2 Samuel 14

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	Biblija Hrvatski
1 When Joab, son of Zeruiah, observed how the king felt toward Absalom,	1 A Joab, sin Sarvijin, opazi da se kraljevo srce okreće k Abšalomu.
2 he sent to Tekoa and brought from there a gifted woman, to whom he said: "Pretend to be in mourning. Put on mourning apparel and do not anoint yourself with oil, that you may appear to be a woman who has been long in mourning for a departed one.	2 Zato Joab pošalje u Tekou po jednu pametnu ženu i reče joj: »Učini se kao da si u žalosti za mrtvim, obuci žalobne haljine, nemoj se mazati uljem, nego budi kao žena koja je već dugo vremena u žalosti za mrtvim.
3 Then go to the king and speak to him in this manner." And Joab instructed her what to say.	3 Otići ćeš kralju i govorit ćeš mu ovako.« I Joab je nauči što će govoriti.
4 So the woman of Tekoa went to the king and fell prostrate to the ground in homage, saying, "Help, your majesty!"	4 Žena iz Tekoe ode kralju, pade ničice na zemlju i pokloni se, zatim reče: »Pomozi, kralju!«
5 The king said to her, "What do you want?" She replied: "Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.	5 Kralj je upita: »Što ti je?« A ona odgovori: »Ah, ja sam udovica. Muž mi je umro,
6 Your servant had two sons, who quarreled in the field. There being no one to part them, one of them struck his brother and killed him.	6 a tvoja je službenica imala dva sina. Oni se posvadiše u polju, a nije bilo nikoga da ih razdvoji te je jedan od njih udario svoga brata i ubio ga.
7 Then the whole clan confronted your servant and demanded: 'Give up the one who killed his brother. We must put him to death for the life of his brother whom he has slain; we must extinguish the heir also.' Thus they will quench my remaining hope and leave my husband neither name nor posterity upon the earth."	7 I sad se podiže sav rod na tvoju službenicu i reče: ‘Predaj nam toga što je ubio svoga brata: mi ćemo ga pogubiti za život njegova brata koga je ubio, a time ćemo zatrti i baštinika.’ Tako hoće da ugase žeravicu koja mi je ostala, da ne ostave mome mužu ni imena ni potomstva na zemlji.«
8 The king then said to the woman: "Go home. I will issue a command on your behalf."	8 A kralj reče ženi: »Idi svojoj kući, ja ću odrediti što treba za te.«
9 The woman of Tekoa answered him, "Let me and my family be to blame, my lord king; you and your throne are innocent."	9 A žena iz Tekoe reče kralju: »Gospodaru kralju! Neka na me i na moj očinski dom padne krivica; kralj i njegovo prijestolje nedužni su u tome!«
10 Then the king said, "If anyone says a word to you, have him brought to me, and he shall not touch you again."	10 A kralj nastavi: »Onoga koji ti se zaprijetio dovedi k meni! Taj te neće više dirnuti!«
11 But she went on to say, "Please, your majesty, keep in mind the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood may not go too far in destruction and that my son may not be done away with." He replied, "As the LORD lives, not a hair of your son shall fall to the ground."	11 A ona reče: »Neka se kralj udostoji spomenuti ime Jahve, svoga Boga, da krvni osvetnik neće umnožiti zator i da neće pogubiti moga sina!« A on obeća: »Tako mi živog Jahve, nijedna vlas neće pasti s glave tvome sinu!«
12 The woman continued, "Please let your servant say still another word to my lord the king." He replied, "Speak."	12 A žena nastavi: »Dopusti da tvoja službenica kaže jednu riječ svome gospodaru kralju.« A on odvrati: »Govori!«
13 So the woman said: "Why, then, do you think of this same kind of thing against the people of God? In pronouncing as he has, the king shows himself guilty, for not bringing back his own banished son.	13 A žena reče: »Dakle, zašto je kralj« – jer se izričući ovakvu presudu sam priznao krivim – »donio protiv naroda Božjega odluku da ne pušta kući onoga koga je prognao?
14 We must indeed die; we are then like water that is poured out on the ground and cannot be gathered up. Yet, though God does not bring back life, he does take thought how not to banish anyone from him.	14 Mi smo svi osuđeni na smrt, slični smo vodi koja se prolije na zemlju i više se ne može skupiti, i Bog ne podiže mrtvaca: neka, dakle, kralj misli na to da prognanik ne ostane izagnan daleko od njega.
15 And now, if I have presumed to speak of this matter to your majesty, it is because the people have given me cause to fear. And so your servant thought: 'Let me speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the petition of his maidservant.	15 A razlog zašto sam došla da iznesem pred svoga gospodara kralja ovu stvar bio je taj što su me zaplašili ljudi, pa je mislila tvoja službenica: moram govoriti s kraljem, možda će kralj učiniti ono što mu njegova službenica kaže.
16 For the king must surely consent to free his servant from the grasp of one who would seek to destroy me and my son as well from God's inheritance.'"	16 Jer će kralj poslušati svoju službenicu i izbaviti je iz ruku čovjeka koji hoće da me istrijebi zajedno s mojim sinom iz Božje baštine.
