صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 4

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

And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

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 Saul's son had two men [that were] captains of bands: the name of the one [was] Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (For Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

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

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been 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 [that was] lame of [his] feet: he was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name [was] Mephibosheth.

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

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

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

And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth [rib]: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

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.

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bed-chamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went away through the plain all night.

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 Ish-bosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thy enemy, who sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and of 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 Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, [As] the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

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

When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, (thinking to have brought good tidings, ) I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who [thought] that I would have given him 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؟»

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from 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 slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged [them] over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried [it] in the sepulcher of Abner in Hebron.