Вторая книга Царств 18
1 И согляда Давид всех людий сущих с ним, и постави над ними тысященачалники и сотники.
And David numbered the people with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.
2 И посла Давид третию часть людий под рукою Иоавлею и третию часть под рукою Авессы сына Саруина брата Иоавля, и третию часть под рукою Еффеа Геффеина, и рече Давид к людем: шед изыду и аз с вами.
And David sent away the people, the third part under the hand of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Abessa the son of Saruia, the brother of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Ethi the Gittite. And David said to the people, I also will surely go out with you.
3 И реша: не изыди, яко аще бегством побегнем, не положат на нас сердца: и аще умрем пол нас, не положат на нас сердца, понеже ты аки мы десять тысящ: и ныне лучше, яко останеши во граде на помощь нам.
And they said, Thou shalt not go out: for if we should indeed flee, they will not care for us; and if half of us should die, they will not mind us; for thou [art] as ten thousand of us: and now [it is] well that thou shalt be to us an aid to help us in the city.
4 И рече им царь: еже угодно пред очима вашима, сотворю. И ста царь при вратех: и вси людие исхождаху стами и тысящами.
And the king said to them, Whatsoever shall seem good in your eyes I will do. And the king stood by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
5 И заповеда царь Иоаву и Авессе и Еффееви, глаголя: пощадите ми отрока Авессалома. И вси людие слышаша заповедающа царя всем князем о Авессаломе.
And the king commanded Joab and Abessa and Ethi, saying, Spare for my sake the young man Abessalom. And all the people heard the king charging all the commanders concerning Abessalom.
6 И изыдоша вси людие в дубраву сопротив Израилю: и бысть брань в дубраве Ефремли.
And all the people went out into the wood against Israel; and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim.
7 И падоша тамо людие Израилевы пред отроки Давидовыми, и бысть сокрушение велико в той день, яко двадесять тысящ мужей.
And the people of Israel fell down there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter in that day, [even] twenty thousand men.
8 И бысть тамо брань разсыпана по лицу всея земли: и умножи дубрава поядати людий, паче неже их пояде мечь в той день.
And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day.
9 И набежа Авессалом на отроки Давидовы: Авессалом же бе седяй на мске своем, и вбежа (с ним) меск в чащу дуба великаго, и обвишася власы главы его на дубе, и повисе между небом и землею, меск же под ним пройде.
And Abessalom went to meet the servants of David: and Abessalom was mounted on his mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak; and his head was entangled in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth; and the mule passed on from under him.
10 И виде муж един и возвести Иоаву, и рече: се, видех висяща Авессалома на дубе.
And a man saw it, and reported to Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Abessalom hanging in an oak.
11 И рече Иоав мужу возвестившему ему: аще видел еси, почто не убил еси его тамо на землю? И аз дал бых тебе пятьдесят сикль сребра и пояс един.
And Joab said to the man who reported it to him, And, behold, thou didst see him: why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten [pieces] of silver, and a girdle.
12 И рече муж Иоаву: аще ты вложиши в руце мои и тысящу сикль сребра, то не возложу руки моея на сына царева, яко при ушесах наших заповеда царь тебе и Авессе и Еффееви, глаголя: соблюдите ми отроча Авессалома,
And the man said to Joab, Were I even to receive a thousand shekels of silver, I would not lift my hand against the king's son; for in our ears the king charged thee and Abessa and Ethi, saying, Take care of the young man Abessalom for me,
13 не сотворити души его неправды: и всяко слово не утаится пред царем, ты же стоиши сопротивно.
so as to do no harm to his life: and nothing of the matter will be concealed from the king, and thou wilt set thyself against me.
14 И рече Иоав: сие аз начну, не тако пребуду пред тобою. И взя Иоав три стрелы в руце свои, и вонзе я в сердце Авессалому. И еще ему живу сущу на дубе,
And Joab said, I will begin this; I will not thus remain with thee. And Joab took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Abessalom, while he was yet alive in the heart of the oak.
15 и обступиша десять отрок носящии оружие Иоавле, и поразиша Авессалома, и умертвиша его.
And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed Abessalom, and smote him and slew him.
16 И воструби Иоав трубою рожаною, и возвратишася людие не гнати вслед Израиля, яко щадяше Иоав людий.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab spared the people.
17 И взя Иоав Авессалома, и вверже его в пропасть велику в дубраве, и складе над ним купу камения велику зело. И вси Израилтяне бежаша кийждо в селения своя.
And he took Abessalom, and cast him into a great cavern in the wood, into a deep pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every man to his tent.
18 Авессалом же еще жив сый, взя и постави себе столп во юдоли царстей, рече бо, яко несть ми сына на память имене моего: и нарече столп именем своим и нарече его рука Авессаломля, даже до днешняго дне.
