2 Samoela 14

1 Ary Joaba, zanak’ i Zeroia, nahalala fa ny fon’ ny mpanjaka nalahelo an’ i Absaloma ihany.

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

2 Koa naniraka tany Tekoa nampaka vehivavy hendry tany Joaba ka nanao taminy hoe: Masìna ianao, modia misaona, ka miakanjoa akanjo fisaonana, ary aza mihoso-diloilo ianao, fa manaova tahaka ny vehivavy efa nisaona ela ny maty;

And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her: 'I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead;

3 dia mankanesa ao amin’ ny mpanjaka, ka lazao aminy araka izao. Dia nomen’ i Joaba teny izy.

and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him.' So Joab put the words in her mouth.

4 Ary nony niteny tamin’ ny mpanjaka ravehivavy avy any Tekoa, dia niankohoka tamin’ ny tany izy ary nitsaoka ka nanao hoe: Vonjeo, ary mpanjaka ô.

And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and prostrated herself, and said: 'Help, O king.'

5 Ary hoy ny mpanjaka taminy: Inona no nanjo anao? Dia hoy izy: Vehivavy mpitondra tena tokoa aho, fa maty vady.

And the king said unto her: 'What aileth thee?' And she answered: 'Of a truth I am a widow, my husband being dead.

6 Ary izaho mpanompovavinao nanan-janaka roa lahy, ary nifanditra tany an-tsaha izy mirahalahy, ka tsy nisy nampisaraka azy, ary ny anankiray namely ny rahalahiny ka nahafaty azy.

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 killed him.

7 Ary, indreo, ny mpianakavy rehetra nanangana ady tamiko mpanompovavinao ka nanao hoe: Atolory ilay namely ny rahalahiny, fa hataonay maty izy noho ny ain’ ny rahalahiny izay novonoiny ka dia hovonoinay koa ny mpandova; ka hovonoiny koa ny vainafoko sisa, ka tsy hamelany anarana na zanaka ho an’ ny vadiko etỳ ambonin’ ny tany.

And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy 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 so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.'

8 Ary hoy ny mpanjaka tamin-dravehivavy: Modia ianao; fa izaho no handidy ny amin’ izany.

And the king said unto the woman: 'Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.'

9 Ary hoy ravehivavy avy any Tekoa tamin’ ny mpanjaka: Ry mpanjaka tompoko ô, aoka ho amiko ny heloka sy ho amin’ ny ankohonan’ ny raiko; fa ny mpanjaka sy ny seza fiandrianany dia aoka tsy hanan-tsiny.

And the woman of Tekoa 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 Dia hoy ny mpanjaka: Na zovy na zovy manisy teny anao, ento etỳ amiko, dia tsy haninona anao intsony izy.

And the king said: 'Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.'

11 Ary hoy ravehivavy: Trarantitra ianao, ry mpanjaka ô, aoka ianao hahatsiaro an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao, ary aoka ny mpamaly ratsy hamono intsony, fandrao mamono ny zanako izy. Dia hoy ny mpanjaka: Raha velona koa Jehovah, tsy hisy ho latsaka amin’ ny tany na dia singam-bolo iray akory aza amin’ ny zanakao.

Then said she: 'I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not 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 Ary hoy ravehivavy: Trarantitra ianao, aoka kely ny mpanompovavinao hanao teny indraim-bava monja amin’ ny mpanjaka tompoko. Ary hoy izy: Lazao ary.

Then the woman said: 'Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king.' And he said: 'Say on.'

13 Dia hoy ravehivavy: Nahoana ianao no nihevitra toy izany hamely ny olon’ Andriamanitra? Fa amin’ ny, itenenan’ ny mpanjaka izany zavatra izany, dia toa mahavoa ny tenany ihany izy noho ny tsi-fampodian’ ny mpanjaka ilay noroahiny.

And the woman said: 'Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.

14 Fa tsy maintsy maty isika ka ho tahaka ny rano raraka amin’ ny tany, izay tsy azo raofina intsony; ary Andriamanitra tsy manala ain’ olona, fa mihevitra izay tsy hanariany ilay noroahiny.

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; but let him devise means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.

15 Fa izaho no tonga hilaza izany zavatra izany amin’ ny mpanjaka tompoko, ny olona no nampitahotra ahy: ary hoy izaho mpanompovavinao: mba holazaiko amin’ ny mpanjaka izany; fa angamba ny mpanjaka hanao izay angatahin’ ny mpanompovaviny.

Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word 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 servant.

16 Eny, ny mpanjaka hihaino ka hamonjy ny mpanompovaviny ho afaka amin’ ny tanan’ ny lehilahy izay ta-hamongotra ahy mbamin’ ny zanako hiala amin’ ny lova nomen’ Andriamanitra.

For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

17 Dia hoy ny mpanompovavinao: Hahazoako fiononana anie ny tenin’ ny mpanjaka tompoko; fa ta-haka Ilay Anjelin’ Andriamanitra ny mpanjaka tompoko ka mandinika izay soa sy ratsy; koa Jehovah Andriamanitrao anie ho aminao.

