ויגד ליואב הנה
המלך בכה ויתאבל
על־אבשלם׃
19:1 VYGD LYV'aB HNH HMLK BKH VYTh'aBL 'yL-'aBShLM.
19:1 And it is declared to Joab, `Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;`
ותהי התשעה ביום
ההוא לאבל לכל־העם
כי־שמע העם ביום
ההוא לאמר נעצב
המלך על־בנו׃
19:2 VThHY HThSh'yH BYVM HHV'a L'aBL LKL-H'yM KY-ShM'y H'yM BYVM HHV'a L'aMUr N'yTShB HMLK 'yL-BNV.
19:2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king is grieved for his son.
19:2 and the salvation on that day becometh mourning to all the people, for the people hath heard on that day, saying, `The king hath been grieved for his son.`
ויתגנב העם ביום
ההוא לבוא העיר
כאשר יתגנב העם
הנכלמים בנוסם
19:3 VYThGNB H'yM BYVM HHV'a LBV'a H'yYUr K'aShUr YThGNB H'yM HNKLMYM BNVSM BMLChMH.
והמלך לאט את־פניו
ויזעק המלך קול
גדול בני אבשלום
אבשלום בני בני׃
19:4 VHMLK L'aT 'aTh-PhNYV VYZ'yQ HMLK QVL GDVL BNY 'aBShLVM 'aBShLVM BNY BNY.
19:4 and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth -- a loud voice -- `My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.`
הבית ויאמר הבשת
היום את־פני
כל־עבדיך הממלטים
את־נפשך היום ואת
נפש בניך ובנתיך
ונפש נשיך ונפש
פלגשיך׃
19:5 VYB'a YV'aB 'aL-HMLK HBYTh VY'aMUr HBShTh HYVM 'aTh-PhNY KL-'yBDYK HMMLTYM 'aTh-NPhShK HYVM V'aTh NPhSh BNYK VBNThYK VNPhSh NShYK VNPhSh PhLGShYK.
לאהבה את־שנאיך
ולשנא את־אהביך כי
הגדת היום כי אין
לך שרים ועבדים כי
ידעתי היום כי לא
אבשלום חי וכלנו
היום מתים כי־אז
ישר בעיניך׃
19:6 L'aHBH 'aTh-ShN'aYK VLShN'a 'aTh-'aHBYK KY HGDTh HYVM KY 'aYN LK ShUrYM V'yBDYM KY YD'yThY HYVM KY L'a 'aBShLVM ChY VKLNV HYVM MThYM KY-'aZ YShUr B'yYNYK.
19:6 to love thine enemies, and to hate those loving thee, for thou hast declared to-day that thou hast no princes and servants, for I have known to-day that if Absalom were alive, and all of us to-day dead, that then it were right in thine eyes.
ועתה קום צא ודבר
על־לב עבדיך כי
ביהוה נשבעתי
כי־אינך יוצא אם־
ילין איש אתך
הלילה ורעה לך זאת
מכל־הרעה אשר־באה
עליך מנעריך עד־
19:7 V'yThH QVM TSh'a VDBUr 'yL-LB 'yBDYK KY BYHVH NShB'yThY KY-'aYNK YVTSh'a 'aM- YLYN 'aYSh 'aThK HLYLH VUr'yH LK Z'aTh MKL-HUr'yH 'aShUr-B'aH 'yLYK MN'yUrYK 'yD- 'yThH.
19:7 `And now, rise, go out and speak unto the heart of thy servants, for by Jehovah I have sworn, that -- thou art not going out -- there doth not lodge a man with thee to-night; and this is worse for thee than all the evil that hath come upon thee from thy youth till now.`
ויקם המלך וישב
בשער ולכל־העם
הגידו לאמר הנה
המלך יושב בשער
ויבא כל־העם לפני
המלך וישראל נס
איש לאהליו׃
19:8 VYQM HMLK VYShB BSh'yUr VLKL-H'yM HGYDV L'aMUr HNH HMLK YVShB BSh'yUr VYB'a KL-H'yM LPhNY HMLK VYShUr'aL NS 'aYSh L'aHLYV.
19:8 And the king riseth, and sitteth in the gate, and to all the people they have declared, saying, `Lo, the king is sitting in the gate;` and all the people come in before the king, and Israel hath fled, each to his tents.
