2 Samuel 14
1 Joab realized that the king yearned [IDM] to see Absalom.
| وقتی یوآب فهمید که پادشاه چقدر مشتاق دیدار ابشالوم است، |
2 So Joab sent someone to Tekoa [town] to bring back a woman who was very clever. [When she arrived, ] Joab said to her, “Pretend that you are grieving because someone has died. Put on clothes that show that you are mourning. Do not put any lotion/ointment on your body. Act as if you are a woman who has been mourning for a long time.
| به دنبال زنی حکیم فرستاد که در شهر تقوع زندگی می‌کرد. یوآب به آن زن گفت: «خودت را به قیافهٔ زنی که مدت طولانی است عزادار می‌باشد در بیاور؛ لباس عزا بپوش و موهایت را شانه نکن. |
3 And go to the king, and tell him what I tell you to say.” Then Joab told her what to say [MTY] [to the king].
| بعد پیش پادشاه برو و این سخنان را که به تو می‌گویم به او بگو.» سپس به او یاد داد چه بگوید. |
4 So the woman from Tekoa went to the king. She prostrated herself in front of him and then bowed down to him, and said, “Your Majesty, help me!”
| وقتی آن زن نزد پادشاه رسید، تعظیم کرد و گفت: «ای پادشاه، به دادم برس!» |
5 The king replied, “What is your problem?” She replied, “Please, sir, I am a widow. My husband died [some time ago].
| پادشاه پرسید: «چه شده است؟» عرض کرد: «من زن بیوه‌ای هستم. دو پسر داشتم. یک روز آن دو در صحرا با هم دعوا کردند و چون کسی نبود آنها را از هم جدا کند، یکی از ایشان به دست دیگری کشته شد. |
6 I had two sons. But one day they quarreled with each other out in the fields. There was no one to separate them, and one of them struck the other one and killed him.
7 Now, all my family oppose me. They are insisting that I allow them to kill my son who is still alive [MTY], in order that they may get revenge for his killing his brother. But if they do that, I will not have any son to inherit [my husband’s possessions]. That would be like [MET] extinguishing the last coals of a fire, and my husband would not have a son to preserve our family’s name. [DOU]”
| حال تمام قوم و خویشانم می‌خواهند پسر دیگرم را به آنها تسلیم کنم تا او را به جرم قتل برادرش، بکشند. ولی اگر من این کار را بکنم، دیگر کسی برایم باقی نمی‌ماند و نسل شوهر مرحومم از روی زمین برانداخته می‌شود.» |
8 Then the king said to the woman, “Go back home; I will take care of this matter for you.”
| پادشاه به او گفت: «با خیال راحت به خانه برو. ترتیب کار را خواهم داد.» |
9 The woman from Tekoa replied to the king, “Your Majesty, if you are criticized [for helping me], my family and I will accept the blame. You and the royal family will (be innocent/not have done what is wrong).”
| زن گفت: «ای پادشاه، تقصیر به گردن من و خانواده‌ام باشد و پادشاه و تختش بی‌تقصیر!» |
10 The king said to her, “If anyone says anything [to threaten you/cause you trouble] you, bring that person to me, and [I will make sure that] he will never cause you trouble again.”
| پادشاه فرمود: «اگر کسی به تو چیزی گفت، او را نزد من بیاور. کاری می‌کنم که او هرگز مزاحم تو نشود.» |
11 Then the woman said, “Your Majesty, please pray that Yahweh your God will not allow my relative, who [wants to get] revenge on my son for killing [MTY] his brother, to be able to do that.” David replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, your son will not be harmed at all. [IDM]”
| سپس آن زن به پادشاه گفت: «ای پادشاه، به خداوند، خدایتان قسم یاد کنید که نخواهید گذاشت خویشاوند من انتقام خون پسرم را از پسر دیگرم بگیرد و او را بکشد.» پادشاه پاسخ داد: «به خداوند زنده قسم، مویی از سر پسرت کم نخواهد شد!» |
12 Then the woman said, “Your Majesty, please allow me to say one more thing to you.” He replied, “Speak!”
| زن گفت: «التماس می‌کنم اجازه دهید یک چیز دیگر نیز بگویم.» پادشاه فرمود: «بگو!» |
13 The woman said, “Why have you done this bad thing to God’s people? You have not allowed your son Absalom to return home. By saying what you have just said, you have certainly declared [RHQ] that what you have done is wrong.
