¹Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

¹In bil je dolgo boj med hišo Savlovo in hišo Davidovo. In David je čimdalje bolj napredoval, Savlova hiša pa je bolj in bolj pešala.

²And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

²In Davidu so se rodili sinovi v Hebronu: prvenec je bil Amnon, iz Ahinoame Jezreelske;

³And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

³drugi pa Kileab, iz Abigaile, bivše žene Nabala Karmelskega; in tretji Absalom, sin Maake, hčere Talmaja, kralja v Gesurju;

⁴And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

⁴četrti Adonija, sin Hagite, in peti Sefatija, sin Abitale;

⁵And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

⁵in šesti Itream iz Egle, žene Davidove. Ti so se rodili Davidu v Hebronu.

⁶And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.

⁶In bilo je, dokler sta se bojevali hiša Savlova in hiša Davidova, da se je Abner kazal močnega za hišo Savlovo.

⁷And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

⁷Savel pa je bil imel priležnico, po imenu Ricpo, hčer Ajevo. In Isboset reče Abnerju: Zakaj se družiš z očeta mojega priležnico?

⁸Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do show kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

⁸In razjezi se Abner hudo zaradi teh besed Isbosetovih in reče: Sem li jaz pasja glava, ki se oklepa Jude? Danes izkazujem milost hiši očeta tvojega Savla, bratom in prijateljem njegovim, in tebe nisem izdal Davidu v roke, pa ti mi danes očitaš pregrešek s tisto žensko?

⁹So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;

⁹Bog naj stori Abnerju to in ono naj pridene, ako ne izvršim, kakor je GOSPOD prisegel Davidu,

¹⁰To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

¹⁰da se vzame kraljestvo od hiše Savlove in se postavi Davidov prestol nad Izraelom in nad Judo, od Dana do Bersebe!

¹¹And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

¹¹In ni mogel Abnerju odgovoriti besede, ker se ga je bal.

¹²And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

¹²In pošlje Abner poročnike pri tej priči k Davidu in reče: Čigava je dežela? in sporoči: Skleni zavezo z menoj, in glej, roka moja bode s teboj, da potegnem vsega Izraela za teboj!

¹³And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

¹³David reče: Dobro, hočem storiti zavezo s teboj; le eno reč zahtevam od tebe, namreč: ne boš videl obličja mojega, razen da mi prej pripelješ Mihalo, hčer Savlovo, ko prideš, da vidiš obličje moje.

¹⁴And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

¹⁴Pošlje tudi David poročnike k Isbosetu, Savlovemu sinu, in sporoči: Daj mi ženo mojo Mihalo, ki sem si jo zaročil s sto sprednjimi kožicami Filistejcev.

¹⁵And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

¹⁵In Isboset pošlje in jo vzame od moža njenega, od Faltiela, sina Laisovega.

¹⁶And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

¹⁶In njen mož je šel ž njo in spotoma jokal, idoč za njo do Bahurima. Tedaj mu reče Abner: Pojdi, vrni se! In se je vrnil.

¹⁷And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:

¹⁷In Abner se je zmenil s starejšinami Izraelovimi in dejal: Nekdaj ste želeli, da vam bodi David kralj.

¹⁸Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

¹⁸Sedaj pa izvršite to! Zakaj GOSPOD je govoril o Davidu: Po roki služabnika mojega Davida hočem rešiti ljudstvo svoje Izraela iz roke Filistejcev in iz vseh njih sovražnikov pesti.

¹⁹And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

¹⁹Enako je govoril Abner na ušesa Benjamincem. Potem je šel Abner govorit tudi na ušesa Davidu v Hebronu vse, kar se je dobro videlo Izraelu in vsej Benjaminovi hiši.

²⁰So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

²⁰Pride tedaj Abner k Davidu v Hebron in dvajset mož ž njim. In David napravi gostijo Abnerju in možem, ki so bili pri njem.

²¹And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

²¹In Abner reče Davidu: Vstanem in pojdem in zberem vsega Izraela h gospodu svojemu, kralju, da bi sklenili zavezo s teboj in da boš vsem kraljeval, kakor želi duša tvoja. Nato odpošlje David Abnerja, in ta odide v miru.

