¹And Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

¹A keď zvedel Joáb, syn Ceruje, že srdce kráľovo túži po Absalomovi,

²And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, I pray, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead;

²poslal Joáb do Tekoe a doviedol odtiaľ múdru ženu, ktorej povedal: Nože rob, ako keby si smútila a obleč si, prosím, smútočné rúcho a nepomaž sa olejom, ale buď ako žena, ktorá už dlhý čas smúti za mŕtvym.

³and come to the king, and speak after this manner to him. And Joab put the words into her mouth.

³Pojdeš ku kráľovi a budeš mu takto hovoriť. A tak vložil Joáb tie slová do jej úst.

⁴And the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, and she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, Save, O king!

⁴A tedy žena Tekoanka vravela kráľovi a padnúc na svoju tvár na zem poklonila sa a riekla: Pomôž, ó, kráľu!

⁵And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

⁵A kráľ jej povedal: Čo chceš? A ona riekla: Ale som žena vdova, a môj muž zomrel.

⁶And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.

⁶A tvoja dievka mala dvoch synov, ktorí sa povadili na poli, a pretože nebolo medzi nimi toho, kto by bol vyslobodil, uderil jeden druhého a zabil ho.

⁷And behold, the whole family is risen against thy bondmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may put him to death, for the life of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also: so they will quench my coal which is left, and will not leave to my husband a name or remnant on the earth.

⁷A hľa, povstala celá rodina na tvoju dievku a hovoria: Vydaj toho, ktorý zabil svojho brata, aby sme ho zabili za život jeho brata, ktorého zavraždil, a vyhladíme aj dediča! A tak vyhasia aj moju iskru, ktorá ešte pozostala, aby nezanechali môjmu mužovi mena ani zbytku na tvári zeme.

⁸And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

⁸A kráľ povedal žene: Iď do svojho domu, a ja rozkážem o tebe.

⁹And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, Upon me, my lord, O king, be the iniquity, and upon my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.

⁹Ale žena Tekoanka povedala kráľovi: Na mňa, môj pán kráľ, nech padne tá neprávosť a na dom môjho otca, a kráľ a jeho trón nech je bez viny.

¹⁰And the king said, Whoever speaks to thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

¹⁰A kráľ povedal: Toho, kto by ti ešte niečo hovoril, doveď ku mne, a nedotkne sa ťa viacej.

¹¹Then she said, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they cut off my son. And he said, [As] Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

¹¹A riekla: Nech sa, prosím, rozpomenie kráľ na Hospodina, svojho Boha, aby sa nerozmnožili pomstitelia krvi, ktorí by chceli zahubiť, a aby nezahladili môjho syna. A on povedal na to: Jako že žije Hospodin, že ani vlas tvojho syna nepadne na zem.

¹²And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.

¹²No, žena riekla: Dovoľ, prosím, žeby prehovorila tvoja dievka k svojmu pánovi kráľovi ešte slovo. A povedal: Hovor!

¹³And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against God's people? and the king in saying this thing, is as one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.

¹³A žena riekla: A prečo si ty myslel podobnú vec proti ľudu Božiemu? Lebo kráľ hovoriac túto reč je ako ten, kto sa dopúšťa viny, keď nechce kráľ zpät dopraviť svojho vyhnaného.

¹⁴For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and God has not taken away his life, but devises means that the banished one be not expelled from him.

¹⁴Lebo je isté, že všetci pomrieme a sme jako vody, rozliate na zem, ktoré nie je možné zase sobrať. A Bôh, hoci nehľadí na ničí život, jednako len hľadá spôsob, aby nevyhnali od neho vyhnaného.

¹⁵And now that I am come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid; and thy bondmaid said, I will now speak to the king; perhaps the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

¹⁵A teraz, že som prišla hovoriť s kráľom, svojím pánom, toto slovo, stalo sa to preto, že ma strašil ľud, a preto riekla tvoja dievka: Nech prehovorím s kráľom, možno, že kráľ vyplní žiadosť svojej služobnice.

¹⁶For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

¹⁶Lebo kráľ vyslyší a vytrhne svoju služobnicu z ruky toho muža, ktorý chce zahladiť mňa i môjho syna spolu z dedičstva Božieho.

¹⁷And thy bondmaid said, Let the word of my lord the king now be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and Jehovah thy God will be with thee.

¹⁷A taktiež povedala tvoja dievka: Nechže mi je slovo môjho pána kráľa na upokojenie, lebo môj pán kráľ je ako anjel Boží, ochotný vypočuť, už či je dobré a či zlé. A Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, nech je s tebou!