ויהי כל־העם נדון
לאמר המלך הצילנו
מכף איבינו והוא
מלטנו מכף פלשתים
ועתה ברח מן־הארץ
מעל אבשלום׃
19:9 VYHY KL-H'yM NDVN BKL-ShBTY YShUr'aL L'aMUr HMLK HTShYLNV MKPh 'aYBYNV VHV'a MLTNV MKPh PhLShThYM V'yThH BUrCh MN-H'aUrTSh M'yL 'aBShLVM.
ואבשלום אשר משחנו
עלינו מת במלחמה
ועתה למה אתם
מחרשים להשיב
את־המלך׃
19:10 V'aBShLVM 'aShUr MShChNV 'yLYNV MTh BMLChMH V'yThH LMH 'aThM MChUrShYM LHShYB 'aTh-HMLK.
19:10 and Absalom whom we anointed over us is dead in battle, and now, why are ye silent -- to bring back the king?`
והמלך דוד שלח
אל־צדוק ואל־אביתר
הכהנים לאמר דברו
אל־זקני יהודה
לאמר למה תהיו
אחרנים להשיב
את־המלך אל־ביתו
ודבר כל־ישראל בא
אל־המלך אל־ביתו׃
19:11 VHMLK DVD ShLCh 'aL-TShDVQ V'aL-'aBYThUr HKHNYM L'aMUr DBUrV 'aL-ZQNY YHVDH L'aMUr LMH ThHYV 'aChUrNYM LHShYB 'aTh-HMLK 'aL-BYThV VDBUr KL-YShUr'aL B'a 'aL-HMLK 'aL-BYThV.
19:11 King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, to bring him to his house.
אחי אתם עצמי
ובשרי אתם ולמה
תהיו אחרנים להשיב
19:12 'aChY 'aThM 'yTShMY VBShUrY 'aThM VLMH ThHYV 'aChUrNYM LHShYB 'aTh-HMLK.
19:12 my brethren ye are, my bone and my flesh ye are, and why are ye last to bring back the king?
ולעמשא תמרו הלוא
עצמי ובשרי אתה כה
יוסיף אם־לא
שר־צבא תהיה לפני
כל־הימים תחת
19:13 VL'yMSh'a ThMUrV HLV'a 'yTShMY VBShUrY 'aThH KH Y'yShH-LY 'aLHYM VKH YVSYPh 'aM-L'a ShUr-TShB'a ThHYH LPhNY KL-HYMYM ThChTh YV'aB.
19:13 And to Amasa say ye, Art not thou my bone and my flesh? Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add, if thou art not head of the host before me all the days instead of Joab.`
ויט את־לבב
כל־איש־יהודה כאיש
אחד וישלחו
אל־המלך שוב אתה
וכל־ עבדיך׃
19:14 VYT 'aTh-LBB KL-'aYSh-YHVDH K'aYSh 'aChD VYShLChV 'aL-HMLK ShVB 'aThH VKL- 'yBDYK.
19:14 He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Return you, and all your servants.
19:14 And he inclineth the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send unto the king, `Turn back, thou, and all thy servants.`
וישב המלך ויבא
עד־הירדן ויהודה
בא הגלגלה ללכת
לקראת המלך להעביר
את־המלך את־הירדן׃
19:15 VYShB HMLK VYB'a 'yD-HYUrDN VYHVDH B'a HGLGLH LLKTh LQUr'aTh HMLK LH'yBYUr 'aTh-HMLK 'aTh-HYUrDN.
וימהר שמעי בן־גרא
בן־הימיני אשר
מבחורים וירד
עם־איש יהודה
לקראת המלך דוד׃
19:16 VYMHUr ShM'yY BN-GUr'a BN-HYMYNY 'aShUr MBChVUrYM VYUrD 'yM-'aYSh YHVDH LQUr'aTh HMLK DVD.
19:16 and Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who is from Bahurim, hasteth, and cometh down with the men of Judah, to meet king David,
ואלף איש עמו
מבנימן וציבא נער
בית שאול וחמשת
עשר בניו ועשרים
עבדיו אתו וצלחו
הירדן לפני המלך׃
19:17 V'aLPh 'aYSh 'yMV MBNYMN VTShYB'a N'yUr BYTh Sh'aVL VChMShTh 'yShUr BNYV V'yShUrYM 'yBDYV 'aThV VTShLChV HYUrDN LPhNY HMLK.
19:17 and a thousand men are with him from Benjamin, and Ziba servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him, and they have gone prosperously over the Jordan before the king.
ועברה העברה לעביר
את־בית המלך
ולעשות הטוב בעינו
ושמעי בן־גרא נפל
לפני המלך בעברו
בירדן׃
19:18 V'yBUrH H'yBUrH L'yBYUr 'aTh-BYTh HMLK VL'yShVTh HTVB B'yYNV VShM'yY BN-GUr'a NPhL LPhNY HMLK B'yBUrV BYUrDN.
