2 Samuel 14

1 Yoab tahu bahwa Raja Daud sangat merindukan Absalom,

And Joab the son of Saruia knew that the heart of the king was towards Abessalom.

2 sebab itu dia menyuruh jemput seorang wanita cerdik yang tinggal di Tekoa. Ketika wanita itu sampai, Yoab berkata kepadanya, "Ibu harus pura-pura berkabung; pakailah pakaian berkabung, dan jangan memakai minyak wangi. Buatlah seperti wanita yang sudah lama menangisi kematian orang yang tercinta.

And Joab sent to Thecoe, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray you, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint you not with oil, and you shall be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.

3 Kemudian pergilah kepada raja, katakanlah kepadanya begini." Lalu Yoab memberitahukan kepadanya apa yang harus dikatakannya.

And you shall go to the king, and speak to him according to this word. And Joab put the words in her mouth.

4 Lalu wanita itu pergi menghadap raja, dan sujud menyembah serta berkata, "Tuanku Yang Mulia, tolonglah hamba!"

So the woman of Thecoe went in to the king and fell upon her face to the earth, and did him obeisance, and said, Help, O king, help.

5 "Ada apa?" tanya raja kepadanya. Wanita itu menjawab, "Hamba ini seorang janda yang miskin. Suami hamba sudah mati.

And the king said to her, What is the matter with you? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

6 Hamba mempunyai dua orang anak laki-laki, dan pada suatu hari mereka bertengkar di padang. Karena tak ada orang yang melerai, maka seorang di antaranya mati dibunuh.

And moreover your handmaid had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one struck the other his brother, and killed him.

7 Dan sekarang, seluruh kaum keluarga hamba memusuhi hamba dan menuntut supaya hamba menyerahkan anak hamba yang membunuh itu kepada mereka, agar mereka menghukumnya dengan hukuman mati, sebab dia telah membunuh saudaranya. Jika hamba serahkan anak itu, tinggallah hamba sebatang kara. Mereka akan menghancurkan harapan hamba satu-satunya dan tidak meninggalkan seorang anak laki-laki bagi suami hamba untuk meneruskan keturunannya."

And behold the whole family rose up against your handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that struck his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and we will take away even your heir: so they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave my husband remnant or name on the face of the earth.

8 "Pulanglah," jawab raja, "akan kuurus perkara itu."

And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to your house, and I will give commandment concerning you.

9 "Tuanku Yang Mulia," kata wanita itu, "apa pun yang akan Tuanku perbuat, hamba dan keluarga hambalah yang akan menanggung akibatnya; Tuanku dan keluarga Tuanku tidaklah bersalah."

And the woman of Thecoe said to the king, On me, my lord, O king, and on my father's house [be] the iniquity, and the king and his throne [be] guiltless.

10 Raja menjawab, "Jika ada orang yang mengancam engkau, bawalah dia kepadaku, maka selanjutnya pasti ia tak akan mengganggumu lagi."

And the king said, Who was it that spoke to you? you shall even bring him to me, and [one] shall not touch him any more.

11 Kata wanita itu, "Kiranya berdoalah Tuanku kepada TUHAN Allah Tuanku, supaya orang yang hendak membalas kematian anak hamba itu jangan sampai melakukan kejahatan yang lebih besar lagi dengan membunuh anak hamba yang seorang lagi." Jawab Daud, "Demi TUHAN yang hidup, anakmu itu tidak akan diapa-apakan walau sedikit pun."

And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, [As] the lord lives, not a hair of your son shall fall to the ground.

12 Lalu berkatalah wanita itu, "Tuanku Yang Mulia, izinkanlah kiranya hamba berbicara sedikit lagi." "Baiklah," jawab raja.

And the woman said, Let now your servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

13 Kata wanita itu, "Dengan ucapan Tuanku itu, Tuanku telah mengaku bahwa Tuanku sendiri bersalah karena tidak mengizinkan putra Tuanku pulang dari pengasingan. Mengapa Tuanku melakukan kesalahan seperti itu terhadap umat Allah?

And the woman said, Why have you devised this thing against the people of God? or [is] this word out of the king's mouth as a transgression, so that the king should not bring back his banished?

14 Kita semua akan mati; kita ini seumpama air yang tumpah ke tanah dan tidak dapat dikumpulkan kembali. Allah pun tidak akan menghidupkan lagi orang yang sudah mati; sebab itu hendaklah kiranya Tuanku berusaha supaya orang buangan dapat pulang lagi.

For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.

15 Hamba menghadap Tuanku karena hamba diancam orang. Lalu hamba berpikir sebaiknya hamba berbicara dengan Tuanku dengan harapan permintaan hamba ini akan Tuanku kabulkan.

And now whereas I came to speak this word to my lord the king, [the reason is] that the people will see me, and your handmaid will say, Let one now speak to my lord the king, if perhaps the king will perform the request of his handmaid;

16 Hamba pikir Tuanku akan mendengarkan dan menyelamatkan hamba dari orang yang berusaha hendak membunuh hamba dan anak hamba. Mereka bermaksud menyingkirkan kami dari tanah yang diberikan Allah kepada umat-Nya.

for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son from the inheritance of God.

