¹

And Joab the son of Saruia knew that the heart of the king was toward Abessalom.

¹

И$ разђмњ'въ и^ѓ^а'въ сн~ъ сарђи'нъ ја%ко срDце цр~ево преклони'ся къ а^весоло'мђ”

²

And Joab sent to Thecoe, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray thee, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint thee not with oil, and thou shalt be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.

²

И$ посла` и^ѓ^а'въ въ џеко'ю и^ пояT эTтђ'дђ женђ` мђ'дрђ, и^ реq к не'й. сњтђ'и нн~њ и^ ѓ^блецыся въ ри'зы сњтова'нїя. и^ не пома'заися и^е^ле'ѓ^мъ. и^ бђ'деши ја%ко и^ жена`дн~и мно'ги сњтђ'ющи по ё^мръщвенMњ”

³

And thou shalt go to the king, and speak to him according to this word. And Joab put the words in her mouth.

³

И$ вни'деши къ цр~ю, и^ гл~еши к немђ` по гл~ђ семђ`. и^ положи` и^ѓ^а'въ словеса` с^и въ ё^стњ'хъ е^я`”

⁴

So the woman of Thecoe went in to the king and fell upon her face to the earth, and did him obeisance, and said, Help, O king, help.

⁴

И$ прїи'де жена` и^џеко'иская къ цр~ю. и паде` на лицы` свое^мъ на земли. и^ поклони'ся е^мђ и^ рече сп~си м^я цр~ю сп~си м^я”

⁵

And the king said to her, What is the matter with thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.

⁵

И$ реq е'й цр~ь что` т^и е^сть. и^ рече эT да'вна вдова жена` а%зъ е^смь. ё%мре б^о мђж'ъ мои.

⁶

And moreover thy handmaid had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one smote the other his brother, and slew him.

⁶

и^ е'ста рабњ` т^и дв^а сн~а. и^ би'стася сама` на селњ`. и^ не бы'сть кт^о б^ы е^ю` разлђчи'лъ. и^ нападе` е^ді'нъ е^ю` на бра'та и^ ё^би и&”

⁷

And behold the whole family rose up against thine handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that smote his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he slew, and we will take away even your heir: so they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave my husband remnant or name on the face of the earth.

⁷

И$ с^е вс^е эTч~ество въста` на рабђ` твою`. и^ рњш'а даи^ ё^би'вшаго бра'та свое^го, и^ побїемъ въ дш~а мњ'сто, бра'та е^го'же ё^би`. и^ погђби'ти хотя'тъ наслњдника на'ю. и^ ё^гася'тъ свњ'щђ мою` ѓ^ста'вшђю. ја%ко не ѓ^ста'вити мђжа мое^го наслњ'дника. і^ и^мени на лицы` земля`”

⁸

And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to thy house, and I will give commandment concerning thee.

⁸

И$ рече цр~ь къ женњ`. и^ди` здра'ва в до'мъ свои, и^ а'зъ заповњ'даю ѓ^ тебњ`”

⁹

And the woman of Thecoe said to the king, On me, my lord, O king, and on my father's house be the iniquity, and the king and his throne be guiltless.

⁹

И$ рече жена` џеко'итяныни къ цр~ю. на мнњ` безако'нїе г~и мо'и цр~ю, и^ на до'мђ эTц~а мое^го. цр~ь же и^ прsтлъ е^го без вины`”

¹⁰

And the king said, Who was it that spoke to thee? thou shalt even bring him to me, and one shall not touch him any more.

¹⁰

И$ рече цр~ь кто` с^е е^сть гл~алъ к тебњ`, да и^ приведе'ши къ мнњ`. и^ не прило'житъ ктомђ` коснђтися тебе`”

¹¹

And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, As the Lord lives, not a hair of thy son shall fall to the ground.

¹¹

И$ рече жена` да въспомяне'тъ ё^бо цр~ь къ г~ђ б~ђ свое^мђ. внегда ё^мно'жити пролїя'нїя кро'ви, и^ растли'ти. и^ не и^мђт'ь погђби'ти сн~а мое^го. и^ реq цр~ь жи'въ г~ь, а^ще и^ вла'съ эTпаде'тъ сн~ђ твое^мђ съ главы` на земли` се'й”

¹²

And the woman said, Let now thy servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

¹²

И$ рече жена` џекои^тяны'ня къ цр~ю. да бы'хъ и^ е^ще` а^зъ раба` твоя` погл~ала къ цр~ю господи'нђ мое^мђ сло'во. ѓ%н же рече гл~и”

¹³

And the woman said, Why hast thou devised this thing against the people of God? or is this word out of the king's mouth as a transgression, so that the king should not bring back his banished?