19:18 And there went over a ferry-boat to bring over the king`s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan.
19:18 And a ferry boat passed to and fro to carry over the king`s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was just crossing over the Jordan.
19:18 And passed over hath the ferry-boat to carry over the household of the king, and to do that which is good in his eyes, and Shimei son of Gera hath fallen before the king in his passing over into Jordan,
אל־יחשב־לי אדני
עון ואל־תזכר את
אשר העוה עבדך
ביום אשר־יצא
אדני־המלך מירושלם
לשום המלך אל־לבו׃
19:19 VY'aMUr 'aL-HMLK 'aL-YChShB-LY 'aDNY 'yVN V'aL-ThZKUr 'aTh 'aShUr H'yVH 'yBDK BYVM 'aShUr-YTSh'a 'aDNY-HMLK MYUrVShLM LShVM HMLK 'aL-LBV.
19:19 and saith unto the king, `Let not my lord impute to me iniquity; neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely in the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem, -- for the king to set it unto his heart;
כי ידע עבדך כי
אני חטאתי
והנה־באתי היום
ראשון לכל־בית
יוסף לרדת לקראת
19:20 KY YD'y 'yBDK KY 'aNY ChT'aThY VHNH-B'aThY HYVM Ur'aShVN LKL-BYTh YVSPh LUrDTh LQUr'aTh 'aDNY HMLK.
19:20 for thy servant hath known that I have sinned; and lo, I have come to-day, first of all the house of Joseph, to go down to meet my lord the king.`
ויען אבישי
בן־צרויה ויאמר
התחת זאת לא יומת
שמעי כי קלל את־
19:21 VY'yN 'aBYShY BN-TShUrVYH VY'aMUr HThChTh Z'aTh L'a YVMTh ShM'yY KY QLL 'aTh- MShYCh YHVH.
19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah`s anointed?
19:21 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah`s anointed?
19:21 And Abishai son of Zeruiah answereth and saith, `For this is not Shimei put to death -- because he reviled the anointed of Jehovah?`
19:22 VY'aMUr DVD MH-LY VLKM BNY TShUrVYH KY-ThHYV-LY HYVM LShTN HYVM YVMTh 'aYSh BYShUr'aL KY HLV'a YD'yThY KY HYVM 'aNY-MLK 'yL-YShUr'aL.
19:22 And David saith, `What -- to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah, that ye are to me to-day for an adversary? to-day is any man put to death in Israel? for have I not known that to-day I am king over Israel?`
אל־שמעי לא תמות
וישבע לו המלך׃
19:23 VY'aMUr HMLK 'aL-ShM'yY L'a ThMVTh VYShB'y LV HMLK.
19:23 And the king saith unto Shimei, `Thou dost not die;` and the king sweareth to him.
ומפבשת בן־שאול
ירד לקראת המלך
ולא־עשה רגליו
ולא־עשה שפמו ואת־
בגדיו לא כבס
למן־היום לכת המלך
עד־היום אשר־בא
19:24 VMPhBShTh BN-Sh'aVL YUrD LQUr'aTh HMLK VL'a-'yShH UrGLYV VL'a-'yShH ShPhMV V'aTh- BGDYV L'a KBS LMN-HYVM LKTh HMLK 'yD-HYVM 'aShUr-B'a BShLVM.
19:24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. Now he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
ויהי כי־בא ירושלם
לקראת המלך ויאמר
לו המלך למה
לא־הלכת עמי
מפיבשת׃
19:25 VYHY KY-B'a YUrVShLM LQUr'aTh HMLK VY'aMUr LV HMLK LMH L'a-HLKTh 'yMY MPhYBShTh.
19:25 and it cometh to pass, when he hath come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king saith to him, `Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?`
ויאמר אדני המלך
עבדי רמני כי־אמר
עבדך אחבשה־לי
החמור וארכב עליה
ואלך את־המלך כי
פסח עבדך׃
19:26 VY'aMUr 'aDNY HMLK 'yBDY UrMNY KY-'aMUr 'yBDK 'aChBShH-LY HChMVUr V'aUrKB 'yLYH V'aLK 'aTh-HMLK KY PhSCh 'yBDK.
