2 Samuel 18
1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.
David je preštel ljudstvo, ki je bilo z njim in nadnje postavil poveljnike nad tisočimi in poveljnike nad stotimi.
2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
David je poslal naprej tretjino izmed ljudstva pod Joábovo roko in tretjino pod roko Abišája, Cerújinega sina, Joábovega brata in tretjino pod roko Gitéjca Itája. Kralj je rekel ljudstvu: »Tudi sam bom zagotovo šel z vami naprej.«
3 But the people answered, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now you are worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that you succor us out of the city.
Toda ljudstvo je odgovorilo: »Ne boš šel naprej, kajti če mi pobegnemo, jim ne bo mar za nas. Niti, če nas polovica umre, jim ne bo mar za nas. Toda ti si sedaj vreden deset tisoč nas. Zato je sedaj bolje, da nas okrepiš iz mesta.«
4 And the king said to them, What seems you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
Kralj jim je rekel: »Storil bom, kar se vam zdi najbolje.« Kralj je stal ob strani velikih vrat, vse ljudstvo pa je prišlo ven po stotih in po tisočih.
5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
Kralj je zapovedal Joábu, Abišáju in Itáju, rekoč: »Zaradi mene nežno postopajte z mladeničem, torej z Absalomom.« Vse ljudstvo je slišalo, ko je kralj vsem poveljnikom dal zadolžitev glede Absaloma.
6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
Tako je ljudstvo odšlo ven na polje zoper Izrael. In bitka je bila v Efrájimskem gozdu,
7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
kjer je bilo izraelsko ljudstvo pobito pred Davidovimi služabniki in tam je bil ta dan velik pokol dvajsetih tisočev mož.
8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Kajti tam je bila bitka razpršena preko obličja vse dežele. In gozd je ta dan požrl več ljudstva, kakor jih je požrl meč.
9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
Absalom je srečal Davidove služabnike. In Absalom je jahal na muli in mula je šla pod debelimi vejami velikega hrasta in njegova glava se je ujela v hrast in vzet je bil gor med nebo in zemljo. Mula, ki je bila pod njim, pa je odšla proč.
10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
Nek mož je to videl in povedal Joábu ter rekel: »Glej, videl sem Absaloma, visečega na hrastu.«
11 And Joab said to the man that told him, And, behold, you saw him, and why did you not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
Joáb je rekel možu, ki mu je povedal: »Glej, videl si ga in zakaj ga nisi tam udaril k tlom? In jaz bi ti dal deset šeklov srebra in pas.«
12 And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
Mož je rekel Joábu: »Čeprav bi v svojo roko prejel tisoč šeklov srebra, vendar svoje roke ne bi iztegnil zoper kraljevega sina, kajti slišali smo, da je kralj zadolžil tebe, Abišája in Itája, rekoč: ›Pazite, da se nihče ne dotakne mladeniča Absaloma.‹
13 Otherwise I should have worked falsehood against my own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me.
Sicer bi storil hinavstvo zoper svoje lastno življenje, kajti nobena stvar ni skrita pred kraljem in ti sam bi se postavil zoper mene.«
14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with you. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middle of the oak.
Potem je Joáb rekel: »Ne morem se tako muditi s teboj.« V svojo roko je vzel tri puščice in jih zabodel skozi Absalomovo srce, medtem ko je bil še živ v sredi hrasta.
15 And ten young men that bore Joab’s armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
Deset mladeničev, ki so nosili Joábovo bojno opremo, je obdalo Absaloma in ga usmrtilo.
16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
Joáb je zatrobil s šofarjem in ljudstvo se je vrnilo od zasledovanja za Izraelom, kajti Joáb je zadržal ljudstvo.
17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones on him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
Vzeli so Absaloma, ga vrgli v veliko jamo v gozdu in nanj položili zelo velik kup kamenja in ves Izrael je zbežal, vsak k svojemu šotoru.
18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called to this day, Absalom’s place.
