2 Samuel · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 И҆ соглѧ́да даві́дъ всѣ́хъ люді́й сꙋ́щихъ съ ни́мъ, и҆ поста́ви над̾ ни́ми тысѧщенача́льники и҆ со́тники.
1 David counted the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
2 И҆ посла̀ даві́дъ тре́тїю ча́сть люді́й под̾ рꙋко́ю і҆ѡа́влею и҆ тре́тїю ча́сть под̾ рꙋко́ю а҆ве́ссы сы́на сарꙋ́ина бра́та і҆ѡа́влѧ, и҆ тре́тїю ча́сть под̾ рꙋко́ю є҆ѳѳе́а геѳѳе́ина, и҆ речѐ даві́дъ къ лю́демъ: ше́дъ и҆зы́дꙋ и҆ а҆́зъ съ ва́ми.
2 David sent the people out, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, “I will also surely go out with you myself.”
3 И҆ рѣ́ша: не и҆зы́ди, ꙗ҆́кѡ а҆́ще бѣ́гствомъ побѣ́гнемъ, не положа́тъ на на́съ се́рдца: и҆ а҆́ще ᲂу҆́мремъ по́лъ на́съ, не положа́тъ на на́съ се́рдца, поне́же ты̀ а҆́ки мы̀ де́сѧть ты́сѧщъ: и҆ нн҃ѣ лꙋ́чше, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѡ҆ста́неши во гра́дѣ на по́мощь на́мъ.
3 But the people said, “You shall not go out, for if we flee away, they will not care for us, neither if half of us die, will they care for us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.”
4 И҆ речѐ и҆̀мъ ца́рь: є҆́же ᲂу҆го́дно пред̾ ѻ҆чи́ма ва́шима, сотворю̀. И҆ ста̀ ца́рь при вратѣ́хъ: и҆ всѝ лю́дїе и҆схожда́хꙋ ста́ми и҆ ты́сѧщами.
4 The king said to them, “I will do what seems best to you.” The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
5 И҆ заповѣ́да ца́рь і҆ѡа́вꙋ и҆ а҆ве́ссѣ и҆ є҆ѳѳе́еви, глаго́лѧ: пощади́те мѝ ѻ҆́трока а҆вессалѡ́ма. И҆ всѝ лю́дїе слы́шаша заповѣ́дающа царѧ̀ всѣ̑мъ кнѧзє́мъ ѡ҆ а҆вессалѡ́мѣ.
5 The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom.
6 И҆ и҆зыдо́ша всѝ лю́дїе въ дꙋбра́вꙋ сопроти́въ і҆и҃лю: и҆ бы́сть бра́нь въ дꙋбра́вѣ є҆фре́мли.
6 So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
7 И҆ падо́ша та́мѡ лю́дїе і҆и҃лєвы пред̾ ѻ҆́трѡки даві́довыми, и҆ бы́сть сокрꙋше́нїе вели́ко въ то́й де́нь, ꙗ҆́кѡ два́десѧть ты́сѧщъ мꙋже́й.
7 The people of Israel were struck there before David’s servants, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
8 И҆ бы́сть та́мѡ бра́нь разсы́пана по лицꙋ̀ всеѧ̀ землѝ: и҆ ᲂу҆мно́жи дꙋбра́ва поѧда́ти люді́й, па́че не́же и҆̀хъ поѧдѐ ме́чь въ то́й де́нь.
8 For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
9 И҆ набѣжа̀ а҆вессалѡ́мъ на ѻ҆́троки даві́дѡвы: а҆вессалѡ́мъ же бѣ̀ сѣдѧ́й на мскѣ̀ свое́мъ, и҆ вбѣжа̀ (съ ни́мъ) ме́скъ въ ча́щꙋ дꙋ́ба вели́кагѡ, и҆ ѡ҆бви́шасѧ власы̀ главы̀ є҆гѡ̀ на дꙋ́бѣ, и҆ пови́сѣ междꙋ̀ не́бомъ и҆ земле́ю, ме́скъ же под̾ ни́мъ про́йде.
9 Absalom happened to meet David’s servants. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak; and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was hanging between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
10 И҆ ви́дѣ мꙋ́жъ є҆ди́нъ и҆ возвѣстѝ і҆ѡа́вꙋ, и҆ речѐ: сѐ, ви́дѣхъ ви́сѧща а҆вессалѡ́ма на дꙋ́бѣ.
10 A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”
11 И҆ речѐ і҆ѡа́въ мꙋ́жꙋ возвѣсти́вшемꙋ є҆мꙋ̀: а҆́ще ви́дѣлъ є҆сѝ, почто̀ не ᲂу҆би́лъ є҆сѝ є҆го̀ та́мѡ на зе́млю; и҆ а҆́зъ да́лъ бы́хъ тебѣ̀ пѧтьдесѧ́тъ сі̑кль сребра̀ и҆ по́ѧсъ є҆ди́нъ.
