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Si Amnon kag si Tamar

13 May matahom nga anak si David nga ang iya ngalan si Tamar, kag utod siya ni Absalom. Karon, si Amnon nga utod ni Tamar sa amay naluyag sa iya. Pero indi niya mahimo ang iya gusto nga himuon kay Tamar tungod nga dalaga si Tamar kag may nagabantay permi sa iya. Tungod sini naglalain siya hasta nga nagmasakit siya.

Karon may amigo si Amnon nga maayo gid magpadihot—ang iya pakaisa nga si Jonadab. Anak siya sang utod ni David nga si Shimea. Isa ka adlaw, nagpamangkot siya kay Amnon, “Anak ka sang hari, pero ngaa kada adlaw permi ko ikaw makita nga nagapaluya? Sugiri abi ako sang imo problema.” Nagsiling si Amnon sa iya, “Naluyag ako kay Tamar, ang utod ni Absalom nga akon utod sa amay.” Nagsiling si Jonadab, “Maghigda ka, kag magpamulomasakit. Kon magbisita gani ang imo amay sa imo, silingon mo siya nga tugutan niya si Tamar nga magkadto sa imo sa pagpakaon sa imo. Silingon mo man siya nga gusto mo makita si Tamar nga nagapreparar sang pagkaon sa imo tupad kag gusto mo nga siya gid ang maghungit sa imo.”

Gani naghigda si Amnon kag nagpamulomasakit. Sang magbisita sa iya si Haring David, nagsiling siya, “Gusto ko nga magkadto diri ang akon utod nga si Tamar kag maghimo sang tinapay samtang nagatan-aw ako, kag pagkatapos hungitan niya ako.” Gani nagpasugo si David nga hambalon si Tamar sa palasyo nga magkadto siya sa iya utod nga si Amnon kag magpreparar sang pagkaon para sa iya.

Nagkadto si Tamar sa balay sang iya utod nga si Amnon, kag nakita niya siya nga nagahigda. Nagkuha siya sang harina, ginmasa ini, kag ginluto ang tinapay samtang nagatan-aw si Amnon. Pagkaluto, ginkuha niya ini agod ipakaon kay Amnon, pero indi magkaon si Amnon. Nagsiling si Amnon, “Paguwaa ang tanan nga tawo diri!” Gani nagguwa ang mga tawo. 10 Dayon nagsiling si Amnon kay Tamar, “Dal-a diri ang pagkaon sa akon kuwarto kag hungiti ako.” Gani gindala ni Tamar ang pagkaon kay Amnon. 11 Pero samtang ginahungitan niya si Amnon ginhakos siya ni Amnon kag ginsilingan nga maghulid sila.

12 Nagsiling si Tamar sa iya, “Indi ako pagpakahuy-i! Mag-utod kita! Indi paghimua ini nga kabuangan. Indi ini dapat matabo sa Israel. 13 Ano na lang nga guya ang ipakita ko sa mga tawo? Kag ikaw, kabigon ka nga isa ka buang-buang sa Israel. Estoryaha bala anay ang aton amay parte sini; sigurado nga tugutan niya ikaw sa pagpangasawa sa akon.”

14 Pero wala magpamati si Amnon sa iya, kag tungod nga mas makusog siya kay Tamar ginpakahuy-an niya siya paagi sa paglugos sa iya. 15 Dayon naakig gid si Amnon sa iya, kag ang iya kaakig sobra pa sa iya paghigugma sa iya sang una. Nagsiling si Amnon sa iya, “Bangon ka kag magguwa!” 16 Nagsabat si Tamar, “Indi ako magguwa! Mas dako pa nga sala ang pagtabog mo sa akon sang sa imo ginhimo sa akon.” Pero wala magpamati si Amnon sa iya. 17 Sa baylo, gintawag niya ang iya personal nga suluguon kag ginsilingan, “Paguwaa ini nga babayi kag siraduhi dayon ang puwertahan.”

