2 Samuel 19
1 Og det blev Joab tilkendegivet: Se, Kongen græder og sørger over Absalom.
And it was told unto Joab, Behold, the king is weeping and he mourneth for Abshalom.
2 Og Frelsen blev paa den samme Dag til en Sorg for alt Folket; thi Folket hørte den samme Dag, at der sagdes: Kongen er bedrøvet for sin Søn.
And the victory on that day was turned into mourning unto all the people; for the people heard it said on that day, that the king was grieved for his son.
3 Og Folket stjal sig den samme Dag til at komme i Staden, ligesom det Folk, som er beskæmmet, stjæler sig ind, naar de fly fra Krigen.
And the people repaired by stealth on that day when coming into the city, as usually steal away the people who are ashamed when they flee in battle.
4 Og Kongen tilhyllede sit Ansigt, og Kongen raabte med høj Røst: Min Søn Absalom! Absalom, min Søn, min Søn!
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Abshalom, O Abshalom, my son, my son!
5 Og Joab gik ind til Kongen i Huset og sagde: Du har i Dag beskæmmet alle dine Tjeneres Ansigt, de, som i Dag reddede dit Liv og dine Sønners og dine Døtres Liv og dine Hustruers Liv og dine Medhustruers Liv,
And Joab came to the king, into the house, and said, Thou hast covered with shame this day the faces of all thy servants, who have saved thy life this day, and the life of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the life of thy wives, and the life of thy concubines;
6 da du elsker dem, som hade dig, og hader dem, som elske dig; thi du giver til Kende i Dag, at du skøtter intet om Høvedsmændene og Tjenerne; thi jeg fornemmer i Dag, at om Absalom levede, og vi alle vare døde i Dag, at det da havde været ret for dine Øjne.
Since thou lovest thy enemies, and hatest thy friends: for thou hast declared this day, that thou hast neither princes nor servants; for I perceive this day, that if Abshalom were but alive, and we all were dead this day, that then it would have been just right in thy eyes.
7 Og nu, staa op, gak ud og tal kærligt med dine Tjenere; thi jeg sværger ved Herren, at gaar du ikke ud, da bliver der ikke en Mand hos dig Natten over i denne Nat, og dette bliver dig værre end alt det onde, som er kommet over dig fra din Ungdom indtil nu.
And now arise, go forth, and speak to the heart of thy servants; for by the Lord have I sworn, that if thou go not forth, there shall not remain one man with thee this night: and this would be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.
8 Da stod Kongen op og satte sig i Porten, og det blev tilkendegivet for alt Folket og sagt: Se, Kongen sidder i Porten. Da kom alt Folket for Kongens Ansigt; men Israel var flyet hver til sine Telte.
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told it unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate. And all the people came before the king; but Israel fled, every man to his tents.
9 Og alt Folket trættedes i alle Israels Stammer og sagde: Kongen friede os af vore Fjenders Haand, og han reddede os af Filisternes Haand, men nu er han flyet af Landet for Absalom.
And all the people were contending throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king hath saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he it was that hath delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land from before Abshalom.
10 Og Absalom, som vi havde salvet over os, er død i Krigen, og nu, hvorfor tie I stille om at hente Kongen tilbage?
And Abshalom, whom we had anointed over us, died in battle: and now why are ye silent about bringing the king back?
11 Men Kong David sendte til Præsterne Zadok og Abjathar og lod sige: Taler med de Ældste i Juda og siger: Hvorfor ville I være de sidste til at hente Kongen tilbage til sit Hus? Thi al Israels Tale er kommen for Kongen i hans Hus.
And king David sent to Zadok and to Ebyathar the priests, saying, Speak ye unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why will you be the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is already come to the king, to his house.
12 I ere mine Brødre, mit Kød og Ben ere I, hvorfor ville I da være de sidste til at hente Kongen tilbage?
My brothers are ye, my bone and my flesh are ye: wherefore then will you be the last to bring back the king?
13 Og siger til Amasa: Er du ikke mit Kød og Ben? Gud gøre mig nu og fremdeles saa og saa, om du ikke skal være Stridshøvedsmand for mit Ansigt alle Dage i Joabs Sted.
And to 'Amassa shall ye say, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and may he thus continue to do, if thou shalt not be captain of the army before me continually in the room of Joab.
14 Og han bøjede alle Mænds Hjerter i Juda som een Mands, og de sendte til Kongen og lode sige: Kom du tilbage og alle dine Tjenere.
