2 Samuel 13

1 After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.

1 وَكَانَ لأَبْشَالُومَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ أُخْتٌ جَمِيلَةٌ تُدْعَى ثَامَارَ، فَأَحَبَّهَا أَخُوهَا غَيْرُ الشَّقِيقِ أَمْنُونُ.

2 Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.

2 وَعَانَى أَمْنُونُ مِنْ سُقْمِ الْحُبِّ، لأَنَّ ثَامَارَ أُخْتَهُ كَانَتْ عَذْرَاءَ وَتَعَذَّرَ عَلَيْهِ تَحْقِيقُ مَأْرَبِهِ مِنْهَا.

3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

3 وَكَانَ لأَمْنُونَ صَدِيقٌ رَاجِحُ الْعَقْلِ، هُوَ ابْنُ عَمِّهِ، يُونَادَابُ بْنُ شِمْعَى،

4 and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

4 فَسَأَلَهُ: «مَالِي أَرَاكَ سَقِيماً يَا ابْنَ الْمَلِكِ يَوْماً بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ؟ أَلا تُخْبِرُنِي؟» فَأَجَابَهُ أَمْنُونُ: «إِنِّي أُحِبُّ ثَامَارَ أُخْتَ أَبْشَالُومَ أَخِي».

5 Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

5 فَقَالَ يُونَادَابُ: «تَمَارَضْ فِي سَرِيرِكَ. وَعِنْدَمَا يَجِيءُ أَبُوكَ لِيَزُورَكَ قُلْ لَهُ: دَعْ ثَامَارَ أُخْتِي تَأْتِي لِتُطْعِمَنِي. دَعْهَا تُعِدُّ الطَّعَامَ أَمَامِي فَأَرَى مَا تَفْعَلُ وَآكُلُ مِنْ يَدِهَا».

6 So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

6 فَاضْطَجَعَ أَمْنُونُ وَتَمَارَضَ، وَقَالَ لأَبِيهِ عِنْدَمَا جَاءَ لِيَزُورَهُ: «دَعْ ثَامَارَ تَأْتِي لِتَصْنَعَ أَمَامِي كَعْكَتَيْنِ، فَآكُلَ مِنْ يَدِهَا».

7 Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”

7 فَأَرْسَلَ دَاوُدُ مَنْ يَدْعُو ثَامَارَ مِنْ بَيْتِهَا قَائِلاً: «اذْهَبِي إِلَى بَيْتِ أَخِيكِ أَمْنُونَ وَاصْنَعِي لَهُ طَعَاماً».

8 So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.

8 فَمَضَتْ ثَامَارُ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَخِيهَا أَمْنُونَ الرَّاقِدِ فِي سَرِيرِهِ، فَعَجَنَتْ أَمَامَهُ الْعَجِينَ وَصَنَعَتْ كَعْكاً وَخَبَزَتْهُ.

9 Then she brought the pan and set it down before him, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone away!” said Amnon. And everyone went out.

9 ثُمَّ أَخَذَتِ الْمِقْلاةَ وَسَكَبَتِ الطَّعَامَ أَمَامَهُ. لَكِنَّهُ أَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ قَائِلاً: «أَخْرِجُوا كُلَّ مَنْ هُنَا». فَانْصَرَفَ جَمِيعُ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ.

10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom.

10 ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمْنُونُ لِثَامَارَ: «أَحْضِري الطَّعَامَ إِلَى السَّرِيرِ وَأَطْعِمِينِي». فَأَحْضَرَتْ ثَامَارُ الْكَعْكَ الَّذِي صَنَعَتْهُ إِلَى أَمْنُونَ أَخِيهَا الرَّاقِدِ فِي سَرِيرِهِ.

11 And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”

11 وَمَا إِنْ قَدَّمَتْهُ لَهُ حَتَّى أَمْسَكَهَا وَقَالَ لَهَا: «تَعَالَيِ اضْطَجِعِي مَعِي يَا أُخْتِي».

12 “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

12 فَأَجَابَتْهُ: «لا يَا أَخِي. لَا تُذِلَّنِي. لأَنَّهُ لَا يُقْتَرَفُ مِثْلُ هَذَا الْعَمَلِ الشَّنِيعِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَرْجُوكَ لَا تَرْتَكِبْ هَذِهِ الْقَبَاحَةَ،

13 Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

13 إِذْ كَيْفَ أُوَارِي عَارِي؟ أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَكُونُ بِتَصَرُّفِكَ هَذَا كَوَاحِدٍ مِنَ السُّفَهَاءِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. خَاطِبِ الْمَلِكَ بِشَأْنِي فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يَمْنَعَنِي مِنَ الزَّوَاجِ مِنْكَ».

