¹Potem se zgodi, da je imel Absalom, sin Davidov, lepo sestro, po imenu Tamara, in Amnon, sin Davidov, se je zaljubil vanjo.

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards that Absalom son of David hath a fair sister, and her name [is] Tamar, and Amnon son of David loveth her.

²In Amnon je bil ves zbegan, da je obolel zaradi sestre svoje Tamare, kajti bila je devica, in Amnonu se je zdelo nemogoče, da bi ji kaj storil.

²And Amnon hath distress — even to become sick, because of Tamar his sister, for she [is] a virgin, and it is hard in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her.

³Imel pa je Amnon prijatelja, ki mu je bilo ime Jonadab, sin Simea, brata Davidovega; in Jonadab je bil jako prebrisan človek.

³And Amnon hath a friend, and his name [is] Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David`s brother, and Jonadab [is] a very wise man,

⁴In mu reče: Zakaj, kraljev sin, medliš od dne do dne bolj? Mi li ne moreš povedati? In Amnon mu pove: Ljubim Tamaro, svojega brata Absaloma sestro.

⁴and saith to him, `Wherefore [art] thou thus lean, O king`s son, morning by morning? dost thou not declare to me?` And Amnon saith to him, `Tamar — sister of Absalom my brother — I am loving.`

⁵In Jonadab mu reče: Lezi na posteljo in delaj se bolnega, in ko pride oče tvoj, da te pogleda, mu reci: Prosim, naj pride sestra moja Tamara, da mi da jesti in pripravi jed vpričo mene, da bom videl, in jedel bom iz roke njene.

⁵And Jonadab saith to him, `Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick, and thy father hath come in to see thee, and thou hast said unto him, `Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come in and give me bread to eat; and she hath made the food before mine eyes so that I see [it], and have eaten from her hand.`

⁶Amnon torej leže in se naredi bolnega, in ko ga je prišel kralj pogledat, reče Amnon kralju: Prosim, naj pride sestra moja Tamara in mi pripravi dva kolača vpričo mene, da bi jedel iz roke njene.

⁶And Amnon lieth down, and feigneth himself sick, and the king cometh in to see him, and Amnon saith unto the king, `Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come, and she maketh before mine eyes two cakes, and I eat from her hand.`

⁷Tedaj pošlje David domov po Tamaro, veleč: Pojdi, prosim, v brata svojega Amnona hišo in mu pripravi jed.

⁷And David sendeth unto Tamar, to the house, saying, `Go, I pray thee, to the house of Amnon thy brother, and make for him food.`

⁸Tamara torej pride v hišo brata svojega Amnona, on pa je ležal. In ona vzame testo in ga ugnete in naredi kolačev pred njim in jih speče.

⁸And Tamar goeth to the house of Amnon her brother, and he is lying down, and she taketh the dough, and kneadeth, and maketh cakes before his eyes, and cooketh the cakes,

⁹Potem vzame ponev in jih izsuje pred njega, ali on noče jesti. In Amnon veli: Spravite se vsi od mene ven! In ven so šli vsi od njega.

⁹and taketh the frying-pan, and poureth out before him, and he refuseth to eat, and Amnon saith, `Take ye out every one from me;` and they go out every one from him.

¹⁰In Amnon reče Tamari: Prinesi jed v čumnato, da jem iz tvoje roke. In Tamara vzame kolače, ki jih je pripravila, in jih prinese v čumnato bratu svojemu Amnonu.

¹⁰And Amnon saith unto Tamar, `Bring the food into the inner chamber, and I eat from thy hand;` and Tamar taketh the cakes that she hath made, and bringeth in to Amnon her brother, into the inner chamber,

¹¹In ko mu jih poda, da bi jedel, jo zagrabi in ji reče: Pridi, lezi z menoj, sestra moja!

¹¹and she bringeth nigh unto him to eat, and he layeth hold on her, and saith to her, `Come, lie with me, my sister.`

¹²Ona mu pa odgovori: Ne, brat moj, nikar me ne sili, ker kaj takega se ne sme storiti v Izraelu. Ne stori te neumnosti!

¹²And she saith to him, `Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Israel; do not this folly.

¹³Jaz pa, kam bi se obrnila s sramoto svojo? In ti bi bil kakor eden nespametnežev v Izraelu. Sedaj pa, prosim, govóri s kraljem, ta me ne odreče tebi.

