2 Samuel 18
1 And so David, having reviewed his people, appointed over them tribunes and centurions.
И согляда Давид всех людий сущих с ним, и постави над ними тысященачалники и сотники.
2 And he placed a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Ittai, who was from Gath. And the king said to the people, “I, too, will go forth with you.”
И посла Давид третию часть людий под рукою Иоавлею и третию часть под рукою Авессы сына Саруина брата Иоавля, и третию часть под рукою Еффеа Геффеина, и рече Давид к людем: шед изыду и аз с вами.
3 And the people responded: “You shall not go out. For if we flee, there will not be great concern in them for us. Or if one half part of us will fall, they will not care much. For you are considered as one for ten thousand. Therefore, it is better that you should be in the city to strengthen us.”
И реша: не изыди, яко аще бегством побегнем, не положат на нас сердца: и аще умрем пол нас, не положат на нас сердца, понеже ты аки мы десять тысящ: и ныне лучше, яко останеши во граде на помощь нам.
4 And the king said to them, “I will do whatever seems good to you.” Therefore, the king stood beside the gate. And the people went out by their troops, by hundreds and by thousands.
И рече им царь: еже угодно пред очима вашима, сотворю. И ста царь при вратех: и вси людие исхождаху стами и тысящами.
5 And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Preserve for me the boy Absalom.” And all the people heard the king commanding all the leaders on behalf of Absalom.
И заповеда царь Иоаву и Авессе и Еффееви, глаголя: пощадите ми отрока Авессалома. И вси людие слышаша заповедающа царя всем князем о Авессаломе.
6 And so, the people departed into the field against Israel. And the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
И изыдоша вси людие в дубраву сопротив Израилю: и бысть брань в дубраве Ефремли.
7 And the people of Israel were cut down in that place by the army of David. And a great slaughter occurred on that day: twenty thousand men.
И падоша тамо людие Израилевы пред отроки Давидовыми, и бысть сокрушение велико в той день, яко двадесять тысящ мужей.
8 Now the battle in that place was dispersed over the face of all the land. And there were many more of the people whom the forest had consumed, than the sword had devoured, on that day.
И бысть тамо брань разсыпана по лицу всея земли: и умножи дубрава поядати людий, паче неже их пояде мечь в той день.
9 Then it happened that Absalom, riding on a mule, met the servants of David. And when the mule had entered under a thick and large oak tree, his head became trapped in the oak. And while he was suspended between heaven and earth, the mule on which he had been sitting continued on.
И набежа Авессалом на отроки Давидовы: Авессалом же бе седяй на мске своем, и вбежа (с ним) меск в чащу дуба великаго, и обвишася власы главы его на дубе, и повисе между небом и землею, меск же под ним пройде.
10 Then a certain one saw this and reported it to Joab, saying, “I saw Absalom hanging from an oak.”
И виде муж един и возвести Иоаву, и рече: се, видех висяща Авессалома на дубе.
11 And Joab said to the man who had reported it to him, “If you saw him, why did you not stab him to the ground, and I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a belt?”
И рече Иоав мужу возвестившему ему: аще видел еси, почто не убил еси его тамо на землю? И аз дал бых тебе пятьдесят сикль сребра и пояс един.
12 And he said to Joab: “Even if you weighed out to my hands one thousand silver coins, I would never lay my hands on the son of the king. For in our hearing the king ordered you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Keep for me the boy Absalom.’
И рече муж Иоаву: аще ты вложиши в руце мои и тысящу сикль сребра, то не возложу руки моея на сына царева, яко при ушесах наших заповеда царь тебе и Авессе и Еффееви, глаголя: соблюдите ми отроча Авессалома,
13 Then too, if I had acted with such audacity, against my own life, this would never have been able to be hidden from the king. And would you then have stood by my side?”
не сотворити души его неправды: и всяко слово не утаится пред царем, ты же стоиши сопротивно.
14 And Joab said, “It will not be as you wish. Instead, I will be assailing him in your sight.” Then he took three lances in his hand, and he fixed them in the heart of Absalom. And while he was still clinging to life upon the oak,
И рече Иоав: сие аз начну, не тако пребуду пред тобою. И взя Иоав три стрелы в руце свои, и вонзе я в сердце Авессалому. И еще ему живу сущу на дубе,
15 ten young men, armor bearers of Joab, ran up, and striking him, they killed him.
и обступиша десять отрок носящии оружие Иоавле, и поразиша Авессалома, и умертвиша его.
16 Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and he held back the people, lest they pursue Israel in their flight, for he was willing to spare the multitude.
И воструби Иоав трубою рожаною, и возвратишася людие не гнати вслед Израиля, яко щадяше Иоав людий.
17 And they took Absalom, and they threw him into a great pit in the forest. And they piled an exceedingly great heap of stones over him. But all of Israel fled to their own tents.
И взя Иоав Авессалома, и вверже его в пропасть велику в дубраве, и складе над ним купу камения велику зело. И вси Израилтяне бежаша кийждо в селения своя.
