2 Samuel · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
2 Samuel 15 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Μετά δε ταύτα ητοίμασεν εις εαυτόν ο Αβεσσαλώμ αμάξας και ίππους και πεντήκοντα άνδρας, διά να τρέχωσιν έμπροσθεν αυτού.
1 After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.
2 Και εσηκόνετο ο Αβεσσαλώμ πρωΐ, και ίστατο εις τα πλάγια της οδού της πύλης· και οπότε τις έχων διαφοράν τινά ήρχετο προς τον βασιλέα διά κρίσιν, τότε ο Αβεσσαλώμ εκάλει αυτόν προς εαυτόν και έλεγεν, Εκ ποίας πόλεως είσαι; Ο δε απεκρίνετο, Ο δούλός σου είναι εκ της δείνος φυλής του Ισραήλ.
2 Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. 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.”
3 Και έλεγε προς αυτόν ο Αβεσσαλώμ, Ιδέ, η υπόθεσίς σου είναι καλή και ορθή· πλην δεν είναι ουδείς ο ακούων σε από μέρους του βασιλέως.
3 Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”
4 Έλεγε προσέτι ο Αβεσσαλώμ, Τις να με εδιώριζε κριτήν του τόπου, διά να έρχηται προς εμέ πας όστις έχει διαφοράν ή κρίσιν, και να δικαιόνω αυτόν.
4 Absalom 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!”
5 Και οπότε τις επλησίαζε διά να προσκυνήση αυτόν, ήπλονε την χείρα αυτού και επίανεν αυτόν και εφίλει αυτόν.
5 It was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.
6 Και έκαμνεν ο Αβεσσαλώμ κατά τούτον τον τρόπον εις πάντα Ισραηλίτην ερχόμενον προς τον βασιλέα διά κρίσιν· και υπέκλεπτεν ο Αβεσσαλώμ τας καρδίας των ανδρών Ισραήλ.
6 Absalom 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.
7 Και εις το τέλος τεσσαράκοντα ετών είπεν ο Αβεσσαλώμ προς τον βασιλέα, Ας υπάγω, παρακαλώ, διά να εκπληρώσω την ευχήν μου, την οποίαν ηυχήθην εις τον Κύριον, εν Χεβρών·
7 At 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.
8 διότι ο δούλός σου ηυχήθη ευχήν, ότε κατώκει εν Γεσσούρ εν Συρία, λέγων· Εάν ο Κύριος με επιστρέψη τωόντι εις Ιερουσαλήμ, τότε θέλω προσφέρει θυσίαν εις τον Κύριον.
8 For 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.’”
9 Και είπε προς αυτόν ο βασιλεύς, Ύπαγε εν ειρήνη. Και σηκωθείς, υπήγεν εις Χεβρών.
9 The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.
10 Απέστειλε δε ο Αβεσσαλώμ κατασκόπους εις πάσας τας φυλάς του Ισραήλ, λέγων, Καθώς ακούσητε την φωνήν της σάλπιγγος, θέλετε ειπεί Ο Αβεσσαλώμ εβασίλευσεν εν Χεβρών.
10 But 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!’”
11 Και υπήγαν μετά του Αβεσσαλώμ διακόσιοι άνδρες εξ Ιερουσαλήμ, κεκλημένοι και υπήγαν εν τη απλότητι αυτών και δεν ήξευραν ουδέν.
11 Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know anything.
12 Και προσεκάλεσεν ο Αβεσσαλώμ Αχιτόφελ τον Γιλωναίον, τον σύμβουλον του Δαβίδ, εκ της πόλεως αυτού, εκ Γιλώ, ενώ προσέφερε τας θυσίας. Και η συνωμοσία ήτο δυνατή και ο λαός επληθύνετο αδιακόπως πλησίον του Αβεσσαλώμ.
12 Absalom 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.
13 Ήλθε δε μηνυτής προς τον Δαβίδ λέγων, Αι καρδίαι των ανδρών Ισραήλ εστράφησαν κατόπιν του Αβεσσαλώμ.
13 A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.”
14 Και είπεν ο Δαβίδ προς πάντας τους δούλους αυτού τους μεθ' αυτού εν Ιερουσαλήμ, Σηκώθητε, και ας φύγωμεν· διότι δεν θέλομεν δυνηθή να διασωθώμεν από προσώπου του Αβεσσαλώμ· σπεύσατε να αναχωρήσωμεν, διά να μη επιταχύνη και καταφθάση ημάς και σπρώξη το κακόν εφ' ημάς και πατάξη την πόλιν εν στόματι μαχαίρας.
