2 Samuelova 17
1 Još reèe Ahitofel Avesalomu: da odaberem dvanaest tisuæa ljudi, pa da idem i tjeram Davida noæas.
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
2 Pa æu ga stignuti dok je umoran i iznemoglijeh ruku; i uplašiæu ga, te æe pobjeæi sav narod što je s njim, pa æu ubiti cara samoga.
I 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,
3 I obratiæu sav narod k tebi; jer za onijem koga tražiš stoji da se svi vrate k tebi; tada æe se sav narod umiriti.
and I will bring back all the people to you, as a bride returns to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be in peace."
4 I to se uèini dobro Avesalomu i svijem starješinama Izrailjevijem.
The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Ali reèe Avesalom: dozovite i Husaja Arhijanina da èujemo što æe i on reæi.
Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says."
6 A kad doðe Husaj k Avesalomu, reèe mu Avesalom govoreæi: tako i tako reèe Ahitofel; hoæemo li èiniti kako on reèe ili neæemo? kaži ti.
When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, "Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? And if not, speak up."
7 A Husaj reèe Avesalomu: nije dobar svjet što je sada svjetovao Ahitofel.
Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good."
8 Još reèe Husaj: ti znaš oca svojega i ljude njegove da su hrabri i da su ljuta srca kao medvjedica kad joj otmu medvjediæe u polju; svrh toga, tvoj je otac ratnik, neæe noæiti s narodom.
Hushai 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.
9 Gle, on se je sada sakrio u kaku jamu ili na drugo kako mjesto. Pa ako u prvi mah koji od ovijeh poginu, ko god èuje svaki æe reæi: pobijen je narod koji prista za Avesalomom.
Look, 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.'
10 A tada æe najhrabriji, u kojih je srce kao srce lavovo, klonuti. Jer sav Izrailj zna da je tvoj otac junak i da su hrabri koji su s njim.
Even 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.
11 Zato ja svjetujem da skupiš k sebi sve Izrailjce od Dana do Virsaveje da ih bude kao pijeska na moru, pa ti glavom idi u boj.
But, I strongly advise as follows, 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 personally go into battle.
12 Tada æemo poæi na nj, gdje bi se god nalazio, i napašæemo na nj kao što rosa pada na zemlju, da mu ne ostane nijedan od svijeh ljudi što su s njim.
So 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.
13 Ako li uteèe u grad, sav narod Izrailjski neka donese uža pod onaj grad, pa æemo ga svuæi u potok, da se ni kamen ne naðe ondje.
Moreover, 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."
14 Tada reèe Avesalom i svi Izrailjci: bolji je svjet Husaja Arhijanina nego svjet Ahitofelov. Jer Gospod bješe naredio da se razbije svjet Ahitofelov, koji bješe bolji, da bi Gospod navukao zlo na Avesaloma.
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom.
15 Potom reèe Husaj sveštenicima Sadoku i Avijataru: tako i tako svjetova Ahitofel Avesaloma i starješine Izrailjeve, a ja svjetovah tako i tako.
Then 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.
16 Nego brže pošljite, te javite Davidu i recite: nemoj noæas noæiti u polju u pustinji, nego prijeði prijeko, da ne bude proždrt car i sav narod što je s njim.
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, 'Do not 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.'"
17 A Jonatan i Ahimas stajahu kod studenca Rogila, i doðe jedna sluškinja i kaza im, da bi otišli te javili caru Davidu; jer se ne smijahu pokazati ni uæi u grad.
Now 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.
18 Ali ih vidje jedan momak, te kaza Avesalomu; a oni obojica brže otidoše, i doðoše u Vaurim u kuæu jednoga èovjeka, koji imaše na dvoru studenac, te se spustiše u nj.
But 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.
19 I žena uze i razastrije ponjavu povrh studenca, i povrh nje razasu prekrupu. I tako se ne dozna.
The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.
20 Jer doðoše sluge Avesalomove k onoj ženi u kuæu, i rekoše joj: gdje je Ahimas i Jonatan? A žena im reèe: otidoše preko potoka. Tako traživši i ne našavši vratiše se u Jerusalim.
Absalom'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.
21 A kad otidoše, oni ižljezoše iz studenca, i otidoše te javiše caru Davidu, i rekoše mu: ustanite i prijeðite brže preko vode; jer je tako i tako svjetovao Ahitofel na vas.
It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David. And they said to him, "Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you."
22 Tada usta David i sav narod što bijaše s njim, i prijeðoše preko Jordana prije zore, ne osta nijedan da ne prijeðe preko Jordana.
Then 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.
23 Ahitofel pak videæi gdje se ne uèini kako on svjetova, osedla svojega magarca, pa se podiže i otide kuæi svojoj, u svoj grad, i naredivši za svoju kuæu objesi se te umrije, i bi pogreben u grobu oca svojega.
When 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.
24 A David doðe u Mahanajim; Avesalom pak prijeðe preko Jordana i sav Izrailj što bješe s njim.
Then David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 I postavi Avesalom Amasu nad vojskom, na mjesto Joavovo; a Amasa bješe sin nekoga èovjeka po imenu Itre Izrailjca, koji obleža Avigeju kæer Nasovu, sestru Seruje matere Joavove.
Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Jether the Ishmaelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Jesse, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
26 I stade u oko Izrailj s Avesalomom u zemlji Galadovoj.
Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
27 A kad doðe David u Mahanajim, Sovije sin Nasov iz Rave sinova Amonovijeh i Mahir sin Amilov iz Lodevara i Varzelaj od Galada iz Rogelima
It happened, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and Makir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28 Donesoše postelje i èaša i sudova zemljanijeh i pšenice i jeèma i brašna i prekrupe i boba i leæa i prženijeh zrna,
brought beds, and basins, and pottery utensils, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils,
29 I meda i masla i ovaca i sira kravljega; donesoše Davidu i narodu što bješe s njim da jedu. Jer govorahu: narod je gladan i umoran i žedan u toj pustinji.
and honey, and curd of the flock, and cheese of the herd. And they presented them to David and to the people who were with him to eat. For they said, "The people are hungry and tired and thirsty in the wilderness."
