¹Tada se sabraše svi Izraelci k Davidu u Hebron i rekoše: "Evo, mi smo od tvoje kosti i tvojeg mesa.

¹And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

²Još prije, dok je Šaul bio kralj, ti si upravljao svim pokretima Izraela; Jahve, tvoj Bog, rekao ti je: 'Ti ćeš pasti moj izraelski narod i ti ćeš biti knez nad mojim narodom Izraelom.'"

²Even aforetime, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and Jehovah thy God said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over my people Israel.

³Tako dođoše sve izraelske starješine kralju u Hebron, a kralj David s njima sklopi savez u Hebronu pred Jahvom i pomazaše Davida za kralja nad Izraelom, kako bijaše Jahve rekao Samuelu.

³And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel according to the word of Jehovah through Samuel.

⁴Onda je otišao David sa svim Izraelom na Jeruzalem, a to je Jebus, jer su ondje bili Jebusejci i živjeli su u onoj zemlji.

⁴And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

⁵Ali su Jebusejci poručili Davidu: "Nećeš ući ovamo!" Ipak David osvoji Sionsku tvrđavu, to jest Davidov grad.

⁵And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.

⁶Jer je David rekao: "Tko prvi porazi Jebusejce, bit će vrhovni vojvoda i knez." Prvi se popeo Sarvijin sin Joab i postao vojvoda.

⁶And David said, Whoever smites the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

⁷Tada se David nastanio u toj tvrđavi; zato su je prozvali Davidovim gradom.

⁷And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

⁸Sazidao je tada grad unaokolo, od Milona do ograde, a Joab je obnovio ostali dio grada.

⁸And he built the city round about, even from the Millo round about; and Joab renewed the rest of the city.

⁹David je postajao sve silniji, jer je Jahve nad vojskama bio s njim.

⁹And David became continually greater; and Jehovah of hosts was with him.

¹⁰Evo vojvoda Davidovim junacima koji su junački radili uza nj za njegovo kraljevstvo sa svim Izraelom da ga po Jahvinoj riječi zakralje nad Izraelom.

¹⁰And these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who shewed themselves valiant with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.

¹¹Evo popisa Davidovih junaka: Hakmonijev sin Jašobam, glavar nad tridesetoricom; on je mahnuo svojim kopljem na tri stotine i pobio ih odjednom.

¹¹And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of Hachmoni, the chief of the captains; he brandished his spear against three hundred, slain [by him] at one time.

¹²Za njim Dodonov sin Eleazar, Ahošanin, jedan između tri junaka.

¹²And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite; he was one of the three mighty men.

¹³On je bio s Davidom u Pas Damimu, kad su se Filistejci skupili na boj, a ondje je bilo polje puno ječma; kad je narod počeo bježati ispred Filistejaca,

¹³He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines were gathered together to battle; and there was [there] a plot of ground full of barley; and the people had fled from before the Philistines.

¹⁴oni su stali usred toga polja i obranili ga pobivši Filistejce. Tako im Jahve dade veliku pobjedu.

¹⁴And they stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance.

¹⁵Trojica su između tridesetorice jednom sišla do hridi k Davidu u Adulamsku pećinu kad su filistejske čete stajale u taboru u Refaimskoj dolini.

¹⁵And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, when the army of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁶David je tada bio u svojoj kuli, a filistejska je posada tada bila u Betlehemu.

¹⁶And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

¹⁷David uzdahnu: "O kad bi me tko napojio vodom iz betlehemskoga studenca što je kod vrata!"

¹⁷And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!

¹⁸Tada ta trojica prodriješe kroz filistejski tabor i, zahvativši vode iz betlehemskoga studenca što je kod vrata, donesoše je i dadoše Davidu. Ali je David ne htjede piti nego je proli kao ljevanicu Jahvi

¹⁸And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; David however would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

¹⁹govoreći: "Ne dao mi moj Bog da to učinim! Zar da pijem krv ovih ljudi? TÓa izlažući život pogibli donijeli su vode." I nije htio piti. To su, eto, učinila ta tri junaka.

