¹A keď zvedel Joáb, syn Ceruje, že srdce kráľovo túži po Absalomovi,

¹Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

²poslal Joáb do Tekoe a doviedol odtiaľ múdru ženu, ktorej povedal: Nože rob, ako keby si smútila a obleč si, prosím, smútočné rúcho a nepomaž sa olejom, ale buď ako žena, ktorá už dlhý čas smúti za mŕtvym.

²And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

³Pojdeš ku kráľovi a budeš mu takto hovoriť. A tak vložil Joáb tie slová do jej úst.

³and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

⁴A tedy žena Tekoanka vravela kráľovi a padnúc na svoju tvár na zem poklonila sa a riekla: Pomôž, ó, kráľu!

⁴And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

⁵A kráľ jej povedal: Čo chceš? A ona riekla: Ale som žena vdova, a môj muž zomrel.

⁵And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

⁶A tvoja dievka mala dvoch synov, ktorí sa povadili na poli, a pretože nebolo medzi nimi toho, kto by bol vyslobodil, uderil jeden druhého a zabil ho.

⁶And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

⁷A hľa, povstala celá rodina na tvoju dievku a hovoria: Vydaj toho, ktorý zabil svojho brata, aby sme ho zabili za život jeho brata, ktorého zavraždil, a vyhladíme aj dediča! A tak vyhasia aj moju iskru, ktorá ešte pozostala, aby nezanechali môjmu mužovi mena ani zbytku na tvári zeme.

⁷And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.

⁸A kráľ povedal žene: Iď do svojho domu, a ja rozkážem o tebe.

⁸And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

⁹Ale žena Tekoanka povedala kráľovi: Na mňa, môj pán kráľ, nech padne tá neprávosť a na dom môjho otca, a kráľ a jeho trón nech je bez viny.

⁹And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.

¹⁰A kráľ povedal: Toho, kto by ti ešte niečo hovoril, doveď ku mne, a nedotkne sa ťa viacej.

¹⁰And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

¹¹A riekla: Nech sa, prosím, rozpomenie kráľ na Hospodina, svojho Boha, aby sa nerozmnožili pomstitelia krvi, ktorí by chceli zahubiť, a aby nezahladili môjho syna. A on povedal na to: Jako že žije Hospodin, že ani vlas tvojho syna nepadne na zem.

¹¹Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

¹²No, žena riekla: Dovoľ, prosím, žeby prehovorila tvoja dievka k svojmu pánovi kráľovi ešte slovo. A povedal: Hovor!

¹²Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

¹³A žena riekla: A prečo si ty myslel podobnú vec proti ľudu Božiemu? Lebo kráľ hovoriac túto reč je ako ten, kto sa dopúšťa viny, keď nechce kráľ zpät dopraviť svojho vyhnaného.

¹³And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.

¹⁴Lebo je isté, že všetci pomrieme a sme jako vody, rozliate na zem, ktoré nie je možné zase sobrať. A Bôh, hoci nehľadí na ničí život, jednako len hľadá spôsob, aby nevyhnali od neho vyhnaného.

¹⁴For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.

¹⁵A teraz, že som prišla hovoriť s kráľom, svojím pánom, toto slovo, stalo sa to preto, že ma strašil ľud, a preto riekla tvoja dievka: Nech prehovorím s kráľom, možno, že kráľ vyplní žiadosť svojej služobnice.

¹⁵Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

¹⁶Lebo kráľ vyslyší a vytrhne svoju služobnicu z ruky toho muža, ktorý chce zahladiť mňa i môjho syna spolu z dedičstva Božieho.

¹⁶For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

¹⁷A taktiež povedala tvoja dievka: Nechže mi je slovo môjho pána kráľa na upokojenie, lebo môj pán kráľ je ako anjel Boží, ochotný vypočuť, už či je dobré a či zlé. A Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, nech je s tebou!

¹⁷Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee.