²²And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

²²In glej, hlapci Davidovi in Joab se vrnejo z bojnega obhoda in prineso veliko plena s seboj. Abner pa ni bil več pri Davidu v Hebronu, zakaj ta ga je bil odposlal, in on je šel v miru.

²³When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

²³Ko torej pride Joab z vsem bojnim moštvom, povedo Joabu, rekoč: Abner, sin Nerov, je prišel h kralju, in on ga je pustil, da je šel v miru.

²⁴Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

²⁴Tedaj gre Joab noter h kralju in reče: Kaj si storil? Glej, Abner je prišel k tebi: zakaj si ga odpustil, da je šel, kamor mu drago?

²⁵Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

²⁵Poznaš vendar Abnerja, Nerovega sina, da te je prišel varat in pozvedovat, kako hodiš ven in noter, da bi vedel vse, kar delaš.

²⁶And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

²⁶In ko pride Joab od Davida, pošlje sle za Abnerjem, in privedejo ga od vodnjaka Sire. A David ni vedel za to.

²⁷And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

²⁷Ko pa se vrne Abner v Hebron, ga potegne Joab na stran pod vrata, da bi na tihem ž njim govoril, in tam ga zabode v trebuh, da je umrl, zaradi krvi Asahela, brata njegovega.

²⁸And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

²⁸Ko David poslej to zasliši, reče: Nedolžen sem in kraljestvo moje pred GOSPODOM vekomaj pri krvi Abnerja, sina Nerovega.

²⁹Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

²⁹Naj pride ta kri na glavo Joabu in na njegovega očeta vso hišo, in hiša Joabova ne bodi nikdar brez človeka, ki ima sluzotok ali gobe, ali ki hodi ob palici, ali ki pade pod mečem, ali ki mu primanjkuje kruha.

³⁰So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

³⁰Tako sta Joab in Abisaj, brat njegov, umorila Abnerja, zato ker je usmrtil njiju brata Asahela v boju pri Gibeonu.

³¹And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

³¹David pa veli Joabu in vsemu ljudstvu, ki je bilo pri njem: Raztrgajte oblačila svoja in prepašite se z raševnikom in žalujte pred Abnerjem! In David kralj je šel za mrtvaškim odrom.

³²And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

³²In pokopali so Abnerja v Hebronu, in kralj je povzdignil glas svoj in jokal pri grobu Abnerjevem, in vse ljudstvo je plakalo.

³³And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

³³In kralj je pel žalostinko nad Abnerjem, govoreč: Je li moral umreti Abner, kakor umre nespametnik?

³⁴Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

³⁴Roke tvoje niso bile zvezane, ne noge tvoje vklenjene v spone; padel si, kakor pade človek pred malopridneži! In vse ljudstvo je plakalo za njim tem bolj.

³⁵And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

³⁵In vse ljudstvo pride, da nagne Davida, da bi jedel kruh, dokler je še dan; a David priseže, rekoč: Bog mi stóri to in prideni še to, ako okusim kruh ali kaj drugega, dokler ne zajde solnce!

³⁶And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

³⁶In vse ljudstvo je to priznalo in mu je ugajalo, kakor je bilo sploh, karkoli je storil kralj, dobro v očeh ljudstva.

³⁷For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

³⁷In spoznalo je vse ljudstvo in ves Izrael tisti dan, da ni prišlo od kralja, da je bil ubit Abner, sin Nerov.

³⁸And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

³⁸In kralj reče hlapcem svojim: Ne veste li, da je danes padel knez in velikan v Izraelu?Jaz pa sem še slaboten, čeprav maziljeni kralj. In ta dva moža, sinova Zervijina, sta mi pretrda. GOSPOD poplačaj tistemu, ki ravna krivično, po krivičnosti njegovi!

³⁹And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

³⁹Jaz pa sem še slaboten, čeprav maziljeni kralj. In ta dva moža, sinova Zervijina, sta mi pretrda. GOSPOD poplačaj tistemu, ki ravna krivično, po krivičnosti njegovi!