2 Samuel 18
1 And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.
David mynstra folket sitt og sette førarar og underførar yver deim.
2 And David sent the people out, a third of them under the orders of Joab, and a third under the orders of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, And I myself will certainly go out with you.
So sende David ut folket; den eine tridjeparten under Joab, den andre tridjeparten under Abisai Serujason, bror åt Joab, og den tridje under Ittai frå Gat. Og kongen sagde til folket: «Eg er fast meint på å draga ut sjølv med dykk.»
3 But the people said, It is better for you not to go out: for if we are put to flight, they will not give a thought to us, and if death overtakes half of us, it will be nothing to them: but you are of more value than ten thousand of us: so it is better for you to be ready to come to our help from this town.
Men dei svara: «Du fær ikkje draga ut. Um me lyt røma, bryr ingen seg um oss. Um helvti av oss vert drepne, bryr ingen seg um oss. Men du er no jamgod med titusund av oss. Difor er det likare at du er budd på å koma oss til hjelp frå byen.»
4 And the king said to them, I will do whatever seems best to you. So the king took his place by the door of the town, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
Kongen sagde: «Det de meiner er best, det vil eg gjera.» So tok kongen post attmed porten. Og heile heren drog ut i hundrad og i tusund.
5 And the king gave orders to Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Because of me, be gentle to the young man Absalom. And this order about Absalom was given in the hearing of all the people.
Kongen baud Joab, Abisai og Ittai: «Far no varsamt med den unge mannen, med Absalom!» Heile heren høyrde kva kongen baud herhovdingarne um Absalom.
6 So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the fight took place in the woods of Ephraim.
So drog heren ut i opi marki mot Israel. Og det kom til slag i Efraimsskogen.
7 And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.
Der vart Israels-heren slegen av Davids herfolk. Og vart stort mannefall millom deim den dagen: tjuge tusund mann.
8 And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.
Slaget spreidde seg utyver heile den kanten av landet. Og skogen øydde fleire folk den dagen enn sverdet.
9 And Absalom came across some of David's men. And Absalom was seated on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great tree, and his head became fixed in the tree and he was lifted up between earth and heaven, and the beast under him went on.
Det bar so til at Absalom råka på nokre av folki åt David. Han reid på eit muldyret. Og då muldyret kom inn under dei tette greinerne av ei stor eik, vart hovudet hans klemt fast millom greinerne. Og han vart hangande millom himmel og jord. For muldyret han reid på, sprang sin veg.
10 And a certain man saw it and said to Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.
Ein mann som såg det, melde det til Joab: «Eg fekk sjå Absalom hangande i ei eik der burte.»
11 And Joab said to the man who had given him the news, If you saw this, why did you not put your sword through him, and I would have given you ten bits of silver and a band for your robe?
Joab spurde bodberaren: «Når du såg det, kvifor slo du honom ikkje til marki med same? So skulde eg gjerne ha gjeve deg ti sylvdalar og eit belte for det.»
12 And the man said to Joab, Even if you gave me a thousand bits of silver, I would not put out my hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king gave orders to you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care that the young man Absalom is not touched.
Mannen svara: «Um eg so skulde fenge ti tusund sylvdalar upp i neven, so ikkje eg leggja hand på kongssonen. Me høyrde då med eigne øyro kor kongen baud deg og Abisai og Ittai: «Tak vare på den unge mannen, på Absalom, for meg.»
13 And if I had falsely put him to death (and nothing may be kept secret from the king), you would have had nothing to do with me.
Og hadde eg gjort svik mot hans liv - for ingen ting vert løynd for kongen - so vilde du halde deg utanfor.»
14 Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.
«Eg vil ikkje hefta tidi lenger meg deg, » sagde Joab, treiv tri spjot i handi, og deim rende han i bringa på Absalom, som endå hekk livande millom greinerne på eiki.
15 And ten young men, servants of Joab, came round Absalom and put an end to him.
So kom ti sveinar til, Joabs våpnsveinar, og gav Absalom banehogg.
16 And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.
Joab bles i luren. Og herfolket heldt upp med å forfylgja Israel, då Joab baud deim stogga.
17 And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.
Dei tok og kasta Absalom i ei stor grop i skogen, og hauga i hop ei veldug steinrøys yver honom. Heile Israel tok til rømings kvar til seg.
18 Now Absalom, before his death, had put up for himself a pillar in the king's valley, naming it after himself; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and to this day it is named Absalom's pillar.
Absalom sjølv hadde i livande live teke og reist upp til minne for seg den merkesteinen som stend i Kongsdalen; med di han sagde: «Eg hev ingen son til å halda uppe namnet mitt!» Han kalla merkesteinen etter sitt namn; og han heiter «Absaloms minne» endå den dag i dag.
