1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
1Dalje reče Ahitofel Absalomu: Dovoli, da si izberem dvanajst tisoč mož in vstanem ter hitim za Davidom še nocoj.
2I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him shall flee. I will strike the king only;
2In planem nanj, dokler je truden in slab, ter ga prestrašim; in ko vse ljudstvo, ki je pri njem, zbeži, udarim kralja samega,
3and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”
3vse ljudstvo pa pripeljem nazaj k tebi. Ko pogine mož, ki ga iščeš, se vsi povrnejo k tebi, in pride vsemu ljudstvu mir.
4The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
4To se je zdelo dobro Absalomu in vsem starejšinam Izraelovim.
5Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.”
5Tedaj reče Absalom: Pokliči, prosim, še Husaja Arkičana, in zaslišimo, kaj on pravi.
6When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
6Ko pride Husaj k Absalomu, mu pove Absalom, rekoč: Tako in tako je svetoval Ahitofel. Ali naj storimo po besedah njegovih? Ako ne, govóri ti!
7Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
7In Husaj reče Absalomu: Ni dober svet, ki ga je dal Ahitofel takrat.
8Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
8Še reče Husaj: Poznaš očeta svojega in ljudi njegove, da so junaki in srdite narave kakor medvedka na polju, ko so ji mladiče vzeli; oče tvoj je tudi vojščak in ne bo nočeval pri ljudstvu.
9Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’
9Glej, lahko se je skril v kako jamo ali kam drugam; in ako se zgodi, da padejo nekateri iz njih kar s početka, kdorkoli zasliši, poreče: Poboj je bil med ljudstvom, ki je šlo za Absalomom.
10Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
10Tako pa upade srce vsakomur, tudi če je kdo sicer hraber in ima srce kakor lev; zakaj ves Izrael ve, da je junak oče tvoj in tisti, ki so pri njem, da so vrli vojščaki.
11But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
11Ali jaz svetujem, da spraviš k sebi vsega Izraela od Dana do Bersebe, ki ga je po množini kakor peska ob morju, in ti sam pojdi v boj.
12So shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave so much as one.
12In tako ga naskočimo v kakem kraju, kjer ga zalotimo, in ga zalezemo, kakor rosa pade na zemljo, da ne preostane od njega in od vseh njegovih niti eden mož.
13Moreover, if he be gone into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”
13Ako pa bi se umaknil v kako mesto, naj ves Izrael potegne vrvi okrog tistega mesta in ga povlečemo v potok, da se ne najde ne kamenček od njega.
14Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.
14Tedaj reko Absalom in vsi možje Izraelovi: Svet Husaja Arkičana je boljši nego svet Ahitofelov. Zakaj GOSPOD je tako obrnil, da je bil ovržen dobri svet Ahitofelov, zato, da spravi GOSPOD nesrečo nad Absaloma.
15Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
15Husaj pa reče Zadoku in Abiatarju, duhovnikoma: Tako in tako je svetoval Ahitofel Absalomu in starejšinam Izraelovim, in takole sem svetoval jaz.
16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”
16Zatorej pošljita hitro k Davidu in mu sporočita: Ne ostani to noč pri brodih ob puščavi, temuč vsekakor pojdi na ono stran, da ne bo požrt kralj z ljudstvom, ki je pri njem.
17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David. For they might not be seen to come into the city.
17Jonatan pa in Ahimaaz sta stala pri studencu Rogelu, in dekla je hodila in jima poročala; zakaj nista se smela prikazati, da hodita v mesto. In šla sta ter oznanila kralju Davidu.
18But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
18A neki deček ju zagleda in pove Absalomu; odideta torej hitro in stopita v hišo nekega moža v Bahurimu, ki je imel vodnjak na dvorišču; in spustita se vanj.
19The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.
19In žena vzame odejo in jo razgrne čez vodnjakovo odprtino in jo posuje z raztolčenim žitom, da se nič ne spozna.
20Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
20Ko pa pridejo Absalomovi hlapci k ženi v hišo in vprašajo: Kje sta Ahimaaz in Jonatan? odgovori žena: Šla sta čez potoček! In ju iščejo; ko pa ju ne morejo najti, se vrnejo v Jeruzalem.
21It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
21In ko so odšli, stopita onadva gori iz vodnjaka ter gresta in naznanita kralju Davidu in mu rečeta: Vstanite, hitro pojdite čez vodo; kajti tako je svetoval zoper vas Ahitofel.
22Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
22Tedaj vstane David in vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem, in prebredejo Jordan. Ko se je zjutraj svitalo, niso pogrešili ne enega, ki bi ne bil prišel čez Jordan.
23When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.
23Ko pa je videl Ahitofel, da ne delajo, kakor je bil svetoval, osedla osla ter vstane in odide domov v mesto svoje in uredi hišo svojo ter se obesi, in je umrl in je bil pokopan v grobu očeta svojega.
24Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
24David pa je dospel v Mahanaim. In Absalom je šel čez Jordan, on in vsi možje Izraelovi ž njim.
25Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
25In Absalom je postavil Amasa nad vojsko namesto Joaba. Bil pa je Amasa sin moža, čigar ime je bilo Jitra Izraelit, ki je bil šel k Abigaili, hčeri Nahasovi, sestri Zervije, matere Joabove.
26Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
26Izrael z Absalomom pa se je utaboril v Gileadski deželi.
27It happened, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
27In ko je David prišel v Mahanaim, so prinesli Sobi, sin Nahasov iz Rabe sinov Amonovih, in Mahir, sin Amielov iz Lodebarja, in Barzilaj Gileadčan iz Rogelima
28brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
28postelje, medenice, lončene posode, pšenice, ječmena, moke, opraženega zrnja, boba, leče, praže,medu, masla, ovac in sira za živež Davidu in ljudstvu, ki je bilo pri njem; zakaj dejali so: Ljudstvo je lačno, trudno in žejno v puščavi.
29honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, “The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.”
29medu, masla, ovac in sira za živež Davidu in ljudstvu, ki je bilo pri njem; zakaj dejali so: Ljudstvo je lačno, trudno in žejno v puščavi.