2 Samuel 14
Septante en francais
1Et Joab, fils de Sarvia, reconnut que le cœur de David revenait à Absalon.
2Et il fit venir de Thécoé une femme expérimentée, à qui il dit : Pleure, prends des habits de deuil, ne te parfume pas, sois comme une femme qui, depuis bien des jours, se lamente sur un mort.
3Tu iras ainsi trouver le roi, et tu lui parleras comme je vais te dire. Et Joab mit les paroles sur les lèvres de la femme.
4La lemme de Thécoé entra donc chez le roi ; elle tomba la face contre terre, et elle l'adora, s'écriant : Salut, roi, salut.
5Le roi lui dit : Que veux-tu ? Elle répondit : Je suis une veuve, mon mari est mort.
6Et ta servante avait deux fils ; or, ils se sont battus dans les champs ; il n'y avait là personne pour les séparer ; l'un des deux a renversé son frère, et l'a tué.
7Et voilà que toute la famille s'élève contre ta servante, disant : Livre- nous celui qui a frappé son frère ; nous lui ôterons la vie pour la vie de son frère qu'il a tué, et nous prendrons votre héritage. Ainsi, ils veulent éteindre l'étincelle qui me reste, afin qu'il n'y ait plus rien, sur la face de la terre, ni de mon mari, ni de son nom.
8Et le roi dit à la femme : Porte-toi bien ; va en ta demeure ; je donnerai des ordres à ton sujet.
9Et la femme de Thécoé dit à David : Que l'iniquité, ô roi, mon maître, retombe sur moi et sur la maison de mon père, que le roi et son trône en soient innocents.
10Le roi reprit : Quel est donc celui de ta famille qui t'a parlé ? Amène- le-moi, et il ne touchera pas à ton fils.
11A quoi la femme répondit : Que le roi, n'oublie point que le Seigneur son Dieu a désigné plus d'un vengeur du sang pour faire périr le meurtrier ; veille à ce qu'on ne vienne pas m'enlever mon fils. Et David répondit : Vive le Seigneur ! on ne lui fera pas tomber un cheveu de la tête.
12Alors, la femme ajouta : Que ta servante dise encore un mot au roi mon maître ; et il répondit : Parle.
13Et la femme dit : Pourquoi donc as-tu cette pensée contre le peuple de Dieu ? Ou cette parole de la bouche du roi est-elle comme un serment, pour que le roi n'ait pas encore rappelé celui qu'il a banni ?
14Nous mourrons tous de mort, nous serons comme l'eau qui s'écoule sur la terre et ne revient plus ; Dieu prendra notre âme, et le roi a encore la pensée de repousser au loin celui qu'il a banni !
15Maintenant que je suis venue dire cette parole au roi mon maître, le peuple me verra, et ta servante a dit : Qu'il soit parlé au roi mon maître, peut-être fera-t-il ce que dit sa servante ;
16Car le roi l'entendra. Qu'il protège sa servante contre l'homme qui veut dépouiller moi et mon fils de notre part dans l'héritage de Dieu.
17Et la femme ajouta : Le roi mon maître, comme un ange de Dieu, écoute le bon et le méchant ; puisse donc la promesse qu'il m'a faite s'exécuter comme un sacrifice que l'on a voué. et le Seigneur ton Dieu sera avec toi.
18Le roi reprit et il dit à la femme : Ne me cache rien de ce que je vais te demander, et la femme répondit : Que le roi mon maître parle.
19Et le roi dit : La main de Joab n'est-elle pas avec toi, en tout ceci ? La femme répondit : Vive ton âme ! ô roi mon maître, il n'y a pas à s'écarter à droite ni à gauche de ce que vient de dire le roi mon maître, car c'est ton serviteur Joab qui m'a donné ses ordres, et c'est lui qui a mis toutes ces paroles sur les lèvres de ta servante.
20C'est pour ne point aborder de front une telle affaire, que Joab ton serviteur a pris ce détour. Mais, mon seigneur est sage, il a la sagesse de l'ange de Dieu pour discerner toute chose sur la terre.
21Et le roi dit à Joab : Voilà que j'ai fait pour toi comme tu avais dit ; pars et ramène mon fils Absalon.
22Et Joab tomba la face contre terre ; il adora et bénit le roi. Puis, il dit : Aujourd'hui ton serviteur reconnaît qu'il a trouvé grâce devant tes yeux, ô roi mon maître, puisque tu as fait comme ton serviteur avait dit.
23Joab se releva, il alla à Gedsur, et il amena Absalon à Jérusalem.
