2 Samuel 14

1 Torej Cerújin sin Joáb je zaznal, da je bilo kraljevo srce [nagnjeno] k Absalomu.

Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart desired to see Absalom.

2 Joáb je poslal v Tekóo in od tam privedel modro žensko ter ji rekel: »Prosim te, hlini se, da si žalovalka in sedaj si nadeni žalovalno obleko in se ne mazili z oljem, temveč bodi kakor ženska, ki je dolgo časa žalovala za mrtvim

So Joab sent word to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought to him. He said to her, “Please pretend you are a mourner and put on mourning clothes. Please do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

3 in pojdi h kralju in mu govori na ta način.« Tako je Joáb položil besede v njena usta.

Then go to the king and speak to him about what I will describe.” So Joab told her the words she was to say to the king.

4 Ko je ženska iz Tekóe govorila kralju, je padla na svoj obraz do tal in se globoko priklonila ter rekla: »Pomagaj, oh kralj.«

When the woman from Tekoa spoke to the king, she lay facedown on the ground and said, “Help me, king.”

5 Kralj ji je rekel: »Kaj te pesti?« Odgovorila je: »Res sem vdova in moj soprog je mrtev.

The king said to her, “What is wrong?” She answered, “The truth is that I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

6 Tvoja pomočnica je imela dva sinova in skupaj sta se prepirala na polju in tam ni bilo nobenega, da ju loči, temveč je eden udaril drugega in ga usmrtil.

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

7 Glej, celotna družina je vstala zoper tvojo pomočnico in rekli so: ›Izroči tega, ki je usmrtil svojega brata, da ga bomo lahko ubili za življenje njegovega brata, ki ga je usmrtil in tudi dediča bomo uničili.‹ Tako bodo pogasili moj ogorek, ki je ostal in mojemu soprogu ne bodo pustili niti imena niti ostanka na tej zemlji.«

Now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, 'Give into our hand the man who struck his brother, so that we may put him to death, to pay for the life of his brother whom he killed.' So they would also destroy the heir. Thus they will put out the burning coal that I have left, and they will leave for my husband neither name nor descendant on the surface of the earth.”

8 Kralj je rekel ženski: »Pojdi k svoji hiši in glede tebe dal bom zadolžitev.«

So the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will command something to be done for you.”

9 Ženska iz Tekóe je rekla kralju: »Moj gospod, oh kralj, krivičnost bodi na meni in na hiši mojega očeta, kralj in njegov prestol pa naj bosta brez krivde.«

The woman of Tekoa replied to the king, “My master, king, may the guilt be on me and on my father's family. The king and his throne are guiltless.”

10 Kralj je rekel: »Kdorkoli ti karkoli reče, ga privedi k meni in ne bo se te več dotaknil.«

The king replied, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you anymore.”

11 Potem je rekla: »Prosim te, naj se kralj spomni Gospoda, svojega Boga, da ti nočeš trpeti, da krvni maščevalci še naprej uničujejo, da ne bi uničili mojega sina.« Rekel je: »Kakor Gospod živi niti en las tvojega sina ne bo padel k zemlji.«

Then she said, “Please, may the king call to mind Yahweh your God, so that the avenger of blood will not destroy anyone further, so that they will not destroy my son.” The king replied, “As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son will fall to the ground.”

12 Potem je ženska rekla: »Naj tvoja pomočnica, prosim te, spregovori eno besedo mojemu gospodu kralju.« In ta je rekel: »Povej.«

Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a further word to my master the king.” He said, “Speak on.”

13 Ženska je rekla: »Zakaj si potem mislil storiti takšno stvar zoper Božje ljudstvo? Kajti kralj govori to stvar kakor nekdo, ki je pomanjkljiv, v tem, da kralj ne privede ponovno domov svojega pregnanega.

So the woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in saying this thing, the king is like someone who is guilty, because the king has not brought back home again his banished son.

14 Kajti mi moramo umreti in smo kakor voda, razlita na tla, ki ne more biti ponovno zbrana niti Bog ne upošteva nobene osebe, vendar snuje način, da njegov pregnani ne bo izključen od njega.

For we all must die, and we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life; instead, he finds a way for those who were driven away to be restored.

15 Zdaj torej, ko sem prišla, da o tej stvari govorim mojemu gospodu kralju, je to zato, ker me je ljudstvo prestrašilo. Tvoja pomočnica je rekla: ›Spregovorila bom torej kralju. Lahko se zgodi, da bo kralj izpolnil zahtevo svoje pomočnice.‹

Now then, seeing that I have come to speak this thing to my master the king, it is because the people have made me afraid. So your servant said to herself, 'I will now speak to the king. It may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

16 Kajti kralj bo slišal, da svojo pomočnico osvobodi iz roke človeka, ki hoče skupaj uničiti tako mene in mojega sina iz Božje dediščine.

Perhaps the king will listen to me and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together, out of the inheritance God gave us.'