11 Joab said to the man who told him, “Behold, you saw it, and why didn’t you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a sash.”
12 И҆ речѐ мꙋ́жъ і҆ѡа́вꙋ: а҆́ще ты̀ вложи́ши въ рꙋ́цѣ моѝ и҆ ты́сѧщꙋ сі̑кль сребра̀, то̀ не возложꙋ̀ рꙋкѝ моеѧ̀ на сы́на царе́ва, ꙗ҆́кѡ при ᲂу҆шеса́хъ на́шихъ заповѣ́да ца́рь тебѣ̀ и҆ а҆ве́ссѣ и҆ є҆ѳѳе́еви, глаго́лѧ: соблюди́те мѝ ѻ҆троча̀ а҆вессалѡ́ма,
12 The man said to Joab, “Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn’t stretch out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Beware that no one touch the young man Absalom.’
13 не сотвори́ти дꙋшѝ є҆гѡ̀ непра́вды: и҆ всѧ́ко сло́во не ᲂу҆таи́тсѧ пред̾ царе́мъ, ты́ же стои́ши сопроти́внѡ.
13 Otherwise, if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me.”
14 И҆ речѐ і҆ѡа́въ: сїѐ а҆́зъ начнꙋ̀, не та́кѡ пребꙋ́дꙋ пред̾ тобо́ю. И҆ взѧ̀ і҆ѡа́въ трѝ стрѣлы̑ въ рꙋ́цѣ своѝ, и҆ вонзѐ ѧ҆̀ въ се́рдце а҆вессалѡ́мꙋ. И҆ є҆щѐ є҆мꙋ̀ жи́вꙋ сꙋ́щꙋ на дꙋ́бѣ,
14 Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the middle of the oak.
15 и҆ ѡ҆бстꙋпи́ша де́сѧть ѻ҆́трѡкъ носѧ́щїи ѻ҆рꙋ́жїе і҆ѡа́вле, и҆ порази́ша а҆вессалѡ́ма, и҆ ᲂу҆мертви́ша є҆го̀.
15 Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
16 И҆ вострꙋбѝ і҆ѡа́въ трꙋбо́ю ро́жаною, и҆ возврати́шасѧ лю́дїе не гна́ти в̾слѣ́дъ і҆и҃лѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ щадѧ́ше і҆ѡа́въ люді́й.
16 Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held the people back.
17 И҆ взѧ̀ і҆ѡа́въ а҆вессалѡ́ма, и҆ вве́рже є҆го̀ въ про́пасть вели́кꙋ въ дꙋбра́вѣ, и҆ складѐ над̾ ни́мъ кꙋ́пꙋ ка́менїѧ вели́кꙋ ѕѣлѡ̀. И҆ всѝ і҆и҃льтѧне бѣжа́ша кі́йждо въ селє́нїѧ своѧ̑.
17 They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each to his own tent.
18 А҆вессалѡ́мъ же є҆щѐ жи́въ сы́й, взѧ̀ и҆ поста́ви себѣ̀ сто́лпъ во ю҆до́ли ца́рстѣй, рече́ бо, ꙗ҆́кѡ нѣ́сть мѝ сы́на на па́мѧть и҆́мене моегѡ̀: и҆ наречѐ сто́лпъ и҆́менемъ свои́мъ и҆ наречѐ є҆го̀ рꙋка̀ а҆вессалѡ́млѧ, да́же до дне́шнѧгѡ днѐ.
18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar which is in the king’s valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in memory.” He called the pillar after his own name. It is called Absalom’s monument, to this day.
19 И҆ а҆хїмаа́съ сы́нъ садѡ́ковъ речѐ ко і҆ѡа́вꙋ: потекꙋ̀ нн҃ѣ и҆ возвѣщꙋ̀ царю̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ сꙋдѝ є҆мꙋ̀ гдⷭ҇ь ѿ рꙋкѝ врагѡ́въ є҆гѡ̀.
19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me now run and carry the king news, how Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies.”
20 И҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ і҆ѡа́въ: нѣ́си мꙋ́жъ ты̀ возвѣща́ѧй бла́го дне́сь, но возвѣсти́ши въ де́нь дрꙋгі́й: въ дне́шнїй же де́нь не добро̀ возвѣще́нїе, поне́же сы́нъ царе́въ ᲂу҆́мре.
20 Joab said to him, “You must not be the bearer of news today, but you must carry news another day. But today you must carry no news, because the king’s son is dead.”
