¹In oznanili so Joabu: Glej, kralj joče in žaluje po Absalomu!

¹And it is declared to Joab, `Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;`

²In zmaga se je tisti dan obrnila v žalost vsemu ljudstvu, zakaj ljudstvo je slišalo ta dan, da se je pravilo: Kralju je žal za svojega sina.

²and the salvation on that day becometh mourning to all the people, for the people hath heard on that day, saying, `The king hath been grieved for his son.`

³In ljudstvo se po tihem prikrade v mesto ta dan, kakor se ljudstvo s sramom ukrade, ko je bežalo v boju.

³And the people stealeth away, on that day, to go in to the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;

⁴Kralj pa si je zagrnil obraz in vpil z velikim glasom: O sin moj Absalom! Absalom, moj sin, moj sin!

⁴and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth — a loud voice — `My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.`

⁵In pride Joab v hišo h kralju in reče: Rdečico si danes pognal v obraze vseh hlapcev svojih, ki so ta dan rešili življenje tvoje in tvojih sinov in hčera, življenje tvojih žen in priležnic,

⁵And Joab cometh in unto the king to the house, and saith, `Thou hast put to shame to-day the faces of all thy servants, those delivering thy life to-day, and the life of thy sons, and of thy daughters, and the life of thy wives, and the life of thy concubines,

⁶s tem, da ljubiš tiste, ki te sovražijo, in mrziš te, ki te ljubijo. Zakaj pokazal si danes, da ne maraš za svoje kneze in hlapce; kajti danes vidim, ako bi le Absalom bil ostal živ, mi vsi pa bi bili pomrli danes, tebi bi bilo prav.

⁶to love thine enemies, and to hate those loving thee, for thou hast declared to-day that thou hast no princes and servants, for I have known to-day that if Absalom [were] alive, and all of us to-day dead, that then it were right in thine eyes.

⁷Sedaj pa vstani, pojdi ven in govori prijazno hlapcem svojim! Zakaj prisegam pri GOSPODU: Ako ne pojdeš ven, ne ostane nocoj ne eden mož pri tebi, in to bo hujše zate nego vse hudo, ki te je zadelo od mladosti tvoje do sedaj.

⁷`And now, rise, go out and speak unto the heart of thy servants, for by Jehovah I have sworn, that — thou art not going out — there doth not lodge a man with thee to-night; and this [is] worse for thee than all the evil that hath come upon thee from thy youth till now.`

⁸Tedaj vstane kralj in sede med vrata. In oznanijo vsemu ljudstvu, rekoč: Glej, kralj sedi med vrati. In vse ljudstvo je prišlo pred kralja. Izrael pa je bil bežal, vsak v šator svoj.

⁸And the king riseth, and sitteth in the gate, and to all the people they have declared, saying, `Lo, the king is sitting in the gate;` and all the people come in before the king, and Israel hath fled, each to his tents.

⁹In vse ljudstvo se je prepiralo po vseh rodovih Izraelovih, govoreč: Kralj nas je otel iz roke sovražnikov naših ter nas je oprostil pesti Filistejcev, in zdaj je moral bežati iz dežele pred Absalomom.

⁹And it cometh to pass, all the people are contending through all the tribes of Israel, saying, `The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, yea, he himself delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines, and now he hath fled out of the land because of Absalom,

¹⁰Absalom pa, ki smo ga pomazilili, da bodi nad nami, je mrtev na bojišču. Sedaj pa, zakaj ne izpregovorite besede, da pripeljemo kralja nazaj!

¹⁰and Absalom whom we anointed over us [is] dead in battle, and now, why are ye silent — to bring back the king?`

¹¹In kralj David pošlje k Zadoku in Abiatarju, duhovnikoma, veleč: Govorita starejšinam Judovim in recita: Zakaj hočete biti poslednji, da bi pripeljali kralja nazaj v hišo njegovo! Kaj ti govor vsega Izraela se je donesel kralju, da ga hočejo privesti v hišo njegovo.

¹¹And king David sent unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, saying, `Speak ye unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye last to bring back the king unto his house? (and the word of all Israel hath come unto the king, unto his house;)

¹²Bratje moji ste, moja kost in meso, čemu bi torej bili poslednji, ko bodo peljali kralja nazaj!

¹²my brethren ye [are], my bone and my flesh ye [are], and why are ye last to bring back the king?

¹³In Amasu recita: Nisi li moja kost in meso? Bog mi stori to in še to prideni, ako ne boš vse svoje žive dni poveljnik vojske pred menoj na Joabovem mestu.

¹³And to Amasa say ye, Art not thou my bone and my flesh? Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add, if thou art not head of the host before me all the days instead of Joab.`

¹⁴In nagnil je vseh Judovih mož srce, kakor srce enega moža, da so sporočili kralju: Vrni se ti in vsi hlapci tvoji!

