2 Samuel 14
1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
А Јоав син Серујин опази да се срце царево обратило к Авесалому.
2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray you, feign yourself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not yourself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
И посла Јоав у Текују те дозва отуда жену лукаву, па јој рече: Учини се као да си у жалости, и обуци жалосне хаљине, и немој се намазати уљем, него буди као жена која одавна жали за мртвим.
3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
И отиди к цару, и говори му тако и тако. И научи је Јоав шта ће говорити.
4 And when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
И кад отиде жена Текујанка к цару да говори, паде ничице на земљу и поклони се, и рече: Помагај царе!
5 And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.
А цар јој рече: Шта ти је? А она рече: Удовица сам, умро ми је муж.
6 And your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
А имаше слушкиња твоја два сина, па се свадише у пољу, а не беше никога да их развади, те један удари другог и уби га.
7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the earth.
И гле, сав дом уста на слушкињу твоју говорећи: Дај тог што је убио брата свог да га погубимо за душу брата његовог, ког је убио, и да истребимо наследника; и тако хоће да угасе искру која ми је остала, да не оставе име мужу мом ни остатак на земљи.
8 And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.
А цар рече жени: Иди кући својој, а ја ћу наредити за те.
9 And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
А жена Текујанка рече цару: Царе господару! Нека на ме и на дом оца мог падне кривица, а цар и његов престо нека је прав.
10 And the king said, Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more.
А цар рече: Ко узговори на те, доведи га к мени, и неће те се више дотаћи.
11 Then said she, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.
А она рече: Нека се опомене цар Господа Бога свог, да се не умноже осветници који убијају, и да не убију сина мог. А он рече: Тако жив био Господ, ниједна длака с твог сина неће пасти на земљу.
12 Then the woman said, Let your handmaid, I pray you, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
А жена рече: Да каже слушкиња твоја нешто цару господару. А он рече: Говори.
13 And the woman said, Why then have you thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king does speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king does not fetch home again his banished.
А жена рече: А зашто си намислио такву ствар народу Божијем? Јер цар као да је крив говорећи тако, јер неће цар да дозове натраг оног ког је одагнао.
14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God respect any person: yet does he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
Јер ћемо доиста помрети, и јесмо као вода која се проспе на земљу и више се не може скупити; јер му Бог није узео живот, него је наумио да одагнани не остане одагнан од њега.
15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
И тако дођох да кажем ово цару господару свом, јер ме народ уплаши; зато рече слушкиња твоја: Да говорим цару, може бити да ће учинити цар шта слушкиња његова каже.
16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
Јер ће цар услишити и избавити слушкињу своју из руке оног који хоће да истреби мене и сина мог из наследства Божијег.
17 Then your handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD your God will be with you.
И слушкиња твоја рече: Реч цара господара мог биће ми утеха, јер је цар господар мој као анђео Божји, те слуша и добро и зло, и Господ ће Бог твој бити с тобом.
18 Then the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray you, the thing that I shall ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
А цар одговори и рече жени: Немој тајити од мене шта ћу те питати. А жена рече: Нека говори цар господар мој.
19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken: for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid:
Тада цар рече: Да није Јоавов посао у свему томе што чиниш? А жена одговори и рече: Тако да је жива душа твоја, царе господару, не може се ни надесно ни налево од свега што каза цар господар мој; јер слуга твој Јоав заповедио ми је и научио слушкињу твоју све ово да говорим.
20 To fetch about this form of speech has your servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
Слуга је твој Јоав учинио, те сам овако извила беседу своју; али је господар мој мудар као анђео Божји, те зна све што бива на земљи.
21 And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
Тада рече цар Јоаву: Ево, ти си учинио то, иди, доведи натраг дете Авесалома.
22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.
Тада паде Јоав лицем на земљу, и поклони се и благослови цара, и рече Јоав: Данас види слуга твој да сам нашао милост пред тобом, царе господару, кад је цар учинио шта му слуга његов рече.
23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Потом се подиже Јоав и отиде у Гесур, и доведе натраг у Јерусалим Авесалома.
24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.
И цар рече: Нека иде својој кући, а лице моје да не види. И отиде Авесалом својој кући, и не виде лице царево.
25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
А не беше човека тако лепа као Авесалом у свем Израиљу, да га тако хвале; од пете до темена не беше на њему мане.
26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it: ) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
И кад би стригао главу (а имаше обичај сваке године стрићи је, јер му беше тешко), мерио би косу с главе своје, и биваше је двеста сикала царском мером.
27 And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
И родише се Авесалому три сина и једна кћи, којој беше име Тамара, и она беше лепа.
28 So Absalom dwelled two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
И Авесалом оста целе две године у Јерусалиму, а лице царево не виде.
29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
Тада посла Авесалом по Јоава да га пошаље к цару; али он не хте доћи к њему; и посла опет други пут, али он не хте доћи.
30 Therefore he said to his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Тада рече слугама својим: Видите ли њиву Јоавову поред моје? На њој је јечам; идите и упалите је. И упалише слуге Авесаломове ону њиву.
31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?
Тада се подиже Јоав, и дође к Авесалому у кућу, и рече му: Зашто слуге твоје упалише моју њиву?
32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
Авесалом рече Јоаву: Ето слао сам к теби говорећи: Ходи овамо да те пошаљем к цару да му кажеш: Зашто сам дошао из Гесура? Боље би било да сам још онде. Зато да видим лице царево; ако ли има каква кривица на мени, нека ме погуби.
33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
И отиде Јоав к цару, и каза му. И дозва Авесалома; а он дошавши к цару поклони се лицем до земље пред царем, и цар целива Авесалома.
