2 Samuel 17
1 And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;
Derpaa sagde Akitofel til Absalom; »Lad mig udvælge 12 000 Mand og bryde op i Nat og sætte efter David.
2 and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
Naar jeg overfalder ham, medens han er udmattet og modfalden, kan jeg indjage ham Skræk, og alle hans Folk vil flygte, saa at jeg kan fælde Kongen uden at røre nogen anden;
3 and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.
saa bringer jeg hele Folket tilbage til dig, som en Brud vender tilbage til sin Mand. Du attraar jo dog kun en enkelt Mands Liv, og hele Folket vil da være uskadt!«
4 And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
Det Forslag tiltalte Absalom og alle Israels Ældste.
5 And Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and we will hear also what he says.
Men Absalom sagde: »Kald dog ogsaa Arkiten Husjaj hid, for at vi ogsaa kan høre, hvad han raader til!«
6 And Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom spoke to him saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we carry out his word? If not, speak thou.
Da Husjaj kom ind, sagde Absalom til ham: »Det og det har Akitofel sagt; skal vi følge hans Raad? Hvis ikke, saa sig du din Mening!«
7 And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.
Husjaj svarede Absalom: »Denne Gang er Akitofels Raad ikke godt!«
8 And Hushai said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are of exasperated spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Og Husjaj sagde fremdeles: »Du ved, at din Fader og hans Mænd er Helte, og bitre i Hu er de som en Bjørn paa Marken, hvem Ungerne er taget fra; desuden er din Fader en rigtig Kriger, som ikke lægger sig til Hvile om Natten med Folkene.
9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or some such place; and it will come to pass, when some of them fall at the first, whoever heareth it will say, There has been slaughter among the people that follow Absalom,
For Øjeblikket holder han sig sikkert skjult i en Kløft eller et andet Sted; falder der nu straks i Begyndelsen nogle af Folkene, vil det rygtes, og man vil sige, at Absaloms Tilhængere har lidt Nederlag;
10 and even the valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion shall utterly melt; for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.
og da bliver selv den tapre, hvis Mod er som Løvens, forsagt; thi hele Israel ved, at din Fader er en Helt og hans Ledsagere tapre Mænd.
11 But I counsel that all Israel be speedily gathered to thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
Mit Raad er derfor: Lad hele Israel fra Dan til Be'ersjeba samles om dig, talrigt som Sandet ved Havet, og drag selv med i deres Midte.
12 And we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
Støder vi saa paa ham et eller andet Sted, hvor han nu befinder sig, kan vi falde over ham som Dug over Jorden, og der skal ikke blive en eneste tilbage, hverken han eller nogen af alle hans Mænd;
13 And if he withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the torrent, until there be not one small stone found there.
men kaster han sig ind i en By, skal hele Israel lægge Reb om den, og vi vil slæbe den ned i Dalen, saa der ikke bliver Sten paa Sten tilbage af den!« Da sagde Absalom og alle Israels Mænd: »Arkiten Husjajs Raad er bedre end Akitofels!«
14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.
HERREN havde nemlig sat sig for at gøre Akitofels gode Raad til Skamme, for at HERREN kunde bringe Ulykke over Absalom.
15 And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
Derpaa sagde Husjaj til Præsterne Zadok og Ebjatar: »Det og det Raad har Akitofel givet Absalom og Israels Ældste, og det og det Raad har jeg givet.
16 And now send quickly, and tell David saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Skynd eder nu at sende Bud til David og bring ham det Bud: Bliv ikke Natten over ved Vadestederne paa Jordansletten, men søg over paa den anden Side, for at ikke Kongen og alle hans Folk skal gaa til Grunde!«
17 And Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; and the maid went and told them; and they went and told king David, for they might not be seen to come into the city.
Jonatan og Ahima'az stod ved Rogelkilden, hvorhen en Tjenestepige til Stadighed kom og bragte dem Melding, hvorefter de gik hen og bragte Kong David Melding; thi de turde ikke vise sig i Byen.
18 But a lad saw them, and told Absalom. Then they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
Men en ung Mand opdagede dem og meldte det til Absalom; saa skyndte de sig begge bort og kom ind hos en Mand i Bahurim. Han havde en Brønd i Gaarden, og i den steg de ned;
19 And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not known.
Konen tog et Tæppe, bredte det ud over Brønden og hældte Korn derpaa, saa at man intet kunde opdage.
20 And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And they sought and could not find [them], and returned to Jerusalem.
Nu kom Absaloms Folk imod i Huset til Konen og spurgte: »Hvor er Ahima'az og Jonatan?« Konen svarede: »De gik over Vandbækken!« Saa søgte de efter dem, men da de ikke fandt dem, vendte de tilbage til Jerusalem.
21 And it came to pass after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counselled against you.
Saa snart de var gaaet bort, steg de to op af Brønden og gik hen og bragte Kong David Melding; og de sagde til David: »Bryd op og skynd eder over paa den anden Side af Vandet; thi det og det Raad kom Akitofel med angaaende eder!«
22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan; by the morning light there was not one of them missing that had not gone over the Jordan.
Da brød David op med alle sine Folk og satte over Jordan; og ved Daggry manglede ikke en eneste, alle var de kommet over Jordan.
23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went to his house, to his city, and gave charge to his household, and hanged himself, and he died; and he was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Men da Akitofel saa, at hans Raad ikke blev fulgt, sadlede han sit Æsel og drog hjem til sin By; og efter at have beskikket sit Hus hængte han sig og døde. Han blev jordet i sin Faders Grav.
24 And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
David havde naaet Mahanajim, da Absalom tillige med alle Israels Mænd gik over Jordan.
25 And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab; which Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
Absalom havde i Joabs Sted sat Amasa over Hæren; Amasa var Søn af en Ismaelit ved Navn Jitra, som var gaaet ind til Abigajil, en Datter af Isaj og Søster til Joabs Moder Zeruja.
26 And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
Og Israel og Absalom slog Lejr i Gilead.
27 And as soon as David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
Men da David kom til Mahanajim, bragte Sjobi, Nahasj's Søn fra Rabba i Ammon, Makir, Ammiels Søn fra Lodebar, og Gileaditen Barzillaj fra Rogelim
28 brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse],
Senge, Tæpper, Skaale og Lerkar; og Hvede, Byg, Mel, ristet Korn, Bønner, Linser,
29 and honey, and cream, and sheep, and cheese of kine to David, and to the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.
Honning, Surmælk, Smaakvæg og Komælksost bragte de David og hans Folk til Føde; thi de tænkte: »Folkene er sultne, udmattede og tørstige i Ørkenen.«
