2 Samuel 13

1 Forsothe it was doon aftir these thingis, that Amon, the sone of Dauid, louyde the faireste sistir, Thamar bi name, of Absolon, sone of Dauid.

and to be after so and to/for Absalom son: child David sister beautiful and name her Tamar and to love: lover her Amnon son: child David

2 And Amon perischide greetli for hir, so that he was sijk for `the loue of hir. For whanne she was a virgyn, it semyde hard to hym, that he schulde do ony thing vnonestli with hir.

and be distressed to/for Amnon to/for be weak: ill in/on/with for the sake of Tamar sister his for virgin he/she/it and to wonder in/on/with eye: appearance Amnon to/for to make: do to/for her anything

3 Forsothe a freend, Jonadab bi name, sone of Semmaa, brother of Dauid, `was to Amon; Jonadab was a ful prudent man.

and to/for Amnon neighbor and name his Jonadab son: child Shimeah brother: male-sibling David and Jonadab man wise much

4 Which seide to Amon, Sone of the kyng, whi art thou maad feble so bi leenesse bi alle daies? whi schewist thou not to me? And Amon seide to him, Y loue Thamar, the sister of my brother Absolon.

and to say to/for him why? you(m. s.) thus poor son: child [the] king in/on/with morning in/on/with morning not to tell to/for me and to say to/for him Amnon [obj] Tamar sister Absalom brother: male-sibling my I to love: lover

5 And Jonadab answeride to hym, Li thou on thi bed, and feyne thou sikenesse; and whanne thi fadir cometh, that he visyte thee, seie thou to hym, Y preye, come Thamar, my sister, that sche yyue mete to me, and make a seew, that Y ete of hir hond.

and to say to/for him Jonadab to lie down: lay down upon bed your and be weak: ill and to come (in): come father your to/for to see: see you and to say to(wards) him to come (in): come please Tamar sister my and to eat me food: bread and to make to/for eye: seeing my [obj] [the] food because which to see: see and to eat from hand her

6 Therfor Amon lay doun, and `bigan as to be sijk. And whanne the kyng hadde come to visite him, Amon seide to the kyng, Y biseche, come Thamar, my sistir, that sche make twei soupyngis bifor my iyen, and that Y take of hir hond meete maad redi.

and to lie down: lay down Amnon and be weak: ill and to come (in): come [the] king to/for to see: see him and to say Amnon to(wards) [the] king to come (in): come please Tamar sister my and to bake to/for eye: seeing my two cake and to eat from hand her

7 Therfor Dauid sente to the hows of Thamar, and seide, Come thou in to the hows of Amon, thi brother, and make thou seew to hym.

and to send: depart David to(wards) Tamar [the] house: home [to] to/for to say to go: went please house: home Amnon brother: male-sibling your and to make to/for him [the] food

8 And Thamar cam in to the hows of Amon, hir brother. Sotheli he lai; and sche took mele, and medlide, and made moist bifor hise iyen, and sethide soupyngis;

and to go: went Tamar house: home Amnon brother: male-sibling her and he/she/it to lie down: lay down and to take: take [obj] [the] dough (and to knead *Q(k)*) and to bake to/for eye: seeing his and to boil [obj] [the] cake

9 and sche took that, that sche hadde sode, and helde out, and settide byfor hym, and he nolde ete. And Amon seide, Putte ye out alle men fro me. And whanne thei hadden put out alle men,

and to take: take [obj] [the] pan and to pour: set down to/for face: before his and to refuse to/for to eat and to say Amnon to come out: send all man from upon me and to come out: come all man from upon him

10 Amon seide to Thamar, Bere the mete in to the closet, that Y ete of thin hond. Therfor Thamar took the soupingis whiche sche hadde maad, and brouyte in to Amon, hir brother, in the closet.

and to say Amnon to(wards) Tamar to come (in): bring [the] food [the] chamber and to eat from hand your and to take: take Tamar [obj] [the] cake which to make and to come (in): bring to/for Amnon brother: male-sibling her [the] chamber [to]

11 And whanne sche hadde proferid mete to hym, he took hir, and seide, Come thou, my sistir, li thou with me.

and to approach: bring to(wards) him to/for to eat and to strengthen: hold in/on/with her and to say to/for her to come (in): come to lie down: lay down with me sister my

12 And sche answeride to hym, My brother, nyle thou, nyle thou oppresse me, for this is not leueful in Israel; nyle thou do this foli.

and to say to/for him not brother: male-sibling my not to afflict me for not to make: do so in/on/with Israel not to make: do [obj] [the] folly [the] this

