2 Samyèl 14

1 Joab, pitit Sewouya a, te konnen wa David te anvi wè Absalon anpil.

When Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart longed for Absalom,

2 Sa li fè, li voye lavil Tekoa al chache yon fanm ki te gen anpil ladrès. Lè fanm lan rive, li di l' konsa: -Ou pral pran pòz ou nan gwo lapenn. W'ap mete rad dèy sou ou, lèfini pa mete ankenn odè sou ou. Se pou yo ka pran ou pou yon moun ki gen yon moun mouri depi lontan.

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 Lèfini, ou pral bò kote wa a, w'a di l' tou sa m'a di ou di li. Apre sa, Joab fè bouch li.

Go in to the king and say this to him." Then Joab told her what to say.

4 Fanm lan ale vre bò kot wa a, li tonbe ajenou devan wa a, li bese tèt li jouk atè, epi li di: -Tanpri, monwa, fe kichòy pou mwen!

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 Wa a mande l': -Kisa ou genyen? Fanm lan reponn li: -Adje, monwa! Se yon pòv vèv mwen ye. Mari m' mouri.

And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she replied, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

6 Li kite m' ak de pitit gason. Yon jou, yo te nan jaden, yonn gen kont ak lòt, yo goumen. Pa t' gen pesonn la pou separe yo. Yonn ladan yo touye lòt la.

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 Koulye a menm, tout fanmi m' yo leve dèyè m', y'ap mande m' pou m' lage sa ki te touye lòt la nan men yo pou yo touye l' tou, paske li te touye frè l' la. Si yo fè sa, m'ap rete san pitit gason. Y'ap wete dènye ti espwa ki te rete m' lan. Lèfini, mari m' p'ap gen yon pitit gason pou leve non l' sou tè a.

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 Wa a di madanm lan: -Ou mèt al lakay ou. M'ap okipe sa pou ou.

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 Fanm lavil Tekoa a di wa a konsa: -Monwa, nenpòt kisa w'a deside fè, si pou gen repwòch, y'a repwoche mwen menm ansanm ak fanmi pa m'. Men, ou menm ak gouvènman ou, nou pa reskonsab anyen.

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 Jehovah.

10 Wa a reponn li: -Si yon moun konprann pou li kraponnen ou, mennen l' ban mwen. Li p'ap janm chache ou kont ankò.

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 Jehovah, your God, be with you.'"

11 Fanm lan di ankò: -Tanpri, monwa! Lapriyè Seyè a, Bondye ou la, pou moun nan fanmi an ki reskonsab pou tire revanj lanmò pitit gason m' lan pa fè plis dega toujou, pou l' pa touye lòt pitit gason ki rete m' lan. David reponn li: -Mwen fè sèman nan non Seyè ki vivan an, mwen p'ap kite yo manyen yon grenn cheve nan tèt pitit gason ou lan!

Then the king said, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."

12 Lè sa a, fanm lan di ankò: -Tanpri, monwa! Kite m' di ou yon dènye pawòl. Wa a reponn li: -Pale non.

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 Fanm lan di l' konsa: -Poukisa ou fè move lide sa a sou pèp Bondye a? Ou pa vle kite pwòp pitit gason ou lan tounen nan peyi a. Jan ou sot pale a, ou kondannen pwòp tèt ou.

The king said, "Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more."

14 Nou tout gen pou mouri. Nou tankou dlo. Depi ou lage dlo atè, ou pa ka ranmase l' ankò. Lè yon moun fin mouri, li mouri nèt. Men, Bondye ta vle pou moun ki te kouri al chache pwoteksyon nan peyi etranje a tounen nan peyi l'.

Then she said, "Please let the king remember Jehovah your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son." He said, "As Jehovah lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."

15 Monwa, rezon ki fè mwen te vin pale avè ou la, se paske moun yo t'ap fè m' pè. Mwen di nan kè m' mwen pral pale ak wa a. Wa a ka fè sa m'ap mande l' la.

Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on."

