< Luo Samuel 14 >
1 Joab el etu lah Tokosra David el asor yohk kacl Absalom,
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart [was] toward Absalom.
2 ouinge el sapla nu sin sie mutan ma etu nunak su muta in acn Tekoa. Ke mutan sac tuku, Joab el fahk nu sel, “Oru lumom in mu kom asor. Nokomang nuknuk in asor, ac nimet kawiya sifom. Oru oana sie mutan su muta asor pacl na loeloes.
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
3 Na kom som nu yorol tokosra ac fahk nu sel ma nga ac fahk nu sum uh.” Na Joab el fahkang nu sel ma elan tuh fahk.
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 Mutan sac som nu yorol tokosra ac srimi nwe infohk ah in akfulatyal, ac fahk, “O tokosra, kasreyu!”
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
5 Tokosra el siyuk sel, “Mea kom lungse?” Ac mutan sac fahk, “Leum luk, mukul tumuk ah misa, ac inge nga mukaimtalla.
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
6 Tuh oasr wen luo nutik, na sie len ah eltal akukuinla in ima ah, ac wangin mwet in eisaltalelik, na sie seltal uniya ma se ngia.
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
7 Ac inge sou luk nukewa ngetla likiyu, ac kwafe ngan sang wen se lula nutik inge nu selos elos in unilya ke sripen el uniya tamulel lal ah. Elos fin oru ma se inge, na ac wanginla wen nutik. Elos ac kunausla finsrak safla se luk, ac oru tuh in wanginla tulik in us inen mukul tumuk ah nwe tok.”
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the earth.
8 Tokosra el topuk, “Folokla nu lohm sum, ac nga ac fah fosrngakin elya sac.”
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
9 Na mutan sac fahk, “Leum luk, kutena ma kom ac oru, nga ac sou luk ac fah eis mwata. Ac fah wangin ma sufal lom ac sou fulat lom kac.”
And the woman of Tekoah said unto 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.
10 Ac tokosra el topuk, “Fin oasr kutena mwet aksangengye kom, kom usalu nu sik, ac el ac fah tia ku in sifilpa aklokoalokye kom.”
And the king said, Whosoever saith [ought] unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
11 Mutan sac fahk, “Leum luk, nunak munas pre nu sin LEUM GOD lom, tuh mwet se in sou luk su akoeyuk foloksak ke misa lun wen nutik ah in tia akyokye ma koluk lal ke el uniya pac wen se lula nutik inge.” David el topuk, “Nga wulela ke Inen LEUM GOD moul, lah wanginna ma koluk ac fah sun wen nutum an.”
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
12 Ac mutan sac sifilpa fahk, “Nunak munas, leum fulat, oasr ma sefanna lula nga lungse fahk nu sum.” Na David el fahk, “Kwal, fahk.”
Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one] word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
13 Na mutan sac fahk nu sel, “Efu ku kom orala sie tafongla na yohk nu sin mwet lun God, ke kom tia fuhlela tuh wen nutum sifacna in foloko liki sruoh? Ke ma inge kom sifacna tukakin tafongla lom ke ma kom fahk ingena ah.
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
14 Kut nukewa ac misa. Kut oana kof kahkla nu fin fohk uh ma tia ku in sifil orekeni. Finne God sifacna, El tia folokonma mwet misa nu ke moul. Tusruktu tokosra se el ku in konauk inkanek in folokonma sie mwet liki sruoh.
For we must needs die, and [are] as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect [any] person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
15 Inge, leum fulat, sripa se pwanang nga tuku in sramsram nu sum uh pa ke mwet uh aksangengyeyu. Na pa nga fahk nu sik sifacna mu nga ac sramsram nu sum, mweyen nga finsrak na mu kom ac oru ma nga siyuk sum uh.
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
16 Nga tuh etu na lah kom ku in lohng ma nga siyuk, ac moliyula liki sie su srike in uniyuwi ac wen nutik ac siskutla liki facl se su God El sang nu sin mwet lal.