| گفت: «چرا همین کاری را که قول دادید برای من بکنید، برای قوم خدا انجام نمی‌دهید؟ چطور پسر مرا بخشیدید، اما پسر خودتان را که آواره شده است نمی‌بخشید؟ آیا در این مورد مقصر نیستید؟ |
14 We all die; we are like [SIM] water that cannot be picked up after it is spilled on the ground. But God does not just cause us to die; he creates ways to bring us back when we become separated from him.
| سرانجام همهٔ ما می‌میریم. عمر ما مثل آب بر زمین ریخته می‌شود، آب که ریخت دیگر نمی‌توان آن را جمع کرد. وقتی کسی از خدا آواره می‌شود خدا جان او را نمی‌گیرد، بلکه او را به سوی خود باز می‌خواند. پادشاه نیز چنین کنند. |
15 “Now, Your Majesty, I have come to you because others have threatened me. So I said to myself, ‘I will go and talk to the king, and perhaps he will do what I request him to do.
| البته من برای پسر خودم به اینجا آمده‌ام، چون می‌ترسم او را بکشند. با خود گفتم شاید پادشاه به عرایضم توجه نمایند و ما را از دست کسی که می‌خواهد ما را از آب و خاکی که خدا به ما عطا کرده بی‌نصیب کند، برهانند. |
16 Perhaps he will listen to me, and save me from the man who is trying to kill my son. If my son is killed, it would result in us disappearing from the land that God gave to us.’
17 “And I thought, ‘What the king says will comfort/encourage me, because the king is like [SIM] an angel of God. He knows what is good and what is evil.’ I pray/desire that Yahweh our God will (be with/direct) you.”
| با خود گفتم که قول پادشاه، ما را آسوده‌خاطر خواهد کرد. شما مثل فرشتهٔ خدا هستید و خوب را از بد تشخیص می‌دهید. خداوند، خدایتان همراه شما باشد.» |
18 Then the king said to the woman, “I will now ask you a question. Answer it, and tell me the truth. [LIT]” The woman replied, “Your majesty, ask your question.”
| پادشاه گفت: «سؤالی از تو می‌کنم و تو راستش را بگو.» عرض کرد: «ای پادشاه، گوش به فرمانم.» |
19 The king said, “Was Joab the one who told you to do this?” She replied, “Yes, Your Majesty, as surely as you live, I cannot avoid telling you what is true. Yes, indeed, it was Joab who told me to come here, and who told me what to say.
| پادشاه گفت: «آیا یوآب تو را به اینجا فرستاده است؟» زن جواب داد: «چطور می‌توانم حقیقت را از شما، ای پادشاه، کتمان کنم؟ بله، یوآب مرا فرستاد و به من یاد داد که چه بگویم. |
20 He did it in order to cause you to think differently about this matter. Your Majesty, you are as wise as God’s angels, and [it seems that] you know everything [that happens] on the earth, [so you know why Joab sent me here].”
| این کار را برای رفع کدورت کرد. اما سَروَرم حکمتی مانند حکمت فرشتۀ خدا دارد و هر چه در این سرزمین اتفاق می‌افتد، می‌داند.» |
21 Then the king [summoned] Joab [and] said to him, “Listen! I have decided to do [what you want]. So go and get that young man Absalom and bring him back [to Jerusalem].”
| پس پادشاه یوآب را خواست و به او گفت: «بسیار خوب، برو و ابشالوم را بیاور.» |
22 Joab prostrated himself on the ground, and then he bowed down before the king, and [asked God to] bless him. Then Joab said, “Your Majesty, today I know that you are pleased with me, because you have agreed to do what I requested.”
