¹In bil je dolgo boj med hišo Savlovo in hišo Davidovo. In David je čimdalje bolj napredoval, Savlova hiša pa je bolj in bolj pešala.

¹And the war is long between the house of Saul and the house of David, and David is going on and [is] strong, and the house of Saul are going on and [are] weak.

²In Davidu so se rodili sinovi v Hebronu: prvenec je bil Amnon, iz Ahinoame Jezreelske;

²And there are born to David sons in Hebron, and his first-born is Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,

³drugi pa Kileab, iz Abigaile, bivše žene Nabala Karmelskega; in tretji Absalom, sin Maake, hčere Talmaja, kralja v Gesurju;

³and his second [is] Chileab, of Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite, and the third [is] Absalom son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur,

⁴četrti Adonija, sin Hagite, in peti Sefatija, sin Abitale;

⁴and the fourth [is] Adonijah son of Haggith, and the fifth [is] Shephatiah son of Abital,

⁵in šesti Itream iz Egle, žene Davidove. Ti so se rodili Davidu v Hebronu.

⁵and the sixth [is] Ithream, of Eglah wife of David; these have been born to David in Hebron.

⁶In bilo je, dokler sta se bojevali hiša Savlova in hiša Davidova, da se je Abner kazal močnega za hišo Savlovo.

⁶And it cometh to pass, in the war being between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner hath been strengthening himself in the house of Saul,

⁷Savel pa je bil imel priležnico, po imenu Ricpo, hčer Ajevo. In Isboset reče Abnerju: Zakaj se družiš z očeta mojega priležnico?

⁷and Saul hath a concubine, and her name [is] Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and [Ish-Bosheth] saith unto Abner, `Wherefore hast thou gone in unto the concubine of my father?`

⁸In razjezi se Abner hudo zaradi teh besed Isbosetovih in reče: Sem li jaz pasja glava, ki se oklepa Jude? Danes izkazujem milost hiši očeta tvojega Savla, bratom in prijateljem njegovim, in tebe nisem izdal Davidu v roke, pa ti mi danes očitaš pregrešek s tisto žensko?

⁸And it is displeasing to Abner exceedingly, because of the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he saith, `The head of a dog [am] I — that in reference to Judah to-day I do kindness with the house of Saul thy father, unto his brethren, and unto his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David — that thou chargest against me iniquity concerning the woman to-day?

⁹Bog naj stori Abnerju to in ono naj pridene, ako ne izvršim, kakor je GOSPOD prisegel Davidu,

⁹thus doth God to Abner, and thus He doth add to him, surely as Jehovah hath sworn to David — surely so I do to him:

¹⁰da se vzame kraljestvo od hiše Savlove in se postavi Davidov prestol nad Izraelom in nad Judo, od Dana do Bersebe!

¹⁰to cause the kingdom to pass over from the house of Saul, and to raise up the throne of David over Israel, and over Judah, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba.`

¹¹In ni mogel Abnerju odgovoriti besede, ker se ga je bal.

¹¹And he is not able any more to turn back Abner a word, because of his fearing him.

¹²In pošlje Abner poročnike pri tej priči k Davidu in reče: Čigava je dežela? in sporoči: Skleni zavezo z menoj, in glej, roka moja bode s teboj, da potegnem vsega Izraela za teboj!

¹²And Abner sendeth messengers unto David for himself, saying, `Whose [is] the land?` saying, `Make thy covenant with me, and lo, my hand [is] with thee, to bring round unto thee all Israel.`

¹³David reče: Dobro, hočem storiti zavezo s teboj; le eno reč zahtevam od tebe, namreč: ne boš videl obličja mojega, razen da mi prej pripelješ Mihalo, hčer Savlovo, ko prideš, da vidiš obličje moje.

¹³And he saith, `Good — I make with thee a covenant; only, one thing I am asking of thee, that is, Thou dost not see my face, except thou dost first bring in Michal, daughter of Saul in thy coming into see my face.`

¹⁴Pošlje tudi David poročnike k Isbosetu, Savlovemu sinu, in sporoči: Daj mi ženo mojo Mihalo, ki sem si jo zaročil s sto sprednjimi kožicami Filistejcev.

¹⁴And David sendeth messengers unto Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, saying, `Give up my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself with a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.`

¹⁵In Isboset pošlje in jo vzame od moža njenega, od Faltiela, sina Laisovega.

