2 Samuel 16
1 Då David var komen eit stykke på hi sida av fjellet, møtte han Siba, drengen åt Mefiboset, med eit par asen kløvja med tvo hundrad brød, hundrad rosinkakor, hundrad sumarfrukter og ei vinhit.
And when David had passed a little beyond the top of the mountain, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, appeared to meet him, with two donkeys, which were burdened with two hundred loaves, and one hundred bunches of dried grapes, and one hundred masses of dried figs, and a skin of wine.
2 Kongen spurde Siba: «Kva er det du hev der?» Siba svara: «Asni skal vera til å rida på for kongens husfolk. Brødet og frukterne skal vera mat åt tenarane; og vinen til svaledrykk for dei trøytte mennerne dine i øydemarki.»
And the king said to Ziba, “What do you intend to do with these things?” And Ziba responded: “The donkeys are for the household of the king, so that they may sit. And the loaves and dried figs are for your servants to eat. But the wine is for anyone to drink who may be faint in the desert.”
3 Kongen spurde: «Kvar er son åt husbonden din?» Siba svara: «Han er att i Jerusalem. Han tenkte at no vil Israels hus gjeva honom att kongedømet åt far hans.»
And the king said, “Where is the son of your lord?” And Ziba answered the king: “He remained in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’”
4 Då sagde kongen til Siba: «Alt det Mefiboset eig, skal vera ditt!» Siba svara: «Eg fell ned for deg. Lat meg eiga godviljen din, herre konge!»
And the king said to Ziba, “All the things which were for Mephibosheth are now yours.” And Ziba said, “I beg you that I may find grace before you, my lord the king.”
5 Då kong David so kom til Bahurim, kom ut derifrå ein mann av Sauls-ætti, Sime’i Gerason heitte han. Han gjekk og banna
Then king David went as far as Bahurim. And behold, a man from the kindred of the house of Saul, named Shimei, the son of Gera, went out from there. And going out, he continued on, and he was cursing,
6 og kasta stein etter David og alle kongstenarane, endå heile heren og det djervaste stridsfolket gjekk på båe sidor av kongen.
and throwing stones against David and against all the servants of king David. And all the people and all the warriors were traveling to the right and to the left sides of the king.
7 Soleis banna Sime’i: «Burt, burt med deg, din blodhund! din niding!
And so, as he was cursing the king, Shimei said: “Go away, go away, you man of blood, and you man of Belial!
8 Herren let no alt blodet frå Sauls hus koma att yver deg, du som vart konge i hans stad. Herren gjev no kongedømet til Absalom, son din. Sjå no hev du fenge ulukka etter fortenesta! ein blodhund er du!»
The Lord has repaid you for all the blood of the house of Saul. For you have usurped the kingdom in place of him. And so, the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom, your son. And behold, your evils press close upon you, because you are a man of blood.”
9 Abisai Serujason spurde kongen: «Kvifor skal den daude hunden der hava lov å banna deg, herre konge? Lat meg fara dit og hogga hovudet av honom!»
Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king: “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go and cut off his head.”
10 Men kongen svara: «Kva hev eg med dykk å gjera, Seruja-søner? Bannar han, og er det Herren som hev bode honom å banna David, kven vågar då spyrja: «Kvi gjer du so?»»
And the king said: “What is it to me and to all of you, O sons of Zeruiah? Permit him, so that he may curse. For the Lord has commanded him to curse David. And who is the one who would dare to say, ‘Why has he done so?’”
11 Og David sagde med Abisai og med alle folki sine: «De veit son min vil taka livet av meg - han som er runnen av mi rot. Kor mykje større grunn hev då denne benjaminiten! Lat honom berre banna, når Herren hev bode honom å banna.
And the king said to Abishai and to all his servants: “Behold, my son, who went forth from my loins, is seeking my life. How much more does a son of Benjamin do so now? Permit him, so that he may curse, in accord with the command of the Lord.
12 Kann henda Herren ser til mi naud og gjev meg lukka til vederlag for den forbanningi som kjem yver meg i dag.»
Perhaps the Lord may look with favor upon my affliction, and the Lord may repay me good, in place of the cursing of this day.”
13 David og mennerne hans gjekk so burtetter vegen, medan Sime’i fylgde honom jamsides uppi lidi, og banna i eino og kasta stein og molda honom ut med mold.
And so, David continued walking along the way, and his associates with him. But Shimei was advancing along the ridge of the mountain on the side opposite him, cursing and throwing stones at him, and scattering dirt.
14 Kongen kom med alle folki sine til Ajefim og kvilde seg der.
And the king and the entire people with him, being weary, went and refreshed themselves there.
15 Absalom var komen til Jerusalem med alle sine folk av Israels-mennerne. Han hadde ogso Ahitofel med seg.
But Absalom and all his people entered into Jerusalem. Moreover, Ahithophel was with him.
16 Då arkiten Husai, venen åt David, kom til Absalom, ropa han imot honom: «Live kongen, live kongen!»
And when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had gone to Absalom, he said to him: “May you be well, O king! May you be well, O king!”
17 Absalom spurde Husai: «Er det soleis du syner godvilje mot venen din? Kvifor hev du ikkje fylgt venen din?»
And Absalom said to him: “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?”
18 Husai svara Absalom: «Nei, den som Herren og folket og alle Israels-mennerne hev valt, til honom vil eg høyra, hjå honom vil eg vera.
And Hushai responded to Absalom: “By no means! For I will be his, whom the Lord has chosen. And I, and all this people, and all of Israel, will remain with him.
19 Dessutan: kven er det eg tenar? Er det ikkje son hans? Like eins som eg hev tent hjå far din, so vil eg no vera hjå deg.»
But then too, I declare this: whom should I serve? Is it not the son of the king? Just as I have been subject to your father, so will I be subject to you also.”
20 Absalom bad Ahitofel: «Kom med ei råd, kva skal me gjera no.»
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Present a counsel as to what we ought to do.”
21 Ahitofel svara: «Ligg med fylgjekonorne åt far din, som han let att til å vakta kongsgarden! Då fær heile Israel høyra gjete at du hev gjort far din hatig på deg. Og so fær dei nytt mod alle som hev fylgt deg.»
And Ahithophel said to Absalom: “Enter to the concubines of your father, whom he left behind in order to care for the house. Thus, when all of Israel will hear that you disgraced your father, their hands may be strengthened with you.”
22 So slo dei upp tjeld åt Absalom uppå taket. Og Absalom låg med fylgjekonorne åt far sin, so heile Israel såg på.
Therefore, they spread a tent for Absalom on the rooftop. And he entered to the concubines of his father in the sight of all Israel.
23 I dei dagarne galdt ei råd som Ahitofel gav, like mykje som svar frå Gud. So mykje galdt alle Ahitofels råder både hjå David og hjå Absalom.
Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was treated as if one were consulting God. So was every counsel of Ahithophel, both when he was with David, and when he was with Absalom.