21 И҆ речѐ і҆ѡа́въ хꙋсі́ю: ше́дъ повѣ́ждь царю̀ є҆ли̑ка ви́дѣлъ є҆сѝ. И҆ поклони́сѧ хꙋсі́й і҆ѡа́вꙋ и҆ ѿи́де.
21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen!” The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
22 И҆ приложѝ є҆щѐ а҆хїмаа́съ сы́нъ садѡ́ковъ и҆ речѐ ко і҆ѡа́вꙋ: что̀ бꙋ́детъ, а҆́ще и҆ а҆́зъ текꙋ̀ в̾слѣ́дъ хꙋсі́а; И҆ речѐ і҆ѡа́въ: почто̀ ты̀ хо́щеши тещѝ, сы́не мо́й; грѧдѝ, нѣ́сть тебѣ̀ возвѣще́нїе въ по́льзꙋ и҆дꙋ́щемꙋ.
22 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, “But come what may, please let me also run after the Cushite.” Joab said, “Why do you want to run, my son, since you will have no reward for the news?”
23 И҆ речѐ а҆хїмаа́съ: что́ бо а҆́ще потекꙋ̀; И҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ і҆ѡа́въ: тецы̀. И҆ бѣжа́ше а҆хїмаа́съ пꙋте́мъ ра́внымъ и҆ предварѝ хꙋсі́а.
23 “But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
24 Даві́дъ же сѣдѧ́ше посредѣ̀ двою̀ вра́тъ. И҆ и҆зы́де стра́жъ на кро́въ вра́тъ ко стѣнѣ̀, и҆ воздви́же ѻ҆́чи своѝ, и҆ ви́дѣ, и҆ сѐ, мꙋ́жъ текі́й є҆ди́нъ пред̾ ни́мъ.
24 Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
25 И҆ возопѝ стра́жъ и҆ сказа̀ царе́ви. И҆ речѐ ца́рь: а҆́ще є҆ди́нъ є҆́сть, бла́го возвѣще́нїе во ᲂу҆стѣ́хъ є҆гѡ̀. И҆ и҆дѧ́ше и҆ды́й и҆ приближа́ѧсѧ.
25 The watchman shouted and told the king. The king said, “If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” He came closer and closer.
26 И҆ ви́дѣ стра́жъ мꙋ́жа дрꙋга́го текꙋ́ща, и҆ возопѝ къ две́ремъ и҆ речѐ: сѐ, мꙋ́жъ и҆ дрꙋгі́й текꙋ́щь є҆ди́нъ. И҆ речѐ ца́рь: и҆ то́й є҆́сть бла́го возвѣща́ѧй.
26 The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, “Behold, a man running alone!” The king said, “He also brings news.”
27 И҆ речѐ стра́жъ: а҆́зъ ви́ждꙋ тече́нїе пе́рвагѡ, ꙗ҆́кѡ тече́нїе а҆хїмаа́са сы́на садѡ́кова. И҆ речѐ ца́рь: мꙋ́жъ бла́гъ се́й, и҆ возвѣ́стїе благо́е прїи́детъ.
27 The watchman said, “I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and comes with good news.”
28 И҆ возопѝ а҆хїмаа́съ и҆ речѐ ко царю̀: ми́ръ. И҆ поклони́сѧ царю̀ лице́мъ свои́мъ на зе́млю и҆ речѐ: блгⷭ҇ве́нъ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ тво́й, и҆́же затворѝ мꙋже́й воздви́гшихъ рꙋ́ки своѧ̑ на господи́на моего̀ царѧ̀.
28 Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, “All is well.” He bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, “Blessed is Yahweh your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king!”
29 И҆ речѐ ца́рь: ми́ръ ли ѻ҆́трочищꙋ а҆вессалѡ́мꙋ; И҆ речѐ а҆хїмаа́съ: ви́дѣхъ мно́жество вели́ко веселѧ́щеесѧ, є҆гда̀ ѿпꙋща́ше ра́бъ царе́въ і҆ѡа́въ раба̀ твоего̀, и҆ не разꙋмѣ́хъ что̀ та́мѡ.
29 The king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant, even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don’t know what it was.”
30 И҆ речѐ ца́рь: возврати́сѧ, и҆ ста́ни здѣ̀. И҆ ше́дъ ста̀ созадѝ.
30 The king said, “Come and stand here.” He came and stood still.
31 И҆ сѐ, хꙋсі́й в̾слѣ́дъ є҆гѡ̀ прїи́де и҆ речѐ царю̀: возвѣща́етсѧ бла́го господи́нꙋ моемꙋ̀ царю̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ сꙋдѝ тебѣ̀ гдⷭ҇ь дне́сь ѿ рꙋкѝ всѣ́хъ востаю́щихъ на тѧ̀.
