¹And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

¹In ko je David postopil malo dalje od vrha, glej, Ziba, hlapec Mefibosetov, mu pride naproti z dvema osedlanima osloma in na njiju pelje dvesto hlebov kruha in sto gruč suhih grozdov in stotino posušenih sadov in meh vina.

²And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

²In kralj vpraša Ziba: Kaj hočeš s tem? In Ziba reče: Osla sta za kraljevo družino, da bo na njiju jezdila, kruh pa in sadje za jed mladeničem, in vino, da bodo pili tisti, ki opešajo v puščavi.

³And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

³In kralj vpraša: Kje pa je tvojega gospodarja sin? In Ziba reče kralju: Glej, ostal je v Jeruzalemu; zakaj dejal je: Danes mi povrne hiša Izraelova mojega očeta kraljestvo.

⁴Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.

⁴Nato veli kralj Zibu: Glej, vse, kar ima Mefiboset, bodi tvoje! In Ziba reče: Poklanjam se! Da najdem milost v tvojih očeh, gospod moj, kralj!

⁵And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

⁵In ko pride kralj David v Bahurim, glej, izide odondod mož iz rodovine hiše Savlove, po imenu Simej, sin Gerov; izide in grede preklinja.

⁶And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

⁶In kamene je lučal na Davida in na vse hlapce kralja Davida; in vse ljudstvo Davidovo in vsi junaki so mu bili ob desnici in ob levici.

⁷And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

⁷In tako je govoril Simej, ko je preklinjal: Pojdi, pojdi, krvoločnik in mož Belijalov!

⁸The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

⁸GOSPOD ti je povrnil vso kri hiše Savlove, na čigar mestu si zakraljeval, in GOSPOD je dal kraljestvo v roko Absalomu, sinu tvojemu, in glej, tičiš v nesreči svoji, ker si krvoločnik.

⁹Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

⁹Tedaj reče Abisaj, sin Zervijin, kralju: Zakaj bi smel ta mrtvi pes preklinjati gospoda mojega, kralja? Dovoli, da stopim tja in mu odsekam glavo!

¹⁰And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

¹⁰Kralj pa reče: Kaj imam z vama opraviti, sinova Zervijina? Ko preklinja in ko mu je rekel GOSPOD: Prekolni Davida! kdo pa sme reči: Zakaj tako delaš?

¹¹And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.

¹¹še reče David Abisaju in vsem hlapcem svojim: Poglej, sin moj, ki je prišel iz osrčja mojega, mi streže po življenju, koliko bolj ta Benjaminec! Pustite ga, naj kolne; zakaj GOSPOD mu je velel.

¹²It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

¹²Morda pogleda GOSPOD mojo revo in mi poplača GOSPOD z dobrim za to, da me kolne danes.

¹³And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

¹³Tako je šel David svojim potom z ljudmi svojimi; Simej pa je šel ob strani gore njemu nasproti in je grede preklinjal in lučal kamene na Davida in metal prah.

¹⁴And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

¹⁴Ko pa je kralj in ves ljud, ki je bil pri njem, dospel utrujen tja, se je okrepčal ondi.

¹⁵And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

¹⁵Absalom pa in vse ljudstvo, vsi možje Izraelovi, so bili prišli v Jeruzalem, in Ahitofel ž njim.

¹⁶And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.

¹⁶In ko pride Husaj Arkičan, prijatelj Davidov, k Absalomu, reče Absalomu: Živel kralj! Živel kralj!

¹⁷And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

¹⁷Absalom pa reče Husaju: To li je milost tvoja s prijateljem tvojim? Zakaj nisi šel s prijateljem svojim?

¹⁸And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.

¹⁸Husaj pa odgovori Absalomu: Nikar, temuč kogar je izvolil GOSPOD in to ljudstvo in vsi možje Izraelovi, njegov bodem in pri njem ostanem!

¹⁹And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

¹⁹In drugič, komu naj bi služil? Ne li pred obličjem sinu njegovega? Kakor sem bil sluga pred očetom tvojim, tako bodem pred teboj.

²⁰Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

²⁰In Absalom veli Ahitofelu: Svetuj, kaj nam je storiti?

²¹And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

²¹Ahitofel reče Absalomu: Pojdi k priležnicam očeta svojega, ki jih je pustil, da čuvajo hišo; tako bo ves Izrael slišal, da si se omrzil očetu svojemu, in bodo roke vseh, ki so pri tebi, tem močnejše.

²²So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

²²Nato razpno Absalomu šator na strehi, in Absalom je šel k priležnicam očeta svojega pred očmi vsega Izraela.Svet Ahitofelov pa, ki ga je dajal v tistem času, je bil, kakor da bi kdo vprašal besedo Božjo: tako se je štelo vse svetovanje Ahitofelovo i pri Davidu i pri Absalomu.

²³And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

²³Svet Ahitofelov pa, ki ga je dajal v tistem času, je bil, kakor da bi kdo vprašal besedo Božjo: tako se je štelo vse svetovanje Ahitofelovo i pri Davidu i pri Absalomu.