14 But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.

14 فَأَبَى أَنْ يَسْتَمِعَ لِتَوَسُّلاتِهَا، بَلْ تَغَلَّبَ عَلَيْهَا وَاغْتَصَبَهَا.

15 Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”

15 ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلَ حُبُّ أَمْنُونَ لِثَامَارَ إِلَى بُغْضٍ شَدِيدٍ فَاقَ مَحَبَّتَهُ لَهَا. وَقَالَ لَهَا: «قُومِي انْطَلِقِي».

16 “No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.

16 فَأَجَابَتْ: «لا! إِنَّ طَرْدَكَ إِيَّايَ جَرِيمَةٌ أَشْنَعُ مِنَ الْجَرِيمَةِ الَّتِي اقْتَرَفْتَهَا». لَكِنَّهُ أَبَى أَنْ يَسْمَعَ لَهَا،

17 Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”

17 وَاسْتَدْعَى خَادِمَهُ الْخَاصَّ وَقَالَ: «اطْرُدْ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةَ خَارِجاً، وَأَغْلِقِ الْبَابَ وَرَاءَهَا».

18 So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.

18 فَطَرَدَهَا الْخَادِمُ وَأَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ خَلْفَهَا. وَكَانَتْ ثَامَارُ تَرْتَدِي ثَوْباً مُلَوَّناً كَعَادَةِ بَنَاتِ الْمُلُوكِ الْعَذَارَى فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ،

19 And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.

19 فَمَزَّقَتِ الثَّوْبَ الْمُلَوَّنَ وَعَفَّرَتْ رَأْسَهَا بِالرَّمَادِ وَوَضَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ يَدَهَا وَمَضَتْ بَاكِيَةً.

20 Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.

20 وَعِنْدَمَا رَآهَا أَخُوهَا أَبْشَالُومُ سَأَلَهَا: «هَلِ اغْتَصَبَكِ أَمْنُونُ؟ اسْكُتِي الآنَ يَا أُخْتِي، فَإِنَّهُ أَخُوكِ وَلا تَحْمِلِي وِزْرَ هَذَا الأَمْرِ فِي قْلبِكِ». فَأَقَامَتْ ثَامَارُ فِي بَيْتِ أَخِيهَا أَبْشَالُومَ فِي عُزْلَةٍ وَحُزْنٍ.

21 When King David heard all this, he was furious.

21 وَنَمَا الْخَبَرُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ دَاوُدَ فَاغْتَاظَ جِدّاً.

22 And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.

22 أَمَّا أَبْشَالُومُ فَلَمْ يُخَاطِبْ أَمْنُونَ بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ شَرٍّ، لَكِنَّهُ أَضْمَرَ لَهُ بُغْضاً شَدِيداً لأَنَّهُ انْتَهَكَ حُرْمَةَ أُخْتِهِ ثَامَارَ.

23 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.

23 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِعَامَيْنِ، وَجَّهَ أَبْشَالُومُ دَعْوَةً لِجَمِيعِ أَبْنَاءِ الْمَلِكِ لِحُضُورِ جَزِّ غَنَمِهِ فِي بَعْلِ حَاصُورَ عِنْدَ أَفْرَايِمَ.

24 And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”

24 وَعِنْدَمَا مَثَلَ أَبْشَالُومُ فِي حَضْرَةِ أَبِيهِ قَالَ لَهُ: «هَذَا مَوْسِمُ جَزِّ غَنَمِ عَبْدِكَ، فَلْيَذْهَبِ الْمَلِكُ مَعَ رِجَالِ حَاشِيَتِهِ بِرِفْقَةِ عَبْدِهِ».

25 “No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing.

25 فَأَجَابَ الْمَلِكُ أَبْشَالُومَ: «لا يَا ابْنِي. لَا نَذْهَبُ كُلُّنَا لِئَلّا نَكُونَ عِبْئاً عَلَيْكَ». وَرَغْمَ إِلْحَاحِ أَبْشَالُومَ، اعْتَذَرَ أَبُوهُ وَبَارَكَهُ.

26 “If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.

