2 Samuel 20
1 No var det der ei uvyrda ved namn Seba Bikrison, ein benjaminit. Han bles i luren og ropa: «Me hev ingen lut i David og ingen arvlut i Isaisonen. Heim att kvar til seg, Israels menner!»
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Seba, the son of Bochri, a man of Jemini: and he sounded the trumpet, and said: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai: return to thy dwellings, O Israel.
2 Alle Israels-mennerne gjekk då frå David og fylgde Seba Bikrison. Men Juda-mennerne heldt fast ved kongen sin, og fylgde honom frå Jordan heilt til Jerusalem.
And all Israel departed from David, and followed Seba the son of Bochri: but the men of Juda stuck to their king from the Jordan unto Jerusalem.
3 So kom då David til kongsgarden sin i Jerusalem. Kongen tok då dei ti fylgjekonorne som han hadde late etter seg til å vakta kongsgarden og sette deim under vakt i eit hus for seg sjølve. Han gav deim upphelde; men han heldt seg ikkje med deim. Der budde dei no innestengde til sin døyande dag og livde som enkjor alle sine dagar.
And when the king was come into his house at Jerusalem, he took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, allowing them provisions: and he went not in unto them, but they were shut up unto the day of their death living in widowhood.
4 Kongen baud Amasa: «Bjod ut Juda-herfolket åt meg og møt fram med deim innan tri dagar!»
And the king said to Amasa: Assemble to me all the men of Juda against the third day, and be thou here present.
5 Amasa gjekk og baud ut Juda. Men han drygde utyver den fresten han hadde fenge.
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Juda, but he tarried beyond the set time which the king had appointed him.
6 Då sagde David til Abisai: «No kjem Seba Bikrison til å gjera oss meir ilt enn Absalom. Tak du tenarane åt herren din! Set etter honom fyrr han fær hertaka nokor borg og gjera oss for mykje sut!»
And David said to Abisai: Now will Seba the son of Bochri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou therefore the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he find fenced cities, and escape us.
7 Joabs-mennerne drog då av stad etter honom med livvakti og alt stridsfolket. Dei drog ut frå Jerusalem og sette etter Seba Bikrison.
So Joab’s men went out with him, and the Cerethi and the Phelethi: and all the valiant men went out of Jerusalem to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri.
8 Då dei hadde nått til den store steinen ved Gibeon, møtte dei Amasa med sine hermenner. Joab var klædd i våpnkjole som han var van, med belte um livet og sverd i slira. Då han gjekk fram, datt sverdet ut.
And when they were at the great stone which is in Gabaon, Amasa coming met them. And Joab had on a close coat of equal length with his habit, and over it was girded with a sword hanging down to his flank, in a scabbard, made in such manner as to come out with the least motion and strike.
9 Joab spurde Amasa: «Kor stend det til med deg, bror?» og tok med høgre handi Amasa i skjegget og vilde kyssa honom.
And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him.
10 Amasa vara seg ikkje for sverdet som Joab hadde i hi handi. Dermed gav han honom ein støyt i livet, so innvolarne rann ut på marki. Og han døydde på flekken, berre av det. Joab og Abisai, bror hans, heldt fram og forfylgde Seba Bikrison.
But Amasa did not take notice of the sword, which Joab had, and he struck him in the side, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and gave him not a second wound, and he died. And Joab, and Abisai his brother pursued after Seba the son of Bochri.
11 Ein av tenarane åt Joab stod der attmed og ropa: «Alle som likar Joab og held med David, fylgje etter Joab!»
In the mean time some men of Joab’s company stopping at the dead body of Amasa, said: Behold he that would have been in Joab’s stead the companion of David.
12 Men då mannen såg at alle stogga attmed Amasa, der som han låg midt i vegen kring-velt i sitt eige blod, skuva han liket undan og kasta ei kappa yver; for han såg kor alle stogga når dei kom dit.
