¹In prigodi se, da je bil ondi mož Belijalov, po imenu Seba, sin Bikrijev, Benjaminec; ta zatrobi v trobento in reče: Ni nam deleža pri Davidu, ne dediščine pri sinu Jesejevem. Vsak v šator svoj, o Izrael!

¹And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name [is] Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, `We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.`

²Tedaj se vsi možje Izraelovi vzdignejo, da ne bi šli za Davidom, ter odidejo za Sebom, Bikrijevim sinom; ali možje Judovi so se držali kralja svojega od Jordana do Jeruzalema.

²And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king, from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem.

³In David pride v hišo svojo v Jeruzalemu. In vzame kralj tistih deset žen priležnic, ki jih je bil popustil, da čuvajo hišo, in jih da v varstvo, ter jih je oskrboval z živežem, a ni hodil k njim. Tako so bile zaprte do dne smrti svoje, živeč v vdovstvu.

³And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines — whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

⁴Nato veli kralj Amasu: Skliči mi može Judove na tretji dan, tudi sam pridi sem!

⁴And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,`

⁵In Amasa odide sklicat Judovce, a se zamudi, da ni prišel ob določenem času.

⁵and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;

⁶Tedaj reče David Abisaju: Sedaj nam bo Seba, sin Bikrijev, več škodoval nego Absalom. Vzemi gospoda svojega hlapce in híti za njim, da si ne pridobi utrjenih mest ter nam uskoči izpred oči.

⁶and David saith unto Abishai, `Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself [from] our eye.`

⁷šli so torej za njim možje Joabovi in Keretejci in Peletejci in vsi junaki; šli so iz Jeruzalema, da zasledujejo Seba, sina Bikrijevega.

⁷And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri;

⁸Ko so bili pri tistem velikem kamenu, ki je v Gibeonu, jim pride Amasa naproti. Joab pa je bil oblečen v vojaško suknjo in čeznjo prepasan s pasom in na njem je visel meč v nožnici ob bedru njegovem, in ko je postopil, se je meč iztaknil.

⁸they [are] near the great stone that [is] in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab [is] girded; his long robe he hath put on him, and upon it a girdle — a sword [is] fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and he hath gone out, and it falleth.

⁹In Joab reče Amasu: Se ti li dobro godi, brat moj? In Joab prime z desnico Amasa za brado, da ga poljubi.

⁹And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou [in] peace, my brother?` and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;

¹⁰Amasa pa ni opazil meča, ki je bil v roki Joabovi, in on ga je ž njim pobodel pod rebra, da so se mu čreva izsula na zemljo, in ni ga pobodel v drugič; in je umrl. A Joab in Abisaj, brat njegov, sta se gnala za Sebom, sinom Bikrijevim.

¹⁰and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that [is] in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth [rib], and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated [it] to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.

¹¹In eden iz Joabovih hlapcev stopi poleg Amasa in reče: Kdor ljubi Joaba in kdor je za Davida, naj gre za Joabom!

¹¹And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, `He who hath delight in Joab, and he who [is] for David — after Joab!`

¹²Amasa pa se je valjal v krvi svoji sredi ceste. In ko je videl mož, da se ustavlja vse ljudstvo, odnese Amasa s ceste na polje ter vrže nanj oblačilo, videč, da se ustavi, kdorkoli gre mimo.

¹²And Amasa is rolling himself in blood, in the midst of the highway, and the man seeth that all the people have stood still, and he bringeth round Amasa out of the highway to the field, and casteth over him a garment, when he hath seen that every one who hath come by him — hath stood still.

¹³Ko je torej bil odpravljen s ceste, je šlo vse ljudstvo naprej za Joabom, da pode Seba, sina Bikrijevega.

¹³When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

¹⁴Ta pa je bil šel skozi vse rodove Izraelove do Abela in Betmaaka in skozi ves kraj Berimcev; in zbrali so se in šli tudi za njim.

¹⁴And he passeth over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Berites, and they are assembled, and go in also after him,

¹⁵Oni pa so prišli ter ga oblegli v Abel-Betmaaki in so napravili nasip okoli mesta, da je stal proti zidovju; in vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo z Joabom, je podkopalo zid, da bi ga podrli.

¹⁵and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mount against the city, and it standeth in a trench, and all the people who are [are] with Joab are destroying, to cause the wall to fall.

¹⁶Tedaj zakliče modra žena iz mesta: Čujte, čujte! Recite Joabu: Pristopi sem, da govorim s teboj!

¹⁶And a wise woman calleth out of the city, `Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, and I speak unto thee.`

¹⁷In on se ji približa. Žena pa vpraša: Si li ti Joab? Odgovori: Sem. Tedaj mu reče: Čuj besede dekle svoje! On reče: Poslušam.

¹⁷And he cometh near unto her, and the woman saith, `Art thou Joab?` and he saith, `I [am].` And she saith to him, `Hear the words of thy handmaid;` and he saith, `I am hearing.`

¹⁸Tedaj govori ona, rekoč: V starih časih so rekali: Povprašajte za svet v Abelu! In s tem so končali vsako stvar.

¹⁸and she speaketh, saying, `They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.

¹⁹Jaz sem eno iz miroljubnih in zvestih mest v Izraelu, in ti hočeš ugonobiti mesto in mater v Izraelu? Zakaj hočeš požreti dediščino GOSPODOVO?

¹⁹I [am] of the peaceable — faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

²⁰In Joab odgovori in reče: Nikakor ne, nikakor ne, da bi jaz požiral ali razdeval!

²⁰And Joab answereth and saith, `Far be it — far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.

²¹Stvar ni taka, ampak mož z Efraimskega gorovja, Seba, sin Bikrijev, po imenu, je vzdignil roko svojo zoper kralja, zoper Davida. Izročite njega samega, in odidem od mesta. In žena reče Joabu: Glej, glava njegova se ti bo vrgla čez zid.

²¹The matter [is] not so; for a man of the hill-country of Ephraim — Sheba son of Bichri his name — hath lifted up his hand against the king, against David; give ye up him by himself, and I go away from the city.` And the woman saith unto Joab, `Lo, his head is cast unto thee over the wall.`

²²Nato gre žena in govori vsemu ljudstvu v modrosti svoji. In odsekajo glavo Sebu, sinu Bikrijevemu, in jo vržejo ven Joabu. In zatrobi na trobento, in razidejo se od mesta, vsak v mesto svoje. Joab pa se vrne v Jeruzalem h kralju.

²²And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast [it] unto Joab, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and they are scattered from the city, each to his tents, and Joab hath turned back to Jerusalem unto the king.

²³Bil pa je Joab nad vso vojsko Izraelovo, in Benaja, sin Jojadov, je bil nad Keretejci in Peletejci;

²³And Joab [is] over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite, and over the Pelethite,

²⁴in Adoram je bil nad robotniki, in Josafat, sin Ahiludov, je bil deželni letopisec,

²⁴and Adoram [is] over the tribute, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] the remembrancer,

²⁵in Seva je bil pisar, Zadok in Abiatar pa sta bila duhovnika,tudi Ira Jairski je bil prvi dvornik Davidu.

²⁵and Sheva [is] scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests,

²⁶tudi Ira Jairski je bil prvi dvornik Davidu.

²⁶and also, Ira the Jairite hath been minister to David.