¹[Ny nodian'i Absaloma, sy ny nampihavanana ny rainy taminy] Ary Joaba, zanak'i Zeroia, nahalala fa ny fon'ny mpanjaka nalahelo an'i Absaloma ihany.[Na: mbola tezitra tamin']

¹And Joab son of Zeruial knoweth that the heart of the king [is] on Absalom,

²Koa naniraka tany Tekoa nampaka vehivavy hendry tany Joaba ka nanao taminy hoe: Masìna ianao, modia misaona, ka miakanjoa akanjo fisaonana, ary aza mihoso-diloilo ianao, fa manaova tahaka ny vehivavy efa nisaona ela ny maty;

²and Joab sendeth to Tekoah, and taketh thence a wise woman, and saith unto her, `Feign thyself a mourner, I pray thee, and put on, I pray thee, garments of mourning, and anoint not thyself with oil, and thou hast been as a woman these many days mourning for the dead,

³dia mankanesa ao amin'ny mpanjaka, ka lazao aminy araka izao. Dia nomen'i Joaba teny izy.

³and thou hast gone unto the king, and spoken unto him, according to this word;` and Joab putteth the words into her mouth.

⁴Ary nony niteny tamin'ny mpanjaka ravehivavy avy any Tekoa, dia niankohoka tamin'ny tany izy ary nitsaoka ka nanao hoe: Vonjeo, ary mpanjaka ô.

⁴And the woman of Tekoah speaketh unto the king, and falleth on her face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith, `Save, O king.`

⁵Ary hoy ny mpanjaka taminy: Inona no nanjo anao? Dia hoy izy: Vehivavy mpitondra tena tokoa aho, fa maty vady.

⁵And the king saith to her, `What — to thee?` and she saith, `Truly a widow woman [am] I, and my husband dieth,

⁶Ary izaho mpanompovavinao nanan-janaka roa lahy, ary nifanditra tany an-tsaha izy mirahalahy, ka tsy nisy nampisaraka azy, ary ny anankiray namely ny rahalahiny ka nahafaty azy.

⁶and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;

⁷Ary, indreo, ny mpianakavy rehetra nanangana ady tamiko mpanompovavinao ka nanao hoe: Atolory ilay namely ny rahalahiny, fa hataonay maty izy noho ny ain'ny rahalahiny izay novonoiny ka dia hovonoinay koa ny mpandova; ka hovonoiny koa ny vainafoko sisa, ka tsy hamelany anarana na zanaka ho an'ny vadiko etỳ ambonin'ny tany.

⁷and lo, the whole family hath risen against thy maid-servant, and say, Give up him who smiteth his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he hath slain, and we destroy also the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left — so as not to set to my husband a name and remnant on the face of the ground.`

⁸Ary hoy ny mpanjaka tamin-dravehivavy: Modia ianao; fa izaho no handidy ny amin'izany.

⁸And the king saith unto the woman, `Go to thine house, and I give charge concerning thee.`

⁹Ary hoy ravehivavy avy any Tekoa tamin'ny mpanjaka: Ry mpanjaka tompoko ô, aoka ho amiko ny heloka sy ho amin'ny ankohonan'ny raiko; fa ny mpanjaka sy ny seza fiandrianany dia aoka tsy hanan-tsiny.

⁹And the woman of Tekoah saith unto the king, `On me, my lord, O king, [is] the iniquity, and on the house of my father; and the king and his throne [are] innocent.`

¹⁰Dia hoy ny mpanjaka: Na zovy na zovy manisy teny anao, ento etỳ amiko, dia tsy haninona anao intsony izy.

¹⁰And the king saith, `He who speaketh [aught] unto thee, and thou hast brought him unto me, then he doth not add any more to come against thee.`

¹¹Ary hoy ravehivavy: Trarantitra ianao, ry mpanjaka ô, aoka ianao hahatsiaro an'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao, ary aoka ny mpamaly ratsy hamono intsony, fandrao mamono ny zanako izy. Dia hoy ny mpanjaka: Raha velona koa Jehovah, tsy hisy ho latsaka amin'ny tany na dia singam-bolo iray akory aza amin'ny zanakao.

¹¹And she saith, `Let, I pray thee, the king remember by Jehovah thy God, that the redeemer of blood add not to destroy, and they destroy not my son;` and he saith, `Jehovah liveth; if there doth fall of the hair of thy son to the earth.`

¹²Ary hoy ravehivavy: Trarantitra ianao, aoka kely ny mpanompovavinao hanao teny indraim-bava monja amin'ny mpanjaka tompoko. Ary hoy izy: Lazao ary.

