Вторая книга Царств 14
1 И разуме Иоав сын Саруин, яко сердце царево преклонися ко Авессалому.
And Joab the son of Saruia knew that the heart of the king was toward Abessalom.
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:
And Joab sent to Thecoe, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray you, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint you not with oil, and you shall be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.
3 и внидеши ко царю и речеши к нему по глаголу сему. И положи Иоав словеса своя во уста ея.
And you shall go to the king, and speak to him according to this word. And 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.
So the woman of Thecoe went in to the king and fell upon her face to the earth, and did him obeisance, and said, Help, O king, help.
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 is the matter with you? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.
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 moreover your handmaid had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one struck the other his brother, 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 rose up against your handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that struck his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and we will take away even your heir: so they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave my husband remnant or name on the face of 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 in peace to your house, and I will give commandment concerning you.
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 Thecoe said to the king, On me, my lord, O king, and on my father's house [be] the iniquity, and the king and his throne [be] guiltless.
10 И рече царь: кто глаголяй к тебе, и приведеши его ко мне, и не приложит ктому коснутися ему?
And the king said, Who was it that spoke to you? you shall even bring him to me, and [one] shall not touch him any more.
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 now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, [As] the lord lives, not a hair of 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.
And the woman said, Let now your servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
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 devised this thing against the people of God? or [is] this word out of the king's mouth as a transgression, so that the king should not bring back his banished?
14 Яко смертию умрем, и яко вода низходящая на землю, яже не соберется, и приимет Бог душу, и помышляяй спасти от Него отриновеннаго:
For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.
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,
And now whereas I came to speak this word to my lord the king, [the reason is] that the people will see me, and your handmaid will say, Let one now speak to my lord the king, if perhaps the king will perform the request of his handmaid;
16 яко услышит царь: да измет рабу свою из рук мужей ищущих погубити мя и сына моего от участия Божия:
for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son 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.
And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious, —[well]: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord your God shall be 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 the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray you, the matter which I ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.
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 in all this matter with you? and the woman said to the king, [As] your soul lives, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab himself charged me, and he put 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.
In order that this form of speech might come about [it was] that your servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as [is] the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in 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 now, I have done to you according to this your word: go, bring back the young man Abessalom.
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 Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant.
23 И воста Иоав и иде в Гедсур, и приведе Авессалома во Иерусалим.
And Joab arose, and went to Gedsur, and brought Abessalom to 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.
And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Abessalom returned to his house, and saw not the king's face.
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:
And there was not a man in Israel so very comely as Abessalom: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his 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 polled his head, (and it was at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew, heavy upon him, ) even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel.
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.
And there were born to Abessalom three sons and one daughter, and her name was Themar: she was a very beautiful woman, and she becomes the wife of Roboam son of Solomon, and she bears to him Abia.
28 И седяше Авессалом во Иерусалиме два лета дний, и лица царева не виде.
And Abessalom remained in Jerusalem two full years, and he saw not the king's face.
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 Abessalom sent to Joab to bring him in to the king, and he would not come to him: and he sent to him the second time, and he would not come.
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.
And Abessalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab's portion in the field [is] next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Abessalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes tore, and they said to him, The servants of Abessalom have set the field on fire.
31 И воста Иоав и прииде ко Авессалому в дом, и рече к нему: почто сожгоша раби твои часть мою огнем?
And Joab arose, and came to Abessalom into the house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?
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 Abessalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come hither, and I will send you to the king, saying, Why did I come out of Gedsur? it would have been better for me to have remained there: and now, behold, I have not seen the face of the king; but if there is iniquity in me, then 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 Joab went in to the king, and brought him word: and he called Abessalom, and he went in to the king, and did him obeisance, and fell upon his face to the ground, even in the presence of the king; and the king kissed Abessalom.
