2 Samuel 14

1 Yoab tahu bahwa Raja Daud sangat merindukan Absalom,

And when now Joab the son of Zeruyah perceived that the heart of the king was [turned] toward Abshalom:

2 sebab itu dia menyuruh jemput seorang wanita cerdik yang tinggal di Tekoa. Ketika wanita itu sampai, Yoab berkata kepadanya, "Ibu harus pura-pura berkabung; pakailah pakaian berkabung, dan jangan memakai minyak wangi. Buatlah seperti wanita yang sudah lama menangisi kematian orang yang tercinta.

Then sent Joab to Tekoa', and he fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, Feign. I pray thee, as though thou mournest, and do put on mourning garments, and anoint thyself not with oil; but be as a woman that hath these many days been mourning for the dead.

3 Kemudian pergilah kepada raja, katakanlah kepadanya begini." Lalu Yoab memberitahukan kepadanya apa yang harus dikatakannya.

And thou must come to the king and speak with him after these words: and Joab put the words into her mouth.

4 Lalu wanita itu pergi menghadap raja, dan sujud menyembah serta berkata, "Tuanku Yang Mulia, tolonglah hamba!"

And the woman from Tekoa' spoke to the king, and fell on her face to the ground, and bowed herself, and said, Help, O king!

5 "Ada apa?" tanya raja kepadanya. Wanita itu menjawab, "Hamba ini seorang janda yang miskin. Suami hamba sudah mati.

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she said, Truly, I am a widow-woman; since my husband is dead.

6 Hamba mempunyai dua orang anak laki-laki, dan pada suatu hari mereka bertengkar di padang. Karena tak ada orang yang melerai, maka seorang di antaranya mati dibunuh.

And thy hand-maid had two sons, and they two quarreled together in the field, and there was no one between them to help [either]; so the one smote the other, and slew him.

7 Dan sekarang, seluruh kaum keluarga hamba memusuhi hamba dan menuntut supaya hamba menyerahkan anak hamba yang membunuh itu kepada mereka, agar mereka menghukumnya dengan hukuman mati, sebab dia telah membunuh saudaranya. Jika hamba serahkan anak itu, tinggallah hamba sebatang kara. Mereka akan menghancurkan harapan hamba satu-satunya dan tidak meninggalkan seorang anak laki-laki bagi suami hamba untuk meneruskan keturunannya."

And, behold, the whole family is risen up against thy handmaid, and they said, Give up the slayer of his brother, that we may have him put to death, for the life of his brother whom he hath killed; and we will destroy also the heir: and thus they will quench my coal which is remaining, so as not to allow to my husband either name or remainder upon the face of the earth.

8 "Pulanglah," jawab raja, "akan kuurus perkara itu."

And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will issue [my] charge concerning thee.

9 "Tuanku Yang Mulia," kata wanita itu, "apa pun yang akan Tuanku perbuat, hamba dan keluarga hambalah yang akan menanggung akibatnya; Tuanku dan keluarga Tuanku tidaklah bersalah."

Then said the woman of Tekoa unto the king, On me, my Lord, O king, be the iniquity, and on my father's house: and may the king and his throne be guiltless.

10 Raja menjawab, "Jika ada orang yang mengancam engkau, bawalah dia kepadaku, maka selanjutnya pasti ia tak akan mengganggumu lagi."

And the king said, Whosoever speaketh aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

11 Kata wanita itu, "Kiranya berdoalah Tuanku kepada TUHAN Allah Tuanku, supaya orang yang hendak membalas kematian anak hamba itu jangan sampai melakukan kejahatan yang lebih besar lagi dengan membunuh anak hamba yang seorang lagi." Jawab Daud, "Demi TUHAN yang hidup, anakmu itu tidak akan diapa-apakan walau sedikit pun."

Then said she, Let the king, I pray thee, remember the Lord thy God, so as not to suffer the avenger of the blood to cause yet more destruction, and that they may not destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not fall one hair of thy son to the earth.

12 Lalu berkatalah wanita itu, "Tuanku Yang Mulia, izinkanlah kiranya hamba berbicara sedikit lagi." "Baiklah," jawab raja.

Then said the woman, Let thy hand-maid, I pray thee, speak unto my Lord the king one word. And he said, Speak on.

13 Kata wanita itu, "Dengan ucapan Tuanku itu, Tuanku telah mengaku bahwa Tuanku sendiri bersalah karena tidak mengizinkan putra Tuanku pulang dari pengasingan. Mengapa Tuanku melakukan kesalahan seperti itu terhadap umat Allah?

And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? and since the king doth speak this thing, he is as a guilty man, if the king do not permit his banished one to return home.

14 Kita semua akan mati; kita ini seumpama air yang tumpah ke tanah dan tidak dapat dikumpulkan kembali. Allah pun tidak akan menghidupkan lagi orang yang sudah mati; sebab itu hendaklah kiranya Tuanku berusaha supaya orang buangan dapat pulang lagi.

For we must needs die, and are as water which is spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and yet doth God not take away life; and he deviseth thoughts, so that the banished one may not remain banished from him.

15 Hamba menghadap Tuanku karena hamba diancam orang. Lalu hamba berpikir sebaiknya hamba berbicara dengan Tuanku dengan harapan permintaan hamba ini akan Tuanku kabulkan.

And now that I am come to speak unto my Lord the king of this thing, [happened] because the people made me afraid; and therefore thy hand-maid said, I will still speak unto the king; perhaps the king may act [in accordance with] the word of his hand-maid.

16 Hamba pikir Tuanku akan mendengarkan dan menyelamatkan hamba dari orang yang berusaha hendak membunuh hamba dan anak hamba. Mereka bermaksud menyingkirkan kami dari tanah yang diberikan Allah kepada umat-Nya.

