2 Samuel 17
1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave [with them] tonight to pursue David.
Још рече Ахитофел Авесалому: Да одаберем дванаест хиљада људи па да идем и терам Давида ноћас.
2 We will attack him while he is tired and discouraged, and cause him to be very frightened. All the soldiers who are with him will run away. We will kill only the king.
Па ћу га стигнути док је уморан и изнемоглих руку; и уплашићу га, те ће побећи сав народ што је с њим, па ћу убити цара самог.
3 Then we will bring back all his soldiers to you, like [SIM] a (bride/woman comes to her husband when she is married). You are wanting to kill only one man; so the other people will not be harmed.”
И обратићу сав народ к теби; јер за оним кога тражиш стоји да се сви врате к теби; тада ће се сав народ умирити.
4 Absalom and all the Israeli leaders [who were with him] thought that what Ahithophel said would be good to do.
И то се учини добро Авесалому и свим старешинама Израиљевим.
5 But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.”
Али рече Авесалом: Дозовите и Хусаја Архијанина да чујемо шта ће и он рећи.
6 So when Hushai arrived, Absalom told him what Ahithophel had suggested. Then he asked Hushai, “What do you think we should do? If you do not think that we should do what Ahithophel suggests, tell us [what you think that we should do].”
А кад дође Хусај к Авесалому, рече му Авесалом говорећи: Тако и тако рече Ахитофел; хоћемо ли чинити како он рече или нећемо? Кажи ти.
7 Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice.
А Хусај рече Авесалому: Није добар савет што је сада саветовао Ахитофел.
8 You know that your father and the men who are with him are strong soldiers, and that now they are very angry, like [SIM] a mother bear whose cubs have been stolen from her. Furthermore, your father knows how to fight because he has fought in many battles. He will not stay with his troops during the night.
Још рече Хусај: Ти знаш оца свог и људе његове да су храбри и да су љута срца као медведица кад јој отму медведиће у пољу; сврх тога, твој је отац ратник, неће ноћити с народом.
9 Right now he is probably already hiding in one of the pits, or in some other place. [If his soldiers start to attack your soldiers, and] if they kill some of them, whoever hears about that will say ‘Many of the soldiers with Absalom have been killed!’
Гле, он се је сада сакрио у какву јаму или на друго како место. Па ако у први мах који од ових погину, ко год чује сваки ће рећи: Побијен је народ који приста за Авесаломом.
10 Then your other soldiers, even if they are as fearless [SIM, IDM] as lions, they will become very afraid. Do not forget that everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great/strong soldier, and that the soldiers who are with him are also very brave/courageous.
А тада ће најхрабрији, у којих је срце као срце лавово, клонути, јер сав Израиљ зна да је твој отац јунак и да су храбри који су с њим.
11 “So what I suggest is that you summon all the Israeli soldiers, from Dan [in the far north] to Beersheba [in the far south]. They will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. And then you yourself lead us into the battle.
Зато ја саветујем да скупиш к себи све Израиљце од Дана до Вирсавеје да их буде као песка на мору, па ти главом иди у бој.
12 We will find [your father], wherever he is, and we will attack him [from all sides], like [SIM] dew covers all the ground. And neither he nor any of the soldiers who are with him will survive.
Тада ћемо поћи на њ, где би се год налазио, и напашћемо на њ као што роса пада на земљу, да му не остане ниједан од свих људи што су с њим.
13 If he escapes into some city, all our soldiers will bring ropes and pull that city down into the valley. As a result, not one stone will be left there [on top of the hill where that city was]!”
Ако ли утече у град, сав народ израиљски нека донесе ужа под онај град, па ћемо га свући у поток, да се ни камен не нађе онде.
14 Absalom and all the other Israeli men [who were with him] said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, [they would have been able to defeat/kill David]. But [as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested], Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom.
Тада рече Авесалом и сви Израиљци: Бољи је савет Хусаја Архијанина него савет Ахитофелов. Јер Господ беше наредио да се разбије савет Ахитофелов, који беше бољи, да би Господ навукао зло на Авесалома.
15 Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders.
Потом рече Хусај свештеницима Садоку и Авијатару: Тако и тако саветова Ахитофел Авесалома и старешине Израиљеве, а ја саветовах тако и тако.
16 Then he said to them, “Send [a message] quickly to David. Tell him to not stay at the place where people walk across the river, near the desert. Instead, he and his soldiers must cross [the Jordan River] immediately, in order that they will not be killed/wiped out.”