14 David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise! Let’s flee, or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
15 Και οι δούλοι του βασιλέως είπαν προς τον βασιλέα, Εις παν, ό,τι εκλέξη ο κύριός μου ο βασιλεύς, ιδού, οι δούλοί σου.
15 The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”
16 Και εξήλθεν ο βασιλεύς και πας ο οίκος αυτού κατόπιν αυτού. Και αφήκεν ο βασιλεύς τας δέκα γυναίκας τας παλλακάς διά να φυλάττωσι τον οίκον.
16 The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
17 Και εξήλθεν ο βασιλεύς και πας ο λαός κατόπιν αυτού, και εστάθησαν εις τόπον μακράν απέχοντα.
17 The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.
18 Και πάντες οι δούλοι αυτού επορεύοντο πλησίον αυτού· και πάντες οι Χερεθαίοι και πάντες οι Φελεθαίοι και πάντες οι Γετθαίοι, εξακόσιοι άνδρες, οι ελθόντες οπίσω αυτού από Γαθ, προεπορεύοντο έμπροσθεν του βασιλέως.
18 All 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.
19 Τότε είπεν ο βασιλεύς προς Ιτταΐ τον Γετθαίον, Διά τι έρχεσαι και συ μεθ' ημών; επίστρεψον και κατοίκει μετά του βασιλέως, διότι είσαι ξένος, και μάλιστα είσαι μετωκισμένος εκ του τόπου σου·
19 Then 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.
20 χθές ήλθες, και σήμερον θέλω σε κάμει να περιπλανάσαι μεθ' ημών; εγώ δε υπάγω όπου δυνηθώ· επίστρεψον και λάβε και τους αδελφούς σου· έλεος και αλήθεια μετά σου.
20 Whereas you came but yesterday, should I today 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.”
21 Ο δε Ιτταΐ απεκρίθη προς τον βασιλέα και είπε, Ζη Κύριος, και ζη ο κύριός μου ο βασιλεύς, όπου και αν ήναι ο κύριός μου ο βασιλεύς, είτε εις θάνατον, είτε εις ζωήν, βεβαίως εκεί θέλει είσθαι και ο δούλός σου.
21 Ittai answered the king and said, “As Yahweh lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king is, whether for death or for life, your servant will be there also.”
22 Και είπεν ο Δαβίδ προς τον Ιτταΐ, Ελθέ λοιπόν, και διάβαινε. Και διέβη ο Ιτταΐ ο Γετθαίος και πάντες οι άνδρες αυτού και πάντα τα παιδία τα μετ' αυτού.
22 David 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.
23 Όλος δε ο τόπος έκλαιε μετά φωνής μεγάλης, και διέβαινε πας ο λαός· διέβη και ο βασιλεύς τον χείμαρρον Κέδρων· και πας ο λαός διέβη κατά την οδόν της ερήμου.
23 All 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.
24 Και ιδού, προσέτι ο Σαδώκ και πάντες οι Λευΐται μετ' αυτού, φέροντες την κιβωτόν της διαθήκης του Θεού· και έστησαν την κιβωτόν του Θεού· ανέβη δε ο Αβιάθαρ, αφού ετελείωσε πας ο λαός διαβαίνων από της πόλεως.
24 Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down God’s ark; and Abiathar went up until all the people finished passing out of the city.
25 Και είπεν ο βασιλεύς προς τον Σαδώκ, Απόστρεψον την κιβωτόν του Θεού εις την πόλιν· εάν εύρω χάριν εις τους οφθαλμούς του Κυρίου, θέλει με κάμει να επιστρέψω και να ίδω αυτήν και το κατοικητήριον αυτού·
25 The king said to Zadok, “Carry God’s ark back into the city. If I find favor in Yahweh’s eyes, he will bring me again, and show me both it and his habitation;
26 αλλ' εάν είπη ούτω, Δεν έχω ευαρέσκειαν εις σε, ιδού, εγώ, ας κάμη εις εμέ ό,τι φανή αρεστόν εις τους οφθαλμούς αυτού.
26 but if he says, ‘I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am. Let him do to me as seems good to him.”
