2 Samuelova 14

1 A Joab, sin Sarvijin, opazi da se kraljevo srce okreće k Abšalomu.

And Joab the son of Sarvia, understanding that the king’s heart was turned to Absalom,

2 Zato Joab pošalje u Tekou po jednu pametnu ženu i reče joj: “Učini se kao da si u žalosti za mrtvim, obuci žalobne haljine, nemoj se mazati uljem, nego budi kao žena koja je već dugo vremena u žalosti za mrtvim.

Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and be not anointed with oil, that thou mayest be as a woman that had a long time been mourning for one dead.

3 Otići ćeš kralju i govorit ćeš mu ovako.” I Joab je nauči što će govoriti.

And thou shalt go in to the king, and shalt speak to him in this manner. And Joab put the words in her mouth.

4 Žena iz Tekoe ode kralju, pade ničice na zemlju i pokloni se, zatim reče: “Pomozi, kralju!”

And when the woman of Thecua was come in to the king, she fell before him upon the ground, and worshipped, and said: Save me, O king.

5 Kralj je upita: “Što ti je?” A ona odgovori: “Ah, ja sam udovica. Muž mi je umro,

And the king said to her: What is the matter with thee? She answered: Alas, I am a widow woman: for my husband is dead.

6 a tvoja je službenica imala dva sina. Oni se posvadiše u polju, a nije bilo nikoga da ih razdvoji te je jedan od njih udario svoga brata i ubio ga.

And thy handmaid had two sons: and they quarrelled with each other in the field, and there was none to part them: and the one struck the other, and slew him.

7 I sad se podiže sav rod na tvoju službenicu i reče: 'Predaj nam toga što je ubio svoga brata: mi ćemo ga pogubiti za život njegova brata koga je ubio, a time ćemo zatrti i baštinika.' Tako hoće da ugase žeravicu koja mi je ostala, da ne ostave mome mužu ni imena ni potomstva na zemlji.”

And behold the whole kindred rising against thy handmaid, saith: Deliver him that hath slain his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he slew, and that we may destroy the heir: and they seek to quench my spark which is left, and will leave my husband no name, nor remainder upon the earth.

8 A kralj reče ženi: “Idi svojoj kući, ja ću odrediti što treba za te.”

And the king said to the woman: Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

9 A žena iz Tekoe reče kralju: “Gospodaru kralju! Neka na me i na moj očinski dom padne krivica; kralj i njegovo prijestolje nedužni su u tome!”

And the woman of Thecua said to the king: Upon me, my lord, be the iniquity, and upon the house of my father: but may the king and his throne be guiltless.

10 A kralj nastavi: “Onoga koji ti se zaprijetio dovedi k meni! Taj te neće više dirnuti!”

And the king said: If any one shall say ought against thee, bring him to me, and be shall not touch thee any more.

11 A ona reče: “Neka se kralj udostoji spomenuti ime Jahve, svoga Boga, da krvni osvetnik neće umnožiti zator i da neće pogubiti moga sina!” A on obeća: “Tako mi živog Jahve, nijedna vlas neće pasti s glave tvome sinu!”

And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God, that the next of kin be not multiplied to take revenge, and that they may not kill my son. And he said: As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

12 A žena nastavi: “Dopusti da tvoja službenica kaže jednu riječ svome gospodaru kralju.” A on odvrati: “Govori!”

Then the woman said: Let thy handmaid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.

13 A žena reče: “Dakle, zašto je kralj - jer se izričući ovakvu presudu sam priznao krivim - donio protiv naroda Božjega odluku da ne pušta kući onoga koga je prognao?

And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile?

14 Mi smo svi osuđeni na smrt, slični smo vodi koja se prolije na zemlju i više se ne može skupiti, i Bog ne podiže mrtvaca: neka, dakle, kralj misli na to da prognanik ne ostane izagnan daleko od njega.

We all die, and like waters that return no more, we fall down into the earth: neither will God have a soul to perish, but recalleth, meaning that he that is cast off should not altogether perish.

15 A razlog zašto sam došla da iznesem pred svoga gospodara kralja ovu stvar bio je taj što su me zaplašili ljudi, pa je mislila tvoja službenica: moram govoriti s kraljem, možda će kralj učiniti ono što mu njegova službenica kaže.

Now therefore I am come, to speak this word to my lord the king before the people. And thy handmaid said: I will speak to the king, it maybe the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

16 Jer će kralj poslušati svoju službenicu i izbaviti je iz ruku čovjeka koji hoće da me istrijebi zajedno s mojim sinom iz Božje baštine.

And the king hath hearkened to me to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of all that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

17 Zato je tvoja službenica pomislila: neka mi riječ moga gospodara i kralja bude na umirenje. Jer moj je gospodar i kralj kao Božji anđeo koji sluša dobro i zlo. Jahve, tvoj Bog, neka bude s tobom!”

Then let thy handmaid say, that the word of the Lord the king be made as a sacrifice. For even as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, that he is neither moved with blessing nor cursing: wherefore the Lord thy God is also with thee.

