¹In zgodi se potem, da je David vprašal GOSPODA, rekoč: Naj li grem gori v katero mest Judovih? In GOSPOD mu reče: Pojdi! In David vpraša: Kam naj grem? Veli: V Hebron!

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards, that David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `Do I go up into one of the cities of Judah?` and Jehovah saith unto him, `Go up.` And David saith, `Whither do I go up?` and He saith, `To Hebron.`

²David torej gre gori in tudi dve ženi njegovi, Ahinoama Jezreelska in Abigaila, bivša žena Nabala Karmelskega.

²And David goeth up thither, and also his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;

³Tudi može, ki so bili pri njem, je pripeljal David gori, vsakega z družino njegovo, in prebivali so v hebronskih mestih.

³and his men who [are] with him hath David brought up — a man and his household — and they dwell in the cities of Hebron.

⁴In prišli so možje Judovi in so ondi pomazilili Davida za kralja hiši Judovi. In ko so povedali Davidu, da so možje iz Jabesa v Gileadu pokopali Savla,

⁴And the men of Judah come, and anoint there David for king over the house of Judah; and they declare to David, saying, `The men of Jabesh-Gilead [are] they who buried Saul.`

⁵pošlje sle k možem v Gileadski Jabes in jim sporoči: Blagoslovljeni bodite od GOSPODA, da ste izkazali to milost gospodu svojemu, Savlu, in ste ga pokopali!

⁵And David sendeth messengers unto the men of Jabesh-Gilead, and saith unto them, `Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, in that ye have done this kindness with your lord, with Saul, that ye bury him.

⁶Sedaj pa izkaži GOSPOD milost in zvestobo vam, pa tudi jaz povrnem to dobro delo vam, ki ste ga storili.

⁶`And, now, Jehovah doth with you kindness and truth, and also, I do with you this good because ye have done this thing;

⁷Sedaj torej naj bodo močne roke vaše in hrabri bodite! Kajti Savel, gospod vaš, je mrtev, in mene je pomazilila hiša Judova sebi za kralja.

⁷and now, are your hands strong, and be ye for sons of valour, for your lord Saul. [is] dead, and also — me have the house of Judah anointed for king over them.`

⁸Abner pa, sin Nerov, poveljnik Savlove vojske, je vzel Isboseta, Savlovega sina, ter ga je prepeljal v Mahanaim

⁸And Abner, son of Ner, head of the host which Saul hath, hath taken Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, and causeth him to pass over to Mahanaim,

⁹in postavil za kralja nad Gileadom in nad Asurskimi in nad Jezreelom in Efraimom in Benjaminom in nad vsem Izraelom.

⁹and causeth him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurite, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over Israel — all of it.

¹⁰Isboset, sin Savlov, je bil štirideset let star, ko je zakraljeval Izraelu, in vladal je dve leti. Samo hiša Judova je šla za Davidom.

¹⁰A son of forty years, [is] Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, in his reigning over Israel, and two years he hath reigned, only the house of Judah have been after David.

¹¹Časa pa, ki je v njem kraljeval David v Hebronu hiši Judovi, je bilo sedem let in šest mesecev.

¹¹And the number of the days that David hath been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is seven years and six months.

¹²In Abner, sin Nerov, je odrinil s hlapci Isboseta, Savlovega sina, iz Mahanaima v Gibeon.

¹²And Abner son of Ner goeth out, and servants of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

¹³Tudi Joab, sin Zervijin, in hlapci Davidovi so odrinili, in so se srečali pri ribniku v Gibeonu; in sedejo eni na oni strani ribnika, drugi pa na tej strani ribnika.

¹³And Joab son of Zeruiah, and servants of David, have gone out, and they meet by the pool of Gibeon together, and sit down, these by the pool on this [side], and these by the pool on that.

¹⁴Abner pa reče Joabu: Vstanejo naj mladeniči in igrajo boj pred nami. In Joab reče: Naj vstanejo!

¹⁴And Abner saith unto Joab, `Let the youths rise, I pray thee, and they play before us;` and Joab saith, `Let them rise.`

¹⁵Tedaj vstanejo in nastopijo po številu: dvanajst za Benjamina in za Isboseta, sina Savlovega, in dvanajst iz hlapcev Davidovih.

¹⁵And they rise and pass over, in number twelve of Benjamin, even of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

¹⁶In zgrabi vsakteri svojega nasprotnika za glavo in mu zasadi meč v stran, in popadajo skupaj. Zato se tisto mesto imenuje Helkat-hazurim [T. j. njiva ostrin.], ki je v Gibeonu.

¹⁶And they lay hold, each on the head of his companion, and his sword [is] in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and [one] calleth that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon,

¹⁷In vnel se je zelo trd boj tisti dan, in hlapci Davidovi porazijo Abnerja in može Izraelove.

¹⁷and the battle is very hard on that day, and Abner is smitten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

¹⁸Bili so pa ondi trije sinovi Zervije: Joab in Abisaj in Asahel. In Asahel je bil lahkih nog kakor katera izmed srn, ki živé na polju.

