Amnoni Na Tamari
113:1 2Sam 3:2; 14:27; 1Nya 3:9; 2Sam 3:3Ikawa baada ya hayo, Amnoni mwana wa Daudi akampenda Tamari, umbu lake Absalomu mwana wa Daudi, ambaye alikuwa mzuri wa sura.
2Amnoni akasumbuka sana kuhusu Tamari hata akaugua, kwa kuwa Tamari alikuwa bikira, na ilionekana kwamba haiwezekani Amnoni kumfanyia jambo lolote.
313:3 1Sam 16:9; 1Nya 2:13Basi Amnoni alikuwa na rafiki jina lake Yonadabu mwana wa Shimea,13:3 Shimea pia hutamkwa Shama. nduguye Daudi. Yonadabu alikuwa mtu wa hila nyingi sana. 413:4 Isa 3:9; Eze 23:16Akamuuliza Amnoni, “Wewe ni mtoto wa mfalme; kwa nini siku baada ya siku unaonekana kukonda? Hutaniambia?”
Amnoni akamwambia, “Ninampenda Tamari, dada yake Absalomu ndugu yangu.”
5Yonadabu akamwambia, “Nenda ukalale kitandani na ujifanye kuwa mgonjwa. Baba yako atakapokuja kukuona mwambie, ‘Ningependa Tamari dada yangu aje kunipatia chochote ili nile. Tafadhali mruhusu aje na kuniandalia chakula mbele yangu ningali ninamwona, ili nipate kula kutoka mkononi mwake.’ ”
613:6 Mwa 18:6Kwa hiyo Amnoni akalala kitandani kujifanya mgonjwa. Mfalme alipokuja kumwona, Amnoni akamwambia, “Ningependa dada yangu Tamari aje na kuniandalia mikate maalum mbele yangu, ili nipate kula toka mkononi mwake.”
7Daudi akampelekea Tamari ujumbe huko kwenye jumba la kifalme, kusema: “Nenda katika nyumba ya ndugu yako Amnoni ukamwandalie chakula.” 8Kwa hiyo Tamari akaenda nyumbani kwa nduguye Amnoni, ndugu ambaye alikuwa amelala. Tamari akachukua unga uliotiwa chachu akaukanda, akaiandaa mikate mbele yake na kuioka. 913:9 Mwa 45:1; Amu 3:19; Yn 3:20Tamari akaondoa mikate kwenye kikaango ili ampatie Amnoni, lakini akakataa kula.
Amnoni akamwambia, “Mtoe nje kila mtu aliyeko hapa.” Kwa hiyo kila mmoja akaondoka. 10Ndipo Amnoni akamwambia Tamari, “Leta mkate hapa ndani ya chumba changu ili nipate kula kutoka mkononi mwako.” Basi Tamari akachukua mikate aliyoiandaa na kumletea Amnoni ndugu yake ndani ya chumba chake. 1113:11 Mwa 39:12; Mit 7:13; Mhu 7:26; Mwa 38:19Lakini alipompelekea ili ale, akamkamata kwa nguvu na kumwambia, “Njoo ulale nami, dada yangu.”
1213:12 Law 20:17; Amu 20:6; 19:23; Law 18:19; Mwa 34:7; Mit 7:7-23Akamwambia, “Usifanye hivyo, ndugu yangu! Usinitende jeuri! Jambo la namna hii halistahili kufanyika katika Israeli! Usitende jambo hili ovu. 1313:13 Law 18:9; Kum 22:21-24; Mwa 19:8; Amu 19:24Kwa upande wangu je, itakuwaje? Nitaipeleka wapi aibu yangu? Pia kwa upande wako, itakuwaje? Utakuwa kama mmoja wa wapumbavu waovu katika Israeli. Tafadhali zungumza na mfalme; hatakukatalia wewe kunioa,” 1413:14 Mwa 34:2; Eze 22:11; Kum 22:25; Law 18:19; 20:17; Amu 20:5; 2Sam 12:11Lakini Amnoni akakataa kumsikiliza, na kwa kuwa alikuwa na nguvu kuliko Tamari, akamtenda jeuri.
