2 Samuel 13

13 ¹After all dis one, Absalom, David im pikin, get one fine sister wey im name na Tamar, and Amnon, wey be David im pikin, come love am. ²Amnon worry so tey because of im sister Tamar until e come dey sick; she still be virgin, and Amnon no see any way wey e fit take reach am. ³Amnon get one friend wey im name na Jonadab, pikin of Shimeah, wey be David im broda; dis Jonadab na very sharp-sharp man. ⁴E ask Amnon say, “Wetin dey do you wey your face just dey look tire like dis every morning, you wey be di king im pikin? You no go tell me?” Amnon answer say, “Na Tamar, di sister of my broda Absalom, I dey love.”

⁵Jonadab tell am say, “Lie down for bed, make you do like say you dey sick. When your papa come see you, tell am say, ‘Abeg make my sister Tamar come give me food chop. Make she prepare di food for my front make I see am, so I go fit chop from her hand.’”

⁶So Amnon lie down, e do like say e dey sick. When di king come see am, Amnon tell am say, “Abeg make my sister Tamar come make two cake for my front make I see am, so I go fit chop from her hand.”

⁷David come send word give Tamar for di palace say, “Go your broda Amnon house go make food give am.” ⁸So Tamar go her broda Amnon house, di place wey e lie down. She take dough, knead am, make cake for im front, and bake dem. ⁹She take di pan serve am, but e refuse to chop. Amnon come talk say, “Make everybody comot for here.” So everybody comot leave am. ¹⁰Amnon tell Tamar say, “Bring di food enter di bedroom, so I go fit chop from your hand.” So Tamar take di cake wey she make, carry dem go meet her broda Amnon for di bedroom. ¹¹As she bring dem near make e chop, e grab am say, “Come, come sleep with me, my sister.”

¹²She talk say, “No o, my broda! No force me. Dem no dey do dis kind thing for Israel. No do dis disgrace thing. ¹³And me—which place I go carry my shame go? And you—you go be like one of di useless fool people for Israel. Abeg, talk to di king; e no go stop me from marry you.”

¹⁴But e refuse to hear am; and because e get power pass her, e force her, come sleep with am. ¹⁵After dat, Amnon come hate am with plenty hate—wey pass di love wey e bin get for am before. E tell am say, “Get up, comot!”

¹⁶She talk say, “No o, to send me comot na wrong wey bad pass di one wey you don already do me.” But e refuse to hear am.

¹⁷E call im servant wey dey serve am, talk say, “Comot dis woman from here, and lock di door well-well behind her.”

¹⁸She wear one long fine robe wey get design, na di kind cloth wey di king im virgin daughters dey wear for dat time. So im servant carry am comot, come lock di door behind her. ¹⁹Tamar put ashes for her head and tear di long fine robe wey she wear. She put her hand for her head, come dey go, dey cry loud-loud as she dey go. ²⁰Her broda Absalom ask am say, “Na Amnon your broda don touch you? My sister, keep quiet for now; na your broda be dis. No make dis matter worry your mind.” So Tamar come dey live like woman wey lonely and don finish, for her broda Absalom house.

²¹When King David hear all dis matter, vex catch am well-well. ²²Absalom no talk anything to Amnon, whether good or bad, because e hate am for wetin e do im sister Tamar.

Absalom Revenge For Im Sister Tamar

²³After two full years, Absalom get people wey dey cut sheep hair for Baal-hazor near Ephraim, and e invite all di king im pikin dem. ²⁴Absalom go meet di king say, “See, your servant get people wey dey cut sheep hair. Abeg make di king and im servants come join me.”

²⁵Di king tell Absalom say, “No o, my pikin, no be all of us go go, so we no go too heavy for you.” Even as Absalom beg am, e no gree go, but e bless am.

²⁶Absalom come talk say, “If na so, abeg make my broda Amnon follow us go.” Di king ask am say, “Why im go follow you go?”

²⁷But Absalom press am well-well, so e let Amnon and all di king im pikin dem follow am go. ²⁸Absalom command im servants say, “Watch well-well. When wine make Amnon dey enjoy and I talk say, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ make una kill am. No fear. No be me command una myself? Make una strong and get liver.”

²⁹So Absalom im servants do Amnon just as Absalom command dem. Den all di king im pikin dem stand up, everybody climb im mule, come run comot.

³⁰As dem still dey for road, David hear say, “Absalom don kill all di king im pikin dem; not even one remain.”

³¹Di king stand up, tear im cloth, come lie down for ground; all im servants come stand near am, with dem cloth wey dem don tear. ³²But Jonadab, pikin of Shimeah wey be David im broda, talk say, “Make my oga no think say na all di young men, di king im pikin dem, dem kill. Na only Amnon die. Absalom don plan dis thing since di day wey Amnon do im sister Tamar bad bad thing. ³³So make my oga di king no make dis matter worry im mind, dey think say all di king im pikin dem don die. Na only Amnon die.”

³⁴Meanwhile, Absalom don run comot. Di young man wey dey watch look up, come see plenty people dey come down for road, for di side of di hill behind am. ³⁵Jonadab tell di king say, “See, di king im pikin dem don come. Na just as your servant talk.” ³⁶As e finish talk, di king im pikin dem come, dey cry loud-loud; di king and all im servants too come cry with plenty pain for belle.

³⁷Absalom run comot, go meet Talmai, pikin of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David dey mourn for im pikin every day. ³⁸After Absalom don run go Geshur, e stay there for three years. ³⁹And King David im heart come dey long to go meet Absalom, because e don find comfort after Amnon don die.