2 Samuel 18
1 David je preštel ljudstvo, ki je bilo z njim in nadnje postavil poveljnike nad tisočimi in poveljnike nad stotimi.
David counted the soldiers who were with him and appointed captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
2 David je poslal naprej tretjino izmed ljudstva pod Joábovo roko in tretjino pod roko Abišája, Cerújinega sina, Joábovega brata in tretjino pod roko Gitéjca Itája. Kralj je rekel ljudstvu: »Tudi sam bom zagotovo šel z vami naprej.«
Then David sent out the army, one-third under the command of Joab, another third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and still another third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the army, “I will certainly go out with you myself, too.”
3 Toda ljudstvo je odgovorilo: »Ne boš šel naprej, kajti če mi pobegnemo, jim ne bo mar za nas. Niti, če nas polovica umre, jim ne bo mar za nas. Toda ti si sedaj vreden deset tisoč nas. Zato je sedaj bolje, da nas okrepiš iz mesta.«
But the men said, “You must not go to battle, for if we flee away they will not care about us, or if half of us die they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us! Therefore it is better that you be ready to help us from the city.”
4 Kralj jim je rekel: »Storil bom, kar se vam zdi najbolje.« Kralj je stal ob strani velikih vrat, vse ljudstvo pa je prišlo ven po stotih in po tisočih.
So the king answered them, “I will do whatever seems best to you.” The king stood by the city gate while all the army went out by hundreds and by thousands.
5 Kralj je zapovedal Joábu, Abišáju in Itáju, rekoč: »Zaradi mene nežno postopajte z mladeničem, torej z Absalomom.« Vse ljudstvo je slišalo, ko je kralj vsem poveljnikom dal zadolžitev glede Absaloma.
The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man, with Absalom.” All the people heard that the king had given the captains this command about Absalom.
6 Tako je ljudstvo odšlo ven na polje zoper Izrael. In bitka je bila v Efrájimskem gozdu,
So the army went out into the countryside against Israel; the battle spread into the forest of Ephraim.
7 kjer je bilo izraelsko ljudstvo pobito pred Davidovimi služabniki in tam je bil ta dan velik pokol dvajsetih tisočev mož.
The army of Israel was defeated there before the soldiers of David; there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
8 Kajti tam je bila bitka razpršena preko obličja vse dežele. In gozd je ta dan požrl več ljudstva, kakor jih je požrl meč.
The battle spread throughout the whole countryside, and more men were consumed by the forest than by the sword.
9 Absalom je srečal Davidove služabnike. In Absalom je jahal na muli in mula je šla pod debelimi vejami velikega hrasta in njegova glava se je ujela v hrast in vzet je bil gor med nebo in zemljo. Mula, ki je bila pod njim, pa je odšla proč.
Absalom happened to meet some of David's soldiers. Absalom was riding his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak tree, and his head was caught up in the tree branches. He was left dangling between the ground and the sky while the mule he was riding kept going.
10 Nek mož je to videl in povedal Joábu ter rekel: »Glej, videl sem Absaloma, visečega na hrastu.«
Someone saw this and told Joab, “Look, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
11 Joáb je rekel možu, ki mu je povedal: »Glej, videl si ga in zakaj ga nisi tam udaril k tlom? In jaz bi ti dal deset šeklov srebra in pas.«
Joab said to the man who told him about Absalom, “Look! You saw him! Why did you not strike him down to the ground? I would have given you ten silver shekels and a belt.”
12 Mož je rekel Joábu: »Čeprav bi v svojo roko prejel tisoč šeklov srebra, vendar svoje roke ne bi iztegnil zoper kraljevega sina, kajti slišali smo, da je kralj zadolžil tebe, Abišája in Itája, rekoč: ›Pazite, da se nihče ne dotakne mladeniča Absaloma.‹
The man replied to Joab, “Even if I received a thousand silver shekels, still I would not have reached out my hand against the king's son, because we all heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, 'No one must touch the young man Absalom.'
13 Sicer bi storil hinavstvo zoper svoje lastno življenje, kajti nobena stvar ni skrita pred kraljem in ti sam bi se postavil zoper mene.«
If I had risked my life by a falsehood (and there is nothing hidden from the king), you would have abandoned me.”
14 Potem je Joáb rekel: »Ne morem se tako muditi s teboj.« V svojo roko je vzel tri puščice in jih zabodel skozi Absalomovo srce, medtem ko je bil še živ v sredi hrasta.
Then Joab said, “I will not wait for you.” So Joab took three javelins in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive and hanging from the oak.
15 Deset mladeničev, ki so nosili Joábovo bojno opremo, je obdalo Absaloma in ga usmrtilo.
Then ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded Absalom, attacked him, and killed him.
16 Joáb je zatrobil s šofarjem in ljudstvo se je vrnilo od zasledovanja za Izraelom, kajti Joáb je zadržal ljudstvo.
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the army returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held back the army.
17 Vzeli so Absaloma, ga vrgli v veliko jamo v gozdu in nanj položili zelo velik kup kamenja in ves Izrael je zbežal, vsak k svojemu šotoru.
They took Absalom and threw him into a large pit in the forest; they buried his body under a very large pile of stones, while all Israel fled, every man to his own home.
