2 Samuel 19

1 Og det blev Joab tilkendegivet: Se, Kongen græder og sørger over Absalom.

And it is declared to Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom”;

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 salvation on that day becomes mourning to all the people, for the people have heard on that day, saying, “The king has been 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 steals away, on that day, to go into the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;

4 Og Kongen tilhyllede sit Ansigt, og Kongen raabte med høj Røst: Min Søn Absalom! Absalom, min Søn, min Søn!

and the king has covered his face, indeed, the king cries [with] a loud voice, “My son Absalom! Absalom, 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 comes into the house to the king and says, “Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants, those delivering your life today, and the life of your sons, and of your daughters, and the life of your wives, and the life of your 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.

to love your enemies, and to hate those loving you, for today you have declared that you have no princes and servants, for today I have known that if Absalom [were] alive, and all of us dead today, that then it were right in your 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, rise, go out and speak to the heart of your servants, for I have sworn by YHWH, that [if] you are not going out—there does not lodge a man with you tonight; and this [is] worse for you than all the evil that has come on you from your 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.

And the king rises, and sits in the gate, and they have declared to all the people, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate”; and all the people come in before the king, and Israel has fled, each 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 it comes to pass, all the people are contending through all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, indeed, he himself delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled out of the land because of Absalom,

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 Absalom whom we anointed over us [is] dead in battle, and now, why are you silent—to bring back the king?”

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 Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to [the] elderly of Judah, saying, Why are you last to bring back the king to his house, since the word of all Israel has 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?

you [are] my brothers, you [are] my bone and my flesh, and why are you 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 say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? Thus God does to me, and thus He adds, if you are not head of the host before me instead of Joab [for] all the days.”

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 inclines the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send to the king, “Return, you and all your 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.

And the king turns back, and comes to the Jordan, and Judah has come to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring 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.

and Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who [is] from Bahurim, hurries, and comes 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 one thousand men [are] with him from Benjamin, and Ziba servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him, and they have gone prosperously 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 the ferry-boat has passed over to carry over the household of the king, and to do that which [is] good in his eyes, and Shimei son of Gera has fallen before the king in his passing over into 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 says to the king, “Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me; neither remember that which your servant did perversely in the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem—for the king to set [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 your servant has known that I have sinned; and behold, I have come today, 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?

And Abishai son of Zeruiah answers and says, “Is Shimei not put to death for this—because he reviled the anointed of YHWH?”

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 says, “And what do I [have to do] with you, O sons of Zeruiah, that today you are for an adversary to me? Is any man put to death in Israel today? For have I not known that today I [am] king over Israel?”

23 Og Kongen sagde til Simei: Du skal ikke dø; og Kongen tilsvor ham det.

And the king says to Shimei, “You do not die”; and the king swears to 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 son of Saul has come down to meet the king—and he did not prepare his feet, nor did he prepare his upper lip, indeed, he did not wash his garments, even from the day of the going away of the king, until the day that he came 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 comes to pass, when he has come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king says to him, “Why did you 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 says, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said, I saddle the donkey for myself, and ride on it, and go with the king, for your 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 utters slander against your servant to my lord the king, and my lord the king [is] as a messenger of God; and do that which is good in your 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 the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and you set your servant among those eating at your table, and what right do I have anymore—even to cry anymore to 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 says to him, “Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba—share 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 says to the king, “Indeed, let him take the whole, after that my lord the king has come in peace to his house.”

31 Og Gileaditeren Barsillaj kom ned fra Roglim og for med Kongen over Jordanen for at ledsage ham over Jordanen.

And Barzillai the Gileadite has gone down from Rogelim, and passes over the Jordan with the king, to send him away 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.

and Barzillai [is] very aged, a son of eighty years, and he has sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he [is] 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 says to Barzillai, “Pass over with me, and I have sustained you in Jerusalem with me.”

34 Men Barsillaj sagde til Kongen: Hvor længe har jeg vel endnu at leve, at jeg skulde drage op med Kongen til Jerusalem?

And Barzillai says to the king, “How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I 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] a son of eighty years today; do I know between good and evil? Does your servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? Do I listen anymore to the voice of male and female singers? And why is your servant for a burden to my lord the king anymore?

36 Din Tjener skal gaa lidet over Jordanen med Kongen; men hvorfor vil Kongen give mig saadant et Vederlag?

As a little thing, your servant passes over the Jordan with the king, and why does the king repay me this repayment?

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.

Please let your servant turn back again, and I die in my own city, near the burying-place of my father and of my mother—and behold, your servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do to him that which [is] good in your 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 says, “Chimham goes over with me, and I do to him that which [is] good in your eyes, indeed, all that you fix on me I do to you.”

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 pass over the Jordan, and the king has passed over, and the king gives a kiss to Barzillai, and blesses him, and he turns back to his 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,

And the king passes over to Gilgal, and Chimham has passed over with him, and all the people of Judah, and they bring over the king, and also the half of 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 are coming to the king, and they say to the king, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you—and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David 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 answer against the men of Israel, “Because the king [is] near to us, and why [is] this [that] you are displeased about this matter? Have we eaten of the king’s [substance] at all? Has he lifted up a gift to us?”

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 answer the men of Judah, and say, “We have ten parts in the king, and also more than you in David; and why have you lightly esteemed us, that our word has not been first to bring back our king?” And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.