31 Behold, the Cushite came. The Cushite said, “Good news for my lord the king, for Yahweh has avenged you today of all those who rose up against you.”
32 И҆ речѐ ца́рь къ хꙋсі́ю: ми́ръ ли ѻ҆́трочищꙋ а҆вессалѡ́мꙋ; И҆ речѐ хꙋсі́й: да бꙋ́дꙋтъ, ꙗ҆́коже ѻ҆́трочищь, вразѝ господи́на моегѡ̀ царѧ̀, и҆ всѝ є҆ли́цы воста́ша на́нь ѕло́бою.
32 The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” The Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you to do you harm, be as that young man is.”
33 И҆ смѧте́сѧ ца́рь, и҆ взы́де на го́рницꙋ ꙗ҆́же на вратѣ́хъ, и҆ пла́касѧ: и҆ та́кѡ глаго́лаше, є҆гда̀ пла́каше: сы́не мо́й, а҆вессалѡ́ме, сы́не мо́й, сы́не мо́й, а҆вессалѡ́ме: кто̀ да́стъ сме́рть мнѣ̀ вмѣ́стѡ тебє̀; а҆́зъ вмѣ́стѡ тебє̀, а҆вессалѡ́ме, сы́не мо́й, сы́не мо́й, сы́не мо́й а҆вессалѡ́ме.
33 The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Absalom
David's handsome son who avenged Tamar, rebelled against his father, and briefly seized the throne.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 15-18
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 8:10; Exodus 17:9; 1 Samuel 8:12
- 2 Judges 7:16; 2 Samuel 15:19–22; 1 Samuel 11:11; Judges 7:19; Psalm 118:6–8
- 3 2 Samuel 21:17; Zechariah 13:7; 2 Samuel 10:11; Lamentations 4:20; 2 Samuel 17:2
- 4 Isaiah 28:6; 2 Samuel 18:24; 2 Samuel 18:1; 1 Samuel 29:2
- 5 Deuteronomy 21:18–21; 2 Samuel 17:14; 2 Samuel 17:1–4; 2 Samuel 16:11; Luke 23:34
- 6 Joshua 17:18; Joshua 17:15; Judges 12:4–6
- 7 Proverbs 24:21; 2 Samuel 2:17; 2 Samuel 2:26; 2 Samuel 15:6; 2 Chronicles 28:6
- 8 Exodus 15:10; Joshua 10:11; Psalm 3:7; Judges 5:20–21; 1 Kings 20:30
- 9 2 Samuel 14:26; Proverbs 30:17; Job 31:3; 2 Samuel 18:14; Mark 7:10
- 12 2 Samuel 18:5
- 13 2 Samuel 14:19–20; Hebrews 4:13; 2 Samuel 1:15–16; 2 Samuel 4:10–12
- 14 2 Samuel 18:5; Matthew 12:40; 2 Samuel 14:30; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Judges 4:21
- 16 2 Samuel 20:22; 2 Samuel 2:28; Numbers 10:2–10; 1 Corinthians 14:8
- 17 Joshua 7:26; Joshua 8:29; 2 Samuel 20:22; Joshua 10:27; 2 Samuel 20:1
- 18 Genesis 14:17; 2 Samuel 14:27; 1 Samuel 15:12; Daniel 4:30; Acts 1:18–19
- 19 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 18:31; Romans 12:19; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 9:4
- 20 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 18:33; 2 Samuel 17:16–21; 2 Samuel 18:29; 2 Samuel 18:27
- 22 Romans 1:28; Ephesians 5:4
- 23 John 20:4
- 24 2 Samuel 19:8; 1 Samuel 4:13; 2 Samuel 13:34; Isaiah 21:6–9; Ezekiel 33:2–7
- 27 2 Kings 9:20; 1 Kings 1:42; Romans 10:15; Proverbs 25:13; Proverbs 25:25
- 28 2 Samuel 14:4; Genesis 14:20; Revelation 19:1–3; 2 Samuel 22:27; Psalm 31:8
- 29 2 Samuel 18:22; 2 Samuel 18:19–20; 2 Samuel 20:9
- 31 2 Samuel 18:19; Deuteronomy 32:35–36; 2 Samuel 18:28; Luke 18:7–8; Psalm 124:2–3
- 32 Judges 5:31; 1 Samuel 25:26; Daniel 4:19; Psalm 68:1–2; 2 Samuel 18:29
- 33 2 Samuel 19:4; 2 Samuel 12:10–23; Proverbs 17:25; Proverbs 10:1; Psalm 103:13
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