19:26 And he saith, `My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for thy servant said, I saddle for me the ass, and ride on it, and go with the king, for thy servant is lame;
וירגל בעבדך
אל־אדני המלך
ואדני המלך כמלאך
האלהים ועשה הטוב
19:27 VYUrGL B'yBDK 'aL-'aDNY HMLK V'aDNY HMLK KML'aK H'aLHYM V'yShH HTVB B'yYNYK.
19:27 and he uttereth slander against thy servant unto my lord the king, and my lord the king is as a messenger of God; and do thou that which is good in thine eyes,
כי לא היה כל־בית
אבי כי
אם־אנשי־מות לאדני
המלך ותשת את־עבדך
באכלי שלחנך
ומה־יש־לי עוד
צדקה ולזעק עוד
19:28 KY L'a HYH KL-BYTh 'aBY KY 'aM-'aNShY-MVTh L'aDNY HMLK VThShTh 'aTh-'yBDK B'aKLY ShLChNK VMH-YSh-LY 'yVD TShDQH VLZ'yQ 'yVD 'aL-HMLK.
19:28 For all my father`s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king?
19:28 For all my father`s house were but dead men before my lord the king; and thou didst set thy servant among them that eat at thine own table. What further right therefore have I? and for what should I cry any more to the king?
19:28 for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more -- even to cry any more unto the king?`
ויאמר לו המלך למה
תדבר עוד דבריך
אמרתי אתה וציבא
תחלקו את־ השדה׃
19:29 VY'aMUr LV HMLK LMH ThDBUr 'yVD DBUrYK 'aMUrThY 'aThH VTShYB'a ThChLQV 'aTh- HShDH.
19:29 And the king saith to him, `Why dost thou speak any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba -- share ye the field.`
ויאמר מפיבשת
אל־המלך גם את־הכל
יקח אחרי אשר־בא
אדני המלך בשלום
19:30 VY'aMUr MPhYBShTh 'aL-HMLK GM 'aTh-HKL YQCh 'aChUrY 'aShUr-B'a 'aDNY HMLK BShLVM 'aL-BYThV.
19:30 And Mephibosheth saith unto the king, `Yea, the whole let him take, after that my lord the king hath come in peace unto his house.`
וברזלי הגלעדי ירד
מרגלים ויעבר
את־המלך הירדן
לשלחו את־בירדן׃
19:31 VBUrZLY HGL'yDY YUrD MUrGLYM VY'yBUr 'aTh-HMLK HYUrDN LShLChV 'aTh-BYUrDN.
וברזלי זקן מאד
בן־שמנים שנה
והוא־כלכל את־המלך
בשיבתו במחנים
כי־איש גדול הוא
19:32 VBUrZLY ZQN M'aD BN-ShMNYM ShNH VHV'a-KLKL 'aTh-HMLK BShYBThV BMChNYM KY-'aYSh GDVL HV'a M'aD.
19:32 and Barzillai is very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he is a very great man;
אל־ברזלי אתה עבר
אתי וכלכלתי אתך
עמדי בירושלם׃
19:33 VY'aMUr HMLK 'aL-BUrZLY 'aThH 'yBUr 'aThY VKLKLThY 'aThK 'yMDY BYUrVShLM.
19:33 and the king saith unto Barzillai, `Pass thou over with me, and I have sustained thee with me in Jerusalem.`
ויאמר ברזלי
אל־המלך כמה ימי
שני חיי כי־אעלה
את־המלך ירושלם׃
19:34 VY'aMUr BUrZLY 'aL-HMLK KMH YMY ShNY ChYY KY-'a'yLH 'aTh-HMLK YUrVShLM.
19:34 And Barzillai saith unto the king, `How many are the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem?
בן־שמנים שנה אנכי
היום האדע בין־טוב
לרע אם־יטעם עבדך
את־אשר אכל
ואת־אשר אשתה
אם־אשמע עוד בקול
שרים ושרות ולמה
יהיה עבדך עוד
למשא אל־אדני
19:35 BN-ShMNYM ShNH 'aNKY HYVM H'aD'y BYN-TVB LUr'y 'aM-YT'yM 'yBDK 'aTh-'aShUr 'aKL V'aTh-'aShUr 'aShThH 'aM-'aShM'y 'yVD BQVL ShUrYM VShUrVTh VLMH YHYH 'yBDK 'yVD LMSh'a 'aL-'aDNY HMLK.
19:35 A son of eighty years I am to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? do I hearken any more to the voice of singers and songstresses? and why is thy servant any more for a burden unto my lord the king?
כמעט יעבר עבדך
את־הירדן את־המלך
ולמה יגמלני המלך
הגמולה הזאת׃
19:36 KM'yT Y'yBUr 'yBDK 'aTh-HYUrDN 'aTh-HMLK VLMH YGMLNY HMLK HGMVLH HZ'aTh.
