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Síðari Samúelsbók 15
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Síðari Samúelsbók 15
Icelandic Bible
15 Eftir þetta bar það til, að Absalon fékk sér vagna og hesta og fimmtíu menn, sem fyrir honum hlupu.
2 Og hann lagði það í vana sinn að nema staðar snemma morguns við veginn, sem lá inn að borgarhliðinu. Og hann kallaði á hvern þann mann, er í máli átti og fyrir því leitaði á konungs fund til þess að fá úrskurð hans, og mælti: "Frá hvaða borg ert þú?" Og segði hann: "Þjónn þinn er af einni ættkvísl Ísraels,"
3 þá sagði Absalon við hann: "Sjá, málefni þitt er gott og rétt, en konungur hefir engan sett, er veiti þér áheyrn."
4 Og Absalon sagði: "Ég vildi óska að ég væri skipaður dómari í landinu, svo að hver maður, sem ætti í þrætu eða hefði mál að sækja, gæti komið til mín. Þá skyldi ég láta hann ná rétti sínum."
5 Og þegar einhver kom til hans til þess að lúta honum, rétti hann fram höndina, dró hann að sér og kyssti hann.
6 Svo gjörði Absalon við alla Ísraelsmenn, þá er leituðu á konungs fund til þess að fá úrskurð hans. Og þann veg stal Absalon hjörtum Ísraelsmanna.
7 Og það bar til fjórum árum síðar, að Absalon sagði við konung: "Leyf mér að fara og efna heit mitt í Hebron, það er ég hefi gjört Drottni.
8 Því að þjónn þinn gjörði svolátandi heit, þá er hann dvaldist í Gesúr á Sýrlandi: ,Ef Drottinn flytur mig aftur til Jerúsalem, þá skal ég þjóna Drottni."`
9 Konungur svaraði honum: "Far þú í friði!" Lagði hann þá af stað og fór til Hebron.
10 En Absalon gjörði menn á laun til allra ættkvísla Ísraels með svolátandi orðsending: "Þegar þér heyrið lúðurhljóm, þá segið: ,Absalon er konungur orðinn í Hebron!"`
11 Með Absalon fóru tvö hundruð manns úr Jerúsalem, er hann kvaddi til farar með sér. Fóru þeir í grandleysi og vissu ekki, hvað undir bjó.
12 Og er Absalon var að fórnum, sendi hann eftir Akítófel Gílóníta, ráðgjafa Davíðs, til Gíló, ættborgar hans. Og samsærið magnaðist og æ fleiri og fleiri menn gengu í lið með Absalon.
13 Nú komu menn til Davíðs og sögðu honum: "Hugur Ísraelsmanna hefir snúist til Absalons."
14 Þá sagði Davíð við alla þjóna sína, þá er með honum voru í Jerúsalem: "Af stað! Vér skulum flýja, því að öðrum kosti munum vér ekki komast undan Absalon. Hraðið yður, svo að hann komi ekki skyndilega og nái oss, færi oss ógæfu að höndum og taki borgina herskildi."
15 Þjónar konungs svöruðu honum: "Alveg eins og minn herra konungurinn vill, sjá, vér erum þjónar þínir."
16 Þá lagði konungur af stað og allt hans hús með honum. En konungur lét tíu hjákonur eftir verða til þess að gæta hússins.
17 Konungur lagði af stað og allir þjónar hans með honum. Og þeir námu staðar við ysta húsið,
18 en allt fólkið og allir Kretar og Pletar gengu fram hjá honum. Enn fremur gengu allir menn Íttaís frá Gat, sex hundruð manns, er komnir voru með honum frá Gat, fram hjá í augsýn konungs.
19 Þá sagði konungur við Íttaí frá Gat: "Hvers vegna fer þú og með oss? Snú aftur og ver með hinum konunginum, því að þú ert útlendingur og meira að segja útlægur gjör úr átthögum þínum.
20 Þú komst í gær, og í dag ætti ég að fá þig til að reika um með oss, þar sem ég verð að fara þangað sem verkast vill. Snú þú aftur og haf með þér sveitunga þína. Drottinn mun auðsýna þér miskunn og trúfesti."
21 En Íttaí svaraði konungi: "Svo sannarlega sem Drottinn lifir, og svo sannarlega sem minn herra konungurinn lifir: Á þeim stað, sem minn herra konungurinn verður _ hvort sem það verður til dauða eða lífs, _ þar mun og þjónn þinn verða."
22 Þá sagði Davíð við Íttaí: "Jæja, far þú þá fram hjá." Þá fór Íttaí frá Gat fram hjá og allir hans menn og öll börnin, sem með honum voru.
23 En allt landið grét hástöfum, meðan allt fólkið gekk fram hjá. En konungur stóð í Kídrondal, meðan allt fólkið gekk fram hjá honum í áttina til olíutrésins, sem er í eyðimörkinni.
24 Þar var og Sadók, og Abjatar og allir levítarnir með honum. Báru þeir sáttmálsörk Guðs. Og þeir settu niður örk Guðs, uns allur lýðurinn úr borginni var kominn fram hjá.
25 Og konungur sagði við Sadók: "Flyt þú örk Guðs aftur inn í borgina. Finni ég náð í augum Drottins, mun hann leiða mig heim aftur og láta mig sjá sjálfan sig og bústað sinn.
26 En ef hann hugsar svo: ,Ég hefi ekki þóknun á þér,` _ þá er ég hér, gjöri hann við mig sem honum gott þykir."
27 Þá mælti konungur við Sadók höfuðprest: "Far þú aftur til borgarinnar í friði og Akímaas sonur þinn og Jónatan sonur Abjatars _ báðir synir ykkar með ykkur.
