2 Samuel 14

1 and to know Joab son: child Zeruiah for heart [the] king upon Absalom

Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruye, vndirstood, that the herte of the kyng was turned to Absolon;

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

and he sente to Thecua, and took fro thennus a wise womman, and he seide to hir, Feyne thee to morene, and be thou clothid with clooth of duyl, and be thou anoyntid with oile, that thou be as a womman by morenynge `now in ful myche tyme a deed man.

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

And thou schalt entre to the kyng, and thou schalt speke to hym siche wordis. Sotheli Joab puttide the wordis in hir mouth.

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

Therfor whanne the womman of Thecua hadde entrid to the kyng, sche felde bifor hym on the erthe, and worschipide, and seide, A! kyng, kepe me.

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 kyng seide to hir, What hast thou of cause? And sche answeride, Alas! Y am a womman widewe, for myn hosebonde is deed;

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 tweyne sones weren of thin handmayde, whiche debatiden ayens hem silf in the feeld, and `noon was that myyte forbede hem, and oon smoot `the tother, and killide hym.

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

And lo! al the kynrede risith ayens thin handmayde, and seith, Yyue thou hym that killide his brothir, that we sle hym for the lijf of his brother whom he killide, and that we do awei the eir; and thei seken to quenche my sparcle whych is lefte, that name dwelle not to myn hosebonde, and relikis, `ethir remenauntis, be not to him on erthe.

8 and to say [the] king to(wards) [the] woman to go: went to/for house: home your and I to command upon you

And the kyng seide to the womman, Go in to thin hows, and Y schal comaunde for thee.

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

And the womman of Thecua seide to the kyng, My lord the kyng, this wickidnesse be on me, and on the hows of my fadir; forsothe the kyng and his trone be innocent.

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

And the kyng seide, Brynge thou hym to me, that ayenseith thee, and he schal no more adde that he touche thee.

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]

And sche seide, The kyng haue mynde on his Lord God, and the nexte men of blood to take veniaunce be not multiplied, and `thei schulen not sle my sone. And the kyng seide, The Lord lyueth, for noon of the heeris of thi sone schal falle on the erthe.

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

Therfor the womman seide, Thin handmayde speke a word to my lord the kyng. And the kyng seide, Speke thou.

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

And the womman seide, Whi `thouytist thou sich a thing ayens the puple of God? and the kyng spak this word, that he do synne, and brynge not ayen his sone cast out?

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

Alle we dyen, and as watris that schulen not turne ayen, we sliden in to erthe; and God nyl that a soule perische, but he withdrawith, and thenkith lest he perische outirly, which is cast awey.

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 therfor come thou, that Y speke to my lord the kyng this word, while the puple is present; and thin handmaide seide, Y schal speke to the kyng, if in ony maner the kyng do the word of his handmayde.

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

And the kyng herde the wordis, that he schulde delyuere his handmayde fro the hondis of alle men, that wolden do awei me, and my sone to gidere, fro the eritage of the Lord.

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

Therfor thin hand mayde seie, that the word of my lord the kyng be maad as sacrifice, `that is, that the sentence youun of hym be plesaunt to God, as sacrifice plesith God; for as an aungel of the Lord, so is my lord the kyng, that he be not mouyd bi blessyng nether bi cursyng. Wherfor and thi Lord God is with thee.

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

And the kyng answeride, and seide to the womman, Hide thou not fro me the word which Y axe thee. And the womman seide to hym, Speke thou, my lord the kyng.

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

And the kyng seide, Whether the hond of Joab is with thee in alle these thingis? The womman answeride, and seide, Bi the helthe of thi soule, my lord the kyng, nether to the left side nether to the riyt side is ony thing of alle these thingis, whiche my lord the kyng spak. For thi seruaunt Joab hym silf comaundide to me, and he puttide alle these wordis in to the mouth of thin handmaide,

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

that Y schulde turne the figure of this word; for thi seruaunt Joab comaundide this thing. Forsothe thou, my lord the kyng, art wijs, as an aungel of God hath wisdom, that thou vnderstonde alle thingis on erthe.

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

And the kyng seide to Joab, Lo! Y am plesid, and Y haue do thi word; therfor go thou, and ayen clepe thou the child Absolon.

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)*)

And Joab felde on his face to erthe, and worschipide, and blesside the kyng; and Joab seide, Thi seruaunt hath vndirstonde to dai, that Y foond grace in thin iyen, my lord the kyng, for thou hast do the word of thi seruaunt.

23 and to arise: rise Joab and to go: went Geshur [to] and to come (in): bring [obj] Absalom Jerusalem

Therfor Joab roos, and yede in to Gessur, and brouyte Absolon in 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

Forsothe the kyng seide, Turne he ayen in to his hows, and se not he my 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

Therfor Absolon turnede ayen in to his hows, and siy not the face of the kyng. Sotheli no man in al Israel was so fair as Absolon, and ful comeli; fro the step of the foot `til to the top, `no wem was in hym;

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

and in as myche as `he clippide more the heeris, bi so myche thei wexiden more; forsothe he was clippid onys in the yeer, for the heer greuede him. And whanne he clippide the heeris, he weiyide `the heeris of his heed bi twei hundrid siclis with comyn weiyte.

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

Forsothe thre sones, and a douyter, Thamar bi name, of `excellent forme weren borun to Absolon.

28 and to dwell Absalom in/on/with Jerusalem year day and face: before [the] king not to see: see

And Absolon dwellide in Jerusalem twei yeer, and he siy not the face of the kyng.

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

Therfor he sente to Joab, that he schulde sende hym to the kyng; which Joab nolde come to hym. And whanne he hadde sent the secounde tyme, and Joab nolde 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

Absolon seide to hise seruauntis, Ye knowen the feeld of Joab bisidis my feeld hauynge ripe barli; therfor go ye, and brenne ye it with fier. Therfor the seruauntis of Absolon brenten the corn with fier. And the seruauntis of Joab camen with her clothis to-rent, and seiden, The seruauntis

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

of Absolon han brent the part of feeld bi fier. And Joab roos, and cam to Absolon in to his hows, and seide, Whi

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

han thi seruauntis brent my corn bi fier? And Absolon answeride to Joab, Y sente to thee, and bisouyte that thou schuldist come to me, and that Y schulde sende thee to the kyng, that thou schuldist seie to hym, Whi cam Y fro Gessur? It was betere to me to be there; therfor Y biseche, that Y se the face of the kyng, that if he is myndeful of my wickidnesse, sle he 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

Joab entride to the kyng, and telde to hym. And Absolon was clepid, and entryde to the kyng, and worschipide on the face of erthe bifor hym, and the kyng kisside Absolon.