27 Ο βασιλεύς είπεν έτι προς Σαδώκ τον ιερέα, Δεν είσαι συ ο βλέπων; επίστρεψον εις την πόλιν εν ειρήνη, και Αχιμάας ο υιός σου και Ιωνάθαν ο υιός του Αβιάθαρ, οι δύο υιοί σας μεθ' υμών·
27 The 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.
28 ιδέτε, εγώ θέλω μένει εις τας πεδιάδας της ερήμου, εωσού έλθη λόγος παρ' υμών διά να μοι αναγγείλη.
28 Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
29 Ο Σαδώκ λοιπόν και ο Αβιάθαρ επανέφεραν την κιβωτόν του Θεού εις Ιερουσαλήμ και έμειναν εκεί.
29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried God’s ark to Jerusalem again; and they stayed there.
30 Ο δε Δαβίδ ανέβαινε διά της αναβάσεως των Ελαιών, αναβαίνων και κλαίων και έχων την κεφαλήν αυτού κεκαλυμμένην και περιπατών ανυπόδητος· και πας ο λαός ο μετ' αυτού είχεν έκαστος κεκαλυμμένην την κεφαλήν αυτού, και ανέβαινον πορευόμενοι και κλαίοντες.
30 David 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. All the people who were with him each covered his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
31 Και απήγγειλαν προς τον Δαβίδ, λέγοντες, Ο Αχιτόφελ είναι μεταξύ των συνωμοτών μετά του Αβεσσαλώμ. Και είπεν ο Δαβίδ, Κύριε, δέομαί σου, διασκέδασον την βουλήν του Αχιτόφελ.
31 Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
32 Και ότε ήλθεν ο Δαβίδ εις την κορυφήν του όρους, όπου προσεκύνησε τον Θεόν, ιδού, ήλθεν εις συνάντησιν αυτού Χουσαΐ ο Αρχίτης, έχων διεσχισμένον τον χιτώνα αυτού και χώμα επί της ο κεφαλής αυτού.
32 When David had come to the top, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his tunic torn and earth on his head.
33 Και είπε προς αυτόν ο Δαβίδ, Εάν διαβής μετ' εμού, θέλεις βεβαίως είσθαι φορτίον επ' εμέ·
33 David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;
34 εάν όμως επιστρέψης εις την πόλιν και είπης προς τον Αβεσσαλώμ, Θέλω είσθαι δούλός σου, βασιλεύ· καθώς εστάθην δούλος του πατρός σου μέχρι τούδε, ούτω θέλω είσθαι τώρα δούλός σου· τότε δύνασαι υπέρ εμού να ανατρέψης την βουλήν του Αχιτόφελ·
34 but 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 I will now be your servant; then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’
35 και δεν είναι εκεί μετά σου ο Σαδώκ και ο Αβιάθαρ, οι ιερείς; παν ό,τι λοιπόν ήθελες ακούσει εκ του οίκου του βασιλέως, θέλεις αναγγείλει προς τον Σαδώκ και Αβιάθαρ, τους ιερείς·
35 Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore whatever you hear out of the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36 ιδού, εκεί μετ' αυτών οι δύο υιοί αυτών, Αχιμάας ο του Σαδώκ και Ιωνάθαν ο του Αβιάθαρ· και δι' αυτών θέλετε αποστέλλει προς εμέ παν ό,τι ακούσητε.
36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son. Send to me everything that you shall hear by them.”
37 Και καθώς εισήλθεν εις την πόλιν ο Χουσαΐ ο φίλος του Δαβίδ, ο Αβεσσαλώμ ήλθεν εις Ιερουσαλήμ.
