David moved by Joab's admonition, 8. ceaseth mourning for Absalom, and reconcileth the rebels. 13. Semei is pardoned. 14. Miphiboseth cleereth himself of his servant's false suggestion. 32. Berzellai is courteously entreated. 40. The other tribes contend with Juda for their affection to the king.Dauid moued by Ioabs admonition, 8. ceaseth mourning for Absalom, and reconcileth the rebels. 13. Semei is pardoned. 14. Miphiboseth cleereth himself of his seruants false suggestion. 32. Berzellai is courteously intreated. 40. The other tribes contend with Iuda for their affection to the king.✦
And it was told Joab, that the king wept, and mourned for his son:ANd it was told Ioab, that the king wept, and mourned for his sonne:Nuntiatum est autem Joab quod rex fleret et lugeret filium suum,
2And the victory was turned into mourning that day to all the people: for the people heard it said in that day: The king sorroweth upon his son.And the victorie was turned into mourning that day to al the people: for the people heard it sayd in that day: The king sorroweth vpon his sonne.et versa est victoria in luctum in die illa omni populo : audivit enim populus in die illa dici : Dolet rex super filio suo.
3And the people shunned that day to enter into the city, as a people turned, and fleeing out of battle is wont to shrink aside.And the people shunned that day to enter into the citie, as a people turned, & fleing out of battel is wont to shrinke aside.✦Et declinavit populus in die illa ingredi civitatem, quomodo declinare solet populus versus et fugiens de prælio.
4Moreover the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son.Moreouer the king couered his head, and cried with a lowd voice: O my sonne Absalom, o Absalô my sonne, o my sonne.Porro rex operuit caput suum, et clamabat voce magna : Fili mi Absalom, Absalom fili mi, fili mi.
5Joab therefore entering in to the king, into his house, said: Thou hast confudisti: put to shame, abashed this day the countenances of all thy servants, that have saved thy life, and the life of thy sons, and thy daughters, and the life of thy wives, and the life of thy concubines.Ioab therfore entring in to the king, into his house, sayd: Thou hast cõfounded this day the countenances of al thy seruantes, that haue saued thy life, and the life of thy sonnes, and thy daughters, and the life of thy wiues, and the life of thy concubines.✦Ingressus ergo Joab ad regem in domum, dixit : Confudisti hodie vultus omnium servorum tuorum, qui salvam fecerunt animam tuam, et animam filiorum tuorum et filiarum tuarum, et animam uxorum tuarum, et animam concubinarum tuarum.
6Thou lovest them that hate thee, and thou hatest them that love thee: and thou hast shewed this day that thou carest not for thy nobles, and for thy servants: and indeed I know now, that if Absalom lived, and all we had been slain, then it would please thee.Thou louest them that hate thee, and thou hatest them that loue thee: and thou hast shewed this day that thou carest not for thy nobles, and for thy seruantes: and in deede I know now, that if Absalom liued, and al we had beene ßayne, then it would please thee.Diligis odientes te, et odio habes diligentes te : et ostendisti hodie quia non curas de ducibus tuis et de servis tuis : et vere cognovi modo, quia si Absalom viveret, et omnes nos occubuissemus, tunc placeret tibi.
7Now therefore arise, and come forth, and speaking unto them satisfy thy servants: for I swear to thee by our Lord, that if thou wilt not go forth, not one verily will remain with thee this night: and this shall be worse for thee, than all the evils, which have come upon thee from thy youth until this present.Now therfore arise, and come forth, and speaking vnto them satisfie thy seruantes: for I sweare to thee by our Lord, that if thou wilt not goe forth, not one verely wil remayne with thee this night: and this shal be worse for thee, then al the euils, which haue come vpon thee from thy youth vntil this present.Nunc igitur surge, et procede, et alloquens satisfac servis tuis : juro enim tibi per Dominum quod si non exieris, ne unus quidem remansurus sit tecum nocte hac : et pejus erit hoc tibi quam omnia mala quæ venerunt super te ab adolescentia tua usque in præsens.
