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!

¹And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name [is] Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, `We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.`

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.

²And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king, from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem.

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.

³And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines — whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

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

⁴And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,`

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

⁵and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;

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.

⁶and David saith unto Abishai, `Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself [from] our eye.`

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

⁷And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri;

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.

⁸they [are] near the great stone that [is] in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab [is] girded; his long robe he hath put on him, and upon it a girdle — a sword [is] fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and he hath gone out, and it falleth.

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

⁹And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou [in] peace, my brother?` and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;

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.

¹⁰and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that [is] in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth [rib], and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated [it] to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.

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

¹¹And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, `He who hath delight in Joab, and he who [is] for David — after Joab!`

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.

¹²And Amasa is rolling himself in blood, in the midst of the highway, and the man seeth that all the people have stood still, and he bringeth round Amasa out of the highway to the field, and casteth over him a garment, when he hath seen that every one who hath come by him — hath stood still.

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

¹³When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

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

¹⁴And he passeth over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Berites, and they are assembled, and go in also after him,

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.

¹⁵and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mount against the city, and it standeth in a trench, and all the people who are [are] with Joab are destroying, to cause the wall to fall.

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

¹⁶And a wise woman calleth out of the city, `Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, and I speak unto thee.`

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.

¹⁷And he cometh near unto her, and the woman saith, `Art thou Joab?` and he saith, `I [am].` And she saith to him, `Hear the words of thy handmaid;` and he saith, `I am hearing.`

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

¹⁸and she speaketh, saying, `They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.

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

¹⁹I [am] of the peaceable — faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

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

²⁰And Joab answereth and saith, `Far be it — far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.

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.

²¹The matter [is] not so; for a man of the hill-country of Ephraim — Sheba son of Bichri his name — hath lifted up his hand against the king, against David; give ye up him by himself, and I go away from the city.` And the woman saith unto Joab, `Lo, his head is cast unto thee over the wall.`

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.

²²And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast [it] unto Joab, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and they are scattered from the city, each to his tents, and Joab hath turned back to Jerusalem unto the king.

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

²³And Joab [is] over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite, and over the Pelethite,

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

²⁴and Adoram [is] over the tribute, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] the remembrancer,

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

²⁵and Sheva [is] scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests,

²⁶Aj Ira Jairský bol kňazom Dávidovým.

²⁶and also, Ira the Jairite hath been minister to David.