24Mais le roi dît : Qu'il retourne en sa demeure ; qu'il ne voie point ma face. Absalon retourna donc en sa demeure, et il ne vit point la face du roi.
25Or, il n'y avait pas en tout Israël d'homme loué comme Absalon ; depuis la plante des pieds jusqu'au sommet de la tête, il n'avait pas un défaut.
26Lorsqu'il se coupait les cheveux, et il se les coupait au commencement de chaque année, parce qu'il était incommodé de leur poids, il en recueillait deux cents sicles pesant, au poids du sicle royal.
27Absalon avait trois fils et une fille qui se nommait Thamar ; celle-ci était extrêmement belle ; elle fut la femme de Roboam, fils de Salomon, et elle lui enfanta Abia.
28Absalon demeura deux ans à Jérusalem, et il ne vit point la face du roi.
29Ensuite, Absalon envoya chez Joab pour que celui-ci le menât chez le roi, mais il ne voulut point venir ; Absalon envoya une seconde fois ; Joab refusa encore.
30Enfin, Absalon dit à ses serviteurs : Voilà que Joab a dans la plaine un champ auprès des miens et où il y a de l'orge ; allez, et mettez-y le feu. Les serviteurs d'Absalon incendièrent donc le champ ; les serviteurs de Joab déchirèrent leurs vêtements, ils accoururent chez lui, et ils dirent : Les serviteurs d'Absalon viennent de brûler ton champ.
31Et Joab, se levant, alla trouver Absalon en sa demeure, et il lui dit : Pourquoi tes serviteurs ont-ils porté la flamme dans mon champ.
32Absalon dit à Joab. Je t'ai envoyé querir, disant : Viens chez moi, je veux t'envoyer dire au roi : Pourquoi ai-je quitté Gedsur ? J'ai trouvé doux de rentrer en ma demeure, mais je ne vois point la face du roi. S'il y a en moi une iniquité, que l'on me mette à mort.
33Joab rentra chez le roi et lui raconta tout ; puis, il appela Absalon, et celui-ci entra auprès du roi, et il l'adora, et il tomba la face contre terre devant la face du roi ; et le roi baisa Absalon.
Reina-Valera 1909
1Y CONOCIENDO Joab hijo de Sarvia, que el corazón del rey estaba por Absalom,
2Envió Joab á Tecoa, y tomó de allá una mujer astuta, y díjole: Yo te ruego que te enlutes, y te vistas de ropas de luto, y no te unjas con óleo, antes sé como mujer que ha mucho tiempo que trae luto por algún muerto;
3Y entrando al rey, habla con él de esta manera. Y puso Joab las palabras en su boca.
4Entró pues aquella mujer de Tecoa al rey, y postrándose en tierra sobre su rostro hizo reverencia, y dijo: Oh rey, salva.
5Y el rey le dijo: ¿Qué tienes? Y ella respondió: Yo á la verdad soy una mujer viuda y mi marido es muerto.
6Y tu sierva tenía dos hijos y los dos riñeron en el campo; y no habiendo quien los despartiese, hirió el uno al otro, y matólo.
7Y he aquí toda la parentela se ha levantado contra tu sierva, diciendo: Entrega al que mató á su hermano, para que le hagamos morir por la vida de su hermano á quien él mató, y quitemos también el heredero. Así apagarán el ascua que me ha quedado, no dejando á mi marido nombre ni reliquia sobre la tierra.
8Entonces el rey dijo á la mujer: Vete á tu casa, que yo mandaré acerca de ti.
9Y la mujer de Tecoa dijo al rey: Rey señor mío, la maldad sea sobre mí y sobre la casa de mi padre; mas el rey y su trono sin culpa.
10Y el rey dijo: Al que hablare contra ti, tráelo á mí, que no te tocará más.
11Dijo ella entonces: Ruégote, oh rey, que te acuerdes de Jehová tu Dios, que no dejes á los cercanos de la sangre aumentar el daño con destruir á mi hijo. Y él respondió: Vive Jehová, que no caerá ni un cabello de la cabeza de tu hijo en tierra.
12Y la mujer dijo: Ruégote que hable tu criada una palabra á mi señor el rey. Y él dijo: Habla.
13Entonces la mujer dijo: ¿Por qué pues piensas tú otro tanto contra el pueblo de Dios? que hablando el rey esta palabra, es como culpado, por cuanto el rey no hace volver á su fugitivo.
14Porque de cierto morimos, y somos como aguas derramadas por tierra, que no pueden volver á recogerse: ni Dios quita la vida, sino que arbitra medio para que su desviado no sea de él excluído.
