2 Samuel 18
1 And David inspects the people who [are] with him, and sets over them heads of thousands and heads of hundreds,
Potom David pobroji narod što bijaše s njim i postavi nad njima tisućnike i stotnike.
2 and David sends the third of the people by the hand of Joab, and the third by the hand of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, and the third by the hand of Ittai the Gittite, and the king says to the people, “I certainly go out—I also—with you.”
Zatim podijeli vojsku na tri skupine: jednu trećinu predade Joabu, drugu trećinu Abišaju, sinu Sarvijinu, bratu Joabovu, a treću trećinu Itaju iz Gata. Tada David reče narodu: “I ja ću s vama u rat.”
3 And the people say, “You do not go out, for if we utterly flee, they do not set [their] heart on us; and if half of us die, they do not set [their] heart to us—for [you are] now like ten thousand of us; and now, [it is] better that you are for a helper to us from the city.”
Ali se narod usprotivi: “Ne smiješ ti ići. Jer ako mi i pobjegnemo, neće nitko na to obraćati pažnju, ili ako nas i pola izgine, neće se na to obraćati pažnja; ali ti sam vrijediš kao nas deset tisuća. Osim toga, bolje je da budeš pripravan da nam iz grada pomogneš.”
4 And the king says to them, “That which is good in your eyes I do”; and the king stands at the side of the gate, and all the people have gone out by hundreds and by thousands,
A kralj im odgovori: “Učinit ću sve što vam se čini dobro.” I kralj stade kod vrata dok je vojska izlazila po stotinama i tisućama.
5 and the king charges Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, “[Deal] gently—for me, for the youth, for Absalom”; and all the people heard in the king’s charging all the heads concerning Absalom.
A Joabu, Abišaju i Itaju dade zapovijed: “Čuvajte mi mladića Abšaloma!” I sav je narod čuo da je kralj tako zapovjedio svim vojvodama za Abšaloma.
6 And the people go out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;
Tako vojska iziđe za boj spremna pred Izraela i bitka se zametnu u Efrajimovoj šumi.
7 and the people of Israel are struck there before the servants of David, and the striking there is great on that day—twenty thousand;
Izraelsku vojsku potukoše Davidovi ljudi; i velik poraz bijaše u onaj dan: dvadeset tisuća mrtvih.
8 and the battle there is scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplies to devour among the people more than those whom the sword has devoured in that day.
Boj se proširio po svemu onom kraju i više je ljudi onoga dana progutala šuma nego mač.
9 And Absalom meets before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule comes in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head takes hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that [is] under him has passed on.
Abšalom slučajno zapade u ruke Davidovim ljudima. Abšalom je jahao na mazgi, a mazga naiđe pod grane velika hrasta, tako te je Abšalomu glava zapela o grane i on osta viseći između neba i zemlje, dok je mazga ispod njega otišla dalje.
10 And one man sees, and declares [it] to Joab, and says, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
Vidje to neki čovjek i javi Joabu govoreći: “Upravo sam vidio Abšaloma gdje visi o jednom hrastu.”
11 And Joab says to the man who is declaring [it] to him, “And behold, you have seen—and why did you not strike him there to the earth—and [it would be] on me to give to you ten pieces of silver and one girdle?”
A Joab odvrati čovjeku koji mu je to javio: “Kad si ga vidio, zašto ga na mjestu nisi sastavio sa zemljom? Moja bi onda bila dužnost da ti dam deset srebrnih šekela i jedan pojas!”
12 And the man says to Joab, “Indeed, though I am weighing on my hand one thousand pieces of silver, I do not put forth my hand to the son of the king; for in our ears the king has charged you, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe who [is] against the youth—against Absalom;
Ali čovjek odgovori Joabu: “I kad bi mi na dlan izbrojio tisuću srebrnih šekela, ne bih digao ruku na kraljeva sina! Čuli smo na svoje uši kako je kralj zapovjedio tebi, Abišaju i Itaju govoreći: 'Čuvajte mi mladića Abšaloma!'
13 or I had done a vain thing against my soul, and no matter is hid from the king, and you would station yourself opposite from [me].”
Da sam podmuklo napao na njega izlažući opasnosti svoj život - jer kralju ništa ne ostaje skriveno - onda bi se ti držao po strani.”
14 And Joab says, “[It is] not right [that] I linger before you”; and he takes three darts in his hand, and strikes them into the heart of Absalom, while he [is] alive, in the midst of the oak.
A Joab odvrati: “Neću ja ovdje dangubiti s tobom!” I uze tri sulice u ruke i zabode ih u srce Abšalomu, koji je bio još živ viseći o hrastu.
15 And they go around—ten youths carrying weapons of Joab—and strike Absalom, and put him to death.
Nato priđe deset momaka, štitonoša Joabovih, i dotukoše Abšaloma i usmrtiše.
16 And Joab blows with a horn, and the people turn back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab has kept back the people;
Tada Joab zapovjedi da zatrube u rog, i vojska prestade progoniti Izraela jer je Joab zaustavio vojsku.
17 and they take Absalom and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and set up a very great heap of stones over him, and all Israel has fled—each to his tent.
Potom uzeše Abšaloma, baciše ga u duboku jamu usred šume i navaljaše na nj veliku gomilu kamenja. Izraelci pak pobjegoše svaki svome šatoru.
18 And Absalom has taken, and sets up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that [is] in the king’s valley, for he said, “I have no son to cause my name to be remembered”; and he calls the standing-pillar by his own name, and it is called “The Monument of Absalom” to this day.
