¹Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

¹A taktiež povedal Achitofel Absalomovi: Dovoľ, aby som vybral dvanásť tisíc mužov a vstanem a budem prenasledovať Dávida tejto noci.

²And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

²A prijdem na neho, kým je ustatý a zomdlených rúk, a predesím ho, a utečie všetok ľud, ktorý je s ním, a zabijem kráľa samotného.

³And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

³A tak zase navrátim všetok ľud k tebe, lebo jako čo by sa všetko navrátilo, keď zahynie muž, ktorého hľadáš, a všetok ľud bude na pokoji.

⁴And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

⁴A ľúbilo sa slovo Absalomovi i všetkým starším Izraelovým.

⁵Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

⁵Ale Absalom povedal: Nože zavolaj i Chúšaiho Arechitského, a počujme i to, čo on povie.

⁶And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.

⁶A keď vošiel Chúšai k Absalomovi, povedal mu Absalom: Takto a takto hovoril Achitofel. Či máme urobiť podľa jeho slova? Ak nie, hovor ty.

⁷And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

⁷A Chúšai povedal Absalomovi: Nie je to dobrá rada, ktorú dal Achitofel tento raz.

⁸For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

⁸Lebo, tak povedal Chúšai, ty znáš svojho otca i jeho mužov, že sú to hrdinskí mužovia a že sú roztrpčení v duši jako osirelá medvedica na poli, a k tomu je tvoj otec vojenný muž, ktorý nebude nocovať s ľudom.

⁹Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

⁹Hľa, on je teraz skrytý v niektorej jame alebo na niektorom opevnenom mieste, a keby sa stalo, že by padol niekto z nich hneď na počiatku, a počuje to voľakto, povie: Porážku utrpel ľud, ktorý ide za Absalomom!

¹⁰And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

¹⁰A keby to bol aj chrabrý muž, ktorého srdce by bolo jako srdce ľva, je isté, že zmalátnie a rozplynie sa jako voda, lebo celý Izrael vie, že tvoj otec je udatný, a že chrabrí sú tí, ktorí sú s ním.

¹¹Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

¹¹Ale radím: Nech sa shromaždí k tebe celý Izrael od Dána až po Bér-šebu, ktorého bude jako piesku, ktorý je pri mori, čo do množstva, a ty pojdeš osobne do boja.

¹²So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

¹²A prijdeme proti nemu na niektorom mieste, na ktorom sa najde, a spustíme sa na neho tak, ako padá rosa na zem, a neponecháme z neho a zo všetkých mužov, ktorí sú s ním, ani jedného.

¹³Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

¹³A keby sa shromaždil do niektorého mesta, donesú, všetok izraelský ľud, povrazy k tomu mestu, a odvlečieme ho až do potoka tak, že sa tam nenajde ani kamienok.

¹⁴And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

¹⁴A Absalom povedal i všetci mužovia Izraelovi: Lepšia je rada Chúšaiho Arechitského ako rada Achitofelova. Lebo Hospodin prikázal zrušiť dobrú radu Achitofelovu, aby Hospodin uviedol zlé na Absaloma.

¹⁵Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.

¹⁵Potom povedal Chúšai Cádokovi a Ebiatárovi, kňazom, že tak a tak radil Achitofel Absalomovi a starším Izraelovým, a takto a takto som ja radil.

¹⁶Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

¹⁶A tak teraz pošlite rýchle - povedal - a oznámte Dávidovi a povedzte: Nenocuj tejto noci na rovinách púšte, ale na každý spôsob prejdi na druhú stranu, aby nebol pohltený kráľ i všetok ľud, ktorý je s ním.

¹⁷Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.

¹⁷A Jonatán a Achimaac stáli pri studni Rogel. A išla dievka a oznámila im, a oni odišli a oznámili kráľovi Dávidovi, lebo sa nemohli ukázať, aby boli vošli do mesta.

¹⁸Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

¹⁸Ale ich videl sluha a oznámil to Absalomovi. A oni dvaja odišli rýchle a vošli do domu nejakého muža v Bachúrime, ktorý mal studňu vo svojom dvore, a spustili sa ta.

¹⁹And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

¹⁹A žena vzala plachtu a rozprestrela ju na vrch studne a nasypala na ňu krúp, a nezvedelo sa nič.

²⁰And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

²⁰Lebo keď prišli služobníci Absalomovi k žene do domu a povedali: Kde je Achimaac a Jonatán? Riekla im žena: Prešli cez potok. A hľadali ich, ale nenašli a navrátili sa do Jeruzalema.

²¹And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counseled against you.

²¹A stalo sa, keď oni odišli, že vyšli hore zo studne a odíduc oznámili kráľovi Dávidovi a riekli Dávidovi: Vstaňte a prejdite rýchle cez vodu, lebo tak a tak radil proti vám Achitofel.

²²Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

²²Vtedy vstal Dávid i všetok ľud, ktorý bol s ním, a prešli cez Jordán. Než bolo svetlo ráno, nechýbal ani jeden, ktorý by nebol prešiel cez Jordán.

²³And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

²³A Achitofel vidiac, že sa neurobilo podľa jeho rady, osedlal osla, vstal, odišiel do svojho domu, do svojho mesta, a dajúc patričné príkazy usporiadal svoj dom a obesil sa. A tak zomrel a pochovaný bol v hrobe svojho otca.

²⁴Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

²⁴A Dávid prišiel do Machnaima. A Absalom prešiel cez Jordán, on i všetci mužovia Izraelovi s ním.

²⁵And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

²⁵A Absalom ustanovil Amazu na miesto Joába nad vojskom. A Amaza bol synom muža, ktorému bolo meno Jitra Izraelský, ktorý vošiel k Abigaili, dcére Náchašovej, sestre Ceruje, matky Joábovej.

²⁶So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

²⁶A tak sa položil Izrael a Absalom táborom v zemi Gileáde.

²⁷And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

²⁷A stalo sa, keď prišiel Dávid do Machnaima, že Šobi, syn Náchašov, z Rabby synov Ammonových, a Machir, syn Ammielov, z Ló-debara a Barzillaj Gileádsky z Rogelíma,

²⁸Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

²⁸doniesli posteľné veci, medenice a hlinené nádoby jako aj pšenice, jačmeňa, múky, praženého zrna, bôbu, šošovice a rôznej pražmy,

²⁹And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

²⁹i medu, masla, drobného dobytka a kravských syrcov pre Dávida a pre ľud, ktorý bol s ním, aby jedli. Lebo riekli: Dozaista je ľud hladný, ustatý a smädný na púšti.