¹³And I — whither do I cause my reproach to go? and thou — thou art as one of the fools in Israel; and now, speak, I pray thee, unto the king; for he doth not withhold me from thee.`

¹⁴Toda on ni hotel poslušati glasu njenega, in jo je premogel in posilil ter ležal pri njej.

¹⁴And he hath not been willing to hearken to her voice, and is stronger than she, and humbleth her, and lieth with her.

¹⁵Potem pa jo Amnon zasovraži s silno velikim sovraštvom, da je bilo sovraštvo, s katerim jo je sovražil, večje nego ljubezen, s katero jo je ljubil. In Amnon ji veli: Vstani, poberi se!

¹⁵And Amnon hateth her — a very great hatred — that greater [is] the hatred with which he hath hated her than the love with which he loved her, and Amnon saith to her, `Rise, go.`

¹⁶Ona pa mu reče: Nikar! to zlo, da me ženeš od sebe, je veliko hujše nego prvo, ki si mi ga storil. Ali on je ni hotel poslušati,

¹⁶And she saith to him, `Because of the circumstances this evil is greater than the other that thou hast done with me — to send me away;` and he hath not been willing to hearken to her,

¹⁷temuč pokliče dečka svojega, ki mu je stregel, in veli: Izženite to žensko od mene na ulico, in zakleni duri za njo!

¹⁷and calleth his young man, his servant, and saith, `Send away, I pray thee, this one from me without, and bolt the door after her;`

¹⁸Imela je pa pisano dolgo suknjo na sebi, zakaj tako so se oblačile kraljeve hčere, ki so bile device. Nato jo strežnik njegov odvede ven in zaklene duri za njo.

¹⁸— and upon her [is] a long coat, for such upper robes do daughters of the king who [are] virgins put on, — and his servant taketh her out without, and hath bolted the door after her.

¹⁹In Tamara si posuje s pepelom glavo in raztrga dolgo pisano oblačilo, ki ga je imela na sebi, in dene roke na glavo ter gre in gredé vpije.

¹⁹And Tamar taketh ashes for her head, and the long coat that [is] on her she hath rent, and putteth her hand on her head, and goeth, going on and crying;

²⁰In Absalom, njen brat, ji reče: Je li bil Amnon pri tebi, tvoj brat? Sedaj torej molči, sestra moja! Brat tvoj je on; ne žali srca svojega s tem! In Tamara je ostala zapuščena v hiši Absaloma, svojega brata.

²⁰and Absalom her brother saith unto her, `Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? and now, my sister, keep silent, he [is] thy brother; set not thy heart to this thing;` and Tamar dwelleth — but desolate — in the house of Absalom her brother.

²¹Ko pa je kralj David slišal vse to, se je silno srdil.

²¹And king David hath heard all these things, and it is very displeasing to him;

²²In Absalom ni govoril z Amnonom ne dobrega, ne hudega, zakaj sovražil je Amnona, ker je bil posilil sestro njegovo Tamaro.

²²and Absalom hath not spoken with Amnon either evil or good, for Absalom is hating Amnon, because that he humbled Tamar his sister.

²³In ko sta minili dve leti, so strigli Absalomu ovce v Baal-hazorju, ki je pri Efraimu, in Absalom je povabil vse sinove kraljeve.

²³And it cometh to pass, after two years of days, that Absalom hath shearers in Baal-Hazor, which [is] with Ephraim, and Absalom calleth for all the sons of the king.

²⁴In Absalom gre h kralju in reče: Glej, hlapec tvoj striže ovce. Prosim, da bi šel kralj in njegovi hlapci s tvojim hlapcem.

²⁴And Absalom cometh unto the king, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath shearers, let the king go, I pray thee, and his servants, with thy servant.`

²⁵Kralj pa reče Absalomu: Nikar, sin moj, ne zahtevaj, naj gremo vsi, da ti ne bomo nadležni. In dasi ga je silil, vendar ni hotel iti; in ga je blagoslovil.

²⁵And the king saith unto Absalom, `Nay, my son, let us not all go, I pray thee, and we are not too heavy on thee;` and he presseth on him, and he hath not been willing to go, and he blesseth him.

²⁶Tedaj reče Absalom: Če ne, sme li brat moj Amnon iti z nami? In kralj ga vpraša: Čemu bi šel s teboj!

