Третья книга Царств 2
1 И приближишася Давиду дние умрети ему, и заповеда Соломону сыну своему, глаголя:
When David [knew that he] was about to die, he gave these final instructions to his son Solomon:
2 аз отхожду в путь всея земли: ты же крепися, и буди муж совершен,
“I am about to die [EUP], like everyone else on earth does. Be courageous and conduct yourself as an adult should.
3 и сохрани завет Господа Бога твоего, еже ходити во всех путех Его, хранити заповеди Его и оправдания Его, и судбы Его и свидения Его, писанная в законе Моисеове: да разумееши яже сотвориши по всем, елика заповедах тебе:
Do what Yahweh our God tells you to do. Conduct yourself as he wants you to do. Obey all of his laws and commands and precepts and instructions that are written in the laws that Moses [gave us]. Do this in order that you will prosper in all that you do and wherever you go.
4 да утвердит Господь слово Свое, еже рече о мне, глаголя: аще сохранят сынове твои пути своя, еже ходити предо Мною во истине всем сердцем своим и всею душею своею, глаголя: не искоренится тебе муж с престола Израилева:
If you continually do that, Yahweh will do what he promised me: He said, ‘If your descendants do what I tell them to do, and faithfully obey my commands with all their inner beings, they will always be [LIT] the ones who will rule [MTY] Israel.’
5 и ты веси, елика сотвори мне Иоав сын Саруин, елика сотвори двема воеводама сил Израилевых, Авениру сыну Нирову и Амессаю сыну Иеферову, и уби их, и излия крови брани в мире, и даде кровь неповинных на поясе своем, иже на чреслех его, и на сапозе своем сущем на нозе его:
“There is something else [that I want you to do]. You know what Joab did to me. He killed my two army commanders, Abner and Amasa. He murdered them violently [MTY] during a time of peace, pretending that it was a time of war. Those two men (were innocent/had not done what was wrong). But Joab [killed them and] their blood to stain his belt and his sandals.
Because you are wise, do to him what you think is best [for you to do], but do not allow him to become old [MTY] and then die [IDM] peacefully. (Sheol h7585)
7 сыном же Верзеллии Галаадитина сотвориши милость, и да будут с ядущими трапезу твою: яко тако приближишася мне, внегда бежати мне от лица Авессалома брата твоего:
“But be kind to the sons of Barzillai, the man from [the] Gilead [region], and be sure that they always have enough food to eat [MTY]. Do that because Barzillai helped me when I was running away from your older brother Absalom.
8 и се, с тобою Семей сын Гирань сын Иемениин от Ваурима, и той прокля мя проклятием горьким, в день в оньже исхождах в Полки: и той сниде на сретение ми на Иордан, и кляхся ему о Господе, глаголя: не убию тя оружием:
Also, [you remember] Gera’s son Shimei from Bahurim [town] in the area where the descendants of Benjamin live. [You know what he did to me]. He cursed me terribly on the day I [left Jerusalem and] went to Mahanaim [town]. But when he later came down to see me at the Jordan [River], I solemnly promised, while Yahweh listened [MTY], that I would not cause him to be executed.
9 и да не обезвиниши его, яко муж мудр еси ты, и увеси что сотвориши ему, и сведеши старость его с кровию во ад. (Sheol h7585)
But now you must [LIT] surely punish him. You are a wise man, so you will know what you should do to him. He is an old man [MTY], but be sure that he [loses/sheds] a lot of blood when you kill him [MTY].” (Sheol h7585)
10 И успе Давид со отцы своими, и погребен бысть во граде Давидове.
Then David died [EUP] and was buried in [that part of Jerusalem which was called] ‘The City of David’.
11 И бысть дний, в няже царствова Давид во Израили, четыредесять лет: в Хевроне царствова седмь лет, во Иерусалиме же тридесять три лета.
David had been the king of Israel for 40 years: He ruled for seven years in Hebron and for 33 years in Jerusalem.
12 И Соломон седе на престоле Давида отца своего сын дванадесяти лет, и уготовася царствие его зело.
Solomon became the ruler/king [MTY] to take the place of his father David and took control of all of the kingdom.
13 И вниде Адониа сын Аггифин к Вирсавии матери Соломони, и поклонися ей. Она же рече: мир ли вход твой? И рече: мир.
[One day] Adonijah came to Solomon’s mother Bathsheba. She said to him, “Have you come because you want things to go well?” He replied, “Yes.”
14 И рече: слово мне к тебе. И рече ему: глаголи.
But then he said, “I have something to ask you to do.” She said, “Tell me [what you want me to do].”
15 И рече ей: ты веси, яко мне бе царство, и на мя весь Израиль положи лице свое, еже царствовати, и обратися царство, и бысть брату моему, яко от Господа бысть ему:
He said, “You know that all the Israeli people expected me to be their king [because I am David’s oldest surviving son]. But that did not happen. Instead, my [younger] brother became king, because that is what Yahweh wanted.
16 и ныне прошения единаго аз прошу от тебе, не отврати лица своего. И рече ему Вирсавиа: глаголи.
