¹And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

¹In zgodi se potem, da je David vprašal GOSPODA, rekoč: Naj li grem gori v katero mest Judovih? In GOSPOD mu reče: Pojdi! In David vpraša: Kam naj grem? Veli: V Hebron!

²So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.

²David torej gre gori in tudi dve ženi njegovi, Ahinoama Jezreelska in Abigaila, bivša žena Nabala Karmelskega.

³And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

³Tudi može, ki so bili pri njem, je pripeljal David gori, vsakega z družino njegovo, in prebivali so v hebronskih mestih.

⁴And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

⁴In prišli so možje Judovi in so ondi pomazilili Davida za kralja hiši Judovi. In ko so povedali Davidu, da so možje iz Jabesa v Gileadu pokopali Savla,

⁵And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

⁵pošlje sle k možem v Gileadski Jabes in jim sporoči: Blagoslovljeni bodite od GOSPODA, da ste izkazali to milost gospodu svojemu, Savlu, in ste ga pokopali!

⁶And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.

⁶Sedaj pa izkaži GOSPOD milost in zvestobo vam, pa tudi jaz povrnem to dobro delo vam, ki ste ga storili.

⁷Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

⁷Sedaj torej naj bodo močne roke vaše in hrabri bodite! Kajti Savel, gospod vaš, je mrtev, in mene je pomazilila hiša Judova sebi za kralja.

⁸But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

⁸Abner pa, sin Nerov, poveljnik Savlove vojske, je vzel Isboseta, Savlovega sina, ter ga je prepeljal v Mahanaim

⁹And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

⁹in postavil za kralja nad Gileadom in nad Asurskimi in nad Jezreelom in Efraimom in Benjaminom in nad vsem Izraelom.

¹⁰Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

¹⁰Isboset, sin Savlov, je bil štirideset let star, ko je zakraljeval Izraelu, in vladal je dve leti. Samo hiša Judova je šla za Davidom.

¹¹And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

¹¹Časa pa, ki je v njem kraljeval David v Hebronu hiši Judovi, je bilo sedem let in šest mesecev.

¹²And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

¹²In Abner, sin Nerov, je odrinil s hlapci Isboseta, Savlovega sina, iz Mahanaima v Gibeon.

¹³And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

¹³Tudi Joab, sin Zervijin, in hlapci Davidovi so odrinili, in so se srečali pri ribniku v Gibeonu; in sedejo eni na oni strani ribnika, drugi pa na tej strani ribnika.

¹⁴And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

¹⁴Abner pa reče Joabu: Vstanejo naj mladeniči in igrajo boj pred nami. In Joab reče: Naj vstanejo!

¹⁵Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

¹⁵Tedaj vstanejo in nastopijo po številu: dvanajst za Benjamina in za Isboseta, sina Savlovega, in dvanajst iz hlapcev Davidovih.

¹⁶And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

¹⁶In zgrabi vsakteri svojega nasprotnika za glavo in mu zasadi meč v stran, in popadajo skupaj. Zato se tisto mesto imenuje Helkat-hazurim [T. j. njiva ostrin.], ki je v Gibeonu.

¹⁷And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

¹⁷In vnel se je zelo trd boj tisti dan, in hlapci Davidovi porazijo Abnerja in može Izraelove.

¹⁸And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

¹⁸Bili so pa ondi trije sinovi Zervije: Joab in Abisaj in Asahel. In Asahel je bil lahkih nog kakor katera izmed srn, ki živé na polju.

¹⁹And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

¹⁹In Asahel je podil Abnerja in se ni obrnil ne na desno, ne na levo, tekoč za Abnerjem.

²⁰Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.

²⁰Tedaj se ozre Abner in reče: Si li ti Asahel? Odgovori: Sem.

²¹And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

²¹In Abner mu veli: Obrni se ali na desno ali na levo in primi teh mladeničev enega in si vzemi njegovo orožje! Ali Asahel se ni hotel odvrniti od njega.

²²And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

²²In Abner zopet veli Asahelu: V stran kreni, ne hodi za menoj! Zakaj hočeš, da te pobijem na tla? Kako bi smel potem stopiti bratu tvojemu Joabu pred oči?

²³Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

²³Vendar pa ni hotel kreniti od njega; zato ga Abner udari z zadnjim koncem sulice v trebuh, da mu je pogledala sulica odzadaj, in pade ondi in umrje na tistem mestu. In kdorkoli je prišel na mesto, kjer je Asahel padel in umrl, se je ustavil.

²⁴Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

²⁴Joab in Abisaj pa sta podila Abnerja, in solnce je bilo zašlo, ko sta dospela do griča Ame, ki je pred Giahom, ob poti v Gibeonsko puščavo.

²⁵And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.

²⁵In sinovi Benjaminovi se zbero pri Abnerju ter se skupijo v krdelo, in stopijo na vrh griča.

²⁶Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

²⁶Tedaj kliče Abner proti Joabu in reče: Bode li meč žrl brez konca? Ne veš li, da nazadnje pride bridkost? Kako dolgo nočeš reči ljudstvu, da naj neha preganjati svoje brate?

²⁷And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

²⁷In Joab reče: Kakor res Bog živi, ako bi ne bil ti govoril, bi se bilo ljudstvo že davi vrnilo, ne eden ne bi bil tiral brata svojega!

²⁸So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

²⁸Tedaj zatrobenta Joab, in vse ljudstvo se ustavi, in niso več podili Izraela, niti se več bojevali.

²⁹And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

²⁹Abner in možje njegovi pa so šli vso noč po nižini in so prešli Jordan ter prehodili ves Bitron in prišli v Mahanaim.

³⁰And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.

³⁰In Joab se vrne od Abnerja, in ko je zbral vse ljudstvo, je manjkalo izmed hlapcev Davidovih devetnajst mož in Asahela.

³¹But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

³¹A hlapci Davidovi so pobili iz Benjamincev in iz Abnerjevega moštva tristo in šestdeset mož, ki so umrli.In so vzdignili Asahela in ga pokopali v grobu očeta njegovega v Betlehemu. Joab in možje njegovi pa so hodili vso noč, in dan jim je zasvital, ko so dospeli v Hebron.

³²And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.

³²In so vzdignili Asahela in ga pokopali v grobu očeta njegovega v Betlehemu. Joab in možje njegovi pa so hodili vso noč, in dan jim je zasvital, ko so dospeli v Hebron.