17 Potem je tvoja pomočnica rekla Gospodu: ›Beseda mojega gospoda kralja bo sedaj tolažilna, kajti kakor angel od Boga, tako je moj gospod kralj, da razlikuje dobro in slabo, zato bo Gospod, tvoj Bog, s teboj.‹«

Then your servant prayed, 'Yahweh, please let the word of my master the king give me relief, for as an angel of God, so is my master the king in telling good from evil.' May Yahweh your God be with you.”

18 Potem je kralj ženski odgovoril in rekel: »Ne skrivaj pred menoj, prosim te, stvari, ki jo bom vprašal.« Ženska je rekla: »Naj moj gospod kralj sedaj spregovori.«

Then the king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide from me anything that I will ask you.” The woman replied, “Let my master the king now speak.”

19 Kralj je rekel: » Mar ni v vsem tem s teboj Joábova roka?« Ženska je odgovorila ter rekla: » Kakor živi tvoja duša, moj gospod kralj, nihče se ne more izogniti ne na desno ne na levo od tega, kar je moj gospod kralj govoril, kajti tvoj služabnik Joáb mi je zaukazal in on je položil vse te besede v usta tvoje pomočnice,

The king said, “Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, “As you live, my master the king, no one can escape to the right hand or to the left from anything that my master the king has spoken. It was your servant Joab who commanded me and told me to say these things that your servant has spoken.

20 da privleče na dan to obliko govora, je tvoj služabnik Joáb storil to stvar. In moj gospod je moder, glede na modrost Božjega angela, da ve vse stvari, ki so na zemlji.«

Your servant Joab has done this to change the course of what is happening. My master is wise, like the wisdom of an angel of God, and he knows everything that is happening in the land.”

21 Kralj je rekel Joábu: »Glej torej, jaz sem storil to stvar, zato pojdi, ponovno privedi mladeniča Absaloma.«

So the king said to Joab, “Look now, I will do this thing. Go then, and bring the young man Absalom back.”

22 Joáb je padel k tlom, na svoj obraz, se upognil in zahvalil kralju in Joáb je rekel: »Danes tvoj služabnik vé, da sem našel milost v tvojem pogledu, moj gospod, oh kralj, v tem, da je kralj izpolnil zahtevo svojega služabnika.«

So Joab lay facedown on the ground in honor and gratitude to the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my master, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.”

23 Tako je Joáb vstal in odšel v Gešur in Absaloma privedel v Jeruzalem.

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

24 Kralj je rekel: »Naj se obrne k svoji lastni hiši in naj ne vidi mojega obraza.« Tako se je Absalom vrnil k svoji lastni hiši in ni videl kraljevega obraza.

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

25 Toda v vsem Izraelu ni bilo nikogar, da bi bil tako zelo hvaljen zaradi svoje lepote kakor Absalom. Od podplata svojega stopala, celo do krone njegove glave, ni bilo na njem nobenega madeža.

Now in all Israel there was no one praised for his handsomeness more than Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head there was no blemish in him.

26 In ko je ostrigel svojo glavo (kajti ob koncu vsakega leta si jo je ostrigel, ker so bili lasje na njem težki, zato jo je ostrigel) si je stehtal lase svoje glave, dvesto šeklov po kraljevi teži.

When he cut the hair of his head at the end of every year, because it was heavy on him, he weighed his hair; it would weigh about two hundred shekels, which is measured by the weight of the king's standard.

27 Absalomu so se tam rodili trije sinovi in ena hči, ki ji je bilo ime Tamara. Bila je ženska lepega obličja.

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

28 Tako je Absalom dve polni leti prebival v Jeruzalemu in ni videl kraljevega obraza.

Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without seeing the king's face.

29 Zato je Absalom poslal po Joába, da ga pošlje h kralju, toda ta ni hotel priti k njemu in ko je drugič ponovno poslal, ta ni hotel priti.

Then Absalom sent word for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. So Absalom sent word a second time, but Joab still did not come.

30 Zato je rekel svojim služabnikom: »Glejte, Joábovo polje je v bližini mojega in tam ima ječmen. Pojdite in ga požgite.« In Absalomovi služabniki so zažgali polje.

So Absalom said to his servants, “See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

31 Potem je Joáb vstal in prišel k Absalomu v njegovo hišo ter mu rekel: »Zakaj so tvoji služabniki zažgali moje polje?«

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

32 Absalom je odgovoril Joábu: »Glej, poslal sem k tebi, rekoč: ›Pridi sèm, da te lahko pošljem h kralju, da rečem: ›Zakaj sem prišel iz Gešurja?‹‹ Zame bi bilo dobro, da bi bil še vedno tam. Sedaj mi torej pusti videti kraljev obraz in če bo kakršnakoli krivičnost v meni, naj me ubije.«

Absalom answered Joab, “Look, I sent word to you saying, 'Come here so I may send you to the king to say, “Why did I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to still be there. Now therefore let me see the king's face, and if I am guilty, let him kill me.”'”

33 Tako je Joáb prišel h kralju in mu povedal in ko je dal poklicati Absaloma, je ta prišel h kralju in se pred kraljem priklonil na svoj obraz do tal in kralj je poljubil Absaloma.

So Joab went to the king and told him. When the king called for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed low to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.