28 Hyggið að! Ég ætla að hafast við hjá vöðunum í eyðimörkinni, þar til er mér kemur frá yður tíðindasögn."
29 Síðan fluttu þeir Sadók og Abjatar örk Guðs aftur til Jerúsalem og dvöldust þar.
30 Davíð gekk upp Olíufjallið. Fór hann grátandi og huldu höfði. Hann gekk berfættur, og allt fólkið, sem með honum var, huldi höfuð sín og gekk grátandi.
31 Og er Davíð bárust þau tíðindi, að Akítófel væri meðal þeirra, er samsærið höfðu gjört við Absalon, þá sagði Davíð: "Gjör þú, Drottinn, ráð Akítófels að heimsku."
32 En er Davíð var kominn efst upp á fjallið, þar sem menn voru vanir að tilbiðja Guð, þá mætti honum Húsaí Arkíti í rifnum kyrtli og með mold á höfði sér.
33 Davíð sagði við hann: "Farir þú með mér, verður þú mér til þyngsla.
34 En ef þú fer aftur til borgarinnar og segir við Absalon: ,Þér vil ég þjóna, konungur. Föður þínum hefi ég áður þjónað, en nú vil ég þjóna þér,` _ þá getur þú ónýtt ráð Akítófels fyrir mig.
35 Þar hefir þú hjá þér prestana Sadók og Abjatar. Allt sem þú fréttir úr konungshöllinni, skalt þú segja prestunum Sadók og Abjatar.
36 Þeir hafa þar hjá sér báða sonu sína, Sadók Akímaas og Abjatar Jónatan. Látið þá færa mér öll þau tíðindi, sem þér fáið."
37 Síðan fór Húsaí, stallari Davíðs, til borgarinnar. Absalon fór og til Jerúsalem.
2 Samuel 15
New International Version
2 Samuel 15
New International Version
Absalom’s Conspiracy
15 In the course of time,(A) Absalom provided himself with a chariot(B) and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him. 2 He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate.(C) Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, “What town are you from?” He would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.” 3 Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.”(D) 4 And Absalom would add, “If only I were appointed judge in the land!(E) Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.”
5 Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him. 6 Absalom behaved in this way toward all the Israelites who came to the king asking for justice, and so he stole the hearts(F) of the people of Israel.
7 At the end of four[a] years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord. 8 While your servant was living at Geshur(G) in Aram, I made this vow:(H) ‘If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron.[b]’”
9 The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he went to Hebron.
10 Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets,(I) then say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron.’” 11 Two hundred men from Jerusalem had accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and went quite innocently, knowing nothing about the matter. 12 While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel(J) the Gilonite, David’s counselor,(K) to come from Giloh,(L) his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept on increasing.(M)
David Flees
13 A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”
14 Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee,(N) or none of us will escape from Absalom.(O) We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.”
15 The king’s officials answered him, “Your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king chooses.”
16 The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten concubines(P) to take care of the palace. 17 So the king set out, with all the people following him, and they halted at the edge of the city. 18 All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites(Q) and Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath marched before the king.
19 The king said to Ittai(R) the Gittite, “Why should you come along with us? Go back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner,(S) an exile from your homeland. 20 You came only yesterday. And today shall I make you wander(T) about with us, when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take your people with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness.”[c](U)
21 But Ittai replied to the king, “As surely as the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be.”(V)
22 David said to Ittai, “Go ahead, march on.” So Ittai the Gittite marched on with all his men and the families that were with him.
23 The whole countryside wept aloud(W) as all the people passed by. The king also crossed the Kidron Valley,(X) and all the people moved on toward the wilderness.
24 Zadok(Y) was there, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark(Z) of the covenant of God. They set down the ark of God, and Abiathar(AA) offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city.
25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s eyes, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place(AB) again. 26 But if he says, ‘I am not pleased with you,’ then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him.(AC)”
27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Do you understand?(AD) Go back to the city with my blessing. Take your son Ahimaaz with you, and also Abiathar’s son Jonathan.(AE) You and Abiathar return with your two sons. 28 I will wait at the fords(AF) in the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” 29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and stayed there.
30 But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping(AG) as he went; his head(AH) was covered and he was barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads too and were weeping as they went up. 31 Now David had been told, “Ahithophel(AI) is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Lord, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
32 When David arrived at the summit, where people used to worship God, Hushai(AJ) the Arkite(AK) was there to meet him, his robe torn and dust(AL) on his head. 33 David said to him, “If you go with me, you will be a burden(AM) to me. 34 But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘Your Majesty, I will be your servant; I was your father’s servant in the past, but now I will be your servant,’(AN) then you can help me by frustrating(AO) Ahithophel’s advice. 35 Won’t the priests Zadok and Abiathar be there with you? Tell them anything you hear in the king’s palace.(AP) 36 Their two sons, Ahimaaz(AQ) son of Zadok and Jonathan(AR) son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with anything you hear.”
37 So Hushai,(AS) David’s confidant, arrived at Jerusalem as Absalom(AT) was entering the city.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 15:7 Some Septuagint manuscripts, Syriac and Josephus; Hebrew forty
- 2 Samuel 15:8 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have in Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 15:20 Septuagint; Hebrew May kindness and faithfulness be with you
2 Samuel 15
King James Version
2 Samuel 15
King James Version
15 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron.
8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.
9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
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