¹³

И$ рече жена` почто` помы'сли с^е та'ко ѓ^ лю'дехъ бж~їихъ. и^л^и ја%ко эT ё'стъ цр~евыхъ е^сть сло'во си'цево. ја%ко престђпле'нїе, е^же въз#врати'ти ц~рю, эTгна'наго эT не'го”

¹⁴

For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.

¹⁴

Вс^и бо ё^мира'юще ё^мира'емъ. и^ ја%ко вода приходящая на' землю не събере'тся и^ во'зметъ б~ъ дш~а помышля'я спsти хотя`, эT него эTринове'нїя”

¹⁵

And now whereas I came to speak this word to my lord the king, the reason is that the people will see me, and thy handmaid will say, Let one now speak to my lord the king, if peradventure the king will perform the request of his handmaid;

¹⁵

И$ нн~њ прїидо'хъ гл~ати къ цр~ю господи'нђ мое^мђ гл~ъ се'й. ја%ко ё^ви'дятъ м^я лю'дїе и^ рече раба` твоя` да гл~етъ ё^бо къ господи'нђ мое^мђ цр~ю. да сътвори'тъ цр~ь рњ'чь рабњ` свое'й”

¹⁶

for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son from the inheritance of God.

¹⁶

ЈА/ко слы'шитъ цр~ь и^зме'тъ рабђ` свою` и^з рђ'къ мђж'ъ хотя'щихъ въсхити'ти м^я. и^ сн~а мое^го эT ё^ча'стїя бж~їя”

¹⁷

And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious,—well: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord thy God shall be with thee.

¹⁷

И$ речетъ раба` твоя` да бђ'детъ сло'во нн~њ г~а мое^го и^ цр~я на жр'ътвђ. ја%коже б^о а^гг~лъ бж~їи, та'ко г~ь мои цр~ь послђшая бл~гихъ. и^ лђка'выX не брегїи, сего ра'ди г~ь б~ъ тво'и да бђ'детъ с тобо'ю”

¹⁸

And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the matter which I ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.

¹⁸

И$ эTвњща` цр~ь, и^ реq къ женњ`. ника'коже да не потаи'ши предо мно'ю гл~а, ѓ^ не'мъже а^зъ въпрошђ` т^я. и^ рече жена`, да гл~етъ г~ь мо'и цр~ь”

¹⁹

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab in all this matter with thee? and the woman said to the king, As thy soul lives, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid.

¹⁹

И рече цр~ь е^да` рђка` и^ѓ^а'вля ѓ^ все'мъ се'мъ с тобо'ю е^сть. и^ рече жена` къ цр~ю да живеT дш~а твоя` г~и мо'и цр~ю, аще е^сть ѓ^деснђ'ю и^ ѓ^шђ'юю и^ ѓ^ всњх# ја%же гл~а господи'нъ мо'и цр~ь, ја%ко рабъ тво'и и^ѓ^а'въ. то'и м^и заповњ'да и^ то'и вложи` въ ё^ста рабњ` твое'й словеса` с^и”

²⁰

In order that this form of speech might come about it was that thy servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as is the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

²⁰

до'ндеже прїити` на лице` гл~ђ семђ`. и^же сътвори` ра'бъ твои и^ѓ^а'въ ле'сть сїю. н^о господи'нъ мои цр~ь мђ'дръ бл~гъ, ја^коже мђ'дрость а^гг~ла бж~їя, разђмњя' вс^е е^же на земли`”

²¹

And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done to thee according to this thy word: go, bring back the young man Abessalom.

²¹

И$ рече цр~ь къ и^ѓ^а'вђ. с^е нн~њ сътвориX т^и по словеси` твое^мђ. н^о и^ди` и^ възврати` ѓ%трока а^весоло'ма”

²²

And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knows that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant.

²²

И$ паде` на лицы` свое^мъ и^ѓ^а'въ на земли` и^ поклони'ся, и^ блsви цр~я, и^ ре'че и^ѓ^а'въ дне'сь разђмњ'хъ, ра'бъ твои ја%ко ѓ^брњте блгDть преD ѓ^чи'ма твои^ма г~и мои цр~ю, ја%ко послђш'а цр~ь мои и^ господи'нъ, слове'съ раба` свое^го.

²³

And Joab arose, and went to Gedsur, and brought Abessalom to Jerusalem.

²³

И$ въста'въ и^ѓ^а'въ, і^ и'де в гесђ'ръ, и^ приведе` а^весоло'ма въ і^ерsлимъ”

²⁴

And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Abessalom returned to his house, and saw not the king's face.

