२ शमूएल 14
1 राजाको हृदयमा अब्शालोमलाई भेट्ने इच्छा जागेछ भनी सरूयाहका छोरा योआबले बुझे ।
Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart desired to see Absalom.
2 योआबले तकोमा खबर पठाए र एउटा बुद्धिमानी स्त्रीलाई तिनीकहाँ ल्याउन लगाए । तिनले उनलाई भने, “कृपया तिमी शोकमा परेको बहाना गर र शोकको लुगा लगाऊ । आफूलाई तेल नलगाऊ, तर मरेको मानिसको निम्ति लामो समयदेखि शोकमा परेकी स्त्रीजस्तो होऊ ।
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 अनि राजाकहाँ जाऊ र तिनलाई मैले बताएको कुरामा बारेमा बताऊ ।” यसरी उनले राजालाई भन्नुपर्ने कुरा योआबले उनलाई भने ।
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 तकोकी ती स्त्रीले राजासँग कुरा गर्दा, उनले आफ्नो अनुहार भुईंमा घोप्टो पारिन् र भनिन्, “हे महाराजा, मलाई सहायता गर्नुहोस् ।”
When the woman from Tekoa spoke to the king, she lay facedown on the ground and said, “Help me, king.”
5 राजाले उनलाई भने, “के खराबी भयो?” उनले जवाफ दिइन्, “सत्य कुराचहिं म एउटी विधवा हुँ र मेरा पति मरिसकेका छन् ।
The king said to her, “What is wrong?” She answered, “The truth is that I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
6 म तपाईंको दासीका दुई जना छोरा थिए र तिनीहरू खेतमा एक-आपसमा झगडा गरे र तिनीहरूलाई छुट्टाउने त्यहाव कोही पनि थिएन । एउटाले अर्कोलाई प्रहार गर्यो र त्यसलाई मार्यो ।
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 सारा कुल नै तपाईंको दासीको विरुद्धमा उठेका छन् र तिनीहरू भन्छन्, 'आफ्नो भाइलाई प्रहार गर्ने मानिसलाई हाम्रो हातमा सुम्प, ताकि त्यसले मारेको आफ्नो भाइको जीवनको निम्ति मूल्य चुकाउन हामी त्यसलाई मार्न सकौँ ।' यसरी तिनीहरूले उत्तराधिकार पनि नष्ट पार्ने छन् । यसरी मैले छोडेको बलिरहेको भुङ्ग्रोलाई तिनीहरूले निभाउने छन् र तिनीहरूले मेरो पतिको निम्ति पृथ्वीको सहतमा न नाम न त सन्तान नै छोड्ने छन् ।
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 राजाले ती स्त्रीलाई भने, “आफ्नो घर जाऊ र तिम्रो निम्ति केही कुरा गर्न म आदेश दिने छु ।”
So the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will command something to be done for you.”
9 तकोकी महिलाले राजालाई जवाफ दिइन्, “हे मेरो मालिक महाराजा, सारा दोष म र मेरो पिताको घरानामाथि परोस् । महाराजा र उहाँको सिंहासन दोषरहित होस् ।
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 राजाले जवाफ दिए, “कसैले तिमीलाई कुनै कुरा भन्यो भने त्यसलाई मकहाँ लेऊ र त्यसले तिमीलाई फेरि छुने छैन ।”
The king replied, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you anymore.”
11 उनले भनिन्, “महाराजाले परमप्रभु आफ्ना परमेश्वरलाई सम्झनुभएको होस्, ताकि रगतको बदला लिनेले अब उसो नाश गर्ने छैन ताकि तिनीहरूले मेरो छोरालाई नाश गर्ने छैनन् । राजाले जवाफ दिए, “जस्तो परमप्रभु जीवित हुनुहुन्छ, तिम्रो छोराको शिरको एउटा कपाल पनि भुईंमा खस्ने छैन ।
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 अनि ती स्त्रीले भनिन्, “कृपया आफ्नो दासीलाई महाराजासँग अरू एउटा कुरा गर्न दिनुहोस् ।” तिनले भने, “भन ।”
Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a further word to my master the king.” He said, “Speak on.”
