2 Samuel 14
1 Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, understood that the heart of the king had been turned toward Absalom,
Joab, pitit Sewouya a, te konnen wa David te anvi wè Absalon anpil.
2 so he sent to Tekoa, and he brought from there a wise woman. And he said to her: “Feign that you are in mourning, and put on the clothing of one who mourns. And do not anoint yourself with oil, so that you may be like a woman who is still grieving for someone who died some time ago.
Sa li fè, li voye lavil Tekoa al chache yon fanm ki te gen anpil ladrès. Lè fanm lan rive, li di l' konsa: -Ou pral pran pòz ou nan gwo lapenn. W'ap mete rad dèy sou ou, lèfini pa mete ankenn odè sou ou. Se pou yo ka pran ou pou yon moun ki gen yon moun mouri depi lontan.
3 And you shall enter to the king, and you shall speak words to him in this manner.” Then Joab put the words in her mouth.
Lèfini, ou pral bò kote wa a, w'a di l' tou sa m'a di ou di li. Apre sa, Joab fè bouch li.
4 And so, when the woman of Tekoa had entered to the king, she fell before him on the ground, and she reverenced, and she said, “Save me, O king.”
Fanm lan ale vre bò kot wa a, li tonbe ajenou devan wa a, li bese tèt li jouk atè, epi li di: -Tanpri, monwa, fe kichòy pou mwen!
5 And the king said to her, “What problem do you have?” And she responded: “Alas, I am a woman who is a widow. For my husband has died.
Wa a mande l': -Kisa ou genyen? Fanm lan reponn li: -Adje, monwa! Se yon pòv vèv mwen ye. Mari m' mouri.
6 And your handmaid had two sons. And they quarreled against one another in the field. And there was no one there who would be able to stop them. And one struck the other, and killed him.
Li kite m' ak de pitit gason. Yon jou, yo te nan jaden, yonn gen kont ak lòt, yo goumen. Pa t' gen pesonn la pou separe yo. Yonn ladan yo touye lòt la.
7 And behold, the whole family, rising up against your handmaid, said: ‘Deliver him who struck down his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and so that we may do away with the heir.’ And they are seeking to extinguish my spark that is left, so that there may not survive a name for my husband, nor a remnant upon the earth.”
Koulye a menm, tout fanmi m' yo leve dèyè m', y'ap mande m' pou m' lage sa ki te touye lòt la nan men yo pou yo touye l' tou, paske li te touye frè l' la. Si yo fè sa, m'ap rete san pitit gason. Y'ap wete dènye ti espwa ki te rete m' lan. Lèfini, mari m' p'ap gen yon pitit gason pou leve non l' sou tè a.
8 And the king said to the woman, “Go to your own house, and I will make a decree on your behalf.”
Wa a di madanm lan: -Ou mèt al lakay ou. M'ap okipe sa pou ou.
9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king: “May the iniquity be upon me, my lord, and upon the house of my father. But may the king and his throne be innocent.”
Fanm lavil Tekoa a di wa a konsa: -Monwa, nenpòt kisa w'a deside fè, si pou gen repwòch, y'a repwoche mwen menm ansanm ak fanmi pa m'. Men, ou menm ak gouvènman ou, nou pa reskonsab anyen.
10 And the king said, “Whoever will contradict you, bring him to me, and he will never touch you again.”
Wa a reponn li: -Si yon moun konprann pou li kraponnen ou, mennen l' ban mwen. Li p'ap janm chache ou kont ankò.
11 And she said, “Let the king remember the Lord his God, so that close blood relatives may not be multiplied in order to take revenge, and so that they may by no means kill my son.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, not one hair from your son shall fall to the ground.”
Fanm lan di ankò: -Tanpri, monwa! Lapriyè Seyè a, Bondye ou la, pou moun nan fanmi an ki reskonsab pou tire revanj lanmò pitit gason m' lan pa fè plis dega toujou, pou l' pa touye lòt pitit gason ki rete m' lan. David reponn li: -Mwen fè sèman nan non Seyè ki vivan an, mwen p'ap kite yo manyen yon grenn cheve nan tèt pitit gason ou lan!