Abšalom bijaše još za života postavio sebi spomenik u Kraljevoj dolini jer mišljaše: “Nemam sina koji bi sačuvao spomen mome imenu.” I nazvao je taj spomenik po svome imenu te se još i danas zove “Abšalomov spomenik”.
19 And Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run, and I bear the king tidings, for YHWH has delivered him out of the hand of his enemies”;
Ahimaas, Sadokov sin, reče Joabu: “Idem javiti kralju veselu vijest da mu je Jahve pribavio pravdu izbavivši ga iz ruku njegovih neprijatelja.”
20 and Joab says to him, “You are not a man of tidings this day, but you have borne tidings on another day, and this day you do not bear tidings, because the king’s son [is] dead.”
Ali mu Joab reče: “Ne možeš danas biti glasnik vesele vijesti, nego ćeš to biti koji drugi dan; danas ne možeš javiti dobru vijest jer je poginuo kraljev sin.”
21 And Joab says to Cushi, “Go, declare to the king that which you have seen”; and Cushi bows himself to Joab, and runs.
Zatim Joab zapovjedi Etiopljaninu: “Idi javi kralju što si vidio!” Etiopljanin se pokloni Joabu i otrča.
22 And Ahimaaz son of Zadok adds again and says to Joab, “And whatever it is, please let me run, I also, after the Cushite.” And Joab says, “Why [is] this—you are running, my son, and [there are] no tidings found from you?”
A Sadokov sim Ahimaas opet zamoli Joaba: “Dogodilo se što mu drago, dopusti da otrčim i ja za Etiopljaninom.” A Joab upita: “Zašto bi trčao, sine moj, kad ti ta vesela vijest neće pribaviti nagrade?”
23 “And whatever happens,” he said, “let me run.” And he says to him, “Run”; and Ahimaaz runs the way of the circuit, and passes by the Cushite.
A on ponovi: “Dogodilo se što mu drago, trčat ću!” A Joab mu odvrati: “Trči!” I Ahimaas otrča putem kroz ravnicu i preteče Etiopljanina.
24 And David is sitting between the two gates, and the watchman goes to the roof of the gate, to the wall, and lifts up his eyes, and looks, and behold, a man running by himself.
David je upravo sjedio među dvojim gradskim vratima, a stražar se bio uspeo na krov iznad vrata. Podigavši oči, stražar ugleda čovjeka kako trči sam.
25 And the watchman calls, and declares [it] to the king, and the king says, “If [he is] by himself, tidings [are] in his mouth”; and he comes, coming on and drawing near.
Stražar povika i javi kralju, a kralj mu reče: “Ako je sam, nosi dobar glas na ustima.” Čovjek je dolazio sve bliže.
26 And the watchman sees another man running, and the watchman calls to the gatekeeper, and says, “Behold, a man running by himself”; and the king says, “This one is also bearing tidings.”
Uto stražar ugleda drugoga čovjeka gdje trči. I povika stražar koji je bio nad vratima: “Evo još jednoga čovjeka koji trči sam!” A kralj odvrati: “I taj nosi dobar glas.”
27 And the watchman says, “I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” And the king says, “This [is] a good man, and he comes with good tidings.”
Stražar nastavi: “Prepoznajem trk prvoga čovjeka: trči kao Sadokov sin Ahimaas.” A kralj odvrati: “To je dobar čovjek, dolazi s dobrim glasom.”
28 And Ahimaaz calls and says to the king, “Peace”; and he bows himself to the king, on his face, to the earth, and says, “Blessed [is] your God YHWH who has shut up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.”
Ahimaas se približi kralju i pozdravi ga: “Zdravo!” Baci se licem na zemlju pred kraljem i nastavi: “Blagoslovljen Jahve, tvoj Bog, koji je napustio ljude što su digli ruku na moga gospodara i kralja!”
29 And the king says, “Peace to the youth—for Absalom?” And Ahimaaz says, “I saw the great multitude, at the sending away of the servant of the king, even your servant [by] Joab, and I have not known what [it is].”
A kralj upita: “Je li spašen mladić Abšalom?” A Ahimaas odgovori: “Vidio sam veliku vrevu kad je kraljev sluga Joab slao tvoga slugu, ali ne znam što je bilo.”
30 And the king says, “Turn around, station yourself here”; and he turns around and stands still.
Kralj mu reče: “Odstupi i stani tamo!” On odstupi i stade.
31 And behold, the Cushite has come, and the Cushite says, “Let tidings be proclaimed, my lord, O king; for today YHWH has delivered you out of the hand of all those rising up against you.”
Uto stiže Etiopljanin i progovori: “Neka moj gospodar kralj primi veselu vijest. Jahve ti je danas pribavio pravdu izbavivši te iz ruku svih onih koji su ustali na tebe.”
32 And the king says to the Cushite, “Peace to the youth—for Absalom?” And the Cushite says, “Let them be—as the youth—the enemies of my lord the king, and all who have risen up against you for evil.”
A kralj upita Etiopljanina: “Je li spašen mladić Abšalom?” A Etiopljanin odgovori: “Neka neprijatelji moga gospodara i kralja i svi koji se dižu na tebe u zloj namjeri - prođu kao taj mladić!”
33 And the king trembles, and goes up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weeps, and thus he has said in his going, “My son Absalom! My son! My son Absalom! Oh that I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
Kralj zadrhta, pope se u gornju odaju nad vratima i zaplaka; jecajući govoraše ovako: “Sine Abšalome, sine moj! Sine moj Abšalome! Oh, da sam ja umro mjesto tebe! Abšalome, sine moj, sine moj!”
