2 Samuel 18
1 David mynstra folket sitt og sette førarar og underførar yver deim.
And David numbered the people that were with him, and he set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.
2 So sende David ut folket; den eine tridjeparten under Joab, den andre tridjeparten under Abisai Serujason, bror åt Joab, og den tridje under Ittai frå Gat. Og kongen sagde til folket: «Eg er fast meint på å draga ut sjølv med dykk.»
And David sent forth the people a third part under the command of Joab, and a third part under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruyah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I myself also will without fail go forth with you.
3 Men dei svara: «Du fær ikkje draga ut. Um me lyt røma, bryr ingen seg um oss. Um helvti av oss vert drepne, bryr ingen seg um oss. Men du er no jamgod med titusund av oss. Difor er det likare at du er budd på å koma oss til hjelp frå byen.»
But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth; for if we should have to flee away, they will not care for us; and if half of us die, they will not care for us; for now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou shouldst be a succor to us out of the city.
4 Kongen sagde: «Det de meiner er best, det vil eg gjera.» So tok kongen post attmed porten. Og heile heren drog ut i hundrad og i tusund.
And the king said unto them, What seemeth good in your eyes will I do. And the king placed himself by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
5 Kongen baud Joab, Abisai og Ittai: «Far no varsamt med den unge mannen, med Absalom!» Heile heren høyrde kva kongen baud herhovdingarne um Absalom.
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, with Abshalom. And all the people heard when the king charged all the captains with respect to Abshalom.
6 So drog heren ut i opi marki mot Israel. Og det kom til slag i Efraimsskogen.
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
7 Der vart Israels-heren slegen av Davids herfolk. Og vart stort mannefall millom deim den dagen: tjuge tusund mann.
And the people of Israel were smitten there before David's servants, and the slaughter was great there on that day—twenty thousand men.
8 Slaget spreidde seg utyver heile den kanten av landet. Og skogen øydde fleire folk den dagen enn sverdet.
And the battle became extended there over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured yet more of the people than the sword had devoured on that day.
9 Det bar so til at Absalom råka på nokre av folki åt David. Han reid på eit muldyret. Og då muldyret kom inn under dei tette greinerne av ei stor eik, vart hovudet hans klemt fast millom greinerne. Og han vart hangande millom himmel og jord. For muldyret han reid på, sprang sin veg.
And Abshalom happened to come before the servants of David. And Abshalom was riding upon a mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was left hanging between the heaven and the earth: and the mule that was under him passed on.
10 Ein mann som såg det, melde det til Joab: «Eg fekk sjå Absalom hangande i ei eik der burte.»
And a certain man saw, and told it to Joab, and said, Behold, I have seen Abshalom hanging on an oak.
11 Joab spurde bodberaren: «Når du såg det, kvifor slo du honom ikkje til marki med same? So skulde eg gjerne ha gjeve deg ti sylvdalar og eit belte for det.»
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him: why then didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and it would have been obligatory on me to give thee ten shekels of silver and a girdle.
12 Mannen svara: «Um eg so skulde fenge ti tusund sylvdalar upp i neven, so ikkje eg leggja hand på kongssonen. Me høyrde då med eigne øyro kor kongen baud deg og Abisai og Ittai: «Tak vare på den unge mannen, på Absalom, for meg.»
And the man said unto Joab, And though I should weigh on my hands a thousand shekels of silver, I would not stretch forth my hand against the king's son; for before our ears did the king charge thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take heed, whoever it be, of the young man, of Abshalom.
13 Og hadde eg gjort svik mot hans liv - for ingen ting vert løynd for kongen - so vilde du halde deg utanfor.»
Or should I even have acted with falsehood against my own life, since there is no matter which can be hidden from the king; thou wouldst surely have placed thyself aloof.
14 «Eg vil ikkje hefta tidi lenger meg deg, » sagde Joab, treiv tri spjot i handi, og deim rende han i bringa på Absalom, som endå hekk livande millom greinerne på eiki.
Then said Joab, I will not wait thus before thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Abshalom, who was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
15 So kom ti sveinar til, Joabs våpnsveinar, og gav Absalom banehogg.
And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, encompassed and smote Abshalom, and slew him.
16 Joab bles i luren. Og herfolket heldt upp med å forfylgja Israel, då Joab baud deim stogga.
And Joab blew the cornet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab restrained the people.
17 Dei tok og kasta Absalom i ei stor grop i skogen, og hauga i hop ei veldug steinrøys yver honom. Heile Israel tok til rømings kvar til seg.
And they took Abshalom, and cast him down in the forest, into the large pit, and erected upon him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled, every one, to his tents.
18 Absalom sjølv hadde i livande live teke og reist upp til minne for seg den merkesteinen som stend i Kongsdalen; med di han sagde: «Eg hev ingen son til å halda uppe namnet mitt!» Han kalla merkesteinen etter sitt namn; og han heiter «Absaloms minne» endå den dag i dag.
Now Abshalom had taken and reared up for himself in his lifetime, the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son, so as to keep my name in remembrance; and he called the pillar after his own name: and it was called Abshalom's monument, even until this day.