15Y que yo he venido ahora para decir esto al rey mi señor, es porque el pueblo me ha puesto miedo. Mas tu sierva dijo: Hablaré ahora al rey: quizá él hará lo que su sierva diga.
16Pues el rey oirá, para librar á su sierva de mano del hombre que me quiere raer á mí, y á mi hijo juntamente, de la heredad de Dios.
17Tu sierva pues dice: Que sea ahora la respuesta de mi señor el rey para descanso; pues que mi señor el rey es como un ángel de Dios para escuchar lo bueno y lo malo. Así Jehová tu Dios sea contigo.
18Entonces él respondió, y dijo á la mujer: Yo te ruego que no me encubras nada de lo que yo te preguntare. Y la mujer dijo: Hable mi señor el rey.
19Y el rey dijo: ¿No ha sido la mano de Joab contigo en todas estas cosas? Y la mujer respondió y dijo: Vive tu alma, rey señor mío, que no hay que apartarse á derecha ni á izquierda de todo lo que mi señor el rey ha hablado: porque tu siervo Joab, él me mandó, y él puso en boca de tu sierva todas estas palabras;
20Y que trocara la forma de las palabras, Joab tu siervo lo ha hecho: mas mi señor es sabio, conforme á la sabiduría de un ángel de Dios, para conocer lo que hay en la tierra.
21Entonces el rey dijo á Joab: He aquí yo hago esto: ve, y haz volver al mozo Absalom.
22Y Joab se postró en tierra sobre su rostro, é hizo reverencia, y después que bendijo al rey, dijo: Hoy ha entendido tu siervo que he hallado gracia en tus ojos, rey señor mío; pues que ha hecho el rey lo que su siervo ha dicho.
23Levantóse luego Joab, y fué á Gessur, y volvió á Absalom á Jerusalem.
24Mas el rey dijo: Váyase á su casa, y no vea mi rostro. Y volvióse Absalom á su casa, y no vió el rostro del rey.
25Y no había en todo Israel hombre tan hermoso como Absalom, de alabar en gran manera: desde la planta de su pie hasta la mollera no había en él defecto.
26Y cuando se cortaba el cabello, (lo cual hacía al fin de cada año, pues le causaba molestia, y por eso se lo cortaba), pesaba el cabello de su cabeza doscientos siclos de peso real.
27Y Naciéronle á Absalom tres hijos, y una hija que se llamó Thamar, la cual era hermosa de ver.
28Y estuvo Absalom por espacio de dos años en Jerusalem, y no vió la cara del rey.
29Y mandó Absalom por Joab, para enviarlo al rey; mas no quiso venir á él; ni aunque envió por segunda vez, quiso él venir.
30Entonces dijo á sus siervos: Bien sabéis las tierras de Joab junto á mi lugar, donde tiene sus cebadas; id, y pegadles fuego; y los siervos de Absalom pegaron fuego á las tierras.
31Levantóse por tanto Joab, y vino á Absalom á su casa, y díjole: ¿Por qué han puesto fuego tus siervos á mis tierras?
32Y Absalom respondió á Joab: He aquí, yo he enviado por ti, diciendo que vinieses acá, á fin de enviarte yo al rey á que le dijeses: ¿Para qué vine de Gessur? mejor me fuera estar aún allá. Vea yo ahora la cara del rey; y si hay en mí pecado, máteme.
33Vino pues Joab al rey, é hízoselo saber. Entonces llamó á Absalom, el cual vino al rey, é inclinó su rostro á tierra delante del rey: y el rey besó á Absalom.
King James Version
1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
3And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
8And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
9And the woman of Tekoah said unto 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.
10And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
11Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
12Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
13And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
15Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
16For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
17Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
18Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
19And 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 the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
20To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
21And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
22And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
24And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.
25But 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.
26And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
27And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
28So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
29Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
30Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
32And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
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.
World English Bible
1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
2Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, 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.
3Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”
5The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
6Your servant 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.
7Behold, the whole family has risen against your servant, 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.”
8The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”
9The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
10The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you any more.”
11Then she said, “Please let the king remember the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.”
12Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”
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.
14For we must die, and are like water spilled 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.
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. Your servant said, ‘I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.’
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.
17Then your servant 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 the LORD, your God, be with you.’”
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.”
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 urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your servant.
20Your servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.”
21The king said to Joab, “Behold now, I have granted this thing. Go therefore, and bring the young man Absalom back.”
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, O king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.”
23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
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.
25Now in all Israel there was no one 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 defect in him.
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.
27Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.
28Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face.
29Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. Then he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
30Therefore he said to his servants, “Behold, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
31Then Joab arose and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”
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.”’”
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.