13 For Y schal not mow bere my schenschip, and thou schalt be as oon of the vnwise men in Israel; but rather speke thou to the kyng, and he schal not denye me to thee.

and I where? to go: take [obj] reproach my and you(m. s.) to be like/as one [the] foolish in/on/with Israel and now to speak: speak please to(wards) [the] king for not to withhold me from you

14 Sotheli he nolde assente to hir preieris; but he was strengere in myytis, and oppresside hir, and lay with hir.

and not be willing to/for to hear: hear in/on/with voice: listen her and to strengthen: strengthen from her and to afflict her and to lie down: lay down with her

15 And `Amon hadde hir hateful bi ful grete haterede, so that the hatrede was gretter, bi which he hatide hir, than the loue bi which he louyde hir bifor. And Amon seide to hir, Rise thou, and go.

and to hate her Amnon hating great: large much for great: large [the] hating which to hate her from love which to love: lover her and to say to/for her Amnon to arise: rise to go: went

16 And sche answeride to hym, This yuel is more which thou doist now ayens me, and puttist me out, than that, that thou didist bifore. And he nolde here hir; but whanne the child was clepide,

and to say to/for him not because [the] distress: evil [the] great: large [the] this from another which to make: do with me to/for to send: depart me and not be willing to/for to hear: hear to/for her

17 that mynystride to hym, he seide, Putte thou out this womman fro me, and close thou the dore aftir hir.

and to call: call to [obj] youth his to minister him and to say to send: let go please [obj] this from upon me [the] outside [to] and to lock [the] door after her

18 And sche was clothid with a coote doun to the heele; for the kyngis douytris virgyns vsiden siche clothis. Therfor the mynystre of Amon puttide hir out, and closide the dore aftir hir.

and upon her tunic long-sleeved for so to clothe daughter [the] king [the] virgin robe and to come out: send [obj] her to minister him [the] outside and to lock [the] door after her

19 And sche spreynte aische to hir heed, whanne the coote to `the heele was to-rent, and whanne the hondis weren put on hir heed, and sche yede entrynge and criynge.

and to take: bring Tamar ashes upon head her and tunic [the] long-sleeved which upon her to tear and to set: put hand her upon head her and to go: went to go: went and to cry out

20 Forsothe Absolon, hir brother, seide to hir, Whether Amon, thi brothir, hath leyn with thee? But `now, sister, be stille; he is thi brother, and turmente not thin herte for this thing. Therfor Thamar dwellide morenynge in the hows of Absolon, hir brothir.

and to say to(wards) her Absalom brother: male-sibling her Amnon brother: male-sibling your to be with you and now sister my be quiet brother: male-sibling your he/she/it not to set: consider [obj] heart your to/for word: thing [the] this and to dwell Tamar and devastated house: home Absalom brother: male-sibling her

21 Forsothe whanne `kyng Dauid hadde herd these wordis, he was ful sori, and he nolde make sore the spyrit of Amon, his sone; for he louyde Amon, for he was the firste gendrid `to hym.

and [the] king David to hear: hear [obj] all [the] word: thing [the] these and to be incensed to/for him much

22 Forsothe Absolon spak not to Amon, nether yuel nether good; for Absolon hatide Amon, for he hadde defoulid Thamar, his sistir.

and not to speak: speak Absalom with Amnon to/for from bad: harmful and till pleasant for to hate Absalom [obj] Amnon upon word: because which to afflict [obj] Tamar sister his

23 Forsothe it was doon aftir the tyme of twei yeer, that the scheep of Absolon weren shorun in Baalasor, which is bisidis Effraym. And Absolon clepide alle the sones of the kyng.

and to be to/for year day and to be to shear to/for Absalom in/on/with Baal-hazor Baal-hazor which with Ephraim and to call: call to Absalom to/for all son: child [the] king

24 And he cam to the kyng, and seide to hym, Lo! the scheep of thi seruaunt ben schorun; Y preye, come the king with hise seruauntis to his seruaunt.

and to come (in): come Absalom to(wards) [the] king and to say behold please to shear to/for servant/slave your to go: went please [the] king and servant/slave his with servant/slave your

25 And the kyng seide to Absolon, Nyle thou, my sone, nyle thou preye, that alle we come, and greeue thee. Forsothe whanne he constreynede Dauid, and he nolde go, he blesside Absolon.

and to say [the] king to(wards) Absalom not son: child my not please to go: went all our and not to honor: heavy upon you and to break through in/on/with him and not be willing to/for to go: went and to bless him

26 And Absolon seide to Dauid, If thou nylt come, Y byseche, come nameli Amon, my brother, with vs. And the kyng seide to hym, It is no nede, that he go with thee.