13 त्यसैले ती स्त्रीले भनिन्, “तपाईंले परमश्वरका मानिसहरूका विरुद्धमा किन यस्तो कुरा गर्नुभएको छ? राजाले यसो भन्नुहुँदा उहाँ कुनै दोषी व्यक्तिजस्तै हुनुहुन्छ, किनभने राजाले आफ्नो निर्वासित छोरालाई फिर्ता ल्याउनुभएको छैन ।
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 किनकि हामी सबै नै मर्नुपर्छ र हामी जमिनमा पोखिएको पानीजस्तै छौं, जसलाई फेरि जम्मा पार्न सकिंदैन । तर परमेश्वरल जीवन लिनुहुने छैन । बरु, उहाँले धपाइएकाहरूलाई पुनर्स्थापना गर्ने कुनै उपाय खोज्नुहुन्छ ।
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 अब यो देखेर म मेरो मालिक राजासँग यो कुरा गर्न आएको छु, किनभने मानिसहरूले मलाई भयभीत तुल्याएका छन् । तपाईंको दासीले मनमनै भनिन्, 'म अब महाराजासित कुरा गर्ने छु । सायद महाराजाले आफ्नो दासीको बन्ती पुरा गरिदिनुहुने छ ।
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 सायद महाराजाले मेरो बिन्ती सुन्नुहुने छ र परमेश्वरले हामीलाई दिनुभएको उत्तराधिकारबाट म र मेरो छोरोलाई नष्ट पार्ने मानिसहरूको हातबाट मुक्त गर्नुहुने छ ।'
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 त्यसपछि तपाईंकी दासीले प्रार्थना गरिन्, 'हे परमप्रभु, मेरो मालिक महाराजाका वचनले मलाई मुक्त गर्नुभएको होस्, किनकि मेरो मालिक असल र खराब छुट्याउनला परमश्वरको स्वर्गदूतजस्तै हुनुहुन्छ ।' परमप्रभु तपाईंको परमेश्वर तपाईंसँग हुनुभएको होस् ।”
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 अनि राजाले जवाफ दिए र ती स्त्रीलाई भने, “मैले तिमीलाई सोध्ने कुनै पनि कुरा मबाट नलुकाऊ ।” ती स्त्रीले जवाफ दिइन्, “हे मेरा मालिक महाराजा भन्नहोस् ।”
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 राजाले भने, “के यी सबै कुराको पछाडी योआबको हात छैन र?” ती स्त्रीले जवाफ दिइन्, “जस्तो तपाईं मेरो मालिक महाराजा जीवित हुनुहुन्छ, मेरो मालिक महाराजाले भन्नुभएको कुराबाट कोही पनि दाया वा बाँया लाग्न सक्दैन । तपाईंकी दासीले बोलेको यी कुराहरू भन्न मलाई आज्ञा गर्ने र बताउने तपाईंको दास योआब नै थिए ।
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 तपाईंको दास योआबले जे भइरहेको छ त्यसको प्रवाहलाई परिवर्तन गर्न यसो गरेका हुन् । मेरो मालिक परमेश्वरको स्वर्गदूतजस्तै बुद्धिमान हुनुहुन्छ र मुलुकमा भइरहेका हरेक कुरा जान्नुहुन्छ ।”
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 राजाले योआबलाई भने, “हेर, म यो गर्ने छु । तब जाऊ र त्यो जवान अब्शालोमलाई फर्काएर ल्याऊ ।”
So the king said to Joab, “Look now, I will do this thing. Go then, and bring the young man Absalom back.”
22 त्यसैले योआबले राजाप्रति आदर र कृतज्ञता प्रकट गर्न भुईंमा घोप्टो परे । योआबले भने, “राजाले आफ्नो दासको बिन्ती पुरा गर्नुभएकोमा मैले मेरा मालिक महाराजा तपाईंको दृष्टिमा निगाह पाएको छु भनी मैले आज थाहा पायो ।”
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 त्यसैले योआब उठे, गशूरमा गए र अब्शालोमलाई यरूशलेममा फिर्ता ल्याए ।
So Joab arose, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
24 राजाले भने, “ऊ आफ्नै गरमा फर्कोस्, तर उसले मेरो मुख हेर्न नआओस् ।” त्यसैले अब्शालोम आफ्नै घरमा गए तर राजाको मुख देखेनन् ।
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 सारा इस्राएलमा नै आफ्नो सुन्दरताको निम्ति प्रशंसा गरिएको व्यक्ति अब्शालोमभन्दा अरू थिएन । तिनको शिरदेखि पाउसम्म नै तिनमा कुनै खोट थिएन ।
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 जब तिनले हरेक वर्षको अन्तमा गह्रौं भएको हुनाले आफ्नो कपाल काट्थे, तब तिनले आफ्नो कपाल तौलन्थे । यो लगभग दुई सय शेकेल हुन्थो, जसलाई राजाको मानकअनुसारको तौलद्वरा नापिन्थ्यो।
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 अब्शालोमका तीन छोरा र एक छोरी थिए, जसको नाउँ तामार थियो । तिनी सुन्दरी महिला थिइन ।
To Absalom were born three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.
28 अब्शालोम राजाको मुख नहेरिकन नै पुरा दुई वर्ष यरूशलेममा बसे ।
Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without seeing the king's face.
29 त्यसपछि अब्शालोमले आफूलाई राजाकहाँ पठाउनलाई योआबलाई बोलाए, तर योआब तिनीकहाँ आएनन् । यसैले अब्शालोमले दोस्रो पटक खबर पठाए, तर योआब अझै आएनन् ।
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 त्यसैले अब्शालोमले आफ्ना सेवकहरूलाई भने, “हेर, योआबको खेत मेरो खतको छेउमै छ र त्यहाँ उसको जौ छ । जाऊ र त्यसलाई आगो लगाइदेऊ ।” अनि अब्शालोमका सेवकहरूले त्यो खेतमा आगो लगाइदिए ।
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 अनि योआब उठे र अब्शालोमको घरमा तिनीकहाँ आए र तिनलाई भने, “तिम्रा सेवकहरूले मेरो खेतमा किन आगो लगाइदिएका छन्?”
Then Joab arose and came to Absalom at his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”
32 अब्शालोमले योआबलाई जवाफ दिए, “हेर, मैले तिमीकहाँ यसो भनेर खबर पठाएँ, 'यहाँ आऊ, ताकि तिमीलाई राजाकहाँ म यसो भन्नलाई पठाउन सकूँ’ । ‘म गशूरबाट किन आएँ? मलाई त अझै त्यहाँ हुनु नै असल हुन्छ। यसकारण अब म राजाको मुख हेर्न पाऊँ र म दोषी छु भने तिनले नै मलाई मारुन् ।'”
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 त्यसैले योआब राजाकहाँ गए र तिनलाई भने । जब राजाले अब्शालोमलाई बोलाए, तब तिनी राजाकहाँ आए र राजाको सामु भुईंमा निहुरिए र राजाले अब्शालोमलाई चुम्बन गरे ।
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.