8The king therefore arose and sat in the gate: and it was told all the people that the king sat in the gate: and all the multitude came forth before the king, but Israel fled into their tabernacles.The king therfore arose and sate in the gate: and it was told al the people that the king sate in the gate: and al the multitude came forth before the king, but Israel fled into their tabernacles.Surrexit ergo rex et sedit in porta : et omni populo nuntiatum est quod rex sederet in porta. Venitque universa multitudo coram rege : Israël autem fugit in tabernacula sua.
9And the people also strove in all the tribes of Israel, saying: The king hath delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, he hath saved us from the head of the Philistines:And the people also stroue in al the tribes of Israel, saying: The king hath deliuered vs out of the hand of our enemies, he hath saued vs from the head of the Philistines:Omnis quoque populus certabat in cunctis tribubus Israël, dicens : Rex liberavit nos de manu inimicorum nostrorum ; ipse salvavit nos de manu Philisthinorum : et nunc fugit de terra propter Absalom.
10and now he fled out of the land for Absalom. But Absalom whom we anointed over us, is dead in the battle: how long are you still, and reducitis: lessen; bring back not the king?and now he fled out of the land for Absalom. But Absalom whom we annoynted ouer vs, is dead in the battel: how long are you stil, and reduce not the king?Absalom autem, quem unximus super nos, mortuus est in bello : usquequo siletis, et non reducitis regem ?
11But king David sent to Sadoc, and Abiathar the priests, saying: Speak to the Ancients of Juda, saying: Why come you last to bring back the king into his house? And the saying of all Israel was come to the king in his house.But king Dauid sent to Sadoc, and Abiathar the priestes, saying: Speake to the Ancientes of Iuda, saying: Why come you last to bring backe the king into his house? And the saying of al Israel was come to the king in his house.✦Rex vero David misit ad Sadoc et Abiathar sacerdotes, dicens : Loquimini ad majores natu Juda, dicentes : Cur venitis novissimi ad reducendum regem in domum suam ? (Sermo autem omnis Israël pervenerat ad regem in domo ejus.)
12You are my brethren, you my bone, and my flesh, why do you last bring back the king?You are my brethren, you my bone, and my flesh, why do you last bring backe the king?Fratres mei vos, os meum, et caro mea vos, quare novissimi reducitis regem ?
13And say ye to Amasa: Art not thou my bone, and my flesh? These things do God to me, and these add he, if thou be not the chief captain of warfare before me always for Joab.And say ye to Amasa: Art not thou my bone, and my flesh? These thinges do God to me, and these adde he, if thou be not the chiefe captayne of warfare before me alwayes for Ioab.✦Et Amasæ dicite : Nonne os meum, et caro mea es ? hæc faciat mihi Deus, et hæc addat, si non magister militiæ fueris coram me omni tempore pro Joab.
14And he inclined the heart of all the men of Juda, as it were of one man: and they sent to the king, saying: Return thou, and all thy servants.And he inclined the hart of al the men of Iuda, as it were of one man: and they sent to the king, saying: Returne thou, and al thy seruantes.Et inclinavit cor omnium virorum Juda quasi viri unius : miseruntque ad regem, dicentes : Revertere tu, et omnes servi tui.
15And the king returned, and came as far as Jordan, and all Juda came as far as Galgal to meet the king, and to bring him over Jordan.And the king returned, and came as far as Iordan, and al Iuda came as far as Galgal to meete the king, and to bring him ouer Iordan.Et reversus est rex, et venit usque ad Jordanem : et omnis Juda venit usque in Galgalam ut occurreret regi, et traduceret eum Jordanem.