and to say Absalom and not to go: went please with us Amnon brother: male-sibling my and to say to/for him [the] king to/for what? to go: went with you

27 Therfor Absolon constreynede hym; and he delyuerede with him Amon, and alle the sones of the kyng. And Absolon hadde maad a feeste as the feeste of a kyng.

and to break through in/on/with him Absalom and to send: let go with him [obj] Amnon and [obj] all son: child [the] king

28 Sotheli Absolon comaundide to hise children, and seide, Aspie ye, whanne Amon is drunkun of wyn, and Y seie to you, Smyte ye, and sle hym. Nyle ye drede, for Y am that comaunde to you; be ye strengthid, and be ye stronge men.

and to command Absalom [obj] youth his to/for to say to see: select please like/as be pleasing heart Amnon in/on/with wine and to say to(wards) you to smite [obj] Amnon and to die [obj] him not to fear not for I to command [obj] you to strengthen: strengthen and to be to/for son: warrior strength

29 Therfor the children of Absolon diden ayens Amon, as Absolon hadde comaundide to hem; and alle the sones of the kyng risiden, and stieden ech on his mule, and fledden.

and to make: do youth Absalom to/for Amnon like/as as which to command Absalom and to arise: rise all son: child [the] king and to ride man: anyone upon mule his and to flee

30 And whanne thei yeden yit in the weie, fame cam to the kyng, and seide, Absolon hath kild alle the sones of the king, and `nameli not oon lefte of hem.

and to be they(masc.) in/on/with way: journey and [the] tidings to come (in): come to(wards) David to/for to say to smite Absalom [obj] all son: child [the] king and not to remain from them one

31 Therfor the kyng roos, and to-rente hise clothis, and felde doun on the erthe; and alle hise seruauntis that stoden nyy to hym, to-renten her clothis.

and to arise: rise [the] king and to tear [obj] garment his and to lie down: lay down land: soil [to] and all servant/slave his to stand to tear garment

32 Sotheli Jonadab, sone of Semmaa, brother of Dauid, answeride and seide, My lord the kyng, gesse not, that alle the children, and sones of the kyng, ben slayn; Amon aloone is deed, for he was set in hatrede to Absolon, fro the day in which he oppresside Thamar, his sistir.

and to answer Jonadab son: child Shimeah brother: male-sibling David and to say not to say lord my [obj] all [the] youth son: child [the] king to die for Amnon to/for alone him to die for upon lip: word Absalom to be fate from day to afflict he [obj] Tamar sister his

33 Now therfor, my lord the kyng, set not this word on his herte, and seie, Alle the sones of the kyng ben slayn; for Amon aloone is deed.

and now not to set: consider lord my [the] king to(wards) heart his word: thing to/for to say all son: child [the] king to die for (if: except *Q(K)*) Amnon to/for alone him to die

34 Forsothe Absolon fledde. And a child aspiere reiside hise iyen, and bihelde, and lo! myche puple cam bi a weye out of the comyn weie bi the side of the hil.

and to flee Absalom and to lift: look [the] youth [the] to watch [obj] (eye his *Q(K)*) and to see: see and behold people many to go: come from way: road after him (in/on/with descent and to come (in): come [the] to watch and to tell to/for king and to say human to see: see to go down from way: direction Horonaim *X*) from side [the] mountain: mount

35 And Jonadab seide to the kyng, Lo! the sones of the kyng comen; bi the word of thi seruaunt, so it is doon.

and to say Jonadab to(wards) [the] king behold son: child [the] king to come (in): come like/as word: speaking servant/slave your so to be

36 And whanne he hadde ceessid to speke, also the sones of the kyng apperiden; and thei entriden, and reisiden her vois, and wepten; but also the kyng and alle his seruauntis wepten bi ful greet wepyng.

and to be like/as to end: finish he to/for to speak: speak and behold son: child [the] king to come (in): come and to lift: loud voice their and to weep and also [the] king and all servant/slave his to weep weeping great: large much

37 Forsothe Absolon fledde, and yede to Tholmai, sone of Amyur, the kyng of Gessur. Therfor Dauid biweilide his sone Amon in many daies.

and Absalom to flee and to go: went to(wards) Talmai son: child (Ammihud *Q(K)*) king Geshur and to mourn upon son: child his all [the] day: daily

38 Forsothe Absolon, whanne he hadde fled, and hadde come in to Gessur, was there thre yeer.

and Absalom to flee and to go: went Geshur and to be there three year

39 And Dauid ceesside to pursue Absolon, for he was coumfortid on the deeth of Amon.

and to end: decides David [the] king to/for to come out: come to(wards) Absalom for to be sorry: comfort upon Amnon for to die