ישב־נא עבדך ואמת
בעירי עם קבר אבי
ואמי והנה עבדך
כמהם יעבר עם־אדני
המלך ועשה־לו את
אשר־טוב בעיניך׃
19:37 YShB-N'a 'yBDK V'aMTh B'yYUrY 'yM QBUr 'aBY V'aMY VHNH 'yBDK KMHM Y'yBUr 'yM-'aDNY HMLK V'yShH-LV 'aTh 'aShUr-TVB B'yYNYK.
19:37 Let, I pray thee, thy servant turn back again, and I die in mine own city, near the burying-place of my father and of my mother, -- and lo, thy servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do thou to him that which is good in thine eyes.`
ויאמר המלך אתי
יעבר כמהם ואני
אעשה־לו את־הטוב
בעיניך וכל אשר־
תבחר עלי אעשה־לך׃
19:38 VY'aMUr HMLK 'aThY Y'yBUr KMHM V'aNY 'a'yShH-LV 'aTh-HTVB B'yYNYK VKL 'aShUr- ThBChUr 'yLY 'a'yShH-LK.
19:38 And the king saith, `With me doth Chimham go over, and I do to him that which is good in thine eyes, yea, all that thou dost fix on me I do to thee.`
ויעבר כל־העם
את־הירדן והמלך
עבר וישק המלך
לברזלי ויברכהו
וישב למקמו׃
19:39 VY'yBUr KL-H'yM 'aTh-HYUrDN VHMLK 'yBUr VYShQ HMLK LBUrZLY VYBUrKHV VYShB LMQMV.
ויעבר המלך הגלגלה
וכמהן עבר עמו
וכל־עם יהודה
ויעברו את־המלך
וגם חצי עם ישראל׃
19:40 VY'yBUr HMLK HGLGLH VKMHN 'yBUr 'yMV VKL-'yM YHVDH VY'yBUrV 'aTh-HMLK VGM ChTShY 'yM YShUr'aL.
והנה כל־איש ישראל
באים אל־המלך
ויאמרו אל־המלך
מדוע גנבוך אחינו
איש יהודה ויעברו
את־המלך ואת־ביתו
את־הירדן וכל־אנשי
דוד עמו׃
19:41 VHNH KL-'aYSh YShUr'aL B'aYM 'aL-HMLK VY'aMUrV 'aL-HMLK MDV'y GNBVK 'aChYNV 'aYSh YHVDH VY'yBUrV 'aTh-HMLK V'aTh-BYThV 'aTh-HYUrDN VKL-'aNShY DVD 'yMV.
19:41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David`s men with him?
19:41 And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David`s men with him, over the Jordan?
19:41 And, lo, all the men of Israel are coming unto the king, and they say unto the king, `Wherefore have they stolen thee -- our brethren, the men of Judah?` (and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him).
ויען כל־איש יהודה
על־איש ישראל
כי־קרוב המלך אלי
ולמה זה חרה לך
על־הדבר הזה האכול
אכלנו מן־המלך
אם־נשאת נשא לנו׃
19:42 VY'yN KL-'aYSh YHVDH 'yL-'aYSh YShUr'aL KY-QUrVB HMLK 'aLY VLMH ZH ChUrH LK 'yL-HDBUr HZH H'aKVL 'aKLNV MN-HMLK 'aM-NSh'aTh NSh'a LNV.
19:42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king`s cost? or hath he given us any gift?
19:42 And all the men of Judah answer against the men of Israel, `Because the king is near unto us, and why is this -- ye are displeased about this matter? have we at all eaten of the king`s substance? a gift hath he lifted up to us?`
ויען איש־ישראל
את־איש יהודה
ויאמר עשר־ידות לי
במלך וגם־בדוד אני
ממך ומדוע הקלתני
ולא־היה דברי
ראשון לי להשיב
את־מלכי ויקש
דבר־איש יהודה
מדבר איש ישראל׃
19:43 VY'yN 'aYSh-YShUr'aL 'aTh-'aYSh YHVDH VY'aMUr 'yShUr-YDVTh LY BMLK VGM-BDVD 'aNY MMK VMDV'y HQLThNY VL'a-HYH DBUrY Ur'aShVN LY LHShYB 'aTh-MLKY VYQSh DBUr-'aYSh YHVDH MDBUr 'aYSh YShUr'aL.
19:43 The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
19:43 And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, `Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?` And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.