Torej Absalom si je [še] v svojem življenju vzel in si postavil steber, ki je v kraljevi dolini, kajti rekel je: »Nobenega sina nimam, da ohrani moje ime v spominu.« Steber je poimenoval po svojem lastnem imenu in tako se imenuje do današnjega dne, Absalomov kraj.
19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.
Potem je Cadókov sin Ahimáac rekel: »Naj sedaj stečem in kralju prinesem novice, kako se je Gospod maščeval nad njegovimi sovražniki.«
20 And Joab said to him, You shall not bear tidings this day, but you shall bear tidings another day: but this day you shall bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.
Joáb mu je rekel: »Danes ne boš nosil novic, temveč boš novice nosil drug dan. Toda danes ne boš nosil nobenih novic, ker je kraljev sin mrtev.«
21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what you have seen. And Cushi bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
Potem je Joáb rekel Kušíju: »Pojdi, povej kralju, kar si videl.« Kuší se je priklonil Joábu in stekel.
22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray you, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you have no tidings ready?
Potem je Cadókov sin Ahimáac ponovno rekel Joábu: »Toda kakorkoli, prosim te, naj tudi jaz prav tako stečem za Kušíjem.« Joáb pa je rekel: »Čemu bi tekel, moj sin, glede na to, da nimaš pripravljenih novic?«
23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
»Toda kakorkoli, « je rekel, »naj stečem.« Rekel mu je: »Steci.« Potem je Ahimáac stekel po poti ravnine in prehitel Kušíja.
24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
David je sedel med dvemi velikimi vrati. Stražar pa je šel gor do strehe nad velikimi vrati k obzidju in povzdignil svoje oči in pogledal in glej, mož je tekel sam.
25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
Stražar je zaklical in povedal kralju. Kralj je rekel: »Če je sam, so novice v njegovih ustih.« Hitro je prišel in se približal.
26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called to the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings tidings.
Stražar je zagledal teči drugega moža in stražar je zaklical vratarju ter rekel: »Glej, drug človek teče sam.« Kralj je rekel: »Tudi ta prinaša novice.«
27 And the watchman said, Me thinks the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and comes with good tidings.
Stražar je rekel: »Mislim, da je tek sprednjega podoben teku Cadókovega sina Ahimáaca.« Kralj je rekel: »Dober človek je in prihaja z dobrimi novicami.«
28 And Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth on his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD your God, which has delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
Ahimáac je zaklical in kralju rekel: »Vse je dobro.« S svojim obrazom je padel dol na zemljo pred kraljem in rekel: »Blagoslovljen bodi Gospod, tvoj Bog, ki je izročil ljudi, ki so svojo roko dvignili zoper mojega gospoda kralja.«
29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
Kralj je rekel: »Ali je mladenič Absalom varen?« Ahimáac je odgovoril: »Ko je Joáb poslal kraljevega služabnika in mene, tvojega služabnika, sem videl velik hrup, toda nisem vedel, kaj je to bilo.«
30 And the king said to him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
Kralj mu je rekel: »Obrni se vstran in stoj tukaj.« Obrnil se je vstran in mirno stal.
31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD has avenged you this day of all them that rose up against you.
In glej, prišel je Kuší. Kuší je rekel: »Novice, moj gospod kralj, kajti Gospod te je ta dan maščeval pred vsemi tistimi, ki so se vzdignili zoper tebe.«
32 And the king said to Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against you to do you hurt, be as that young man is.
Kralj je rekel Kušíju: »Je mladenič Absalom varen?« Kuší je odgovoril: »Sovražniki mojega gospoda kralja in vsi, ki se vzdignejo zoper tebe, da ti škodijo, naj bodo, kakor je ta mladenič.«
33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Kralj je bil zelo pretresen in odšel gor v sobo nad velikimi vrati in jokal. Medtem ko je šel, je tako govoril: »Oh moj sin Absalom, moj sin, moj sin Absalom! Da bi Bog dal, da bi jaz umrl zate, oh Absalom, moj sin, moj sin!«