18 Gani ginpaguwa sang suluguon si Tamar kag ginsira ang puwertahan. Nagasuksok sadto si Tamar sang matahom kag malaba nga bayo[a] kay amo ato ang ginasuksok sang dalaga nga mga anak sang hari sadto nga panahon. 19 Ang ginhimo ni Tamar, gin-gisi niya ang iya matahom kag malaba nga bayo, kag nagbutang sang abo sa iya ulo. Dayon naglakat siya nga nagahilibion samtang ginatungtong niya ang iya mga kamot sa iya ulo sa dako nga kasubo.

20 Nakita siya sang iya utod nga si Absalom kag ginpamangkot, “May malain bala nga ginhimo si Amnon sa imo? Indi ini pag-ipanugid sa iban, kay utod mo siya sa amay. Indi lang sagi isip ang natabo sa imo.” Kag didto na nag-estar si Tamar sa balay ni Absalom, pero permi lang siya nagaisahanon kag nagapangasubo.

21 Sang mahibaluan ni Haring David ang natabo, puwerte gid ang iya kaakig. 22 Kag bisan wala nagamuno si Absalom kay Amnon parte sa iya ginhimo, ginakaugtan niya siya tungod sa iya pagpakahuya kay Tamar nga iya utod.

Ginpatay ni Absalom si Amnon

23 Pagkaligad sang duha ka tuig, sang ginapaguntingan ni Absalom ang iya mga karnero sa Baal Hazor, malapit sa Efraim, gin-imbitar niya ang tanan nga anak sang hari sa pagtambong didto. 24 Nagkadto siya kay Haring David kag nagsiling, “Nagapagunting ako sang akon mga karnero. Makakadto ka bala kag ang imo mga opisyal sa sini nga okasyon?” 25 Nagsabat ang hari, “Indi na lang anak, kay magastuhan ka lang kon magtambong kami tanan.” Ginpilit gid siya ni Absalom, pero indi gid siya makadto. Ginbendisyunan lang niya si Absalom. 26 Nagsiling si Absalom, “Kon indi ka, si Amnon na lang nga akon utod ang pakadtua.” Nagpamangkot ang hari, “Ngaa nga gusto mo gid siya pakadtuon didto?” 27 Pero nagpamilit gid si Absalom, gani ginpaupod na lang ni David si Amnon, kag ang iban pa niya nga mga anak nga lalaki.

28 Nagsiling si Absalom sa iya mga tinawo, “Hulaton ninyo nga mahubog si Amnon, dayon pagsinyas ko, patyon ninyo siya. Indi kamo magkahadlok; ako ang nagsugo sa inyo. Magpakabakod kamo kag magpakaisog.” 29 Gani ginpatay sang mga tinawo ni Absalom si Amnon suno sa iya sugo. Nagsakay gilayon ang iban nga mga anak nga lalaki ni David sa ila mga kabayo[b] kag nagpalagyo. 30 Samtang nagapauli sila sa Jerusalem, may nakabalita kay David nga ginpamatay ni Absalom ang tanan niya nga anak nga lalaki kag wala gid sing may nabilin sa ila. 31 Nagtindog dayon si David kag gin-gisi niya ang iya bayo sa pagpakita sang iya pagpangasubo, kag naghapa siya sa duta. Gin-gisi man sang iya mga alagad ang ila mga bayo kag nagtindog lang sila didto. 32 Pero nagsiling si Jonadab nga anak sang utod ni David nga si Shimea, “Mahal nga Hari, wala napatay ang tanan mo nga anak nga lalaki kundi si Amnon lang. Dugay na nga gintuyo ni Absalom nga patyon si Amnon halin pa sang adlaw nga ginpakahuy-an niya ang iya utod nga si Tamar. 33 Indi ka magkabalaka sa balita nga ginpamatay ang tanan mo nga anak nga lalaki. Si Amnon lang ang ginpatay. 34 Kon parte kay Absalom, nagpalagyo siya.”

