2 Samuel 18
1 David arranged his soldiers for the battle. He divided them into groups, and appointed a commander for each 100 soldiers and a commander for each 1,000 soldiers.
David je preštel ljudstvo, ki je bilo z njim in nadnje postavil poveljnike nad tisočimi in poveljnike nad stotimi.
2 He sent them out in three groups. Joab commanded one group, Joab’s brother Abishai commanded a second group, and Ittai from Gath commanded the third group. David said to them, “I myself will go with you [to the battle].”
David je poslal naprej tretjino izmed ljudstva pod Joábovo roko in tretjino pod roko Abišája, Cerújinega sina, Joábovega brata in tretjino pod roko Gitéjca Itája. Kralj je rekel ljudstvu: »Tudi sam bom zagotovo šel z vami naprej.«
3 But his soldiers said, “No, we will not allow you to go with us. If they force us all to run away, they will not be concerned about that happening. Or if they kill half of us, that will also not be what they want. To them, [killing] you is more important than [killing] 10,000 of us. So it will be better that you [stay here] in the city and send help to us.”
Toda ljudstvo je odgovorilo: »Ne boš šel naprej, kajti če mi pobegnemo, jim ne bo mar za nas. Niti, če nas polovica umre, jim ne bo mar za nas. Toda ti si sedaj vreden deset tisoč nas. Zato je sedaj bolje, da nas okrepiš iz mesta.«
4 The king replied, “Okay, I will do whatever seems best to you.” So he stood at the gate [and watched] while his soldiers marched out, group by group.
Kralj jim je rekel: »Storil bom, kar se vam zdi najbolje.« Kralj je stal ob strani velikih vrat, vse ljudstvo pa je prišlo ven po stotih in po tisočih.
5 [While they were leaving, ] the king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “For my sake, do not harm my son Absalom!” And all the troops heard it when David gave that order about Absalom to those three commanders.
Kralj je zapovedal Joábu, Abišáju in Itáju, rekoč: »Zaradi mene nežno postopajte z mladeničem, torej z Absalomom.« Vse ljudstvo je slišalo, ko je kralj vsem poveljnikom dal zadolžitev glede Absaloma.
6 So the army went out to fight against the Israeli soldiers [who were with Absalom]. They fought the battle in the forest [where people from the tribe] of Ephraim [lived].
Tako je ljudstvo odšlo ven na polje zoper Izrael. In bitka je bila v Efrájimskem gozdu,
7 David’s soldiers defeated Absalom’s soldiers. They killed 20,000 of them!
kjer je bilo izraelsko ljudstvo pobito pred Davidovimi služabniki in tam je bil ta dan velik pokol dvajsetih tisočev mož.
8 The battle was fought {They fought the battle} all over that area, and the number of men who died because of [dangerous things in] the forest [PRS] was greater than the number of men who were killed (in the battle/by swords).
Kajti tam je bila bitka razpršena preko obličja vse dežele. In gozd je ta dan požrl več ljudstva, kakor jih je požrl meč.
9 During the battle, Absalom suddenly came near [some of] David’s soldiers. Absalom was riding on his mule; and when the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak tree, Absalom’s head/hair was caught in the branches. The mule kept going, but Absalom was left dangling in the air.
Absalom je srečal Davidove služabnike. In Absalom je jahal na muli in mula je šla pod debelimi vejami velikega hrasta in njegova glava se je ujela v hrast in vzet je bil gor med nebo in zemljo. Mula, ki je bila pod njim, pa je odšla proč.
10 One of David’s soldiers saw what happened, and went and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
Nek mož je to videl in povedal Joábu ter rekel: »Glej, videl sem Absaloma, visečega na hrastu.«
11 Joab said to the man, “What? You say that you saw him hanging there, so why did you not kill him immediately [RHQ]? [If you had killed him, ] I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt!”
Joáb je rekel možu, ki mu je povedal: »Glej, videl si ga in zakaj ga nisi tam udaril k tlom? In jaz bi ti dal deset šeklov srebra in pas.«
12 The man replied to Joab, “Even if you gave me 1,000 pieces of silver, I would not have done anything to harm [IDM] the king’s son. We all heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, do not harm my son Absalom!’
