¹A taktiež povedal Achitofel Absalomovi: Dovoľ, aby som vybral dvanásť tisíc mužov a vstanem a budem prenasledovať Dávida tejto noci.

¹And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, `Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,

²A prijdem na neho, kým je ustatý a zomdlených rúk, a predesím ho, a utečie všetok ľud, ktorý je s ním, a zabijem kráľa samotného.

²and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who [are] with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,

³A tak zase navrátim všetok ľud k tebe, lebo jako čo by sa všetko navrátilo, keď zahynie muž, ktorého hľadáš, a všetok ľud bude na pokoji.

³and I bring back all the people unto thee — as the turning back of the whole [is] the man whom thou art seeking — all the people are peace.

⁴A ľúbilo sa slovo Absalomovi i všetkým starším Izraelovým.

⁴And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

⁵Ale Absalom povedal: Nože zavolaj i Chúšaiho Arechitského, a počujme i to, čo on povie.

⁵And Absalom saith, `Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what [is] in his mouth — even he.`

⁶A keď vošiel Chúšai k Absalomovi, povedal mu Absalom: Takto a takto hovoril Achitofel. Či máme urobiť podľa jeho slova? Ak nie, hovor ty.

⁶And Hushai cometh in unto Absalom, and Absalom speaketh unto him, saying, `According to this word hath Ahithophel spoken; do we do his word? if not, thou — speak thou.`

⁷A Chúšai povedal Absalomovi: Nie je to dobrá rada, ktorú dal Achitofel tento raz.

⁷And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Not good [is] the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled at this time.`

⁸Lebo, tak povedal Chúšai, ty znáš svojho otca i jeho mužov, že sú to hrdinskí mužovia a že sú roztrpčení v duši jako osirelá medvedica na poli, a k tomu je tvoj otec vojenný muž, ktorý nebude nocovať s ľudom.

⁸And Hushai saith, `Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they [are] heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father [is] a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people;

⁹Hľa, on je teraz skrytý v niektorej jame alebo na niektorom opevnenom mieste, a keby sa stalo, že by padol niekto z nich hneď na počiatku, a počuje to voľakto, povie: Porážku utrpel ľud, ktorý ide za Absalomom!

⁹lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who [are] after Absalom;

¹⁰A keby to bol aj chrabrý muž, ktorého srdce by bolo jako srdce ľva, je isté, že zmalátnie a rozplynie sa jako voda, lebo celý Izrael vie, že tvoj otec je udatný, a že chrabrí sú tí, ktorí sú s ním.

¹⁰and he also, the son of valour, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, doth utterly melt, for all Israel doth know that thy father is a hero, and sons of valour [are] those with him.

¹¹Ale radím: Nech sa shromaždí k tebe celý Izrael od Dána až po Bér-šebu, ktorého bude jako piesku, ktorý je pri mori, čo do množstva, a ty pojdeš osobne do boja.

¹¹`So that I have counselled: Let all Israel be diligently gathered unto thee, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, and thou thyself art going in the midst;

¹²A prijdeme proti nemu na niektorom mieste, na ktorom sa najde, a spustíme sa na neho tak, ako padá rosa na zem, a neponecháme z neho a zo všetkých mužov, ktorí sú s ním, ani jedného.

¹²and we have come in unto him in one of the places where he is found, and we [are] upon him as the dew falleth on the ground, and there hath not been left of him and of all the men who [are] with him even one.

¹³A keby sa shromaždil do niektorého mesta, donesú, všetok izraelský ľud, povrazy k tomu mestu, a odvlečieme ho až do potoka tak, že sa tam nenajde ani kamienok.

¹³And if unto a city he is gathered, then they have caused all Israel to bear unto that city ropes, and we have drawn it unto the brook till that there hath not been found there even a stone.`

¹⁴A Absalom povedal i všetci mužovia Izraelovi: Lepšia je rada Chúšaiho Arechitského ako rada Achitofelova. Lebo Hospodin prikázal zrušiť dobrú radu Achitofelovu, aby Hospodin uviedol zlé na Absaloma.

¹⁴And Absalom saith — and all the men of Israel — `Better [is] the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;` and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah`s bringing unto Absalom the evil.

¹⁵Potom povedal Chúšai Cádokovi a Ebiatárovi, kňazom, že tak a tak radil Achitofel Absalomovi a starším Izraelovým, a takto a takto som ja radil.

