1 Kings 2
1 Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Appropinquaverunt autem dies David ut moreretur, præcepitque Salomoni filio suo, dicens:
2 I go the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore, and show yourself a man;
Ego ingredior viam universæ terræ: confortare, et esto vir.
3 And keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself:
Et observa custodias Domini Dei tui, ut ambules in viis eius, ut custodias ceremonias eius, et præcepta eius, et iudicia, et testimonia, sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi: ut intelligas universa quæ facis, et quocumque te verteris:
4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
ut confirmet Dominus sermones suos, quos locutus est de me, dicens: Si custodierint filii tui vias suas, et ambulaverint coram me in veritate, in omni corde suo, et in omni anima sua, non auferetur tibi vir de solio Israel.
5 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
Tu quoque nosti quæ fecerit mihi Ioab filius Sarviæ, quæ fecerit duobus principibus exercitus Israel, Abner filio Ner, et Amasæ filio Iether: quos occidit, et effudit sanguinem belli in pace, et posuit cruorem prælii in balteo suo, qui erat circa lumbos eius, et in calceamento suo, quod erat in pedibus eius.
6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. (Sheol h7585)
Facies ergo iuxta sapientiam tuam, et non deduces canitiem eius pacifice ad inferos. (Sheol h7585)
7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at your table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom your brother.
Sed et filiis Berzellai Galaaditis reddes gratiam, eruntque comedentes in mensa tua: occurrerunt enim mihi quando fugiebam a facie Absalom fratris tui.
8 And, behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.
Habes quoque apud te Semei filium Gera filii Iemini de Bahurim, qui maledixit mihi maledictione pessima, quando ibam ad castra: sed quia descendit mihi in occursum cum transirem Iordanem, et iuravi ei per Dominum, dicens: Non te interficiam gladio:
9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for you are a wise man, and know what you ought to do to him; but his hoar head bring you down to the grave with blood. (Sheol h7585)
tu noli pati eum esse innoxium. Vir autem sapiens es, ut scias quæ facies ei, deducesque canos eius cum sanguine ad inferos. (Sheol h7585)
10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Dormivit igitur David cum patribus suis, et sepultus est in Civitate David.
11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
Dies autem, quibus regnavit David super Israel, quadraginta anni sunt: in Hebron regnavit septem annis: in Ierusalem, triginta tribus.
12 Then sat Solomon on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
Salomon autem sedit super thronum David patris sui, et firmatum est regnum eius nimis.
13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
Et ingressus est Adonias filius Haggith ad Bethsabee matrem Salomonis. Quæ dixit ei: Pacificusne est ingressus tuus? Qui respondit: Pacificus.
14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say to you. And she said, Say on.
Addiditque: Sermo mihi est ad te. Cui ait: Loquere. Et ille:
15 And he said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: however, the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the LORD.
Tu, inquit, nosti, quia meum erat regnum, et me præposuerat omnis Israel sibi in regem: sed translatum est regnum, et factum est fratris mei: a Domino enim constitutum est ei.
16 And now I ask one petition of you, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.
Nunc ergo petitionem unam precor a te; ne confundas faciem meam. Quæ dixit ad eum: Loquere.
17 And he said, Speak, I pray you, to Solomon the king, (for he will not say you no, ) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
Et ille ait: Precor ut dicas Salomoni regi (neque enim negare tibi quidquam potest) ut det mihi Abisag Sunamitidem uxorem.
18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for you to the king.
Et ait Bethsabee: Bene, ego loquar pro te regi.
19 Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.
Venit ergo Bethsabee ad regem Salomonem, ut loqueretur ei pro Adonia: et surrexit rex in occursum eius, adoravitque eam, et sedit super thronum suum: positusque est thronus matri regis, quæ sedit ad dexteram eius.
20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; I pray you, say me not no. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say you no.
Dixitque ei: Petitionem unam parvulam ego deprecor a te, ne confundas faciem meam. Et dixit ei rex: Pete mater mea: neque enim fas est ut avertam faciem tuam.
21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother to wife.
Quæ ait: Detur Abisag Sunamitis Adoniæ fratri tuo uxor.
22 And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Responditque rex Salomon, et dixit matri suæ: Quare postulas Abisag Sunamitidem Adoniæ? Postula ei et regnum: ipse est enim frater meus maior me, et habet Abiathar sacerdotem, et Ioab filium Sarviæ.
23 Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
Iuravit itaque rex Salomon per Dominum, dicens: Hæc faciat mihi Deus, et hæc addat, quia contra animam suam locutus est Adonias verbum hoc.
24 Now therefore, as the LORD lives, which has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
Et nunc vivit Dominus, qui firmavit me, et collocavit me super solium David patris mei, et qui fecit mihi domum, sicut locutus est, quia hodie occidetur Adonias.
