२ शमूएल 14
1 राजाको हृदयमा अब्शालोमलाई भेट्ने इच्छा जागेछ भनी सरूयाहका छोरा योआबले बुझे ।
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart [was] towards 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 ।
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and brought thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
3 अनि राजाकहाँ जाऊ र तिनलाई मैले बताएको कुरामा बारेमा बताऊ ।” यसरी उनले राजालाई भन्नुपर्ने कुरा योआबले उनलाई भने ।
And come to the king, and speak in this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 तकोकी ती स्त्रीले राजासँग कुरा गर्दा, उनले आफ्नो अनुहार भुईंमा घोप्टो पारिन् र भनिन्, “हे महाराजा, मलाई सहायता गर्नुहोस् ।”
And when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
5 राजाले उनलाई भने, “के खराबी भयो?” उनले जवाफ दिइन्, “सत्य कुराचहिं म एउटी विधवा हुँ र मेरा पति मरिसकेका छन् ।
And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman, 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 ।
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 slew 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 ।
And behold, the whole family hath 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 we will destroy the heir also: and so they will quench my coal which is left, and will not leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the earth.
8 राजाले ती स्त्रीलाई भने, “आफ्नो घर जाऊ र तिम्रो निम्ति केही कुरा गर्न म आदेश दिने छु ।”
And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
9 तकोकी महिलाले राजालाई जवाफ दिइन्, “हे मेरो मालिक महाराजा, सारा दोष म र मेरो पिताको घरानामाथि परोस् । महाराजा र उहाँको सिंहासन दोषरहित होस् ।
And the woman of Tekoah said to 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 राजाले जवाफ दिए, “कसैले तिमीलाई कुनै कुरा भन्यो भने त्यसलाई मकहाँ लेऊ र त्यसले तिमीलाई फेरि छुने छैन ।”
And the king said, Whoever saith [aught] to thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
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 said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy 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 अनि ती स्त्रीले भनिन्, “कृपया आफ्नो दासीलाई महाराजासँग अरू एउटा कुरा गर्न दिनुहोस् ।” तिनले भने, “भन ।”
Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one] word to my lord the king. And he said, Say 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 ।
And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one who is faulty, in that the king doth not bring home again his banished.
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 must needs die, and [are] as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect [any] person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
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 therefore that I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, [it is] because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
16 सायद महाराजाले मेरो बिन्ती सुन्नुहुने छ र परमेश्वरले हामीलाई दिनुभएको उत्तराधिकारबाट म र मेरो छोरोलाई नष्ट पार्ने मानिसहरूको हातबाट मुक्त गर्नुहुने छ ।'
For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid from the hand of the man [that would] destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
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 thy handmaid said, The word of my lord the king, will now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
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, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord 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 ।
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 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 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 ।”
To bring about this form of speech 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] on the earth.
21 राजाले योआबलाई भने, “हेर, म यो गर्ने छु । तब जाऊ र त्यो जवान अब्शालोमलाई फर्काएर ल्याऊ ।”
And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
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 ।”
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
23 त्यसैले योआब उठे, गशूरमा गए र अब्शालोमलाई यरूशलेममा फिर्ता ल्याए ।
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
24 राजाले भने, “ऊ आफ्नै गरमा फर्कोस्, तर उसले मेरो मुख हेर्न नआओस् ।” त्यसैले अब्शालोम आफ्नै घरमा गए तर राजाको मुख देखेनन् ।
And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not 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 ।
But 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 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।
And when he polled his head, (for 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 अब्शालोमका तीन छोरा र एक छोरी थिए, जसको नाउँ तामार थियो । तिनी सुन्दरी महिला थिइन ।
And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
28 अब्शालोम राजाको मुख नहेरिकन नै पुरा दुई वर्ष यरूशलेममा बसे ।
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not 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 ।
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, that he might send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would 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 ।
Therefore he said to 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 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, to [his] house, and said to him, Why have thy 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 ।'”
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it [had been] good for me [had I been] there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there is [any] iniquity in me, 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 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.