26 فَقَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ: «إذاً دَعْ أَخِي أَمْنُونَ يَذْهَبُ مَعَنَا» فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «وَلِمَاذَا يَذْهَبُ أَمْنُونُ مَعَكَ؟»

27 But Absalom urged him, so the king sent Amnon and the rest of his sons.

27 فَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ أَبْشَالُومُ حَتَّى رَضِيَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ أَمْنُونُ وَأَبْنَاءُ الْمَلِكِ مَعَ أَبْشَالُومَ.

28 Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

28 وَأَوْصَى أَبْشَالُومُ رِجَالَهُ: «مَتَى ذَهَبَتِ الْخَمْرُ بِعَقْلِ أَمْنُونَ وَقُلْتُ لَكُمُ اضْرِبُوا أَمْنُونَ وَاقْتُلُوهُ، فَلا تَخَافُوا. أَلَسْتُ أَنَا الَّذِي أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِذَلِكَ؟ تَشَجَّعُوا وَتَصَرَّفُوا كَأَبْطَالٍ».

29 So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.

29 فَنَفَّذَ رِجَالُ أَبْشَالُومَ أَوَامِرَهُ وَقَتَلُوا أَمْنُونَ، فَهَبَّ جَمِيعُ أَبْنَاءِ الْمَلِكِ وَامْتَطَوْا بِغَالَهُمْ وَهَرَبُوا.

30 While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”

30 وَفِيمَا هُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ بَلَغَ الْخَبَرُ دَاوُدَ وَقِيلَ لَهُ: «قَتَلَ أَبْشَالُومُ جَمِيعَ أَبْنَاءِ الْمَلِكِ وَلَمْ يَسْلَمْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ».

31 Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

31 فَقَامَ الْمَلِكُ وَمَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ وَانْطَرَحَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، يُحِيطُ بِهِ جَمِيعُ رِجَالِ حَاشِيَتِهِ مُمَزَّقِي الثِّيَابِ.

32 But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

32 وَلَكِنَّ يُونَادَابَ بْنَ شِمْعَي أَخِي دَاوُدَ قَالَ: «لا يَظُنَّ سَيَّدِي أَنَّهُمْ قَتَلوا جَمِيعَ أَبْنَاءِ المَلِكِ. إِنَّمَا أَمْنُونُ وَحْدَهُ هُوَ الَّذِي مَاتَ، لأَنَّ أَبْشَالُومَ قَدْ أَضْمَرَ لَهُ هَذَا الشَّرَّ مُنْذُ أَنِ اغْتَصَبَ أُخْتَهُ ثَامَارَ.

33 So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”

33 فَلا يُخَالِجْ قَلْبَ الْمَلِكِ أَنَّ جَمِيعَ أَبْنَائِهِ قَدْ قُتِلَوا، إِنَّمَا أَمْنُونُ وَحْدَهُ هُوَ الَّذِي اُغْتِيلَ».

34 Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”

34 وَهَربَ أَبْشَالُومُ. وَشَاهَدَ الرَّقِيبُ الْمُكَلَّفُ جَمْعاً غَفِيراً قَادِماً فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُوَازِي لِلْجَبَلِ،

35 So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”

35 فَقَالَ يُونَادَابُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «هَا أَبْنَاءُ الْمَلِكِ قَدْ جَاءُوا. تَمَاماً كَمَا قَالَ عَبْدُكَ».

36 And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.

36 وَمَا إِنْ فَرَغَ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ بَنُو الْمَلِكِ نَائِحِينَ، وَكَذَلِكَ بَكَى الْمَلِكُ وَرِجَالُ حَاشِيَتِهِ بُكَاءً مُرّاً.

37 Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.

37 وَعِنْدَمَا هَرَبَ أَبْشَالُومُ لَجَأَ إِلَى تِلْمَايَ بْنِ عَمِّيهُودَ مَلِكِ جَشُورَ. وَنَاحَ دَاوُدُ عَلَى أَمْنُونَ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ الْمَنَاحَةِ.

38 After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.

38 وَمَكَثَ أَبْشَالُومُ فِي جَشُورَ ثَلاثَ سَنَوَاتٍ.

39 And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.

39 وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ تَعَزَّى دَاوُدُ عَنْ أَمْنُونَ الْمُتَوَفَّى، فَاشْتَاقَتْ نَفْسُهُ لِلِقَاءِ أَبْشَالُومَ.