18 Tada progovori kralj i reče ženi: “Nemoj mi sada zatajiti ono što ću te pitati!” A žena odgovori: “Neka govori moj gospodar kralj!”

And the king answering, said to the woman: Hide not from me the thing that I ask thee. And the woman said to him: Speak, my lord the king.

19 Tada kralj upita: “Nisu li Joabovi prsti s tobom u svemu tome?” A žena odgovori: “Tako bio živ, gospodaru kralju, zaista se ne može ni desno ni lijevo od svega što je kazao moj gospodar i kralj! Jest, tvoj mi je sluga Joab zapovjedio, on je naučio tvoju službenicu sve ove riječi.

And the king said: Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? The woman answered, and said: By the health of thy soul, my lord, O king, it is neither on the left hand, nor on the right, in all these things which my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put all these words into the mouth of thy handmaid.

20 Tvoj je sluga Joab to učinio da bi svemu dao drugo lice, ali je moj gospodar mudar kao Božji anđeo, on zna sve što se zbiva na zemlji.”

That I should come about with this form of speech, thy servant Joab, commanded this: but thou, my lord, O king, art wise, according to the wisdom of ail angel of God, to understand all things upon earth.

21 Tada se kralj okrenu Joabu i reče mu: “Dobro, učinit ću to. Idi i dovedi natrag mladića Abšaloma!”

And the king said to Joab: Behold I am appeased and have granted thy request: Go therefore and fetch back the boy Absalom.

22 A Joab pade licem na zemlju, pokloni se i zahvali kralju; zatim reče Joab: “Danas vidi tvoj sluga da je našao milost u tvojim očima, gospodaru kralju, kad je kralj ispunio molbu svoga sluge.”

And Joab falling down to the ground upon his face, adored, and blessed the king: and Joab said: This day thy servant hath understood, that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king: for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant.

23 Potom se diže Joab, ode u Gešur i dovede Abšaloma natrag u Jeruzalem.

Then Joab arose and went to Gessur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

24 Ali kralj reče: “Neka ide u svoju kuću, a meni neka ne dolazi na oči!” I Abšalom se povuče u svoju kuću i ne dođe kralju na oči.

But the king said: Let him return into his house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned into his house, and saw not the king’s face.

25 U svemu Izraelu ne bijaše čovjeka tako lijepa kao Abšalom komu bi se mogle izreći tolike pohvale: od pete do glave nije bilo na njemu mane.

But in all Israel there was not a man so comely, and so exceedingly beautiful as Absalom: from the sole of the foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

26 A kad bi šišao kosu - a šišao ju je na koncu svake godine, jer mu je bila preteška pa ju je morao šišati - mjerio bi svoju kosu: bila bi teška dvije stotine šekela, po kraljevskoj mjeri.

And when he polled his hair (now he was polled once a year, because his hair was burdensome to him) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sicles, according to the common weight.

27 Abšalomu se rodiše tri sina i jedna kći po imenu Tamara; bila je to vrlo lijepa žena.

And there were born to Absalom three sons: and one daughter, whose, name was Thamar, and she was very beautiful.

28 Abšalom provede dvije godine u Jeruzalemu a da nije došao kralju na oči.

And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.

29 Tada Abšalom pozva Joaba k sebi da bi ga poslao kralju, ali Joab ne htjede doći k njemu; i posla drugi put po njega, ali on opet ne htjede doći.

He sent therefore to Joab, to send him to the king: but he would not come to him. And when he had sent the second time, and he would not come to him,

30 Tada Abšalom zapovjedi slugama: “Znate Joabovo polje koje je pokraj mojega i na kojem raste ječam: idite i zapalite ga!” I Abšalomove sluge zapališe ono polje.

He said to his servants: You know the field of Joab near my field, that hath a crop of barley: go now and set it on fire. So the servants of Absalom set the corn on fire. And Joab’s servants coming with their garments rent, said: The servants of Absalom have set part of the field on fire.

31 Tada se diže Joab, dođe k Abšalomu u kuću i upita ga: “Zašto su tvoje sluge zapalile moje polje?”

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said: Why have thy servants set my corn on fire?

32 A Abšalom odgovori Joabu: “Ja sam poslao k tebi i poručio ti: 'Dođi ovamo, želio bih te poslati kralju s ovom porukom: Zašto sam se vratio iz Gešura?' Bolje bi bilo za mene da sam još ondje. Zato sad hoću da dođem kralju na oči, pa ako ima na meni kakva krivica, neka me pogubi!”

And Absalom answered Joab: I sent to thee beseeching thee to come to me, that I might send thee to the king, to say to him: Wherefore am I come from Gessur? it had been better for me to be there: I beseech thee therefore that I may see the face of the king: and if he be mindful of my iniquity, let him kill me.

33 Joab ode kralju i javi mu te riječi. Zatim kralj pozva Abšaloma. Dođe on pred kralja, pokloni mu se i pade ničice pred kralja. I kralj poljubi Abšaloma.

So Joab going in to the king, told him all: and Absalom was called for, and he went in to the king: and prostrated himself on the ground before him: and the king kissed Absalom.