I Regum 2

1 Appropinquaverunt autem dies David ut moreretur, præcepitque Salomoni filio suo, dicens:

Now the days of David drew near that he should die. And he charged Solomon his son, saying,

2 Ego ingredior viam universæ terræ: confortare, et esto vir.

I am going the way of all the earth. Be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man,

3 Et observa custodias Domini Dei tui, ut ambules in viis eius, ut custodias ceremonias eius, et præcepta eius, et iudicia, et testimonia, sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi: ut intelligas universa quæ facis, et quocumque te verteris:

and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou may prosper in all that thou do, and wherever thou turn thyself.

4 ut confirmet Dominus sermones suos, quos locutus est de me, dicens: Si custodierint filii tui vias suas, et ambulaverint coram me in veritate, in omni corde suo, et in omni anima sua, non auferetur tibi vir de solio Israel.

That Jehovah may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee a man on the throne of Israel.

5 Tu quoque nosti quæ fecerit mihi Ioab filius Sarviæ, quæ fecerit duobus principibus exercitus Israel, Abner filio Ner, et Amasæ filio Iether: quos occidit, et effudit sanguinem belli in pace, et posuit cruorem prælii in balteo suo, qui erat circa lumbos eius, et in calceamento suo, quod erat in pedibus eius.

Moreover thou also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

6 Facies ergo iuxta sapientiam tuam, et non deduces canitiem eius pacifice ad inferos. (Sheol h7585)

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and do not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace. (Sheol h7585)

7 Sed et filiis Berzellai Galaaditis reddes gratiam, eruntque comedentes in mensa tua: occurrerunt enim mihi quando fugiebam a facie Absalom fratris tui.

But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at thy table, for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother.

8 Habes quoque apud te Semei filium Gera filii Iemini de Bahurim, qui maledixit mihi maledictione pessima, quando ibam ad castra: sed quia descendit mihi in occursum cum transirem Iordanem, et iuravi ei per Dominum, dicens: Non te interficiam gladio:

And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

9 tu noli pati eum esse innoxium. Vir autem sapiens es, ut scias quæ facies ei, deducesque canos eius cum sanguine ad inferos. (Sheol h7585)

Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for thou are a wise man, and thou will know what thou ought to do to him, and thou shall bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood. (Sheol h7585)

10 Dormivit igitur David cum patribus suis, et sepultus est in Civitate David.

And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

11 Dies autem, quibus regnavit David super Israel, quadraginta anni sunt: in Hebron regnavit septem annis: in Ierusalem, triginta tribus.

And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

12 Salomon autem sedit super thronum David patris sui, et firmatum est regnum eius nimis.

And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was established greatly.

13 Et ingressus est Adonias filius Haggith ad Bethsabee matrem Salomonis. Quæ dixit ei: Pacificusne est ingressus tuus? Qui respondit: Pacificus.

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Do thou come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

14 Addiditque: Sermo mihi est ad te. Cui ait: Loquere. Et ille:

He said moreover, I have something to say to thee. And she said, Say on.

15 Tu, inquit, nosti, quia meum erat regnum, et me præposuerat omnis Israel sibi in regem: sed translatum est regnum, et factum est fratris mei: a Domino enim constitutum est ei.

And he said, Thou know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned about, and has become my brother's, for it was his from Jehovah.

16 Nunc ergo petitionem unam precor a te; ne confundas faciem meam. Quæ dixit ad eum: Loquere.

And now I ask one petition of thee; do not deny me. And she said to him, Say on.

17 Et ille ait: Precor ut dicas Salomoni regi (neque enim negare tibi quidquam potest) ut det mihi Abisag Sunamitidem uxorem.

And he said, Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king (for he will not say no thee), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

18 Et ait Bethsabee: Bene, ego loquar pro te regi.

And Bathsheba said, Well, I will speak for thee to the king.

19 Venit ergo Bethsabee ad regem Salomonem, ut loqueretur ei pro Adonia: et surrexit rex in occursum eius, adoravitque eam, et sedit super thronum suum: positusque est thronus matri regis, quæ sedit ad dexteram eius.

Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother. And she sat on his right hand.

20 Dixitque ei: Petitionem unam parvulam ego deprecor a te, ne confundas faciem meam. Et dixit ei rex: Pete mater mea: neque enim fas est ut avertam faciem tuam.

Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee; do not deny me. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not deny thee.

21 Quæ ait: Detur Abisag Sunamitis Adoniæ fratri tuo uxor.

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

22 Responditque rex Salomon, et dixit matri suæ: Quare postulas Abisag Sunamitidem Adoniæ? Postula ei et regnum: ipse est enim frater meus maior me, et habet Abiathar sacerdotem, et Ioab filium Sarviæ.

And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my elder brother, even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

23 Iuravit itaque rex Salomon per Dominum, dicens: Hæc faciat mihi Deus, et hæc addat, quia contra animam suam locutus est Adonias verbum hoc.

Then king Solomon swore by Jehovah, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

24 Et nunc vivit Dominus, qui firmavit me, et collocavit me super solium David patris mei, et qui fecit mihi domum, sicut locutus est, quia hodie occidetur Adonias.

