2 Samuel 19

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

Joab was told, “Look, 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.

So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the army, for the army heard it said that day, “The king is mourning 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.

The soldiers had to sneak quietly into the city that day, like people who are ashamed sneak away when they run from battle.

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

The king covered his face and cried in 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,

Then Joab entered into the house to the king and said to him, “You have shamed the faces of all your soldiers today, who have saved your life today, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your slave wives,

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.

because you love those who hate you, and you hate those who love you. For today you have shown that commanders and soldiers are nothing to you. Today I believe that if Absalom had lived, and we all had died, then that would have pleased you.

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.

Now therefore get up and go out and speak kindly to your soldiers, for I swear by Yahweh, if you do not go, not one man will remain with you tonight. That would be worse for you than all the disasters that have ever happened to 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.

So the king got up and sat in the city gate, and all the people were told, “Look, the king is sitting in the gate,” and all the people came before the king. So Israel fled, every man to his home.

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.

All the people were arguing with each other throughout all the tribes of Israel saying, “The king rescued us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines, but now he has run 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?

Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing 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.

King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah saying, 'Why are you the last to bring the king back to his palace, since the talk of all Israel favors the king, to bring him back to his palace?

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, my flesh and bone. Why then are you 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.

Then say to Amasa, 'Are you not my flesh and my bone? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of my army from now on in the place 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.

So he won the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man. They sent to the king saying, “Return, you and all your men.”

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 to the Jordan. Now the men of Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king and then to bring the king across 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.

Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was from Bahurim, hurried 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.

There were one thousand men from Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of Saul, and his fifteen sons and twenty servants with him. They crossed through the Jordan in the presence of 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.

They crossed to bring over the king's family and to do whatever he thought good. Shimei son of Gera bowed down before the king just before he began to cross 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.

Shimei said to the king, “Do not, my master, find me guilty or call to mind the wrong your servant did the day my master the king left Jerusalem. Please, may the king not take it to 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 knows that I have sinned. See, that is why I have come today as the first from all the family of Joseph to come down to meet my master 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 son of Zeruiah answered and said, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh'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?

Then David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should today be adversaries to me? Will any man be put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?”

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

So the king said to Shimei, “You will not die.” So the king promised him with an oath.

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.

Then Mephibosheth son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had not dressed his feet, or trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day 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?

So when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said 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.

He answered, “My master the king, my servant deceived me, for I said, 'I will saddle a donkey so I may ride on it and go with the king, because 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.

My servant Ziba has slandered me, your servant, to my master the king. But my master the king is like an angel of God. Therefore, do what 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 my father's house were dead men before my master the king, but you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I that I should still cry any more 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.

Then the king said to him, “Why explain anything further? I have decided that you and Ziba will divide the fields.”

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.

So Mephibosheth replied to the king, “Yes, let him take it all, since my master the king has come safely to his own home.”

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

Then Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim to cross over the Jordan with the king, and he accompanied the king 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 a very old man, eighty years old. He had furnished the king with provisions while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.

33 Og Kongen sagde til Barsillaj: Drag du over med mig, saa vil jeg forsørge dig hos mig i Jerusalem.

The king said to Barzillai, “Come over with me, and I will provide for you to stay with 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?

Barzillai replied to the king, “How many days are left in 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. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a burden to my master the king?

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

Your servant would like to just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a 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.

Please let your servant return back home, so I may die in my own city by the grave of my father and my mother. But see, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my master the king, and do for him what seems good to you.”

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.

The king answered, “Kimham will go over with me, and I will do for him what seems good to you, and whatever you desire from me, I do that for 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.

Then all the people crossed the Jordan, and the king crossed over, and the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him. Then Barzillai returned to his own home.

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,

So the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Kimham crossed over with him. All the army of Judah brought the king over, and also half the army 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?

Soon all the men of Israel began to come to the king and say to the king, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king and his family 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?

So the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “It is because the king is more closely related to us. Why then are you angry about this? Have we eaten anything that the king had to pay for? Has he given us any gifts?”

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.

The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten tribes related to the king, so we have even more right to David than you. Why then did you despise us? Was not our proposal to bring back our king the first to be heard?” But the words of the men of Judah were even more harsh than the words of the men of Israel.