2 Samuel 14
Magandang Balita Biblia
Binalak ni Joab na Maibalik si Absalom
14 Napansin ni Joab, anak ni Zeruias, na ang hari ay nananabik na makita si Absalom. 2 Kaya't nagpahanap siya sa Tekoa ng isang matalinong babae. Nang dumating ito ay sinabi niya, “Magsuot ka ng panluksa at magkunwari kang biyuda. Huwag kang mag-aayos para magmukha kang matagal nang nagluluksa. 3 Pagkatapos, pumunta ka sa hari at sabihin mo sa kanya ang ipagbibilin ko sa iyo.” Matapos silang mag-usap ni Joab, lumakad na ang babae.
4 Pagdating sa hari, siya'y nagpatirapa bilang pagbibigay-galang. Sinabi niya, “Tulungan po ninyo ako, mahal na hari!”
5 “Bakit? Ano bang nangyari sa iyo?” tanong ng hari.
“Ako po'y isang biyuda, 6 may dalawa akong anak na lalaki. Minsan po'y nag-away sila sa bukid. Walang umawat sa kanila, kaya't napatay ang isa. 7 Dahil doon, pinuntahan ako ng mga kamag-anak ng aking asawa. Galit na galit po sila at pilit na kinukuha ang anak kong buháy upang patayin din dahil sa pagkapatay nito sa kanyang kapatid. Kung magkagayon, mawawala na ang natitirang pag-asa ko sa buhay, at mapuputol ang lahi ng aking asawa.”
8 Sinabi ng hari, “Umuwi ka na't ako na ang bahala.”
9 Ngunit sinabi ng babae, “Mahal na hari, anuman po ang inyong maging pasya, kami rin ang dapat sisihin. Wala po kayong dapat panagutan.”
10 Sinabi ng hari, “Kapag may bumanggit pa nito sa iyo, iharap mo sa akin para wala nang gumambala sa iyo.”
11 “Kung ganoon po,” wika ng babae, “ipanalangin po ninyo kay Yahweh na inyong Diyos na huwag na nilang paghigantihan ang aking anak.”
Sumumpa ang hari, “Saksi si Yahweh, ang Diyos na buháy,[a] walang masamang mangyayari sa anak mo.”
12 “Isa pa pong kahilingan kung maaari, Kamahalan,” patuloy ng babae.
“Sabihin mo,” sagot ng hari. 13 At nagsalaysay ang babae. “Bakit po naman naisipan ninyong gawin ang ganoong kasamaan sa bayan ng Diyos? Sa inyo na rin pong bibig nanggaling ang hatol sa inyong Kamahalan sa hindi ninyo pagpapabalik sa inyong anak na inyong ipinatapon! 14 Mamamatay tayong lahat at matutulad sa tubig na matapos matapon ay hindi na mapupulot. Kung hindi man ibinabalik ng Diyos ang buhay ng isang patay, ginagawan naman niya ng paraang mabalik ang isang ipinatapon. 15 Sinabi ko po ito sa inyo dahil sa pagbabanta sa akin ng mga tao. Inisip ko pong kung ito'y ipagtapat ko sa inyo, maaaring dinggin ninyo ako at tulungan. 16 Kaya't maliligtas ako at ang aking anak sa mga nagtatangka sa aming buhay at naghahangad na angkinin ang lupaing ipinamana ng Diyos sa kanyang bayan. 17 Iniisip(A) ko rin po na ang salita ninyo ay makapagdudulot sa akin ng kapanatagan sapagkat tulad kayo ng anghel ng Diyos na nalalaman ang lahat ng bagay. Sumainyo nawa si Yahweh na inyong Diyos!”
18 Sinabi ng hari, “Tatanungin kita. Magsabi ka ng totoo.”
“Opo, Kamahalan,” wika niya.
19 “May kinalaman ba si Joab sa ginagawa mong ito?” tanong ng hari.
“Mayroon nga po,” tugon niya. “Totoo pong ang lingkod ninyong si Joab ang nag-utos nito sa akin. Siya pong kumatha ng lahat ng sinasabi ko. 20 Ginawa po niya ito upang ipaalala sa inyo ang katayuan ng inyong anak. Ngunit kayo, Kamahalan, ay kasing talino ng anghel ng Diyos, at alam ninyo ang lahat ng nangyayari sa lupain.”
21 Dahil sa ginawang ito, tinawag ng hari si Joab at sinabi, “Pumapayag na akong pauwiin mo na rito si Absalom.”
22 Buong pagpapakumbabang nagpatirapa si Joab, at nang mabasbasan, sinabi niya, “Ngayon ko po natiyak ang kagandahang-loob ng inyong Kamahalan, sapagkat pinagbigyan ninyo ako sa aking kahilingan.” At siya'y nagpaalam. 23 Nagpunta agad si Joab sa Gesur at isinama sa Jerusalem si Absalom. 24 Ngunit hindi pinahintulutan ng hari na iharap sa kanya ito, kaya't doon na siya nagtuloy sa sariling tahanan.