15Kisha Amnoni akamchukia Tamari, kwa machukio makuu sana. Kwa kweli, Amnoni alimchukia kuliko alivyokuwa amempenda. Amnoni akamwambia, “Inuka na utoke nje!”
16Tamari akamwambia, “Hapana! Kunifukuza itakuwa vibaya zaidi kuliko yale uliyonitendea.”
Lakini Amnoni akakataa kumsikiliza. 17Akamwita mtumishi wake mahsusi na kumwambia, “Mtoe huyu mwanamke hapa na ufunge mlango nyuma yake.” 1813:18 Mwa 37:23; Amu 5:30; Za 45:14Kwa hiyo, mtumishi wake akamtoa nje na kufunga mlango nyuma yake. Tamari alikuwa amevaa joho lililopambwa vizuri, kwa maana lilikuwa aina ya mavazi yaliyovaliwa na binti za mfalme waliokuwa mabikira. 1913:19 Yos 7:6; Es 4:1; Dan 9:3; 2Sam 1:2; Ay 2:12; 42:6; Yer 2:37Tamari akajitia majivu kichwani mwake na kurarua lile joho alilokuwa amevaa. Akaweka mkono wake kichwani, akaenda zake akilia kwa sauti.
20Absalomu nduguye akamuuliza, “Je, huyo Amnoni ndugu yako, amekutana nawe kimwili? Sasa nyamaza umbu langu, yeye ni ndugu yako. Usilitie jambo hili moyoni.” Naye Tamari akaishi nyumbani kwa Absalomu nduguye, akiwa mwanamke mwenye huzuni.
2113:21 Mwa 34:7Mfalme Daudi aliposikia mambo haya yote, akakasirika sana. 2213:22 Mwa 31:24; Law 19:17-18; 1Yn 2:9-11; Mit 10:18; Efe 4:26, 31Absalomu hakusema neno lolote na Amnoni, likiwa zuri au baya, kwa kuwa alimchukia Amnoni kwa sababu alikuwa amemtia aibu Tamari, dada yake.
Absalomu Amuua Amnoni
2313:23 1Sam 25:7; Mwa 38:12; 1Fal 3:4; Yos 17:18; Amu 7:24Miaka miwili baadaye, wakati wakata manyoya ya kondoo wa Absalomu walipokuwa huko Baal-Hasori karibu na mpaka wa Efraimu, alialika wana wote wa mfalme kuja huko. 24Absalomu akaenda kwa mfalme na kumwambia, “Mtumishi wako ninao wakata manyoya ya kondoo waliokuja. Tafadhali, je, mfalme na maafisa wake wanaweza kuungana nami?”
25Mfalme akajibu, “La hasha, mwanangu si lazima sisi sote tuje, tutakuwa tu mzigo kwako.” Ingawa Absalomu alimsihi sana, mfalme alikataa kwenda, lakini alimbariki.
26Basi Absalomu akasema, “Kama hutakuja, tafadhali mruhusu ndugu yangu Amnoni twende pamoja naye.”
Mfalme akamuuliza, “Kwa nini aende pamoja nawe?” 27Lakini Absalomu alimsihi, kwa hiyo mfalme akamtuma Amnoni pamoja na wana wengine wa mfalme waliobaki.
2813:28 2Sam 3:3; Rut 3:7; 2Sam 12:10; Amu 19:6-9, 22; 1Sam 25:36; Mwa 9:21; 19:32-35; Es 1:10; Za 104:15Absalomu aliagiza watu wake, “Sikilizeni! Wakati Amnoni atakapokuwa amekunywa mvinyo na kulewa sana nami nikiwaambia, ‘Mpigeni Amnoni,’ basi muueni. Msiogope. Je, si mimi niliyewapa amri hii? Kuweni hodari na wenye ushujaa.” 29Kwa hiyo watu wa Absalomu wakamtendea Amnoni kama vile Absalomu alivyokuwa amewaagiza. Ndipo wana wote wa mfalme wakainuka, wakapanda nyumbu zao, wakakimbia.