¹⁹And he said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing! should I drink the blood of these men [who went] at the risk of their lives? for at the risk of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

²⁰Abišaj, Joabov brat, bio je vojvoda nad tridesetoricom; on je vitlao kopljem na tri stotine, pobio ih i proslavio se među tridesetoricom.

²⁰And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.

²¹Bio je među trojicom ugledniji od druge dvojice i bio im vojvoda, ali prve trojice nije dostigao.

²¹Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.

²²Jojadin sin Benaja, junak iz Kabseela, bogat junačkim djelima, ubio je dva sina Ariela iz Moaba; on je jednoga snježnog dana sišao i ubio lava usred jame.

²²Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

²³Ubio je i nekog Egipćanina, čovjeka od pet lakata. Egipćanin je imao u ruci koplje kao tkalačko vratilo, a on je izišao preda nj sa štapom i, istrgavši Egipćaninu koplje iz ruke, ubio ga njegovim kopljem.

²³He also smote the Egyptian, a man of stature, five cubits high: and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

²⁴To je učinio Jojadin sin Benaja i proslavio se imenom među ona tri junaka.

²⁴These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

²⁵Bio je najznamenitiji među tridesetoricom, ali one prve trojice nije dostigao. David ga postavi za zapovjednika svoje tjelesne straže.

²⁵Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him in his council.

²⁶Hrabri su junaci bili: Joabov brat Asahel, Dodonov sin Elhanan iz Betlehema,

²⁶And the valiant men of the forces were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

²⁷Haroranin Šamot, Pelonjanin Heles;

²⁷Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

²⁸Akešov sin Ira, Tekoanin, Abiezer Anatoćanin;

²⁸Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

²⁹Sibkaj Hušaćanin, Ilaj Ahošanin;

²⁹Sibbechai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

³⁰Mahraj Netofaćanin, Baanin sin Heled, Netofaćanin;

³⁰Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

³¹Ribajev sin Itaj iz Gibeata sinova Benjaminovih, Benaja Piratonjanin;

³¹Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

³²Huraj iz Gaaških potoka, Abiel Arbaćanin;

³²Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

³³Azmavet Bahurimljanin, Eljahba Šaalbonjanin.

³³Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

³⁴Sinovi Hašema Gizonjanina: Sagejin sin Jonatan, Hararanin;

³⁴Bene-Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,

³⁵Sakarov sin Ahiam, Hararanin, Urov sin Elipal;

³⁵Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

³⁶Hefer Mekeranin, Ahija Pelonjanin;

³⁶Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

³⁷Hesro Karmelac, Ezbajev sin Naaraj;

³⁷Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

³⁸Natanov brat Joel, Hagrijev sin Mibhar;

³⁸Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

³⁹Amonac Selek, Beroćanin Nahraj, štitonoša Sarvijina sina Joaba;

³⁹Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

⁴⁰Ira Jitranin, Gareb Jitranin;

⁴⁰Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

⁴¹Urija Hetit, Ahlajev sin Zabad;

⁴¹Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

⁴²Šizin sin Adina, Rubenovac, vojvoda Rubenova plemena, i s njime tridesetorica.

⁴²Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;

⁴³Maakin sin Hanan i Jošafat Mitnjanin.

⁴³Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

⁴⁴Uzija Aštaroćanin, Šama i Jeiel, sinovi Aroerca Hotama;

⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashtarothite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,

⁴⁵Šimrijev sin Jediael i njegov brat Joha Tišanin.

⁴⁵Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

⁴⁶Mahavac Eliel i Elnaamovi sinovi Jeribaj i Jošavja i Moabac Jitma;

⁴⁶Eliel of Mahavim, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Jithmah the Moabite,

⁴⁷Eliel i Obed i Mesobajanin Jaasiel.

⁴⁷Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.