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

¹Dalje reče Ahitofel Absalomu: Dovoli, da si izberem dvanajst tisoč mož in vstanem ter hitim za Davidom še nocoj.

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:

²In planem nanj, dokler je truden in slab, ter ga prestrašim; in ko vse ljudstvo, ki je pri njem, zbeži, udarim kralja samega,

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.

³vse ljudstvo pa pripeljem nazaj k tebi. Ko pogine mož, ki ga iščeš, se vsi povrnejo k tebi, in pride vsemu ljudstvu mir.

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

⁴To se je zdelo dobro Absalomu in vsem starejšinam Izraelovim.

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

⁵Tedaj reče Absalom: Pokliči, prosim, še Husaja Arkičana, in zaslišimo, kaj on pravi.

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.

⁶Ko pride Husaj k Absalomu, mu pove Absalom, rekoč: Tako in tako je svetoval Ahitofel. Ali naj storimo po besedah njegovih? Ako ne, govóri ti!

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

⁷In Husaj reče Absalomu: Ni dober svet, ki ga je dal Ahitofel takrat.

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.

⁸Še reče Husaj: Poznaš očeta svojega in ljudi njegove, da so junaki in srdite narave kakor medvedka na polju, ko so ji mladiče vzeli; oče tvoj je tudi vojščak in ne bo nočeval pri ljudstvu.

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.

⁹Glej, lahko se je skril v kako jamo ali kam drugam; in ako se zgodi, da padejo nekateri iz njih kar s početka, kdorkoli zasliši, poreče: Poboj je bil med ljudstvom, ki je šlo 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.

¹⁰Tako pa upade srce vsakomur, tudi če je kdo sicer hraber in ima srce kakor lev; zakaj ves Izrael ve, da je junak oče tvoj in tisti, ki so pri njem, da so vrli vojščaki.

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.

¹¹Ali jaz svetujem, da spraviš k sebi vsega Izraela od Dana do Bersebe, ki ga je po množini kakor peska ob morju, in ti sam pojdi v boj.

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.

¹²In tako ga naskočimo v kakem kraju, kjer ga zalotimo, in ga zalezemo, kakor rosa pade na zemljo, da ne preostane od njega in od vseh njegovih niti eden mož.

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.

¹³Ako pa bi se umaknil v kako mesto, naj ves Izrael potegne vrvi okrog tistega mesta in ga povlečemo v potok, da se ne najde ne kamenček od njega.

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.

¹⁴Tedaj reko Absalom in vsi možje Izraelovi: Svet Husaja Arkičana je boljši nego svet Ahitofelov. Zakaj GOSPOD je tako obrnil, da je bil ovržen dobri svet Ahitofelov, zato, da spravi GOSPOD nesrečo nad 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.

¹⁵Husaj pa reče Zadoku in Abiatarju, duhovnikoma: Tako in tako je svetoval Ahitofel Absalomu in starejšinam Izraelovim, in takole sem svetoval jaz.

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.

¹⁶Zatorej pošljita hitro k Davidu in mu sporočita: Ne ostani to noč pri brodih ob puščavi, temuč vsekakor pojdi na ono stran, da ne bo požrt kralj z ljudstvom, ki je pri njem.

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.

¹⁷Jonatan pa in Ahimaaz sta stala pri studencu Rogelu, in dekla je hodila in jima poročala; zakaj nista se smela prikazati, da hodita v mesto. In šla sta ter oznanila kralju Davidu.

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.

¹⁸A neki deček ju zagleda in pove Absalomu; odideta torej hitro in stopita v hišo nekega moža v Bahurimu, ki je imel vodnjak na dvorišču; in spustita se vanj.

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

¹⁹In žena vzame odejo in jo razgrne čez vodnjakovo odprtino in jo posuje z raztolčenim žitom, da se nič ne spozna.

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.

²⁰Ko pa pridejo Absalomovi hlapci k ženi v hišo in vprašajo: Kje sta Ahimaaz in Jonatan? odgovori žena: Šla sta čez potoček! In ju iščejo; ko pa ju ne morejo najti, se vrnejo v Jeruzalem.

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.

²¹In ko so odšli, stopita onadva gori iz vodnjaka ter gresta in naznanita kralju Davidu in mu rečeta: Vstanite, hitro pojdite čez vodo; kajti tako je svetoval zoper vas Ahitofel.

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.

²²Tedaj vstane David in vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem, in prebredejo Jordan. Ko se je zjutraj svitalo, niso pogrešili ne enega, ki bi ne bil prišel čez Jordan.

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.

²³Ko pa je videl Ahitofel, da ne delajo, kakor je bil svetoval, osedla osla ter vstane in odide domov v mesto svoje in uredi hišo svojo ter se obesi, in je umrl in je bil pokopan v grobu očeta svojega.

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

²⁴David pa je dospel v Mahanaim. In Absalom je šel čez Jordan, on in vsi možje Izraelovi ž njim.

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.

²⁵In Absalom je postavil Amasa nad vojsko namesto Joaba. Bil pa je Amasa sin moža, čigar ime je bilo Jitra Izraelit, ki je bil šel k Abigaili, hčeri Nahasovi, sestri Zervije, matere Joabove.

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

²⁶Izrael z Absalomom pa se je utaboril v Gileadski deželi.

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,

²⁷In ko je David prišel v Mahanaim, so prinesli Sobi, sin Nahasov iz Rabe sinov Amonovih, in Mahir, sin Amielov iz Lodebarja, in Barzilaj Gileadčan iz Rogelima

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

²⁸postelje, medenice, lončene posode, pšenice, ječmena, moke, opraženega zrnja, boba, leče, praže,medu, masla, ovac in sira za živež Davidu in ljudstvu, ki je bilo pri njem; zakaj dejali so: Ljudstvo je lačno, trudno in žejno v puščavi.

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.

²⁹medu, masla, ovac in sira za živež Davidu in ljudstvu, ki je bilo pri njem; zakaj dejali so: Ljudstvo je lačno, trudno in žejno v puščavi.