¹⁸And the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

¹⁸A kráľ odpovedal a riekol žene: Nezataj, prosím, predo mnou ničoho, na čo sa ťa opýtam. A žena povedala: Nech hovorí, prosím, môj pán kráľ.

¹⁹And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words into the mouth of thy bondmaid:

¹⁹Vtedy povedal kráľ: Či nie je s tebou ruka Joábova vo všetkom tomto? A žena odpovedala a riekla: Jako že žije tvoja duša, môj pán kráľ, nemožno uchýliť sa ani napravo ani naľavo nikomu od ničoho toho, čo hovoril môj pán kráľ, lebo on, tvoj služobník Joáb, mi to rozkázal a on položil do úst tvojej dievky všetky tieto slová.

²⁰in order to turn the appearance of the thing has thy servant Joab done this thing; but my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is in the earth.

²⁰Aby som tak obrátila tvár veci, to učinil tvoj služobník Joáb. Ale môj pán je múdry, ktorého múdrosť je ako múdrosť anjela Božieho, ktorý vie všetko, čo sa deje na zemi.

²¹And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: so go, bring back the young man Absalom.

²¹Preto povedal kráľ Joábovi: Nože hľa, učinil som tú vec. Iď tedy a doveď zpät chlapca, Absaloma.

²²And Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself, and blessed the king; and Joab said, To-day thy servant knows that I have found favour in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.

²²Vtedy padnul Joáb na svoju tvár na zem a pokloniac sa dobrorečil kráľovi a riekol Joáb: Dneská poznal tvoj služobník, že som našiel milosť v tvojich očiach, môj pán kráľ, keď splnil kráľ žiadosť svojho služobníka.

²³And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

²³Potom vstal Joáb a odišiel do Gešúra a doviedol Absaloma do Jeruzalema.

²⁴And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. And Absalom withdrew to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

²⁴A kráľ povedal: Nech sa obráti do svojho domu, ale mojej tvári nech neuvidí! A tak sa obrátil Absalom do svojho domu a nevidel tvári kráľovej.

²⁵But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

²⁵A v celom Izraelovi nebolo takého krásneho muža, jako bol Absalom, aby bol býval tak veľmi chválený. Od spodku jeho nohy až po vrch jeho hlavy nebolo na ňom vady.

²⁶And when he shaved his head (for it was at every year's end that he shaved it, because it was heavy on him, therefore he shaved it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

²⁶A keď ostrihal svoju hlavu - a strihával ju vždy po roku, pretože bola ťažká s toľkými vlasmi na ňom, a preto ju strihával -, a odvážil vlasy svojej hlavy, vážily dvesto šeklov váhy kráľovej.

²⁷And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful countenance.

²⁷A Absalomovi sa narodili traja synovia a jedna dcéra, ktorej bolo meno Támar. Bola to žena krásneho vzozrenia.

²⁸So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king's face.

²⁸A Absalom býval v Jeruzaleme celé dva roky, ale nevidel tvári kráľovej.

²⁹Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and he sent again the second time, but he would not come.

²⁹Preto poslal Absalom poslov k Joábovi, aby ho poslal ku kráľovi. Ale nechcel prijsť k nemu. A poslal ešte i po druhé, ale nechcel prijsť.

³⁰Then he said to his servants, See, Joab's allotment is near mine and he has barley there: go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the allotment on fire.

³⁰Vtedy povedal svojim služobníkom: Hľaďte, čiastka Joábova leží vedľa môjho poľa, a má tam jačmeň. Iďte a zapáľte ju ohňom. A tak zapálili služobníci Absalomovi tú čiastku ohňom.

³¹Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to [his] house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my allotment on fire?

³¹Vtedy vstal Joáb a vošiel k Absalomovi do domu a povedal mu: Prečo zapálili tvoji služobníci čiastku, ktorá patrí mne, ohňom?

³²And Absalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it would have been better for me to be there still. And now let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him slay me.

³²A Absalom povedal Joábovi: Hľa, poslal som k tebe poslov s odkazom: Prijdi sem, a pošlem ťa ku kráľovi, aby si mu povedal: Načo som prišiel z Gešúra? Lepšie by mi bolo, keby som bol tam ešte i teraz. Preto teraz nech uvidím tvár kráľovu, a jestli je na mne nejaká neprávosť, nuž nech ma zabije!

³³And Joab came to the king, and told him. And he called Absalom, and he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.

³³A tak vošiel Joáb ku kráľovi a oznámil mu to. Na to dal zavolať Absaloma, a on vojdúc ku kráľovi poklonil sa mu padnúc na svoju tvár na zem pred kráľom. A kráľ bozkal Absaloma.