2 Saamuʼeel 14
1 Yooʼaab ilmi Zeruuyaa akka garaan mootichaa Abesaaloom itti deebiʼe beeke.
Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart desired to see Absalom.
2 Kanaafuu Yooʼaab gara Teqooʼaatti nama ergee dubartii ogeettii tokko fichisiise. Innis akkana isheedhaan jedhe; “Sobiitii akka nama gadda keessa jiruu taʼi. Wayyaa gaddaa uffadhu; dibata kam iyyuu hin dibatin. Akka dubartii nama duʼe tokkoof guyyaa hedduu gaddite tokkoos taʼi.
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 Mooticha bira dhaqiitii waan kana itti himi.” Yooʼaabis waan isheen dubbattu isheetti hime.
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 Dubartiin sun yommuu Teqooʼaadhaa gara mootichaa dhuftetti ulfina isaaf kennuuf addaan lafatti gombifamtee, “Yaa mootii, na gargaari!” jette.
When the woman from Tekoa spoke to the king, she lay facedown on the ground and said, “Help me, king.”
5 Mootichis, “Ati maal rakkatte?” jedhee ishee gaafate. Isheenis akkana jette; “Sababii dhirsi koo duʼeef ani dhugumaan niitii dhirsa hin qabnee dha.
The king said to her, “What is wrong?” She answered, “The truth is that I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
6 Ani garbittiin kee ilmaan lama qaban ture. Isaanis alatti wal lolan; sababii namni wal irraa isaan dhowwu tokko iyyuu achi hin turiniif inni tokko isa kaan dhaʼee ajjeese.
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 Kunoo, gosti hundi ana garbittii keetti kaʼeera; isaanis, ‘Waan inni obboleessa ofii isaa ajjeeseef akka nu sababii lubbuu obboleessa isaa kan inni ajjeese sanaa isa ajjeefnuuf dabarsii nutti kenni; ergasii dhaaltuu isaa illee ni galaafanna’ jedhu. Isaanis akkasiin akka dhirsi koo maqaa yookaan sanyii lafa irraa hin qabaanneef ibsaa koo tokkicha hafe kana dhaamsu.”
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 Mootichis dubartii sanaan, “Ani waaʼee keetiif ajaja nan dabarsaatii ati mana keetti gali” jedhe.
So the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will command something to be done for you.”
9 Dubartiin Teqooʼaa sun garuu, “Yaa gooftaa ko, yaa mooticha, yakki sun anaa fi maatii abbaa koo irra haa buʼu; mootichii fi teessoon isaa yakka irraa haa qulqullaaʼan” jette.
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 Mootichis deebisee, “Yoo namni kam iyyuu waan tokko illee sitti dubbate isa natti fidi; innis deebiʼee si hin rakkisu” jedhe.
The king replied, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you anymore.”
11 Ishee immoo, “Kanaafuu akka namni haaloo dhiigaa baasu sun ittuma fufee nama biraa ajjeesee akkasiin ilmi koo hin ajjeefamneef mootichi Waaqayyoon Waaqa isaa haa waammatu” jette. Innis, “Dhugaa Waaqayyo jiraataa, rifeensi tokkittiin mataa ilma keetii irraa lafa hin buʼu” jedhe.
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 Ergasiis dubartittiin, “Akka ani garbittiin kee gooftaa koo mootichatti dubbii tokkittii dubbadhu naa eeyyami” jette. Innis, “Dubbadhu” jedhee deebise.
Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a further word to my master the king.” He said, “Speak on.”
13 Dubartittiin immoo akkana jette; “Yoos ati maaliif waan akkasii saba Waaqaatti yaadde? Mootichi ilma isaa kan biyyaa baqate sana hin deebifneetii; akkana jechuun isaa ofitti muruu isaa mitii?
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 Nus akkuma bishaan lafatti dhangalaʼee deebiʼee hin waraabamneetti ni duuna. Waaqni garuu karaa namni biyyaa baqate sun ittiin deebiʼu barbaada malee akka inni isa irraa fagaatee hafu hin fedhu.
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 “Kanaafuu sababii namoonni na sodaachisaniif ani dubbii kana gooftaa koo mootichatti himuuf dhufeera. Garbittiin kees waan kana yaadde; ‘Ani mooticha nan gaafadha; innis waan garbittiin isaa gaafatte tole jedha taʼa.
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 Mootichi waan kana dhagaʼee harka namicha anaa fi ilma koo dhaala Waaqni nuu kenne nu dhabsiisuu yaaluu jalaa garbittii isaa ni baasaatii.’
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 “Ammas garbittiin kee akkana jetti; ‘Sababii gooftaan koo mootichi waan gaarii fi hamaa gargari baasee beekuutti akkuma ergamaa Waaqayyoo taʼeef dubbiin gooftaa koo mootichaa boqonnaa naaf haa kennu. Waaqayyo Waaqni kee si wajjin haa taʼu.’”
