Вторая книга Царств 14
1 И разуме Иоав сын Саруин, яко сердце царево преклонися ко Авессалому.
Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, understood that the heart of the king had been turned toward Absalom,
2 И посла Иоав в Фекою, и взя оттуду жену мудру и рече к ней: сетуй ныне, и облецыся в ризы сетования, и не помажися елеем, и будеши яко жена сетующая о умершем дни многи:
so he sent to Tekoa, and he brought from there a wise woman. And he said to her: “Feign that you are in mourning, and put on the clothing of one who mourns. And do not anoint yourself with oil, so that you may be like a woman who is still grieving for someone who died some time ago.
3 и внидеши ко царю и речеши к нему по глаголу сему. И положи Иоав словеса своя во уста ея.
And you shall enter to the king, and you shall speak words to him in this manner.” Then Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 И вниде жена Фекоитяныня ко царю и паде на лицы своем на землю, и поклонися ему, и рече: спаси, царю, спаси мя.
And so, when the woman of Tekoa had entered to the king, she fell before him on the ground, and she reverenced, and she said, “Save me, O king.”
5 И рече ей царь: что ти есть? Она же рече: издавна вдова жена аз есмь, и умре муж мой:
And the king said to her, “What problem do you have?” And she responded: “Alas, I am a woman who is a widow. For my husband has died.
6 и рабе твоей два сына, и бистася оба на селе, и не бысть кто бы их разлучил, и нападе един на брата своего, и умертви его:
And your handmaid had two sons. And they quarreled against one another in the field. And there was no one there who would be able to stop them. And one struck the other, and killed him.
7 и се, воста все отечество на рабу твою и реша: дай убившаго брата своего, и умертвим его вместо души брата, егоже уби, и погубим и наследника вашего: и угасят искру мою оставшуюся, яко не оставити мужу моему останка и имене на лицы земли.
And behold, the whole family, rising up against your handmaid, said: ‘Deliver him who struck down his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and so that we may do away with the heir.’ And they are seeking to extinguish my spark that is left, so that there may not survive a name for my husband, nor a remnant upon the earth.”
8 И рече царь к жене: иди здрава в дом свой, и аз заповедаю о тебе.
And the king said to the woman, “Go to your own house, and I will make a decree on your behalf.”
9 И рече жена Фекоитяныня ко царю: на мне беззаконие, господи мой царю, и на дому отца моего, царь же и престол его неповинен.
And the woman of Tekoa said to the king: “May the iniquity be upon me, my lord, and upon the house of my father. But may the king and his throne be innocent.”
10 И рече царь: кто глаголяй к тебе, и приведеши его ко мне, и не приложит ктому коснутися ему?
And the king said, “Whoever will contradict you, bring him to me, and he will never touch you again.”
11 И рече жена: да воспомянет ныне царь Господа Бога своего, внегда умножити ужика крове, еже растлити, и не имут погубити сына моего. И рече (царь): жив Господь, аще и влас падет сыну твоему с главы на землю.
And she said, “Let the king remember the Lord his God, so that close blood relatives may not be multiplied in order to take revenge, and so that they may by no means kill my son.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, not one hair from your son shall fall to the ground.”
12 И рече жена: да глаголет ныне раба твоя ко господину моему царю слово. Он же рече: глаголи.
Then the woman said, “Let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Speak.”
13 И рече жена: почто помыслил еси тако о людех Божиих? Еда от уст царевых слово сие аки преступление, еже не возвратити царю отриновеннаго своего?
And the woman said: “Why have you thought such a thing against the people of God, and why has the king spoken this word, so that he sins and does not lead back the one whom he rejected?
14 Яко смертию умрем, и яко вода низходящая на землю, яже не соберется, и приимет Бог душу, и помышляяй спасти от Него отриновеннаго:
We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.
15 и ныне яко приидох глаголати ко царю господину моему глагол сей, яко увидят мя людие, и речет раба твоя: да глаголет убо ко господину моему царю, негли сотворит царь слово рабы своея,
Therefore, now I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, in the presence of the people. And your handmaid said: I will speak to the king, for perhaps there may be some way for the king to accomplish the word of his handmaid.
16 яко услышит царь: да измет рабу свою из рук мужей ищущих погубити мя и сына моего от участия Божия:
And the king listened, and he freed his handmaid from the hand of all who were willing to take away me and my son together, from the inheritance of God.
17 и речет раба твоя: да будет ныне слово господа моего царя на жертву: якоже бо Ангел Божий, тако господь мой царь, еже слышати благое и злое: и Господь Бог твой будет с тобою.
Therefore, let your handmaid speak, so that the word of my lord the king may be like a sacrifice. For even like an Angel of God, so is my lord the king, so that he is moved by neither a blessing, nor a curse. Then too, the Lord your God is with you.”
18 И отвеща царь и рече к жене: никакоже да утаиши от мене глагола, о немже аз вопрошу тя. И рече жена: да глаголет убо господь мой царь.
And in response, the king said to the woman, “You shall not conceal from me a word of what I ask you.” And the woman said to him, “Speak, my lord the king.”
