¹It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” Yahweh said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”

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!

²So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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

³David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.

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

⁴The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, saying, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”

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,

⁵David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “Blessed are you by Yahweh, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.

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!

⁶Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.

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

⁷Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.”

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.

⁸Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

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

⁹and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

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

¹⁰Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

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

¹¹The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

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

¹²Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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

¹³Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

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.

¹⁴Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and play before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”

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

¹⁵Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

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

¹⁶They each caught his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkath Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

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.

¹⁷The battle was very severe that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

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

¹⁸The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.

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.

¹⁹Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn’t turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

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

²⁰Then Abner looked behind him, and said, “Is it you, Asahel?” He answered, “It is I.”

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

²¹Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armor.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

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.

²²Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?”

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?

²³However he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner with the back end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place. It happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

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.

²⁴But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

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.

²⁵The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.

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

²⁶Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”

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?

²⁷Joab said, “As God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.”

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!

²⁸So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

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

²⁹Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

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

³⁰Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.

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

³¹But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred sixty men died.

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.

³²They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.

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.