2 Samyèl 14
1 Alò Joab, fis a Tseruja a te vin apèsi ke kè David te apiye anvè Absalom.
And Joab son of Zeruial knows that the heart of the king [is] on Absalom,
2 Pou sa, Joab te voye kote Tekoa e te fè rive yon fanm avèk sajès soti la. Li te di li: “Souple, fè kòmsi se yon moun ki andèy. Mete sou ou vètman andèy depi koulye a. Pa onksyone ou avèk lwil, men fè tankou yon fanm ki te deja andèy pou mò a soti anpil jou.
and Joab sends to Tekoah, and takes a wise woman from there, and says to her, “Please feign yourself a mourner, and now put on garments of mourning, and do not anoint yourself with oil, and you have been as a woman mourning for the dead [for] these many days,
3 Apre, ale kote wa a, e pale avèk li konsa”. Epi Joab te mete pawòl nan bouch li pou pale.
and you have gone to the king, and spoken to him, according to this word”; and Joab puts the words into her mouth.
4 Alò, lè fanm a Tekoa a te pale a wa a, li te vin tonbe sou figi li e te kouche atè nèt, Li te di: “Sekou, O wa.”
And the woman of Tekoah speaks to the king, and falls on her face to the earth, and pays respect, and says, “Save, O king.”
5 Wa a te di li: “Ki pwoblèm ou?” Li te reponn: “Anverite, se yon vèv ke mwen ye, paske mari mwen mouri.
And the king says to her, “What do you [want]?” And she says, “I [am] truly a widow woman, and my husband dies,
6 Sèvant ou an gen de fis. Men yo de te goumen nan chan an e yo pa t gen pèsòn pou separe yo. Konsa, youn te frape lòt e te touye li.
and your maidservant has two sons; and both of them strive in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and one strikes the other, and puts him to death;
7 Koulye a, gade byen, tout fanmi an gen tan leve kont sèvant ou an. Y ap mande m lonje ba yo sila ki te frape frè li a, pou nou kab mete li a lanmò pou lavi a frè l ke li te touye a, e vin detwi eritye a tou. Konsa, yo va etenn sèl chabon limen ki rete a, pou kite mari mwen san non, san rès sou fas tè a.”
and behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and say, Give up him who strikes his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he has slain, and we also destroy the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left—so as not to set a name and remnant on the face of the ground for my husband.”
8 Alò, wa a te di a fanm nan: “Ale lakay ou e mwen va bay lòd pou ou menm.”
And the king says to the woman, “Go to your house, and I give charge concerning you.”
9 Fanm Tekoa a te di wa a: “O mèt mwen, wa a, inikite a sou mwen avèk lakay papa m; men kite wa a avèk twòn li an pa koupab.”
And the woman of Tekoah says to the king, “On me, my lord, O king, [is] the iniquity, and on the house of my father; and the king and his throne [are] innocent.”
10 Konsa, wa a te di: “Nenpòt moun ki pale avè w, mennen li bò kote m e li p ap touche ou ankò.”
And the king says, “He who speaks to you, and you have brought him to me, then he does not add to come against you anymore.”
11 Alò, li te di: “Souple, kite wa a sonje SENYÈ a, pou vanjè san an pa kontinye detwi, sof ke sa, y ap detwi fis mwen an.” Epi li te di: “Jan SENYÈ a viv la, nanpwen menm yon grenn cheve a fis ou a k ap tonbe atè.”
And she says, “Please let the king remember by your God YHWH, that the redeemer of blood does not add to destroy, and they do not destroy my son”; and he says, “YHWH lives; if there falls [even one] hair of your son to the earth.”
12 Alò, fanm nan te di: “Souple kite sèvant ou an pale yon mo ak mèt mwen, wa a.” Li te di: “Pale”.
And the woman says, “Please let your maidservant speak a word to my lord the king”; and he says, “Speak.”
13 Fanm nan te di: “Alò, poukisa ou te fè yon move plan konsa kont pèp Bondye a? Paske nan pale pawòl sila a, se wa a ki koupab, kòmsi wa a pa mennen retounen sila li te ekzile a.
And the woman says, “And why have you thought thus concerning the people of God? Indeed, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king has not brought back his outcast;
14 Paske anverite, nou va mouri. Se tankou dlo ki gaspiye atè e ki p ap kab ranmase ankò. Men Bondye pa retire lavi, men toujou fè plan pou sila ki ekzile a pa vin jete deyò nèt de Li menm.”
for we surely die, and [are] as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God does not accept a person, and has devised plans in that the outcast is not outcast by Him.
15 Alò, rezon pou sila ke m vini pou pale pawòl sa a de mèt mwen an, wa a, se ke pèp la te fè m pè; pou sa sèvant pa ou a te di a: ‘Kite mwen pale avèk wa a. Petèt wa a va akonpli demann lan a sèvant li an.’
And now that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, [it is] because the people made me afraid, and your maidservant says, Please let me speak to the king; it may be the king does the word of his handmaid,
16 Paske wa a va tande e delivre sèvant li an soti nan men a nonm ki ta detwi ni mwen, ni fis mwen an sou eritaj Bondye a.
for the king listens to deliver his handmaid out of the paw of the man [seeking] to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God,
17 Alò, sèvant ou an te di: ‘Souple kite pawòl a mèt mwen an, wa a, vin rekonfòte mwen, paske tankou zanj Bondye a, se konsa mèt mwen an, wa a, ye pou distenge sa ki bon avèk sa ki mal. Epi ke SENYÈ a, Bondye pa ou a, kapab avèk ou.’”
and your maidservant says, Please let the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a messenger of God so [is] my lord the king, to understand the good and the evil; and your God YHWH is with you.”