Then thy handmaid said: Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for my comfort; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and the LORD thy God be with thee.'

18 Ary ny mpanjaka namaly an-dravehivavy hoe: Aza dia afenina ahy izay zavatra hanontaniako anao. Dia hoy ravehivavy: Aoka hiteny ny mpanjaka tompoko.

Then the king answered and said unto the woman: 'Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee.' And the woman said: 'Let my lord the king now speak.'

19 Ary hoy ny mpanjaka: Moa saina nomen’ i Joaba va izany rehetra lazainao izany? Dia hoy ny navalin-dravehivavy: Raha velona koa ny ainao, ry mpanjaka tompoko, tsy misy mivily izay rehetra nolazain’ ny mpanjaka tompoko na ho amin’ ny ankavanana na ho amin’ ny ankavia; fa Joaba mpanomponao tokoa no nandidy ahy sy nanome izany teny rehetra izany ny mpanompovavinao.

And the king said: 'Is 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 aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

20 Ny hampiova tarehy ny raharaha no nanaovan’ i Joaba mpanomponao izany zavatra izany; fa hendry tahaka Ilay Anjelin’ Andriamanitra tompoko ka mahalala ny zavatra rehetra etỳ ambonin’ ny tany.

to change the face of the matter 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 Ary hoy ny mpanjaka tamin’ i Joaba: Indro fa efa nekeko izany zavatra izany: koa andeha, alao hody Absaloma zatovo.

And the king said unto Joab: 'Behold now, I have granted this request; go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.'

22 Dia niankohoka tamin’ ny tany Joaba ka nitsaoka sy nisaotra ny mpanjaka; ary hoy Joaba: Anio no ahafantaran’ ny mpanomponao fa efa mahita fitia eo imasonao aho, ry mpanjaka tompoko, amin’ ny nanaovan’ ny mpanjaka araka ny nangatahin’ ny mpanompony.

And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and prostrated himself, and blessed the king; and Joab said: 'To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found favour in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of thy servant.'

23 Dia niainga Joaba nankany Gesora, ka nentiny nankany Jerosalema Absaloma.

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

24 Ary hoy ny mpanjaka: Aoka hody any an-tranony izy, fa aza avela hahita ny tavako. Ary Absaloma nankany an-tranony, ka dia tsy nahita ny tavan’ ny mpanjaka.

And the king said: 'Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face.' So Absalom turned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

25 Ary tsy nisy lehilahy tsara tarehy noderaina fatratra tahaka an’ i Absaloma teo amin’ ny Isiraely rehetra, fa hatrany am-paladiany ka hatrany an-tampon-dohany dia tsy nisy tsiny izy.

Now 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 Ary raha nanaratra ny lohany izy (fa isaky ny fitsingerenan’ ny taona no nanaratany azy; fa nanavesatra azy ka noharatany), dia nolanjainy ny volon-dohany, ka sekely roan-jato no lanjany, araka ny fandanjan’ ny mpanjaka.

And when he polled his head — now 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 Ary Absaloma niteraka zanaka telo mirahalahy sy vavy iray, atao hoe Tamara, ary vehivavy tsara tarehy izy.

And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar; she was a woman of a fair countenance.

28 Ary Absaloma nitoetra roa taona ngarangidina tany Jerosalema, nefa tsy mbola nahita ny tavan’ ny mpanjaka ihany izy.

And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the kings face.

29 Ary Absaloma dia naniraka tany amin’ i Joaba, mba hanirahany azy ho any amin’ ny mpanjaka, fa tsy nety nankany aminy izy; ary mbola naniraka fanindroany indray Absaloma, fa mbola tsy nety nankany ihany Joaba.

Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

30 Koa dia hoy izy tamin’ ny mpanompony: Indro, ny tanimbarin’ i Joaba mifanolotra amin’ ny ahy, ary manana vary hordea ao izy; andeha, dory amin’ ny afo izany. Ary ny mpanompon’ i Absaloma dia nandoro ny tanimbary.

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 Ary Joaba niainga nankany amin’ i Absaloma tao an-tranony ka nanao taminy hoe: Nahoana ny mpanomponao no nandoro ny tanimbariko tamin’ ny afo?

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him: 'Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?'

32 Fa hoy Absaloma tamin’ i Joaba: Indro, naniraka tany aminao aho ka nanao hoe: Mankanesa atỳ hirahiko ho any amin’ ny mpanjaka hanao hoe: Nahoana no niala tany Gesora aho? Tsara amiko raha nitoetra tany ihany mandraka ankehitriny. Koa ankehitriny, aoka re mba hahita ny tavan’ ny mpanjaka aho, ka raha manan-keloka aho, dia aoka hovonoiny.

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 were better for me to be there still; now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.'

33 Ary Joaba nankany amin’ ny mpanjaka ka nanambara izany taminy: ary dia nampanalain’ ny mpanjaka Absaloma, dia nankao aminy izy ka niondrika tamin’ ny tany teo anatrehan’ ny mpanjaka; ary dia nanoroka an’ i Absaloma ny mpanjaka.

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.