2 Samuele 14

1 Joabi, mwana mobali ya Tseruya, asosolaki ete motema ya mokonzi ekomi na posa ya Abisalomi.

Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart desired to see Absalom.

2 Boye, Joabi atindaki moto moko na mboka Tekoa, mpo na koluka mwasi moko ya bwanya mpe komema ye longwa kuna. Alobaki na ye: « Sala lokola moto oyo azali na matanga, lata bilamba ya matanga, kopakola mafuta te: sala lokola mwasi oyo alata pili wuta mikolo ebele mpo na kolela ebembe;

So Joab sent word to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought to him. He said to her, “Please pretend you are a mourner and put on mourning clothes. Please do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

3 mpe kende epai ya mokonzi, yebisa ye maloba oyo. » Joabi ayebisaki maloba oyo asengelaki koloba.

Then go to the king and speak to him about what I will describe.” So Joab told her the words she was to say to the king.

4 Tango mwasi ya mboka Tekoa akomaki epai ya mokonzi, agumbamaki elongi na ye kino na mabele mpe alobaki: — Oh mokonzi, sunga ngai!

When the woman from Tekoa spoke to the king, she lay facedown on the ground and said, “Help me, king.”

5 Mokonzi atunaki ye: — Eloko nini ezali kotungisa yo? Azongisaki: — Nazali mwasi akufisa mobali; mobali na ngai akufaki.

The king said to her, “What is wrong?” She answered, “The truth is that I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

6 Ngai, mwasi mosali na yo, nazalaki na bana mibali mibale. Bango mibale baswanaki kati na bilanga, mpe moto moko te azalaki kuna mpo na kokabola bango. Moko abetaki mosusu mpe abomaki ye.

I, your servant, had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to separate them. One struck the other and killed him.

7 Sik’oyo, libota mobimba etelemeli mwasi mosali na yo, bazali koloba: « Kaba na maboko na biso ye oyo abetaki ndeko na ye ya mobali mpo ete toboma ye mpo na bomoi ya ndeko na ye ya mobali oyo ye abomaki. Na nzela wana, tokolongola mokitani ya libula. » Na bongo, bakoki koboma mwa likala ya moto oyo natikali na yango mpe kozangisa mobali na ngai kombo mpe bakitani kati na mokili.

Now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, 'Give into our hand the man who struck his brother, so that we may put him to death, to pay for the life of his brother whom he killed.' So they would also destroy the heir. Thus they will put out the burning coal that I have left, and they will leave for my husband neither name nor descendant on the surface of the earth.”

8 Mokonzi alobaki na mwasi: — Zonga na ndako na yo, nakopesa mitindo na tina na yo.

So the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will command something to be done for you.”

9 Kasi mwasi ya mboka Tekoa alobaki na mokonzi: — Oh mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, tika ete ngambo ekweya na moto na ngai mpe na libota ya tata na ngai; kasi tika ete mokonzi mpe kiti na ye ya bokonzi bazala mosika ya likambo oyo.

The woman of Tekoa replied to the king, “My master, king, may the guilt be on me and on my father's family. The king and his throne are guiltless.”

10 Mokonzi alobaki na ye: — Soki moto moko ameki kotombokela yo, yaka na ye epai na ngai, mpe akozongela lisusu te kotungisa yo.

The king replied, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you anymore.”

11 Mwasi alobaki: — Tika ete mokonzi alapa ndayi na Kombo na Yawe, Nzambe na ye, ete akopekisa mobukanisi makila mpo ete akoba te kobebisa na koboma mwana na ngai ya mobali, oyo atikali. Mokonzi alobaki: — Na Kombo na Yawe, suki ata moko te ya moto ya mwana na yo ya mobali ekokweya na mabele.

Then she said, “Please, may the king call to mind Yahweh your God, so that the avenger of blood will not destroy anyone further, so that they will not destroy my son.” The king replied, “As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son will fall to the ground.”

