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Amnon Caux Taamaa

¹Ndaawitv nyei dorn, Apc^saa^lom, maaih dauh muoc ziangh duqv nzueic haic. Ninh nyei mbuox heuc Taamaa. Ndaawitv nyei ganh dauh dorn, Amnon, hnamv Taamaa. ²Amnon ba'laqc hnamv gau, hnyouv nzauh duqv kouv, zungv benx baengc mi'aqv. Weic zuqc Taamaa se maiv bueix jiex dorn nyei sieqv, Amnon haiz maiv noic duqv Taamaa.
³Amnon maaih dauh loz-gaeng doic, mbuox heuc Yo^naa^ndapc, se Ndaawitv nyei gorx, Si^me^haa, nyei dorn. Naaiv dauh mienh guai haic. ⁴Ninh gorngv mbuox Amnon, “Hungh nyei dorn aah! Meih weic haaix diuc yietc ndorm beiv yietc ndorm nzauh? Meih maiv mbuox yie fai?”
Amnon dau, “Yie hnamv yie nyei youz, Apc^saa^lom, nyei muoc, Taamaa.”
⁵Yo^naa^ndapc gorngv mbuox ninh, “Meih oix zuqc bueix jienv coux zaax laaic butv baengc. Meih nyei die daaih mangc meih nyei ziangh hoc oix zuqc gorngv mbuox ninh, ‘Tov mbuox yie nyei muoc, Taamaa, dorh nyanc hopv daaih bun yie nyanc. Ninh oix zuqc daaih yiem yie nyei nza'hmien liuc leiz bun yie duqv buatc ninh. Nqa'haav ninh ganh nyei buoz oix zuqc dorh daaih bun yie nyanc.’+”
⁶Amnon ziouc bueix jienv coux zaax laaic butv baengc. Hungh diex daaih mangc ninh nyei ziangh hoc ninh gorngv mbuox hungh diex, “Tov bun yie nyei muoc, Taamaa, daaih yiem yie nyei nza'hmien zoux i norm njuov, bun ninh ganh dorh daaih bun yie nyanc.”
⁷Ndaawitv ziouc paaiv mienh mingh mbuox Taamaa, “Mingh meih nyei gorx, Amnon, nyei biauv liuc leiz ga'naaiv bun ninh nyanc.” ⁸Taamaa ziouc mingh ninh nyei gorx, Amnon, nyei biauv, taux Amnon bueix jienv nyei dorngx. Ninh ziouc yiem Amnon nyei nza'hmien zorqv qouv ziangx nyei mbuonv caix daaih zaang. ⁹Ninh yaac yiem Amnon nyei nza'hmien zorqv njuov cuotv daaih mv baac Amnon maiv nyanc.
Ninh gorngv mbuox zuangx mienh, “Cuotv nzengc mingh!” Ninh mbuo ziouc cuotv nzengc mi'aqv. ¹⁰Amnon gorngv mbuox Taamaa, “Dorh njuov bieqc yie nyei gen weic bun yie duqv nyanc meih nyei buoz dorh daaih nyei ga'naaiv.” Taamaa ziouc dorh ninh zoux daaih nyei njuov bieqc gen mingh bun ninh nyei gorx, Amnon, nyanc. ¹¹Mv baac dorh njuov mingh bun ninh nyei gorx nyanc wuov zanc, ninh nyei gorx zorqv jienv ninh aengx gorngv mbuox ninh, “Yie nyei muoc aah! Daaih caux yie bueix maah!”
¹²Taamaa gorngv, “Yie nyei gorx aah! Maiv duqv lorqc. Maiv dungx aapv yie. Yiem I^saa^laa^en Mienh mbu'ndongx maiv zoux naaiv deix sic. Maiv dungx zoux naaiv deix orqv sic maah! ¹³Yie ganh aeqv, hnangv naaic zuqc nyaiv, yie nyei hmien maiv lamh an dorngx aqv. Meih ganh yaac zuqc yiem I^saa^laa^en Mienh mbu'ndongx benx ga'naaiv-hngongx. Weic naaiv meih horpc zuqc tov hungh diex, hnamv daaih ninh maiv ngaengc bungx yie bun meih.” ¹⁴Mv baac Amnon maiv muangx. Ninh nyei qaqv gauh henv, ninh ziouc caa ninh nyei muoc, Taamaa.
¹⁵Nqa'haav Amnon gengh! nzorng haic Taamaa, zungv nzorng gauh camv ninh zinh ndaangc hnamv wuov zanc. Amnon gorngv, “Jiez sin daaih, mingh aqv.”
¹⁶Taamaa gorngv mbuox ninh, “Yie nyei gorx aah!⚓ Maiv dungx hnangv naaiv zoux. Zunc yie cuotv se dorngc gauh hniev meih zoux bun yie nyei.”
Mv baac Amnon maiv muangx. ¹⁷Ninh ziouc heuc ninh ganh nyei bou daaih mbuox ninh, “Zunc naaiv dauh m'sieqv dorn cuotv naaiv mingh, guon jienv gaengh, sorn jienv.” ¹⁸Amnon nyei bou ziouc zunc Taamaa cuotv mingh aengx sorn jienv gaengh. Wuov zanc Taamaa zuqv jienv lui-ndaauv. Lui-mueiz yaac ndaauv nyei hnangv maiv gaengh dorng jaa nyei hungh sieqv zuqv nor. ¹⁹Taamaa zorqv saaiv hiaamx jienv m'nqorngv yaac betv ninh zuqv jienv maaih lui-mueiz ndaauv nyei lui,⚓ longc buoz buang jienv m'nqorngv yietc binc mingh yietc binc nyiemv mbui nyei.
²⁰Taamaa nyei gorx, Apc^saa^lom, naaic ninh, “Meih nyei gorx, Amnon, caux liuz meih fai? Yie nyei muoc aac, maiv dungx gorngv aqv. Ninh zoux meih nyei gorx. Maiv dungx hnamv camv.” Taamaa ziouc nzauh nzauh ndoqc ndoqc nyei yiem ninh nyei gorx, Apc^saa^lom, nyei biauv.
²¹Ndaawitv Hungh haiz naaiv deix yietc zungv sic ninh qiex jiez! haic. ²²Mv baac Apc^saa^lom maiv caux Amnon gorngv haaix nyungc waac, maiv gunv longx fai ciouv, weic zuqc Apc^saa^lom nzorng Amnon laaix Amnon caa ninh nyei muoc.