¹⁴And he inclineth the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send unto the king, `Turn back, thou, and all thy servants.`

¹⁵Vrne se torej kralj in pride k Jordanu. In Judovci dospejo v Gilgal, gredoč naproti kralju, da ga prepeljejo čez Jordan.

¹⁵And the king turneth back, and cometh in unto the Jordan, and Judah hath come to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan,

¹⁶In Simej, sin Gerov, Benjaminec, ki je prebival v Bahurimu, pohiti in pride doli z možmi Judovimi naproti kralju Davidu.

¹⁶and Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who [is] from Bahurim, hasteth, and cometh down with the men of Judah, to meet king David,

¹⁷In bilo je ž njim tisoč mož iz Benjamina in Ziba, Savlove hiše služabnik, in petnajst sinov njegovih in dvajset hlapcev njegovih, in šli so čez Jordan pred kraljem.

¹⁷and a thousand men [are] with him from Benjamin, and Ziba servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him, and they have gone prosperously over the Jordan before the king.

¹⁸Napravili so namreč brod, da prepeljejo kraljevo družino in store, kar mu je ugajalo. Simej pa, sin Gerov, pade pred kralja, ko se je hotel peljati čez Jordan,

¹⁸And passed over hath the ferry-boat to carry over the household of the king, and to do that which [is] good in his eyes, and Shimei son of Gera hath fallen before the king in his passing over into Jordan,

¹⁹in reče kralju: Ne prištevaj mi, gospod moj, krivice, in ne spominjaj se, kako se je pregrešil hlapec tvoj tisti dan, ko je bil šel gospod moj, kralj, iz Jeruzalema, in naj ne ohrani tega kralj v srcu.

¹⁹and saith unto the king, `Let not my lord impute to me iniquity; neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely in the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem, — for the king to set [it] unto his heart;

²⁰Zakaj hlapec tvoj spoznava, da sem grešil; in poglej, jaz sem danes prvi šel od vse hiše Jožefove, da pridem doli naproti gospodu svojemu, kralju.

²⁰for thy servant hath known that I have sinned; and lo, I have come to-day, first of all the house of Joseph, to go down to meet my lord the king.`

²¹Abisaj pa, Zervijin sin, odgovori in reče: Ne bo li Simej usmrčen zato, ker je preklinjal maziljenca GOSPODOVEGA?

²¹And Abishai son of Zeruiah answereth and saith, `For this is not Shimei put to death — because he reviled the anointed of Jehovah?`

²²A David veli: Kaj imam z vama opraviti, sinova Zervije, da mi danes hočeta biti nasprotnika? Ali naj danes umre kdo v Izraelu? Ne vem li namreč, da sem danes zopet kralj nad Izraelom?

²²And David saith, `What — to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah, that ye are to me to-day for an adversary? to-day is any man put to death in Israel? for have I not known that to-day I [am] king over Israel?`

²³In Simeju reče kralj: Ne umreš. In kralj mu je prisegel.

²³And the king saith unto Shimei, `Thou dost not die;` and the king sweareth to him.

²⁴Mefiboset, Savlov sin, je tudi prišel doli kralju naproti. Ni si pa snažil nog, ne ravnal brade, ne pral obleke od dne, ko je bil kralj odšel, do dne, ko se je vrnil domov v miru.

²⁴And Mephibosheth son of Saul hath come down to meet the king — and he prepared not his feet, nor did he prepare his upper lip, yea, his garments he washed not, even from the day of the going away of the king, till the day that he came in peace —

²⁵In zgodi se, ko pride v Jeruzalem kralju naproti, da ga kralj vpraša: Zakaj nisi šel z menoj, Mefiboset?

²⁵and it cometh to pass, when he hath come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king saith to him, `Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?`

²⁶On pa odgovori: O gospod moj, kralj, hlapec moj me je okanil! Zakaj hlapec tvoj je dejal: Osedlam si osla, da bom jezdil na njem in šel h kralju, ker hlapec tvoj je hrom.

²⁶And he saith, `My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for thy servant said, I saddle for me the ass, and ride on it, and go with the king, for thy servant [is] lame;

²⁷A on je še ovadil hlapca tvojega pred gospodom mojim, kraljem. Ali gospod moj, kralj, je kakor angel Božji! Stóri torej, kar se ti dobro vidi.

²⁷and he uttereth slander against thy servant unto my lord the king, and my lord the king [is] as a messenger of God; and do thou that which is good in thine eyes,

²⁸Zakaj očeta mojega vsa družina ni bila nič drugega kakor ljudje, smrti izročeni pred gospodom mojim, kraljem; a vendar si posadil hlapca svojega med tiste, ki jedo pri mizi tvoji. Kaj imam torej še pravice, da bi dalje vpil h kralju?

²⁸for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more — even to cry any more unto the king?`

²⁹In kralj mu veli: Kaj toliko govoriš o svojih rečeh? Rekel sem: Ti in Ziba si vkup delita tiste njive!

²⁹And the king saith to him, `Why dost thou speak any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba — share ye the field.`

³⁰In Mefiboset reče kralju: Lahko si tudi vse vzame, samo da se je gospod moj, kralj, vrnil v miru v hišo svojo!