And he turned the heart of all the men of Judah, as of one man: and these sent unto the king, Return thou, with all thy servants.
15 Saa kom Kongen tilbage, og han kom indtil Jordanen, og Juda var kommen til Gilgal for at drage Kongen i Møde, for at de vilde føre Kongen over Jordanen.
So the king returned, and came as far as the Jordan; and Judah came to Gilgal, to go forth to meet the king, to conduct the king over the Jordan.
16 Og Benjaminiten Simei, Geras Søn, som var fra Bahurim, skyndte sig, og han drog ned med Judas Mænd Kong David i Møde.
Then hastened Shim'i the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bachurim, and went down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
17 Og tusinde Mænd vare med ham af Benjamin og Tjeneren Ziba af Sauls Hus og hans femten Sønner og hans tyve Tjenere med ham, og de kom lykkeligt over Jordanen førend Kongen.
And there were with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they set hastily over the Jordan before the king.
18 Og Færgen for over for at føre Kongens Hus over og at gøre, hvad ham godt syntes; og Simei, Geras Søn, faldt ned for Kongens Ansigt, der han var faren over Jordanen.
And there went over the ferry-boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what was good in his eyes. And Shim'i the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was passing over the Jordan;
19 Og han sagde til Kongen: Min Herre, tilregn mig ikke den Misger ning, og kom ikke i Hu, hvad ondt din Tjener gjorde paa den Dag, som min Herre Kongen gik ud af Jerusalem, saa at Kongen skulde lægge sig det paa Hjerte.
And he said unto the king, Let not my Lord impute it unto me as iniquity, neither do thou remember that in which thy servant acted perversely on the day that my Lord the king went forth out of Jerusalem, so that the king should lay it to his heart.
20 Thi din Tjener erkender, at jeg har syndet; og se, jeg er i Dag den første, som er kommen af alt Josefs Hus at drage ned min Herre Kongen i Møde.
For thy servant doth know that I have indeed sinned; and, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my Lord the king.
21 Men Abisaj, Zerujas Søn, svarede og sagde: Skulde ikke Simei lide Døden for denne Sags Skyld, thi han bandede Herrens Salvede?
But Abishai the son of Zeruyah spoke out and said, Shall Shim'i for this not be put to death, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?
22 Da sagde David: Hvad har jeg at skaffe med eder, I Zerujas Sønner! at I ville i Dag blive mig til Satan? skulde nogen Mand i Dag lide Døden i Israel? thi mon jeg ikke ved, at jeg er bleven Konge i Dag over Israel?
And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruyah, that ye should become a hindrance this day unto me? shall this day any man be put to death in Israel? for do I not know that this day I am king over Israel?
23 Og Kongen sagde til Simei: Du skal ikke dø; og Kongen tilsvor ham det.
And the king said unto Shim'i, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore unto him.
24 Og Mefiboseth, Sauls Søn, kom ned Kongen i Møde; og han havde ikke vadsket sine Fødder eller flyet sit Skæg og ej toet sine Klæder fra den Dag, Kongen var gaaet bort, indtil den Dag, der han kom igen med Fred.
And Mephibosheth the [grand] son of Saul came down to meet the king, and he had not dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day that the king departed until the day that he came home in peace.
25 Og det skete, der han i Jerusalem kom imod Kongen, da sagde Kongen til ham: Hvorfor gik du ikke med mig, Mefiboseth?
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?
26 Og han sagde: Min Herre, Konge! min Tjener bedrog mig; thi din Tjener sagde: Jeg vil sadle mig Asenet og ride paa det og drage til Kongen, thi din Tjener er lam.
And he answered, My Lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said, I will saddle for me the ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame.
27 Og han bagtalede din Tjener for min Herre Kongen; men min Herre Kongen er som en Guds Engel, gør derfor, hvad dig synes godt.
And he slandered thy servant unto my Lord the king; but my Lord the king is like an angel of God: do then what is good in thy eyes.
28 Thi hele min Faders Hus havde ikke været andet end Dødens Mænd for min Herre Kongen; dog har du sat din Tjener iblandt dem, som æde ved dit Bord; hvad Ret har jeg da ydermere, og hvad har jeg ydermere at raabe om til Kongen?
For all of my father's house were nothing but men deserving death with my Lord the king: and yet didst thou set thy servant among those that eat at thy own table. What other merit therefore have I, and what to complain of yet farther unto the king?
