dan ia masuk menghadap raja, lalu sujud ke hadapan raja dengan mukanya ke tanah; lalu raja mencium Absalom.
