¹In ko je David postopil malo dalje od vrha, glej, Ziba, hlapec Mefibosetov, mu pride naproti z dvema osedlanima osloma in na njiju pelje dvesto hlebov kruha in sto gruč suhih grozdov in stotino posušenih sadov in meh vina.

¹And David hath passed on a little from the top, and lo, Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth — to meet him, and a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred [of] summer-fruit, and a bottle of wine.

²In kralj vpraša Ziba: Kaj hočeš s tem? In Ziba reče: Osla sta za kraljevo družino, da bo na njiju jezdila, kruh pa in sadje za jed mladeničem, in vino, da bodo pili tisti, ki opešajo v puščavi.

²And the king saith unto Ziba, `What — these to thee?` and Ziba saith, `The asses for the household of the king to ride on, and the bread and the summer-fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the wearied to drink in the wilderness.`

³In kralj vpraša: Kje pa je tvojega gospodarja sin? In Ziba reče kralju: Glej, ostal je v Jeruzalemu; zakaj dejal je: Danes mi povrne hiša Izraelova mojega očeta kraljestvo.

³And the king saith, `And where [is] the son of thy lord?` and Ziba saith unto the king, `Lo, he is abiding in Jerusalem, for he said, To-day do the house of Israel give back to me the kingdom of my father.`

⁴Nato veli kralj Zibu: Glej, vse, kar ima Mefiboset, bodi tvoje! In Ziba reče: Poklanjam se! Da najdem milost v tvojih očeh, gospod moj, kralj!

⁴And the king saith to Ziba, `Lo, thine [are] all that Mephibosheth hath;` and Ziba saith, `I have bowed myself — I find grace in thine eyes, my lord, O king.`

⁵In ko pride kralj David v Bahurim, glej, izide odondod mož iz rodovine hiše Savlove, po imenu Simej, sin Gerov; izide in grede preklinja.

⁵And king David hath come in unto Bahurim, and lo, thence a man is coming out, of the family of the house of Saul, and his name [is] Shimei, son of Gera, he cometh out, coming out and reviling;

⁶In kamene je lučal na Davida in na vse hlapce kralja Davida; in vse ljudstvo Davidovo in vsi junaki so mu bili ob desnici in ob levici.

⁶and he stoneth David with stones, and all the servants of king David, and all the people, and all the mighty men on his right and on his left.

⁷In tako je govoril Simej, ko je preklinjal: Pojdi, pojdi, krvoločnik in mož Belijalov!

⁷And thus said Shimei in his reviling, `Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness!

⁸GOSPOD ti je povrnil vso kri hiše Savlove, na čigar mestu si zakraljeval, in GOSPOD je dal kraljestvo v roko Absalomu, sinu tvojemu, in glej, tičiš v nesreči svoji, ker si krvoločnik.

⁸Jehovah hath turned back on thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and Jehovah doth give the kingdom in to the hand of Absalom thy son; and lo, thou [art] in thine evil, for a man of blood thou [art].`

⁹Tedaj reče Abisaj, sin Zervijin, kralju: Zakaj bi smel ta mrtvi pes preklinjati gospoda mojega, kralja? Dovoli, da stopim tja in mu odsekam glavo!

⁹And Abishai son of Zeruiah saith unto the king, `Why doth this dead dog revile my lord the king? let me pass over, I pray thee, and I turn aside his head.`

¹⁰Kralj pa reče: Kaj imam z vama opraviti, sinova Zervijina? Ko preklinja in ko mu je rekel GOSPOD: Prekolni Davida! kdo pa sme reči: Zakaj tako delaš?

¹⁰And the king saith, `What — to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah? for — let him revile; even because Jehovah hath said to him, Revile David; and who saith, Wherefore hast Thou done so?`

¹¹še reče David Abisaju in vsem hlapcem svojim: Poglej, sin moj, ki je prišel iz osrčja mojega, mi streže po življenju, koliko bolj ta Benjaminec! Pustite ga, naj kolne; zakaj GOSPOD mu je velel.

¹¹And David saith unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, `Lo, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for Jehovah hath said [so] to him;

¹²Morda pogleda GOSPOD mojo revo in mi poplača GOSPOD z dobrim za to, da me kolne danes.

¹²it may be Jehovah doth look on mine affliction, and Jehovah hath turned back to me good for his reviling this day.`

¹³Tako je šel David svojim potom z ljudmi svojimi; Simej pa je šel ob strani gore njemu nasproti in je grede preklinjal in lučal kamene na Davida in metal prah.

¹³And David goeth with his men in the way, and Shimei is going at the side of the hill over-against him, going on, and he revileth, and stoneth with stones over-against him, and hath dusted with dust.

¹⁴Ko pa je kralj in ves ljud, ki je bil pri njem, dospel utrujen tja, se je okrepčal ondi.

¹⁴And the king cometh in, and all the people who [are] with him, wearied, and they are refreshed there.

¹⁵Absalom pa in vse ljudstvo, vsi možje Izraelovi, so bili prišli v Jeruzalem, in Ahitofel ž njim.

¹⁵And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him,

¹⁶In ko pride Husaj Arkičan, prijatelj Davidov, k Absalomu, reče Absalomu: Živel kralj! Živel kralj!

¹⁶and it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David`s friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Let the king live! let the king live!`

¹⁷Absalom pa reče Husaju: To li je milost tvoja s prijateljem tvojim? Zakaj nisi šel s prijateljem svojim?

¹⁷And Absalom saith unto Hushai, `This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?`

¹⁸Husaj pa odgovori Absalomu: Nikar, temuč kogar je izvolil GOSPOD in to ljudstvo in vsi možje Izraelovi, njegov bodem in pri njem ostanem!

¹⁸And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Nay, for he whom Jehovah hath chosen, and this people, even all the men of Israel, his I am, and with him I abide;

¹⁹In drugič, komu naj bi služil? Ne li pred obličjem sinu njegovega? Kakor sem bil sluga pred očetom tvojim, tako bodem pred teboj.

¹⁹and secondly, for whom do I labour? is it not before his son? as I served before thy father so am I before thee.`

²⁰In Absalom veli Ahitofelu: Svetuj, kaj nam je storiti?

²⁰And Absalom saith unto Ahithophel, `Give for you counsel what we do.`

²¹Ahitofel reče Absalomu: Pojdi k priležnicam očeta svojega, ki jih je pustil, da čuvajo hišo; tako bo ves Izrael slišal, da si se omrzil očetu svojemu, in bodo roke vseh, ki so pri tebi, tem močnejše.

²¹And Ahithophel saith unto Absalom, `Go in unto the concubines of thy father, whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel hath heard that thou hast been abhorred by thy father, and the hands of all who [are] with thee have been strong.`

²²Nato razpno Absalomu šator na strehi, in Absalom je šel k priležnicam očeta svojega pred očmi vsega Izraela.Svet Ahitofelov pa, ki ga je dajal v tistem času, je bil, kakor da bi kdo vprašal besedo Božjo: tako se je štelo vse svetovanje Ahitofelovo i pri Davidu i pri Absalomu.

²²And they spread out for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom goeth in unto the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel.

²³Svet Ahitofelov pa, ki ga je dajal v tistem času, je bil, kakor da bi kdo vprašal besedo Božjo: tako se je štelo vse svetovanje Ahitofelovo i pri Davidu i pri Absalomu.

²³And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days [is] as [when] one inquireth at the word of God; so [is] all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom.