2 Samuel 14
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Mibalik si Absalom sa Jerusalem
14 Nahibaloan ni Joab nga anak ni Zeruya nga gimingaw si Haring David kang Absalom. 2 Busa nagsugo siyag usa ka tawo nga magkuha ug usa ka maalamon nga babaye gikan sa Tekoa. Pag-abot sa babaye, miingon si Joab kaniya, “Pagpakaaron-ingnon nga nagabangotan ka alang sa patay. Pagsul-ob ug bisti nga ginasul-ob sa nagabangotan. Ayaw pagpaguwapa, kondili, pagpakaaron-ingnon nga usa ka babayeng nagabangotan alang sa patay sulod sa taas na nga panahon. 3 Unya adto sa hari ug isulti kaniya kining isulti ko kanimo.” Unya gitudloan ni Joab ang babaye kon unsay iyang isulti ngadto sa hari.
4 Pag-abot sa babaye didto sa hari, miyukbo siya agig pagtahod sa hari. Ug miingon, “Tabangi ako, Mahal nga Hari!” 5 Nangutana ang hari kaniya, “Unsa may imong problema?” Mitubag siya, “Usa ako ka balo, 6 ug may duha ka anak nga lalaki. Usa niana ka adlaw nagaaway silang duha sa uma, ug tungod kay wala didtoy makaulang kanila, namatay ang usa kanila. 7 Unya, miadto kanako ang tanan kong mga paryente ug miingon, ‘Itugyan kanamo ang imong anak, kay amo siyang patyon tungod kay iyang gipatay ang iyang igsoon. Dili siya angay nga manunod sa kabtangan sa iyang amahan.’ Kon himuon nila kini, mawala ang nahibilin kong anak nga mao na lang ang akong gilaoman nga motabang kanako, ug mawala na ang ngalan sa akong bana niining kalibotana.”
8 Giingnan sa hari ang babaye, “Pauli kay ako na ang bahala. Maghatag akog mando nga dili nila unsaon ang imong anak.” 9 Miingon ang babaye, “Mahal nga hari, kon may moreklamo sa pagtabang mo kanako, ako ug ang akong pamilya ang manubag ug dili ikaw.” 10 Mitubag ang hari, “Kon adunay moreklamo kanimo, dad-a siya kanako, ug panigurohon ko nga dili na siya manghilabot kanimo pag-usab.” 11 Unya miingon ang babaye, “Mahal nga Hari, kon mahimo panumpa sa Ginoo nga imong Dios nga dili mo tugotan nga may manimalos sa akong anak aron dili siya mapatay ug dili na mosamot pa ang kagubot.” Mitubag si Haring David, “Ipanumpa ko sa buhi nga Ginoo, nga dili gayod maunsa ang imong anak.[a]”
12 Unya miingon ang babaye, “Mahal nga Hari, pwede ba nga may isulti pa ako kanimo?” Mitubag ang hari, “Sige, unsa kana?” 13 Miingon ang babaye, “Wala ka kaha makasala sa katawhan sa Dios niining imong gisulti kanako? Sa imong gisulti, gihukman mo nga sad-an ang imong kaugalingon kay wala nimo pabalika ang imong anak nga giabog. 14 Mamatay kitang tanan; mahisama kita sa tubig nga nayabo sa yuta nga dili na matigom pag-usab. Apan dili lang basta-basta nga kuhaon sa Ginoo ang kinabuhi sa tawo; nagatinguha pa gani hinuon siya nga mahibalik kaniya ang iyang mga tawo nga nahilayo kaniya.
15 “Mahal nga Hari, mianhi ako dinhi sa pagsugilon sa akong problema tungod kay nahadlok ako sa mga tawo. Miingon ako sa akong kaugalingon nga makigsulti ako kanimo kay basin na lang ug himuon mo ang akong ihangyo kanimo 16 nga luwason mo ako ug ang akong anak gikan sa mga tawo nga nagatinguha nga mawagtang kami sa yuta nga gihatag sa Dios kanamo. 17 Unya ang imong hukom nakahatag kanakog kalinaw. Kay sama ikaw sa anghel sa Dios nga nasayod kon unsa ang maayo ug daotan. Hinaut pa nga ubanan ka sa Ginoo nga imong Dios.”
18 Unya miingon ang hari sa babaye, “Palihog, suginli ako sa tinuod bahin sa akong ipangutana kanimo.” Mitubag ang babaye, “Sige, Mahal nga Hari.” 19 Nangutana ang hari, “Si Joab ba ang nagtudlo kanimo niini?”