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him that he died.
Misitque rex Salomon per manum Banaiæ filii Ioiadæ, qui interfecit eum, et mortuus est.
26 And to Abiathar the priest said the king, Get you to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death: but I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and because you have been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
Abiathar quoque sacerdoti dixit rex: Vade in Anathoth ad agrum tuum, equidem vir mortis es: sed hodie te non interficiam, quia portasti arcam Domini Dei coram David patre meo, et sustinuisti laborem in omnibus, in quibus laboravit pater meus.
27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to the LORD; that he might fulfill the word of the LORD, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
Eiecit ergo Salomon Abiathar, ut non esset sacerdos Domini, ut impleretur sermo Domini, quem locutus est super domum Heli in Silo.
28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
Venit autem nuncius ad Ioab, quod Ioab declinasset post Adoniam, et post Salomonem non declinasset: fugit ergo Ioab in tabernaculum Domini, et apprehendit cornu altaris.
29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled to the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.
Nunciatumque est regi Salomoni quod fugisset Ioab in tabernaculum Domini, et esset iuxta altare: misitque Salomon Banaiam, filium Ioiadæ, dicens: Vade, interfice eum.
30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
Et venit Banaias ad tabernaculum Domini, et dixit ei: Hæc dicit rex: Egredere. Qui ait: Non egrediar, sed hic moriar. Renunciavit Banaias regi sermonem, dicens: Hæc locutus est Ioab, et hæc respondit mihi.
31 And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
Dixitque ei rex: Fac sicut locutus est: et interfice eum, et sepeli, et amovebis sanguinem innocentem, qui effusus est a Ioab, a me, et a domo patris mei.
32 And the LORD shall return his blood on his own head, who fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
Et reddet Dominus sanguinem eius super caput eius, quia interfecit duos viros iustos, melioresque se: et occidit eos gladio, patre meo David ignorante, Abner filium Ner principem militiæ Israel, et Amasam filium Iether principem exercitus Iuda:
33 Their blood shall therefore return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for ever: but on David, and on his seed, and on his house, and on his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
et revertetur sanguis illorum in caput Ioab, et in caput seminis eius in sempiternum. David autem et semini eius, et domui, et throno illius sit pax usque in æternum a Domino.
34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
Ascendit itaque Banaias filius Ioiadæ, et aggressus eum interfecit: sepultusque est in domo sua in deserto.
35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
Et constituit rex Banaiam filium Ioiadæ pro eo super exercitum, et Sadoc sacerdotem posuit pro Abiathar.
36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build you an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth there any where.
Misit quoque rex, et vocavit Semei, dixitque ei: Ædifica tibi domum in Ierusalem, et habita ibi: et non egredieris inde huc atque illuc.
37 For it shall be, that on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, you shall know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head.
Quacumque autem die egressus fueris, et transieris Torrentem Cedron, scito te interficiendum: sanguis tuus erit super caput tuum.
38 And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And Shimei dwelled in Jerusalem many days.
Dixitque Semei regi: Bonus sermo. Sicut locutus est dominus meus rex, sic faciet servus tuus. Habitavit itaque Semei in Ierusalem diebus multis.
39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants be in Gath.
Factum est autem post annos tres ut fugerent servi Semei ad Achis filium Maacha regem Geth: nunciatumque est Semei quod servi eius issent in Geth.
40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
Et surrexit Semei, et stravit asinum suum: ivitque ad Achis in Geth ad requirendum servos suos, et adduxit eos de Geth.
41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
Nunciatum est autem Salomoni quod isset Semei in Geth de Ierusalem, et rediisset.
42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you to swear by the LORD, and protested to you, saying, Know for a certain, on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, that you shall surely die? and you said to me, The word that I have heard is good.
Et mittens vocavit eum, dixitque illi: Nonne testificatus sum tibi per Dominum, et prædixi tibi: Quacumque die egressus, ieris huc et illuc, scito te esse moriturum? Et respondisti mihi: Bonus sermo, quem audivi.
43 Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged you with?
Quare ergo non custodisti iusiurandum Domini, et præceptum quod præceperam tibi?
44 The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return your wickedness on your own head;
Dixitque rex ad Semei: Tu nosti omne malum, cuius tibi conscium est cor tuum, quod fecisti David patri meo: reddidit Dominus malitiam tuam in caput tuum.
45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
Et rex Salomon benedictus, et thronus David erit stabilis coram Domino usque in sempiternum.
46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell on him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
Iussit itaque rex Banaiæ filio Ioiadæ: qui egressus, percussit eum, et mortuus est.