| یوآب تعظیم کرد و گفت: «ای پادشاه، امروز فهمیدم که به من نظر لطف دارید، چون درخواست مرا اجابت کردید. خدا شما را برکت دهد.» |
23 Then Joab got up and went to Geshur, and got Absalom and brought him back to Jerusalem.
| یوآب به جشور رفت و ابشالوم را با خود به اورشلیم آورد. |
24 But the king said/commanded that Absalom would not be permitted to live in the palace. He said, “I do not want him to come to see me.” So Absalom lived in his own house, and did not go to [talk to] the king.
| پادشاه گفت: «او باید به خانهٔ خود برود و به اینجا نیاید، چون نمی‌خواهم رویش را ببینم.» پس ابشالوم به خانهٔ خود رفت و پادشاه را ندید. |
25 Absalom was very handsome. He looked perfect, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. In all of Israel there was no one whom people admired more than Absalom.
| ابشالوم مردی خوش‌قیافه بود و از این لحاظ در اسرائیل هیچ‌کس به پای او نمی‌رسید. از موی سر تا نوک پا در او عیبی نبود. |
26 His hair was very thick, and he cut it only once each year, when it became too heavy for him. Using the standard weights, he would weigh the hair [that he cut off], and it always weighed about five pounds.
| موی سرش بسیار پرپشت بود و او سالی یک بار آن را کوتاه می‌کرد، زیرا بر سرش سنگینی می‌نمود. به مقیاس شاهی، وزن آن دو کیلوگرم می‌شد. |
27 Absalom had three sons and one daughter named Tamar. She was a very beautiful woman.
| او صاحب سه پسر و یک دختر شد. دختر او تامار نام داشت و بسیار زیبا بود. |
28 [After] Absalom [returned to] Jerusalem, he lived there two years, and during that time he never [was allowed to] see the king.
| ابشالوم دو سال در اورشلیم ماند، ولی در این مدت پادشاه را ندید، پس به دنبال یوآب فرستاد تا برای او وساطت کند؛ اما یوآب نیامد. ابشالوم بار دیگر به دنبال او فرستاد، ولی این بار هم نیامد. |
29 So he sent [a messenger] to Joab to ask him to come [and talk to him], but Joab refused to come. So Absalom sent [a message to him] a second time, but he still would not come.
30 Then Absalom said to his servants, “You know that Joab’s field is next to mine, and that he has barley [growing] there. Go and light a fire there [to burn his barley].” So Absalom’s servants [went there and] lit a fire, [and all his barley burned].
| بنابراین ابشالوم به خدمتکارانش گفت: «بروید و مزرعهٔ جو یوآب را که کنار مزرعهٔ من است، آتش بزنید.» آنها نیز چنین کردند. |
31 Joab [knew who had done it, so he] went to Absalom’s house and said to him, “Why have your servants burned [the barley in] my field?”
| پس یوآب نزد ابشالوم آمد و گفت: «چرا خدمتکارانت مزرعهٔ مرا آتش زدند؟» |
32 Absalom replied, “Because [you did not come to me when] I sent messages to you [requesting that you come]. I wanted to request that you go to the king to say to him, ‘Absalom (wants to know what good it did/says that is was useless) [RHQ] for him [RHQ] to leave Geshur and come here. [He thinks that] it would have been better for him to have stayed there. [He wants you to] allow him to talk to you. And if you think that he has done something that is wrong, you can [command that] he be executed.’”
| ابشالوم جواب داد: «چون می‌خواهم از پادشاه بپرسی اگر نمی‌خواست مرا ببیند، چرا مرا از جشور به اینجا آورد؟ بهتر بود همان جا می‌ماندم. حال ترتیبی بده تا در این باره با پادشاه صحبت کنم. اگر مقصرم، خودش مرا بکشد.» |
33 So Joab went to the king, and told him [what Absalom had said]. Then the king [summoned Absalom], and he came to the king and knelt down in front of him with his face touching the ground. Then the king kissed Absalom [to show that he was pleased to see him].
| هر چه ابشالوم گفته بود یوآب به عرض پادشاه رسانید. سرانجام داوود ابشالوم را به حضور پذیرفت. ابشالوم آمده، در حضور پادشاه تعظیم کرد و داوود او را بوسید. |