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 Kana irratti mootichi dubartittiidhaan, “Ati waan ani si gaafadhu kam iyyuu na hin dhoksin” jedhe. Dubartittiinis, “Gooftaan koo mootichi haa dubbatu” jette.
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 Mootichi, “Waan kana hunda keessatti harki Yooʼaab si wajjin jiraa?” jedhee gaafate. Dubartiin sun immoo akkana jettee deebifte; “Yaa gooftaa koo mooticha, duʼa kee ti; dubbii gooftaan koo mootichi dubbatu irraa namni gara mirgaatti yookaan gara bitaatti goruu dandaʼu tokko illee hin jiru. Dhuguma namni akka ani waan kana dubbadhu na ajajee fi kan dubbii kana hundas afaan garbittii keetii keessa kaaʼe Yooʼaabuma garbicha kee ti.
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 Yooʼaab garbichi kee waan kana gochuun isaa haala yeroo ammaa jiru geeddaruuf. Gooftaan koo ogummaa akkuma ogummaa ergamaa Waaqayyoo qaba; inni waan lafa irratti taʼu hunda ni beeka.”
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 Mootichis Yooʼaabiin, “Tole; ani waan kana nan godha. Ati dhaqii Abesaaloom dargaggeessicha fidi” jedhe.
So the king said to Joab, “Look now, I will do this thing. Go then, and bring the young man Absalom back.”
22 Yooʼaabis ulfina isaaf kennuuf addaan gombifamee mooticha eebbise. Yooʼaab, “Sababii mootichi kadhannaa garbicha isaa dhagaʼeef inni akka fuula gooftaa isaa mootichaa duratti fudhatama argate harʼa ni beeka” jedhe.
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 Ergasii Yooʼaab Geshuur dhaqee Abesaaloomin deebisee Yerusaalemitti fide.
So Joab arose, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
24 Mootichi garuu, “Inni gara mana isaa deemuu qaba; inni fuula koo arguu hin qabu” jedhe. Kanaafuu Abesaaloom gara mana isaatti gale; fuula mootichaas hin argine.
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 Guutummaa Israaʼel keessa namni akka Abesaaloom miidhaguma isaatiin baayʼee jajame tokko iyyuu hin turre. Inni mataa isaatii jalqabee hamma faana miilla isaatti hirʼina tokko iyyuu hin qabu ture.
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 Yommuu rifeensi mataa isaa itti ulfaatutti waggaatti yeroo tokko of irraa mura ture; yeroo inni rifeensa mataa isaa kana madaalli mootiitiin madaaluttis rifeensi isaa saqilii dhibba lama ulfaata ture.
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 Abesaaloom ilmaan sadii fi intala tokko dhalche. Maqaan intala sanaa Taamaar jedhama; isheenis dubartii akka malee bareeddu turte.
To Absalom were born three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.
28 Abesaaloom utuu fuula mootichaa hin argin waggaa lama Yerusaalem keessa jiraate.
Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without seeing the king's face.
29 Ergasii Abesaaloom Yooʼaabin gara mootichaatti erguuf jedhee nama itti erge; Yooʼaab garuu isa bira dhufuu dide. Kanaafuu yeroo lammaffaa nama itti erge; inni garuu dhufuu dide.
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 Ergasiis Abesaaloom hojjettoota isaatiin, “Ilaa, lafti qotiisaa Yooʼaab lafa qotiisaa kootti aana; innis garbuu achii qaba. Dhaqaatii ibidda itti qabsiisaa” jedhe. Kanaafuu hojjettoonni Abesaaloom dhaqanii lafa qotiisaa sanatti ibidda qabsiisan.
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 Kana irratti Yooʼaab gara mana Abesaaloom dhaqee, “Hojjettoonni kee maaliif lafa qotiisaa kootti ibidda qabsiisan?” jedheen.
Then Joab arose and came to Absalom at his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”
32 Abesaaloomis deebisee Yooʼaabiin akkana jedhe; “Kunoo ani akka ati, ‘Inni, “Ani maaliifin Geshuurii dhufe? Utuun hamma ammaatti achuma jiraadhee naaf wayya ture!” jedha’ jettee mootichatti naaf himtuuf gara mootichaatti si ergachuuf, na bira kottu jedhee sitti dhaammadheen ture. Ani amma illee fuula mootichaa arguun fedha; yoo ani yakka tokko illee hojjedhee jiraadhe inni na haa ajjeesu.”
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 Kanaafuu Yooʼaab gara mootichaa dhaqee waan kana itti hime. Mootichis Abesaaloomin waamsise; innis dhufee fuula mootichaa duratti addaan lafatti gombifame. Mootichis Abesaaloomin dhungate.
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.
