2 Samuel 14
1 Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.
A Joav sin Serujin opazi da se srce carevo obratilo k Avesalomu.
2 So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
I posla Joav u Tekuju te dozva otuda ženu lukavu, pa joj reèe: uèini se kao da si u žalosti, i obuci žalosne haljine, i nemoj se namazati uljem, nego budi kao žena koja odavna žali za mrtvijem.
3 Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
I otidi k caru, i govori mu tako i tako. I nauèi je Joav šta æe govoriti.
4 When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
I kad otide žena Tekujanka k caru da govori, pade nièice na zemlju i pokloni se, i reèe: pomagaj, care!
5 “What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
A car joj reèe: što ti je? A ona reèe: udovica sam, umro mi je muž.
6 And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
A imaše sluškinja tvoja dva sina, pa se svadiše u polju, a ne bješe nikoga da ih razvadi, te jedan udari drugoga i ubi ga.
7 Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
I gle, sav dom usta na sluškinju tvoju govoreæi: daj toga što je ubio brata svojega da ga pogubimo za dušu brata njegova, kojega je ubio, i da istrijebimo našljednika; i tako hoæe da ugase iskru koja mi je ostala, da ne ostave imena mužu mojemu ni ostatka na zemlji.
8 “Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
A car reèe ženi: idi kuæi svojoj, a ja æu narediti za te.
9 But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
A žena Tekujanka reèe caru: care gospodaru! neka na me i na dom oca mojega padne krivica, a car i njegov prijesto neka je prav.
10 “If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
A car reèe: ko uzgovori na te, dovedi ga k meni, i neæe te se više dotaæi.
11 “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
A ona reèe: neka se opomene car Gospoda Boga svojega, da se ne umnože osvetnici koji ubijaju, i da ne ubiju sina mojega. A on reèe: tako živ bio Gospod, nijedna dlaka s tvojega sina neæe pasti na zemlju.
12 Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.
A žena reèe: da kaže sluškinja tvoja nešto caru gospodaru. A on reèe: govori.
13 The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
A žena reèe: a zašto si namislio taku stvar narodu Božijemu? jer car kao da je kriv govoreæi tako, jer neæe car da dozove natrag onoga koga je odagnao.
14 For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
Jer æemo doista pomrijeti, i jesmo kao voda koja se prospe na zemlju i više se ne može skupiti; jer mu Bog nije uzeo života, nego je naumio da odagnani ne ostane odagnan od njega.
15 Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
I tako doðoh da kažem ovo caru gospodaru svojemu, jer me narod uplaši; zato reèe sluškinja tvoja: da govorim caru, može biti da æe uèiniti car što sluškinja njegova kaže.
16 For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
Jer æe car uslišiti i izbaviti sluškinju svoju iz ruke onoga koji hoæe da istrijebi mene i sina mojega iz našljedstva Božijega.
17 And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
I sluškinja tvoja reèe: rijeè cara gospodara mojega biæe mi utjeha, jer je car gospodar moj kao anðeo Božji, te sluša i dobro i zlo, i Gospod æe Bog tvoj biti s tobom.
18 Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.
A car odgovori i reèe ženi: nemoj tajiti od mene što æu te pitati. A žena reèe: neka govori car gospodar moj.
19 So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
Tada car reèe: da nije Joavov posao u svemu tome što èiniš? A žena odgovori i reèe: tako da je živa duša tvoja, care gospodaru, ne može se ni nadesno ni nalijevo od svega što kaza car gospodar moj; jer sluga tvoj Joav zapovijedio mi je i nauèio sluškinju tvoju sve ovo da govorim.
20 Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
Sluga je tvoj Joav uèinio, te sam ovako izvila besjedu svoju; ali je gospodar moj mudar kao anðeo Božji, te zna sve što biva na zemlji.
21 Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
Tada reèe car Joavu: evo, ti si uèinio to, idi, dovedi natrag dijete Avesaloma.
22 Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
Tada pade Joav licem na zemlju, i pokloni se i blagoslovi cara, i reèe Joav: danas vidi sluga tvoj da sam našao milost pred tobom, care gospodaru, kad je car uèinio što mu sluga njegov reèe.
23 So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Potom se podiže Joav i otide u Gesur, i dovede natrag u Jerusalim Avesaloma.
24 But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the king.
I car reèe: neka ide svojoj kuæi, a lica mojega da ne vidi. I otide Avesalom svojoj kuæi, i ne vidje lica careva.
25 Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
A ne bješe èovjeka tako lijepa kao Avesalom u svem Izrailju, da ga tako hvale; od pete do tjemena ne bješe na njemu mane.
26 And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
I kad bi strigao glavu a imaše obièaj svake godine striæi je, jer mu bijaše teško mjerio bi kosu s glave svoje, i bivaše je dvjesta sikala carskom mjerom.
27 Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
I rodiše se Avesalomu tri sina i jedna kæi, kojoj bijaše ime Tamara, i ona bijaše lijepa.
28 Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
I Avesalom osta cijele dvije godine u Jerusalimu, a lica careva ne vidje.
29 Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.
Tada posla Avesalom po Joava da ga pošlje k caru; ali on ne htje doæi k njemu; i posla opet drugi put, ali on ne htje doæi.
30 Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Tada reèe slugama svojim: vidite li njivu Joavovu pored moje? na njoj je jeèam; idite i upalite je. I upališe sluge Avesalomove onu njivu.
31 Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
Tada se podiže Joav, i doðe k Avesalomu u kuæu, i reèe mu: zašto sluge tvoje upališe moju njivu?
32 “Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
Avesalom reèe Joavu: eto slao sam k tebi govoreæi: hodi ovamo da te pošljem k caru da mu kažeš: zašto sam došao iz Gesura? bolje bi bilo da sam još ondje. Zato da vidim lice carevo; ako li ima kaka krivica na meni, neka me pogubi.
33 So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
I otide Joav k caru, i kaza mu. I dozva Avesaloma; a on došavši k caru pokloni se licem do zemlje pred carem, i car cjelova Avesaloma.