16And Semei the son of Gera the son of Jemini of Bahurim made haste, and went down with the men of Juda to meet king DavidAnd Semei the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini of Bahurim made hast, and went downe with the men of Iuda to meete king DauidFestinavit autem Semei filius Gera filii Jemini de Bahurim, et descendit cum viris Juda in occursum regis David,
17with a thousand men of Benjamin, and Siba the servant of the house of Saul: and his fifteen sons, and twenty servants were with him: and rushing into Jordan,with a thousand men of Beniamin, and Siba the seruant of the house of Saul: and his fifteene sonnes, and twentie seruantes were with him: and rushing into Iordan,✦cum mille viris de Benjamin, et Siba puer de domo Saul : et quindecim filii ejus, ac viginti servi erant cum eo : et irrumpentes Jordanem, ante regem
18passed the fords before the king, that they might help over the king's household, and do according to his commandment. And Semei the son of Gera prostrate before the king, when he had now passed Jordan,passed the fordes before the king, that they might helpe ouer the kinges houshould, and doe according to his commandement. And Semei the sonne of Gera prostrate before the king, when he had now passed Iordan,transierunt vada, ut traducerent domum regis, et facerent juxta jussionem ejus : Semei autem filius Gera prostratus coram rege, cum jam transisset Jordanem,
19said to him: Impute not to me my lord the iniquity, nor remember the injuries of thy servant in the day that thou my lord king went out of Jerusalem, nor put it in thy heart O king.sayd to him: Impute not to me my lord the iniquitie, nor remember the iniuries of thy seruant in the day that thou my lord king went out of Ierusalem, nor put it in thy hart o king.dixit ad eum : Ne reputes mihi, domine mi, iniquitatem, neque memineris injuriarum servi tui in die qua egressus es, domine mi rex, de Jerusalem, neque ponas, rex, in corde tuo.
20For I thy servant acknowledge my sin: and therefore this day I am first come of all the house of Joseph, and am descended to meet my lord the king.For I thy seruant acknowledge my sinne: and therefore this day I am first come of al the house of Ioseph, and am descended to meete my lord the king.✦Agnosco enim servus tuus peccatum meum : et idcirco hodie primus veni de omni domo Joseph, descendique in occursum domini mei regis.
21But Abisai the son of Servia answering, said: What shall Semei for these words not be slain, because he reviled the anointed of our Lord?But Abisai the sonne of Saruia answering, sayd: What shal Semei for these wordes not be ßayne, because he reuiled the annoynted of our Lord?Respondens vero Abisai filius Sarviæ, dixit : Numquid pro his verbis non occidetur Semei, quia maledixit christo Domini ?
22And David said: What is to me and you ye sons of Servia? Why are you made this day as satan to me? Shall there a man be killed in Israel today? Do I not know that this day I am made king over Israel?And Dauid sayd: What is to me and you ye sonnes of Saruia? Why are you made this day as satan to me? Shal there a man be killed in Israel to day? Doe I not know that this day I am made king ouer Israel?✦Et ait David : Quid mihi et vobis, filii Sarviæ ? cur efficimini mihi hodie in satan ? ergone hodie interficietur vir in Israël ? an ignoro hodie me factum regem super Israël ?
23And the king said to Semei: Thou shalt not die. And he sware to him.And the king sayd to Semei: Thou shalt not die. And he sware to him.✦Et ait rex Semei : Non morieris. Juravitque ei.
24Miphiboseth also the son of Saul came down to meet the king, his feet unwashed, and his beard not intonsa: shorn, cut short: and he had not washed his garments from the day that the king went forth, until the day of his return in peace.Miphiboseth also the sonne of Saul came downe to meete the king, his feete vnwashed, and his beard not pooled: and he had not washed his garmentes from the day that the king went forth, vntil the day of his returne in peace.✦Miphiboseth quoque filius Saul descendit in occursum regis, illotis pedibus et intonsa barba : vestesque suas non laverat a die qua egressus fuerat rex, usque ad diem reversionis ejus in pace.
25And when he had met the king at Jerusalem, the king said to him: Why camest thou not with me Miphiboseth?And when he had met the king at Ierusalem, the king sayd to him: Why camest thou not with me Miphiboseth?Cumque Jerusalem occurrisset regi, dixit ei rex : Quare non venisti mecum, Miphiboseth ?
26And he answering, said: My lord king, my servant contemned me: and I thy servant spake to him that he should saddle me an ass, that getting on I might go with the king: for I thy servant am lame.And he answering, sayd: My lord king, my seruant contemned me: and I thy seruant spake to him that he should sadle me an asse, that getting on I might goe with the king: for I thy seruant am lame.Et respondens ait : Domine mi rex, servus meus contempsit me : dixique ei ego famulus tuus ut sterneret mihi asinum, et ascendens abirem cum rege : claudus enim sum servus tuus.
