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

¹Potom sa stalo, že sa Dávid pýtal Hospodina a povedal: Či mám ísť hore do niektorého z miest Júdových? A Hospodin mu riekol: Iď! A Dávid povedal: Kam mám ísť hore? A riekol: Do Hebrona.

²So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

²A tak odišiel Dávid ta hore aj obe jeho ženy, Achinoam Jezreelská a Abigaiľ, predtým žena Nábala Karmelského.

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

³I svojich mužov, ktorí boli s ním, vyviedol Dávid hore, každého i s jeho domom, a bývali v mestách Hebrona.

⁴And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, It is the men of Jabesh-Gilead that have buried Saul.

⁴Potom prišli mužovia Júdovi a pomazali tam Dávida za kráľa nad domom Júdovým. A oznámili Dávidovi a riekli: Mužovia Jabeš-gileáda to boli, ktorí pochovali Saula.

⁵And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-Gilead, and said to them, Blessed be ye of Jehovah, that ye have shewn this kindness to your lord, to Saul, and have buried him!

⁵Vtedy poslal Dávid poslov k mužom Jabeš-gileáda a povedal im: Buďte požehnaní Hospodinovi, všetci vy, ktorí ste učinili to milosrdenstvo so svojím pánom, so Saulom, že ste ho pochovali.

⁶And now Jehovah shew kindness and faithfulness to you; and I also will requite you this good, because ye have done this thing.

⁶Preto teraz nech Hospodin učiní milosrdenstvo a pravdu s vami; a tiež i ja vám učiním to dobré, pretože ste učinili tú vec.

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

⁷A tak teraz nech sa posilnia vaše ruky, a buďte zmužilí, lebo síce zomrel váš pán Saul, ale však už i mňa pomazali dom Júdov za kráľa nad sebou.

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

⁸Ale Abner, syn Nérov, veliteľ vojska Saulovho, vzal Iš-bóšeta, syna Saulovho, a zaviedol ho na druhú stranu do Machnaima

⁹and made him king over Gilead, and over the Asshurites, and over Jizreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

⁹a ustanovil ho za kráľa nad Gileádom a nad Ašurom a nad Jizreelom ako aj nad Efraimom a nad Benjaminom i nad celým Izraelom.

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

¹⁰Štyridsať rokov mal Iš-bóšet, syn Saulov, keď začal kraľovať nad Izraelom, a kraľoval dva roky. Len dom Júdov išli za Dávidom.

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

¹¹A počet dní, v ktorých bol Dávid v Hebrone nad domom Júdovým, bol sedem rokov a šesť mesiacov.

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

¹²Potom vyšiel Abner, syn Nérov, a služobníci Iš-bóšeta, syna Saulovho, z Machnaima do Gibeona.

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

¹³A vyšiel i Joáb, syn Ceruje, i služobníci Dávidovi a stretli sa s nimi pri rybníku Gibeona, a položili sa jedni z jednej strany rybníka a druhí z druhej strany rybníka.

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

¹⁴A Abner povedal Joábovi: Nože nech vstanú a vystúpia mládenci a pohrajú pred nami! A Joáb riekol: Nech vstanú.

¹⁵And they arose and went over by number, twelve for Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

¹⁵A tak vstali a prešli v rovnakom počte, dvanásti z Benjamina, ktorí patrili Iš-bóšetovi, synovi Saulovmu, a dvanásti zo služobníkov Dávidových.

¹⁶And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow's side, and they fell down together. And that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is by Gibeon.

¹⁶A pochytili každý svojho druha za hlavu a každý vrazil svoj meč do boku svojho druha. A padli spolu. Preto nazvali to miesto Chelkathaccúrim, ktoré je v Gibeone.

¹⁷And the battle that day was very severe; and Abner and the men of Israel were routed before the servants of David.

¹⁷A bola náramne krutá bitka toho dňa, a porazený bol Abner i mužovia Izraelovi pred služobníkmi Dávidovými.

¹⁸And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot, as one of the gazelles that are in the field.

¹⁸A boli tam traja synovia Ceruje, Joáb, Abišaj a Azael. A Azael bol rýchly na svoje nohy jako niektorá zo sŕn, ktoré sú na poli.

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

¹⁹A Azael prenasledoval Abnera a neuhnul ani napravo ani naľavo bežiac za Abnerom.

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

²⁰A Abner obzrúc sa za seba riekol: Či si to ty, Azael? A povedal: Som.

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

²¹A Abner mu riekol: Nože sa uhni napravo alebo naľavo a chyť si niektorého z mládencov a vezmi si jeho výzbroj. Ale Azael nechcel ustúpiť, aby ho neprenasledoval.

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

²²Vtedy ešte raz riekol Abner Azaelovi: Ustúp, hovorím ti, a nesleduj ma, lebo prečo ťa mám sraziť na zem a jako sa potom pozriem do očí Joábovi, tvojmu bratovi?

²³But he refused to turn aside; therefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the belly, so 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.

²³A keď len nechcel ustúpiť, uderil ho Abner zadným koncom kopije do brucha tak, že kopija vyšla jeho chrbtom. A tak padol tam a zomrel na mieste. A stalo sa, že každý, kto prišiel k tomu miestu, na ktorom padol Azael a zomrel, že sa tam všetci zastavovali.

²⁴And Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner; and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

²⁴A Joáb a Abišaj prenasledovali Abnera. A keď zapádalo slnce, prišli k vŕšku Amma, ktorý je naproti Giachu, na ceste, ktorá vedie na púšť Gibeon.

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

²⁵Vtedy sa shromaždili synovia Benjaminovi a išli za Abnerom a utvoriac sa v jednu čatu postavili sa na vrchu jedného brehu.

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

²⁶A Abner zavolal na Joába a riekol: Či na veky bude žrať meč? Či nevieš, že býva horkosť naposledy? A dokedy už nepovieš ľudu, aby sa vrátili a prestali honiť svojich bratov?

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.

²⁷Na to odpovedal Joáb: Ako že žije Bôh, keby si nebol hovoril, ešte hneď ráno by bol býval odvedený ľud hore, a nebol by honil svojho brata.

²⁸And Joab blew the trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither did they fight any more.

²⁸Vtedy zatrúbil Joáb na trúbu, a zastál všetok ľud a neprenasledovali viacej Izraela ani nebojovali viacej.

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

²⁹A Abner a jeho mužovia išli rovinou Jordána celú tú noc a prejdúc Jordán išli celým Bitronom a prišli do Machnaima.

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

³⁰A Joáb sa vrátil od prenasledovania Abnera a shromaždil všetok ľud. A chýbalo zo služobníkov Dávidových devätnásť mužov a Azael.

³¹And the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, three hundred and sixty men, who had died.

³¹A služobníci Dávidovi zabili z Benjamina a z mužov Abnerových tristo šesťdesiat mužov, toľko ich zomrelo.

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.

³²A vezmúc Azaela pochovali ho v hrobe jeho otca, ktorý bol v Betleheme. A išli tiež celú noc, Joáb i jeho mužovia, a rozvidnelo sa im až v Hebrone.