2 Samuelova 17
1 Nato Ahitofel reče Abšalomu: “Dopusti da izaberem dvanaest tisuća ljudi pa da se dignem i pođem u potjeru za Davidom još noćas.
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
2 Navalit ću na njega kad bude umoran i bez snage; plašit ću ga i razbježat će se sav narod koji je s njim. Onda ću ubiti samoga kralja.
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
3 A sav ću narod dovesti natrag k tebi, kao što se mlada vraća svome mužu: ti radiš o glavi samo jednome čovjeku, a sav će narod onda biti miran.”
and I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
4 Svidje se to Abšalomu i svim starješinama Izraelovim.
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Ali Abšalom reče: “Pozovimo još Hušaja Arčanina da čujemo što će nam on kazati!”
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
6 Kad je Hušaj došao k Abšalomu, reče mu Abšalom: “Ahitofel je svjetovao ovako. Hoćemo li učiniti kako je on predložio? Ako ne, govori ti!”
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do [after] his saying? if not, speak thou.
7 A Hušaj odgovori Abšalomu: “Ovaj put savjet Ahitofelov nije dobar.”
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good.
8 I nastavi Hušaj: “Ti znaš da su tvoj otac i njegovi ljudi junaci i da su ljuti kao medvjedica kojoj su oteli njezine medvjediće. Tvoj je otac ratnik, neće on dopustiti da narod počiva preko noći.
Hushai said moreover, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9 On se sada krije u kakvoj jami ili na kakvu drugom mjestu. Pa ako odmah u početku koji od naših padne, proširit će se glas o porazu u vojsci koja je pristala uz Abšaloma.
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place: and it will come to pass, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
10 Tada će i najhrabriji, u koga je srce kao u lava, izgubiti srčanost. Jer sav Izrael zna da je tvoj otac junak i da su hrabri oni koji ga prate.
And even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.
11 Zato ja svjetujem ovo: neka se sav Izrael, od Dana do Beer Šebe, okupi oko tebe, da ga bude kao pijeska na obali morskoj, a ti sam da stupaš u njihovoj sredini.
But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
12 Tada ćemo navaliti na njega gdje se god bude nalazio, oborit ćemo se na nj kao što rosa pada na zemlju i nećemo ostaviti živa ni njega niti ikojega od njegovih ljudi.
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one.
13 Ako li se povuče u koji grad, sav će izraelski narod donijeti užeta pod onaj grad pa ćemo ga povlačiti do potoka, sve dok više ni kamenčića ne bude od njega.”
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
14 Tada Abšalom i svi Izraelci rekoše: “Bolji je savjet Hušaja Arčanina nego savjet Ahitofelov.” Jer Jahve bijaše odlučio da se osujeti izvrsna Ahitofelova osnova, kako bi navukao nesreću na Abšaloma.
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 Potom Hušaj javi svećenicima Sadoku i Ebjataru: “Ahitofel je tako i tako savjetovao Abšaloma i starješine izraelske, a ja sam savjetovao tako i tako.
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
16 Zato sad brzo javite to Davidu i poručite mu: 'Nemoj noćas noćiti na ravnicama pustinje, nego brzo prijeđi na drugu stranu da ne bude uništen kralj i sva vojska koja je s njim.'”
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
17 Jonatan i Ahimaas zadržavali se kod Rogelskog izvora; jedna je sluškinja dolazila i donosila im vijesti, a oni su odlazili da to jave kralju Davidu, jer se nisu smjeli odati ulazeći u grad.
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En-rogel; and a maid-servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David: for they might not be seen to come into the city.
18 Ali ih opazi neki momak te javi Abšalomu. Nato obojica žurno odoše i dođoše u kuću nekoga čovjeka u Bahurimu. U njegovu dvorištu bijaše studenac i oni se spustiše u nj.
But a lad saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.
19 A žena uze i razastrije pokrivač preko otvora studencu i posu po njem stučenoga zrnja, tako da se ništa nije moglo opaziti.
And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.
20 Abšalomove sluge dođoše k toj ženi u kuću i upitaše: “Gdje su Ahimaas i Jonatan?” A žena im odgovori: “Otišli su dalje prema vodi.” Potom su ih još tražili, ali ih ne nađoše pa se vratiše u Jeruzalem.
And Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 A kad su oni otišli, ona dvojica iziđoše iz studenca i odoše da donesu vijesti kralju Davidu. I rekoše mu: “Ustajte i prijeđite brže preko vode, jer je tako i tako savjetovao protiv vas Ahitofel.”
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
22 Tada se David i sav narod što bijaše s njim diže i prijeđe preko Jordana; u zoru nije više bilo nijednoga koji nije prešao preko Jordana.
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan.
23 Kad je Ahitofel vidio da se nije izvršio njegov savjet, osamari svoga magarca, krenu na put i ode svojoj kući u svoj grad. Ondje se pobrinu za svoju kuću, zatim se objesi i umrije. Pokopaše ga u grobu njegova oca.
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 David je već bio došao u Mahanajim kad je Abšalom prešao preko Jordana sa svim Izraelcima koji bijahu s njim.
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 Abšalom bijaše postavio Amasu za zapovjednika nad vojskom namjesto Joaba. A Amasa je bio sin nekoga čovjeka po imenu Jitre, Jišmaelovca, koji je ušao k Abigajili, kćeri Jišajevoj i sestri Sarvije, Joabove majke.
And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
26 Izrael i Abšalom udariše tabor u zemlji gileadskoj.
And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
27 Kad je David došao u Mahanajim, tada Šobi, sin Nahašev iz Rabe Amonske, pa Makir, sin Amielov iz Lo Debara, i Barzilaj, Gileađanin iz Rogelima,
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 donesoše postelja, pokrivača, čaša i zemljanog suđa, uz to pšenice, ječma, brašna, pržena žita, boba, leće,
brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched [grain], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse],
29 meda, kiseloga mlijeka i sira kravljeg i ovčjeg i ponudiše Davida i narod što bijaše s njim da jedu. Jer mišljahu: “Ljudi su u pustinji trpjeli glad, umor i žeđu.”
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
