2 Samoela 14

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

And when now Joab the son of Zeruyah perceived that the heart of the king was [turned] toward Abshalom:

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;

Then sent Joab to Tekoa', and he fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, Feign. I pray thee, as though thou mournest, and do put on mourning garments, and anoint thyself not with oil; but be as a woman that hath these many days been mourning for the dead.

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

And thou must come to the king and speak with him after these words: and Joab put the words into 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 the woman from Tekoa' spoke to the king, and fell on her face to the ground, and bowed 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 said, Truly, I am a widow-woman; since my husband is 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 hand-maid had two sons, and they two quarreled together in the field, and there was no one between them to help [either]; so the one smote the other, and slew 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 up against thy handmaid, and they said, Give up the slayer of his brother, that we may have him put to death, for the life of his brother whom he hath killed; and we will destroy also the heir: and thus they will quench my coal which is remaining, so as not to allow to my husband either name or 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 issue [my] 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.

Then said the woman of Tekoa unto the king, On me, my Lord, O king, be the iniquity, and on my father's house: and may 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 speaketh 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, Let the king, I pray thee, remember the Lord thy God, so as not to suffer the avenger of the blood to cause yet more destruction, and that they may not destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not fall one hair of thy son 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 said the woman, Let thy hand-maid, I pray thee, speak unto my Lord the king one word. And he said, Speak 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 thought such a thing against the people of God? and since the king doth speak this thing, he is as a guilty man, if the king do not permit his banished one to return home.

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 which is spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and yet doth God not take away life; and he deviseth thoughts, so that the banished one may not remain banished 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.

And now that I am come to speak unto my Lord the king of this thing, [happened] because the people made me afraid; and therefore thy hand-maid said, I will still speak unto the king; perhaps the king may act [in accordance with] the word of his hand-maid.

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 may hear [me], to deliver his hand-maid out of the hand of the man [that desireth] to exterminate 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.

And thy hand-maid said, May the word of my Lord the king now become [the means of giving] repose; for as an angel of God, so is my Lord the king to comprehend the good and the bad: and may 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 answered the king and said unto the woman, Conceal not, I pray thee, from me a word concerning what I am going to ask thee. And the woman said, Let my Lord the king but 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 not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my Lord, O king! none can turn to the right or to the left from all that my Lord the king hath spoken; for it was thy servant Joab who hath bidden me, and it was he that hath put in the mouth of thy hand-maid all these words.

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.

In order to change the appearance 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 that is [done] on 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, thou hast done this thing: go then, bring back the young man Abshalom.

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 on his face to the ground, and bowed himself, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today is thy servant convinced that I have found grace in thy eyes, my Lord, O king; since the king hath acted in accordance with the word of thy servant.

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

And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Abshalom 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 repair to his own house, but my face he shall not see. So Abshalom repaired to his own house, but the king's face he did not see.

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.

And like Abshalom there was no man as handsome in all Israel, so that he was greatly praised: from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head there was no blemish on 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 shaved off [the hair of] his head [and it was at the end of every year that he shaved it off; because it was too heavy on him, so that he had to shave it off: ] he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels by the king's weight.

27 Ary Absaloma niteraka zanaka telo mirahalahy sy vavy iray, atao hoe Tamara, ary vehivavy tsara tarehy izy.

And there was born unto Abshalom three sons and one daughter, whose name was Thamar: this one was a woman of handsome appearance.

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

And Abshalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and the king's face he did not see.

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.

Abshalom sent out therefore for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again the 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.

He thereupon said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is alongside of mine, and he hath barley there: go and set it on fire. And Abshalom'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 did Joab arise, and he went to Abshalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set the field belonging to me 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 Abshalom said to Joab, Behold, I had sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it would be better for me were I yet there: and now let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him put me to death.

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 went to the king, and told it to him: and he called for Abshalom, who came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Abshalom.