Mitubag ang babaye, “Dili gayod ako makalimod kanimo, Mahal nga Hari. Oo, si Joab nga imong alagad ang nagsugo kanako sa paghimo niini ug siya ang nagtudlo kon unsa ang akong isulti. 20 Gihimo niya kini aron mahibalik ang maayo ninyong relasyon ni Absalom. Apan nasabtan mo kini, Mahal nga Hari, kay sama ikaw sa anghel sa Dios—nasayod ka sa tanang nagakahitabo sa atong nasod.”
21 Busa gipatawag sa hari si Joab ug giingnan, “Sige, lakaw ug dad-a dinhi ug balik ang batan-ong si Absalom.” 22 Unya miyukbo si Joab sa pagtahod sa hari ug miingon, “Hinaut nga panalanginan ka sa Ginoo, Mahal nga Hari. Karon nasayod na ako nga nalipay ka kanako tungod kay gituman mo ang akong hangyo.” 23 Unya milakaw si Joab sa Geshur ug gidala pagbalik si Absalom sa Jerusalem. 24 Apan nagmando ang hari, “Papaulia ninyo siya sa iyang balay; dili ko siya gusto nga makita dinhi sa palasyo.” Busa mipauli si Absalom sa iyang kaugalingong balay ug wala siya magpakita sa hari.
25 Walay makatupong sa kaguwapo ni Absalom sa tibuok Israel, busa ginadayeg gayod siya sa tanan. Wala gayod siyay deperensya gikan sa ulo hangtod sa lapalapa. 26 Kausa lang siya magpaalot matag tuig, ug nagapaalot lang siya tungod kay bug-atan siya sa iyang buhok. Kon timbangon ang iyang buhok, motimbang kinig duha ka kilo, basi sa timbangan nga ginagamit sa hari. 27 Si Absalom may tulo ka mga anak nga lalaki ug usa ka babaye. Ang ngalan sa babaye si Tamar, ug guwapa kaayo siya. 28 Nagpuyo si Absalom sa Jerusalem sulod sa duha ka tuig nga wala gayod niya makita ang hari.
29 Usa ka higayon, gipatawag ni Absalom si Joab sa paghangyo kaniya nga makigsulti sa hari alang kaniya. Apan wala si Joab moadto. Busa gipatawag niya pag-usab si Joab, apan wala gihapon kini moadto. 30 Unya miingon si Absalom sa iyang mga sulugoon, “Sunoga ninyo ang uma ni Joab nga gitamnan ug barley. Anaa kini tapad sa akong uma.” Busa gisunog nila ang uma ni Joab.
31 Miadto si Joab kang Absalom ug miingon kaniya, “Nganong gisunog sa imong mga sulugoon ang akong uma?” 32 Mitubag si Absalom, “Tungod kay wala ka moanhi dinhi sa dihang gipatawag ko ikaw. Gusto ko unta nga moadto ka sa hari sa pagpangutana kaniya kon nganong gipakuha niya ako sa Geshur. Mas maayo pa nga nagpabilin na lang ako didto. Karon, gusto ko nga makita ang hari. Kon nakasala ako, mahimo niya akong ipapatay.”
33 Busa miadto si Joab sa hari, ug gisulti niya ang giingon ni Absalom. Unya gipatawag sa hari si Absalom, ug pag-abot niya, miyukbo siya sa pagtahod sa hari. Unya gihalokan siya sa hari.
Footnotes
- 14:11 dili gayod maunsa ang imong anak: sa literal, walay bisan usa ka lugas sa buhok sa imong anak nga mahulog sa yuta.
2 Samuel 14
New International Version
Absalom Returns to Jerusalem
14 Joab(A) son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart longed for Absalom. 2 So Joab sent someone to Tekoa(B) and had a wise woman(C) brought from there. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning. Dress in mourning clothes, and don’t use any cosmetic lotions.(D) Act like a woman who has spent many days grieving for the dead. 3 Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab(E) put the words in her mouth.
4 When the woman from Tekoa went[a] to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor, and she said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”
5 The king asked her, “What is troubling you?”
She said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead. 6 I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him. 7 Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death(F) for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir(G) as well.’ They would put out the only burning coal I have left,(H) leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.”
8 The king said to the woman, “Go home,(I) and I will issue an order in your behalf.”
9 But the woman from Tekoa said to him, “Let my lord the king pardon(J) me and my family,(K) and let the king and his throne be without guilt.(L)”
10 The king replied, “If anyone says anything to you, bring them to me, and they will not bother you again.”
11 She said, “Then let the king invoke the Lord his God to prevent the avenger(M) of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son will not be destroyed.”
