사무엘하 15

1이 후에 압살롬이 자기를 위하여 병거와 말들을 준비하고 전배 오십 명을 세우니라 2압살롬이 일찍이 일어나 성문길 곁에 서서 어떤 사람이든지 송사가 있어 왕에게 재판을 청하러 올 때에 그 사람을 불러서 이르되 너는 어느 성 사람이냐 그 사람의 대답이 종은 이스라엘 아무 지파에 속하였나이다 하면 3압살롬이 저에게 이르기를 네 일이 옳고 바르다마는 네 송사 들을 사람을 왕께서 세우지 아니하셨다 하고 4또 이르기를 내가 이 땅에서 재판관이 되고 누구든지 송사나 재판할 일이 있어 내게로 오는 자에게 내가 공의 베풀기를 원하노라 하고 5사람이 가까이 와서 절하려 하면 압살롬이 손을 펴서 그 사람을 붙들고 입을 맞추니 6무릇 이스라엘 무리 중에 왕께 재판을 청하러 오는 자들에게 압살롬의 행함이 이 같아서 이스라엘 사람의 마음을 도적하니라 7사 년만에 압살롬이 왕께 고하되 내가 여호와께 서원한 것이 있사오니 청컨대 나로 헤브론에 가서 그 서원을 이루게 하소서 8종이 아람 그술에 있을 때에 서원하기를 만일 여호와께서 나를 예루살렘으로 돌아가게 하시면 내가 여호와를 섬기리이다 하였나이다 9왕이 저에게 이르되 평안히 가라 하니 저가 일어나 헤브론으로 가니라 10이에 압살롬이 정탐을 이스라엘 모든 지파 가운데 두루 보내어 이르기를 너희는 나팔소리를 듣거든 곧 부르기를 압살롬이 헤브론에서 왕이 되었다 하라 하니라 11그 때에 압살롬에게 청함을 받은 이백 명이 그 사기를 알지 못하고 아무 뜻 없이 예루살렘에서 저와 함께 갔으며 12제사 드릴 때에 압살롬이 사람을 보내어 다윗의 모사 길로 사람 아히도벨을 그 성읍 길로에서 청하여 온지라 반역하는 일이 커가매 압살롬에게로 돌아오는 백성이 많아지니라 13사자가 다윗에게 와서 고하되 이스라엘의 인심이 다 압살롬에게로 돌아갔나이다 한지라 14다윗이 예루살렘에 함께 있는 모든 신복에게 이르되 일어나 도망하자 그렇지 아니하면 우리 한 사람도 압살롬에게서 피하지 못하리라 빨리 가자 두렵건대 저가 우리를 급히 따라와서 해하고 칼로 성을 칠까 하노라 15왕의 신복들이 왕께 고하되 우리 주 왕의 하고자 하시는 대로 우리가 행하리이다 하더라 16왕이 나갈 때에 권속을 다 따르게 하고 후궁 열 명을 남겨 두어 궁을 지키게 하니라 17왕이 나가매 모든 백성이 다 따라서 벧메르학에 이르러 머무니 18모든 신복이 그 곁으로 지나가고 모든 그렛 사람과 모든 블렛 사람과 및 왕을 따라 가드에서 온 육백 인이 왕의 앞으로 진행하니라 19그 때에 왕이 가드 사람 잇대에게 이르되 어찌하여 너도 우리와 함께 가느냐 너는 쫓겨난 나그네니 돌아가서 왕과 함께 네 곳에 있으라 20너는 어제 왔고 나는 정처없이 가니 오늘날 어찌 너로 우리와 함께 유리하게 하리요 너도 돌아가고 네 동포들도 데려가라 은혜와 진리가 너와 함께 있기를 원하노라 21잇대가 왕께 대답하여 가로되 여호와의 사심과 우리 주 왕의 사심으로 맹세하옵나니 진실로 내 주 왕께서 어느 곳에 계시든지 무론 사생하고 종도 그곳에 있겠나이다 22다윗이 잇대에게 이르되 앞서 건너가라 하매 가드 사람 잇대와 그 종자들과 그와 함께 한 아이들이 다 건너가고 23온 땅 사람이 대성통곡하며 모든 인민이 앞서 건너가매 왕도 기드론 시내를 건너가니 건너간 모든 백성이 광야 길로 향하니라 24사독과 그와 함께 한 모든 레위 사람이 하나님의 언약궤를 메어다가 내려놓고 아비아달도 올라와서 모든 백성이 성에서 나오기를 기다리더니 25왕이 사독에게 이르되 하나님의 궤를 성으로 도로 메어 가라 만일 내가 여호와 앞에서 은혜를 얻으면 도로 나를 인도하사 내게 그 궤와 그 계신 데를 보이시리라 26그러나 저가 말씀하시기를 내가 너를 기뻐하지 아니한다 하시면 종이 여기 있사오니 선히 여기시는 대로 내게 행하시옵소서 하리라 27왕이 또 제사장 사독에게 이르되 네가 선견자가 아니냐 너는 너희의 두 아들 곧 네 아들 아히마아스와 아비아달의 아들 요나단을 데리고 평안히 성으로 돌아가라 28너희에게서 내게 고하는 기별이 올 때까지 내가 광야 나룻터에서 기다리리라 29사독과 아비아달이 하나님의 궤를 예루살렘으로 도로 메어다 놓고 거기 유하니라 30다윗이 감람산 길로 올라갈 때에 머리를 가리우고 맨발로 울며 행하고 저와 함께 가는 백성들도 각각 그 머리를 가리우고 울며 올라가니라 31혹이 다윗에게 고하되 압살롬과 함께 모반한 자들 가운데 아히도벨이 있나이다 하니 다윗이 가로되 여호와여 원컨대 아히도벨의 모략을 어리석게 하옵소서 하니라 32다윗이 하나님을 경배하는 마루턱에 이를 때에 아렉 사람 후새가 옷을 찢고 흙을 머리에 무릅쓰고 다윗을 맞으러 온지라 33다윗이 저에게 이르되 네가 만일 나와 함께 나아가면 내게 누를 끼치리라 34그러나 네가 만일 성으로 돌아가서 압살롬에게 말하기를 왕이여 내가 왕의 종이니이다 이왕에는 왕의 부친의 종이었더니 내가 이제는 왕의 종이니이다 하면 네가 나를 위하여 아히도벨의 모략을 패하게 하리라 35사독과 아비아달 두 제사장이 너와 함께 거기 있지 아니하냐 네가 궁중에서 무엇을 듣든지 사독과 아비아달 두 제사장에게 고하라 36저희의 두 아들 곧 사독의 아히마아스와 아비아달의 요나단이 저희와 함께 거기 있나니 무릇 너희 듣는 것을 저희 편으로 내게 기별할지니라 37다윗의 친구 후새가 곧 성으로 들어가고 압살롬도 예루살렘으로 들어갔더라

1After this, Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. It was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, “What city are you from?” He said, “Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.” 3Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.” 4Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!” 5It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. 6Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 7At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron. 8For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.’” 9The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose, and went to Hebron. 10But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’” 11Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know anything. 12Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. 13A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.” 14David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.” 15The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.” 16The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house. 17The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak. 18All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. 19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Return, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner, and also an exile. Return to your own place. 20Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you.” 21Ittai answered the king, and said, “As Yahweh lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king shall is, whether for death or for life, even there also will your servant be.” 22David said to Ittai, “Go and pass over.” Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who were with him. 23All 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. 24Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites 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 finished passing out of the city. 25The king said to Zadok, “Carry back the ark of God into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation; 26but if he say thus, ‘I have no delight in you;’ behold, here am I. Let him do to me as seems good to him.” 27The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 28Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform me.” 29Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem; and they stayed there. 30David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. 31Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.” 32When David had come to the top, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head. 33David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me; 34but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’ 35Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore it shall be, that whatever thing you shall hear out of the king’s house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 36Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son; and by them you shall send to me everything that you shall hear.” 37So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

1En het geschiedde daarna, dat Absalom zich liet bereiden wagenen en paarden, en vijftig mannen, lopende voor zijn aangezicht henen. 2Ook maakte zich Absalom des morgens vroeg op, en stond aan de zijde van den weg der poort. En het geschiedde, dat Absalom allen man, die een geschil had, om tot den koning ten gerichte te komen, tot zich riep, en zeide: Uit welke stad zijt gij? Als hij dan zeide: Uw knecht is uit een der stammen Israels; 3Zo zeide Absalom tot hem: Zie, uw zaken zijn goed en recht; maar gij hebt geen verhoorder van des konings wege. 4Voorts zeide Absalom: Och, dat men mij ten rechter stelde in het land! Dat alle man tot mij kwame, die een geschil of rechtzaak heeft, dat ik hem recht sprake. 5Het geschiedde ook, als iemand naderde, om zich voor hem te buigen, zo reikte hij zijn hand uit, en greep hem, en kuste hem. 6En naar die wijze deed Absalom aan gans Israel, die tot den koning ten gerichte kwamen. Alzo stal Absalom het hart der mannen van Israel. 7Ten einde nu van veertig jaren is het geschied, dat Absalom tot den koning zeide: Laat mij toch heengaan, en mijn gelofte, die ik den HEERE beloofd heb, te Hebron betalen. 8Want uw knecht heeft een gelofte beloofd, als ik te Gesur in Syrie woonde, zeggende: Indien de HEERE mij zekerlijk weder te Jeruzalem zal brengen, zo zal ik den HEERE dienen. 9Toen zeide de koning tot hem: Ga in vrede. Alzo maakte hij zich op, en ging naar Hebron. 10Absalom nu had verspieders uitgezonden in alle stammen van Israel, om te zeggen: Als gij het geluid der bazuin zult horen, zo zult gij zeggen: Absalom is koning te Hebron. 11En er gingen met Absalom van Jeruzalem tweehonderd mannen, genodigd zijnde, doch gaande in hun eenvoudigheid, want zij wisten van geen zaak. 12Absalom zond ook om Achitofel, den Giloniet, Davids raad, uit zijn stad, uit Gilo te halen, als hij offeranden offerde. En de verbintenis werd sterk, en het volk kwam toe en vermeerderde bij Absalom. 13Toen kwam er een boodschapper tot David, zeggende: Het hart van een iegelijk in Israel volgt Absalom na. 14Zo zeide David tot al zijn knechten, die met hem te Jeruzalem waren: Maakt u op, en laat ons vlieden, want er zou voor ons geen ontkomen zijn voor Absaloms aangezicht; haast u, om weg te gaan, opdat hij niet misschien haaste, en ons achterhale, en een kwaad over ons drijve, en deze stad sla met de scherpte des zwaards. 