12 Mwasi yango alobaki: — Tika ete mwasi mosali na yo aloba likambo moko epai ya mokonzi, nkolo na ngai. Mokonzi azongisaki: — Loba!

Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a further word to my master the king.” He said, “Speak on.”

13 Mwasi alobaki: — Mpo na nini osali mabongisi ya boye mpo na kotelemela bato ya Nzambe? Wana mokonzi abimisi maloba oyo, ye moko azali komikweyisa te mpo ete azongisi te mwana mobali oyo akimaki na mboka ya bapaya?

So the woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in saying this thing, the king is like someone who is guilty, because the king has not brought back home again his banished son.

14 Solo, ndenge bakokaka te kolokota mayi oyo esili kosopana, ndenge mpe biso tosengeli kokufa. Kasi sik’oyo, ezali te mokano ya Nzambe mpo na Abisalomi, pamba te asalaki mabongisi mpo ete moto oyo abungi nzela awumela te mosika na Ye.

For we all must die, and we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life; instead, he finds a way for those who were driven away to be restored.

15 Mpe sik’oyo, soki nayei kobimisa maloba oyo epai ya mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, ezali mpo ete bato babangisaki ngai. Yango wana mwasi mosali na yo amilobelaki: « Tika ete naloba na mokonzi, nkolo na ngai. Tango mosusu, akosala kolanda makambo oyo mwasi mosali na ye akosenga.

Now then, seeing that I have come to speak this thing to my master the king, it is because the people have made me afraid. So your servant said to herself, 'I will now speak to the king. It may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

16 Tango mosusu, mokonzi akondima kokangola mwasi mosali na ye wuta na loboko ya mobali oyo azali koluka kobwaka ngai mpe mwana na ngai ya mobali mosika ya libula oyo Nzambe apesaki biso. »

Perhaps the king will listen to me and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together, out of the inheritance God gave us.'

17 Mpe sik’oyo, tala makambo oyo mwasi mosali na yo azali koloba: « Tika ete liloba ya mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, epesa ngai bopemi, pamba te mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, azali lokola Anjelu na Nzambe oyo ayebaka kososola mabe mpe malamu. Tika ete Yawe, Nzambe na yo, azala elongo na yo! »

Then your servant prayed, 'Yahweh, please let the word of my master the king give me relief, for as an angel of God, so is my master the king in telling good from evil.' May Yahweh your God be with you.”

18 Mokonzi alobaki na mwasi: — Kobombela ngai te eyano ya likambo oyo nalingi kotuna yo. Mwasi azongisaki: — Tika ete mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, aloba!

Then the king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide from me anything that I will ask you.” The woman replied, “Let my master the king now speak.”

19 Mokonzi atunaki: — Boni, loboko ya Joabi ezali elongo na yo te na makambo oyo nyonso? Mwasi azongisaki: — Na kombo na yo mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, kati na makambo nyonso oyo mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, awuti koloba, moto moko te akoki kokende, ezala na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali to na ngambo ya loboko ya mwasi. Solo, ezali mosali na yo, Joabi, nde atindaki ngai kosala makambo oyo, mpe ye nde atiaki maloba oyo na monoko na ngai mwasi mosali na yo.

The king said, “Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, “As you live, my master the king, no one can escape to the right hand or to the left from anything that my master the king has spoken. It was your servant Joab who commanded me and told me to say these things that your servant has spoken.

20 Mosali na yo, Joabi, asalaki boye mpo na kobongola mpe kokomisa makambo oyo ndenge mosusu. Kasi nkolo na ngai azali na bwanya lokola Anjelu na Nzambe, ayebi makambo nyonso oyo ezali koleka kati na mokili.

Your servant Joab has done this to change the course of what is happening. My master is wise, like the wisdom of an angel of God, and he knows everything that is happening in the land.”

21 Mokonzi alobaki na Joabi: — Malamu! Nakosala yango. Kende, zongisa elenge mobali Abisalomi.

So the king said to Joab, “Look now, I will do this thing. Go then, and bring the young man Absalom back.”

