1There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
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!
2So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
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.
3David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance, but didn’t go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
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.
4Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”
4Nato veli kralj Amasu: Skliči mi može Judove na tretji dan, tudi sam pridi sem!
5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
5In Amasa odide sklicat Judovce, a se zamudi, da ni prišel ob določenem času.
6David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”
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.
7There went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
7šli so torej za njim možje Joabovi in Keretejci in Peletejci in vsi junaki; šli so iz Jeruzalema, da zasledujejo Seba, sina Bikrijevega.
8When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.
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.
9Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
9In Joab reče Amasu: Se ti li dobro godi, brat moj? In Joab prime z desnico Amasa za brado, da ga poljubi.
10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
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.
11There stood by him one of Joab’s young men, and said, “He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!”
11In eden iz Joabovih hlapcev stopi poleg Amasa in reče: Kdor ljubi Joaba in kdor je za Davida, naj gre za Joabom!
12Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.
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.
13When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
13Ko je torej bil odpravljen s ceste, je šlo vse ljudstvo naprej za Joabom, da pode Seba, sina Bikrijevega.
14He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
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.
15They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
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.
16Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’”
16Tedaj zakliče modra žena iz mesta: Čujte, čujte! Recite Joabu: Pristopi sem, da govorim s teboj!
17He came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your handmaid.” He answered, “I do hear.”
17In on se ji približa. Žena pa vpraša: Si li ti Joab? Odgovori: Sem. Tedaj mu reče: Čuj besede dekle svoje! On reče: Poslušam.
18Then she spoke, saying, “They were used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel;’ and so they settled it.
18Tedaj govori ona, rekoč: V starih časih so rekali: Povprašajte za svet v Abelu! In s tem so končali vsako stvar.
19I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?”
19Jaz sem eno iz miroljubnih in zvestih mest v Izraelu, in ti hočeš ugonobiti mesto in mater v Izraelu? Zakaj hočeš požreti dediščino GOSPODOVO?
20Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
20In Joab odgovori in reče: Nikakor ne, nikakor ne, da bi jaz požiral ali razdeval!
21The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.”
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.
22Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
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.
23Now Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
23Bil pa je Joab nad vso vojsko Izraelovo, in Benaja, sin Jojadov, je bil nad Keretejci in Peletejci;
24and Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
24in Adoram je bil nad robotniki, in Josafat, sin Ahiludov, je bil deželni letopisec,
25and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
25in Seva je bil pisar, Zadok in Abiatar pa sta bila duhovnika,tudi Ira Jairski je bil prvi dvornik Davidu.
26and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
26tudi Ira Jairski je bil prvi dvornik Davidu.