2 Samuel 18
1 And David mustered the people who were with him, and appointed commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds over them.
Potom David pobroji narod što bijaše s njim i postavi nad njima tisućnike i stotnike.
2 David divided the army into three, a third part 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. The king said to the people, "I will surely go forth with you myself also."
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 But they said, "You must not go out, for if we retreat, no one will care about us. If half of us die, no one will care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. So it is better for you to be in the city to help."
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 The king said to them, "I will do what seems best to you." The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went 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 The king gave this order to Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Be gentle for my sake with the young man Absalom." And all the people were listening when the king gave orders to all the commanders 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 So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
Tako vojska iziđe za boj spremna pred Izraela i bitka se zametnu u Efrajimovoj šumi.
7 And the people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter took place that day of twenty thousand men.
Izraelsku vojsku potukoše Davidovi ljudi; i velik poraz bijaše u onaj dan: dvadeset tisuća mrtvih.
8 For the battle spread over the entire region, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Boj se proširio po svemu onom kraju i više je ljudi onoga dana progutala šuma nego mač.
9 And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. And he was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head got caught in the oak, and he was left suspended in midair, while the mule that was under him kept going.
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 someone saw it and told Joab, and said, "Look, 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 Then Joab said to the man who reported it, "Look, you saw this. So why didn't you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver, and a belt."
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 But the man said to Joab, "Even if I could feel in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn't lay a hand on the king's son, for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Be gentle for my sake with the young man 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 Otherwise, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have dissociated yourself 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 Then Joab said, "I'm not going to waste time with you." So he took three sharp sticks in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still 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 Then ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded and struck Absalom and killed him.
Nato priđe deset momaka, štitonoša Joabovih, i dotukoše Abšaloma i usmrtiše.
16 Then Joab blew the trumpet and the people turned back from pursuing Israel, for Joab had called for the people to halt.
Tada Joab zapovjedi da zatrube u rog, i vojska prestade progoniti Izraela jer je Joab zaustavio vojsku.
17 And they took Absalom and threw him into a large pit in the forest, and heaped up over him a huge pile of stones. Then all Israel fled, each one 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 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the King's Valley; for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in memory." He called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, 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 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Let me run, let me carry the king news how that Jehovah has avenged him 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 But Joab said, "You are not to bring the news today, but you may bring news another day. But today you are to bring no news." For it was because the king's son was 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 Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen." So the Cushite bowed before Joab and departed.
Zatim Joab zapovjedi Etiopljaninu: “Idi javi kralju što si vidio!” Etiopljanin se pokloni Joabu i otrča.
22 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, "Whatever happens, please let me go after the Cushite." But Joab said, "Why do you want to run, my son, since you will have no reward for the news?"
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 But he said, "But whatever happens, I will run." So he said to him, "Run." Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran 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 Now David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall and raised his eyes and looked, and there was a man running alone towards him.
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 Then the watchman shouted and informed the king. And the king said, "If he is alone, there is good news in his mouth." And he kept coming nearer.
Stražar povika i javi kralju, a kralj mu reče: “Ako je sam, nosi dobar glas na ustima.” Čovjek je dolazio sve bliže.
26 Then the watchman saw another man running. And the watchman above the gate called out, and said, "Look, another man running alone." And the king said, "He also brings good news."
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 Then the watchman said, "I think the first runner is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok." And the king said, "He is a good man, and comes with good news."
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 came near and said to the king, "All is well." Then he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground, and said, "Blessed is Jehovah your God, who has defeated the men who opposed 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 asked, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" And Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab, the king's servant, sent your servant off, I saw a great commotion, but I do not know what it was."
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 Then the king said, "Step aside and stand here." So he stepped aside and waited.
Kralj mu reče: “Odstupi i stani tamo!” On odstupi i stade.
31 Then look, the Cushite arrived, and he said, "Good news for my lord the king, for Jehovah has delivered you today from all those who rose 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 Then the king asked the Cushite, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" And the Cushite replied, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you with evil intent be like that young man."
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 was shaken, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. And as he wept he said, "My son Absalom. My son, my son Absalom. If only I had died in your place, 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!”