³⁰And Mephibosheth saith unto the king, `Yea, the whole let him take, after that my lord the king hath come in peace unto his house.`

³¹In Barzilaj Gileadčan je prišel doli iz Rogelima in je šel s kraljem čez Jordan, da bi ga spremil čez Jordan.

³¹And Barzillai the Gileadite hath gone down from Rogelim, and passeth over the Jordan with the king, to send him away over the Jordan;

³²Barzilaj pa je bil silno star, dobrih osemdeset let, in je oskrboval kralja z živežem, dokler je bival v Mahanaimu, kajti bil je jako bogat mož.

³²and Barzillai [is] very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he [is] a very great man;

³³In kralj veli Barzilaju: Pojdi z menoj na ono stran in hočem te oskrbeti pri sebi v Jeruzalemu.

³³and the king saith unto Barzillai, `Pass thou over with me, and I have sustained thee with me in Jerusalem.`

³⁴Barzilaj pa reče kralju: Koliko je še dni življenja mojega, da bi šel s kraljem gori v Jeruzalem?

³⁴And Barzillai saith unto the king, `How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem?

³⁵Osemdeset let sem sedaj star: morem li razločevati med dobrim in hudim? More li hlapcu tvojemu tekniti, kar bo jedel in kar bo pil? Morem li še poslušati glas pevcev in pevk? Čemu naj torej bode hlapec tvoj še v nadlego gospodu svojemu, kralju?

³⁵A son of eighty years I [am] to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? do I hearken any more to the voice of singers and songstresses? and why is thy servant any more for a burden unto my lord the king?

³⁶Hlapec tvoj je samo hotel malo spremiti kralja čez Jordan, in zakaj bi mi kralj podelil tako povračilo?

³⁶As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense?

³⁷Naj se sme, prosim, vrniti hlapec tvoj, da umrjem v mestu svojem, pri grobu očeta svojega in matere svoje. A glej, tu je hlapec tvoj Kimham, ta naj gre na ono stran z mojim gospodom kraljem, in njemu stóri, kar se ti vidi prav.

³⁷Let, I pray thee, thy servant turn back again, and I die in mine own city, near the burying-place of my father and of my mother, — and lo, thy servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do thou to him that which [is] good in thine eyes.`

³⁸In kralj odgovori: Kimham naj torej gre z menoj, in storiti mu hočem, kar je dobro v tvojih očeh; tudi vse, česar boš želel od mene, storim zate.

³⁸And the king saith, `With me doth Chimham go over, and I do to him that which [is] good in thine eyes, yea, all that thou dost fix on me I do to thee.`

³⁹In ko je prešlo vse ljudstvo čez Jordan in je tudi kralj bil na oni strani, poljubi kralj Barzilaja in ga blagoslovi. On pa se vrne v svoj kraj.

³⁹And all the people pass over the Jordan, and the king hath passed over, and the king giveth a kiss to Barzillai, and blesseth him, and he turneth back to his place.

⁴⁰Kralj pa je šel čez v Gilgal in Kimham je šel ž njim; in vse ljudstvo Judovo je spremljalo kralja na ono stran, tudi polovica ljudstva Izraelovega.

⁴⁰And the king passeth over to Gilgal, and Chimham hath passed over with him, and all the people of Judah, and they bring over the king, and also the half of the people of Israel.

⁴¹In glej, vsi možje Izraelovi pridejo h kralju in mu reko: Zakaj so te ukradli bratje naši, možje Judovi, in so prepeljali kralja in družino njegovo čez Jordan in vse može Davidove ž njim?

⁴¹And, lo, all the men of Israel are coming unto the king, and they say unto the king, `Wherefore have they stolen thee — our brethren, the men of Judah?` (and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him).

⁴²A vsi možje Judovi odgovore možem Izraelovim: Kralj je nam bliže! Zakaj se srdite zato? Ali smo dobili kaj kraljeve hrane ali kako darilo od njega?Možje Izraelovi pa odgovore možem Judovim in reko: Mi imamo desetkrat več pri kralju, in tudi Davidu smo več nego vi, zakaj ste nas torej zaničevali? In nismo li mi prvi govorili, da privedemo nazaj kralja svojega? Ali besede mož Judovih so bile trše nego mož Izraelovih besede.

⁴²And all the men of Judah answer against the men of Israel, `Because the king [is] near unto us, and why [is] this — ye are displeased about this matter? have we at all eaten of the king`s [substance?] a gift hath he lifted up to us?`

⁴³Možje Izraelovi pa odgovore možem Judovim in reko: Mi imamo desetkrat več pri kralju, in tudi Davidu smo več nego vi, zakaj ste nas torej zaničevali? In nismo li mi prvi govorili, da privedemo nazaj kralja svojega? Ali besede mož Judovih so bile trše nego mož Izraelovih besede.

⁴³And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, `Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?` And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.