37 So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
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
Ahimaaz
Zadok's son, who with Jonathan son of Abiathar secretly carried word to David during Absalom's revolt and outran the Cushite to bring David news of the victory.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17
Ahithophel
David's counselor from Giloh, whose advice was regarded like the word of God; he joined Absalom's conspiracy, advised him to take David's concubines and to pursue David at once,…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 16:23
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
Hushai
David's friend, who at David's request returned to Jerusalem as Absalom's servant and defeated Ahithophel's counsel with advice Absalom judged better.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 16:16
Ittai
A foreigner from Gath who swore to follow David wherever he went, left Jerusalem with David and his men, and commanded a third of David's army against Absalom.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:19; 2 Samuel 15:21; 2 Samuel 15:22
Jonathan
Son of the priest Abiathar, who with Ahimaaz carried messages to David during Absalom's revolt and hid in a well at Bahurim.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17
Zadok
Son of Ahitub and a priest alongside Abiathar in David's administration, who with the Levites carried the ark when David fled Jerusalem and returned it to the city at David's…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 15:24; 2 Samuel 15:25
Cross references (34)
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- 1 1 Kings 1:5; 2 Samuel 12:11; Psalm 20:7; 1 Samuel 8:11; Proverbs 11:2
- 2 Ruth 4:1; Matthew 27:1; Exodus 18:16; 2 Samuel 19:8; Exodus 18:14
- 3 2 Peter 2:10; Psalm 12:2; Proverbs 30:11; 1 Peter 2:17; Proverbs 30:17
- 4 Judges 9:29; Luke 14:8–11; 2 Peter 2:19; Proverbs 27:2; Proverbs 25:6
- 5 2 Samuel 14:33; Proverbs 26:25; Psalm 55:21; Psalm 10:9–10
- 6 Romans 16:18; 2 Peter 2:3; Proverbs 11:9
- 7 Isaiah 58:4; 2 Samuel 13:24–27; 1 Samuel 16:1–2; 2 Samuel 13:38; Proverbs 21:27
- 8 2 Samuel 13:37–38; Genesis 28:20–21; Jeremiah 9:3–5; 1 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 14:23
- 10 2 Samuel 14:30; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 3:2–3; 1 Chronicles 12:38; 2 Samuel 19:10
- 11 1 Samuel 9:13; 1 Samuel 22:15; Romans 16:18–19; Genesis 20:5; Matthew 10:16
- 12 2 Samuel 15:31; Psalm 41:9; Joshua 15:51; Titus 1:16; Psalm 55:12–14
- 13 Judges 9:3; 2 Samuel 15:6; Matthew 27:22; Psalm 62:9; 2 Samuel 3:36
- 14 2 Samuel 19:9; Psalm 3:1–8; Psalm 51:18; 2 Samuel 12:11; Matthew 11:12
- 15 Proverbs 18:24; Luke 22:28–29; John 6:66–69; John 15:14
- 16 2 Samuel 16:21–22; 2 Samuel 20:3; Psalm 3:1; Romans 12:2; 1 Samuel 25:27
- 17 Psalm 3:1–2; Psalm 66:12; Ecclesiastes 10:7
- 18 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 20:23; 1 Samuel 30:14; 2 Samuel 20:7; 1 Kings 1:38
- 19 2 Samuel 18:2; Ruth 1:11–13
- 20 1 Samuel 23:13; 2 Samuel 2:6; Hebrews 11:37–38; John 1:17; Psalm 57:3
- 21 Ruth 1:16–17; Proverbs 17:17; 2 Kings 4:30; Proverbs 18:24; Acts 11:23
- 23 2 Samuel 16:2; 1 Kings 2:37; John 18:1; Matthew 3:3; 2 Chronicles 29:16
- 24 2 Samuel 8:17; Numbers 4:15; 2 Samuel 20:25; 1 Samuel 22:20; Joshua 3:3
- 25 Jeremiah 25:30; Psalm 26:8; Psalm 84:10; Psalm 43:3–4; Exodus 15:13
- 26 1 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 22:20; 1 Kings 10:9; Numbers 14:8; Isaiah 62:4
- 27 2 Samuel 17:17; 1 Samuel 9:9; 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 24:11; 2 Samuel 15:34
- 28 2 Samuel 17:16; 2 Samuel 15:23; 2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Samuel 17:1
- 30 Esther 6:12; 2 Samuel 19:4; Luke 19:41; Ezekiel 24:23; Luke 19:37
- 31 2 Samuel 17:14; 2 Samuel 17:23; Psalm 41:9; James 3:15; Job 5:12
- 32 Joshua 16:2; 2 Samuel 1:2; Psalm 3:3–5; 2 Samuel 16:16–19; Luke 19:29
- 33 2 Samuel 19:35
- 34 2 Samuel 16:16–19; Joshua 8:2; 2 Samuel 15:20; 2 Samuel 17:5–14; Matthew 10:16
- 35 2 Samuel 17:15–16
- 36 2 Samuel 17:17; 2 Samuel 15:27; 2 Samuel 18:19–33
- 37 1 Chronicles 27:33; 2 Samuel 16:15–16
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Now the story which gave occasion to this prophecy may be easily recognised in the second book of Kings. For there Chusi, the friend of king David, went over to the side of Abessalon, his son, who was carrying on war against his father, for the purpose of discovering and reporting the designs which he was taking against his father, …
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