30Wakati wakiwa njiani, taarifa ilimjia Daudi, kusema: “Absalomu amewaua wana wote wa mfalme; hakuna hata mmoja aliyesalia.” 3113:31 Hes 14:6; 2Sam 1:11; Mwa 37:29; 2Sam 12:16Mfalme akasimama, akararua nguo zake, akalala chini ardhini; nao watumishi wake wote wakasimama kando yake na nguo zao zikiwa zimeraruliwa.
32Lakini Yonadabu mwana wa Shimea, nduguye Daudi, akasema, “Bwana wangu asifikiri kwamba wamewaua wana wote wa mfalme; ni Amnoni peke yake ndiye alikufa. Hili limekuwa kusudi la moyo wa Absalomu tangu siku ile Amnoni alipomtendea jeuri Tamari, dada yake. 3313:33 2Sam 19:19Mfalme bwana wangu asisumbuliwe na taarifa kwamba wamewaua wana wote wa mfalme. Ni Amnoni peke yake aliyekufa.”
34Wakati huo, Absalomu akawa amekimbia.
Basi mlinzi akaangalia, naye akaona watu wengi barabarani magharibi yake, wakishuka kutoka upande wa kilima. Mlinzi akaenda akamwambia mfalme, “Naona watu wakitokea upande wa Horonaimu, huko upande wa kilimani.”
35Yonadabu akamwambia mfalme, “Tazama, wana wa mfalme wako hapa; imekuwa kama vile mtumishi wako alivyosema.”
36Mara alipomaliza kusema, wana wa mfalme wakaingia ndani wakiomboleza kwa makelele. Pia mfalme na watumishi wake wote wakalia sana kwa uchungu.
3713:37 2Sam 3:3; 14:23-32; 1Nya 3:2Absalomu akakimbia na kwenda kwa Talmai mwana wa Amihudi, mfalme wa Geshuri. Lakini Mfalme Daudi akaomboleza kwa ajili ya mwanawe kila siku.
3813:38 2Sam 14:23; 15:8Baada ya Absalomu kukimbia na kwenda Geshuri, akakaa huko miaka mitatu. 3913:39 2Sam 14:13; 12:19-23; Mwa 38:12Roho ya Mfalme Daudi ikatamani kumwendea Absalomu, kwa maana mfalme alikuwa amefarijika kuhusu kifo cha Amnoni.
Amnon and Tamar
1In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.
2Amnon 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.
3Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. 4He 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.”
5“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.’ ”
6So 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.”
7David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.” 8So 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. 9Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat.
“Send everyone out of here,” Amnon said. So everyone left him. 10Then 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. 11But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, “Come to bed with me, my sister.”
12“No, my brother!” she said to him. “Don’t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don’t do this wicked thing. 13What about me? 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.” 14But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.
15Then 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. 17He called his personal servant and said, “Get this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.” 18So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate13:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 19. robe, for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore. 19Tamar put ashes 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.
20Her 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.
21When King David heard all this, he was furious. 22And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.
Absalom Kills Amnon
23Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come there. 24Absalom 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.
26Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.”
The king asked him, “Why should he go with you?” 27But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king’s sons.
28Absalom ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high 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.” 29So Absalom’s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.
30While 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.” 31The king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.
32But 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. 33My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king’s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
34Meanwhile, 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.”13:34 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this sentence.
35Jonadab said to the king, “See, the king’s sons have come; it has happened just as your servant said.”
36As he finished speaking, the king’s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.
37Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.
38After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years. 39And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon’s death.