17 Hamba yakin bahwa janji Tuanku itu akan menjamin keselamatan hamba sebab Tuanku adalah seperti malaikat Allah, yang dapat membedakan apa yang baik dan apa yang jahat. Semoga TUHAN Allah Tuanku menyertai Tuanku!"

And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious, —[well]: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord your God shall be with you.

18 Raja menjawab, "Aku mau menanyakan sesuatu kepadamu, jawablah dengan jujur." "Silakan Tuanku berbicara," jawab wanita itu.

And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray you, the matter which I ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.

19 Kata raja, "Yoabkah yang menyuruh engkau?" Jawab wanita itu, "Demi nyawa Tuanku, hamba tidak mungkin mengelak diri dari pertanyaan Tuanku. Memang benar Tuanku, Yoab telah memberitahukan kepada hamba apa yang harus hamba lakukan dan hamba katakan.

And the king said, [Is] not the hand of Joab in all this matter with you? and the woman said to the king, [As] your soul lives, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.

20 Tetapi ia berbuat begitu untuk menyelesaikan perkara itu dengan baik. Tuanku adalah bijaksana seperti malaikat Allah sehingga mengetahui segala sesuatu yang terjadi."

In order that this form of speech might come about [it was] that your servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as [is] the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

21 Setelah itu raja memanggil Yoab dan berkata kepadanya, "Keinginanmu itu akan kupenuhi. Pergilah menjemput Absalom dan bawalah dia ke mari."

And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done to you according to this your word: go, bring back the young man Abessalom.

22 Yoab sujud di hadapan Daud, lalu berkata, "Kiranya Allah memberkati Baginda! Sekarang hamba tahu bahwa Baginda menyukai hamba karena Baginda telah mengabulkan permohonan hamba."

And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant.

23 Lalu berangkatlah Yoab ke Gesur untuk menjemput Absalom kembali ke Yerusalem.

And Joab arose, and went to Gedsur, and brought Abessalom to Jerusalem.

24 Tetapi raja tidak mengizinkan Absalom tinggal di istana. "Aku tidak mau melihatnya," kata raja. Jadi Absalom langsung pulang ke rumahnya sendiri, dan tidak menghadap raja.

And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Abessalom returned to his house, and saw not the king's face.

25 Absalom dipuji sebagai orang yang paling tampan di seluruh Israel. Tidak ada orang yang lebih tampan dari dia. Dari telapak kaki sampai ke ujung rambut tak ada cacatnya.

And there was not a man in Israel so very comely as Abessalom: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

26 Rambutnya sangat lebat, dan dia harus memotongnya sekali setahun sebab dirasanya terlalu berat. Rambut yang dipotongnya itu beratnya lebih dari dua kilogram menurut timbangan raja.

And when he polled his head, (and it was at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew, heavy upon him, ) even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel.

27 Absalom mempunyai tiga orang putra dan seorang putri yang sangat cantik, bernama Tamar.

And there were born to Abessalom three sons and one daughter, and her name was Themar: she was a very beautiful woman, and she becomes the wife of Roboam son of Solomon, and she bears to him Abia.

28 Sudah dua tahun Absalom tinggal di Yerusalem, tetapi belum juga ia bertemu dengan raja.

And Abessalom remained in Jerusalem two full years, and he saw not the king's face.

29 Maka pada suatu hari ia memanggil Yoab, untuk menyuruhnya menghadap raja, tetapi Yoab tidak mau datang, Absalom memanggilnya sekali lagi, tetapi Yoab tidak mau datang juga.

And Abessalom sent to Joab to bring him in to the king, and he would not come to him: and he sent to him the second time, and he would not come.

30 Kemudian berkatalah Absalom kepada budak-budaknya, "Kamu tahu ladang Yoab di sebelah ladangku yang ditanami jelai? Bakarlah ladang itu." Mereka pun pergi membakarnya.

And Abessalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab's portion in the field [is] next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Abessalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes tore, and they said to him, The servants of Abessalom have set the field on fire.

31 Maka Yoab datang ke rumah Absalom dan bertanya, "Mengapa budak-budakmu membakar ladangku?"

And Joab arose, and came to Abessalom into the house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?

32 Jawab Absalom, "Sebab engkau tidak mau datang ketika kupanggil. Aku hendak mengutusmu menghadap raja dan menyampaikan pertanyaanku ini, 'Apa gunanya aku meninggalkan Gesur dan kembali ke mari? Lebih baik aku tinggal di sana saja.'" Dan kata Absalom lagi, "Usahakanlah supaya aku dapat menghadap raja, dan jika aku masih dianggap bersalah, aku bersedia dihukum mati."

And Abessalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come hither, and I will send you to the king, saying, Why did I come out of Gedsur? it would have been better for me to have remained there: and now, behold, I have not seen the face of the king; but if there is iniquity in me, then put me to death.

33 Kemudian pergilah Yoab menghadap Raja Daud dan menyampaikan permohonan Absalom. Lalu raja memanggil Absalom, dan Absalom datang bersujud di hadapan raja. Dan raja menyambutnya dengan ciuman.

And Joab went in to the king, and brought him word: and he called Abessalom, and he went in to the king, and did him obeisance, and fell upon his face to the ground, even in the presence of the king; and the king kissed Abessalom.