And Amasa imbrued with blood, lay in the midst of the way. A certain man saw this that all the people stood still to look upon him, so he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and covered him with a garment, that they who passed might not stop on his account.
13 Og då liket var teke or vegen, drog alle framum og fylgde Joab og elte Seba Bikrison.
And when he was removed out of the way, all the people went on following Joab to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri.
14 Han hadde i millomtidi fare igjenom alle ætterne i Israel til Abel og Bet-Ma’aka, og kasta seg inn i byen. Og folki hans stemnde i hop og fylgde honom dit inn.
Now he had passed through all the tribes of Israel unto Abela and Bethmaacha: and all the chosen men were gathered together unto him.
15 Dei hine kom og kringsette honom der i Abel Bet-Ma’aka og kasta upp ein voll mot byen innimot ytremuren. Alt folket åt Joab stræva med å få muren til å falla, og riva honom ned.
And they came, and besieged him in Abela, and in Bethmaacha, and they cast up works round the city, and the city was besieged: and all the people that were with Joab, laboured to throw down the walls.
16 Då ropa ei klok kona frå byen: «Høyr her! Seg Joab han kjem hit, so eg fær tala med honom!»
And a wise woman cried out from the city: Hear, hear, and say to Joab: Come near hither, and I will speak with thee.
17 Då han kom fram til kona, spurde ho: «Er du Joab?» Han svara ja. Ho sagde: «Høyr det tenestkvinna di segjer!» Han svara: «Ja vel.»
And when he was come near to her, she said to him: Art thou Joab? And he answered: I am. And she spoke thus to him: Hear the words of thy handmaid. He answered: I do hear.
18 Då sagde ho: «Fyrr i tidi pla dei segja: «I Abel skal ein spyrja etter råd; » so kunde ein gjera det ein etla seg til.
And she again said: A saying was used in the old proverb: They that inquire, let them inquire in Abela: and so they made an end.
19 Eg er den fredsamaste og trugnaste i heile Israel. Du freistar øyda ein by som er ei mor i Israel! Kvifor vil du øydeleggja Herrens eige folk?»
Am not I she that answer truth in Israel, and thou seekest to destroy the city, and to overthrow a mother in Israel? Why wilt thou throw down the inheritance of the Lord?
20 Joab svara: «Aldri i verdi vil eg øydeleggja og tyna.
And Joab answering said: God forbid, God forbid that I should, I do not throw down, nor destroy.
21 Det hev seg ikkje so. Men ein mann frå Efraims fjellbygd - Seba Bikrison heiter han - hev reist seg mot kong David. Gjev honom yver til oss, so dreg eg burt frå byen.» Kona svara Joab: «Hovudet hans skal verta utkasta til deg yver muren.»
The matter is not so, but a man of mount Ephraim, Seba the son of Bochri by name, hath lifted up his hand against king David: deliver him only, and we will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab: Behold his head shall be thrown to thee from the wall.
22 Kona kom då til byfolket med si kloke råd. Dei hogg hovudet av Seba Bikrison og kasta det ut til Joab. Då bles han i luren, at herfolket skulde draga burt. Og dei for kvar til seg. Joab snudde heim att til kongen i Jerusalem.
So she went to all the people, and spoke to them wisely: and they cut off the head of Seba the son of Bochri, and cast it out to Joab. And he sounded the trumpet, and they departed from the city, every one to their home: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
23 Joab var no øvste herhovding yver heile krigsheren i Israel. Og Benaja Jojadason var hovding yver livvakti.
So Joab was over all the army of Israel: and Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethites and Phelethites,
24 Adoram hadde uppsyn med pliktarbeidet for kongen. Josafat Ahiludsson var kanslar.
But Aduram over the tributes: and Josaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
25 Seja var riksskrivar. Sadok og Abjatar var prestar.
And Siva was scribe: and Sadoc and Abiathar, priests.
26 Dessutan var Ira av Ja’irs-ætti prest hjå David.
And Ira the Jairite was the priest of David.