16 Mwen t'ap di wa a ka koute m', li ka delivre m' anba men moun ki soti pou yo touye pitit gason m' lan ansanm avè m', anba men moun ki soti pou wete moso tè ki vin pou nou nan peyi Bondye bay pèp li a.

The woman said, "Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of Jehovah? 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 Mwen di ankò pawòl monwa va ban m' kouraj paske wa a se tankou yon zanj Bondye li ye. Li konn rekonèt sa ki byen ak sa ki mal. Mwen mande pou Seyè a, Bondye ou la, toujou kanpe la avè ou!

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 Wa a di l' konsa: -Mwen pral mande ou kichòy, pa kache m' anyen. Fanm lan reponn: -Monwa, mande m' sa ou vle?

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 Wa a mande l': -Eske Joab pa nan plan sa a avè ou? Fanm lan reponn li: -Menm jan ou vivan an, monwa, pa gen anyen ki pi sèten pase sa ou di la a. Wi, monwa. Se Joab, chèf lame ou la, ki di m' tou sa pou m' fè ak tou sa pou m' di.

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 Men, si li fè l' se paske li vle pou tout bagay sa a regle. Monwa, ou gen bon konprann tankou yon zanj Bondye, ou konnen tou sa ki ap pase nan peyi a.

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 Pita, wa a di Joab konsa: -Mwen pral fè sa ou vle m' fè a. Ale chache jennonm yo rele Absalon an, mennen l' tounen isit la.

Then the king said to Joab, "Look now, I have done according to your word. Go, bring back the young man Absalom."

22 Joab tonbe ajenou devan David, li bese tèt li jouk atè. Li di: -Se pou Bondye beni ou, monwa! Jòdi a mwen konnen ou kontan avè m' vre, paske ou ban mwen sa m' mande ou la.

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 Joab leve, li ale lavil Gechou, li mennen Absalon tounen lavil Jerizalèm.

So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

24 Men, wa a bay lòd pou Absalon pa vin rete nan palè a, paske li pa vle pou l' parèt devan li. Se konsa Absalon al rete lakay li, li pa janm parèt devan wa a.

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 Pa t' gen pi bèl gason nan tout peyi Izrayèl la pase Absalon. Tout moun t'ap di sa. Pran depi nan cheve l' rive nan pwent zòtèy li, li pa t' gen ankenn defo.

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 Li te gen anpil cheve. Li te blije koupe yo chak lanne paske, lè yo te lonje yo te vin twò lou pou li. Lè yo peze cheve yo, yo ka rive peze senk liv dapre sistèm pèz yo sèvi kay wa a.

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 Absalon te gen twa pitit gason ak yon pitit fi ki te rele Tama. Tama te bèl anpil.

To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.

28 Absalon pase dezan lavil Jerizalèm san li pa janm parèt devan wa a.

Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he did not see the king's face.

29 Apre sa, li voye chache Joab pou mande l' al kote wa a pou li. Men, Joab pa vini. Yon lòt fwa ankò, Absalon voye chache l'. Fwa sa a tou Joab refize vini.

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 Lè sa a, Absalon di domestik li yo: -Gade! Nou wè jaden Joab ki toupre jaden pa m' lan. Li plante lòj. Enben, al met dife ladan l'. Y' ale, yo mete dife nan jaden Joab la.

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 Joab al lakay Absalon, li mande l': -Poukisa moun pa ou yo mete dife nan jaden m' lan?

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"

32 Absalon reponn li: -Paske ou pa t' vle vini lè mwen te voye chache ou la. Mwen te bezwen ou ale bò kote wa a pou mwen pou ou mande l' sa m' te bezwen kite lavil Gechou a vin isit la fè. Pito m' te rete laba a. Koulye a, mwen ta renmen ou jwenn yon jan pou m' parèt devan wa a. Si m' antò, li mèt touye m'!

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 Se konsa Joab al bò kote wa David, li rapòte l' sa Absalon te di l' la. Wa a voye chache Absalon. Absalon vini, li tonbe ajenou devan wa a, li bese tèt li jouk atè. Wa resevwa l', li bo l'.

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.