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.
2Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
3Pojdeš ku kráľovi a budeš mu takto hovoriť. A tak vložil Joáb tie slová do jej úst.
3Go in to the king, and speak like this to 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!
4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”
5A kráľ jej povedal: Čo chceš? A ona riekla: Ale som žena vdova, a môj muž zomrel.
5The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly 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.
6Your handmaid had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck 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.
7Behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.”
8A kráľ povedal žene: Iď do svojho domu, a ja rozkážem o tebe.
8The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”
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.
9The woman of Tekoa said to 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.
10The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you 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 she said, “Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son shall 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, “Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king.” 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.
13The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring 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 die, and are as water split on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be 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 have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, ‘I will now speak to 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 who 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 your handmaid said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’”
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 the woman, “Please don’t hide anything from me that I ask you.” 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.
19The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your 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 has your servant Joab done this thing. 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.
21The king said to 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.
22Joab fell to the ground on his face, showed respect, and blessed the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has 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.
24The king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, and didn’t see 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.
26When 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.
27To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.
28A Absalom býval v Jeruzaleme celé dva roky, ale nevidel tvári kráľovej.
28Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn’t see 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 to his servants, “Behold, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” 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 to his house, and said to him, “Why have your 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!
32Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there is 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.