2 Samuel 14
1 And when now Joab the son of Zeruyah perceived that the heart of the king was [turned] toward Abshalom:
А Јоав син Серујин опази да се срце царево обратило к Авесалому.
2 Then sent Joab to Tekoa', and he fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, Feign. I pray thee, as though thou mournest, and do put on mourning garments, and anoint thyself not with oil; but be as a woman that hath these many days been mourning for the dead.
И посла Јоав у Текују те дозва отуда жену лукаву, па јој рече: Учини се као да си у жалости, и обуци жалосне хаљине, и немој се намазати уљем, него буди као жена која одавна жали за мртвим.
3 And thou must come to the king and speak with him after these words: and Joab put the words into her mouth.
И отиди к цару, и говори му тако и тако. И научи је Јоав шта ће говорити.
4 And the woman from Tekoa' spoke to the king, and fell on her face to the ground, and bowed herself, and said, Help, O king!
И кад отиде жена Текујанка к цару да говори, паде ничице на земљу и поклони се, и рече: Помагај царе!
5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she said, Truly, I am a widow-woman; since my husband is dead.
А цар јој рече: Шта ти је? А она рече: Удовица сам, умро ми је муж.
6 And thy hand-maid had two sons, and they two quarreled together in the field, and there was no one between them to help [either]; so the one smote the other, and slew him.
А имаше слушкиња твоја два сина, па се свадише у пољу, а не беше никога да их развади, те један удари другог и уби га.
7 And, behold, the whole family is risen up against thy handmaid, and they said, Give up the slayer of his brother, that we may have him put to death, for the life of his brother whom he hath killed; and we will destroy also the heir: and thus they will quench my coal which is remaining, so as not to allow to my husband either name or remainder upon the face of the earth.
И гле, сав дом уста на слушкињу твоју говорећи: Дај тог што је убио брата свог да га погубимо за душу брата његовог, ког је убио, и да истребимо наследника; и тако хоће да угасе искру која ми је остала, да не оставе име мужу мом ни остатак на земљи.
8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will issue [my] charge concerning thee.
А цар рече жени: Иди кући својој, а ја ћу наредити за те.
9 Then said the woman of Tekoa unto the king, On me, my Lord, O king, be the iniquity, and on my father's house: and may the king and his throne be guiltless.
А жена Текујанка рече цару: Царе господару! Нека на ме и на дом оца мог падне кривица, а цар и његов престо нека је прав.
10 And the king said, Whosoever speaketh aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
А цар рече: Ко узговори на те, доведи га к мени, и неће те се више дотаћи.
11 Then said she, Let the king, I pray thee, remember the Lord thy God, so as not to suffer the avenger of the blood to cause yet more destruction, and that they may not destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not fall one hair of thy son to the earth.
А она рече: Нека се опомене цар Господа Бога свог, да се не умноже осветници који убијају, и да не убију сина мог. А он рече: Тако жив био Господ, ниједна длака с твог сина неће пасти на земљу.
12 Then said the woman, Let thy hand-maid, I pray thee, speak unto my Lord the king one word. And he said, Speak on.
А жена рече: Да каже слушкиња твоја нешто цару господару. А он рече: Говори.
13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? and since the king doth speak this thing, he is as a guilty man, if the king do not permit his banished one to return home.
А жена рече: А зашто си намислио такву ствар народу Божијем? Јер цар као да је крив говорећи тако, јер неће цар да дозове натраг оног ког је одагнао.
14 For we must needs die, and are as water which is spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and yet doth God not take away life; and he deviseth thoughts, so that the banished one may not remain banished from him.
Јер ћемо доиста помрети, и јесмо као вода која се проспе на земљу и више се не може скупити; јер му Бог није узео живот, него је наумио да одагнани не остане одагнан од њега.
15 And now that I am come to speak unto my Lord the king of this thing, [happened] because the people made me afraid; and therefore thy hand-maid said, I will still speak unto the king; perhaps the king may act [in accordance with] the word of his hand-maid.
И тако дођох да кажем ово цару господару свом, јер ме народ уплаши; зато рече слушкиња твоја: Да говорим цару, може бити да ће учинити цар шта слушкиња његова каже.
16 For the king may hear [me], to deliver his hand-maid out of the hand of the man [that desireth] to exterminate me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
Јер ће цар услишити и избавити слушкињу своју из руке оног који хоће да истреби мене и сина мог из наследства Божијег.