Now therefore as Jehovah lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

25 Misitque rex Salomon per manum Banaiæ filii Ioiadæ, qui interfecit eum, et mortuus est.

And king Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he fell upon him so that he died.

26 Abiathar quoque sacerdoti dixit rex: Vade in Anathoth ad agrum tuum, equidem vir mortis es: sed hodie te non interficiam, quia portasti arcam Domini Dei coram David patre meo, et sustinuisti laborem in omnibus, in quibus laboravit pater meus.

And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Get thee to Anathoth, to thine own fields, for thou are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou bore the ark of the lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou were afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

27 Eiecit ergo Salomon Abiathar, ut non esset sacerdos Domini, ut impleretur sermo Domini, quem locutus est super domum Heli in Silo.

So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, that he might fulfill the word of Jehovah, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

28 Venit autem nuncius ad Ioab, quod Ioab declinasset post Adoniam, et post Salomonem non declinasset: fugit ergo Ioab in tabernaculum Domini, et apprehendit cornu altaris.

And the news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of Jehovah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

29 Nunciatumque est regi Salomoni quod fugisset Ioab in tabernaculum Domini, et esset iuxta altare: misitque Salomon Banaiam, filium Ioiadæ, dicens: Vade, interfice eum.

And it was told king Solomon, Joab has fled to the tent of Jehovah, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

30 Et venit Banaias ad tabernaculum Domini, et dixit ei: Hæc dicit rex: Egredere. Qui ait: Non egrediar, sed hic moriar. Renunciavit Banaias regi sermonem, dicens: Hæc locutus est Ioab, et hæc respondit mihi.

And Benaiah came to the tent of Jehovah, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No, but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

31 Dixitque ei rex: Fac sicut locutus est: et interfice eum, et sepeli, et amovebis sanguinem innocentem, qui effusus est a Ioab, a me, et a domo patris mei.

And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall upon him, and bury him, that thou may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.

32 Et reddet Dominus sanguinem eius super caput eius, quia interfecit duos viros iustos, melioresque se: et occidit eos gladio, patre meo David ignorante, Abner filium Ner principem militiæ Israel, et Amasam filium Iether principem exercitus Iuda:

And Jehovah will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know it, namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

33 et revertetur sanguis illorum in caput Ioab, et in caput seminis eius in sempiternum. David autem et semini eius, et domui, et throno illius sit pax usque in æternum a Domino.

So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed forever. But to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace forever from Jehovah.

34 Ascendit itaque Banaias filius Ioiadæ, et aggressus eum interfecit: sepultusque est in domo sua in deserto.

Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and killed him. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

35 Et constituit rex Banaiam filium Ioiadæ pro eo super exercitum, et Sadoc sacerdotem posuit pro Abiathar.

And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the army. And the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

36 Misit quoque rex, et vocavit Semei, dixitque ei: Ædifica tibi domum in Ierusalem, et habita ibi: et non egredieris inde huc atque illuc.

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build for thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth from there anywhere.

37 Quacumque autem die egressus fueris, et transieris Torrentem Cedron, scito te interficiendum: sanguis tuus erit super caput tuum.

For on the day thou go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou shall surely die; thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

38 Dixitque Semei regi: Bonus sermo. Sicut locutus est dominus meus rex, sic faciet servus tuus. Habitavit itaque Semei in Ierusalem diebus multis.

And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

39 Factum est autem post annos tres ut fugerent servi Semei ad Achis filium Maacha regem Geth: nunciatumque est Semei quod servi eius issent in Geth.

And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants are in Gath.

40 Et surrexit Semei, et stravit asinum suum: ivitque ad Achis in Geth ad requirendum servos suos, et adduxit eos de Geth.

And Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants. And Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

41 Nunciatum est autem Salomoni quod isset Semei in Geth de Ierusalem, et rediisset.

And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

42 Et mittens vocavit eum, dixitque illi: Nonne testificatus sum tibi per Dominum, et prædixi tibi: Quacumque die egressus, ieris huc et illuc, scito te esse moriturum? Et respondisti mihi: Bonus sermo, quem audivi.

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not adjure thee by Jehovah, and protest to thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou go out, and walk abroad anywhere, thou shall surely die? And thou said to me, The saying that I have heard is good.

43 Quare ergo non custodisti iusiurandum Domini, et præceptum quod præceperam tibi?

Why then have thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

44 Dixitque rex ad Semei: Tu nosti omne malum, cuius tibi conscium est cor tuum, quod fecisti David patri meo: reddidit Dominus malitiam tuam in caput tuum.

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou know all the iniquity which thy heart is privy to, what thou did to David my father. Therefore Jehovah shall return thy iniquity upon thine own head.

45 Et rex Salomon benedictus, et thronus David erit stabilis coram Domino usque in sempiternum.

But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah forever.

46 Iussit itaque rex Banaiæ filio Ioiadæ: qui egressus, percussit eum, et mortuus est.

So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And he went out, and fell upon him so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.