Luo Samuel 14
1 Joab el etu lah Tokosra David el asor yohk kacl Absalom,
Joab realized that the king yearned [IDM] to see 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.
So Joab sent someone to Tekoa [town] to bring back a woman who was very clever. [When she arrived, ] Joab said to her, “Pretend that you are grieving because someone has died. Put on clothes that show that you are mourning. Do not put any lotion/ointment on your body. Act as if you are a woman who has been mourning for a long time.
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 go to the king, and tell him what I tell you to say.” Then Joab told her what to say [MTY] [to the king].
4 Mutan sac som nu yorol tokosra ac srimi nwe infohk ah in akfulatyal, ac fahk, “O tokosra, kasreyu!”
So the woman from Tekoa went to the king. She prostrated herself in front of him and then bowed down to him, and said, “Your Majesty, help me!”
5 Tokosra el siyuk sel, “Mea kom lungse?” Ac mutan sac fahk, “Leum luk, mukul tumuk ah misa, ac inge nga mukaimtalla.
The king replied, “What is your problem?” She replied, “Please, sir, I am a widow. My husband died [some time ago].
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.
I had two sons. But one day they quarreled with each other out in the fields. There was no one to separate them, and one of them struck the other one and killed 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.”
Now, all my family oppose me. They are insisting that I allow them to kill my son who is still alive [MTY], in order that they may get revenge for his killing his brother. But if they do that, I will not have any son to inherit [my husband’s possessions]. That would be like [MET] extinguishing the last coals of a fire, and my husband would not have a son to preserve our family’s name. [DOU]”
8 Tokosra el topuk, “Folokla nu lohm sum, ac nga ac fah fosrngakin elya sac.”
Then the king said to the woman, “Go back home; I will take care of this matter for you.”
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.”
The woman from Tekoa replied to the king, “Your Majesty, if you are criticized [for helping me], my family and I will accept the blame. You and the royal family will (be innocent/not have done what is wrong).”
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.”
The king said to her, “If anyone says anything [to threaten you/cause you trouble] you, bring that person to me, and [I will make sure that] he will never cause you trouble again.”
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 the woman said, “Your Majesty, please pray that Yahweh your God will not allow my relative, who [wants to get] revenge on my son for killing [MTY] his brother, to be able to do that.” David replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, your son will not be harmed at all. [IDM]”
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, “Your Majesty, please allow me to say one more thing to you.” He replied, “Speak!”
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.
The woman said, “Why have you done this bad thing to God’s people? You have not allowed your son Absalom to return home. By saying what you have just said, you have certainly declared [RHQ] that what you have done is wrong.
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.
We all die; we are like [SIM] water that cannot be picked up after it is spilled on the ground. But God does not just cause us to die; he creates ways to bring us back when we become separated 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, Your Majesty, I have come to you because others have threatened me. So I said to myself, ‘I will go and talk to the king, and perhaps he will do what I request him to do.
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.
Perhaps he will listen to me, and save me from the man who is trying to kill my son. If my son is killed, it would result in us disappearing from the land that God gave to us.’
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!”
“And I thought, ‘What the king says will comfort/encourage me, because the king is like [SIM] an angel of God. He knows what is good and what is evil.’ I pray/desire that Yahweh our God will (be with/direct) you.”
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 said to the woman, “I will now ask you a question. Answer it, and tell me the truth. [LIT]” The woman replied, “Your majesty, ask your question.”
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.
The king said, “Was Joab the one who told you to do this?” She replied, “Yes, Your Majesty, as surely as you live, I cannot avoid telling you what is true. Yes, indeed, it was Joab who told me to come here, and who told me what to say.
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.”
He did it in order to cause you to think differently about this matter. Your Majesty, you are as wise as God’s angels, and [it seems that] you know everything [that happens] on the earth, [so you know why Joab sent me here].”
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.”
Then the king [summoned] Joab [and] said to him, “Listen! I have decided to do [what you want]. So go and get that young man Absalom and bring him back [to Jerusalem].”
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.”
Joab prostrated himself on the ground, and then he bowed down before the king, and [asked God to] bless him. Then Joab said, “Your Majesty, today I know that you are pleased with me, because you have agreed to do what I requested.”
23 Na el tuyak ac som nu Geshur, ac usalu Absalom nu Jerusalem.
Then Joab got up and went to Geshur, and got Absalom and brought him back 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.
But the king said/commanded that Absalom would not be permitted to live in the palace. He said, “I do not want him to come to see me.” So Absalom lived in his own house, and did not go to [talk to] the king.
25 Wangin sie mwet in acn Israel nufon pwengpeng ke oasku lal oana Absalom. Wanginna kutu ma koluk ke manol, insifali nwe ke kufinnial.
Absalom was very handsome. He looked perfect, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. In all of Israel there was no one whom people admired more than Absalom.
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.
His hair was very thick, and he cut it only once each year, when it became too heavy for him. Using the standard weights, he would weigh the hair [that he cut off], and it always weighed about five pounds.
27 Oasr wen tolu natul Absalom, ac sie acn pangpang Tamar, su arulana kato.
Absalom had three sons and one daughter named Tamar. She was a very beautiful woman.
28 Absalom el muta Jerusalem yac luo ac el tiana liyal tokosra.
[After] Absalom [returned to] Jerusalem, he lived there two years, and during that time he never [was allowed to] see the king.
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.
So he sent [a messenger] to Joab to ask him to come [and talk to him], but Joab refused to come. So Absalom sent [a message to him] a second time, but he still 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.
Then Absalom said to his servants, “You know that Joab’s field is next to mine, and that he has barley [growing] there. Go and light a fire there [to burn his barley].” So Absalom’s servants [went there and] lit a fire, [and all his barley burned].
31 Joab el som nu lohm sel Absalom, ac siyuk, “Efu ku mwet kulansap lom ah esukak ima luk ah?”
Joab [knew who had done it, so he] went to Absalom’s house and said to him, “Why have your servants burned [the barley in] my field?”
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.”
Absalom replied, “Because [you did not come to me when] I sent messages to you [requesting that you come]. I wanted to request that you go to the king to say to him, ‘Absalom (wants to know what good it did/says that is was useless) [RHQ] for him [RHQ] to leave Geshur and come here. [He thinks that] it would have been better for him to have stayed there. [He wants you to] allow him to talk to you. And if you think that he has done something that is wrong, you can [command that] he be executed.’”
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 went to the king, and told him [what Absalom had said]. Then the king [summoned Absalom], and he came to the king and knelt down in front of him with his face touching the ground. Then the king kissed Absalom [to show that he was pleased to see him].