¹⁵And Ish-Bosheth sendeth, and taketh her from a man, from Phaltiel son of Laish,

¹⁶In njen mož je šel ž njo in spotoma jokal, idoč za njo do Bahurima. Tedaj mu reče Abner: Pojdi, vrni se! In se je vrnil.

¹⁶and her husband goeth with her, going on and weeping behind her, unto Bahurim, and Abner saith unto him, `Go, turn back;` and he turneth back.

¹⁷In Abner se je zmenil s starejšinami Izraelovimi in dejal: Nekdaj ste želeli, da vam bodi David kralj.

¹⁷And the word of Abner was with the elders of Israel, saying, `Heretofore ye have been seeking David for king over you,

¹⁸Sedaj pa izvršite to! Zakaj GOSPOD je govoril o Davidu: Po roki služabnika mojega Davida hočem rešiti ljudstvo svoje Izraela iz roke Filistejcev in iz vseh njih sovražnikov pesti.

¹⁸and now, do [it], for Jehovah hath spoken of David saying, By the hand of David my servant — to save My people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.`

¹⁹Enako je govoril Abner na ušesa Benjamincem. Potem je šel Abner govorit tudi na ušesa Davidu v Hebronu vse, kar se je dobro videlo Izraelu in vsej Benjaminovi hiši.

¹⁹And Abner speaketh also in the ears of Benjamin, and Abner goeth also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that [is] good in the eyes of Israel, and in the eyes of all the house of Benjamin,

²⁰Pride tedaj Abner k Davidu v Hebron in dvajset mož ž njim. In David napravi gostijo Abnerju in možem, ki so bili pri njem.

²⁰and Abner cometh in unto David, to Hebron, and with him twenty men, and David maketh for Abner, and for the men who [are] with him, a banquet.

²¹In Abner reče Davidu: Vstanem in pojdem in zberem vsega Izraela h gospodu svojemu, kralju, da bi sklenili zavezo s teboj in da boš vsem kraljeval, kakor želi duša tvoja. Nato odpošlje David Abnerja, in ta odide v miru.

²¹And Abner saith unto David, `I arise, and go, and gather unto my lord the king the whole of Israel, and they make with thee a covenant, and thou hast reigned over all that thy soul desireth;` and David sendeth away Abner, and he goeth in peace.

²²In glej, hlapci Davidovi in Joab se vrnejo z bojnega obhoda in prineso veliko plena s seboj. Abner pa ni bil več pri Davidu v Hebronu, zakaj ta ga je bil odposlal, in on je šel v miru.

²²And lo, the servants of David, and Joab, have come from the troop, and much spoil have brought with them, and Abner is not with David in Hebron, for he hath sent him away, and he goeth in peace;

²³Ko torej pride Joab z vsem bojnim moštvom, povedo Joabu, rekoč: Abner, sin Nerov, je prišel h kralju, in on ga je pustil, da je šel v miru.

²³and Joab and all the host that [is] with him have come, and they declare to Joab, saying, `Abner son of Ner hath come unto the king, and he sendeth him away, and he goeth in peace.`

²⁴Tedaj gre Joab noter h kralju in reče: Kaj si storil? Glej, Abner je prišel k tebi: zakaj si ga odpustil, da je šel, kamor mu drago?

²⁴And Joab cometh unto the king, and saith, `What hast thou done? lo, Abner hath come unto thee! why [is] this — thou hast sent him away, and he is really gone?

²⁵Poznaš vendar Abnerja, Nerovega sina, da te je prišel varat in pozvedovat, kako hodiš ven in noter, da bi vedel vse, kar delaš.

²⁵Thou hast known Abner son of Ner, that to deceive thee he came, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou art doing.`

²⁶In ko pride Joab od Davida, pošlje sle za Abnerjem, in privedejo ga od vodnjaka Sire. A David ni vedel za to.

²⁶And Joab goeth out from David, and sendeth messengers after Abner, and they bring him back from the well of Sirah, and David knew not.

²⁷Ko pa se vrne Abner v Hebron, ga potegne Joab na stran pod vrata, da bi na tihem ž njim govoril, in tam ga zabode v trebuh, da je umrl, zaradi krvi Asahela, brata njegovega.