Now I have one thing that I ask you to do. Please do not refuse to do it.” She replied, “Tell me [what you want me to do].”
17 И рече к ней: рцы к Соломону царю, яко не имать отвратити лица своего от тебе, и дабы ми дал Ависагу Сумантяныню в жену.
He said, “Please ask King Solomon to give to me Abishag, the woman from Shunem [town], to be my wife. [I am sure that] he will not refuse.”
18 И рече Вирсавиа: добре, аз имам глаголати о тебе к царю.
Bathsheba replied, “Okay, I will speak to the king for you.”
19 И вниде Вирсавиа пред царя Соломона глаголати ему о Адонии. И воста царь на сретение ей, и поклонися ей, и седе на престоле своем: и поставиша престол другий матери цареве, и седе одесную его,
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to tell him what Adonijah wanted. The king got up [from his throne] and went to greet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne again and asked someone to bring a chair for her. So she sat down at the king’s right side.
20 и рече ему: прошения мала единаго аз прошу у тебе, не отврати лица моего. И рече к ней царь: проси, мати моя, яко не отвращуся от тебе.
Then she said, “I have one small thing which I want you to do; please do not say that you will not do it.” The king replied, “Mother, what do you want? I will not refuse you.”
21 И рече: даждь Ависагу Сумантяныню Адонии брату твоему в жену.
She said, “Allow Abishag to be given to your [older] brother Adonijah to be his wife.”
22 И отвеща царь Соломон и рече матери своей: вскую ты просиши Ависаги Сумантяныни Адонии? Еще проси ему и царства, яко той брат мой болший мене, и ему Авиафар иерей, и ему Иоав сын Саруин воевода друг.
The king replied [angrily], “What? Are you requesting me to give Abishag to Adonijah? [Does he want me] to allow him to rule the kingdom, too? Because he is my older brother, [does he think that he should be the king]? Does he think that Abiathar should be the priest [instead of Zadok], and that Joab [should be the army commander instead of Benaiah] because they supported him [when he tried to become the king]?”
23 И клятся царь Соломон Господем, глаголя: сия да сотворит мне Бог и сия да приложит, яко на душу свою глагола Адониа слово сие:
Then Solomon solemnly promised, requesting Yahweh to listen, “I wish God would strike me and kill me if I do not cause Adonijah to be executed for requesting this!
24 и ныне жив Господь, Иже уготова мя, и посади мя на престоле отца моего Давида, и Той сотвори ми дом, якоже глагола Господь, яко днесь умрет Адониа.
Yahweh has appointed me to be the king and placed me here to rule [MTY] as my father David did. He has promised that my descendants [MTY] will be the kings of Israel. So just as surely as Yahweh lives, I solemnly promise that Adonijah will be executed today!”
25 И посла царь Соломон рукою Ванеа сына Иодаева, и уби его, и умре Адониа в той день.
So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah to [go and] kill Adonijah, and Benaiah did that.
26 И Авиафару иерею рече царь: тецы ты во Анафоф на село твое, яко муж смерти еси ты в днешний день, но не умерщвлю тебе, яко носил еси кивот завета Господня пред отцем моим (Давидом), и яко озлоблен был еси во всех, имиже озлоблен бе отец мой.
Then Solomon said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth [town], to your land there. You deserve to be killed, but I will not execute you now, because you were the one who [supervised the men who] carried Yahweh’s Sacred Chest for David my father, and you endured all the troubles that my father endured.”
27 И изгна Соломон Авиафара, еже не быти ему иереем Господним, якоже сбытися словеси Господню, еже глагола на дом Илиев в Силоме.
So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being the priest of Yahweh. By doing that he caused to happen what Yahweh had said [many years previously] at Shiloh, [that some day he would get rid] of the descendants [MTY] of Eli.
28 И слух дойде до Иоава сына Саруина, яко Иоав последова Адонии, и в след Соломонь не уклонися. И бежа Иоав в скинию Господню, и ятся рогов олтаревых.
Joab had not supported Absalom [when he tried to become the king], but he had supported Adonijah. So when Joab heard what had happened, he ran to the Sacred Tent, and he grasped the projections on the corners of the altar, [because he knew that no one would kill him there].
29 И возвестиша Соломону, глаголюще: яко бежа Иоав в скинию Господню, и се, держится рогов олтаревых. И посла царь Соломон ко Иоаву, глаголя: что ти бысть, яко убежал еси во олтарь? И рече Иоав: яко убояхся от лица твоего, и бежах ко Господу. И посла Соломон Ванеа сына Иодаева, глаголя: иди, и убий его, и погреби его.
When someone told Solomon that Joab had run to the Sacred Tent and was standing alongside the altar, Solomon told Benaiah, “Go and execute Joab.”
30 И прииде Ванеа сын Иодаев ко Иоаву в скинию Господню, и рече ему: сия глаголет царь: изыди. И рече Иоав: не изыду, но да зде умру. И возвратися Ванеа сын Иодаев и рече царю, глаголя: сия глагола Иоав и сия отвеща мне.
