2 Samuel 14
1 and to know Joab son: child Zeruiah for heart [the] king upon Absalom
Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart desired to see 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
So Joab sent word to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought to him. He said to her, “Please pretend you are a mourner and put on mourning clothes. Please do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
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
Then go to the king and speak to him about what I will describe.” So Joab told her the words she was to say to the king.
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
When the woman from Tekoa spoke to the king, she lay facedown on the ground and said, “Help me, 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
The king said to her, “What is wrong?” She answered, “The truth is that 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
I, your servant, had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to separate them. 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
Now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, 'Give into our hand the man who struck his brother, so that we may put him to death, to pay for the life of his brother whom he killed.' So they would also destroy the heir. Thus they will put out the burning coal that I have left, and they will leave for my husband neither name nor descendant on the surface 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
So the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will command something to be done for you.”
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
The woman of Tekoa replied to the king, “My master, king, may the guilt be on me and on my father's family. The king and his throne are guiltless.”
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
The king replied, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you anymore.”
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 she said, “Please, may the king call to mind Yahweh your God, so that the avenger of blood will not destroy anyone further, so that they will not destroy my son.” The king replied, “As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son will fall to the ground.”
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
Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a further word to my master the king.” He said, “Speak on.”
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
So the woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in saying this thing, the king is like someone who is guilty, because the king has not brought back home again his banished son.
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
For we all must die, and we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life; instead, he finds a way for those who were driven away to be restored.
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
Now then, seeing that I have come to speak this thing to my master the king, it is because the people have made me afraid. So your servant said to herself, 'I will now speak to the king. It may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
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
Perhaps the king will listen to me and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together, out of the inheritance God gave us.'
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
Then your servant prayed, 'Yahweh, please let the word of my master the king give me relief, for as an angel of God, so is my master the king in telling good from evil.' May Yahweh your God be with you.”
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 will ask you.” The woman replied, “Let my master the king now 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
The king said, “Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, “As you live, my master the king, no one can escape to the right hand or to the left from anything that my master the king has spoken. It was your servant Joab who commanded me and told me to say these things that your servant has spoken.
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 has done this to change the course of what is happening. My master is wise, like the wisdom of an angel of God, and he knows everything that is happening 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
So the king said to Joab, “Look now, I will do this thing. Go then, and bring the young man Absalom back.”
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)*)
So Joab lay facedown on the ground in honor and gratitude to the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my master, king, in that the king has performed 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, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom back 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 may return to his own house, but he may not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but 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
Now in all Israel there was no one praised for his handsomeness more than Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top 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 at the end of every year, because it was heavy on him, he weighed his hair; it would weigh about two hundred shekels, which is measured by the weight of the king's standard.
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 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, without seeing 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 word for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. So Absalom sent word a second time, but Joab still did 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
So Absalom said to his servants, “See, 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.
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 at 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
Absalom answered Joab, “Look, I sent word to you saying, 'Come here so I may send you to the king to say, “Why did I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to still be there. Now therefore let me see the king's face, and if I am guilty, let him kill me.”'”
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. When the king called for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed low to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.
