¹Ja pärast sündis, et Taavet küsis Issandalt, öeldes: 'Kas pean minema mõnesse Juuda linna?' Ja Issand vastas temale: 'Mine!' Ja Taavet küsis: 'Kuhu ma lähen?' Ja ta vastas: 'Hebronisse.'

¹It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” Yahweh said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”

²Nii läks Taavet sinna, samuti ta mõlemad naised: jisreellanna Ahinoam ja Abigail, karmellase Naabali naine.

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

³Ja Taavet viis sinna ka oma sõjamehed, kes ta juures olid, igaühe koos tema perega; ja nad elasid Hebroni linnades.

³David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.

⁴Siis tulid Juuda mehed ja võidsid Taaveti seal kuningaks Juuda soole. Kui Taavetile teatati, et need olid Gileadi Jaabesi mehed, kes Sauli maha matsid,

⁴The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, saying, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”

⁵siis läkitas Taavet käskjalad Gileadi Jaabesi meeste juurde ja ütles neile: 'Issand õnnistagu teid, et osutasite seda armastust oma isandale Saulile ja matsite ta maha!

⁵David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “Blessed are you by Yahweh, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.

⁶Osutagu nüüd Issand teile heldust ja truudust! Minagi tahan selle eeskujul teile head teha, sellepärast et te seda tegite.

⁶Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.

⁷Ja nüüd olgu teie käed tugevad ja olge vahvad! Teie isand Saul on küll surnud, aga Juuda sugu on ju mind võidnud enesele kuningaks!'

⁷Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.”

⁸Kuid Abner, Neeri poeg, kes oli Sauli väepealik, võttis Sauli poja Iisboseti ja viis Mahanaimi

⁸Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

⁹ning tõstis tema kuningaks Gileadile, aaserlastele, Jisreelile, Efraimile, Benjaminile ja kogu Iisraelile.

⁹and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

¹⁰Sauli poeg Iisboset oli Iisraeli kuningaks saades nelikümmend aastat vana ja ta valitses kaks aastat; ainult Juuda sugu käis Taaveti järel.

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

¹¹Ja aega, mis Taavet oli Juuda soo kuningaks Hebronis, oli seitse aastat ja kuus kuud.

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

¹²Kord läksid Abner, Neeri poeg, ja Sauli poja Iisboseti sulased Mahanaimist Gibeoni.

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

¹³Aga Joab, Seruja poeg, ja Taaveti sulased läksid ka välja ja nad kohtusid Gibeoni tiigi juures; ühed asusid siiapoole tiiki ja teised sinnapoole tiiki.

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

¹⁴Ja Abner ütles Joabile: 'Noored mehed võiksid meie ees hakata mängima sõjamängu!' Ja Joab vastas: 'Hakaku pealegi!'

¹⁴Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and play before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”

¹⁵Siis nad tõusid ja astusid ette: kaksteist meest Benjamini ja Sauli poja Iisboseti poolt ja kaksteist Taaveti sulaseist.

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

¹⁶Ja nad haarasid üksteist peast ning pistsid oma mõõgad üksteisele külje sisse ja langesid üheskoos. Seepärast nimetatakse seda paika Helkat- Hassurimiks; see on Gibeoni juures.

¹⁶They each caught his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkath Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

¹⁷Ja sel päeval sündis väga tugev taplus ning Abnerit ja Iisraeli mehi löödi Taaveti sulaste poolt.

¹⁷The battle was very severe that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

¹⁸Ja seal oli kolm Seruja poega: Joab, Abisai ja Asael; ja Asaelil olid kerged jalad, otsekui gasellil väljal.

¹⁸The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.

¹⁹Ja Asael ajas Abnerit taga ega põiganud Abneri järelt ei paremale ega vasakule.

¹⁹Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn’t turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

²⁰Siis Abner pöördus ümber ja küsis: 'Kas see oled sina, Asael?' Ja ta vastas: 'Mina.'

²⁰Then Abner looked behind him, and said, “Is it you, Asahel?” He answered, “It is I.”

²¹Ja Abner ütles temale: 'Pöördu paremale või vasakule, võta kinni mõni noortest meestest ja võta tema varustus!' Aga Asael ei tahtnud lahkuda tema järelt.

²¹Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armor.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

²²Ja Abner ütles veel kord Asaelile: 'Lahku mu järelt! Miks peaksin sind maha lööma? Kuidas võiksin siis tõsta oma silmi su venna Joabi poole?'

²²Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?”

²³Aga kui Asael ei tahtnud lahkuda, siis lõi Abner talle piigipäraga kõhtu, nõnda et piik tuli tagant välja; Asael kukkus maha ja suri kohapeal. Ja kõik, kes jõudsid sinna paika, kus Asael oli maha langenud ja surnud, jäid seisma.

²³However he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner with the back end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place. It happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

²⁴Aga Joab ja Abisai ajasid Abnerit taga ja nad jõudsid päikeseloojakul Amma künkani, mis on Giiahi kohal Gibeoni kõrbe suunas.

²⁴But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

²⁵Siis kogunesid benjaminlased Abneri järele üheks jõuguks ja jäid peatuma ühe künka harjale.

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

²⁶Ja Abner hüüdis Joabile ning ütles: 'Kas siis mõõk peab igavesti sööma? Kas sa ei mõista, et lõpp on kibe? Kas sa ei ütlegi rahvale, et nad loobuksid taga ajamast oma vendi?'

²⁶Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”

²⁷Ja Joab vastas: 'Nii tõesti kui Jumal elab: kui sa ei oleks rääkinud, siis oleks rahvas alles hommikul loobunud taga ajamast oma vendi.'

²⁷Joab said, “As God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.”

²⁸Ja Joab puhus sarve; siis peatus kogu rahvas ega ajanud enam Iisraeli taga. Ja nad ei sõdinud enam.

²⁸So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

²⁹Siis käisid Abner ja tema mehed kogu selle öö mööda lagendikku ning läksid üle Jordani; ja nad käisid kogu ennelõunase aja ning jõudsid Mahanaimi.

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

³⁰Ja Joab, lõpetanud Abneri tagaajamise, kogus kokku kõik oma rahva; Taaveti sulaseist oli puudu üheksateist meest ja Asael.

³⁰Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.

³¹Aga Taaveti sulased olid benjaminlastest ja Abneri meestest surnuks löönud kolmsada kuuskümmend meest.

³¹But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred sixty men died.

³²Ja nad tõstsid Asaeli üles ning matsid tema ta isa hauda, mis oli Petlemmas. Ja Joab ja tema mehed käisid kogu öö ning jõudsid koiduajaks Hebronisse.

³²They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.