22 Bongo Joabi agumbamaki elongi kino na mabele mpo na kopesa mokonzi lokumu mpe apambolaki ye. Joabi alobaki: — Lelo, mosali na yo asosoli ete azwi ngolu na miso na yo mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, pamba te mokonzi andimi kosala makambo oyo mosali na ye asengi.

So Joab lay facedown on the ground in honor and gratitude to the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my master, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.”

23 Bongo Joabi akendeki na Geshuri mpe azongisaki Abisalomi, na Yelusalemi.

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

24 Kasi mokonzi alobaki: — Asengeli kokende na ndako na ye; asengeli te komona elongi na ngai. Boye Abisalomi akendeki na ndako na ye, mpe amonaki elongi ya mokonzi te.

The king said, “He may return to his own house, but he may not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but did not see the king's face.

25 Kati na Isalaele mobimba, ezalaki na moto moko te oyo azalaki kitoko koleka Abisalomi mpe oyo bazalaki kokumisa lokola ye. Azalaki ata na mbeba moko te, banda na moto kino na misapi ya makolo.

Now in all Israel there was no one praised for his handsomeness more than Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head there was no blemish in him.

26 Na suka ya mibu nyonso, azalaki kokata suki ya moto na ye, mpo ete ezalaki kokoma kilo makasi. Boye tango bazalaki kotia yango na bimekelo, ezalaki na bakilo mibale na bagrame nkama mitano, kolanda ndenge bamekaka kilo kati na ndako ya mokonzi.

When he cut the hair of his head at the end of every year, because it was heavy on him, he weighed his hair; it would weigh about two hundred shekels, which is measured by the weight of the king's standard.

27 Abisalomi azalaki na bana mibali misato mpe mwana moko ya mwasi. Kombo ya mwana na ye ya mwasi ezalaki Tamari, mpe azalaki mwasi moko ya kitoko makasi.

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

28 Abisalomi avandaki na Yelusalemi mibu mibale mpe atikalaki komona te elongi ya mokonzi.

Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without seeing the king's face.

29 Bongo Abisalomi abengisaki Joabi mpo ete atinda ye epai ya mokonzi, kasi Joabi aboyaki kokende epai na ye. Abengisaki lisusu Joabi na mbala ya mibale, kasi Joabi aboyaki kaka kokende.

Then Absalom sent word for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. So Absalom sent word a second time, but Joab still did not come.

30 Abisalomi alobaki na basali na ye: « Botala! Elanga ya Joabi ezali pembeni ya elanga na ngai, ezali na bambuma ya orje. Bokende kotia yango moto. » Basali ya Abisalomi batiaki yango moto.

So Absalom said to his servants, “See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

31 Joabi akendeki na ndako ya Abisalomi mpe alobaki na ye: — Mpo na nini otie moto na elanga na ngai?

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

32 Abisalomi azongiselaki Joabi: — Tala, natindelaki yo maloba; nalobaki: « Yaka awa mpo ete natinda yo epai ya mokonzi mpo na kotuna ye: ‹ Mpo na nini nalongwaki na Geshuri? Elingaki kozala malamu mpo na ngai soki natikalaki na ngai kuna. Sik’oyo, nalingi komona elongi ya mokonzi; mpe soki namemaki ngambo na likambo moko, tika ete baboma ngai! › »

Absalom answered Joab, “Look, I sent word to you saying, 'Come here so I may send you to the king to say, “Why did I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to still be there. Now therefore let me see the king's face, and if I am guilty, let him kill me.”'”

33 Boye Joabi akendeki epai ya mokonzi mpe ayebisaki ye makambo nyonso. Mokonzi abengisaki Abisalomi, mpe Abisalomi akendeki liboso ya mokonzi, agumbamaki elongi kino na mabele, mpe mokonzi ayambaki ye.

So Joab went to the king and told him. When the king called for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed low to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.