Ang Kakisigan ni Absalom
25 Walang lalaki sa Israel na hinahangaan sa kakisigan tulad ni Absalom; walang maipipintas sa kanya mula ulo hanggang paa. 26 Buhok pa lamang nito na minsan lamang gupitin sa loob ng isang taon ay mahigit nang tatlong kilo. 27 Siya'y may anak na tatlong lalaki at isang napakagandang dalaga na Tamar ang pangalan.
Pinatawag ng Hari si Absalom
28 Dalawang buong taon na nanatili si Absalom sa Jerusalem, na hindi man lang siya nakita ng hari. 29 Minsa'y ipinatawag niya si Joab upang suguin sa hari, ngunit hindi ito pumayag. Ipinatawag niyang muli ito, ngunit hindi rin siya sinunod. 30 Kaya't sinabi ni Absalom sa kanyang mga alipin, “Alam ninyong may karatig akong bukid ni Joab na may tanim na sebada. Puntahan ninyo ito at sunugin.” Sinunog nga ng mga alipin ang bukid na iyon.
31 Nagpunta agad si Joab kay Absalom at sinabi, “Bakit sinunog ng mga alipin mo ang aking bukid?”
32 Sumagot si Absalom, “Dalawang beses kitang pinakiusapang dalhin sa hari ang aking kahilingan sa kanya, ngunit hindi mo ako pinansin. Bakit mo pa ako kinuha sa Gesur? Mabuti pang hindi na ako umalis doon! Dalhin mo ako sa hari ngayon din at kung ako'y may kasalanan, handa akong mamatay.” 33 Nang marinig niya ito, nagpunta si Joab sa hari at matapos nilang mag-usap, si Absalom ay ipinatawag. Humarap naman ito sa hari at buong pagpapakumbabang nagbigay-galang. At hinagkan siya ng hari.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 14:11 Saksi si Yahweh, ang Diyos na buháy: o kaya'y Hangga't si Yahweh ay nabubuhay .
2 Samuel 14
New King James Version
Absalom Returns to Jerusalem
14 So Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was concerned (A)about Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to (B)Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, (C)and put on mourning apparel; do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead. 3 Go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” So Joab (D)put the words in her mouth.
4 And when the woman of Tekoa [a]spoke to the king, she (E)fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, (F)“Help, O king!”
5 Then the king said to her, “What troubles you?”
And she answered, (G)“Indeed I am a widow, my husband is dead. 6 Now your maidservant had two sons; and the two fought with each other in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him. 7 And now the whole family has risen up against your maidservant, and they said, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may execute him (H)for the life of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also.’ So they would extinguish my ember that is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on 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, “My lord, O king, let (I)the [b]iniquity be on me and on my father’s house, (J)and the king and his throne be guiltless.”
10 So the king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.”
11 Then she said, “Please let the king remember the Lord your God, and do not permit (K)the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son.”
And he said, (L)“As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”
12 Therefore the woman said, “Please, let your maidservant speak another word to my lord the king.”
And he said, “Say on.”
13 So the woman said: “Why then have you schemed such a thing against (M)the people of God? For the king speaks this thing as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring (N)his banished one home again. 14 For we (O)will surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not (P)take away a life; but He (Q)devises means, so that His banished ones are not [c]expelled from Him. 15 Now therefore, I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. And your maidservant said, ‘I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his maidservant. 16 For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the (R)inheritance of God.’ 17 Your maidservant said, ‘The word of my lord the king will now be comforting; for (S)as the angel of God, so is my lord the king in (T)discerning good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’ ”
18 Then the king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide from me anything that I ask you.”
And the woman said, “Please, let my lord the king speak.”
19 So the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As you live, 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 commanded me, and (U)he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant. 20 To bring about this change of affairs your servant Joab has done this thing; but my lord is wise, (V)according to the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that is in the earth.”
21 And the king said to Joab, “All right, I have granted this thing. Go therefore, bring back the young man Absalom.”
22 Then Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself, and [d]thanked the king. And Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.” 23 So Joab arose (W)and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 24 And the king said, “Let him return to his own house, but (X)do not let him see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but did not see the king’s face.
David Forgives Absalom
25 Now in all Israel there was no one who was praised as much as Absalom for his good looks. (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—at the end of every year he cut it because it was heavy on him—when he cut it, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels according to the king’s standard. 27 (Z)To Absalom were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a woman of beautiful appearance.
28 And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, (AA)but did not see the king’s face. 29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. And when he sent again the second time, he would not come. 30 So he said to his servants, “See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has 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’s house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”
32 And Absalom answered Joab, “Look, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, so 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; but (AB)if there is iniquity in me, let him execute me.”
33 So Joab went 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. Then the king (AC)kissed Absalom.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. came
- 2 Samuel 14:9 guilt
- 2 Samuel 14:14 cast out
- 2 Samuel 14:22 Lit. blessed
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