²⁴

И$ рече цр~ь възврати и& в домъ е^го, и^ лица мое^го да не ви'диT. и^ възврати'ся а^весоло'мъ в доM сво'и, и^ лица цр~ева не ви'дњ”

²⁵

And there was not a man in Israel so very comely as Abessalom: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

²⁵

И$ ја%коже б^њ а^весоло'мъ, не бњ` такова` мђжа въ і^ерsли'мњ і^и^л~и, хва'ленъ ѕњло, эT пяты` но'гђ и^ до верха` е^го не бњ` в немъ поро'ка”

²⁶

And when he polled his head, (and it was at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew heavy upon him,) even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel.

²⁶

И$ е^гда` стри'щи е^мђ главђ` свою. и^ бысть е^мђ эT нача'ла дн~и и^ до' дн~їи, в ня'же стрижа'шеся. ја%котя'жко бя'ше е^мђ эT ниX. и^ стриг#ся и^ събира'ше вла'сы главы` свое'я, с~, си'клы мњры в мњрђ црsкђю”

²⁷

And there were born to Abessalom three sons and one daughter, and her name was Themar: she was a very beautiful woman, and she becomes the wife of Roboam son of Solomon, and she bears to him Abia.

²⁷

И$ роди'шася а^весоло'мђ, г~, сн~ы и^ дще'рь е^ді'на, і^ и'мя е'й џама'ръ. сїя же б^њ ѕњло добра` възо'ромъ”

²⁸

And Abessalom remained in Jerusalem two full years, and he saw not the king's face.

²⁸

И$ сњдъ а^весоло'мъ въ і^ерsли'мњ, в~ лњта, дн~їи и^ лица` цр~ева не ви'дњ”

²⁹

And Abessalom sent to Joab to bring him in to the king, and he would not come to him: and he sent to him the second time, and he would not come.

²⁹

И$ посла` а^весоло'мъ къ и^ѓ^а'вђ дабы пђсти'лъ и& къ цр~ю, и^ не въсхотњ прїити` к немђ`. и^ посла` а^весоло'мъ вто'рое, къ і^ѓ^а'вђ и^ не въсхотњ` прїити к немђ`”

³⁰

And Abessalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab's portion in the field is next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Abessalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, The servants of Abessalom have set the field on fire.

³⁰

И$ рече а^весоло'мъ къ ѓ%трокомъ свои'мъ. вњ'сте в^ы стра'нђ села` и^ѓ^а'вля дръжа'щагося м^я, и^ тогот^ђ е^чме'нь, и^дњте и^ запали'те и& ѓ^гнемъ. и^ шеDше запали'ша раби` а^весоло'мли, стра'нђ и^ѓ^а'влю ѓ^гне'мъ” И$ прїидо'ша раби` и^ѓ^а'вли къ и^ѓ^а'вђ. раздра'вше ри'зы своя`, и^ рњша к не'мђ. въжго'ша раби` а^весоло'мли стра'нђ твою` ѓ^гнемъ”

³¹

And Joab arose, and came to Abessalom into the house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my field on fire?

³¹

И$ въста'въ и^ѓ^а'въ прїиде къ а^весоломђ в до'мъ е^го, и^ рече к не'мђ. почто` сђть раби` твои` стра'нђ мою` заж#гли` ѓ^гнемъ”

³²

And Abessalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, and I will send thee to the king, saying, Why did I come out of Gedsur? it would have been better for me to have remained there: and now, behold, I have not seen the face of the king; but if there is iniquity in me, then put me to death.

³²

И$ рече а^весоло'мъ къ и^ѓ^а'вђ. с^е посылахъ к тебњ` гл~я, е^ді'ною и^ два'жды и^ди` сњмо и^ послю` т^я къ цр~ю гл~я, почто` прїидо'хъ и^з гесђ'ра. ё%не б^њ быти мн^њ е^ще` та'мо. и^ нн~њ чт^о с^е лица` цр~ева не ви'жђ. а%ще ли б^ы е^сть въ мн^њ непра'вда, т^о да ё^бїи м^я”

³³

And Joab went in to the king, and brought him word: and he called Abessalom, and he went in to the king, and did him obeisance, and fell upon his face to the ground, even in the presence of the king; and the king kissed Abessalom.

³³

И$ вни'де и^ѓ^а'въ къ цр~ю и^ възвњсти` е^мђ. и^ призва` а^весоло'ма. и^ прїиде къ цр~ю, и^ поклони'ся е^мђ, и^ паD лицеM на земли`, преD лице'мъ цр~евымъ. и^ ѓ^блобыза` цр~ь а^весоло'ма”