“As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “not one hair(N) of your son’s head will fall to the ground.(O)”
12 Then the woman said, “Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.”
“Speak,” he replied.
13 The woman said, “Why then have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself,(P) for the king has not brought back his banished son?(Q) 14 Like water(R) spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die.(S) But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person(T) does not remain banished from him.
15 “And now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king; perhaps he will grant his servant’s request. 16 Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’(U)
17 “And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel(V) of God in discerning(W) good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’”
18 Then the king said to the woman, “Don’t keep from me the answer to what I am going to ask you.”
“Let my lord the king speak,” the woman said.
19 The king asked, “Isn’t the hand of Joab(X) with you in all this?”
The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your servant. 20 Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom(Y) like that of an angel of God—he knows everything that happens in the land.(Z)”
21 The king said to Joab, “Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
22 Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the king.(AA) Joab said, “Today your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant’s request.”
23 Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. 24 But the king said, “He must go to his own house; he must not see my face.” So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the face of the king.
25 In all Israel there was not a man so highly praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the top of his head to the sole of his foot there was no blemish in him. 26 Whenever he cut the hair of his head(AB)—he used to cut his hair once a year because it became too heavy for him—he would weigh it, and its weight was two hundred shekels[b] by the royal standard.
27 Three sons(AC) and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar,(AD) and she became a beautiful woman.
28 Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king’s face. 29 Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So he sent a second time, but he refused to come. 30 Then he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley(AE) there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
31 Then Joab did go to Absalom’s house, and he said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?(AF)”
32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent word to you and said, ‘Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur?(AG) It would be better for me if I were still there!”’ Now then, I want to see the king’s face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.”(AH)
33 So Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came in and bowed down with his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed(AI) Absalom.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts spoke
- 2 Samuel 14:26 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
2 Samuel 14
English Standard Version
Absalom Returns to Jerusalem
14 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew (A)that the king's heart went out to Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to (B)Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. (C)Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead. 3 Go to the king and speak thus to him.” So Joab (D)put the words in her mouth.
4 When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, (E)she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, (F)“Save me, O king.” 5 And the king said to her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, (G)“Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead. 6 And your servant had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him. 7 And now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed.’ And so they would (H)destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal that is left and leave to my husband neither name nor (I)remnant on the face of the earth.”
8 Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.” 9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, (J)“On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father's house; let the king and his throne be guiltless.” 10 The king said, “If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall never touch you again.” 11 Then she said, “Please let the king invoke the Lord your God, that (K)the avenger of blood kill no more, and my son be not destroyed.” He said, (L)“As the Lord lives, (M)not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”
12 Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.” 13 And the woman said, “Why then have you planned such a thing against (N)the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring (O)his banished one home again. 14 We must all die; we are (P)like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means (Q)so that the banished one will not remain an outcast. 15 Now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid, and your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant. 16 For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from (R)the heritage of God.’ 17 And your servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,’ for my lord the king is (S)like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”
18 Then the king answered the woman, “Do not hide from me anything I ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king speak.” 19 The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, (T)“As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who commanded me; (U)it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant. 20 In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of (V)the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth.”
21 Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.” 22 And Joab fell on his face to the ground and paid homage (W)and blessed the king. And Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.” 23 So Joab arose and went to (X)Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 24 And the king said, “Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come into my presence.” So Absalom lived apart in his own house and did not come into the king's presence.
25 Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. (Y)From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. 26 And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he (Z)cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels[a] by the king's weight. 27 There were born (AA)to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.
28 So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king's presence. 29 Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come. 30 Then he said to his servants, “See, Joab's field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.” So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.[b] 31 Then Joab arose and went to Absalom at his house and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?” 32 Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent word to you, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, “Why have I come from (AB)Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still.” Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, (AC)and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.’” 33 Then Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. So he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 14:26 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- 2 Samuel 14:30 Septuagint, Dead Sea Scroll add So Joab's servants came to him with their clothes torn, and they said to him, “The servants of Absalom have set your field on fire.”
2 Samuel 14
King James Version
14 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto 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 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
6 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 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine 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 shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto 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 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
11 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 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
14 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 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall 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 Then the king answered and said unto 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 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 ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
20 To fetch 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 in the earth.
21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
22 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 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
24 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 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 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 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
30 Therefore he said unto 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 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
33 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.
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