19 Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, Let me go and give the king news of how the Lord has done right in his cause against those who took up arms against him.
Ahima’as Sadoksson sagde: «Lat meg skunda meg og melda kongen fagnadtiendi, at Herren hev hjelpt honom til retten sin mot uvenerne sine!»
20 And Joab said, You will take no news today; another day you may give him the news, but you will take no news today, because the king's son is dead.
«Nei, » sagde Joab, «det vert inkje fagnadbod det du hev å bera i dag. Ein annan dag kann du koma med fagnadtiend. Men i dag vert det ingen fagnadtiend; for det er son åt kongen som er avliden.»
21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, Go and give the king word of what you have seen. And the Cushite, making a sign of respect to Joab, went off running.
So baud Joab ein ætiop: «Gakk og meld kongen det du hev set!» Ætiopen fall ned for Joab og sprang av stad.
22 Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said to Joab again, Whatever may come of it, let me go after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why have you a desire to go, my son, seeing that you will get no reward for your news?
Ahima’as Sadoksson bad Joab andre gongen: «Kome kva kome vil: lat meg springa eg og, etter ætiopen!» Joab svara: «Kvifor vil du det, guten min? Dette er då ikkje nokor fagnadtiend, som du kann venta løn for!»
23 Whatever may come of it, he said, I will go. Then he said to him, Go. So Ahimaaz went running by the lowland road and overtook the Cushite.
Han sagde: «Koma kva kome vil: eg spring!» «So spring då!» sagde Joab. Og Ahima’as sprang, og tok vegen yver Jordan-kverven og kom fyre ætiopen.
24 Now David was seated between the two town doors; and the watchman went up to the roof of the doorways, on the wall, and, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running by himself.
David sat inni dubbelporten. Og ein vaktmann steig upp på porttaket innmed muren. Då han skoda ut, fekk han sjå ein koma springande åleine.
25 And the watchman gave news of it to the king. And the king said, If he is coming by himself, then he has news. And the man was travelling quickly, and came near.
Vaktmannen ropa og melde det åt kongen. Då sagde kongen. «Er han åleine, so hev han eit fagnadbod å bera fram. Men medan han kom næmare,
26 Then the watchman saw another man running: and crying out in the direction of the door he said, Here is another man running by himself. And the king said, He, like the other, comes with news.
fekk vaktmannen sjå ein annan kom springande. Då ropa vaktmannen ned til portvakti: «No ser eg ein til kjem springande åleine.» Kongen sagde: «Han kjem og med fagnadbod.»
27 And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and his news will be good.
Vaktmannen sagde: Etter måten å springa på, tykkjer eg den fyrste må vera Ahima’as Sadoksson.» Kongen sagde: «Han er ein god mann! han kjem visseleg med fagnadtidend.»
28 And Ahimaaz, crying out to the king, said, It is well. And falling down before the king, with his face to the earth, he said, May the Lord your God be praised, who has given up the men who took up arms against my lord the king!
Ahima’as ropa til kongen: «Heil og sæl!» So fall han å gruve til jordi framfor kongen og sagde: «Lova vere Herren, din Gud! Han hev gjeve deg dei mennerne som lyfte handi mot deg, herre konge!»
29 And the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz said in answer, When Joab sent me, your servant, I saw a great outcry going on, but I had no knowledge of what it was.
Kongen spurde: «Stend det vel til med den unge mannen, med Absalom?» Ahima’as svara: «Eg såg ei stor mannemuge då Joab sende den andre kongstenaren og meg. Men eg veit ikkje kva det galdt.»
30 And the king said, Get back and take your place here. So turning to one side, he took his place there.
Kongen sagde: «Gakk til sides, og statt der!» Han so gjorde.
31 And then the Cushite came and said, I have news for my lord the king: today the Lord has done right in your cause against all those who took up arms against you.
Nett då kom ætiopen. Han sagde: «Tak imot fagnadbodet, herre konge, at i dag hev Herren gjeve deg rett mot alle deim som reiste seg mot deg.»
32 And the king said to the Cushite, Is the young man Absalom safe? And the Cushite said in answer, May all the king's haters and those who do evil against the king, be as that young man is!
Kongen spurde ætiopen: «Stend det vel til med den unge mannen, med Absalom?» Ætiopen svara: «Gjev det må ganga soleis med uvenerne dine, herre konge, og med alle som reiser seg mot deg og vil gjera deg mein, som det gjekk med den unge mannen!»
33 Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Då vart kongen reint ille ved, gjekk upp i taksalen yver porten, og gret. Og alt medan han gjekk, jamra han: «Absalom, son min, Absalom, son min, son min! Gjev eg hadde døytt i staden din! Absalom, son min, son min!»
