2 Samuel 17
1 Ahitofel sagde med Absalom: «Lat meg velja ut tolv tusund mann, so vil eg leggja i veg og forfylgja David alt i natt!
Moreover Achithophel said unto Abshalom, Do let me now select twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night;
2 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.
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will terrify him; so that all the people that are with him will flee; and I will smite the king alone;
3 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.»
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: when all return [except] the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace.
4 Absalom og alle dei øvste i Israel lika godt den rådi.
And the thing was pleasing in the eyes of Abshalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
5 Like vel sagde Absalom: «Ropa ogso arkiten Husai inn! so fær me ogso høyra kva han råder til.»
Then said Abshalom, Do call now also Chushai the Arkite, and let us hear what he likewise beareth in his mouth.
6 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?»
And when Chushai was come to Abshalom, Abshalom said unto him, as followeth, Such words as these hath Achithophel spoken: shall we do after his words? if not, do thou speak.
7 Husai svara Absalom: «Den rådi Ahitofel hev gjeve denne gongen, er ikkje god.
And Chushai said unto Abshalom, The counsel that Achithophel hath given at this time is not good.
8 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.
And Chushai said, Thou well knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and are of an embittered spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is also a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9 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.
Behold, he is now hidden in some one of the pits, or in some one of the [other] places: and it will come to pass, when some of them should fall at the first onset, that whosoever heareth it would say, There hath been slaughter among the people that follow Abshalom.
10 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.
And he also that is most valiant, whose heart is as the heart of the lion, would become quite discouraged; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they who are with him are valiant persons.
11 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.
But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba', like the sand that is by the sea in multitude: while thou in thy own person goest into the fight.
12 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.
And when we come upon him in some one of the places where he may be found, we will encamp around him as the dew falleth on the earth: and there shall not be left of him and of all the men that are with him so much as one.
13 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.»
And if he should withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the stream, until there be not found there even one small stone.
14 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.
And Abshalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Chushai the Arkite is better than the counsel of Achithophel. But the Lord had ordained to frustrate the good counsel of Achithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring the evil upon Abshalom.
15 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.
Then said Chushai unto Zadok and to Ebyathar the priests, Thus and thus did Achithophel counsel Abshalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.
16 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.»»
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but rather pass over at once; lest the king be entirely ruined, and all the people that are with him.
17 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.
Now Jonathan and Achima'az were staying by 'En-rogel; and a maid-servant had to go and tell them, that they should go and tell king David; for they dared not be seen to come into the city.
18 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.
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told it to Abshalom; but they went, both of them, quickly away, and came to the house of a man in Bachurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.
19 So tok kona hans og breidde eit tæpe yver brunn-opet, og strådde gryn uppå, so ingen gådde noko.
And the wife took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and scattered ground corn thereupon; so that nothing was perceived.
20 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.
And Abshalom's servants came to the woman into the house, and they said, Where are Achima'az and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are passed over the brook of water. And they sought, but could not find them; and they returned to Jerusalem.
21 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.»
And it came to pass, after they were gone, that they came up out of the well, and went and told it to king David, and they said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Achithophel counseled against you.
22 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.
Then did David arise, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the time the morning was light, not even one was lacking who had not passed over the Jordan.
23 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.
And when Achithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled the ass, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and gave his charge to his household, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 David var komen til Mahanajim då Absalom med alle Israels-mennerne gjekk yver Jordan.
Then came David to Machanayim: and Abshalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 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.
And Abshalom placed 'Amassa instead of Joab as captain over the army: and 'Amassa was the son of a man, whose name was Yithra the Israelite, who had gone in to Abigal the daughter of Nachash, the sister of Zeruyah Joab's mother.
26 Israel og Absalom lægra seg i Gileadlandet.
And Israel and Abshalom encamped in the land of Gil'ad.
27 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,
And it came to pass, when David was come to Machanayim, that Shobi the son of Nachash of Rabbah of the children of 'Ammon, and Machir the son of 'Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gil'adite of Rogelim,
28 ført dit sengjer, skåler og kruskjerald. Og kveite, bygg, mjøl, steikte aks, baunor, linsor,
Brought beds, and bowls, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,
29 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.»
And honey, and cream, and sheep, and cow's cheese, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
