¹Kui Joab, Seruja poeg, märkas, et kuninga süda kaldus Absalomi poole,

¹Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

²siis läkitas Joab käsu Tekoasse ja laskis sealt tuua ühe targa naise ning ütles sellele: 'Tee ennast nüüd leinajaks ja pane leinariided selga; ära võia ennast õliga, vaid ole nagu naine, kes on mõnda aega surnu pärast leinanud!

²Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

³Mine siis kuninga juurde ja räägi temale nõnda!' Ja Joab pani temale sõnad suhu.

³Go in to the king, and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.

⁴Ja Tekoa naine rääkis kuningaga, ta heitis silmili maha ja kummardas ning ütles: 'Kuningas, aita!'

⁴When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”

⁵Ja kuningas küsis temalt: 'Mis sul vaja on?' Ja ta vastas: 'Oh häda! Ma olen lesknaine, sest mu mees on surnud.

⁵The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

⁶Su teenijal oli kaks poega; need mõlemad riidlesid väljal ega olnud kedagi, kes neid oleks lahutanud; nii lõi üks teise maha ja tappis tema.

⁶Your handmaid had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.

⁷Ja vaata, kogu suguvõsa on tõusnud su teenija vastu ja nad ütlevad: 'Anna välja see, kes lõi oma venna maha, ja me surmame tema ta venna hinge pärast, kelle ta tappis, ja me hävitame ka pärija!' Nõnda kustutavad nad minu söe, mis veel on säilinud, jätmata mu mehele nime ja järeltulijaid maa peale.'

⁷Behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.”

⁸Ja kuningas ütles naisele: 'Mine koju, ma ise annan sinu kohta käsu!'

⁸The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”

⁹Aga Tekoa naine ütles kuningale: 'Mu isand kuningas! Süü jääb minu ja mu isakoja peale, aga kuningas ja tema aujärg on süüta.'

⁹The woman of Tekoa said to 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.”

¹⁰Ja kuningas ütles: 'Kes sulle midagi ütleb, see too minu juurde, siis ta ei puutu enam sinusse!'

¹⁰The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more.”

¹¹Aga naine ütles: 'Mõelgu ometi kuningas Issandale, oma Jumalale, et veritasunõudja ei hävitaks veelgi rohkem ja et mu poega ei hukataks!' Ja kuningas vastas: 'Nii tõesti kui Issand elab, ei pea su poja peast mitte karvagi maha langema!'

¹¹Then she said, “Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.”

¹²Aga naine ütles: 'Luba ometi, et su teenija räägib mu isandale kuningale veel ühe sõna!' Ja ta vastas: 'Räägi!'

¹²Then the woman said, “Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”

¹³Ja naine ütles: 'Mispärast sa siis mõtled nõnda Jumala rahva vastu? Sest nõnda rääkides on kuningas ise saanud süüdlaseks, kui kuningas ei lase oma äratõugatut tagasi tulla.

¹³The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.

¹⁴Meie küll sureme ja oleme nagu vesi, mis maha voolab, mida ei saa koguda. Aga Jumal ei taha võtta hinge, vaid mõtleb kindlasti, et äratõugatu ei oleks temast ära tõugatud.

¹⁴For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.

¹⁵Ja kui ma nüüd olen tulnud seda rääkima oma isandale kuningale, siis sellepärast, et rahvas mind hirmutas. Su teenija mõtles: Ma räägin ometi kuningale, vahest kuningas teeb, mis ta teenija räägib.

¹⁵Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, ‘I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.’

¹⁶Küllap kuningas kuuleb ja päästab oma teenija mehe pihust, kes mind koos mu pojaga tahab hävitada Jumala pärisosast.

¹⁶For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

¹⁷Ja su teenija mõtles: Mu isanda kuninga sõna ometi rahustab mind, sest mu isand kuningas on otsekui Jumala ingel, kes võtab kuulda head ja kurja. Ja Issand, sinu Jumal, olgu sinuga!'