18 Now Absalom had raised up for himself, when he was still alive, a monument, which is in the Valley of the King. For he said, “I have no son, and so this shall be the memorial to my name.” And he called the monument by his own name. And it is called the Hand of Absalom, even to this day.
Авессалом же еще жив сый, взя и постави себе столп во юдоли царстей, рече бо, яко несть ми сына на память имене моего: и нарече столп именем своим и нарече его рука Авессаломля, даже до днешняго дне.
19 Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, “I will run and report to the king that the Lord has accomplished judgment for him, from the hand of his enemies.”
И Ахимаас сын Садоков рече ко Иоаву: потеку ныне и возвещу царю, яко суди ему Господь от руки врагов его.
20 And Joab said to him: “You shall not be the messenger on this day. Instead, you shall report on another day. I am not willing for you to give the report today, because the son of the king is dead.”
И рече ему Иоав: неси муж ты возвещаяй благо днесь, но возвестиши в день другий: в днешний же день не добро возвещение, понеже сын царев умре.
21 Then Joab said to Hushai, “Go, and report to the king what you have seen.” Hushai reverenced Joab, and he ran.
И рече Иоав Хусию: шед повеждь царю елика видел еси. И поклонися Хусий Иоаву и отиде.
22 And Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said to Joab again, “What prevents me from running after Hushai also?” And Joab said to him: “Why do you want to run, my son? You would not be the bearer of good news.”
И приложи еще Ахимаас сын Садоков и рече ко Иоаву: что будет, аще и аз теку вслед Хусиа? И рече Иоав: почто ты хощеши тещи, сыне мой? Гряди, несть тебе возвещение в пользу идущему.
23 And he responded, “But what if I do run?” And he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz, running along a shorter way, passed Hushai.
И рече Ахимаас: что бо аще потеку? И рече ему Иоав: тецы. И бежаше Ахимаас путем равным и предвари Хусиа.
24 Now David was sitting between the two gates. Truly, the watchman, who was at the summit of the gate upon the wall, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running alone.
Давид же седяще посреде двою врат. И изыде страж на кров врат ко стене, и воздвиже очи свои, и виде, и се, муж текий един пред ним.
25 And crying out, he told the king. And the king said, “If he is alone, there is good news in his mouth.” But as he was advancing and drawing nearer,
И возопи страж и сказа цареви. И рече царь: аще един есть, благо возвещение во устех его. И идяше идый и приближаяся.
26 the watchman saw another man running. And so, crying out from the height, he said: “Another man has appeared, running alone.” And the king said, “This one also is a good messenger.”
И виде страж мужа другаго текуща, и возопи к дверем и рече: се, муж и другий текущь един. И рече царь: и той есть благо возвещаяй.
27 Then the watchman said, “The running of the closest one seems like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok.” And the king said, “He is a good man, and he arrives bearing good news.”
И рече страж: аз вижду течение перваго, яко течение Ахимааса сына Садокова. И рече царь: муж благ сей, и возвестие благое приидет.
28 Then, Ahimaaz, crying out, said to the king, “Be well, O king.” And reverencing the king prone on the ground before him, he said, “Blessed be the Lord your God, who has enclosed the men who had lifted up their hands against my lord the king.”
И возопи Ахимаас и рече ко царю: мир. И поклонися царю лицем своим на землю и рече: благословен Господь Бог твой, иже затвори мужей воздвигших руки своя на господина моего царя.
29 And the king said, “Is there peace for the boy Absalom?” And Ahimaaz said: “I saw a great tumult, O king, when your servant Joab sent me, your servant. I know nothing else.”
И рече царь: мир ли отрочищу Авессалому? И рече Ахимаас: видех множество велико веселящееся, егда отпущаше раб царев Иоав раба твоего, и не разумех что тамо.
30 And the king said to him, “Pass, and stand here.” And when he had passed and stood still,
И рече царь: возвратися, и стани зде. И шед ста созади.
31 Hushai appeared. And approaching, he said: “I bear good news, my lord the king. For today the Lord has judged for you, from the hand of all who had risen up against you.”
И се, Хусий вслед его прииде и рече царю: возвещается благо господину моему царю, яко суди тебе Господь днесь от руки всех востающих на тя.
32 But the king said to Hushai, “Is there peace for the boy Absalom?” And responding, Hushai said to him, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against him for evil, be as the boy is.”
И рече царь к Хусию: мир ли отрочищу Авессалому? И рече Хусий: да будут, якоже отрочищь, врази господина моего царя, и вси елицы восташа нань злобою.
33 And so the king, being greatly saddened, ascended to the upper room of the gate, and he wept. And as he went, he was speaking in this manner: “My son Absalom! Absalom my son! Who can grant to me that I may die on your behalf? Absalom, my son! My son, Absalom!”
И смятеся царь, и взыде на горницу яже на вратех, и плакася: и тако глаголаше, егда плакаше: сыне мой, Авессаломе, сыне мой, сыне мой, Авессаломе: кто даст смерть мне вместо тебе? Аз вместо тебе, Авессаломе, сыне мой, сыне мой, сыне мой Авессаломе.