¹⁵And Hushai saith unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, `Thus and thus hath Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus I have counselled;

¹⁶A tak teraz pošlite rýchle - povedal - a oznámte Dávidovi a povedzte: Nenocuj tejto noci na rovinách púšte, ale na každý spôsob prejdi na druhú stranu, aby nebol pohltený kráľ i všetok ľud, ktorý je s ním.

¹⁶and now, send hastily, and declare to David, saying, Lodge not to-night in the plains of the wilderness, and also, certainly pass over, lest there be a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.`

¹⁷A Jonatán a Achimaac stáli pri studni Rogel. A išla dievka a oznámila im, a oni odišli a oznámili kráľovi Dávidovi, lebo sa nemohli ukázať, aby boli vošli do mesta.

¹⁷And Jonathan and Ahimaaz are standing at En-Rogel, and the maid-servant hath gone and declared to them — and they go and have declared [it] to king David — for they are not able to be seen to go in to the city.

¹⁸Ale ich videl sluha a oznámil to Absalomovi. A oni dvaja odišli rýchle a vošli do domu nejakého muža v Bachúrime, ktorý mal studňu vo svojom dvore, a spustili sa ta.

¹⁸And a youth seeth them, and declareth to Absalom; and they go on both of them hastily, and come in unto the house of a man in Bahurim, and he hath a well in his court, and they go down there,

¹⁹A žena vzala plachtu a rozprestrela ju na vrch studne a nasypala na ňu krúp, a nezvedelo sa nič.

¹⁹and the woman taketh and spreadeth the covering over the face of the well, and spreadeth on it the ground corn, and the thing hath not been known.

²⁰Lebo keď prišli služobníci Absalomovi k žene do domu a povedali: Kde je Achimaac a Jonatán? Riekla im žena: Prešli cez potok. A hľadali ich, ale nenašli a navrátili sa do Jeruzalema.

²⁰And the servants of Absalom come in unto the woman to the house, and say, `Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan?` and the woman saith to them, `They passed over the brook of water;` and they seek, and have not found, and turn back to Jerusalem.

²¹A stalo sa, keď oni odišli, že vyšli hore zo studne a odíduc oznámili kráľovi Dávidovi a riekli Dávidovi: Vstaňte a prejdite rýchle cez vodu, lebo tak a tak radil proti vám Achitofel.

²¹And it cometh to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare to king David, and say unto David, `Rise ye, and pass over hastily the waters, for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.`

²²Vtedy vstal Dávid i všetok ľud, ktorý bol s ním, a prešli cez Jordán. Než bolo svetlo ráno, nechýbal ani jeden, ktorý by nebol prešiel cez Jordán.

²²And David riseth, and all the people who [are] with him, and they pass over the Jordan, till the light of the morning, till one hath not been lacking who hath not passed over the Jordan.

²³A Achitofel vidiac, že sa neurobilo podľa jeho rady, osedlal osla, vstal, odišiel do svojho domu, do svojho mesta, a dajúc patričné príkazy usporiadal svoj dom a obesil sa. A tak zomrel a pochovaný bol v hrobe svojho otca.

²³And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.

²⁴A Dávid prišiel do Machnaima. A Absalom prešiel cez Jordán, on i všetci mužovia Izraelovi s ním.

²⁴And David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him;

²⁵A Absalom ustanovil Amazu na miesto Joába nad vojskom. A Amaza bol synom muža, ktorému bolo meno Jitra Izraelský, ktorý vošiel k Abigaili, dcére Náchašovej, sestre Ceruje, matky Joábovej.

²⁵and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa [is] a man`s son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;

²⁶A tak sa položil Izrael a Absalom táborom v zemi Gileáde.

²⁶and Israel encampeth with Absalom [in] the land of Gilead.

²⁷A stalo sa, keď prišiel Dávid do Machnaima, že Šobi, syn Náchašov, z Rabby synov Ammonových, a Machir, syn Ammielov, z Ló-debara a Barzillaj Gileádsky z Rogelíma,

²⁷And it cometh to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi, son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from Rogelim,

²⁸doniesli posteľné veci, medenice a hlinené nádoby jako aj pšenice, jačmeňa, múky, praženého zrna, bôbu, šošovice a rôznej pražmy,

²⁸couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and roasted [pulse],

²⁹i medu, masla, drobného dobytka a kravských syrcov pre Dávida a pre ľud, ktorý bol s ním, aby jedli. Lebo riekli: Dozaista je ľud hladný, ustatý a smädný na púšti.

²⁹and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who [are] with him to eat, for they said, `Thy people [is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.`