²⁶And Absalom saith, `If not — let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us;` and the king saith to him, `Why doth he go with thee?`

²⁷A ker ga je silil, dovoli Amnonu in vsem sinovom kraljevim iti ž njim.

²⁷and Absalom urgeth on him, and he sendeth with him Amnon, and all the sons of the king.

²⁸Absalom pa zapove hlapcem svojim, rekoč: Pazite! Ko bo srce Amnonovo dobre volje od vina in ko vam povelim: Udarite Amnona! tedaj ga ubijte, ne bojte se; nisem li vam jaz zapovedal? Srčni bodite in hrabri!

²⁸And Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, `See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon [is] glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.`

²⁹In hlapci Absalomovi so storili Amnonu, kakor jim je bil Absalom zapovedal. Tedaj vstanejo vsi kraljevi sinovi in sedejo vsak na svojega mezga ter zbeže.

²⁹And the young men of Absalom do to Amnon as Absalom commanded, and rise do all the sons of the king, and they ride, each on his mule, and flee.

³⁰In ko so še bili na poti, pride vest Davidu, da pravijo: Pobil je Absalom vse sinove kraljeve, niti eden iz njih ni ostal.

³⁰And it cometh to pass — they [are] in the way — and the report hath come unto David, saying, `Absalom hath smitten all the sons of the king, and there is not left of them one;`

³¹Tedaj vstane kralj in raztrga oblačila svoja in leže na tla, in vsi hlapci njegovi stoje okoli z raztrganimi oblačili.

³¹and the king riseth, and rendeth his garments, and lieth on the earth, and all his servants are standing by [with] rent garments.

³²In Jonadab, sin Simea, brata Davidovega, izpregovori ter reče: Gospod moj, ne meni, da so pobili vse mladeniče, kraljeve sinove, zakaj Amnon sam je mrtev; to je namreč bilo na ustih Absalomovih, določeno od dne, ko je Amnon posilil Tamaro, sestro njegovo.

³²And Jonadab son of Shimeah, David`s brother, answereth and saith, `Let not my lord say, The whole of the young men, the sons of the king, they have put to death; for Amnon alone [is] dead, for by the command of Absalom it hath been appointed from the day of his humbling Tamar his sister;

³³Zdaj torej naj s tem ne žali gospod moj, kralj, srca svojega, meneč, da so vsi kraljevi sinovi mrtvi, kajti edini Amnon je mrtev.

³³and now, let not my lord the king lay unto his heart the word, saying, All the sons of the king have died, for Amnon alone [is] dead.`

³⁴Absalom pa je zbežal. In mladenič, ki je bil na straži, povzdigne oči ter vidi, in glej: mnogo ljudstva prihaja po poti ob hribu, vzadaj za njim.

³⁴And Absalom fleeth, and the young man who is watching lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, much people are coming by the way behind him, on the side of the hill.

³⁵In Jonadab reče kralju: Glej, kraljevi sinovi prihajajo! Kakor je rekel hlapec tvoj, tako je.

³⁵And Jonadab saith unto the king, `Lo, the sons of the king have come; as the word of thy servant, so it hath been.`

³⁶In ko izgovori, pridejo kraljevi sinovi in povzdignejo glas svoj in zaplakajo; tudi kralj in vsi hlapci njegovi jokajo zelo bridko.

³⁶And it cometh to pass at his finishing to speak, that lo, the sons of the king have come, and they lift up their voice, and weep, and also the king and all his servants have wept — a very great weeping.

³⁷Absalom pa je zbežal in šel k Talmaju, sinu Amihurjevemu, kralju v Gesurju. In David je žaloval po svojem sinu vse dni.

³⁷And Absalom hath fled, and goeth unto Talmai, son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, and [David] mourneth for his son all the days.

³⁸Absalom je torej zbežal in šel v Gesur in je bil ondi tri leta.In kralj David si je želel iti tja k Absalomu, zakaj utolažil se je bil zaradi Amnona, ker je bil mrtev.

³⁸And Absalom hath fled, and goeth to Geshur, and is there three years;

³⁹In kralj David si je želel iti tja k Absalomu, zakaj utolažil se je bil zaradi Amnona, ker je bil mrtev.

³⁹and [the soul of] king David determineth to go out unto Absalom, for he hath been comforted for Amnon, for [he is] dead.