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 Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, 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.
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah joined to their king, from Jordan even to 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 David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in to them. So they were shut up to 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!»
Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be you 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 Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he 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 Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take you your lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him 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.
And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
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.
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded to him, and on it a girdle with a sword fastened on his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
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, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the 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 took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
11 Ein av tenarane åt Joab stod der attmed og ropa: «Alle som likar Joab og held med David, fylgje etter Joab!»
And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favors Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
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 wallowed in blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth on him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
13 Og då liket var teke or vegen, drog alle framum og fylgde Joab og elte Seba Bikrison.
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
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.
And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after 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 Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
16 Då ropa ei klok kona frå byen: «Høyr her! Seg Joab han kjem hit, so eg fær tala med honom!»
Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, to Joab, Come near here, that I may speak with you.
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, the woman said, Are you Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. And 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.
Then she spoke, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
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?»
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
20 Joab svara: «Aldri i verdi vil eg øydeleggja og tyna.
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or 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, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over 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.
Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. 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.
Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
24 Adoram hadde uppsyn med pliktarbeidet for kongen. Josafat Ahiludsson var kanslar.
And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
25 Seja var riksskrivar. Sadok og Abjatar var prestar.
And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
26 Dessutan var Ira av Ja’irs-ætti prest hjå David.
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