For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man [that would] destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
17 Nga nunku sik sifacna mu wulela lom ac oru tuh nga in moul ac tia sensen, mweyen tokosra el oana sie lipufan lun God, su ku in akilen inmasrlon ma wo ac ma koluk. Lela LEUM GOD Elan wi kom!”
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
18 Tokosra el fahk, “Nga ac siyuk kusen siyuk se sum, ac kom fahkma ma na pwaye an.” Ac mutan sac fahk, “Leum luk, kom ku in siyuk ma nukewa kom ke siyuk an.”
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
19 Na David el siyuk sel, “Ku Joab pa sap kom in fahk ma ingan uh?” Na el topuk, “Leum luk, nga fulahk ke ma mutal nukewa, lah wangin inkanek nga in ku in kaingkunla mwe siyuk lom an. Ma na pwaye se lah Joab, captain lom an, pa fahk nu sik ma ngan oru ac ma ngan fahk.
And the king said, [Is not] the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
20 Tuh el oru in aksuwosyela nufon fohs se inge. Leum fulat luk, kom arulana lalmwetmet oana lipufan lun God, su etu ma nukewa ma sikyak.”
To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in the earth.
21 Tok kutu, tokosra el fahk nu sel Joab, “Nga sulela mu nga ac oru ma kom lungse an. Fahla ac folokunulma Absalom nu yenu.”
And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
22 Joab el putati nu infohk uh ye mutal David in akfulatyal, ac fahk, “Leum fulat, God Elan akinsewowoye kom! Inge nga etu lah kom insewowo sik, mweyen kom ase nu sik enenu luk uh.”
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
23 Na el tuyak ac som nu Geshur, ac usalu Absalom nu Jerusalem.
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
24 Tusruktu tokosra el fahk mu Absalom elan tia muta inkul sin tokosra. El fahk, “Nga tia lungse liyal.” Ouinge Absalom el muta in lohm sel sifacna, ac tiana sikyak nu ye mutun tokosra.
And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.
25 Wangin sie mwet in acn Israel nufon pwengpeng ke oasku lal oana Absalom. Wanginna kutu ma koluk ke manol, insifali nwe ke kufinnial.
But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
26 Aunsifal matol, ac el muta kalkul pacl se ke yac se ke sripen ac arulana loes ac toasr. Fin pauni ac oasr ke paun limekosr ma, fal nu ke srikasrak lun mwet leum uh.
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled [it: ] because [the hair] was heavy on him, therefore he polled it: ) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
27 Oasr wen tolu natul Absalom, ac sie acn pangpang Tamar, su arulana kato.
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
28 Absalom el muta Jerusalem yac luo ac el tiana liyal tokosra.
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
29 Na el sapla solal Joab elan som nu yurin tokosra kacl, tuh Joab el tiana tuku. Absalom el sifilpa solal, a Joab el tiana lungse tuku.
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
30 Ke ma inge, Absalom el fahk nu sin mwet kulansap lal, “Liye, ima se lal Joab pa sisken ima luk ah, ac barley pa kapak kac. Fahla esukak.” Na elos som esukak ima sac.
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
31 Joab el som nu lohm sel Absalom, ac siyuk, “Efu ku mwet kulansap lom ah esukak ima luk ah?”
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto [his] house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
32 Na Absalom el fahk, “Mweyen kom tia tuku ke nga sapla suli kom. Nga tuh ke kom in som nu yorol tokosra ac siyuk kas inge keik: ‘Efu ku nga tuh tuyak liki acn Geshur ac tuku nu yenu? Nga funu mutana we lukun wo liki.’” Na Absalom el sifilpa fahk, “Nga ke kom in sakunla in oasr pacl luk yurin tokosra. Fin oasr ma koluk luk, na lela elan uniyuwi.”
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? [it had been] good for me [to have been] there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be [any] iniquity in me, let him kill me.
33 Ouinge Joab el som nu yurin Tokosra David ac fahkang nu sel ma Absalom el fahk ah. Na tokosra el sapla solal Absalom, ac Absalom el som nu yorol ac srimi nwe infohk ah ye mutal. Ac tokosra el paingul ac ngok mutal.
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.