¹And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, Israel.

¹A nahodil sa tam nejaký muž beliála, nešľachetník, ktorému bolo meno Šeba, syn Bichriho, muž Jeminiho. Ten zatrúbil na trúbu a povedal: Nemáme podielu na Dávidovi ani nemáme dedičstva v synovi Izaiho! Každý ku svojim stánom, Izraelu!

²Then all the men of Israel went up from after David, following Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clave to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

²A tak odišli hore všetci mužovia Izraelovi odstúpiac od Dávida a išli za Šebom, synom Bichriho. Ale mužovia Júdovi pridŕžali sa svojho kráľa, od Jordána až po Jeruzalem.

³And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house of confinement and maintained them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

³A tak prišiel Dávid do svojho domu, do Jeruzalema. A kráľ vezmúc desať žien, ženín, ktoré bol zanechal, aby dozeraly na dom, dal ich do domu stráže a zaopatroval ich potravou, ale nevošiel k nim. A boly zavrené až do dňa svojej smrti, vdovstvo za života muža.

⁴And the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and do thou attend here.

⁴Potom riekol kráľ Amazovi: Svolaj mi mužov Júdových vo troch dňoch a ty sa tiež dostanov tu.

⁵So Amasa went to call together [the men of] Judah; but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

⁵A Amaza odišiel, aby svolal Júdu, ale sa oneskoril vyše času, ktorý mu uložil.

⁶And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom. Take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities and escape our sight.

⁶Vtedy riekol Dávid Abišajovi: Teraz nám horšie urobí Šeba, syn Bichriho, než Absalom. Ty pojmi služobníkov svojho pána a stíhaj ho, aby si nenašiel ohradených miest a nezmizol nám z oka.

⁷And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

⁷A tak vyšli za ním mužovia Joábovi i Keréťania i Peléťania i všetci udatní mužovia a vyšli z Jeruzalema, aby stíhali Šebu, syna Bichriho.

⁸When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. And Joab was girded with his coat, his dress, and upon it was the girdle of the sword which was fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.

⁸A keď už boli pri tom veľkom kameni, ktorý je v Gibeone, prichádzal Amaza pred nimi. A Joáb mal opásaný svoj plášť svojho rúcha a na ňom opasok meča, pripätý na svojich bedrách v jeho pošve. A keď vyšiel Joáb oproti Amazovi, meč vypadol, a Joáb ho vzal do ruky.

⁹And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

⁹A Joáb povedal Amazovi: Či sa máš dobre, môj brat? A Joáb chytil pravou rukou Amazu za bradu, aby ho bozkal.

¹⁰And Amasa had taken no notice of the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him with it in the belly and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

¹⁰Ale Amaza sa nechránil, aby bol pozoroval na meč, ktorý bol v ruke Joábovej. A tak mu ho vrazil do brucha a vykydol jeho vnútornosti na zem, ani mu nedal druhej rany, a zomrel. A Joáb a Abišaj, jeho brat, stíhali potom Šebu, syna Bichriho.

¹¹And one of Joab's young men stood by [Amasa] and said, He that favours Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

¹¹A ktorýsi muž zo služobníkov Joábových stál nad ním a hovoril: Kto má rád Joába, a kto je za Dávida, za Joábom!

¹²Now Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by stood still.

¹²A Amaza, pováľaný v krvi ležal prostred hradskej. A keď videl muž, že sa zastavuje všetok ľud, odvliekol Amazu s hradskej na pole a hodil na neho rúcho vidiac, že každý, kto prišiel na neho, zastavil sa.

¹³When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,

¹³A keď bol odprataný s cesty, prešiel ta každý za Joábom stíhať Šebu, syna Bichriho.

¹⁴who went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maacah, and all the Berim; and they gathered together, and went also after him.

¹⁴A prešiel všetky pokolenia Izraelove, po Ábel a po Bét-maachu, i celé Bérim, a shromaždili sa a prišli tiež za ním.

¹⁵And they came and besieged him in Abel-Beth-Maacah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it was raised in the trench; and all the people that were with Joab sapped the wall, to throw it down.

¹⁵A tedy prijdúc obľahli ho v Ábele Bét-maachy a nasypali proti mestu val, takže stál pri vonkajšej hradbe, a všetok ľud, ktorý bol s Joábom, hubil, aby rozboril a svalil múr.

¹⁶And a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

¹⁶Tu zavolala nejaká múdra žena z mesta: Počujte, počujte! Povedzte, prosím, Joábovi: Priblíž sa sem, aby som prehovorila s tebou!

¹⁷And he came near to her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I [am he]. And she said to him, Listen to the words of thy handmaid. And he said, I am listening.

¹⁷A keď sa priblížil k nej, povedala žena: Či si ty Joáb? A odpovedal: Som. A ona mu riekla: Počuj slová svojej služobnice! A povedal: Čujem.

¹⁸And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.

¹⁸A ona mu povedala nasledovne: Prv hovorievali príslovne, že vraj driev sa istotne opýtajú v Ábele, a tak vykonajú!

¹⁹I am peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

¹⁹Ja som z pokojných a verných Izraelových! A ty hľadáš, ako usmrtiť mesto a mater v Izraelovi! Prečo chceš pohltiť dedičstvo Hospodinovo?

²⁰And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

²⁰Na to odpovedal Joáb a riekol: To nech je preč, nech je preč odo mňa! Nepohltím ani nezahubím!

²¹The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give up him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

²¹Nie tak je vec! Ale nejaký muž s vrchu Efraimovho, menom Šeba, syn Bichriho, pozdvihol svoju ruku na kráľa, na Dávida, vydajte toho samotného, a odídem od mesta! A žena riekla Joábovi: Hľa, jeho hlava ti bude vyhodená cez múr.

²²Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

²²Potom prišla žena ku všetkému ľudu vo svojej múdrosti, a zoťali hlavu Šebu, syna Bichriho, a vyhodili k Joábovi. Vtedy zatrúbil na trúbu, a rozišli sa od mesta každý do svojich stánov. A Joáb sa navrátil do Jeruzalema ku kráľovi.

²³And Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;

²³A Joáb bol nad všetkým vojskom Izraelovým, a Benaiáš, syn Jehojadov, nad Keréťanmi a nad Peléťanmi.

²⁴and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

²⁴Adorám bol nad daňou, a Jozafat, syn Achilúdov, bol kancelárom.

²⁵and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

²⁵Ševa bol pisárom, a Cádok a Ebiatár boli kňazmi.

²⁶and Ira also, the Jairite, was David's chief ruler.

²⁶Aj Ira Jairský bol kňazom Dávidovým.