2 Књига Самуилова 14

1 А Јоав син Серујин опази да се срце царево обратило к Авесалому.

When Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart longed for Absalom,

2 И посла Јоав у Текују те дозва отуда жену лукаву, па јој рече: Учини се као да си у жалости, и обуци жалосне хаљине, и немој се намазати уљем, него буди као жена која одавна жали за мртвим.

he sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave as a woman who has been mourning for the dead a long time.

3 И отиди к цару, и говори му тако и тако. И научи је Јоав шта ће говорити.

Go in to the king and say this to him." Then Joab told her what to say.

4 И кад отиде жена Текујанка к цару да говори, паде ничице на земљу и поклони се, и рече: Помагај царе!

And the woman of Tekoa went to the king, and she bowed down with her face to the ground and showed respect, and said, "Help, O king."

5 А цар јој рече: Шта ти је? А она рече: Удовица сам, умро ми је муж.

And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she replied, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

6 А имаше слушкиња твоја два сина, па се свадише у пољу, а не беше никога да их развади, те један удари другог и уби га.

And your servant had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

7 И гле, сав дом уста на слушкињу твоју говорећи: Дај тог што је убио брата свог да га погубимо за душу брата његовог, ког је убио, и да истребимо наследника; и тако хоће да угасе искру која ми је остала, да не оставе име мужу мом ни остатак на земљи.

Look, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say, 'Give us the man who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed.' Thus they would eliminate also the heir and the one ember I have left will be extinguished, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.

8 А цар рече жени: Иди кући својој, а ја ћу наредити за те.

Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to the king, my lord, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your servant said, 'I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.'

9 А жена Текујанка рече цару: Царе господару! Нека на ме и на дом оца мог падне кривица, а цар и његов престо нека је прав.

For the king will hear and deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who is seeking to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of the LORD.

10 А цар рече: Ко узговори на те, доведи га к мени, и неће те се више дотаћи.

Then your servant said, 'Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May the LORD, your God, be with you.'"

11 А она рече: Нека се опомене цар Господа Бога свог, да се не умноже осветници који убијају, и да не убију сина мог. А он рече: Тако жив био Господ, ниједна длака с твог сина неће пасти на земљу.

Then the king said, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."

12 А жена рече: Да каже слушкиња твоја нешто цару господару. А он рече: Говори.

The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless."

13 А жена рече: А зашто си намислио такву ствар народу Божијем? Јер цар као да је крив говорећи тако, јер неће цар да дозове натраг оног ког је одагнао.

The king said, "Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more."

14 Јер ћемо доиста помрети, и јесмо као вода која се проспе на земљу и више се не може скупити; јер му Бог није узео живот, него је наумио да одагнани не остане одагнан од њега.

Then she said, "Please let the king remember the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son." He said, "As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."

15 И тако дођох да кажем ово цару господару свом, јер ме народ уплаши; зато рече слушкиња твоја: Да говорим цару, може бити да ће учинити цар шта слушкиња његова каже.

Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on."

16 Јер ће цар услишити и избавити слушкињу своју из руке оног који хоће да истреби мене и сина мог из наследства Божијег.

The woman said, "Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of the LORD? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his exiled one.

17 И слушкиња твоја рече: Реч цара господара мог биће ми утеха, јер је цар господар мој као анђео Божји, те слуша и добро и зло, и Господ ће Бог твој бити с тобом.

For your son is dead, and as water spilled on the ground can't be gathered up again, so he can't bring his life back again. But it seems sensible to the king to keep his exiled one away from him."

18 А цар одговори и рече жени: Немој тајити од мене шта ћу те питати. А жена рече: Нека говори цар господар мој.

Then the king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not hide from me anything that I ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."

19 Тада цар рече: Да није Јоавов посао у свему томе што чиниш? А жена одговори и рече: Тако да је жива душа твоја, царе господару, не може се ни надесно ни налево од свега што каза цар господар мој; јер слуга твој Јоав заповедио ми је и научио слушкињу твоју све ово да говорим.

So the king said, "Did Joab put you up to all this?" The woman answered, "As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who had me do this, and he put all these words in the mouth of your servant.

20 Слуга је твој Јоав учинио, те сам овако извила беседу своју; али је господар мој мудар као анђео Божји, те зна све што бива на земљи.

Your servant Joab did this in order to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of an angel of God for knowing things in the land."

21 Тада рече цар Јоаву: Ево, ти си учинио то, иди, доведи натраг дете Авесалома.

Then the king said to Joab, "Look now, I have done according to your word. Go, bring back the young man Absalom."

22 Тада паде Јоав лицем на земљу, и поклони се и благослови цара, и рече Јоав: Данас види слуга твој да сам нашао милост пред тобом, царе господару, кад је цар учинио шта му слуга његов рече.

Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground, and blessed the king. And Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant."

23 Потом се подиже Јоав и отиде у Гесур, и доведе натраг у Јерусалим Авесалома.

So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

24 И цар рече: Нека иде својој кући, а лице моје да не види. И отиде Авесалом својој кући, и не виде лице царево.

The king said, "He must return to his own house, but he must not see my face." So Absalom returned to his own house, and did not see the king's face.

25 А не беше човека тако лепа као Авесалом у свем Израиљу, да га тако хвале; од пете до темена не беше на њему мане.

Moreover, Absalom – in Israel no one was so much admired as he for his fine appearance. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

26 И кад би стригао главу (а имаше обичај сваке године стрићи је, јер му беше тешко), мерио би косу с главе своје, и биваше је двеста сикала царском мером.

When he cut the hair of his head – now it was at the end of every year that he cut it, because it became too heavy, therefore he cut it – he weighed the hair of his head at one hundred shekels by the king's weight.

27 И родише се Авесалому три сина и једна кћи, којој беше име Тамара, и она беше лепа.

To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.

28 И Авесалом оста целе две године у Јерусалиму, а лице царево не виде.

Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he did not see the king's face.

29 Тада посла Авесалом по Јоава да га пошаље к цару; али он не хте доћи к њему; и посла опет други пут, али он не хте доћи.

Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

30 Тада рече слугама својим: Видите ли њиву Јоавову поред моје? На њој је јечам; идите и упалите је. И упалише слуге Авесаломове ону њиву.

Therefore he said to his servants, "Look, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire." Absalom's servants set the field on fire. And the servants of Joab came to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, "The servants of Absalom have set the field on fire."

31 Тада се подиже Јоав, и дође к Авесалому у кућу, и рече му: Зашто слуге твоје упалише моју њиву?

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"

32 Авесалом рече Јоаву: Ето слао сам к теби говорећи: Ходи овамо да те пошаљем к цару да му кажеш: Зашто сам дошао из Гесура? Боље би било да сам још онде. Зато да видим лице царево; ако ли има каква кривица на мени, нека ме погуби.

And Absalom answered Joab, "Look, I sent to you, saying, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there. Now therefore let me appear before the king. If I am guilty, put me to death.'"

33 И отиде Јоав к цару, и каза му. И дозва Авесалома; а он дошавши к цару поклони се лицем до земље пред царем, и цар целива Авесалома.

So Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. And he came to the king and bowed himself with his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.