2 Samuel 14

1 Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

A Joav sin Serujin opazi da se srce carevo obratilo k Avesalomu.

2 And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:

I posla Joav u Tekuju te dozva otuda ženu lukavu, pa joj reèe: uèini se kao da si u žalosti, i obuci žalosne haljine, i nemoj se namazati uljem, nego budi kao žena koja odavna žali za mrtvijem.

3 And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.

I otidi k caru, i govori mu tako i tako. I nauèi je Joav šta æe govoriti.

4 And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.

I kad otide žena Tekujanka k caru da govori, pade nièice na zemlju i pokloni se, i reèe: pomagaj, care!

5 And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

A car joj reèe: što ti je? A ona reèe: udovica sam, umro mi je muž.

6 And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

A imaše sluškinja tvoja dva sina, pa se svadiše u polju, a ne bješe nikoga da ih razvadi, te jedan udari drugoga i ubi ga.

7 And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

I gle, sav dom usta na sluškinju tvoju govoreæi: daj toga što je ubio brata svojega da ga pogubimo za dušu brata njegova, kojega je ubio, i da istrijebimo našljednika; i tako hoæe da ugase iskru koja mi je ostala, da ne ostave imena mužu mojemu ni ostatka na zemlji.

8 And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.

A car reèe ženi: idi kuæi svojoj, a ja æu narediti za te.

9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, may the sin be on me and on my family, and may the king and the seat of his kingdom be clear of sin!

A žena Tekujanka reèe caru: care gospodaru! neka na me i na dom oca mojega padne krivica, a car i njegov prijesto neka je prav.

10 And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage.

A car reèe: ko uzgovori na te, dovedi ga k meni, i neæe te se više dotaæi.

11 Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.

A ona reèe: neka se opomene car Gospoda Boga svojega, da se ne umnože osvetnici koji ubijaju, i da ne ubiju sina mojega. A on reèe: tako živ bio Gospod, nijedna dlaka s tvojega sina neæe pasti na zemlju.

12 Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.

A žena reèe: da kaže sluškinja tvoja nešto caru gospodaru. A on reèe: govori.

13 And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.)

A žena reèe: a zašto si namislio taku stvar narodu Božijemu? jer car kao da je kriv govoreæi tako, jer neæe car da dozove natrag onoga koga je odagnao.

14 For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.

Jer æemo doista pomrijeti, i jesmo kao voda koja se prospe na zemlju i više se ne može skupiti; jer mu Bog nije uzeo života, nego je naumio da odagnani ne ostane odagnan od njega.

15 And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.

I tako doðoh da kažem ovo caru gospodaru svojemu, jer me narod uplaši; zato reèe sluškinja tvoja: da govorim caru, može biti da æe uèiniti car što sluškinja njegova kaže.

16 For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.

Jer æe car uslišiti i izbaviti sluškinju svoju iz ruke onoga koji hoæe da istrijebi mene i sina mojega iz našljedstva Božijega.

17 Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!

I sluškinja tvoja reèe: rijeè cara gospodara mojega biæe mi utjeha, jer je car gospodar moj kao anðeo Božji, te sluša i dobro i zlo, i Gospod æe Bog tvoj biti s tobom.

18 Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.

A car odgovori i reèe ženi: nemoj tajiti od mene što æu te pitati. A žena reèe: neka govori car gospodar moj.

19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:

Tada car reèe: da nije Joavov posao u svemu tome što èiniš? A žena odgovori i reèe: tako da je živa duša tvoja, care gospodaru, ne može se ni nadesno ni nalijevo od svega što kaza car gospodar moj; jer sluga tvoj Joav zapovijedio mi je i nauèio sluškinju tvoju sve ovo da govorim.

20 This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.

Sluga je tvoj Joav uèinio, te sam ovako izvila besjedu svoju; ali je gospodar moj mudar kao anðeo Božji, te zna sve što biva na zemlji.

21 And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom.

Tada reèe car Joavu: evo, ti si uèinio to, idi, dovedi natrag dijete Avesaloma.

22 Then Joab, falling down on his face on the earth, gave the king honour and blessing; and Joab said, Today it is clear to your servant that I have grace in your eyes, my lord king, because the king has given effect to the request of his servant.

Tada pade Joav licem na zemlju, i pokloni se i blagoslovi cara, i reèe Joav: danas vidi sluga tvoj da sam našao milost pred tobom, care gospodaru, kad je car uèinio što mu sluga njegov reèe.

23 So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.

Potom se podiže Joav i otide u Gesur, i dovede natrag u Jerusalim Avesaloma.

24 And the king said, Let him go to his house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom went back to his house and did not see the face of the king.

I car reèe: neka ide svojoj kuæi, a lica mojega da ne vidi. I otide Avesalom svojoj kuæi, i ne vidje lica careva.

25 Now in all Israel there was no one so greatly to be praised for his beautiful form as Absalom: from his feet to the crown of his head he was completely beautiful.

A ne bješe èovjeka tako lijepa kao Avesalom u svem Izrailju, da ga tako hvale; od pete do tjemena ne bješe na njemu mane.

26 And when he had his hair cut, (which he did at the end of every year, because of the weight of his hair; ) the weight of the hair was two hundred shekels by the king's weight.

I kad bi strigao glavu a imaše obièaj svake godine striæi je, jer mu bijaše teško mjerio bi kosu s glave svoje, i bivaše je dvjesta sikala carskom mjerom.

27 And Absalom was the father of three sons and of one daughter named Tamar, who was very beautiful.

I rodiše se Avesalomu tri sina i jedna kæi, kojoj bijaše ime Tamara, i ona bijaše lijepa.

28 For two full years Absalom was living in Jerusalem without ever seeing the face of the king.

I Avesalom osta cijele dvije godine u Jerusalimu, a lica careva ne vidje.

29 Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.

Tada posla Avesalom po Joava da ga pošlje k caru; ali on ne htje doæi k njemu; i posla opet drugi put, ali on ne htje doæi.

30 So he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley in it; go and put it on fire. And Absalom's servants put the field on fire.

Tada reèe slugama svojim: vidite li njivu Joavovu pored moje? na njoj je jeèam; idite i upalite je. I upališe sluge Avesalomove onu njivu.

31 Then Joab came to Absalom in his house and said to him, Why have your servants put my field on fire?

Tada se podiže Joav, i doðe k Avesalomu u kuæu, i reèe mu: zašto sluge tvoje upališe moju njivu?

32 And Absalom's answer was, See, I sent to you saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come back from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: let me now see the king's face, and if there is any sin in me, let him put me to death.

Avesalom reèe Joavu: eto slao sam k tebi govoreæi: hodi ovamo da te pošljem k caru da mu kažeš: zašto sam došao iz Gesura? bolje bi bilo da sam još ondje. Zato da vidim lice carevo; ako li ima kaka krivica na meni, neka me pogubi.

33 So Joab went to the king and said these words to him: and when the king had sent for him, Absalom came, and went down on his face on the earth before the king: and the king gave him a kiss.

I otide Joav k caru, i kaza mu. I dozva Avesaloma; a on došavši k caru pokloni se licem do zemlje pred carem, i car cjelova Avesaloma.