2 Samuelova 14

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

When Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart longed for 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.

he sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave as a woman who has been mourning for the dead a long time.

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

Go in to the king and say this to him." Then Joab told her what to say.

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

And the woman of Tekoa went to the king, and she bowed down with her face to the ground and showed respect, and said, "Help, 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 your trouble?" And she replied, "Truly I am a widow, and 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 your servant had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed 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.”

Look, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say, 'Give us the man who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed.' Thus they would eliminate also the heir and the one ember I have left will be extinguished, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.

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

Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to the king, my lord, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your servant said, 'I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.'

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!”

For the king will hear and deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who is seeking to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of the LORD.

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

Then your servant said, 'Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May the LORD, your God, be with you.'"

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!”

Then the king said, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."

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

The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless."

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?

The king said, "Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more."

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.

Then she said, "Please let the king remember the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son." He said, "As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."

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.

Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on."

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.

The woman said, "Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of the LORD? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his exiled one.

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!”

For your son is dead, and as water spilled on the ground can't be gathered up again, so he can't bring his life back again. But it seems sensible to the king to keep his exiled one away from him."

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

Then the king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not hide from me anything that I ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."

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.

So the king said, "Did Joab put you up to all this?" The woman answered, "As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who had me do this, and he put all these words in the mouth of your servant.

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.”

Your servant Joab did this in order to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of an angel of God for knowing things in the land."

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

Then the king said to Joab, "Look now, I have done according to your word. Go, bring back the young man 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.”

Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground, and blessed the king. And Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant."

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

So Joab arose and went to Geshur, 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.

The king said, "He must return to his own house, but he must not see my face." So Absalom returned to his own house, and did not see 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.

Moreover, Absalom – in Israel no one was so much admired as he for his fine appearance. From the sole of his foot even 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.

When he cut the hair of his head – now it was at the end of every year that he cut it, because it became too heavy, therefore he cut it – he weighed the hair of his head at one hundred shekels by the king's weight.

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

To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.

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

Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he did not see 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.

Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

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.

Therefore he said to his servants, "Look, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire." Absalom's servants set the field on fire. And the servants of Joab came to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, "The servants of Absalom have set 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 to him, "Why have your servants set my field 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, "Look, I sent to you, saying, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there. Now therefore let me appear before the king. If I am guilty, put me to death.'"

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 went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. And he came to the king and bowed himself with his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.