18 Wa a te reponn e te di a fanm nan: “Souple, pa kache pou mwen anyen ke m prè pou mande ou la a.” Epi fanm nan te di: “Kite mèt mwen an, wa a, pale, souple.”
And the king answers and says to the woman, “Please do not hide from me the thing that I am asking you”; and the woman says, “Please let my lord the king speak.”
19 Alò, wa a te reponn e te di: “Èske men Joab mele avèk ou nan tout sa?” Epi fanm nan te reponn: “Jan nanm ou viv la, mèt mwen an, wa a, pèsòn pa kab vire ni adwat ni agoch nan anyen ke mèt mwen an, wa a, te pale a. Anverite, se te sèvitè ou a, Joab ki te kòmande mwen. Epi se te li ki te mete tout pawòl sa yo nan bouch sèvant ou an,
And the king says, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answers and says, “Your soul lives, my lord, O king, none [turn] to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab commanded me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant.
20 pou l te kab chanje aparans a bagay yo, sèvitè Joab la te fè bagay sa a. Men mèt mwen an saj, tankou sajès a zanj Bondye a, pou konnen tout sa ki sou tè a.”
Your servant Joab has done this thing in order to bring around the appearance of the thing, and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of a messenger of God, to know all that [is] in the land.”
21 Alò, wa a te di Joab: “Gade byen, anverite, mwen va fè bagay sa a. Pou sa, ale mennen fè tounen jennonm nan, Absalom.”
And the king says to Joab, “Now behold, you have done this thing; and go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
22 Joab te tonbe figi atè, kouche nèt e te beni wa a. Epi Joab te di: “Jodi a, sèvitè ou konnen ke li twouve favè nan zye ou, O mèt mwen, wa a, akoz wa a te akonpli demann lan a sèvitè li a.”
And Joab falls on his face to the earth, and pays respect, and blesses the king, and Joab says, “Today your servant has known that I have found grace in your eyes, my lord, O king, in that the king has done the word of his servant.”
23 Konsa, Joab te leve ale Gueschur pou te mennen Absalom Jérusalem.
And Joab rises and goes to Geshur, and brings in Absalom to Jerusalem,
24 Men wa a te di: “Pa kite li wè figi mwen.” Konsa, Absalom te vire kote pwòp lakay pa li, e li pa t wè figi a wa a.
and the king says, “Let him turn around to his house, and he does not see my face.” And Absalom turns around to his house, and he has not seen the face of the king.
25 Alò, nan tout Israël, pa t gen lòt moun ki te pi bo ke Absalom, ki te resevwa lwanj tankou li. Soti nan talon pye li jis rive anwo tèt li, pa t gen defo menm.
And there was no man [so] beautiful in all Israel like Absalom, to praise greatly; from the sole of his foot even to his crown there was no blemish in him;
26 Lè l te konn taye cheve li (ki te fèt nan fen chak ane ke li te koupe li; paske li te lou sou li e pou sa, li te koupe l), li te peze cheve a tèt li nan pèz de-san sik selon balans a wa a.
and in his shaving his head—and it has been at the end of year by year that he shaves [it], for it [is] heavy on him, and he has shaved it—he has even weighed out the hair of his head—two hundred shekels by the king’s weight.
27 Pou Absalom te ne twa fis ak yon fi ki te rele Tamar. Se te yon fanm ki te byen bèl.
And there are born to Absalom three sons and one daughter, and her name [is] Tamar; she was a woman of beautiful appearance.
28 Alò, Absalom te viv pandan dezan konplè Jérusalem e pa t wè figi a wa a.
And Absalom dwells in Jerusalem [for] two years of days, and he has not seen the face of the king;
29 Apre, Absalom te voye dèyè Joab, pou l ta voye li kote wa a, men Joab te refize vin kote li. Konsa, li te voye ankò yon dezyèm fwa, men li pa t vini.
and Absalom sends to Joab, to send him to the king, and he has not been willing to come to him; and he sends again a second time, and he has not been willing to come.
30 Pou sa, li te pale a sèvitè yo pa li menm: “Gade, chan Joab la akote pa m nan ki gen sereyal lòj. Ale mete dife ladann”. Konsa sèvitè Absalom yo te mete dife nan chan an.
And he says to his servants, “See, the portion of Joab [is] by the side of mine, and he has barley there; go and burn it with fire”; and the servants of Absalom burn the portion with fire.
31 Alò, Joab te leve rive kote Absalom lakay li a. Li te di li: “Poukisa sèvitè ou yo te lage dife nan chan mwen an?”
And Joab rises and comes to Absalom in the house, and says to him, “Why have your servants burned the portion that I have with fire?”
32 Absalom te reponn Joab: “Gade, mwen te voye dèyè ou, e mwen te di: ‘Vin isit la pou m kab voye ou kote wa a pou mande l: “Poukisa mwen te kite Gueschur? Li ta pi bon pou mwen si m te toujou la.”’ Pou sa, kite mwen wè figi a wa a, e si gen inikite nan mwen, kite li mete m a lanmò.”
And Absalom says to Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, and I send you to the king to say, Why have I come in from Geshur? [It was] good for me while I [was] there—and now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me then you have put me to death.”
33 Konsa, lè Joab te rive kote wa a e te pale li, li te rele Absalom. Konsa, li te rive a wa a e te bese li ba avèk figi li atè devan wa a e wa a te bo Absalom.
And Joab comes to the king, and declares [it] to him, and he calls to Absalom, and he comes to the king, and bows himself to him, on his face, to the earth, before the king, and the king gives a kiss to Absalom.
