¹Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying,

¹Davidu pa so se bližali dnevi, da umrje. In zapove sinu svojemu Salomonu, rekoč:

²“I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;

²Jaz odhajam po poti vsega zemeljskega; bodi torej. močan in kaži se moža

³and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.

³in strezi na službo GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu, da hodiš po potih njegovih, da izpolnjuješ postave in zapovedi in sodbe njegove in pričevanja njegova, po tem, kar je pisano v zakonu Mojzesovem, da bi imel prospeh v vsem, kar počneš in kamorkoli se obrneš;

⁴That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’

⁴da bi GOSPOD utrdil besedo svojo, ki jo je govoril zame, rekoč: Bodo li pazili sinovi tvoji na pot svojo, da hodijo pred menoj v resnici z vsem srcem svojim in z vso dušo svojo, ne bo ti zmanjkalo (je dejal) moža za prestol Izraelov.

⁵“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his waist, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

⁵Veš pa, kar mi je storil Joab, sin Zervijin, namreč kar je storil dvema poveljnikoma vojsk Izraelovih, Abnerju, sinu Nerovemu, in Amasu, sinu Jeterjevemu, ki ju je ubil in prelil kri kakor v vojni ob času miru in si okrvavil z zvijačno prelito krvjo pas okoli ledij in obuvalo na nogah.

⁶Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. in peace.

⁶Stóri torej ž njim po modrosti svoji in ne pústi sivi glavi njegovi, da gre v grob [Hebr. šeol.] v miru.

⁷But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

⁷Sinovom Barzilaja Gileadčana pa izkazuj milost ter naj bodo med tistimi, ki jedo pri mizi tvoji, kajti tako so prišli k meni, ko sem bežal pred Absalomom, bratom tvojim.

⁸“Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

⁸Glej tudi, izročen ti je Simej, sin Gerov, Benjaminec iz Bahurima, ki me je preklinjal s strašnim preklinjanjem v dan, ko sem šel v Mahanaim; ali prišel mi je naproti doli k Jordanu, in prisegel sem mu pri GOSPODU, rekoč: Ne umorim te z mečem.

⁹Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. with blood.”

⁹Sedaj ga torej ne imej za nedolžnega, zakaj moder si mož in vedel boš, kako naj ž njim ravnaš, in spraviš sivo glavo njegovo v grob s krvjo.

¹⁰David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

¹⁰In legel je David k očetom svojim in je bil pokopan v mestu Davidovem.

¹¹The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

¹¹Dni pa, kar jih je David kraljeval Izraelu, je bilo štirideset let: sedem let je kraljeval v Hebronu, triintrideset let pa v Jeruzalemu.

¹²Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.

¹²In Salomon je zasedel prestol Davida, očeta svojega, in kraljestvo njegovo je bilo dobro utrjeno.

¹³Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, “Do you come peaceably?” He said, “Peaceably.

¹³Tedaj pride Adonija, sin Hagitin, k Batsebi, materi Salomonovi. In ona vpraša: Je li tvoj prihod miren? On odgovori: Miren.

¹⁴He said moreover, I have something to tell you.” She said, “Say on.”

¹⁴Dalje reče: Imam s teboj nekaj govoriti. Ona veli: Govóri!

¹⁵He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from Yahweh.

¹⁵In reče: Veš, da je bilo kraljestvo moje in da je ves Izrael obrnil proti meni obličje svoje, da bodem kralj; toda kraljestvo je šlo mimo mene ter pripadlo mojemu bratu, kajti njemu je bilo določeno od GOSPODA.

¹⁶Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.”

¹⁶In zdaj imam eno prošnjo do tebe, ne zavrni me. Ona mu veli: Govóri!

¹⁷He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”

¹⁷On pa reče: Govóri, prosim, s kraljem Salomonom, kajti on ne zavrne tebe, da naj mi da Abisago Sunamljanko za ženo.

¹⁸Bathsheba said, “Alright. I will speak for you to the king.”

¹⁸In Batseba reče: Dobro; hočem s kraljem govoriti zastran tebe.

¹⁹Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

¹⁹Gre torej Batseba h kralju Salomonu govorit ž njim zastran Adonija. In vstane kralj ter ji pride naproti in se ji pokloni, potem sede na svoj prestol in veli postaviti prestol za mater kraljevo, in ona mu sede ob desnici.

²⁰Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.” The king said to her, “Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.”

²⁰Tedaj reče: Majhno prošnjo imam do tebe, ne zavrni me! In kralj ji reče: Prosi, mati moja, kajti ne zavrnem te.

²¹She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”

²¹Ona reče: Naj se da Abisaga Sunamljanka bratu tvojemu Adoniju za ženo.

²²King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

²²In kralj Salomon odgovori ter reče materi svoji: Zakaj pa prosiš Abisage Sunamljanke za Adonija? Prosi zanj še tudi kraljestva – kajti on je moj starejši brat – in za njega in za Abiatarja duhovnika in za Joaba, sina Zervije.

²³Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

²³Nato priseže kralj Salomon pri GOSPODU, rekoč: To naj mi stori GOSPOD in to naj pridene, če ni govoril Adonija te besede zoper življenje svoje!

²⁴Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”

²⁴Zdaj torej, kakor res živi GOSPOD, ki me je potrdil in me posadil na očeta mojega Davida prestol in ki mi je ustanovil hišo, kakor je bil obljubil: gotovo danes mora Adonija umreti.

²⁵King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.

²⁵In pošlje kralj Salomon Benaja, sina Jojadovega, in ta ga je udaril, da je umrl.