²⁷And Abner turneth back to Hebron, and Joab turneth him aside unto the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smiteth him there in the fifth [rib] — and he dieth — for the blood of Asahel his brother.

²⁸Ko David poslej to zasliši, reče: Nedolžen sem in kraljestvo moje pred GOSPODOM vekomaj pri krvi Abnerja, sina Nerovega.

²⁸And David heareth afterwards and saith, `Acquitted [am] I, and my kingdom, by Jehovah, unto the age, from the blood of Abner son of Ner;

²⁹Naj pride ta kri na glavo Joabu in na njegovega očeta vso hišo, in hiša Joabova ne bodi nikdar brez človeka, ki ima sluzotok ali gobe, ali ki hodi ob palici, ali ki pade pod mečem, ali ki mu primanjkuje kruha.

²⁹it doth stay on the head of Joab, and on all the house of his father, and there is not cut off from the house of Joab one having an issue, and leprous, and laying hold on a staff, and falling by a sword, and lacking bread.`

³⁰Tako sta Joab in Abisaj, brat njegov, umorila Abnerja, zato ker je usmrtil njiju brata Asahela v boju pri Gibeonu.

³⁰And Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because that he put to death Asahel their brother, in Gibeon, in battle.

³¹David pa veli Joabu in vsemu ljudstvu, ki je bilo pri njem: Raztrgajte oblačila svoja in prepašite se z raševnikom in žalujte pred Abnerjem! In David kralj je šel za mrtvaškim odrom.

³¹And David saith unto Joab, and unto all the people who [are] with him, `Rend your garments, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner;` and king David is going after the bier.

³²In pokopali so Abnerja v Hebronu, in kralj je povzdignil glas svoj in jokal pri grobu Abnerjevem, in vse ljudstvo je plakalo.

³²And they bury Abner in Hebron, and the king lifteth up his voice, and weepeth at the grave of Abner, and all the people weep;

³³In kralj je pel žalostinko nad Abnerjem, govoreč: Je li moral umreti Abner, kakor umre nespametnik?

³³and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: — `As the death of a fool doth Abner die?

³⁴Roke tvoje niso bile zvezane, ne noge tvoje vklenjene v spone; padel si, kakor pade človek pred malopridneži! In vse ljudstvo je plakalo za njim tem bolj.

³⁴Thy hands not bound, And thy feet to fetters not brought nigh! As one falling before sons of evil — Thou hast fallen!` and all the people add to weep over him.

³⁵In vse ljudstvo pride, da nagne Davida, da bi jedel kruh, dokler je še dan; a David priseže, rekoč: Bog mi stóri to in prideni še to, ako okusim kruh ali kaj drugega, dokler ne zajde solnce!

³⁵And all the people come to cause David to eat bread while yet day, and David sweareth, saying, `Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add, for — before the going in of the sun, I taste no bread or any other thing.`

³⁶In vse ljudstvo je to priznalo in mu je ugajalo, kakor je bilo sploh, karkoli je storil kralj, dobro v očeh ljudstva.

³⁶And all the people have discerned [it], and it is good in their eyes, as all that the king hath done is good in the eyes of all the people;

³⁷In spoznalo je vse ljudstvo in ves Izrael tisti dan, da ni prišlo od kralja, da je bil ubit Abner, sin Nerov.

³⁷and all the people know, even all Israel, in that day, that it hath not been from the king — to put to death Abner son of Ner.

³⁸In kralj reče hlapcem svojim: Ne veste li, da je danes padel knez in velikan v Izraelu?Jaz pa sem še slaboten, čeprav maziljeni kralj. In ta dva moža, sinova Zervijina, sta mi pretrda. GOSPOD poplačaj tistemu, ki ravna krivično, po krivičnosti njegovi!

³⁸And the king saith unto his servants, `Do ye not know that a prince and a great one hath fallen this day in Israel?

³⁹Jaz pa sem še slaboten, čeprav maziljeni kralj. In ta dva moža, sinova Zervijina, sta mi pretrda. GOSPOD poplačaj tistemu, ki ravna krivično, po krivičnosti njegovi!

³⁹and I to-day [am] tender, and an anointed king: and these men, sons of Zeruiah, [are] too hard for me; Jehovah doth recompense to the doer of the evil according to his evil.`