19 Ahima’as Sadoksson sagde: «Lat meg skunda meg og melda kongen fagnadtiendi, at Herren hev hjelpt honom til retten sin mot uvenerne sine!»
And Achima'az the son of Zadok said, Do let me run, I pray thee, and bear the king tidings, that the Lord hath done him justice from the power of his enemies.
20 «Nei, » sagde Joab, «det vert inkje fagnadbod det du hev å bera i dag. Ein annan dag kann du koma med fagnadtiend. Men i dag vert det ingen fagnadtiend; for det er son åt kongen som er avliden.»
And Joab said unto him, Thou art not the man to bear [good] tidings this day, and thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
21 So baud Joab ein ætiop: «Gakk og meld kongen det du hev set!» Ætiopen fall ned for Joab og sprang av stad.
Then said Joab to the Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen, And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
22 Ahima’as Sadoksson bad Joab andre gongen: «Kome kva kome vil: lat meg springa eg og, etter ætiopen!» Joab svara: «Kvifor vil du det, guten min? Dette er då ikkje nokor fagnadtiend, som du kann venta løn for!»
Then said Achima'az the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, Be it as it may, let me, I pray thee, run also after the Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore is it that thou wilt run, my son, seeing that thou hast no profitable tidings?
23 Han sagde: «Koma kva kome vil: eg spring!» «So spring då!» sagde Joab. Og Ahima’as sprang, og tok vegen yver Jordan-kverven og kom fyre ætiopen.
But be it as it may, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. And Achima'az ran by the way of the plain, and passed the Cushi.
24 David sat inni dubbelporten. Og ein vaktmann steig upp på porttaket innmed muren. Då han skoda ut, fekk han sjå ein koma springande åleine.
And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate, upon the wall, and as he lifted up his eyes, he saw, and behold, a man was running alone.
25 Vaktmannen ropa og melde det åt kongen. Då sagde kongen. «Er han åleine, so hev han eit fagnadbod å bera fram. Men medan han kom næmare,
And the watchman cried, and told it to the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there are tidings in his mouth. And he came nearer and nearer continually.
26 fekk vaktmannen sjå ein annan kom springande. Då ropa vaktmannen ned til portvakti: «No ser eg ein til kjem springande åleine.» Kongen sagde: «Han kjem og med fagnadbod.»
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the gate-keeper, and said, Behold, here is a man running alone. And the king said, Also this one bringeth tidings.
27 Vaktmannen sagde: Etter måten å springa på, tykkjer eg den fyrste må vera Ahima’as Sadoksson.» Kongen sagde: «Han er ein god mann! han kjem visseleg med fagnadtidend.»
And the watchman said, I regard the running of the foremost as the running of Achima'az the son of Zadok. And the king said, That is a good man, and with good tidings must he come.
28 Ahima’as ropa til kongen: «Heil og sæl!» So fall han å gruve til jordi framfor kongen og sagde: «Lova vere Herren, din Gud! Han hev gjeve deg dei mennerne som lyfte handi mot deg, herre konge!»
And Achima'az called, and said unto the king, Peace. And he prostrated himself to the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath surrendered the men that had lifted up their hand against my Lord the king.
29 Kongen spurde: «Stend det vel til med den unge mannen, med Absalom?» Ahima’as svara: «Eg såg ei stor mannemuge då Joab sende den andre kongstenaren og meg. Men eg veit ikkje kva det galdt.»
And the king said, Is the young man Abshalom safe? And Achima'az answered, I saw the greatest crowd when Joab sent off the king's servant, and thy servant; but I know not what hath happened.
30 Kongen sagde: «Gakk til sides, og statt der!» Han so gjorde.
And the king said, Turn aside, place thyself here. And he turned aside, and remained standing.
31 Nett då kom ætiopen. Han sagde: «Tak imot fagnadbodet, herre konge, at i dag hev Herren gjeve deg rett mot alle deim som reiste seg mot deg.»
And, behold, the Cushi came [next]; and the Cushi said, Let my lord the king receive the tidings, that the Lord hath done thee justice this day from the power of all those that had risen up against thee.
32 Kongen spurde ætiopen: «Stend det vel til med den unge mannen, med Absalom?» Ætiopen svara: «Gjev det må ganga soleis med uvenerne dine, herre konge, og med alle som reiser seg mot deg og vil gjera deg mein, som det gjekk med den unge mannen!»
And the king said unto the Cushi, Is the young man Abshalom safe? And the Cushi answered, May like the young man be the enemies of my Lord the king, and all that have risen up against thee for evil.
33 Då vart kongen reint ille ved, gjekk upp i taksalen yver porten, og gret. Og alt medan han gjekk, jamra han: «Absalom, son min, Absalom, son min, son min! Gjev eg hadde døytt i staden din! Absalom, son min, son min!»
And the king was much moved, and he went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, O my son Abshalom, my son, my son Abshalom! who would grant that I had died in thy stead, O Abshalom, my son, my son!