27Moreover he hath also accused me of thy servant to thee my lord king: but thou my lord king art as an Angel of God, do what pleaseth thee.Moreouer he hath also accused me of thy seruant to thee my lord king: but thou my lord king art as an Angel of God, doe what pleaseth thee.✦Insuper et accusavit me servum tuum ad te dominum meum regem : tu autem, domine mi rex, sicut angelus Dei es : fac quod placitum est tibi.
28For neither was my father's house (nisi morti obnoxia): anything else, but guilty of death to my lord king: and thou hast put me thy servant among the guests of thy table? What just complaint therefore have I? or what can I further cry out to the king?For neither was my fathers house ought els, but guiltie of death to my lord king: and thou hast put me thy seruant among the guestes of thy table? What iust complaynt therfore haue I? or what can I further crie out to the king?Neque enim fuit domus patris mei, nisi morti obnoxia domino meo regi : tu autem posuisti me servum tuum inter convivas mensæ tuæ : quid ergo habeo justæ querelæ ? aut quid possum ultra vociferari ad regem ?
29The king therefore said to him: What speakest thou any more? That is determined which I have spoken: Thou, and Siba divide the possessions.The king therfore sayd to him: What speakest thou any more? That is determined which I haue spoken: Thou, and Siba diuide the possessions.✦Ait ergo ei rex : Quid ultra loqueris ? fixum est quod locutus sum : tu et Siba dividite possessiones.
30And Miphiboseth answered the king: Yea let him take all, forasmuch as my lord king is returned peaceably into his house.And Miphiboseth answered the king: Yea let him take al, for so much as my lord king is returned peaceably into his house.Responditque Miphiboseth regi : Etiam cuncta accipiat, postquam reversus est dominus meus rex pacifice in domum suam.
31Berzellai also the Galaadite, coming down from Rogelim, brought the king over Jordan, being ready also to attend on him beyond the river.Berzellai also the Galaadite, coming downe from Rogelim, brought the king ouer Iordan, being readie also to attend on him beyond the riuer.Berzellai quoque Galaadites, descendens de Rogelim, traduxit regem Jordanem, paratus etiam ultra fluvium prosequi eum.
32And Berzellai the Galaadite was very old, that is to say, of fourscore years, and he gave the king victuals, when he abode in the in castris: in the camp: for he was an exceeding rich man.And Berzellai the Galaadite was verie old, that is to say, of foure score yeares, and he gaue the king victuals, when he abode in the Fild: for he was an exceeding rich man.Erat autem Berzellai Galaadites senex valde, id est, octogenarius, et ipse præbuit alimenta regi cum moraretur in castris : fuit quippe vir dives nimis.
33The king therefore said to Berzellai: Come with me, that thou mayst rest secure with me in Jerusalem.The king therfore sayd to Berzellai: Come with me, that thou mayst rest secure with me in Ierusalem.Dixit itaque rex ad Berzellai : Veni mecum, ut requiescas securus mecum in Jerusalem.
34And Berzellai said to the king: How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king into Jerusalem?And Berzellai sayd to the king: How manie are the daies of the yeares of my life, that I should goe vp with the king into Ierusalem?Et ait Berzellai ad regem : Quot sunt dies annorum vitæ meæ, ut ascendam cum rege in Jerusalem ?
35I am this day fourscore years old, are my senses quick to discern sweet, or sour? or can meat or drink delight thy servant? or can I hear more the voice of singing men and singing women? Why should thy servant be a burden to my lord the king?I am this day foure score yeares old, are my sences quicke to discerne sweete, or sowre? or can meate or drinke delight thy seruant? or can I heare more the voyce of singing men and singing wemen? Why should thy seruant be a burden to my lord the king?✦Octogenarius sum hodie : numquid vigent sensus mei ad discernendum suave aut amarum ? aut delectare potest servum tuum cibus et potus ? vel audire possum ultra vocem cantorum atque cantatricum ? quare servus tuus sit oneri domino meo regi ?
