< 2 Samuel 14 >
1 and to know Joab son: child Zeruiah for heart [the] king upon Absalom
When Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart longed for Absalom,
2 and to send: depart Joab Tekoa [to] and to take: bring from there woman wise and to say to(wards) her to mourn please and to clothe please garment mourning and not to anoint oil and to be like/as woman this day many to mourn upon to die
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.
3 and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king and to speak: speak to(wards) him like/as Chronicles [the] this and to set: put Joab [obj] [the] word in/on/with lip her
Go in to the king and say this to him." Then Joab told her what to say.
4 and to say [the] woman [the] Tekoa to(wards) [the] king and to fall: fall upon face her land: soil [to] and to bow and to say to save [emph?] [the] king
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."
5 and to say to/for her [the] king what? to/for you and to say truly woman: wife widow I and to die man: husband my
And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she replied, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
6 and to/for maidservant your two son: child and to struggle two their in/on/with land: country and nothing to rescue between them and to smite him [the] one [obj] [the] one and to die [obj] him
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.
7 and behold to arise: rise all [the] family upon maidservant your and to say to give: give [obj] to smite brother: male-sibling his and to die him in/on/with soul: life brother: male-sibling his which to kill and to destroy also [obj] [the] to possess: possess and to quench [obj] coal my which to remain to/for lest (to set: put *Q(K)*) to/for man: husband my name and remnant upon face: surface [the] land: planet
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.
8 and to say [the] king to(wards) [the] woman to go: went to/for house: home your and I to command upon you
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.'
9 and to say [the] woman [the] Tekoa to(wards) [the] king upon me lord my [the] king [the] iniquity: guilt and upon house: household father my and [the] king and throne his innocent
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.
10 and to say [the] king [the] to speak: speak to(wards) you and to come (in): bring him to(wards) me and not to add: again still to/for to touch in/on/with you
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.'"
11 and to say to remember please [the] king [obj] LORD God your (from to multiply *Q(k)*) to redeem: avenge [the] blood to/for to ruin and not to destroy [obj] son: child my and to say alive LORD if: surely no to fall: fall from hair son: child your land: soil [to]
Then the king said, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."
12 and to say [the] woman to speak: speak please maidservant your to(wards) lord my [the] king word and to say to speak: speak
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."
13 and to say [the] woman and to/for what? to devise: devise like/as this upon people God and from to speak: promise [the] king [the] word: promised [the] this like/as guilty to/for lest to return: return [the] king [obj] to banish him
The king said, "Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more."
14 for to die to die and like/as water [the] to pour land: soil [to] which not to gather and not to lift: bear God soul: life and to devise: design plot to/for lest to banish from him to banish
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."
15 and now which to come (in): come to/for to speak: speak to(wards) [the] king lord my [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this for to fear me [the] people and to say maidservant your to speak: speak please to(wards) [the] king perhaps to make: do [the] king [obj] word: speaking maidservant his
Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on."
16 for to hear: hear [the] king to/for to rescue [obj] maidservant his from palm [the] man to/for to destroy [obj] me and [obj] son: child my unitedness from inheritance God
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.
17 and to say maidservant your to be please word lord my [the] king to/for resting for like/as messenger: angel [the] God so lord my [the] king to/for to hear: hear [the] good and [the] bad: evil and LORD God your to be with you
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."
18 and to answer [the] king and to say to(wards) [the] woman not please to hide from me word: thing which I to ask [obj] you and to say [the] woman to speak: speak please lord my [the] king
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."
19 and to say [the] king hand: power Joab with you in/on/with all this and to answer [the] woman and to say alive soul: myself your lord my [the] king if: surely no there is to/for to go right and to/for to go left from all which to speak: speak lord my [the] king for servant/slave your Joab he/she/it to command me and he/she/it to set: put in/on/with lip maidservant your [obj] all [the] word [the] these
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.
20 to/for in/on/with for the sake of to turn: changed [obj] face of [the] word: thing to make: do servant/slave your Joab [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this and lord my wise like/as wisdom messenger: angel [the] God to/for to know [obj] all which in/on/with land: country/planet
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."
21 and to say [the] king to(wards) Joab behold please to make: offer [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this and to go: went to return: return [obj] [the] youth [obj] Absalom
Then the king said to Joab, "Look now, I have done according to your word. Go, bring back the young man Absalom."
22 and to fall: fall Joab to(wards) face his land: soil [to] and to bow and to bless [obj] [the] king and to say Joab [the] day to know servant/slave your for to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing your lord my [the] king which to make: offer [the] king [obj] word (servant/slave your *Q(K)*)
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."
23 and to arise: rise Joab and to go: went Geshur [to] and to come (in): bring [obj] Absalom Jerusalem
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
24 and to say [the] king to turn: turn to(wards) house: home his and face: before my not to see: see and to turn: turn Absalom to(wards) house: home his and face: before [the] king not to see: see
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.
25 and like/as Absalom not to be man beautiful in/on/with all Israel to/for to boast: praise much from palm: sole foot his and till crown his not to be in/on/with him blemish
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.
26 and in/on/with to shave he [obj] head his and to be from end day: year to/for day: year which to shave for heavy upon him and to shave him and to weigh [obj] hair head his hundred shekel in/on/with stone: weight [the] king
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.
27 and to beget to/for Absalom three son: child and daughter one and name her Tamar he/she/it to be woman beautiful appearance
To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.
28 and to dwell Absalom in/on/with Jerusalem year day and face: before [the] king not to see: see
Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he did not see the king's face.
29 and to send: depart Absalom to(wards) Joab to/for to send: depart [obj] him to(wards) [the] king and not be willing to/for to come (in): come to(wards) him and to send: depart still second and not be willing to/for to come (in): come
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.
30 and to say to(wards) servant/slave his to see: behold! portion Joab to(wards) hand: themselves my and to/for him there barley to go: went (and to kindle her *Q(K)*) in/on/with fire and to kindle servant/slave Absalom [obj] [the] portion in/on/with fire
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."
31 and to arise: rise Joab and to come (in): come to(wards) Absalom [the] house: home [to] and to say to(wards) him to/for what? to kindle servant/slave your [obj] [the] portion which to/for me in/on/with fire
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"
32 and to say Absalom to(wards) Joab behold to send: depart to(wards) you to/for to say to come (in): come here/thus and to send: depart [obj] you to(wards) [the] king to/for to say to/for what? to come (in): come from Geshur pleasant to/for me still I there and now to see: see face: before [the] king and if there in/on/with me iniquity: guilt and to die me
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.'"
33 and to come (in): come Joab to(wards) [the] king and to tell to/for him and to call: call to to(wards) Absalom and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king and to bow to/for him upon face his land: soil [to] to/for face: before [the] king and to kiss [the] king to/for Absalom
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.