For the king may hear [me], to deliver his hand-maid out of the hand of the man [that desireth] to exterminate me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

17 Hamba yakin bahwa janji Tuanku itu akan menjamin keselamatan hamba sebab Tuanku adalah seperti malaikat Allah, yang dapat membedakan apa yang baik dan apa yang jahat. Semoga TUHAN Allah Tuanku menyertai Tuanku!"

And thy hand-maid said, May the word of my Lord the king now become [the means of giving] repose; for as an angel of God, so is my Lord the king to comprehend the good and the bad: and may the Lord thy God be with thee.

18 Raja menjawab, "Aku mau menanyakan sesuatu kepadamu, jawablah dengan jujur." "Silakan Tuanku berbicara," jawab wanita itu.

Then answered the king and said unto the woman, Conceal not, I pray thee, from me a word concerning what I am going to ask thee. And the woman said, Let my Lord the king but speak.

19 Kata raja, "Yoabkah yang menyuruh engkau?" Jawab wanita itu, "Demi nyawa Tuanku, hamba tidak mungkin mengelak diri dari pertanyaan Tuanku. Memang benar Tuanku, Yoab telah memberitahukan kepada hamba apa yang harus hamba lakukan dan hamba katakan.

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, O king! none can turn to the right or to the left from all that my Lord the king hath spoken; for it was thy servant Joab who hath bidden me, and it was he that hath put in the mouth of thy hand-maid all these words.

20 Tetapi ia berbuat begitu untuk menyelesaikan perkara itu dengan baik. Tuanku adalah bijaksana seperti malaikat Allah sehingga mengetahui segala sesuatu yang terjadi."

In order to change the appearance of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my Lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is [done] on the earth.

21 Setelah itu raja memanggil Yoab dan berkata kepadanya, "Keinginanmu itu akan kupenuhi. Pergilah menjemput Absalom dan bawalah dia ke mari."

And the king said unto Joab, Behold, now, thou hast done this thing: go then, bring back the young man Abshalom.

22 Yoab sujud di hadapan Daud, lalu berkata, "Kiranya Allah memberkati Baginda! Sekarang hamba tahu bahwa Baginda menyukai hamba karena Baginda telah mengabulkan permohonan hamba."

And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today is thy servant convinced that I have found grace in thy eyes, my Lord, O king; since the king hath acted in accordance with the word of thy servant.

23 Lalu berangkatlah Yoab ke Gesur untuk menjemput Absalom kembali ke Yerusalem.

And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Abshalom to Jerusalem.

24 Tetapi raja tidak mengizinkan Absalom tinggal di istana. "Aku tidak mau melihatnya," kata raja. Jadi Absalom langsung pulang ke rumahnya sendiri, dan tidak menghadap raja.

And the king said, Let him repair to his own house, but my face he shall not see. So Abshalom repaired to his own house, but the king's face he did not see.

25 Absalom dipuji sebagai orang yang paling tampan di seluruh Israel. Tidak ada orang yang lebih tampan dari dia. Dari telapak kaki sampai ke ujung rambut tak ada cacatnya.

And like Abshalom there was no man as handsome in all Israel, so that he was greatly praised: from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head there was no blemish on him.

26 Rambutnya sangat lebat, dan dia harus memotongnya sekali setahun sebab dirasanya terlalu berat. Rambut yang dipotongnya itu beratnya lebih dari dua kilogram menurut timbangan raja.

And when he shaved off [the hair of] his head [and it was at the end of every year that he shaved it off; because it was too heavy on him, so that he had to shave it off: ] he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels by the king's weight.

27 Absalom mempunyai tiga orang putra dan seorang putri yang sangat cantik, bernama Tamar.

And there was born unto Abshalom three sons and one daughter, whose name was Thamar: this one was a woman of handsome appearance.

28 Sudah dua tahun Absalom tinggal di Yerusalem, tetapi belum juga ia bertemu dengan raja.

And Abshalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and the king's face he did not see.

29 Maka pada suatu hari ia memanggil Yoab, untuk menyuruhnya menghadap raja, tetapi Yoab tidak mau datang, Absalom memanggilnya sekali lagi, tetapi Yoab tidak mau datang juga.

Abshalom sent out therefore for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again the second time; but he would not come.

30 Kemudian berkatalah Absalom kepada budak-budaknya, "Kamu tahu ladang Yoab di sebelah ladangku yang ditanami jelai? Bakarlah ladang itu." Mereka pun pergi membakarnya.

He thereupon said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is alongside of mine, and he hath barley there: go and set it on fire. And Abshalom's servants set the field on fire.

31 Maka Yoab datang ke rumah Absalom dan bertanya, "Mengapa budak-budakmu membakar ladangku?"

Then did Joab arise, and he went to Abshalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set the field belonging to me on fire?

32 Jawab Absalom, "Sebab engkau tidak mau datang ketika kupanggil. Aku hendak mengutusmu menghadap raja dan menyampaikan pertanyaanku ini, 'Apa gunanya aku meninggalkan Gesur dan kembali ke mari? Lebih baik aku tinggal di sana saja.'" Dan kata Absalom lagi, "Usahakanlah supaya aku dapat menghadap raja, dan jika aku masih dianggap bersalah, aku bersedia dihukum mati."

And Abshalom said to Joab, Behold, I had sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it would be better for me were I yet there: and now let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him put me to death.

33 Kemudian pergilah Yoab menghadap Raja Daud dan menyampaikan permohonan Absalom. Lalu raja memanggil Absalom, dan Absalom datang bersujud di hadapan raja. Dan raja menyambutnya dengan ciuman.

So Joab went to the king, and told it to him: and he called for Abshalom, who came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Abshalom.