18 Torej Absalom si je [še] v svojem življenju vzel in si postavil steber, ki je v kraljevi dolini, kajti rekel je: »Nobenega sina nimam, da ohrani moje ime v spominu.« Steber je poimenoval po svojem lastnem imenu in tako se imenuje do današnjega dne, Absalomov kraj.
Now Absalom, while still alive, had built for himself a large stone pillar in the King's Valley, for he said, “I have no son to carry along the memory of my name.” He named the pillar after his own name, so it is called Absalom's Monument to this very day.
19 Potem je Cadókov sin Ahimáac rekel: »Naj sedaj stečem in kralju prinesem novice, kako se je Gospod maščeval nad njegovimi sovražniki.«
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Let me now run to the king with the good news, how Yahweh has rescued him from the hand of his enemies.”
20 Joáb mu je rekel: »Danes ne boš nosil novic, temveč boš novice nosil drug dan. Toda danes ne boš nosil nobenih novic, ker je kraljev sin mrtev.«
Joab answered him, “You will not be the bearer of news today; you must do it another day. Today you will bear no news because the king's son is dead.”
21 Potem je Joáb rekel Kušíju: »Pojdi, povej kralju, kar si videl.« Kuší se je priklonil Joábu in stekel.
Then Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed down to Joab, and ran.
22 Potem je Cadókov sin Ahimáac ponovno rekel Joábu: »Toda kakorkoli, prosim te, naj tudi jaz prav tako stečem za Kušíjem.« Joáb pa je rekel: »Čemu bi tekel, moj sin, glede na to, da nimaš pripravljenih novic?«
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said again to Joab, “Regardless of what may happen, please let me also run and follow the Cushite.” Joab replied, “Why do you want to run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?”
23 »Toda kakorkoli, « je rekel, »naj stečem.« Rekel mu je: »Steci.« Potem je Ahimáac stekel po poti ravnine in prehitel Kušíja.
“Whatever happens,” said Ahimaaz, “I will run.” So Joab answered him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran the Cushite.
24 David je sedel med dvemi velikimi vrati. Stražar pa je šel gor do strehe nad velikimi vrati k obzidju in povzdignil svoje oči in pogledal in glej, mož je tekel sam.
Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates. The watchman had gone up to the roof of the gate to the wall and raised his eyes. As he looked, he saw a man approaching, running alone.
25 Stražar je zaklical in povedal kralju. Kralj je rekel: »Če je sam, so novice v njegovih ustih.« Hitro je prišel in se približal.
The watchman shouted out and told the king. Then the king said, “If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” The runner came closer and neared the city.
26 Stražar je zagledal teči drugega moža in stražar je zaklical vratarju ter rekel: »Glej, drug človek teče sam.« Kralj je rekel: »Tudi ta prinaša novice.«
Then the watchman noticed another man running, and the watchman called to the gatekeeper; he said, “Look, there is another man running alone.” The king said, “He is also bringing news.”
27 Stražar je rekel: »Mislim, da je tek sprednjega podoben teku Cadókovega sina Ahimáaca.« Kralj je rekel: »Dober človek je in prihaja z dobrimi novicami.«
So the watchman said, “I think the running of the man in front is like the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man and is coming with good news.”
28 Ahimáac je zaklical in kralju rekel: »Vse je dobro.« S svojim obrazom je padel dol na zemljo pred kraljem in rekel: »Blagoslovljen bodi Gospod, tvoj Bog, ki je izročil ljudi, ki so svojo roko dvignili zoper mojega gospoda kralja.«
Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, “All is well.” He bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Blessed be Yahweh your God! He has delivered the men who lifted up their hand against my master the king.”
29 Kralj je rekel: »Ali je mladenič Absalom varen?« Ahimáac je odgovoril: »Ko je Joáb poslal kraljevega služabnika in mene, tvojega služabnika, sem videl velik hrup, toda nisem vedel, kaj je to bilo.«
So the king replied, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent me, the king's servant, to you, king, I saw a great disturbance, but I did not know what it was.”
30 Kralj mu je rekel: »Obrni se vstran in stoj tukaj.« Obrnil se je vstran in mirno stal.
Then the king said, “Turn aside and stand here.” So Ahimaaz turned aside, and stood still.
31 In glej, prišel je Kuší. Kuší je rekel: »Novice, moj gospod kralj, kajti Gospod te je ta dan maščeval pred vsemi tistimi, ki so se vzdignili zoper tebe.«
Immediately then the Cushite arrived and said, “There is good news for my master the king, for Yahweh has avenged you today from all who rose up against you.”
32 Kralj je rekel Kušíju: »Je mladenič Absalom varen?« Kuší je odgovoril: »Sovražniki mojega gospoda kralja in vsi, ki se vzdignejo zoper tebe, da ti škodijo, naj bodo, kakor je ta mladenič.«
Then the king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” The Cushite answered, “The enemies of my master the king, and all who rise up against you to do harm to you, should be as that young man is.”
33 Kralj je bil zelo pretresen in odšel gor v sobo nad velikimi vrati in jokal. Medtem ko je šel, je tako govoril: »Oh moj sin Absalom, moj sin, moj sin Absalom! Da bi Bog dal, da bi jaz umrl zate, oh Absalom, moj sin, moj sin!«
Then the king was deeply unnerved, and he went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went he grieved, “My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