19 И рече царь: еда рука Иоавля о всем сем с тобою? И рече жена к царю: да живет душа твоя, господи мой царю, аще есть одесную или ошуюю от всех, яже глагола господин мой царь, яко раб твой Иоав той заповеда мне, и той вложи во уста рабе твоей вся словеса сия:
And the king said, “Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said: “By the welfare of your soul, my lord the king, it is neither to the left, nor to the right, in all these things that my lord the king has spoken. For your servant Joab himself instructed me, and he himself placed all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.
20 за еже приити лицу глагола сего, еже сотвори раб твой Иоав слово сие: господин же мой царь мудр, якоже мудрость Ангела Божия, еже разумети вся, яже на земли.
Thus did I turn to this figure of speech, because your servant Joab instructed it. But you, my lord the king, are wise, just as an Angel of God has wisdom, so that you understand all that is upon the earth.”
21 И рече царь ко Иоаву: се, ныне сотворих ти по словеси твоему сему: иди, возврати отрока Авессалома.
And the king said to Joab: “Behold, your word has succeeded in appeasing me. Therefore, go and call back the boy Absalom.”
22 И паде на лицы своем Иоав на землю, и поклонися, и благослови царя. И рече Иоав: днесь позна раб твой, яко обретох благодать пред очима твоима, господи мой царю, яко сотвори господин мой царь слово раба своего.
And falling to the ground upon his face, Joab reverenced, and he blessed the king. And Joab said: “Today your servant has understood that I have found grace in your sight, my lord the king. For you have accomplished the word of your servant.”
23 И воста Иоав и иде в Гедсур, и приведе Авессалома во Иерусалим.
Then Joab rose up, and he went away to Geshur. And he brought Absalom into Jerusalem.
24 И рече царь: да возвратится в дом свой, лица же моего да не видит. И возвратися Авессалом в дом свой, лица же царева не виде.
But the king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” And so, Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
25 И якоже Авессалом не бе муж во всем Израили хвален зело: от пяты ноги его и до верха его не бе в нем порока:
Now in all of Israel, there was no man so handsome, and so very stately as Absalom. From the sole of the foot to the top of the head, there was no blemish in him.
26 и внегда стрищи ему главу свою, и бысть от начала дний до дний в няже стрижашеся, яко тяжко бяше ему от них, и стригущься весяше власы главы своея двести сиклей по сиклю царскому.
And when he shaved off his hair, for he shaved it off once a year, because his long hair was burdensome to him, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, by the public weights.
27 И родишася Авессалому три сыны и дщерь едина, и имя ей Фамарь: сия бе жена добра зело взором, и бысть жена Ровоаму сыну Соломоню, и роди ему Авию.
Then three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, of elegant form, whose name was Tamar.
28 И седяше Авессалом во Иерусалиме два лета дний, и лица царева не виде.
And Absalom remained for two years in Jerusalem, and he did not see the face of the king.
29 И посла Авессалом ко Иоаву, дабы послати его ко царю, и не восхоте приити к нему: и посла второе к нему, и не восхоте приити.
And so, he sent to Joab, so that he might send him to the king. But he refused to come to him. And when he had sent a second time, and he had refused to come to him,
30 И рече Авессалом ко отроком своим: видите, часть на селе Иоавли близ мене, его тамо ячмень, идите и запалите его огнем. И запалиша раби Авессаломли часть (Иоавлю) огнем. И приидоша раби Иоавли к нему раздравше ризы своя, и реша: пожгоша раби Авессаломли часть твою огнем.
he said to his servants: “You know that the field of Joab, the one that is near my field, has a harvest of barley. Therefore, go and set it on fire.” And so, the servants of Absalom set fire to the grain field. And the servants of Joab, arriving with their garments torn, said, “The servants of Absalom have set fire to part of the field!”
31 И воста Иоав и прииде ко Авессалому в дом, и рече к нему: почто сожгоша раби твои часть мою огнем?
And Joab rose up, and he went to Absalom at his house, and he said, “Why have your servants set fire to my grain field?”
32 И рече Авессалом ко Иоаву: се, посылах к тебе, глаголя: иди семо, и послю тя ко царю, глаголя: почто приидох из Гедсура? Лучше ми бе быти еще тамо: и ныне се, лица царева не видех: аще же есть во мне неправда, то умертви мя.
And Absalom responded to Joab: “I sent to you, begging that you might come to me, and that I might send you to the king, and that you might say to him: ‘Why was I brought from Geshur? It would have been better for me to be there.’ I beg you, therefore, that I may see the face of the king. And if he is mindful of my iniquity, let him put me to death.”
33 И вниде Иоав ко царю и возвести ему. И призва Авессалома, и прииде ко царю, и поклонися ему, и паде лицем своим на землю пред лицем царевым, и облобыза царь Авессалома.
And so, Joab, entering to the king, reported everything to him. And Absalom was summoned. And he entered to the king, and he reverenced on the face of the earth. And the king kissed Absalom.