Karon, ang guwardya sa pader sang Jerusalem may nakita nga madamo nga mga tawo nga nagapadulong. Nagaagi sila sa dalan sa nakatundan, sa kilid dampi sang bukid. Nagkadto ang guwardya sa hari kag nagsiling, “May nakita ako nga mga tawo sa dalan sang Horonaim, sa kilid dampi sang bukid.”[c] 35 Nagsiling dayon si Jonadab sa hari, “Mahal nga Hari, tan-awa! Ara na ang imo mga anak nga lalaki, subong sang akon ginsiling.” 36 Pagkatapos gid niya hambal, nag-abot ang mga anak nga lalaki ni David nga nagahilibion. Nagahilibion man sing tudo si David kag ang tanan niya nga mga alagad. 37-38 Nagpangasubo si David sa iya anak nga si Amnon sa malawig nga tion.

Sang nagpalagyo si Absalom, nagkadto siya sa hari sang Geshur nga si Talmai, nga anak ni Amihud. Didto siya nagtiner sa sulod sang tatlo ka tuig. 39 Sang maumpawan na si Haring David sa iya kasubo sa pagkapatay ni Amnon, ginhidlaw siya kay Absalom.[d]

Footnotes

  1. 13:18 matahom kag malaba nga bayo: Indi klaro ang buot silingon sang Hebreo sini.
  2. 13:29 kabayo: Ang sapat nga ginmitlang diri ginatawag sa English nga mule, kag kaanggid ini sa kabayo.
  3. 13:34 Nagkadto… bukid: Wala ini sa Hebreo, pero ara sa Septuagint.
  4. 13:39 ginhidlaw siya kay Absalom: ukon, nadula na ang iya gana sa pagdakop kay Absalom.

Amnon and Tamar

13 In the course of time, Amnon(A) son of David fell in love with Tamar,(B) the beautiful sister of Absalom(C) son of David.

Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.

Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah,(D) David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. He asked Amnon, “Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?”

Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

“Go to bed and pretend to be ill,” Jonadab said. “When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.’”

So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “I would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand.”

David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.” So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it. Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat.

“Send everyone out of here,”(E) Amnon said. So everyone left him. 10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. 11 But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed(F) her and said, “Come to bed with me, my sister.”(G)

12 “No, my brother!” she said to him. “Don’t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel!(H) Don’t do this wicked thing.(I) 13 What about me?(J) Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.” 14 But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.(K)

15 Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Get up and get out!”

16 “No!” she said to him. “Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.”

But he refused to listen to her. 17 He called his personal servant and said, “Get this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.” 18 So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate[a] robe,(L) for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore. 19 Tamar put ashes(M) on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.

20 Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom’s house, a desolate woman.

21 When King David heard all this, he was furious.(N) 22 And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad;(O) he hated(P) Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.

Absalom Kills Amnon

23 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers(Q) were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come there. 24 Absalom went to the king and said, “Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his attendants please join me?”

25 “No, my son,” the king replied. “All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.

26 Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.”

The king asked him, “Why should he go with you?” 27 But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king’s sons.

28 Absalom(R) ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high(S) spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.(T) 29 So Absalom’s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.

30 While they were on their way, the report came to David: “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons; not one of them is left.” 31 The king stood up, tore(U) his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.

32 But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, “My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom’s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar. 33 My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king’s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”

34 Meanwhile, Absalom had fled.

Now the man standing watch looked up and saw many people on the road west of him, coming down the side of the hill. The watchman went and told the king, “I see men in the direction of Horonaim, on the side of the hill.”[b]

35 Jonadab said to the king, “See, the king’s sons have come; it has happened just as your servant said.”

36 As he finished speaking, the king’s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.

37 Absalom fled and went to Talmai(V) son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.

38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years. 39 And King David longed to go to Absalom,(W) for he was consoled(X) concerning Amnon’s death.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 13:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 19.
  2. 2 Samuel 13:34 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this sentence.

13 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her.

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.

10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

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

12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.

15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.

17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.

20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.

22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.

30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.

31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.

35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.

36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

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

38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.