36I thy servant will go forward a little from Jordan with thee: I need not this vicissitudine: requital, repayment,I thy seruant wil goe forward a litle from Iordan with thee: I neede not this recompence,Paululum procedam famulus tuus ab Jordane tecum : non indigeo hac vicissitudine,
37but I beseech thee that I thy servant may return, and die in my city, and be buried by the sepulchre of my father, and my mother. But there is thy servant Chamaam, let him go with thee, my lord king, and do to him whatsoever seemeth good to thee.but I beseech thee that I thy seruant may returne, and die in my citie, and be buried by the sepulchre of my father, and my mother. But there is thy seruant Chamaam, let him goe with thee, my lord king, and doe to him whatsoeuer seemeth good to thee.✦sed obsecro ut revertar servus tuus, et moriar in civitate mea, et sepeliar juxta sepulchrum patris mei et matris meæ. Est autem servus tuus Chamaam : ipse vadat tecum, domine mi rex, et fac ei quidquid tibi bonum videtur.
38The king therefore said to him: Let Chamaam pass on with me, and I will do for him whatsoever shall please thee, and all, that thou shalt ask of me, thou shalt obtain.The king therfore sayd to him: Let Chamaam passe on with me, and I wil doe for him whatsoeuer shal please thee, and al, that thou shalt aske of me, thou shalt obtayne.Dixit itaque ei rex : Mecum transeat Chamaam, et ego faciam ei quidquid tibi placuerit : et omne quod petieris a me, impetrabis.
39And when all the people and the king had passed Jordan, the king kissed Berzellai, and blessed him: and he returned into his place.And when al the people and the king had passed Iordan, the king kissed Berzellai, and blessed him: and he returned into his place.Cumque transisset universus populus et rex Jordanem, osculatus est rex Berzellai, et benedixit ei : et ille reversus est in locum suum.
40The king therefore passed into Galgal, and Chamaam with him, and all the people of Juda had brought over the king, and the half part only of the people of Israel were present.The king therfore passed into Galgal, and Chamaam with him, and al the people of Iuda had brought ouer the king, and the halfe part onlie of the people of Israel were present.Transivit ergo rex in Galgalam, et Chamaam cum eo. Omnis autem populus Juda traduxerat regem, et media tantum pars adfuerat de populo Israël.
41And the men of Israel concurring to the king, said to him: Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen thee, and brought the king and his household over Jordan, and the men of David with him?And the men of Israel concurring to the king, sayd to him: Why haue our brethren the men of Iuda stolen thee, and brought the king and his houshould ouer Iordan, and the men of Dauid with him?Itaque omnes viri Israël concurrentes ad regem dixerunt ei : Quare te furati sunt fratres nostri viri Juda, et traduxerunt regem et domum ejus Jordanem, omnesque viros David cum eo ?
42And every man of Juda answered the men of Israel: Because the king is nearer to me: why art thou angry for this matter? have we eaten any thing of the king's, or were there gifts given us?And euerie man of Iuda answered the men of Israel: Because the king is neerer to me: why art thou angrie for this matter? haue we eaten any thing of the kinges, or were there giftes geuen vs?Et respondit omnis vir Juda ad viros Israël : Quia mihi propior est rex : cur irasceris super hac re ? numquid comedimus aliquid ex rege, aut munera nobis data sunt ?
43And a certain man of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said: I am greater by ten parts with the king, and I am more by birth than thou: why hast thou done me wrong, and it was not told me first, that I might bring back my king? And the men of Juda answered more sharply than the men of Israel.And a certayne man of Israel answered the men of Iuda, and sayd: I am greater by ten partes with the king, and I am more by birth then thou: why hast thou done me wrong, and it was not told me first, that I might bring backe my king? And the men of Iuda answered more sharply then the men of Israel.✦Et respondit vir Israël ad viros Juda, et ait : Decem partibus major ego sum apud regem, magisque ad me pertinet David quam ad te : cur fecisti mihi injuriam, et non mihi nuntiatum est priori, ut reducerem regem meum ? Durius autem responderunt viri Juda viris Israël.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.