12 Then the woman said, “Let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Speak.”
Lè sa a, fanm lan di ankò: -Tanpri, monwa! Kite m' di ou yon dènye pawòl. Wa a reponn li: -Pale non.
13 And the woman said: “Why have you thought such a thing against the people of God, and why has the king spoken this word, so that he sins and does not lead back the one whom he rejected?
Fanm lan di l' konsa: -Poukisa ou fè move lide sa a sou pèp Bondye a? Ou pa vle kite pwòp pitit gason ou lan tounen nan peyi a. Jan ou sot pale a, ou kondannen pwòp tèt ou.
14 We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.
Nou tout gen pou mouri. Nou tankou dlo. Depi ou lage dlo atè, ou pa ka ranmase l' ankò. Lè yon moun fin mouri, li mouri nèt. Men, Bondye ta vle pou moun ki te kouri al chache pwoteksyon nan peyi etranje a tounen nan peyi l'.
15 Therefore, now I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, in the presence of the people. And your handmaid said: I will speak to the king, for perhaps there may be some way for the king to accomplish the word of his handmaid.
Monwa, rezon ki fè mwen te vin pale avè ou la, se paske moun yo t'ap fè m' pè. Mwen di nan kè m' mwen pral pale ak wa a. Wa a ka fè sa m'ap mande l' la.
16 And the king listened, and he freed his handmaid from the hand of all who were willing to take away me and my son together, from the inheritance of God.
Mwen t'ap di wa a ka koute m', li ka delivre m' anba men moun ki soti pou yo touye pitit gason m' lan ansanm avè m', anba men moun ki soti pou wete moso tè ki vin pou nou nan peyi Bondye bay pèp li a.
17 Therefore, let your handmaid speak, so that the word of my lord the king may be like a sacrifice. For even like an Angel of God, so is my lord the king, so that he is moved by neither a blessing, nor a curse. Then too, the Lord your God is with you.”
Mwen di ankò pawòl monwa va ban m' kouraj paske wa a se tankou yon zanj Bondye li ye. Li konn rekonèt sa ki byen ak sa ki mal. Mwen mande pou Seyè a, Bondye ou la, toujou kanpe la avè ou!
18 And in response, the king said to the woman, “You shall not conceal from me a word of what I ask you.” And the woman said to him, “Speak, my lord the king.”
Wa a di l' konsa: -Mwen pral mande ou kichòy, pa kache m' anyen. Fanm lan reponn: -Monwa, mande m' sa ou vle?
19 And the king said, “Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said: “By the welfare of your soul, my lord the king, it is neither to the left, nor to the right, in all these things that my lord the king has spoken. For your servant Joab himself instructed me, and he himself placed all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.
Wa a mande l': -Eske Joab pa nan plan sa a avè ou? Fanm lan reponn li: -Menm jan ou vivan an, monwa, pa gen anyen ki pi sèten pase sa ou di la a. Wi, monwa. Se Joab, chèf lame ou la, ki di m' tou sa pou m' fè ak tou sa pou m' di.
20 Thus did I turn to this figure of speech, because your servant Joab instructed it. But you, my lord the king, are wise, just as an Angel of God has wisdom, so that you understand all that is upon the earth.”
Men, si li fè l' se paske li vle pou tout bagay sa a regle. Monwa, ou gen bon konprann tankou yon zanj Bondye, ou konnen tou sa ki ap pase nan peyi a.
21 And the king said to Joab: “Behold, your word has succeeded in appeasing me. Therefore, go and call back the boy Absalom.”
Pita, wa a di Joab konsa: -Mwen pral fè sa ou vle m' fè a. Ale chache jennonm yo rele Absalon an, mennen l' tounen isit la.
22 And falling to the ground upon his face, Joab reverenced, and he blessed the king. And Joab said: “Today your servant has understood that I have found grace in your sight, my lord the king. For you have accomplished the word of your servant.”
