¹Dalje reče Ahitofel Absalomu: Dovoli, da si izberem dvanajst tisoč mož in vstanem ter hitim za Davidom še nocoj.

¹And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, `Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,

²In planem nanj, dokler je truden in slab, ter ga prestrašim; in ko vse ljudstvo, ki je pri njem, zbeži, udarim kralja samega,

²and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who [are] with him, and I have smitten the king by himself,

³vse ljudstvo pa pripeljem nazaj k tebi. Ko pogine mož, ki ga iščeš, se vsi povrnejo k tebi, in pride vsemu ljudstvu mir.

³and I bring back all the people unto thee — as the turning back of the whole [is] the man whom thou art seeking — all the people are peace.

⁴To se je zdelo dobro Absalomu in vsem starejšinam Izraelovim.

⁴And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

⁵Tedaj reče Absalom: Pokliči, prosim, še Husaja Arkičana, in zaslišimo, kaj on pravi.

⁵And Absalom saith, `Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what [is] in his mouth — even he.`

⁶Ko pride Husaj k Absalomu, mu pove Absalom, rekoč: Tako in tako je svetoval Ahitofel. Ali naj storimo po besedah njegovih? Ako ne, govóri ti!

⁶And Hushai cometh in unto Absalom, and Absalom speaketh unto him, saying, `According to this word hath Ahithophel spoken; do we do his word? if not, thou — speak thou.`

⁷In Husaj reče Absalomu: Ni dober svet, ki ga je dal Ahitofel takrat.

⁷And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Not good [is] the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled at this time.`

⁸Še reče Husaj: Poznaš očeta svojega in ljudi njegove, da so junaki in srdite narave kakor medvedka na polju, ko so ji mladiče vzeli; oče tvoj je tudi vojščak in ne bo nočeval pri ljudstvu.

⁸And Hushai saith, `Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they [are] heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father [is] a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people;

⁹Glej, lahko se je skril v kako jamo ali kam drugam; in ako se zgodi, da padejo nekateri iz njih kar s početka, kdorkoli zasliši, poreče: Poboj je bil med ljudstvom, ki je šlo za Absalomom.

⁹lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who [are] after Absalom;

¹⁰Tako pa upade srce vsakomur, tudi če je kdo sicer hraber in ima srce kakor lev; zakaj ves Izrael ve, da je junak oče tvoj in tisti, ki so pri njem, da so vrli vojščaki.

¹⁰and he also, the son of valour, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, doth utterly melt, for all Israel doth know that thy father is a hero, and sons of valour [are] those with him.

¹¹Ali jaz svetujem, da spraviš k sebi vsega Izraela od Dana do Bersebe, ki ga je po množini kakor peska ob morju, in ti sam pojdi v boj.

¹¹`So that I have counselled: Let all Israel be diligently gathered unto thee, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, and thou thyself art going in the midst;

¹²In tako ga naskočimo v kakem kraju, kjer ga zalotimo, in ga zalezemo, kakor rosa pade na zemljo, da ne preostane od njega in od vseh njegovih niti eden mož.

¹²and we have come in unto him in one of the places where he is found, and we [are] upon him as the dew falleth on the ground, and there hath not been left of him and of all the men who [are] with him even one.

¹³Ako pa bi se umaknil v kako mesto, naj ves Izrael potegne vrvi okrog tistega mesta in ga povlečemo v potok, da se ne najde ne kamenček od njega.

¹³And if unto a city he is gathered, then they have caused all Israel to bear unto that city ropes, and we have drawn it unto the brook till that there hath not been found there even a stone.`

¹⁴Tedaj reko Absalom in vsi možje Izraelovi: Svet Husaja Arkičana je boljši nego svet Ahitofelov. Zakaj GOSPOD je tako obrnil, da je bil ovržen dobri svet Ahitofelov, zato, da spravi GOSPOD nesrečo nad Absaloma.

¹⁴And Absalom saith — and all the men of Israel — `Better [is] the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;` and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah`s bringing unto Absalom the evil.

¹⁵Husaj pa reče Zadoku in Abiatarju, duhovnikoma: Tako in tako je svetoval Ahitofel Absalomu in starejšinam Izraelovim, in takole sem svetoval jaz.

¹⁵And Hushai saith unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, `Thus and thus hath Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus I have counselled;

¹⁶Zatorej pošljita hitro k Davidu in mu sporočita: Ne ostani to noč pri brodih ob puščavi, temuč vsekakor pojdi na ono stran, da ne bo požrt kralj z ljudstvom, ki je pri njem.