Apc^saa^lom Jaauv Win

²³Jiex liuz i hnyangx, Apc^saa^lom yiem Mbaa^an Haaso, nitv E^faa^im, japv ba'gi yungh nyei biei. Apc^saa^lom cingv hungh diex nyei yietc zungv dorn caux jienv ninh mingh.⚓ ²⁴Ninh mingh lorz hungh diex yaac gorngv, “Yie, meih nyei bou, maaih mienh japv ba'gi yungh nyei biei. Tov hungh diex caux hungh nyei zuangx jien caux yie, meih nyei bou, mingh.”
²⁵Mv baac hungh diex gorngv mbuox Apc^saa^lom, “Yie nyei dorn aah! Mbuo maiv zuqc mingh nzengc. Nziex kungx la'nyauv meih hnangv.” Apc^saa^lom qaqv tov, hungh diex corc maiv laengz mingh, mv baac ninh buang waac bun Apc^saa^lom.
²⁶Apc^saa^lom ziouc gorngv, “Maiv mingh nor, tov nqoi nzuih bun yie nyei gorx, Amnon, caux jienv yie mbuo mingh.”
Hungh diex naaic, “Ninh weic haaix diuc oix zuqc caux meih mingh?” ²⁷Mv baac Apc^saa^lom qaqv tov, hungh diex ziouc nqoi nzuih bun Amnon caux hungh nyei yietc zungv dorn mingh.
²⁸Apc^saa^lom paaiv ninh nyei bou, “Zuov jienv mangc Amnon hopv diuv camv njien-youh aqv, yie haaix zanc gorngv, ‘Daix Amnon aqv,’ gunv daix ninh daic. Maiv dungx gamh nziex. Se yie paaiv meih mbuo zoux maiv zeiz? Oix zuqc daamv hlo yaac henv.” ²⁹Apc^saa^lom nyei bou ziouc ei jienv ninh paaiv nyei waac zoux bun Amnon. Hungh diex zengc njiec nyei yietc zungv dorn jiez sin daaih, gorqv-mienh faaux gorqv-mienh nyei lorh geh jienv biaux.
³⁰Ninh mbuo corc yiem ndaamv-jauv wuov zanc maaih waac taux Ndaawitv wuov gorngv, “Apc^saa^lom daix nzengc hungh nyei dorn, maiv zengc yietc dauh.” ³¹Hungh diex souv jiez daaih ⟨betv ninh nyei lui-houx⟩ yaac bueix ga'ndiev ndau. Souv jienv hungh nyei ga'hlen wuov deix jien yaac betv ninh mbuo nyei lui-houx.
³²Mv baac Ndaawitv nyei gorx, Si^me^haa nyei dorn, Yo^naa^ndapc, gorngv, “Tov yie nyei ziouv maiv dungx laaic ninh mbuo daix nzengc wuov deix mienh lunx mienh, se hungh diex nyei yietc zungv dorn, weic zuqc kungx Amnon ganh daic hnangv. Yiem Amnon caa Apc^saa^lom nyei muoc, Taamaa, wuov hnoi, Apc^saa^lom jiez hnyouv daix Amnon. ³³Hnangv naaiv, tov yie nyei ziouv, hungh diex, maiv dungx hnyouv huaang laaic hungh diex nyei yietc zungv dorn zuqc daic nzengc. Kungx Amnon ganh nduqc dauh zuqc daix daic hnangv.”
³⁴Mv baac Apc^saa^lom biaux. Siouv gaeng wuov dauh mienh lunx mienh cau hmien mangc buatc mienh camv gan jienv Ho^lo^naa^im,⚓ mbong ga'hlen wuov diuh jauv daaih.
³⁵Yo^naa^ndapc gorngv mbuox hungh diex, “Mangc maah! Hungh diex nyei dorn mbuo daaih aqv. Hnangv yie, meih nyei bou, gorngv nor, za'gengh hnangv wuov nor.”
³⁶Ninh yietv gorngv setv waac hnangv, hungh diex nyei dorn bieqc daaih yaac qaqv nyiemv. Hungh diex caux ninh nyei zuangx bou yaac bungx-sing bungx-qiex nyei nyiemv.
³⁷Apc^saa^lom biaux mingh taux Gesu nyei hungh, Am^mi^hutv, nyei dorn, Tanmai, wuov. Mv baac Ndaawitv Hungh hnoi-hnoi weic ninh nyei dorn nzauh.⚓
³⁸Apc^saa^lom biaux mingh Gesu, yiem wuov buo hnyangx. ³⁹Hungh diex jangx haic, oix buatc Apc^saa^lom, weic zuqc ninh nzauh Amnon zuqc daic nyei jauv zoqc jienv njiec.

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Amnon and Tamar

¹After this ⚓Absalom the son of David had a lovely sister, whose name was⚓Tamar; and ⚓Amnon the son of David loved her. ²Amnon was so distressed over his sister Tamar that he became sick; for she was a virgin. And it was improper for Amnon to do anything to her. ³But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab ⚓the son of Shimeah, David’s brother. Now Jonadab was a very crafty man. ⁴And he said to him, “Why are you, the king’s son, becoming thinner day after day? Will you not tell me?”
Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
⁵So Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me food, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’ ” ⁶Then Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let Tamar my sister come and ⚓make a couple of cakes for me in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”
⁷And David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Now go to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.” ⁸So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. Then she took flour and kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes. ⁹And she took the pan and placed them out before him, but he refused to eat. Then Amnon said, ⚓“Have everyone go out from me.” And they all went out from him. ¹⁰Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, that I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to Amnon her brother in the bedroom. ¹¹Now when she had brought them to him to eat, ⚓he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
¹²But she answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me, for ⚓no such thing should be done in Israel. Do not do this ⚓disgraceful thing! ¹³And I, where could I take my shame? And as for you, you would be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; ⚓for he will not withhold me from you.” ¹⁴However, he would not heed her voice; and being stronger than she, he ⚓forced her and lay with her.
¹⁵Then Amnon hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Arise, be gone!”
¹⁶So she said to him, “No, indeed! This evil of sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me.”
But he would not listen to her. ¹⁷Then he called his servant who attended him, and said, “Here! Put this woman out, away from me, and bolt the door behind her.” ¹⁸Now she had on ⚓a robe of many colors, for the king’s virgin daughters wore such apparel. And his servant put her out and bolted the door behind her.
¹⁹Then Tamar put ⚓ashes on her head, and tore her robe of many colors that was on her, and ⚓laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly. ²⁰And Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.
²¹But when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry. ²²And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon ⚓neither good nor bad. For Absalom ⚓hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

Absalom Murders Amnon

²³And it came to pass, after two full years, that Absalom ⚓had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim; so Absalom invited all the king’s sons. ²⁴Then Absalom came to the king and said, “Kindly note, your servant has sheepshearers; please, let the king and his servants go with your servant.”
²⁵But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go now, lest we be a burden to you.” Then he urged him, but he would not go; and he blessed him.
²⁶Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.”
And the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?” ²⁷But Absalom urged him; so he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.
²⁸Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch now, when Amnon’s ⚓heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.” ²⁹So the servants of Absalom ⚓did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and each one got on ⚓his mule and fled.
³⁰And it came to pass, while they were on the way, that news came to David, saying, “Absalom has killed all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left!” ³¹So the king arose and ⚓tore his garments and ⚓lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn. ³²Then ⚓Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, “Let not my lord suppose they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for only Amnon is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. ³³Now therefore, ⚓let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are dead. For only Amnon is dead.”

Absalom Flees to Geshur

³⁴⚓Then Absalom fled. And the young man who was keeping watch lifted his eyes and looked, and there, many people were coming from the road on the hillside behind him. ³⁵And Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the king’s sons are coming; as your servant said, so it is.” ³⁶So it was, as soon as he had finished speaking, that the king’s sons indeed came, and they lifted up their voice and wept. Also the king and all his servants wept very bitterly.
³⁷But Absalom fled and went to ⚓Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. ³⁸So Absalom fled and went to ⚓Geshur, and was there three years. ³⁹And King David longed to go to Absalom. For he had been ⚓comforted concerning Amnon, because he was dead.