2 Samuel 17
1 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
Poleg tega je Ahitófel rekel Absalomu. »Naj sedaj izberem dvanajst tisoč mož in vstal bom in to noč zasledoval Davida
2 I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
in prišel bom nadenj, medtem ko je izmučen in slabotnih rok in ga prestrašil. Vse ljudstvo, ki je z njim, bo pobegnilo, udaril pa bom samo kralja
3 and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
in vse ljudstvo bom privedel nazaj k tebi. Mož, ki ga iščeš, je kakor, če se vsi vrnejo; tako bo vse ljudstvo v miru.«
4 This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
Beseda je dobro ugajala Absalomu in vsem Izraelovim starešinam.
5 Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
Potem je Absalom rekel: »Pokličite sedaj tudi Arkéjca Hušája in naj slišimo tudi, kaj pravi on.«
6 So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
Ko je Hušáj prišel k Absalomu, mu je Absalom spregovoril, rekoč: »Ahitófel je govoril na ta način. Ali naj storimo po njegovem govoru? Če ne, ti spregovori.«
7 Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
Hušáj je rekel Absalomu: »Nasvet, ki ti ga je tokrat dal Ahitófel, ni dober.
8 He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
Kajti, « je rekel Hušáj, »poznaš svojega očeta in njegove može, da so mogočni možje in v svojih mislih komaj čakajo, kakor medvedka, oropana svojih mladičev, na polju. In tvoj oče je bojevnik in ne bo prenočeval z ljudstvom.
9 Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
Glej, sedaj je skrit v neki jami ali na nekem drugem kraju. In zgodilo se bo, ko bodo na začetku nekateri izmed njih premagani, da kdorkoli to sliši, bo rekel: ›Tam je pokol med ljudstvom, ki sledijo Absalomu.‹
10 Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
Tudi tisti, ki je hraber, katerega srce je kakor srce leva, se bo popolnoma stopil, kajti ves Izrael ve, da je tvoj oče mogočen človek in tisti, ki so z njim, so hrabri možje.
11 Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
Zato svetujem, da se ves Izrael nasploh zbere k tebi, od Dana, celo do Beeršébe, kakor je peska, ki je pri morju zaradi množice in da greš ti osebno v bitko.
12 Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
Tako bomo prišli nadenj na nekem kraju, kjer bo najden in posvetili bomo nanj, kakor rosa pada na tla in od njega in od vseh mož, ki so z njim, tam ne bo nihče ostal.
13 If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found.”
Poleg tega, če bo odšel v mesto, potem bo ves Izrael do tega mesta prinesel vrvi in potegnili ga bomo v reko, dokler ne bo tam najden niti en majhen kamen.«
14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
Absalom in vsi možje iz Izraela so rekli: »Nasvet Arkéjca Hušája je boljši kakor nasvet Ahitófela.« Kajti Gospod je določil, da porazi dober Ahitófelov nasvet, z namenom, da bo Gospod lahko privedel zlo nad Absaloma.
15 So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
Potem je Hušáj rekel Cadóku in duhovniku Abjatárju: »Tako in tako je Ahitófel svetoval Absalomu in starešinam Izraela, in tako in tako sem svetoval jaz.
16 Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
Zdaj torej hitro pošlji in povej Davidu, rekoč: ›To noč ne prenočuj na ravninah divjine, temveč naglo prečkaj, da te ne bi kralj požrl in vse ljudstvo, ki je z njim.‹«
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
Torej Jonatan in Ahimáac sta ostala v En Rogelu, kajti nista smela biti videna, da pridete v mesto. In deklina je odšla in jima povedala. Odšla sta ter povedala kralju Davidu.
18 But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
Kljub temu ju je videl deček in povedal Absalomu. Toda oba izmed njiju sta hitro odšla proč in prišla k hiši človeka v Bahurímu, ki je na svojem dvorišču imela vodnjak, kamor sta se spustila.
19 Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
Ženska je vzela [pokrivalo] in pokrivalo razprostrla čez ustje vodnjaka in nanj raztresla zmleto žito in stvar ni bila znana.
20 When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
Ko so Absalomovi služabniki prišli v hišo k ženski, so rekli: »Kje sta Ahimáac in Jonatan?« Ženska jim je rekla: »Odšla sta čez vodni potok.« Ko pa so ju iskali in ju niso mogli najti, so se vrnili v Jeruzalem.
21 After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
Pripetilo se je, potem ko so odšli, da sta prišla ven iz vodnjaka in odšla in kralju Davidu povedala in Davidu rekla: »Vstani in hitro prečkaj vodo, kajti Ahitófel je tako svetoval zoper tebe.«
22 So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
Potem je David vstal in vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo z njim in so prečkali Jordan. Do jutranje svetlobe ni manjkal niti eden izmed teh, ki so prečkali Jordan.
23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
Ko je Ahitófel videl, da njegov nasvet ni bil sleden, je osedlal svojega osla, vstal in se spravil domov k svoji hiši, k svojemu mestu in svojo družino postavil v red in samega sebe obesil in umrl in bil pokopan v mavzoleju svojega očeta.
24 Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
Potem je David prišel v Mahanájim. Absalom pa je prečkal Jordan, on in vsi možje iz Izraela z njim.
25 Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
Absalom je namesto Joába za poveljnika vojske postavil Amasája. Ta Amasá je bil sin moža, katerega ime je bilo Itra, Izraelec, ki je odšel noter k Naháševi hčeri Abigájili, sestri Joábove matere Cerúje.
26 So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
Tako so Izrael in Absalom taborili v deželi Gileád.
27 When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
Pripetilo se je, ko je David prišel v Mahanájim, da so Nahášev sin Šobí, iz Rabe Amónovih otrok in Amiélov sin Mahír iz Lo Dabárja in Gileádec Barziláj iz Roglíma
28 They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
prinesli postelje, umivalnike, lončene posode ter pšenico, ječmen, moko, praženo zrnje, fižol, lečo, posušene stročnice,
29 honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
med, maslo, ovce in kravji sir za Davida in za ljudstvo, ki je bilo z njim, da jedo, kajti rekli so: »Ljudstvo je lačno, izmučeno in žejno v divjini.«
