2 Samuel 14

NEW JERUSALEM	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Now, Joab son of Zeruiah observed that the king was favourably inclined to Absalom.	1 وعلم يوآب ابن صروية ان قلب الملك على ابشالوم.
2 Joab therefore sent to Tekoa for a wise woman. 'Pretend to be in mourning,' he said. 'Dress yourself inmourning, do not perfume yourself; act like a woman who has long been mourning for the dead.	2 فارسل يوآب الى تقوع واخذ من هناك امرأة حكيمة. وقال لها تظاهري بالحزن والبسي ثياب الحزن ولا تدّهني بزيت بل كوني كامرأة لها ايام كثيرة وهي تنوح على ميت.
3 Then go to the king and say this to him.' And Joab put the words into her mouth which she was to say.	3 وادخلي الى الملك وكلميه بهذا الكلام. وجعل يوآب الكلام في فمها
4 So the woman of Tekoa went to the king and, fal ing on her face to the ground, prostrated herself.'Help, my lord king!' she said.	4 وكلمت المرأة التقوعية الملك وخرّت على وجهها الى الارض وسجدت وقالت اعن ايها الملك.
5 The king said, 'What is the matter?' 'As you see,' she replied, 'I am a widow; my husband is dead.	5 فقال لها الملك ما بالك. فقالت اني امرأة ارملة. قد مات رجلي.
6 Your servant had two sons and out in the fields, where there was no one to intervene, they had aquarrel. And one of them struck the other one and kil ed him.	6 ولجاريتك ابنان فتخاصما في الحقل وليس من يفصل بينهما فضرب احدهما الآخر وقتله.
7 And now the whole clan has risen against your servant. "Give up the man who kil ed his brother," theysay, "so that we can put him to death, to atone for the life of the brother whom he has murdered; and thus weshall destroy the heir as wel ." By this means, they wil extinguish the ember stil left to me, leaving my husbandneither name nor survivor on the face of the earth.'	7 وهوذا العشيرة كلها قد قامت على جاريتك وقالوا سلمي ضارب اخيه لنقتله بنفس اخيه الذي قتله فنهلك الوارث ايضا. فيطفئون جمرتي التي بقيت ولا يتركون لرجلي اسما ولا بقية على وجه الارض.
8 Then the king said to the woman, 'Go home; I myself shal give orders about your case.'	8 فقال الملك للمرأة اذهبي الى بيتك وانا اوصي فيك.
9 The woman of Tekoa said to the king, 'My lord king! May the guilt be on me and on my family; the kingand his throne are innocent of it.'	9 فقالت المرأة التقوعية للملك عليّ الاثم يا سيدي الملك وعلى بيت ابي والملك وكرسيه نقيان.
10 'Bring me the man who threatened you,' the king replied, 'and he shal never hurt you again.'	10 فقال الملك اذا كلمك احد فأتي به اليّ فلا يعود يمسك بعد.
11 She then said, 'Let the king be pleased to pronounce the name of Yahweh your God, so that theavenger of blood may not do greater harm and destroy my son.' 'As Yahweh lives,' he said, 'not one of yourson's hairs shal fal to the ground!'	11 فقالت اذكر ايها الملك الرب الهك حتى لا يكثر ولي الدم القتل لئلا يهلكوا ابني. فقال حيّ هو الرب انه لا تسقط شعرة من شعر ابنك الى الارض.
12 Then the woman said, 'Permit your servant to say something else to my lord the king.' 'Go on,' hesaid.	12 فقالت المرأة لتتكلم جاريتك كلمة الى سيدي الملك. فقال تكلمي.
13 The woman said, 'Why then has the king, who by giving this verdict has condemned himself,conceived the idea, against God's people's interests, of not bringing home the son whom he has banished?	13 فقالت المرأة ولماذا افتكرت بمثل هذا الامر على شعب الله. ويتكلم الملك بهذا الكلام كمذنب بما ان الملك لا يرد منفيه.
14 We are al mortal; we are like water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again, nor doesGod raise up a corpse; let the king therefore make plans for his banished son not to remain far away from him inexile.	14 لانه لا بد ان نموت ونكون كالماء المهراق على الارض الذي لا يجمع ايضا. ولا ينزع الله نفسا بل يفكر افكارا حتى لا يطرد عنه منفيّه.
15 'Now, the reason why I came to speak about this to my lord the king is that I was being intimidated,and your servant thought, "I shal speak to the king; perhaps the king will do what his servant asks.	15 والآن حيث اني جئت لاكلم الملك سيدي بهذا الأمر لان الشعب اخافني فقالت جاريتك اكلم الملك لعل الملك يفعل كقول امته.
16 Surely the king wil consent to save his servant from the clutches of the man who is trying to cut bothme and my son off from God's heritage.	16 لان الملك يسمع لينقذ امته من يد الرجل الذي يريد ان يهلكني انا وابني معا من نصيب الله.