¹⁸A kráľ odpovedal a riekol žene: Nezataj, prosím, predo mnou ničoho, na čo sa ťa opýtam. A žena povedala: Nech hovorí, prosím, môj pán kráľ.

¹⁸Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

¹⁹Vtedy povedal kráľ: Či nie je s tebou ruka Joábova vo všetkom tomto? A žena odpovedala a riekla: Jako že žije tvoja duša, môj pán kráľ, nemožno uchýliť sa ani napravo ani naľavo nikomu od ničoho toho, čo hovoril môj pán kráľ, lebo on, tvoj služobník Joáb, mi to rozkázal a on položil do úst tvojej dievky všetky tieto slová.

¹⁹And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

²⁰Aby som tak obrátila tvár veci, to učinil tvoj služobník Joáb. Ale môj pán je múdry, ktorého múdrosť je ako múdrosť anjela Božieho, ktorý vie všetko, čo sa deje na zemi.

²⁰to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

²¹Preto povedal kráľ Joábovi: Nože hľa, učinil som tú vec. Iď tedy a doveď zpät chlapca, Absaloma.

²¹And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.

²²Vtedy padnul Joáb na svoju tvár na zem a pokloniac sa dobrorečil kráľovi a riekol Joáb: Dneská poznal tvoj služobník, že som našiel milosť v tvojich očiach, môj pán kráľ, keď splnil kráľ žiadosť svojho služobníka.

²²And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found favor in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of his servant.

²³Potom vstal Joáb a odišiel do Gešúra a doviedol Absaloma do Jeruzalema.

²³So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

²⁴A kráľ povedal: Nech sa obráti do svojho domu, ale mojej tvári nech neuvidí! A tak sa obrátil Absalom do svojho domu a nevidel tvári kráľovej.

²⁴And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom turned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

²⁵A v celom Izraelovi nebolo takého krásneho muža, jako bol Absalom, aby bol býval tak veľmi chválený. Od spodku jeho nohy až po vrch jeho hlavy nebolo na ňom vady.

²⁵Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

²⁶A keď ostrihal svoju hlavu - a strihával ju vždy po roku, pretože bola ťažká s toľkými vlasmi na ňom, a preto ju strihával -, a odvážil vlasy svojej hlavy, vážily dvesto šeklov váhy kráľovej.

²⁶And when he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.

²⁷A Absalomovi sa narodili traja synovia a jedna dcéra, ktorej bolo meno Támar. Bola to žena krásneho vzozrenia.

²⁷And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

²⁸A Absalom býval v Jeruzaleme celé dva roky, ale nevidel tvári kráľovej.

²⁸And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the king's face.

²⁹Preto poslal Absalom poslov k Joábovi, aby ho poslal ku kráľovi. Ale nechcel prijsť k nemu. A poslal ešte i po druhé, ale nechcel prijsť.

²⁹Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

³⁰Vtedy povedal svojim služobníkom: Hľaďte, čiastka Joábova leží vedľa môjho poľa, a má tam jačmeň. Iďte a zapáľte ju ohňom. A tak zapálili služobníci Absalomovi tú čiastku ohňom.

³⁰Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

³¹Vtedy vstal Joáb a vošiel k Absalomovi do domu a povedal mu: Prečo zapálili tvoji služobníci čiastku, ktorá patrí mne, ohňom?

³¹Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

³²A Absalom povedal Joábovi: Hľa, poslal som k tebe poslov s odkazom: Prijdi sem, a pošlem ťa ku kráľovi, aby si mu povedal: Načo som prišiel z Gešúra? Lepšie by mi bolo, keby som bol tam ešte i teraz. Preto teraz nech uvidím tvár kráľovu, a jestli je na mne nejaká neprávosť, nuž nech ma zabije!

³²And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.

³³A tak vošiel Joáb ku kráľovi a oznámil mu to. Na to dal zavolať Absaloma, a on vojdúc ku kráľovi poklonil sa mu padnúc na svoju tvár na zem pred kráľom. A kráľ bozkal Absaloma.

³³So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.