Вторая книга Царств 14

1 И разуме Иоав сын Саруин, яко сердце царево преклонися ко Авессалому.

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

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 внидеши ко царю и речеши к нему по глаголу сему. И положи Иоав словеса своя во уста ея.

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

4 И вниде жена Фекоитяныня ко царю и паде на лицы своем на землю, и поклонися ему, и рече: спаси, царю, спаси мя.

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 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 your trouble?" And she replied, "Truly I am a widow, 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 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 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.

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 И рече царь к жене: иди здрава в дом свой, и аз заповедаю о тебе.

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 И рече жена Фекоитяныня ко царю: на мне беззаконие, господи мой царю, и на дому отца моего, царь же и престол его неповинен.

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 Jehovah.

10 И рече царь: кто глаголяй к тебе, и приведеши его ко мне, и не приложит ктому коснутися ему?

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 Jehovah, your God, be with you.'"

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.

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

12 И рече жена: да глаголет ныне раба твоя ко господину моему царю слово. Он же рече: глаголи.

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 И рече жена: почто помыслил еси тако о людех Божиих? Еда от уст царевых слово сие аки преступление, еже не возвратити царю отриновеннаго своего?

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

14 Яко смертию умрем, и яко вода низходящая на землю, яже не соберется, и приимет Бог душу, и помышляяй спасти от Него отриновеннаго:

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

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,

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

16 яко услышит царь: да измет рабу свою из рук мужей ищущих погубити мя и сына моего от участия Божия:

The woman said, "Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of Jehovah? 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 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.

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 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.

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 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:

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 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.

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 И рече царь ко Иоаву: се, ныне сотворих ти по словеси твоему сему: иди, возврати отрока Авессалома.

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

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 И воста Иоав и иде в Гедсур, и приведе Авессалома во Иерусалим.

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

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 И якоже Авессалом не бе муж во всем Израили хвален зело: от пяты ноги его и до верха его не бе в нем порока:

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 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.

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 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.

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

28 И седяше Авессалом во Иерусалиме два лета дний, и лица царева не виде.

Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he did not see 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.

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 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.

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 И воста Иоав и прииде ко Авессалому в дом, и рече к нему: почто сожгоша раби твои часть мою огнем?

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his 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 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 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.

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.