15Toen zeiden de knechten des konings tot den koning: Naar alles, wat mijn heer de koning verkiezen zal, ziet, hier zijn uw knechten. 16En de koning ging uit met zijn ganse huis te voet; doch de koning liet tien bijwijven, om het huis te bewaren. 17Als nu de koning met al het volk te voet was uitgegaan, zo bleven zij staan in een verre plaats. 18En al zijn knechten gingen aan zijn zijde heen, ook al de Krethi en al de Plethi, en al de Gethieten, zeshonderd man, die van Gath te voet gekomen waren, gingen voor des konings aangezicht heen. 19Zo zeide de koning tot Ithai, den Gethiet: Waarom zoudt gij ook met ons gaan? Keer weder, en blijf bij den koning; want gij zijt vreemd, en ook zult gij weder vertrekken naar uw plaats. 20Gisteren zijt gij gekomen, en heden zou ik u met ons omvoeren om te gaan? Zo ik toch gaan moet, waarheen ik gaan kan, keer weder; en breng uw broederen wederom; weldadigheid en trouw zij met u. 21Maar Ithai antwoordde den koning, en zeide: Zo waarachtig als de HEERE leeft, en mijn heer de koning leeft, in de plaats, waar mijn heer de koning zal zijn, hetzij ten dode, hetzij ten leven, daar zal uw knecht voorzeker ook zijn! 22Toen zeide David tot Ithai: Zo kom, en ga over. Alzo ging Ithai, de Gethiet, over, en al zijn mannen, en al de kinderen die met hem waren. 23En het ganse land weende met luider stem, als al het volk overging; ook ging de koning over de beek Kidron, en al het volk ging over, recht naar den weg der woestijn. 24En ziet, Zadok was ook daar, en al de Levieten met hem, dragende de ark des verbonds van God, en zij zetten de ark Gods neder; en Abjathar klom op, totdat al het volk uit de stad geeindigd had over te gaan. 25Toen zeide de koning tot Zadok: Breng de ark Gods weder in de stad; indien ik genade zal vinden in des HEEREN ogen, zo zal Hij mij wederhalen, en zal ze mij laten zien, mitsgaders Zijn woning. 26Maar indien Hij alzo zal zeggen: Ik heb geen lust tot u; zie, hier ben ik, Hij doe mij, zo als het in Zijn ogen goed is. 27Voorts zeide de koning tot den priester Zadok: Zijt gij niet een ziener? Keer weder in de stad met vrede; ook ulieder beide zonen, Ahimaaz, uw zoon, en Jonathan, Abjathars zoon, met u. 28Zie, ik zal vertoeven in de vlakke velden der woestijn, totdat er een woord van ulieden kome, dat men mij aanzegge. 29Alzo bracht Zadok, en Abjathar, de ark Gods weder te Jeruzalem, en zij bleven aldaar. 30En David ging op door den opgang der olijven, opgaande en wenende, en het hoofd was hem bewonden; en hij zelf ging barrevoets; ook had al het volk, dat met hem was, een iegelijk zijn hoofd bedekt, en zij gingen op, opgaande en wenende. 31Toen gaf men David te kennen, zeggende: Achitofel is onder degenen, die zich met Absalom hebben verbonden. Dies zeide David: O, HEERE! maak toch Achitofels raad tot zotheid. 32En het geschiedde, als David tot op de hoogte kwam, dat hij aldaar God aanbad; ziet, toen ontmoette hem Husai, de Archiet, hebbende zijn rok gescheurd, en aarde op zijn hoofd. 33En David zeide tot hem: Zo gij met mij voortgaat, zo zult gij mij tot een last zijn; 34Maar zo gij weder in de stad gaat, en tot Absalom zegt: Uw knecht, ik zal des konings zijn; ik ben wel uws vaders knecht van te voren geweest, maar nu zal ik uw knecht zijn; zo zoudt gij mij den raad van Achitofel te niet maken. 35En zijn niet Zadok en Abjathar, de priesters, aldaar met u? Zo zal het geschieden, dat gij alle ding, dat gij uit des konings huis zult horen, den priesteren, Zadok en Abjathar, zult te kennen geven. 36Ziet, hun beide zonen zijn aldaar bij hen, Ahimaaz, Zadoks, en Jonathan, Abjathars zoon; zo zult gijlieden door hun hand tot mij zenden alle ding, dat gij zult horen. 37Alzo kwam Husai, Davids vriend, in de stad; en Absalom kwam te Jeruzalem.