17 Let a word from my lord the king, restore the peace!" your servant thought, "for my lord the king islike the Angel of God in understanding good and evil." May Yahweh your God be with you!'	17 فقالت جاريتك ليكن كلام سيدي الملك عزاء لانه سيدي الملك انما هو كملاك الله لفهم الخير والشر والرب الهك يكون معك
18 Replying to the woman, the king said, 'Now do not evade the question which I am going to ask you.'The woman said, 'Let my lord the king ask his question.'	18 فاجاب الملك وقال للمرأة لا تكتمي عني امرا اسألك عنه. فقالت المرأة ليتكلم سيدي الملك.
19 'Is not Joab's hand behind you in all this?' the king asked. The woman replied, 'As you live, my lordking, I cannot escape what my lord the king says, either to right or to left. Yes, it was your servant Joab whogave me my orders; he put al these words into your servant's mouth.	19 فقال الملك هل يد يوآب معك في هذا كله. فاجابت المرأة وقالت حيّة هي نفسك يا سيدي الملك لا يحاد يمينا او يسارا عن كل ما تكلم به سيدي الملك. لان عبدك يوآب هو اوصاني وهو وضع في فم جاريتك كل هذا الكلام.
20 Your servant Joab did this to approach the matter indirectly, but my lord has the wisdom of the Angelof God; he knows everything that happens on earth!'	20 لاجل تحويل وجه الكلام فعل عبدك يوآب هذا الامر وسيدي حكيم كحكمة ملاك الله ليعلم كل ما في الارض
21 The king then said to Joab, 'Very wel , the suit is granted. Go and bring the young man Absalomback.'	21 فقال الملك ليوآب هانذا قد فعلت هذا الامر فاذهب رد الفتى ابشالوم.
22 Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king. 'My lord king,' Joab said,'today your servant knows that he has won your favour, since the king has done what his servant asked.'	22 فسقط يوآب على وجهه الى الارض وسجد وبارك الملك وقال يوآب اليوم علم عبدك اني قد وجدت نعمة في عينيك يا سيدي الملك اذ فعل الملك قول عبده.
23 Joab then set off, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.	23 ثم قام يوآب وذهب الى جشور وأتى بابشالوم الى اورشليم.
24 The king, however, said, 'Let him retire to his own house; he is not to appear in my presence.' SoAbsalom retired to his own house and was not received by the king.	24 فقال الملك لينصرف الى بيته ولا ير وجهي. فانصرف ابشالوم الى بيته ولم ير وجه الملك
25 In al Israel there was no one more praised for his beauty than Absalom; from the sole of his foot tothe crown of his head, he could not be faulted.	25 ولم يكن في كل اسرائيل رجل جميل وممدوح جدا كابشالوم من باطن قدمه حتى هامته لم يكن فيه عيب.
26 When he cut his hair -- he shaved it once a year because his hair got too heavy -- he would weighthe hair: two hundred shekels, king's weight.	26 وعند حلقه راسه اذ كان يحلقه في آخر كل سنة لانه كان يثقل عليه فيحلقه كان يزن شعر راسه مئتي شاقل بوزن الملك.
27 To Absalom were born three sons and one daughter called Tamar; she was a beautiful woman.	27 وولد لابشالوم ثلاثة بنين وبنت واحدة اسمها ثامار وكانت امرأة جميلة المنظر
28 Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without being received by the king.	28 واقام ابشالوم في اورشليم سنتين ولم ير وجه الملك.
29 Absalom then summoned Joab, intending to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him.He sent for him a second time, but still he would not come.	29 فارسل ابشالوم الى يوآب ليرسله الى الملك فلم يشأ ان يأتي اليه. ثم ارسل ايضا ثانية فلم يشأ ان يأتي.
30 At this, Absalom said to his retainers, 'Look, Joab's field is next to mine and he has barley in it; goand set it on fire.' Absalom's retainers set fire to the field.	30 فقال لعبيده انظروا. حقلة يوآب بجانبي وله هناك شعير. اذهبوا واحرقوه بالنار. فاحرق عبيد ابشالوم الحقلة بالنار.
31 Joab then stirred himself, went to Absalom in his house and asked, 'Why have your retainers set myfield on fire?'	31 فقام يوآب وجاء الى ابشالوم الى البيت وقال له لماذا احرق عبيدك حقلتي بالنار.
32 Absalom replied to Joab, 'Look, I sent word to you: Come here, so that I can send you to the king tosay, "Why come back from Geshur? Better for me to have been there still!" Now I want to be received by theking, and if I am guilty, let him put me to death!'	32 فقال ابشالوم ليوآب هانذا قد ارسلت اليك قائلا تعال الى هنا فارسلك الى الملك تقول لماذا جئت من جشور. خير لي لو كنت باقيا هناك. فالآن اني ارى وجه الملك وان وجد فيّ اثم فليقتلني.
33 Joab went to the king and told him this. He then summoned Absalom, who prostrated himself with hisface to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.	33 فجاء يوآب الى الملك واخبره. ودعا ابشالوم فأتى الى الملك وسجد على وجهه الى الارض قدام الملك فقبّل الملك ابشالوم