¹Potom sa stalo, že sa Dávid pýtal Hospodina a povedal: Či mám ísť hore do niektorého z miest Júdových? A Hospodin mu riekol: Iď! A Dávid povedal: Kam mám ísť hore? A riekol: Do Hebrona.

¹It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” Yahweh said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”

²A tak odišiel Dávid ta hore aj obe jeho ženy, Achinoam Jezreelská a Abigaiľ, predtým žena Nábala Karmelského.

²So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

³I svojich mužov, ktorí boli s ním, vyviedol Dávid hore, každého i s jeho domom, a bývali v mestách Hebrona.

³David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.

⁴Potom prišli mužovia Júdovi a pomazali tam Dávida za kráľa nad domom Júdovým. A oznámili Dávidovi a riekli: Mužovia Jabeš-gileáda to boli, ktorí pochovali Saula.

⁴The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, saying, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”

⁵Vtedy poslal Dávid poslov k mužom Jabeš-gileáda a povedal im: Buďte požehnaní Hospodinovi, všetci vy, ktorí ste učinili to milosrdenstvo so svojím pánom, so Saulom, že ste ho pochovali.

⁵David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “Blessed are you by Yahweh, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.

⁶Preto teraz nech Hospodin učiní milosrdenstvo a pravdu s vami; a tiež i ja vám učiním to dobré, pretože ste učinili tú vec.

⁶Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.

⁷A tak teraz nech sa posilnia vaše ruky, a buďte zmužilí, lebo síce zomrel váš pán Saul, ale však už i mňa pomazali dom Júdov za kráľa nad sebou.

⁷Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.”

⁸Ale Abner, syn Nérov, veliteľ vojska Saulovho, vzal Iš-bóšeta, syna Saulovho, a zaviedol ho na druhú stranu do Machnaima

⁸Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

⁹a ustanovil ho za kráľa nad Gileádom a nad Ašurom a nad Jizreelom ako aj nad Efraimom a nad Benjaminom i nad celým Izraelom.

⁹and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

¹⁰Štyridsať rokov mal Iš-bóšet, syn Saulov, keď začal kraľovať nad Izraelom, a kraľoval dva roky. Len dom Júdov išli za Dávidom.

¹⁰Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

¹¹A počet dní, v ktorých bol Dávid v Hebrone nad domom Júdovým, bol sedem rokov a šesť mesiacov.

¹¹The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

¹²Potom vyšiel Abner, syn Nérov, a služobníci Iš-bóšeta, syna Saulovho, z Machnaima do Gibeona.

¹²Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

¹³A vyšiel i Joáb, syn Ceruje, i služobníci Dávidovi a stretli sa s nimi pri rybníku Gibeona, a položili sa jedni z jednej strany rybníka a druhí z druhej strany rybníka.

¹³Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

¹⁴A Abner povedal Joábovi: Nože nech vstanú a vystúpia mládenci a pohrajú pred nami! A Joáb riekol: Nech vstanú.

¹⁴Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and play before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”

¹⁵A tak vstali a prešli v rovnakom počte, dvanásti z Benjamina, ktorí patrili Iš-bóšetovi, synovi Saulovmu, a dvanásti zo služobníkov Dávidových.

¹⁵Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

¹⁶A pochytili každý svojho druha za hlavu a každý vrazil svoj meč do boku svojho druha. A padli spolu. Preto nazvali to miesto Chelkathaccúrim, ktoré je v Gibeone.

¹⁶They each caught his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkath Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

¹⁷A bola náramne krutá bitka toho dňa, a porazený bol Abner i mužovia Izraelovi pred služobníkmi Dávidovými.

¹⁷The battle was very severe that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

¹⁸A boli tam traja synovia Ceruje, Joáb, Abišaj a Azael. A Azael bol rýchly na svoje nohy jako niektorá zo sŕn, ktoré sú na poli.

¹⁸The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.

¹⁹A Azael prenasledoval Abnera a neuhnul ani napravo ani naľavo bežiac za Abnerom.

¹⁹Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn’t turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

²⁰A Abner obzrúc sa za seba riekol: Či si to ty, Azael? A povedal: Som.

²⁰Then Abner looked behind him, and said, “Is it you, Asahel?” He answered, “It is I.”

²¹A Abner mu riekol: Nože sa uhni napravo alebo naľavo a chyť si niektorého z mládencov a vezmi si jeho výzbroj. Ale Azael nechcel ustúpiť, aby ho neprenasledoval.

²¹Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armor.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

²²Vtedy ešte raz riekol Abner Azaelovi: Ustúp, hovorím ti, a nesleduj ma, lebo prečo ťa mám sraziť na zem a jako sa potom pozriem do očí Joábovi, tvojmu bratovi?

²²Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?”

²³A keď len nechcel ustúpiť, uderil ho Abner zadným koncom kopije do brucha tak, že kopija vyšla jeho chrbtom. A tak padol tam a zomrel na mieste. A stalo sa, že každý, kto prišiel k tomu miestu, na ktorom padol Azael a zomrel, že sa tam všetci zastavovali.

²³However he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner with the back end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place. It happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

²⁴A Joáb a Abišaj prenasledovali Abnera. A keď zapádalo slnce, prišli k vŕšku Amma, ktorý je naproti Giachu, na ceste, ktorá vedie na púšť Gibeon.

²⁴But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

²⁵Vtedy sa shromaždili synovia Benjaminovi a išli za Abnerom a utvoriac sa v jednu čatu postavili sa na vrchu jedného brehu.

²⁵The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.

²⁶A Abner zavolal na Joába a riekol: Či na veky bude žrať meč? Či nevieš, že býva horkosť naposledy? A dokedy už nepovieš ľudu, aby sa vrátili a prestali honiť svojich bratov?

²⁶Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”

²⁷Na to odpovedal Joáb: Ako že žije Bôh, keby si nebol hovoril, ešte hneď ráno by bol býval odvedený ľud hore, a nebol by honil svojho brata.

²⁷Joab said, “As God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.”

²⁸Vtedy zatrúbil Joáb na trúbu, a zastál všetok ľud a neprenasledovali viacej Izraela ani nebojovali viacej.

²⁸So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

²⁹A Abner a jeho mužovia išli rovinou Jordána celú tú noc a prejdúc Jordán išli celým Bitronom a prišli do Machnaima.

²⁹Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

³⁰A Joáb sa vrátil od prenasledovania Abnera a shromaždil všetok ľud. A chýbalo zo služobníkov Dávidových devätnásť mužov a Azael.

³⁰Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.

³¹A služobníci Dávidovi zabili z Benjamina a z mužov Abnerových tristo šesťdesiat mužov, toľko ich zomrelo.

³¹But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred sixty men died.

³²A vezmúc Azaela pochovali ho v hrobe jeho otca, ktorý bol v Betleheme. A išli tiež celú noc, Joáb i jeho mužovia, a rozvidnelo sa im až v Hebrone.

³²They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.