صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 4

١ 1 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱبْنُ شَاوُلَ أَنَّ أَبْنَيْرَ قَدْ مَاتَ فِي حَبْرُونَ، ٱرْتَخَتْ يَدَاهُ، وَٱرْتَاعَ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And Jebosthe the son of Saul heard that Abenner the son of Ner had died in Chebron; and his hands were paralyzed, and all the men of Israel grew faint.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ لِٱبْنِ شَاوُلَ رَجُلَانِ رَئِيسَا غُزَاةٍ، ٱسْمُ ٱلْوَاحِدِ بَعْنَةُ وَٱسْمُ ٱلْآخَرِ رَكَابُ، ٱبْنَا رِمُّونَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ مِنْ بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ، لِأَنَّ بَئِيرُوتَ حُسِبَتْ لِبَنْيَامِينَ.

And Jebosthe the son of Saul had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one [was] Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Remmon the Berothite of the children of Benjamin; for Beroth was reckoned to the children of Benjamin.

٣ 3 وَهَرَبَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيُّونَ إِلَى جَتَّايِمَ وَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

And the Berothites ran away to Gethaim, and were sojourners there until this day.

٤ 4 وَكَانَ لِيُونَاثَانَ بْنِ شَاوُلَ ٱبْنٌ مَضْرُوبُ ٱلرِّجْلَيْنِ، كَانَ ٱبْنَ خَمْسِ سِنِينٍ عِنْدَ مَجِيءِ خَبَرِ شَاوُلَ وَيُونَاثَانَ مِنْ يَزْرَعِيلَ، فَحَمَلَتْهُ مُرَبِّيَتُهُ وَهَرَبَتْ. وَلَمَّا كَانَتْ مُسْرِعَةً لِتَهْرُبَ وَقَعَ وَصَارَ أَعْرَجَ. وَٱسْمُهُ مَفِيبُوشَثُ.

And Jonathan Saul's son [had] a son lame of his feet, five years old, and he was [in the way] when the news of Saul and Jonathan his son came from Jezrael, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and it came to pass as he hasted and retreated, that he fell, and was lamed. And his name [was] Memphibosthe.

٥ 5 وَسَارَ ٱبْنَا رِمُّونَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ، رَكَابُ وَبَعْنَةُ، وَدَخَلَا عِنْدَ حَرِّ ٱلنَّهَارِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيشْبُوشَثَ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ نَوْمَةَ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ.

And Rechab and Baana the sons of Remmon the Berothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Jebosthe; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon.

٦ 6 فَدَخَلَا إِلَى وَسَطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ لِيَأْخُذَا حِنْطَةً، وَضَرَبَاهُ فِي بَطْنِهِ. ثُمَّ أَفْلَتَ رَكَابُ وَبَعْنَةُ أَخُوهُ.

And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baana went privily into the house:

٧ 7 فَعِنْدَ دُخُولِهِمَا ٱلْبَيْتَ كَانَ هُوَ مُضْطَجِعًا عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ فِي مِخْدَعِ نَوْمِهِ، فَضَرَبَاهُ وَقَتَلَاهُ وَقَطَعَا رَأْسَهُ، وَأَخَذَا رَأْسَهُ وَسَارَا فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْعَرَبَةِ ٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ.

And Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they smite him, and slay him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road.

٨ 8 وَأَتَيَا بِرَأْسِ إِيشْبُوشَثَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ إِلَى حَبْرُونَ، وَقَالَا لِلْمَلِكِ: «هُوَذَا رَأْسُ إِيشْبُوشَثَ بْنِ شَاوُلَ عَدُوِّكَ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ يَطْلُبُ نَفْسَكَ. وَقَدْ أَعْطَى ٱلرَّبُّ لِسَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱنْتِقَامًا فِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ مِنْ شَاوُلَ وَمِنْ نَسْلِهِ».

And they brought the head of Jebosthe to David to Chebron, and they said to the king, Behold the head of Jebosthe the son of Saul thy enemy, who sought thy life; and the Lord has executed for my lord the king vengeance on his enemies, as [it is] this day: even on Saul thy enemy, and on his seed.

٩ 9 فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ رَكَابَ وَبَعْنَةَ أَخَاهُ، ٱبْنَيْ رِمُّونَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ، وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي فَدَى نَفْسِي مِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ،

And David answered and Rechab and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them, [As] the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all affliction;

١٠ 10 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِي أَخْبَرَنِي قَائِلًا: هُوَذَا قَدْ مَاتَ شَاوُلُ، وَكَانَ فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ كَمُبَشِّرٍ، قَبَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَتَلْتُهُ فِي صِقْلَغَ. ذَلِكَ أَعْطَيْتُهُ بِشَارَةً.

he that reported to me that Saul was dead, even he was as one bringing glad tidings before me: but I seized him and slew him in Sekelac, to whom I ought, [as he thought], to have given a reward for his tidings.

١١ 11 فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ إِذَا كَانَ رَجُلَانِ بَاغِيَانِ يَقْتُلَانِ رَجُلًا صِدِّيقًا فِي بَيْتِهِ، عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ؟ فَٱلْآنَ أَمَا أَطْلُبُ دَمَهُ مِنْ أَيْدِيكُمَا، وَأَنْزِعُكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟»

And now evil men have slain a righteous men in his house on his bed: now then I will require his blood of your hand, and I will destroy you from off the earth.

١٢ 12 وَأَمَرَ دَاوُدُ ٱلْغِلْمَانَ فَقَتَلُوهُمَا، وَقَطَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمَا وَأَرْجُلَهُمَا، وَعَلَّقُوهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْبِرْكَةِ فِي حَبْرُونَ. وَأَمَّا رَأْسُ إِيشْبُوشَثَ فَأَخَذُوهُ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبْرِ أَبْنَيْرَ فِي حَبْرُونَ.

And David commanded his young men, and they slay them, and cut off their hands and their feet; and they hung them up at the fountain in Chebron: and they buried the head of Jebosthe in the tomb of Abenezer the son of Ner.