¹⁸And there are there three sons of Zeruiah, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel, and Asahel [is] light on his feet, as one of the roes which [are] in the field,

¹⁹In Asahel je podil Abnerja in se ni obrnil ne na desno, ne na levo, tekoč za Abnerjem.

¹⁹And Asahel pursueth after Abner, and hath not turned aside to go to the right or to the left, from after Abner.

²⁰Tedaj se ozre Abner in reče: Si li ti Asahel? Odgovori: Sem.

²⁰And Abner looketh behind him, and saith, `Art thou he — Asahel?` and he saith, `I [am].`

²¹In Abner mu veli: Obrni se ali na desno ali na levo in primi teh mladeničev enega in si vzemi njegovo orožje! Ali Asahel se ni hotel odvrniti od njega.

²¹And Abner saith to him, `Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and seize for thee one of the youths, and take to thee his armour;` and Asahel hath not been willing to turn aside from after him.

²²In Abner zopet veli Asahelu: V stran kreni, ne hodi za menoj! Zakaj hočeš, da te pobijem na tla? Kako bi smel potem stopiti bratu tvojemu Joabu pred oči?

²²And Abner addeth again, saying unto Asahel, `Turn thee aside from after me, why do I smite thee to the earth? and how do I lift up my face unto Joab thy brother?`

²³Vendar pa ni hotel kreniti od njega; zato ga Abner udari z zadnjim koncem sulice v trebuh, da mu je pogledala sulica odzadaj, in pade ondi in umrje na tistem mestu. In kdorkoli je prišel na mesto, kjer je Asahel padel in umrl, se je ustavil.

²³And he refuseth to turn aside, and Abner smiteth him with the hinder part of the spear unto the fifth [rib], and the spear cometh out from behind him, and he falleth there, and dieth under it; and it cometh to pass, every one who hath come unto the place where Asahel hath fallen and dieth — they stand still.

²⁴Joab in Abisaj pa sta podila Abnerja, in solnce je bilo zašlo, ko sta dospela do griča Ame, ki je pred Giahom, ob poti v Gibeonsko puščavo.

²⁴And Joab and Abishai pursue after Abner, and the sun hath gone in, and they have come in unto the height of Ammah, which [is] on the front of Giah, the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

²⁵In sinovi Benjaminovi se zbero pri Abnerju ter se skupijo v krdelo, in stopijo na vrh griča.

²⁵And the sons of Benjamin gather themselves together after Abner, and become one troop, and stand on the top of a certain height,

²⁶Tedaj kliče Abner proti Joabu in reče: Bode li meč žrl brez konca? Ne veš li, da nazadnje pride bridkost? Kako dolgo nočeš reči ljudstvu, da naj neha preganjati svoje brate?

²⁶and Abner calleth unto Joab, and saith, `For ever doth the sword consume? hast thou not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? and till when dost thou not say to the people to turn back from after their brethren?`

²⁷In Joab reče: Kakor res Bog živi, ako bi ne bil ti govoril, bi se bilo ljudstvo že davi vrnilo, ne eden ne bi bil tiral brata svojega!

²⁷And Joab saith, `God liveth! for unless thou hadst spoken, surely then from the morning had the people gone up each from after his brother.`

²⁸Tedaj zatrobenta Joab, in vse ljudstvo se ustavi, in niso več podili Izraela, niti se več bojevali.

²⁸And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and all the people stand still, and pursue no more after Israel, nor have they added any more to fight.

²⁹Abner in možje njegovi pa so šli vso noč po nižini in so prešli Jordan ter prehodili ves Bitron in prišli v Mahanaim.

²⁹And Abner and his men have gone through the plain all that night, and pass over the Jordan, and go on [through] all Bithron, and come in to Mahanaim.

³⁰In Joab se vrne od Abnerja, in ko je zbral vse ljudstvo, je manjkalo izmed hlapcev Davidovih devetnajst mož in Asahela.

³⁰And Joab hath turned back from after Abner, and gathereth all the people, and there are lacking of the servants of David nineteen men, and Asahel;

³¹A hlapci Davidovi so pobili iz Benjamincev in iz Abnerjevega moštva tristo in šestdeset mož, ki so umrli.In so vzdignili Asahela in ga pokopali v grobu očeta njegovega v Betlehemu. Joab in možje njegovi pa so hodili vso noč, in dan jim je zasvital, ko so dospeli v Hebron.

³¹and the servants of David have smitten of Benjamin, even among the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men — they died.

³²In so vzdignili Asahela in ga pokopali v grobu očeta njegovega v Betlehemu. Joab in možje njegovi pa so hodili vso noč, in dan jim je zasvital, ko so dospeli v Hebron.

³²And they lift up Asahel, and bury him in the burying-place of his father, which [is] in Beth-Lehem, and they go all the night — Joab and his men — and it is light to them in Hebron.