17 And the woman concluded: "Let the word of my lord the king provide a resting place; indeed, my lord the king is like an angel of God, evaluating good and bad. The LORD your God be with you."	17 Zato je tvoja službenica pomislila: neka mi riječ moga gospodara i kralja bude na umirenje. Jer moj je gospodar i kralj kao Božji anđeo koji sluša dobro i zlo. Jahve, tvoj Bog, neka bude s tobom!«
18 The king answered the woman, "Now do not conceal from me anything I may ask you!" The woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."	18 Tada progovori kralj i reče ženi: »Nemoj mi sada zatajiti ono što ću te pitati!« A žena odgovori: »Neka govori moj gospodar kralj!«
19 So the king asked, "Is Joab involved with you in all this?" And the woman answered: "As you live, my lord the king, it is just as your majesty has said, and not otherwise. It was your servant Joab who instructed me and told your servant all these things she was to say.	19 Tada kralj upita: »Nisu li Joabovi prsti s tobom u svemu tome?« A žena odgovori: »Tako bio živ, gospodaru kralju, zaista se ne može ni desno ni lijevo od svega što je kazao moj gospodar i kralj! Jest, tvoj mi je sluga Joab zapovjedio, on je naučio tvoju službenicu sve ove riječi.
20 Your servant Joab did this to come at the issue in a roundabout way. But my lord is as wise as an angel of God, so that he knows all things on earth."	20 Tvoj je sluga Joab to učinio da bi svemu dao drugo lice, ali je moj gospodar mudar kao Božji anđeo, on zna sve što se zbiva na zemlji.«
21 Then the king said to Joab: "I hereby grant this request. Go, therefore, and bring back young Absalom."	21 Tada se kralj okrenu Joabu i reče mu: »Dobro, učinit ću to. Idi i dovedi natrag mladića Abšaloma!«
22 Falling prostrate to the ground in homage and blessing the king, Joab said, "This day I know that I am in good favor with you, my lord the king, since the king has granted the request of his servant."	22 A Joab pade licem na zemlju, pokloni se i zahvali kralju. Zatim reče Joab: »Danas vidi tvoj sluga da je našao milost u tvojim očima, gospodaru kralju, kad je kralj ispunio molbu svoga sluge.«
23 Joab then went off to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.	23 Potom se diže Joab, ode u Gešur i dovede Abšaloma natrag u Jeruzalem.
24 But the king said, "Let him go to his own house; he shall not appear before me." So Absalom went off to his house and did not appear before the king.	24 Ali kralj reče: »Neka ide u svoju kuću, a meni neka ne dolazi na oči!« I Abšalom se povuče u svoju kuću i ne dođe kralju na oči.
25 In all Israel there was not a man who could so be praised for his beauty as Absalom, who was without blemish from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.	25 U svemu Izraelu ne bijaše čovjeka tako lijepa kao Abšalom komu bi se mogle izreći tolike pohvale: od pete do glave nije bilo na njemu mane.
26 When he shaved his head--which he used to do at the end of every year, because his hair became too heavy for him--the hair weighed two hundred shekels according to the royal standard.	26 A kad bi šišao kosu – a šišao ju je na koncu svake godine, jer mu je bila preteška pa ju je morao šišati – mjerio bi svoju kosu: bila bi teška dvije stotine šekela, po kraljevskoj mjeri.
27 Absalom had three sons born to him, besides a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.	27 Abšalomu se rodiše tri sina i jedna kći po imenu Tamara; bila je to vrlo lijepa žena.
28 Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without appearing before the king.	28 Abšalom provede dvije godine u Jeruzalemu a da nije došao kralju na oči.
29 Then he summoned Joab to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. Although he summoned him a second time, Joab refused to come.	29 Tada Abšalom pozva Joaba k sebi da bi ga poslao kralju, ali Joab ne htjede doći k njemu; i posla drugi put po njega, ali on opet ne htjede doći.
30 He therefore instructed his servants: "You see Joab's field that borders mine, on which he has barley. Go, set it on fire." And so Absalom's servants set the field on fire. Joab's farmhands came to him with torn garments and reported to him what had been done.	30 Tada Abšalom zapovjedi slugama: »Znate Joabovo polje koje je pokraj mojega i na kojem raste ječam: idite i zapalite ga!« I Abšalomove sluge zapališe ono polje.
31 At this, Joab went to Absalom in his house and asked him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"	31 Tada se diže Joab, dođe k Abšalomu u kuću i upita ga: »Zašto su tvoje sluge zapalile moje polje?«
32 Absalom answered Joab: "I was summoning you to come here, that I may send you to the king to say: 'Why did I come back from Geshur? I would be better off if I were still there!' Now, let me appear before the king. If I am guilty, let him put me to death."	32 A Abšalom odgovori Joabu: »Ja sam poslao k tebi i poručio ti: ‘Dođi ovamo, želio bih te poslati kralju s ovom porukom: Zašto sam se vratio iz Gešura?’ Bolje bi bilo za mene da sam još ondje. Zato sad hoću da dođem kralju na oči, pa ako ima na meni kakva krivica, neka me pogubi!«
33 Joab went to the king and reported this. The king then called Absalom, who came to him and in homage fell on his face to the ground before the king. Then the king kissed him.	33 Joab ode kralju i javi mu te riječi. Zatim kralj pozva Abšaloma. Dođe on pred kralja, pokloni mu se i pade ničice pred kralja. I kralj poljubi Abšaloma.