17 And thy hand-maid said, May the word of my Lord the king now become [the means of giving] repose; for as an angel of God, so is my Lord the king to comprehend the good and the bad: and may the Lord thy God be with thee.
И слушкиња твоја рече: Реч цара господара мог биће ми утеха, јер је цар господар мој као анђео Божји, те слуша и добро и зло, и Господ ће Бог твој бити с тобом.
18 Then answered the king and said unto the woman, Conceal not, I pray thee, from me a word concerning what I am going to ask thee. And the woman said, Let my Lord the king but speak.
А цар одговори и рече жени: Немој тајити од мене шта ћу те питати. А жена рече: Нека говори цар господар мој.
19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my Lord, O king! none can turn to the right or to the left from all that my Lord the king hath spoken; for it was thy servant Joab who hath bidden me, and it was he that hath put in the mouth of thy hand-maid all these words.
Тада цар рече: Да није Јоавов посао у свему томе што чиниш? А жена одговори и рече: Тако да је жива душа твоја, царе господару, не може се ни надесно ни налево од свега што каза цар господар мој; јер слуга твој Јоав заповедио ми је и научио слушкињу твоју све ово да говорим.
20 In order to change the appearance of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my Lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is [done] on the earth.
Слуга је твој Јоав учинио, те сам овако извила беседу своју; али је господар мој мудар као анђео Божји, те зна све што бива на земљи.
21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold, now, thou hast done this thing: go then, bring back the young man Abshalom.
Тада рече цар Јоаву: Ево, ти си учинио то, иди, доведи натраг дете Авесалома.
22 And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today is thy servant convinced that I have found grace in thy eyes, my Lord, O king; since the king hath acted in accordance with the word of thy servant.
Тада паде Јоав лицем на земљу, и поклони се и благослови цара, и рече Јоав: Данас види слуга твој да сам нашао милост пред тобом, царе господару, кад је цар учинио шта му слуга његов рече.
23 And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Abshalom to Jerusalem.
Потом се подиже Јоав и отиде у Гесур, и доведе натраг у Јерусалим Авесалома.
24 And the king said, Let him repair to his own house, but my face he shall not see. So Abshalom repaired to his own house, but the king's face he did not see.
И цар рече: Нека иде својој кући, а лице моје да не види. И отиде Авесалом својој кући, и не виде лице царево.
25 And like Abshalom there was no man as handsome in all Israel, so that he was greatly praised: from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head there was no blemish on him.
А не беше човека тако лепа као Авесалом у свем Израиљу, да га тако хвале; од пете до темена не беше на њему мане.
26 And when he shaved off [the hair of] his head [and it was at the end of every year that he shaved it off; because it was too heavy on him, so that he had to shave it off: ] he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels by the king's weight.
И кад би стригао главу (а имаше обичај сваке године стрићи је, јер му беше тешко), мерио би косу с главе своје, и биваше је двеста сикала царском мером.
27 And there was born unto Abshalom three sons and one daughter, whose name was Thamar: this one was a woman of handsome appearance.
И родише се Авесалому три сина и једна кћи, којој беше име Тамара, и она беше лепа.
28 And Abshalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and the king's face he did not see.
И Авесалом оста целе две године у Јерусалиму, а лице царево не виде.
29 Abshalom sent out therefore for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again the second time; but he would not come.
Тада посла Авесалом по Јоава да га пошаље к цару; али он не хте доћи к њему; и посла опет други пут, али он не хте доћи.
30 He thereupon said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is alongside of mine, and he hath barley there: go and set it on fire. And Abshalom's servants set the field on fire.
Тада рече слугама својим: Видите ли њиву Јоавову поред моје? На њој је јечам; идите и упалите је. И упалише слуге Авесаломове ону њиву.
31 Then did Joab arise, and he went to Abshalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set the field belonging to me on fire?
Тада се подиже Јоав, и дође к Авесалому у кућу, и рече му: Зашто слуге твоје упалише моју њиву?
32 And Abshalom said to Joab, Behold, I had sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it would be better for me were I yet there: and now let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him put me to death.
Авесалом рече Јоаву: Ето слао сам к теби говорећи: Ходи овамо да те пошаљем к цару да му кажеш: Зашто сам дошао из Гесура? Боље би било да сам још онде. Зато да видим лице царево; ако ли има каква кривица на мени, нека ме погуби.
33 So Joab went to the king, and told it to him: and he called for Abshalom, who came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Abshalom.
И отиде Јоав к цару, и каза му. И дозва Авесалома; а он дошавши к цару поклони се лицем до земље пред царем, и цар целива Авесалома.
