2 Samuel 17
1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
Ahitofel sagde med Absalom: «Lat meg velja ut tolv tusund mann, so vil eg leggja i veg og forfylgja David alt i natt!
2 And I will catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged, and will thow him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. And I will strike the king alone.
So kjem eg brått yver honom og skræmer honom medan han er trøytt og veik. Då vil alle folki hans taka til rømings. So drep eg kongen medan han er åleine.
3 Then all the people will come back to you, as a bride returns to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be in peace."
So skal eg føra alt folket attende til deg; for um det gjeng so med den mannen du søkjer, er det som alle kjem attende; heile folket vil halda fred.»
4 And the advice seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
Absalom og alle dei øvste i Israel lika godt den rådi.
5 Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite, and let's hear what he says."
Like vel sagde Absalom: «Ropa ogso arkiten Husai inn! so fær me ogso høyra kva han råder til.»
6 When Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "Ahithophel has spoken thus. Should we follow his advice? And if not, speak up."
Då Husai kom inn til Absalom, sagde Absalom til honom: «So og so hev Ahitofel sagt. Skal me fylgja hans råd? I anna fall, kva meiner du?»
7 So Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good."
Husai svara Absalom: «Den rådi Ahitofel hev gjeve denne gongen, er ikkje god.
8 Moreover, Hushai said, "You know your father and his men, that they are warriors, and that they are as fierce as a bear robbed of her cubs in the wild, or a sow snared in the wild. Your father is expert in war, and will not camp with the people.
Du kjenner far din og folki hans, » sagde Husai, «du veit dei er fullgode stridsfolk. Og hug-rame er dei no som ei binna dei hev teke ungarne frå ute i marki. Far din er krigsmann, veit du: han let ikkje folki leggja seg til kvile um natti.
9 Look, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. And it will happen when some of them have fallen first, that whoever hears it will say, 'There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.'
No hev han visseleg løynt seg i einkvan helleren eller einkvar annan staden. Skulde då sume av våre folk falla i fyrstningi, so vil det koma ut at det hev vore stort mannefall millom folki som fylgde Absalom.
10 Then even the one who is brave, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a warrior, and those who are with him are brave men.
Då vil jamvel den djervaste heiltupp missa modet, um han så hadde mod som ei løva. For heile Israel veit at far din er ei kjempa, og at fylgjesveinarne hans er djerve karar.
11 But, I strongly advise as follows: Let all Israel be gathered to you from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea in number, and that you personally go into battle.
Difor er det mi råd, at du stemner saman til deg heile Israel frå Dan til Be’erseba, so tallrikt som sanden attmed havet. Og sjølv lyt du draga med i striden.
12 So we will come upon him in some place where he can be found, and we will fall on him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left.
Når me so finn honom einkvan staden, kvar helst det no er, so fell me yver honom som doggi fell på marki. Då skal det ikkje verta ein einaste att av honom og alle fylgjesveinarne hans.
13 Moreover, if he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will take up ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the riverbed, until there isn't one pebble to be found there."
Ja, um han so søkjer inn i ei borg, so vil heile Israel leggja reip ikring henne og draga henne ned i dalen, til dess det bid ikkje minste steinen att i henne.»
14 Then Absalom and all Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had commanded that Ahithophel's counsel should be defeated, so that that the LORD could bring Absalom to ruin.
Då sagde Absalom og alle Israels-mennerne: «Rådi åt arkiten Husai er betre enn Ahitofels råd.» For Herren laga det so at den gode rådi hans Ahitofel vart um inkjes. For Herren vilde føra ulukke yver Absalom.
15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "Here is the council Ahithophel gave Absalom and the elders of Israel, and here is what I counseled.
Husai melde til prestarne Sadok og Abjatar: «Den og den rådi gav Ahitofel åt Absalom og dei øvste i Israel. Men den og den rådi gav eg.
16 Now therefore send quickly and tell David, saying, 'Do not stay the night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over. Otherwise the king and all the people who are with him will be swallowed up.'"
Skunda dykk og send bod til David med det ordet: «Natta ikkje yver attmed ferjestaderne i øydemarki i natt, men gakk yver Jordan! Elles kann kongen og alle folki hans verta tynte.»»
17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel, and a female servant was to go and tell them, and they would go and inform king David. For they were not to be seen going into the city.
Jonatan og Ahima’as heldt seg attmed En-Rogel. Dit kom jamt ei tenestgjenta med melding til deim; og so bar dei meldingi til David. Dei våga ikkje visa seg i byen.
18 But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So they both departed quickly and reached the house of a man in Bahurim who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it.
Men ein unggut gådde deim og melde det til Absalom. Då skunda dei seg burt båe, og kom heim til ein mann i Bahurim. Han hadde ein brunn på garden sin. I den steig dei ned.
19 And the woman took a covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain on it, so that nothing could be noticed.
So tok kona hans og breidde eit tæpe yver brunn-opet, og strådde gryn uppå, so ingen gådde noko.
20 Then Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, and they asked, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" And the woman said to them, "They have crossed the brook of water." And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
Då tenarane åt Absalom kom inn i huset til kona og spurde etter Ahima’as og Jonatan, svara ho: «Dei gjekk yver den vesle bekken der.» Dei leita, men fann inkje, og snudde so heim att til Jerusalem.
21 It came about after they had left that they climbed out of the well, and left and told king David. And they said to him, "Get up and cross quickly over the water, for Ahithophel has given such and such counsel against you."
Då dei hadde fare sin veg, steig dei hine upp or brunnen, og gjekk med meldingi til kong David. Dei sagde til David: «Skunda deg, far yver vatnet! den og den rådi hev Ahitofel gjeve um dykk.»
22 Then David and all the people who were with him got up and they crossed the Jordan. By dawn there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
David braut upp med alle fylgjesveinarne sine; og dei gjekk yver Jordan. Um morgonen då dagen rann, vanta det ikkje ein einaste. Alle var komne yver Jordan.
23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went up to his home in his city. Then he set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
Då Ahitofel såg at dei ikkje fylgde rådi hans, sala han asnet sitt, steig uppå og reid heim til sin by. Og då han hadde skila for seg, hengde han seg. Det var hans bane. Han vart gravlagd i gravi åt far sin.
24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all Israel with him.
David var komen til Mahanajim då Absalom med alle Israels-mennerne gjekk yver Jordan.
25 And Absalom had put Amasa over the army in place of of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jether the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigail the daughter of Jesse, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
Absalom hadde sett Amasa til øvste herhovding i staden for Joab. Amasa var son åt ein jizre’elit ved namn Jitra, som hadde halde seg med Abigal, dotter til Nahas, syster til Seruja, mor åt Joab.
26 So Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
Israel og Absalom lægra seg i Gileadlandet.
27 Now it happened when David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the people of Ammon, Makir the son of Ammiel of Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
Då David kom til Mahanajim, hadde Sobi Nahasson frå Rabba i Ammonitarlandet og Makir Ammielsson frå Lo-Debar, og Barzillai, ein Gileads-mann frå Rogelim,
28 brought couches for sleeping, and covers, and basins, and pottery utensils, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils,
ført dit sengjer, skåler og kruskjerald. Og kveite, bygg, mjøl, steikte aks, baunor, linsor,
29 and honey, and curd of the flock, and cheese of the herd. And they presented them to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they said, "The people are hungry and tired and thirsty in the wilderness."
honning, tjukkmjølk, sauer og mjølk-ost hadde dei med seg til mat åt David og folket hans. For dei tenkte: «Folki hev vorte svoltne, trøytte og tyrste i øydemarki.»