Now Abessalom while yet alive had taken and set up for himself the pillar near which he was taken, and set it up so as to have the pillar in the king's dale; for he said he had no son to keep his name in remembrance: and he called the pillar, Abessalom's hand, until this day.
19 И Ахимаас сын Садоков рече ко Иоаву: потеку ныне и возвещу царю, яко суди ему Господь от руки врагов его.
And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said, Let me run now and carry glad tidings to the king, for the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.
20 И рече ему Иоав: неси муж ты возвещаяй благо днесь, но возвестиши в день другий: в днешний же день не добро возвещение, понеже сын царев умре.
And Joab said to him, Thou [shalt] not [be] a messenger of glad tidings this day; thou shalt bear them another day; but on this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
21 И рече Иоав Хусию: шед повеждь царю елика видел еси. И поклонися Хусий Иоаву и отиде.
And Joab said to Chusi, Go, report to the king all that thou hast seen. And Chusi did obeisance to Joab, and went out.
22 И приложи еще Ахимаас сын Садоков и рече ко Иоаву: что будет, аще и аз теку вслед Хусиа? И рече Иоав: почто ты хощеши тещи, сыне мой? Гряди, несть тебе возвещение в пользу идущему.
And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said again to Joab, Nay, let me also run after Chusi. And Joab said, Why wouldest thou thus run, my son? attend, thou hast no tidings for profit if thou go.
23 И рече Ахимаас: что бо аще потеку? И рече ему Иоав: тецы. И бежаше Ахимаас путем равным и предвари Хусиа.
And he said, Why should I not run? and Joab said to him, Run. And Achimaas ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Chusi.
24 Давид же седяще посреде двою врат. И изыде страж на кров врат ко стене, и воздвиже очи свои, и виде, и се, муж текий един пред ним.
And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up on the top of the gate of the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone before him.
25 И возопи страж и сказа цареви. И рече царь: аще един есть, благо возвещение во устех его. И идяше идый и приближаяся.
And the watchman cried out, and reported to the king. And the king said, If he be alone, [there are] good tidings in his mouth. And the man came and drew near.
26 И виде страж мужа другаго текуща, и возопи к дверем и рече: се, муж и другий текущь един. И рече царь: и той есть благо возвещаяй.
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman cried at the gate, and said, And look, another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings glad tidings.
27 И рече страж: аз вижду течение перваго, яко течение Ахимааса сына Садокова. И рече царь: муж благ сей, и возвестие благое приидет.
And the watchman said, I see the running of the first as the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said, He [is] a good man, and will come to [report] glad tidings.
28 И возопи Ахимаас и рече ко царю: мир. И поклонися царю лицем своим на землю и рече: благословен Господь Бог твой, иже затвори мужей воздвигших руки своя на господина моего царя.
And Achimaas cried out and said to the king, Peace. And he did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground, and said, Blessed [be] the Lord thy God, who has delivered up the men that lifted up their hands against my lord the king.
29 И рече царь: мир ли отрочищу Авессалому? И рече Ахимаас: видех множество велико веселящееся, егда отпущаше раб царев Иоав раба твоего, и не разумех что тамо.
And the king said, [Is] the young man Abessalom safe? and Achimaas said, I saw a great multitude [at the time] of Joab's sending the king's servant and thy servant, and I knew not what was there.
30 И рече царь: возвратися, и стани зде. И шед ста созади.
And the king said, Turn aside, stand still here. And he turned aside, and stood.
31 И се, Хусий вслед его прииде и рече царю: возвещается благо господину моему царю, яко суди тебе Господь днесь от руки всех востающих на тя.
And, behold, Chusi came up, and said to the king, Let my lord the king hear glad tidings, for the Lord has avenged thee this day upon all them that rose up against thee.
32 И рече царь к Хусию: мир ли отрочищу Авессалому? И рече Хусий: да будут, якоже отрочищь, врази господина моего царя, и вси елицы восташа нань злобою.
And the king said to Chusi, Is it well with the young man Abessalom? and Chusi said, Let the enemies of my lord the king, and all whosoever have risen up against him for evil, be as that young man.
33 И смятеся царь, и взыде на горницу яже на вратех, и плакася: и тако глаголаше, егда плакаше: сыне мой, Авессаломе, сыне мой, сыне мой, Авессаломе: кто даст смерть мне вместо тебе? Аз вместо тебе, Авессаломе, сыне мой, сыне мой, сыне мой Авессаломе.
And the king was troubled, and went to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, My son Abessalom, my son, my son Abessalom; would God I had died for thee, [even] I [had died] for thee, Abessalom, my son, my son!
