¹Siis tulid kõik Iisraeli suguharud Taaveti juurde Hebronisse ja rääkisid ning ütlesid: 'Vaata, me oleme sinu luu ja liha.

¹Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

²Juba varem, kui Saul oli veel meie kuningas, olid sina Iisraeli väljaviijaks ja tagasitoojaks. Sinule on Issand öelnud: Sina pead hoidma mu rahvast Iisraeli kui karjane ja sina pead olema Iisraeli vürst!'

²In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. Yahweh said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’”

³Ja kõik Iisraeli vanemad tulid kuninga juurde Hebronisse ning kuningas Taavet tegi Hebronis Issanda ees nendega lepingu; siis nad võidsid Taaveti Iisraeli kuningaks.

³So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel.

⁴Taavet oli kuningaks saades kolmkümmend aastat vana; ta valitses nelikümmend aastat.

⁴David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

⁵Hebronis valitses ta Juuda üle seitse aastat ja kuus kuud; ja Jeruusalemmas valitses ta kolmkümmend kolm aastat kogu Iisraeli ja Juuda üle.

⁵In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

⁶Kui kuningas läks oma meestega Jeruusalemma selle maa elanike jebuuslaste vastu, ütlesid need Taavetile: 'Siia sisse sa ei pääse, sest pimedad ja lonkurid kihutavad su tagasi!' See pidi tähendama, et Taavet sinna ei pääse.

⁶The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “Unless you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here”; thinking, “David can’t come in here.”

⁷Aga Taavet vallutas Siioni linnuse, mis nüüd on Taaveti linn.

⁷Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

⁸Ja Taavet oli sel päeval öelnud: 'Igaüks, kes lööb jebuuslasi, tabagu veejuhtmes neid 'lonkureid ja pimedaid', keda Taaveti hing vihkab.' Sellepärast öeldakse: 'Pime ja lonkaja ei pääse kotta.'

⁸David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and strike the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame can’t come into the house.”

⁹Ja Taavet asus linnusesse ning nimetas selle Taaveti linnaks. Ja Taavet ehitas ümberringi linna, kantsist alates siselinna suunas.

⁹David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built around from Millo and inward.

¹⁰Ja Taavet läks üha vägevamaks, sest Issand, vägede Jumal, oli temaga.

¹⁰David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh, the God of Armies, was with him.

¹¹Ja Hiiram, Tüürose kuningas, läkitas Taaveti juurde saadikud seedripuudega, samuti puuseppi ja müürseppi; ja nemad ehitasid Taavetile koja.

¹¹Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

¹²Taavet mõistis, et Issand oli kinnitanud tema Iisraeli kuningaks ja et ta oli ülendanud tema kuningriiki oma Iisraeli rahva pärast.

¹²David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.

¹³Ja Taavet võttis veel rohkem liignaisi ja naisi Jeruusalemmast, pärast seda kui ta Hebronist oli tulnud; ja Taavetile sündis veelgi poegi ja tütreid.

¹³David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

¹⁴Ja need olid nende nimed, kes temale Jeruusalemmas sündisid: Sammua, Soobab, Naatan ja Saalomon;

¹⁴These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

¹⁵Jibhar, Elisua, Nefeg ja Jaafia;

¹⁵and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

¹⁶Elisama, Eljada ja Elifelet.

¹⁶and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.

¹⁷Aga kui vilistid kuulsid, et Taavet oli võitud Iisraeli kuningaks, siis läksid kõik vilistid Taavetit otsima. Kui Taavet seda kuulis, siis läks ta linnusesse.

¹⁷When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.

¹⁸Ja vilistid tulid ning luusisid Refaimi orus.

¹⁸Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁹Taavet küsis siis Issandalt, öeldes: 'Kas pean minema vilistite vastu? Kas sa annad nad minu kätte?' Ja Issand ütles Taavetile: 'Mine, sest ma annan tõesti vilistid su kätte!'

¹⁹David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?” Yahweh said to David, “Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

²⁰Siis tuli Taavet Baal-Peratsimi, ja Taavet lõi neid seal ning ütles: 'Issand on murdnud mu vaenlased minu ees, otsekui oleks vesi läbi murdnud!' Seepärast pandi sellele paigale nimeks Baal-Peratsim.

²⁰David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and he said, “Yahweh has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters.” Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.

²¹Nad jätsid sinna oma ebajumalad, ja Taavet ja ta mehed võtsid need kaasa.

²¹They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

²²Aga vilistid tulid jälle ja luusisid Refaimi orus.

²²The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

²³Ja Taavet küsis Issandalt, ja tema vastas: 'Ära mine! Piira nad tagant ümber ja tule neile kallale baakapõõsaste poolt!

²³When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, “You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them over against the mulberry trees.

²⁴Kui sa kuuled baakapõõsaste ladvus otsekui astumise kahinat, siis kiirusta, sest siis on Issand su ees välja läinud vilistite leeri lööma!'

²⁴It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall stir yourself up; for then Yahweh has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”

²⁵Ja Taavet tegi nõnda, nagu Issand teda käskis, ja lõi vilisteid Gebast kuni Geseri teelahkmeni.

²⁵David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.