29 Og Kongen sagde til ham: Hvorfor vil du ydermere tale om dine Sager? jeg har sagt det: Du og Ziba skulle dele Ageren.
And the king said unto him, For what purpose speakest thou yet thy words? I have said, Thou and Ziba shall divide the field.
30 Og Mefiboseth sagde til Kongen: Han maa ogsaa tage det alt sammen, efter at min Herre Kongen er kommen med Fred til sit Hus.
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take the whole, since that my Lord the king is come [back] in peace unto his own house.
31 Og Gileaditeren Barsillaj kom ned fra Roglim og for med Kongen over Jordanen for at ledsage ham over Jordanen.
And Barzillai the Gil'adite came down from Rogelim; and he passed over the Jordan with the king, to accompany him over the Jordan.
32 Og Barsillaj var saare gammel, firsindstyve Aar gammel, og han forsørgede Kongen, der han opholdt sig i Mahanaim, thi han var en saare mægtig Mand.
Now Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old: and he had sustained the king while he lay at Machanayim; for he was a very great man.
33 Og Kongen sagde til Barsillaj: Drag du over med mig, saa vil jeg forsørge dig hos mig i Jerusalem.
And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee near me in Jerusalem.
34 Men Barsillaj sagde til Kongen: Hvor længe har jeg vel endnu at leve, at jeg skulde drage op med Kongen til Jerusalem?
But Barzillai said unto the king, How many yet are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
35 Jeg er i Dag firsindstyve Aar gammel; mon jeg skulde kende, hvad godt eller ondt er? mon din Tjener kunde smage, hvad jeg æder, eller hvad jeg drikker? mon jeg kan høre ydermere paa Sangeres eller Sangerskers Røst? hvorfor skulde da din Tjener ydermere være min Herre Konge til Byrde?
I am eighty years old this day: can I discern between good and evil? or can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? or can I listen yet to the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant become yet a burden unto my Lord the king?
36 Din Tjener skal gaa lidet over Jordanen med Kongen; men hvorfor vil Kongen give mig saadant et Vederlag?
Thy servant will pass a little way over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense me with this reward?
37 Kære, lad din Tjener vende om, at jeg maa dø i min Stad ved min Faders og min Moders Grav; men se, der er din Tjener Kimham, han skal drage over med min Herre Kongen; gør saa imod ham, hvad dig synes godt.
Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the sepulchre of my father and of my mother. But, behold, thy servant Kimham will pass over with my Lord the king; and do to him what is good in thy eyes.
38 Og Kongen sagde: Kimham skal drage over med mig, og jeg vil gøre imod ham, hvad dig synes godt; ja alt det, som du da beder mig om, vil jeg gøre for dig.
And the king said, Kimham shall pass over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good in thy eyes: and whatsoever thou wilt desire of me, will I do for thee.
39 Og alt Folket drog over Jordanen, og Kongen drog over; og Kongen kyssede Barsillaj og velsignede ham, og han vendte tilbage til sit Sted.
And all the people passed over the Jordan, after the king had passed over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
40 Der Kongen var dragen over til Gilgal, og Kimham var dragen over med ham, og alt Judas Folk og Halvdelen ogsaa af Israels Folk havde ført Kongen over,
Then did the king pass on to Gilgal, and Kimham passed on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
41 se, da kom alle Israels Mænd til Kongen, og de sagde til Kongen: Hvorfor have vore Brødre, Judas Mænd, stjaalet dig og ført Kongen og hans Hus over Jordanen og alle Davids Mænd med ham?
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have conducted the king and his household over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?
42 Da svarede hver af Judas Mænd imod Israels Mænd: Fordi Kongen hører mig nær til, hvorfor er du da vred for denne Sags Skyld? have vi ladet os føde af Kongen? eller er nogen Gave skænket os?
And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then are ye so angry for this matter? have we eaten the least from the king? or hath he given us any gift?
43 Da svarede Israels Mænd Judas Mænd og sagde: Jeg har ti Gange mere Del i Kongen, dertil ogsaa i David, jeg end du, og hvorfor har du ringeagtet mig? var ikke mit Ord det første til at hente min Konge tilbage? Men Judas Mænds Ord vare haardere end Israels Mænds Ord.
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, Ten parts have we in the king, and also in David have we more right than ye: why then did ye esteem us lightly? and was not our word the very first to bring back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