¹⁶and now, send hastily, and declare to David, saying, Lodge not to-night in the plains of the wilderness, and also, certainly pass over, lest there be a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.`

¹⁷Jonatan pa in Ahimaaz sta stala pri studencu Rogelu, in dekla je hodila in jima poročala; zakaj nista se smela prikazati, da hodita v mesto. In šla sta ter oznanila kralju Davidu.

¹⁷And Jonathan and Ahimaaz are standing at En-Rogel, and the maid-servant hath gone and declared to them — and they go and have declared [it] to king David — for they are not able to be seen to go in to the city.

¹⁸A neki deček ju zagleda in pove Absalomu; odideta torej hitro in stopita v hišo nekega moža v Bahurimu, ki je imel vodnjak na dvorišču; in spustita se vanj.

¹⁸And a youth seeth them, and declareth to Absalom; and they go on both of them hastily, and come in unto the house of a man in Bahurim, and he hath a well in his court, and they go down there,

¹⁹In žena vzame odejo in jo razgrne čez vodnjakovo odprtino in jo posuje z raztolčenim žitom, da se nič ne spozna.

¹⁹and the woman taketh and spreadeth the covering over the face of the well, and spreadeth on it the ground corn, and the thing hath not been known.

²⁰Ko pa pridejo Absalomovi hlapci k ženi v hišo in vprašajo: Kje sta Ahimaaz in Jonatan? odgovori žena: Šla sta čez potoček! In ju iščejo; ko pa ju ne morejo najti, se vrnejo v Jeruzalem.

²⁰And the servants of Absalom come in unto the woman to the house, and say, `Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan?` and the woman saith to them, `They passed over the brook of water;` and they seek, and have not found, and turn back to Jerusalem.

²¹In ko so odšli, stopita onadva gori iz vodnjaka ter gresta in naznanita kralju Davidu in mu rečeta: Vstanite, hitro pojdite čez vodo; kajti tako je svetoval zoper vas Ahitofel.

²¹And it cometh to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare to king David, and say unto David, `Rise ye, and pass over hastily the waters, for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.`

²²Tedaj vstane David in vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem, in prebredejo Jordan. Ko se je zjutraj svitalo, niso pogrešili ne enega, ki bi ne bil prišel čez Jordan.

²²And David riseth, and all the people who [are] with him, and they pass over the Jordan, till the light of the morning, till one hath not been lacking who hath not passed over the Jordan.

²³Ko pa je videl Ahitofel, da ne delajo, kakor je bil svetoval, osedla osla ter vstane in odide domov v mesto svoje in uredi hišo svojo ter se obesi, in je umrl in je bil pokopan v grobu očeta svojega.

²³And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.

²⁴David pa je dospel v Mahanaim. In Absalom je šel čez Jordan, on in vsi možje Izraelovi ž njim.

²⁴And David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him;

²⁵In Absalom je postavil Amasa nad vojsko namesto Joaba. Bil pa je Amasa sin moža, čigar ime je bilo Jitra Izraelit, ki je bil šel k Abigaili, hčeri Nahasovi, sestri Zervije, matere Joabove.

²⁵and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa [is] a man`s son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;

²⁶Izrael z Absalomom pa se je utaboril v Gileadski deželi.

²⁶and Israel encampeth with Absalom [in] the land of Gilead.

²⁷In ko je David prišel v Mahanaim, so prinesli Sobi, sin Nahasov iz Rabe sinov Amonovih, in Mahir, sin Amielov iz Lodebarja, in Barzilaj Gileadčan iz Rogelima

²⁷And it cometh to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi, son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from Rogelim,

²⁸postelje, medenice, lončene posode, pšenice, ječmena, moke, opraženega zrnja, boba, leče, praže,medu, masla, ovac in sira za živež Davidu in ljudstvu, ki je bilo pri njem; zakaj dejali so: Ljudstvo je lačno, trudno in žejno v puščavi.

²⁸couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and roasted [pulse],

²⁹medu, masla, ovac in sira za živež Davidu in ljudstvu, ki je bilo pri njem; zakaj dejali so: Ljudstvo je lačno, trudno in žejno v puščavi.

²⁹and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who [are] with him to eat, for they said, `Thy people [is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.`