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Druga knjiga Samuilova koja se zove i Druga knjiga o carevima
Capitolo 14
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A Joav sin Serujin opazi da se srce carevo obratilo k Avesalomu.
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I posla Joav u Tekuju te dozva otuda ženu lukavu, pa joj reče: Učini se kao da si u žalosti, i obuci žalosne haljine, i nemoj se namazati uljem, nego budi kao žena koja odavna žali za mrtvim.
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I otidi k caru, i govori mu tako i tako. I nauči je Joav šta će govoriti.
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I kad otide žena Tekujanka k caru da govori, pade ničice na zemlju i pokloni se, i reče: Pomagaj care!
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A car joj reče: Šta ti je? A ona reče: Udovica sam, umro mi je muž.
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A imaše sluškinja tvoja dva sina, pa se svadiše u polju, a ne beše nikoga da ih razvadi, te jedan udari drugog i ubi ga.
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I gle, sav dom usta na sluškinju tvoju govoreći: Daj tog što je ubio brata svog da ga pogubimo za dušu brata njegovog, kog je ubio, i da istrebimo naslednika; i tako hoće da ugase iskru koja mi je ostala, da ne ostave ime mužu mom ni ostatak na zemlji.
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A car reče ženi: Idi kući svojoj, a ja ću narediti za te.
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A žena Tekujanka reče caru: Care gospodaru! Neka na me i na dom oca mog padne krivica, a car i njegov presto neka je prav.
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A car reče: Ko uzgovori na te, dovedi ga k meni, i neće te se više dotaći.
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A ona reče: Neka se opomene car Gospoda Boga svog, da se ne umnože osvetnici koji ubijaju, i da ne ubiju sina mog. A on reče: Tako živ bio Gospod, nijedna dlaka s tvog sina neće pasti na zemlju.
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A žena reče: Da kaže sluškinja tvoja nešto caru gospodaru. A on reče: Govori.
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A žena reče: A zašto si namislio takvu stvar narodu Božijem? Jer car kao da je kriv govoreći tako, jer neće car da dozove natrag onog kog je odagnao.
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Jer ćemo doista pomreti, i jesmo kao voda koja se prospe na zemlju i više se ne može skupiti; jer mu Bog nije uzeo život, nego je naumio da odagnani ne ostane odagnan od njega.
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I tako dođoh da kažem ovo caru gospodaru svom, jer me narod uplaši; zato reče sluškinja tvoja: Da govorim caru, može biti da će učiniti car šta sluškinja njegova kaže.
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Jer će car uslišiti i izbaviti sluškinju svoju iz ruke onog koji hoće da istrebi mene i sina mog iz nasledstva Božijeg.
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I sluškinja tvoja reče: Reč cara gospodara mog biće mi uteha, jer je car gospodar moj kao anđeo Božji, te sluša i dobro i zlo, i Gospod će Bog tvoj biti s tobom.
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A car odgovori i reče ženi: Nemoj tajiti od mene šta ću te pitati. A žena reče: Neka govori car gospodar moj.
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Tada car reče: Da nije Joavov posao u svemu tome što činiš? A žena odgovori i reče: Tako da je živa duša tvoja, care gospodaru, ne može se ni nadesno ni nalevo od svega što kaza car gospodar moj; jer sluga tvoj Joav zapovedio mi je i naučio sluškinju tvoju sve ovo da govorim.
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Sluga je tvoj Joav učinio, te sam ovako izvila besedu svoju; ali je gospodar moj mudar kao anđeo Božji, te zna sve što biva na zemlji.
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Tada reče car Joavu: Evo, ti si učinio to, idi, dovedi natrag dete Avesaloma.
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Tada pade Joav licem na zemlju, i pokloni se i blagoslovi cara, i reče Joav: Danas vidi sluga tvoj da sam našao milost pred tobom, care gospodaru, kad je car učinio šta mu sluga njegov reče.
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Potom se podiže Joav i otide u Gesur, i dovede natrag u Jerusalim Avesaloma.
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I car reče: Neka ide svojoj kući, a lice moje da ne vidi. I otide Avesalom svojoj kući, i ne vide lice carevo.
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A ne beše čoveka tako lepa kao Avesalom u svem Izrailju, da ga tako hvale; od pete do temena ne beše na njemu mane.
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I kad bi strigao glavu (a imaše običaj svake godine strići je, jer mu beše teško), merio bi kosu s glave svoje, i bivaše je dvesta sikala carskom merom.
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I rodiše se Avesalomu tri sina i jedna kći, kojoj beše ime Tamara, i ona beše lepa.
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I Avesalom osta cele dve godine u Jerusalimu, a lice carevo ne vide.
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Tada posla Avesalom po Joava da ga pošalje k caru; ali on ne hte doći k njemu; i posla opet drugi put, ali on ne hte doći.
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Tada reče slugama svojim: Vidite li njivu Joavovu pored moje? Na njoj je ječam; idite i upalite je. I upališe sluge Avesalomove onu njivu.
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Tada se podiže Joav, i dođe k Avesalomu u kuću, i reče mu: Zašto sluge tvoje upališe moju njivu?
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Avesalom reče Joavu: Eto slao sam k tebi govoreći: Hodi ovamo da te pošaljem k caru da mu kažeš: Zašto sam došao iz Gesura? Bolje bi bilo da sam još onde. Zato da vidim lice carevo; ako li ima kakva krivica na meni, neka me pogubi.
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I otide Joav k caru, i kaza mu. I dozva Avesaloma; a on došavši k caru pokloni se licem do zemlje pred carem, i car celiva Avesaloma.
2 Samuel
Capitolo 14
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Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
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And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
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¶ And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
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And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
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And thy 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.
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And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine 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 upon the earth.
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And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
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And the woman of Tekoah said unto 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.
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And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
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Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
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Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
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And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
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For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
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Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
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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.
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Then thine 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 thy God will be with thee.
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Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
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And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
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To fetch about this form of speech hath thy 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.
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¶ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
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And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
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So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
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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.
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¶ 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.
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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.
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And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
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¶ So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
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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.
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Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
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Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
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And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore 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.
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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.