¹Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

¹Joab pa, sin Zervijin, je zaznal, da se je srce kraljevo nagnilo k Absalomu.

²And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

²In pošlje Joab v Tekoo ter da pripeljati odondod modro ženo in ji veli: Delaj se, prosim, žalujočo in obleci žalno obleko in ne pomaži se z oljem, temuč bodi kakor žena, ki je že dolgo časa žalovala po mrtvem.

³And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

³Potem pojdi h kralju ter govóri na ta način ž njim! In Joab jo je poučil, kaj naj govori.

⁴And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

⁴In ko žena iz Tekoe ogovori kralja, pade z obrazom na tla ter stori poklon in reče: Pomagaj mi, o kralj!

⁵And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

⁵In kralj jo vpraša: Kaj ti je? In odgovori: Resnično, vdova sem, ker moj mož je mrtev.

⁶And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

⁶In dekla tvoja je imela dva sinova, in ta sta se med sabo sprla na polju, in ker ga ni bilo, ki bi bil branil, je udaril brat brata in ga ubil.

⁷And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

⁷In glej, vsa rodovina je vstala zoper deklo tvojo in pravijo: Daj sem tistega, ki je ubil brata svojega, da ga usmrtimo za dušo brata, ki ga je umoril, in uničimo tudi dediča! Tako hočejo ugasiti mojo iskro, ki je preostala, da ne ostane možu mojemu ne imena, ne potomca na zemlji.

⁸And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

⁸Kralj pa veli ženi: Pojdi domov, in zapovem zate!

⁹And the woman of Tekoah said unto 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.

⁹A žena iz Tekoe reče kralju: Gospod moj, kralj, na meni bodi ta pregreha in na mojega očeta hiši, kralj pa in prestol njegov bodi nedolžen!

¹⁰And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

¹⁰In kralj reče: Kdorkoli govori kaj zoper tebe, tega pripelji k meni, in ne sme se te več dotekniti.

¹¹Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

¹¹Ona reče: Naj se kralj spomni, prosim, GOSPODA, Boga svojega, da ne napravi krvni maščevalec še več pogube in ne iztrebijo sina mojega. On veli: Kakor res GOSPOD živi, še las ne pade sinu tvojemu na zemljo!

¹²Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

¹²Nato reče žena: Pove naj, prosim, dekla tvoja besedo gospodu svojemu, kralju. On veli: Govóri!

¹³And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

¹³In žena reče: Zakaj si kaj takega mislil zoper ljudstvo Božje? Kajti s tem, kar je kralj rekel, se je sam obdolžil, ker noče kralj pripeljati domov izgnanca svojega.

¹⁴For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

¹⁴Zakaj gotovo umremo vsi in smo kakor voda, razlita po zemlji, ki se ne more več zbrati; tudi Bog ne jemlje življenja, ampak snuje načrte, da ne ostane tisti, ki je izgnan, izgnan od njega.

¹⁵Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

¹⁵Da sem pa prišla govorit to gospodu svojemu, kralju, zgodilo se je, ker me je ljudstvo strašilo; in dekla tvoja je mislila: Govorila bom vsaj s kraljem, morebiti izpolni kralj prošnjo svoje dekle.

¹⁶For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

¹⁶Kajti kralj usliši deklo svojo, da me otme iz roke moža, ki hoče zatreti mene in sina mojega z menoj iz dediščine Božje.

¹⁷Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

¹⁷Zato si je rekla dekla tvoja: Beseda gospoda mojega, kralja, mi bodi v pomirjenje; zakaj kakor angel Božji je gospod moj, kralj, da razpozna dobro in hudo. In GOSPOD Bog tvoj bodi s teboj.

¹⁸Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

¹⁸Tedaj odgovori kralj in reče ženi: Ne taji mi, prosim, kar te bom vprašal. In žena reče: Govori naj, prosim, gospod moj, kralj.

¹⁹And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

¹⁹Kralj pa vpraša: Ni li roka Joabova s teboj v vsem tem? In žena odgovori ter reče: Kakor res živi duša tvoja, gospod moj, kralj, ni ga človeka ne na desnici, ne na levici razen onega, ki ga je imenoval gospod moj, kralj: zakaj hlapec tvoj Joab mi je zapovedal in je položil vse te besede v usta dekle tvoje.

²⁰To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

²⁰Da se obrne lice te stvari, je hlapec tvoj Joab storil to; a gospod moj je moder, kakor je modrost angela Božjega, da zna za vse, kar se godi na zemlji.

²¹And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

²¹In kralj veli Joabu: Glej torej, storil sem to reč; zato pojdi in pripelji mladeniča Absaloma nazaj!

²²And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

²²In Joab pade z obrazom na tla in stori poklon in blagoslovi kralja in reče: Danes je spoznal hlapec tvoj, da sem našel milost v tvojih očeh, gospod moj, kralj, v tem, da je kralj izpolnil prošnjo hlapca svojega.

²³So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

²³In vstane Joab in odide v Gesur in pripelje Absaloma v Jeruzalem.

²⁴And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

²⁴Kralj pa veli: Naj krene v hišo svojo, a mojega obličja naj ne vidi! In Absalom je krenil v hišo svojo, a kraljevega obličja ni videl.

²⁵But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

²⁵V vsem Izraelu pa ga ni bilo moža, ki bi se smel hvaliti zaradi lepote kakor Absalom: od stopala do temena ni bilo hibe na njem.

²⁶And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

²⁶In kadar si je dal striči glavo (to se je zgodilo vsako leto; ker so mu bili lasje pretežki, so jo morali striči), so tehtali lasje njegove glave dvesto seklov, po kraljevi tehtnici.

²⁷And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

²⁷In Absalomu so se rodili trije sinovi in ena hči, po imenu Tamara: ta je bila žena lepe postave.

²⁸So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.

²⁸In Absalom je prebival v Jeruzalemu dve celi leti in ni videl kraljevega obličja.

²⁹Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

²⁹Tedaj pošlje Absalom po Joaba, da bi ga poslal h kralju, a ni hotel priti k njemu; in pošlje še enkrat, a ni hotel priti.

³⁰Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

³⁰Zatorej reče hlapcem svojim: Glejte, Joabova njiva je poleg moje in raste ječmen na njej: pojdite in jo zažgite. In Absalomovi hlapci so požgali njivo.

³¹Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

³¹Nato vstane Joab in pride na dom k Absalomu ter mu reče: Zakaj so požgali hlapci tvoji mojo njivo?

³²And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

³²In Absalom odgovori Joabu: Glej, poslal sem k tebi, veleč: Pridi sem, da te pošljem h kralju sporočit: Čemu sem prišel iz Gesurja? Bolje bi mi bilo, da bi bil še tam. Zdaj torej poskrbi, da vidim obličje kraljevo; ako je pa krivica na meni, naj me umori!Joab torej stopi h kralju in mu to pove. In ko ga pokliče, pride Absalom h kralju in se mu pokloni z obrazom do tal, in kralj poljubi Absaloma.

³³So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

³³Joab torej stopi h kralju in mu to pove. In ko ga pokliče, pride Absalom h kralju in se mu pokloni z obrazom do tal, in kralj poljubi Absaloma.