¹²And the woman saith, `Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;` and he saith, `Speak.`

¹³Dia hoy ravehivavy: Nahoana ianao no nihevitra toy izany hamely ny olon'Andriamanitra? Fa amin'ny, itenenan'ny mpanjaka izany zavatra izany, dia toa mahavoa ny tenany ihany izy noho ny tsi-fampodian'ny mpanjaka ilay noroahiny.

¹³And the woman saith, `And why hast thou thought thus concerning the people of God? yea, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king hath not brought back his outcast;

¹⁴Fa tsy maintsy maty isika ka ho tahaka ny rano raraka amin'ny tany, izay tsy azo raofina intsony; ary Andriamanitra tsy manala ain'olona, fa mihevitra izay tsy hanariany ilay noroahiny.

¹⁴for we do surely die, and [are] as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not outcast by Him.

¹⁵Fa izaho no tonga hilaza izany zavatra izany amin'ny mpanjaka tompoko, ny olona no nampitahotra ahy: ary hoy izaho mpanompovavinao: mba holazaiko amin'ny mpanjaka izany; fa angamba ny mpanjaka hanao izay angatahin'ny mpanompovaviny.

¹⁵`And now that I have come to speak unto the king my lord this word, [it is] because the people made me afraid, and thy maid-servant saith, Let me speak, I pray thee, unto the king; it may be the king doth do the word of his handmaid,

¹⁶Eny, ny mpanjaka hihaino ka hamonjy ny mpanompovaviny ho afaka amin'ny tanan'ny lehilahy izay ta-hamongotra ahy mbamin'ny zanako hiala amin'ny lova nomen'Andriamanitra.

¹⁶for the king doth hearken to deliver his handmaid out of the paw of the man [seeking] to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God,

¹⁷Dia hoy ny mpanompovavinao: Hahazoako fiononana anie ny tenin'ny mpanjaka tompoko; fa ta-haka Ilay Anjelin'Andriamanitra ny mpanjaka tompoko ka mandinika izay soa sy ratsy; koa Jehovah Andriamanitrao anie ho aminao.

¹⁷and thy maid-servant saith, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a messenger of God so [is] my lord the king, to understand the good and the evil; and Jehovah thy God is with thee.`

¹⁸Ary ny mpanjaka namaly an-dravehivavy hoe: Aza dia afenina ahy izay zavatra hanontaniako anao. Dia hoy ravehivavy: Aoka hiteny ny mpanjaka tompoko.

¹⁸And the king answereth and saith unto the woman, `Do not, I pray thee, hide from me the thing that I am asking thee;` and the woman saith, `Let, I pray thee, my lord the king speak.`

¹⁹Ary hoy ny mpanjaka: Moa saina nomen'i Joaba va izany rehetra lazainao izany? Dia hoy ny navalin-dravehivavy: Raha velona koa ny ainao, ry mpanjaka tompoko, tsy misy mivily izay rehetra nolazain'ny mpanjaka tompoko na ho amin'ny ankavanana na ho amin'ny ankavia; fa Joaba mpanomponao tokoa no nandidy ahy sy nanome izany teny rehetra izany ny mpanompovavinao.[Heb. Moa ny tànan'i Joaba va no aminao amin'izany rehetra izany?]

¹⁹And the king saith, `Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?` And the woman answereth and saith, `Thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, none [doth turn] to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab he commanded me, and he put in the mouth of thy maid-servant all these words;

²⁰Ny hampiova tarehy ny raharaha no nanaovan'i Joaba mpanomponao izany zavatra izany; fa hendry tahaka Ilay Anjelin'Andriamanitra tompoko ka mahalala ny zavatra rehetra etỳ ambonin'ny tany.

²⁰in order to bring round the appearance of the thing hath thy servant Joab done this thing, and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of a messenger of God, to know all that [is] in the land.`

²¹Ary hoy ny mpanjaka tamin'i Joaba: Indro fa efa nekeko izany zavatra izany: koa andeha, alao hody Absaloma zatovo.

²¹And the king saith unto Joab, `Lo, I pray thee, thou hast done this thing; and go, bring back the young man Absalom.`

²²Dia niankohoka tamin'ny tany Joaba ka nitsaoka sy nisaotra ny mpanjaka; ary hoy Joaba: Anio no ahafantaran'ny mpanomponao fa efa mahita fitia eo imasonao aho, ry mpanjaka tompoko, amin'ny nanaovan'ny mpanjaka araka ny nangatahin'ny mpanompony.

²²And Joab falleth on his face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and blesseth the king, and Joab saith, `To-day hath thy servant known that I have found grace in thine eyes, my lord, O king, in that the king hath done the word of his servant.`

²³Dia niainga Joaba nankany Gesora, ka nentiny nankany Jerosalema Absaloma.