²⁶To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.”

²⁶Abiatarju duhovniku pa je rekel kralj: Pojdi v Anatot na njive svoje, zakaj vreden si smrti, ali nočem te danes umoriti, ker si nosil skrinjo Gospoda Jehove pred Davidom, očetom mojim, in ker si vse stiske trpel ž njim, kadar je on bil v stiskah.

²⁷So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

²⁷In Salomon je odstavil Abiatarja, da ni bil več duhovnik GOSPODU; da se izpolni beseda GOSPODOVA, ki jo je govoril za hišo Elijevo v Silu.

²⁸The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn’t turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

²⁸In glas o tem je prišel do Joaba, zakaj Joab se je odvrnil za Adonijem, dasi se za Absalomom ni bil odvrnil. In pobegne Joab v šator GOSPODOV ter se oprime rogov oltarja.

²⁹It was told king Solomon, “Joab has fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is by the altar.” Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall on him.”

²⁹In sporoče kralju Salomonu: Joab je zbežal v šator GOSPODOV, in glej, je pri oltarju. Tedaj pošlje Salomon Benaja, sina Jojadovega, in veli: Pojdi, udari ga!

³⁰Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, “Thus says the king, ‘Come forth!’” He said, “No; but I will die here.” Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”

³⁰In pride Benaja v šator GOSPODOV ter mu reče: Tako pravi kralj: Pojdi ven! On odgovori: Nikar, kajti tu hočem umreti. In sporoči Benaja besedo kralju, rekoč: Tako je rekel Joab in tako mi je odgovoril.

³¹The king said to him, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.

³¹In veli mu kralj: Stóri mu, kakor je rekel, in udari ga ter ga pokoplji, da odpraviš kri, ki jo je Joab prelil brez razloga, od mene in od hiše očeta mojega.

³²Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

³²In GOSPOD povrne kri na glavo njegovo, ker je udaril dva moža, pravičnejša in boljša, nego je bil sam, in ju je umoril z mečem, in oče moj, David, ni vedel za to: Abnerja, sina Nerovega, poveljnika vojske Izraelove, in Amasa, sina Jeterjevega, poveljnika vojske Judove.

³³So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever. But to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace forever from Yahweh.”

³³Tako se povrne njiju kri na glavo Joabovo in na glavo zaroda njegovega vekomaj; ali Davidu in zarodu njegovemu in hiši njegovi in prestolu njegovemu bodi mir vekomaj od GOSPODA!

³⁴Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

³⁴Šel je torej gori Benaja, sin Jojadov, in ga je udaril in usmrtil; in pokopan je bil v svoji hiši v puščavi.

³⁵The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

³⁵In kralj je postavil Benaja, sina Jojadovega, namesto njega nad vojsko, in Zadoka duhovnika je kralj postavil namesto Abiatarja.

³⁶The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don’t go out from there anywhere.

³⁶Pošlje tudi kralj in pokliče Simeja ter mu veli: Sezidaj si hišo v Jeruzalemu in tu prebivaj ter ne hodi odtod ne tja, ne sem.

³⁷For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head.”

³⁷Kateri dan namreč pojdeš ven in preideš potok Kidron, vedi za gotovo, da moraš umreti; tvoja kri pride na tvojo glavo.

³⁸Shimei said to the king, “The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

³⁸In Simej reče kralju: Dobra je ta beseda; kakor je velel gospod moj, kralj, tako bo storil hlapec tvoj. In Simej je prebival precej časa v Jeruzalemu.

³⁹It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your servants are in Gath.”

³⁹Prigodi se pa po treh letih, da sta Simeju utekla dva hlapca k Ahisu, sinu Maakovemu, h kralju v Gatu. In sporoče Simeju, rekoč: Glej, hlapca tvoja sta v Gatu.

⁴⁰Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

⁴⁰In vstane Simej ter osedla osla ter gre v Gat k Ahisu, da poišče svoja hlapca; odide torej in pripelje hlapca svoja iz Gata.

⁴¹It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.

⁴¹In naznanijo Salomonu, da je šel Simej iz Jeruzalema v Gat in se zopet vrnil.

⁴²The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Didn’t I adjure you by Yahweh, and warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die?’ You said to me, ‘The saying that I have heard is good.’

⁴²In kralj pošlje ter pokliče Simeja in mu reče: Te li nisem zaprisegel pri GOSPODU in te resno posvaril, rekoč: Gotovo vedi, da moraš umreti, kateri dan greš ven in pojdeš sem ali tja? In si mi dejal: Dobra je beseda, ki sem jo slišal.

⁴³Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?”

⁴³Zakaj nisi torej izpolnil prisege GOSPODOVE in zapovedi, ki sem ti jo ukazal?

⁴⁴The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.

⁴⁴Še reče Salomon Simeju: Ti veš za vso hudobnost, katere si je v svesti srce tvoje, ki si jo storil Davidu, očetu mojemu; zato GOSPOD povrne hudobnost tvojo tebi na glavo.

⁴⁵But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever.”

⁴⁵A kralj Salomon bo blagoslovljen in prestol Davidov bo utrjen pred GOSPODOM za vekomaj.In kralj ukaže Benaju, Jojadovemu sinu, in ta gre ven ter ga udari, da umrje. In kraljestvo je bilo utrjeno v roki Salomonovi.

⁴⁶So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

⁴⁶In kralj ukaže Benaju, Jojadovemu sinu, in ta gre ven ter ga udari, da umrje. In kraljestvo je bilo utrjeno v roki Salomonovi.