Mož je rekel Joábu: »Čeprav bi v svojo roko prejel tisoč šeklov srebra, vendar svoje roke ne bi iztegnil zoper kraljevega sina, kajti slišali smo, da je kralj zadolžil tebe, Abišája in Itája, rekoč: ›Pazite, da se nihče ne dotakne mladeniča Absaloma.‹
13 If I had disobeyed the king and killed Absalom, the king would have heard about it, because the king hears about everything, and even you would not have defended me!”
Sicer bi storil hinavstvo zoper svoje lastno življenje, kajti nobena stvar ni skrita pred kraljem in ti sam bi se postavil zoper mene.«
14 Joab said, “I am not going to waste time talking to you!” Then he took three spears [and went to where Absalom was], and thrust them into Absalom’s chest/heart while he was still alive, dangling from the oak tree.
Potem je Joáb rekel: »Ne morem se tako muditi s teboj.« V svojo roko je vzel tri puščice in jih zabodel skozi Absalomovo srce, medtem ko je bil še živ v sredi hrasta.
15 Then ten young men who carried weapons for Joab surrounded Absalom and [finished] killing him.
Deset mladeničev, ki so nosili Joábovo bojno opremo, je obdalo Absaloma in ga usmrtilo.
16 Then Joab blew his trumpet [to signal that they should not fight any more], and his soldiers returned from pursuing those Israeli soldiers.
Joáb je zatrobil s šofarjem in ljudstvo se je vrnilo od zasledovanja za Izraelom, kajti Joáb je zadržal ljudstvo.
17 They took Absalom’s body and threw it into a huge pit in the forest, and covered it with a huge pile of stones. Then all the remaining Israeli soldiers [who had been with Absalom] fled to their own towns.
Vzeli so Absaloma, ga vrgli v veliko jamo v gozdu in nanj položili zelo velik kup kamenja in ves Izrael je zbežal, vsak k svojemu šotoru.
18 Absalom had no sons to preserve his [family] name. So, while Absalom was alive, he built a monument to himself in the King’s Valley [near Jerusalem, in order that people would remember him]. He put his name on the monument, and people still call it Absalom’s monument.
Torej Absalom si je [še] v svojem življenju vzel in si postavil steber, ki je v kraljevi dolini, kajti rekel je: »Nobenega sina nimam, da ohrani moje ime v spominu.« Steber je poimenoval po svojem lastnem imenu in tako se imenuje do današnjega dne, Absalomov kraj.
19 [After Absalom had been killed, ] Zadok’s son Ahimaaz said to Joab, “Allow me to run to the king to tell him the good news that Yahweh has rescued him from the power of his enemies!”
Potem je Cadókov sin Ahimáac rekel: »Naj sedaj stečem in kralju prinesem novice, kako se je Gospod maščeval nad njegovimi sovražniki.«
20 But Joab said to him, “No, I will not allow you to take news to the king today. Some other day I will allow you to take some news, but not today. [If you took news today it would not be good news for the king, ] because his son is dead.”
Joáb mu je rekel: »Danes ne boš nosil novic, temveč boš novice nosil drug dan. Toda danes ne boš nosil nobenih novic, ker je kraljev sin mrtev.«
21 Then Joab said to David’s servant who was from Ethiopia, “You go and tell the king what you have seen.” So the man from Ethiopia bowed in front of Joab, and started to run.
Potem je Joáb rekel Kušíju: »Pojdi, povej kralju, kar si videl.« Kuší se je priklonil Joábu in stekel.
22 Then Ahimaaz said again to Joab, “Even though [that man from Ethiopia is running], allow me to run behind him.” Joab replied, “My boy/son, why do you want to do that? You will not receive any reward for your news!”
Potem je Cadókov sin Ahimáac ponovno rekel Joábu: »Toda kakorkoli, prosim te, naj tudi jaz prav tako stečem za Kušíjem.« Joáb pa je rekel: »Čemu bi tekel, moj sin, glede na to, da nimaš pripravljenih novic?«
23 But Ahimaaz replied, “That does not matter, I want to go.” So Joab said, “Okay, go.” So Ahimaaz ran along [another] road through the Jordan Valley and arrived [where David was] before the man from Ethiopia arrived.