¹⁷Then your handmaid said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’”

¹⁸Ja kuningas kostis ning ütles naisele: 'Ära ometi mulle salga, mida ma sinult küsin!' Ja naine ütles: 'Mu isand kuningas rääkigu!'

¹⁸Then the king answered the woman, “Please don’t hide anything from me that I ask you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king now speak.”

¹⁹Siis küsis kuningas: 'Kas Joabi käsi on sinuga kogu selles asjas?' Ja naine kostis ning ütles: 'Nii tõesti kui su hing elab, mu isand kuningas, ei pääse keegi paremale ega vasakule kõigest sellest, mis mu isand kuningas kõneleb: jah, see on su sulane Joab, kes mind käskis, ja tema pani kõik need sõnad su teenija suhu.

¹⁹The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;

²⁰Et anda asjale teist nägu, selleks tegi su sulane Joab nõnda. Aga mu isand on tark nagu Jumala ingel, et mõista kõike, mis maa peal on.'

²⁰to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.”

²¹Siis ütles kuningas Joabile: 'Vaata nüüd, ma teen seda: mine ja too tagasi nooruk Absalom!'

²¹The king said to Joab, “Behold now, I have done this thing. Go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.”

²²Ja Joab heitis silmili maha ja kummardas ning õnnistas kuningat. Ja Joab ütles: 'Nüüd su sulane teab, et ma olen leidnud armu su silmis, mu isand kuningas, sest kuningas teeb oma sulase sõna järgi.'

²²Joab fell to the ground on his face, showed respect, and blessed the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.”

²³Ja Joab tõusis ning läks Gesurisse ja tõi Absalomi Jeruusalemma.

²³So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

²⁴Aga kuningas ütles: 'Mingu ta jälle oma kotta, kuid minu palet ta ei näe!' Nõnda läks Absalom jälle oma kotta ega saanud näha kuninga palet.

²⁴The king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, and didn’t see the king’s face.

²⁵Aga kogu Iisraelis ei olnud nii ilusat meest kui Absalom, mitte ühtegi, keda nii väga oleks ülistatud: jalatallast pealaeni ei olnud temal midagi viga.

²⁵Now 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.

²⁶Ja kui ta lõikas oma juukseid - ta lõikas neid iga aasta lõpus, sest need muutusid temale nõnda raskeks, et ta pidi lõikama -, siis vaagisid ta juuksed kakssada seeklit kuninga vae järgi.

²⁶When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.

²⁷Ja Absalomile sündis kolm poega ja üks tütar, Taamar nimi; see oli ilus naine.

²⁷To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.

²⁸Ja Absalom elas Jeruusalemmas kaks aastat, aga ta ei näinud kuninga palet.

²⁸Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn’t see the king’s face.

²⁹Siis Absalom läkitas Joabile järele, et saata teda kuninga juurde, aga ta ei tahtnud tulla tema juurde. Ta läkitas veel teist korda, aga Joab ei tahtnud tulla.

²⁹Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

³⁰Siis ütles ta oma sulastele: 'Vaadake, Joabi põlluosa on minu oma kõrval ja temal on seal odrad peal. Minge ja süüdake see tulega põlema!' Ja Absalomi sulased süütasid põlluosa tulega põlema.

³⁰Therefore he said to his servants, “Behold, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

³¹Siis Joab võttis kätte ning tuli Absalomi juurde ta kotta ja küsis temalt: 'Mispärast on su sulased süüdanud tulega põlema minu põlluosa?'

³¹Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”

³²Ja Absalom vastas Joabile: 'Vaata, ma läkitasin su juurde ja ütlesin: Tule siia, et ma saaksin sind saata kuningalt küsima: Mispärast ma pidin Gesurist ära tulema? Mul oleks parem, kui ma oleksin seal. Ma tahan nüüd näha kuninga palet! Aga kui minus on süü, siis surmaku ta mind!'

³²Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”’”

³³Ja Joab läks kuninga juurde ning jutustas seda temale. Ja tema kutsus Absalomi, ja ta tuli kuninga juurde ning kummardas kuninga ette silmili maha; ja kuningas andis Absalomile suud.

³³So 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.