Joab tonbe ajenou devan David, li bese tèt li jouk atè. Li di: -Se pou Bondye beni ou, monwa! Jòdi a mwen konnen ou kontan avè m' vre, paske ou ban mwen sa m' mande ou la.
23 Then Joab rose up, and he went away to Geshur. And he brought Absalom into Jerusalem.
Joab leve, li ale lavil Gechou, li mennen Absalon tounen lavil Jerizalèm.
24 But the king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” And so, Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
Men, wa a bay lòd pou Absalon pa vin rete nan palè a, paske li pa vle pou l' parèt devan li. Se konsa Absalon al rete lakay li, li pa janm parèt devan wa a.
25 Now in all of Israel, there was no man so handsome, and so very stately as Absalom. From the sole of the foot to the top of the head, there was no blemish in him.
Pa t' gen pi bèl gason nan tout peyi Izrayèl la pase Absalon. Tout moun t'ap di sa. Pran depi nan cheve l' rive nan pwent zòtèy li, li pa t' gen ankenn defo.
26 And when he shaved off his hair, for he shaved it off once a year, because his long hair was burdensome to him, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, by the public weights.
Li te gen anpil cheve. Li te blije koupe yo chak lanne paske, lè yo te lonje yo te vin twò lou pou li. Lè yo peze cheve yo, yo ka rive peze senk liv dapre sistèm pèz yo sèvi kay wa a.
27 Then three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, of elegant form, whose name was Tamar.
Absalon te gen twa pitit gason ak yon pitit fi ki te rele Tama. Tama te bèl anpil.
28 And Absalom remained for two years in Jerusalem, and he did not see the face of the king.
Absalon pase dezan lavil Jerizalèm san li pa janm parèt devan wa a.
29 And so, he sent to Joab, so that he might send him to the king. But he refused to come to him. And when he had sent a second time, and he had refused to come to him,
Apre sa, li voye chache Joab pou mande l' al kote wa a pou li. Men, Joab pa vini. Yon lòt fwa ankò, Absalon voye chache l'. Fwa sa a tou Joab refize vini.
30 he said to his servants: “You know that the field of Joab, the one that is near my field, has a harvest of barley. Therefore, go and set it on fire.” And so, the servants of Absalom set fire to the grain field. And the servants of Joab, arriving with their garments torn, said, “The servants of Absalom have set fire to part of the field!”
Lè sa a, Absalon di domestik li yo: -Gade! Nou wè jaden Joab ki toupre jaden pa m' lan. Li plante lòj. Enben, al met dife ladan l'. Y' ale, yo mete dife nan jaden Joab la.
31 And Joab rose up, and he went to Absalom at his house, and he said, “Why have your servants set fire to my grain field?”
Joab al lakay Absalon, li mande l': -Poukisa moun pa ou yo mete dife nan jaden m' lan?
32 And Absalom responded to Joab: “I sent to you, begging that you might come to me, and that I might send you to the king, and that you might say to him: ‘Why was I brought from Geshur? It would have been better for me to be there.’ I beg you, therefore, that I may see the face of the king. And if he is mindful of my iniquity, let him put me to death.”
Absalon reponn li: -Paske ou pa t' vle vini lè mwen te voye chache ou la. Mwen te bezwen ou ale bò kote wa a pou mwen pou ou mande l' sa m' te bezwen kite lavil Gechou a vin isit la fè. Pito m' te rete laba a. Koulye a, mwen ta renmen ou jwenn yon jan pou m' parèt devan wa a. Si m' antò, li mèt touye m'!
33 And so, Joab, entering to the king, reported everything to him. And Absalom was summoned. And he entered to the king, and he reverenced on the face of the earth. And the king kissed Absalom.
Se konsa Joab al bò kote wa David, li rapòte l' sa Absalon te di l' la. Wa a voye chache Absalon. Absalon vini, li tonbe ajenou devan wa a, li bese tèt li jouk atè. Wa resevwa l', li bo l'.