²³And Joab riseth and goeth to Geshur, and bringeth in Absalom to Jerusalem,

²⁴Ary hoy ny mpanjaka: Aoka hody any an-tranony izy, fa aza avela hahita ny tavako. Ary Absaloma nankany an-tranony, ka dia tsy nahita ny tavan'ny mpanjaka.

²⁴and the king saith, `Let him turn round unto his house, and my face he doth not see.` And Absalom turneth round unto his house, and the face of the king he hath not seen.

²⁵Ary tsy nisy lehilahy tsara tarehy noderaina fatratra tahaka an'i Absaloma teo amin'ny Isiraely rehetra, fa hatrany am-paladiany ka hatrany an-tampon-dohany dia tsy nisy tsiny izy.

²⁵And like Absalom there was no man [so] fair in all Israel, to praise greatly; from the sole of his foot even unto his crown there was no blemish in him;

²⁶Ary raha nanaratra ny lohany izy (fa isaky ny fitsingerenan'ny taona no nanaratany azy; fa nanavesatra azy ka noharatany), dia nolanjainy ny volon-dohany, ka sekely roan-jato no lanjany, araka ny fandanjan'ny mpanjaka.

²⁶and in his polling his head — and it hath been at the end of year by year that he polleth [it], for it [is] heavy on him, and he hath polled it — he hath even weighed out the hair of his head — two hundred shekels by the king`s weight.

²⁷Ary Absaloma niteraka zanaka telo mirahalahy sy vavy iray, atao hoe Tamara, ary vehivavy tsara tarehy izy.

²⁷And there are born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, and her name [is] Tamar; she was a woman of a fair appearance.

²⁸Ary Absaloma nitoetra roa taona ngarangidina tany Jerosalema, nefa tsy mbola nahita ny tavan'ny mpanjaka ihany izy.

²⁸And Absalom dwelleth in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he hath not seen;

²⁹Ary Absaloma dia naniraka tany amin'i Joaba, mba hanirahany azy ho any amin'ny mpanjaka, fa tsy nety nankany aminy izy; ary mbola naniraka fanindroany indray Absaloma, fa mbola tsy nety nankany ihany Joaba.

²⁹and Absalom sendeth unto Joab, to send him unto the king, and he hath not been willing to come unto him; and he sendeth again a second time, and he hath not been willing to come.

³⁰Koa dia hoy izy tamin'ny mpanompony: Indro, ny tanimbarin'i Joaba mifanolotra amin'ny ahy, ary manana vary hordea ao izy; andeha, dory amin'ny afo izany. Ary ny mpanompon'i Absaloma dia nandoro ny tanimbary.

³⁰And he saith unto his servants, `See, the portion of Joab [is] by the side of mine, and he hath barley there; go, and burn it with fire;` and the servants of Absalom burn the portion with fire.

³¹Ary Joaba niainga nankany amin'i Absaloma tao an-tranony ka nanao taminy hoe: Nahoana ny mpanomponao no nandoro ny tanimbariko tamin'ny afo?

³¹And Joab riseth and cometh unto Absalom in the house, and saith unto him, `Why have thy servants burned the portion that I have with fire?`

³²Fa hoy Absaloma tamin'i Joaba: Indro, naniraka tany aminao aho ka nanao hoe: Mankanesa atỳ hirahiko ho any amin'ny mpanjaka hanao hoe: Nahoana no niala tany Gesora aho? Tsara amiko raha nitoetra tany ihany mandraka ankehitriny. Koa ankehitriny, aoka re mba hahita ny tavan'ny mpanjaka aho, ka raha manan-keloka aho, dia aoka hovonoiny.Ary Joaba nankany amin'ny mpanjaka ka nanambara izany taminy: ary dia nampanalain'ny mpanjaka Absaloma, dia nankao aminy izy ka niondrika tamin'ny tany teo anatrehan'ny mpanjaka; ary dia nanoroka an'i Absaloma ny mpanjaka.

³²And Absalom saith unto Joab, `Lo, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, and I send thee unto the king to say, Why have I come in from Geshur? — good for me while I [am] there — and now, let me see the king`s face, and if there is in me iniquity then thou hast put me to death.`

³³Ary Joaba nankany amin'ny mpanjaka ka nanambara izany taminy: ary dia nampanalain'ny mpanjaka Absaloma, dia nankao aminy izy ka niondrika tamin'ny tany teo anatrehan'ny mpanjaka; ary dia nanoroka an'i Absaloma ny mpanjaka.

³³And Joab cometh unto the king, and declareth [it] to him, and he calleth unto Absalom, and he cometh unto the king, and boweth himself to him, on his face, to the earth, before the king, and the king giveth a kiss to Absalom.