So Benaiah went to the Sacred Tent and said to Joab, “The king commands you to come out!” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah went back to the king and reported [what he had said to Joab, and] what Joab had replied.
31 И рече ему царь: иди и сотвори ему, якоже рече, и убий его, и погреби его, и отими днесь кровь, юже туне пролия Иоав, от мене и от дому отца моего:
The king replied to him, “Do what he has requested. Kill him and bury his body. If you do that, my descendants [MTY] and I will no longer be punished for what Joab did when he killed [MTY] two men who (were innocent/had not done anything that is wrong).
32 и возврати Господь кровь неправды его на главу его, якоже нападе на два мужа праведна и блага паче его, и уби их оружием: и отец мой Давид не разуме крове их, Авенира сына Нирова, воеводу Израилева, и Амессая сына Иеферова, воеводу Иудина:
But Yahweh will punish [MTY] Joab for attacking and killing Abner, the commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the commander of the army of Judah, two men who were more righteous and better [DOU] men than he is. My father David did not even know that Joab [was planning to murder them].
33 и возвратися кровь их на главу его и на главу семене его во веки: Давиду же и семени его, и дому его, и престолу его мир да будет до века от Господа.
Joab and his descendants will be punished [IDM] forever for his murdering Abner and Amasa. But things will forever go well for David’s descendants [MTY] who rule [MTY] as King David did.”
34 И взыде Ванеа сын Иодаев и нападе на него, и уби его, и погребе его в дому его в пустыни.
So Benaiah went [into the Sacred Tent] and killed Joab. Joab was buried on his property in the desert [part of Judah].
35 И постави царь Соломон Ванеа сына Иодаева вместо его над воинством: царство же управляшеся во Иерусалиме. И Садока иереа даде Соломон царь во иереа перваго вместо Авиафара.
Then the king appointed Benaiah to be the commander of the army instead of Joab, and he appointed Zadok to be the priest instead of Abiathar.
36 И послав царь Соломон, призва Семеа и рече ему: созижди себе дом во Иерусалиме и седи тамо, и не исходи оттуду никаможе:
Then the king sent [a messenger] to summon Shimei, and the king said to him, “Build a house for yourself here in Jerusalem. Remain there and do not leave the city to go anywhere.
37 и будет в день исхода твоего, и прейдеши поток Кедрский, разумея разумей, яко смертию умреши: кровь твоя будет на главе твоей. И заклят его царь в день той.
Be sure that the day that you leave Jerusalem and go across the Kidron Brook, you will be executed, and it will be (your own fault/what you deserve).”
38 И рече Семей к царю: благ глагол, егоже глаголал еси, господи мой царю: тако сотворит раб твой. И седе Семей во Иерусалиме три лета.
Shimei replied, “Your Majesty, what you say is good. I will do what you have said.” So Shimei remained in Jerusalem for several years.
39 И бысть по триех летех, и бежаста два раба Семеина ко Агхусу сыну Маахаину, царю Гефску. И возвестиша Семею, глаголюще: се, раби твои во Гефе.
But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away. They went to stay with Maacah’s son Achish, the king of Gath [city]. When someone told Shimei that they were in Gath,
40 И воста Семей, и оседла осля свое, и иде во Геф ко Агхусу взыскати рабы своя: и пойде Семей, и приведе рабы своя от Гефа.
he put a saddle on his donkey and [got on it and] went to Gath. He found his slaves staying with King Achish and brought them back home.
41 И возвестиша Соломону, глаголюще: яко Семей ходи из Иерусалима в Геф и возврати рабы своя.
But someone told King Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.
42 И посла царь и призва Семеа и рече к нему: не заклях ли тя Господем, и засвидетелствовах тебе, глаголя: в оньже аще день изыдеши из Иерусалима и пойдеши на десно или на шуее, разумея разумей, яко смертию умреши? И рекл ми еси: благ глагол, егоже слышах:
So the king sent [a soldier] to summon Shimei and said to him, “I told you to solemnly promise, knowing that Yahweh [MTY] was listening, that you must not leave Jerusalem. I told you [RHQ], ‘Be sure that if you ever leave Jerusalem, you will be executed.’ And you replied [RHQ] to me, ‘What you have said is good; I will do what you have said.’
43 и что яко не сохранил еси клятвы Господни и заповеди, юже заповедах на тя?
So why did you not do what you solemnly promised to Yahweh? Why did you disobey what I commanded you?”
44 И рече царь к Семею: ты веси всю злобу твою, юже весть сердце твое, яже сотворил еси Давиду отцу моему: и возврати Господь злобу твою на главу твою:
The king also said to Shimei, “You know all the evil things that you did to my father David. So Yahweh will now punish you for the evil things that you did.
45 и царь Соломон благословен, и престол Давидов будет готов пред Господем во веки.
But Yahweh will bless me, and he will enable David’s descendants [MTY] to rule forever.”
46 И заповеда царь Соломон Ванею сыну Иодаеву: и изыде, и уби его, и умре (Семей).
Then the king gave an order to Benaiah, and he went and killed Shimei. So Solomon was completely in control of the kingdom.