»Toda kakorkoli, « je rekel, »naj stečem.« Rekel mu je: »Steci.« Potem je Ahimáac stekel po poti ravnine in prehitel Kušíja.
24 David was sitting between the outer gate and the inner gate [of the city]. The watchman/lookout went up on top of the city wall and stood on the roof over the gates. He looked out and saw one man running alone.
David je sedel med dvemi velikimi vrati. Stražar pa je šel gor do strehe nad velikimi vrati k obzidju in povzdignil svoje oči in pogledal in glej, mož je tekel sam.
25 The watchman called down and reported it to the king. The king said, “If he is alone, [that indicates/means that] he is bringing [good] news.” The man who was running continued to come closer.
Stražar je zaklical in povedal kralju. Kralj je rekel: »Če je sam, so novice v njegovih ustih.« Hitro je prišel in se približal.
26 Then the watchman saw another man running. So he called down to the gatekeeper, “Look! There is another man running!” And the king said, “He also is bringing [some good] news.”
Stražar je zagledal teči drugega moža in stražar je zaklical vratarju ter rekel: »Glej, drug človek teče sam.« Kralj je rekel: »Tudi ta prinaša novice.«
27 The watchman said, “I think the first man [must be Ahimaaz, because he] is running like Ahimaaz runs.” The king said, “He is a good man, and [I am sure] he is coming with good news.”
Stražar je rekel: »Mislim, da je tek sprednjega podoben teku Cadókovega sina Ahimáaca.« Kralj je rekel: »Dober človek je in prihaja z dobrimi novicami.«
28 [When] Ahimaaz [reached the king, he] called out “I hope/desire that things will go well with you!” Then he prostrated himself on the ground in front of the king and said, “Your Majesty, praise Yahweh our God, who has rescued you from the men who were rebelling against you!”
Ahimáac je zaklical in kralju rekel: »Vse je dobro.« S svojim obrazom je padel dol na zemljo pred kraljem in rekel: »Blagoslovljen bodi Gospod, tvoj Bog, ki je izročil ljudi, ki so svojo roko dvignili zoper mojega gospoda kralja.«
29 The king said, “Is the young man Absalom safe/all right?” Ahimaaz [did not want to answer that question, so he] replied, “When Joab sent me, I saw that there was a lot of confusion, but I do not know what it was about.”
Kralj je rekel: »Ali je mladenič Absalom varen?« Ahimáac je odgovoril: »Ko je Joáb poslal kraljevega služabnika in mene, tvojega služabnika, sem videl velik hrup, toda nisem vedel, kaj je to bilo.«
30 Then the king said, “Stand aside.” So Ahimaaz stepped aside and stood there.
Kralj mu je rekel: »Obrni se vstran in stoj tukaj.« Obrnil se je vstran in mirno stal.
31 Suddenly the man from Ethiopia arrived, and said, “Your Majesty, I have good news for you! Yahweh has enabled your soldiers to defeat all those who rebelled against you!”
In glej, prišel je Kuší. Kuší je rekel: »Novice, moj gospod kralj, kajti Gospod te je ta dan maščeval pred vsemi tistimi, ki so se vzdignili zoper tebe.«
32 The king said to him, “Is the young man Absalom safe/all right?” And the man from Ethiopia replied, “Sir, I wish/desire that what happened to him would happen to all of your enemies and to all those who rebel against you!”
Kralj je rekel Kušíju: »Je mladenič Absalom varen?« Kuší je odgovoril: »Sovražniki mojega gospoda kralja in vsi, ki se vzdignejo zoper tebe, da ti škodijo, naj bodo, kakor je ta mladenič.«
33 The king [realized that he meant that Absalom was dead, so he] became (extremely distressed/overcome with grief), and he went up to the room above the gateway and cried. While he was going up, he kept crying out, “O, my son Absalom! My son! O, my son Absalom, I desire/wish that I had died instead of you!”
Kralj je bil zelo pretresen in odšel gor v sobo nad velikimi vrati in jokal. Medtem ko je šel, je tako govoril: »Oh moj sin Absalom, moj sin, moj sin Absalom! Da bi Bog dal, da bi jaz umrl zate, oh Absalom, moj sin, moj sin!«