Него брже пошаљите, те јавите Давиду и реците: Немој ноћас ноћити у пољу у пустињи, него пређи преко, да не буде прождрт цар и сав народ што је с њим.
17 [The priest’s two sons, ] Jonathan and Ahimaaz, were waiting at En-Rogel [Spring], outside Jerusalem. They did not [dare to] enter the city, because if someone saw them, [he would report it to Absalom]. [While they were at En-Rogel, ] a female servant [of the two priests] would frequently go to them and report to them [what was happening], and then they would go and report it to King David.
А Јонатан и Ахимас стајаху код студенца Рогила, и дође једна слушкиња и каза им, да би отишли те јавили цару Давиду; јер се не смеху показати ни ући у град.
18 But a young man saw them, and went and reported it to Absalom. [They found out what the young man had done, ] so both of them left quickly and went to stay in the house of a man in Bahurim. That man had a well in his courtyard; so the two men went down into the well [to hide].
Али их виде један момак, те каза Авесалому; а они обојица брже отидоше, и дођоше у Ваурим у кућу једног човека који имаше на двору студенац, те се спустише у њ.
19 The man’s wife took a cloth/mat and covered the well, and scattered grain on top of it in order that no one would know [that two men were hiding inside it].
И жена узе и разастре поњаву поврх студенца, и поврх ње разасу прекрупу. И тако се не дозна.
20 Some of Absalom’s soldiers [found out where the two men had gone. So they] went to the house, and asked the woman, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” She replied, “They crossed the river.” So the soldiers [crossed the river and] searched for them. But they could not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
Јер дођоше слуге Авесаломове к оној жени у кућу, и рекоше јој: Где је Ахимас и Јонатан? А жена им рече: Отидоше преко потока. Тако траживши и не нашавши вратише се у Јерусалим.
21 After they had gone, the two men came out of the well and went and reported to King David [what had happened and] what Ahithophel had suggested. Then they said to him, “Cross the river quickly!”
А кад отидоше, они изађоше из студенца, и отидоше те јавише цару Давиду, и рекоше му: Устаните и пређите брже преко воде; јер је тако и тако саветовао Ахитофел на вас.
22 So David and all his soldiers quickly started to cross the Jordan [River], and by dawn they had all crossed to the other side.
Тада уста Давид и сав народ што беше с њим, и пређоше преко Јордана пре зоре, не оста ниједан да не пређе преко Јордана.
23 When Ahithophel realized that Absalom was not going to do what he suggested, he put a saddle on his donkey and returned to his own town. He gave [to his family] instructions about his possessions, and then he hanged himself [because he knew that Absalom would be defeated and that he would be considered a traitor and be killed]. His body was buried in the tomb where his ancestors [had been buried].
Ахитофел пак видећи где се не учини како он саветова, оседла свог магарца, па се подиже и отиде кући својој, у свој град, и наредивши за своју кућу обеси се те умре, и би погребен у гробу оца свог.
24 David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom [and all his Israeli soldiers] also crossed the Jordan [River].
А Давид дође у Маханајим; Авесалом пак пређе преко Јордана и сав Израиљ што беше с њим.
25 Absalom had appointed [his cousin] Amasa to be the commander of his army, instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. Amasa’s mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah.
И постави Авесалом Амасу над војском, на место Јоавово; а Амаса беше син неког човека по имену Итре Израиљца, који облежа Авигеју кћер Насову, сестру Серује матере Јоавове.
26 Absalom and his Israeli soldiers set up their tents in [the] Gilead [region].
И стаде у логор Израиљ с Авесаломом у земљи Галадовој.
27 When David [and his soldiers] arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah [city] in the Ammon area, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-Debar [city], and Barzillai from Rogelim [town] in [the] Gilead [region]
А кад дође Давид у Маханајим, Совије син Насов из Раве синова Амонових и Махир син Амилов из Лодевара и Варзелај од Галада из Рогелима.
28 brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them.
Донесоше постеље и чаша и судова земљаних и пшенице и јечма и брашна и прекрупе и боба и лећа и пржених зрна,
29 They brought honey and curds, sheep, and some cream/cheese for David and his soldiers to eat. They knew that David and his soldiers would be hungry and tired and thirsty [from marching] in the desert.
И меда и масла и оваца и сира крављег; донесоше Давиду и народу што беше с њим да једу. Јер говораху: Народ је гладан и уморан и жедан у тој пустињи.
