2 صَمُوئيل 4

١ 1 وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ إِيشْبُوشَثُ بِمَقْتَلِ أَبْنَيْرَ فِي حَبْرُونَ ارْتَعَبَ وَاسْتَوْلَى الْخَوْفُ عَلَى الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ.

Now when Ishbaal, Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was troubled.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ عَلَى رَأْسِ فِرَقِ الْغُزَاةِ التَّابِعَةِ لاِبْنِ شَاوُلَ قَائِدَانِ أَخَوَانِ، هُمَا بَعْنَةُ وَرَكَابُ ابْنَا رِمُّونَ الْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ مِنْ بِنِي بِنْيَامِينَ، لأَنَّ بَئِيرُوتَ حُسِبَتْ فِي عِدَادِ مِيرَاثِ سِبْطِ بِنْيَامِينَ،

And Ishbaal, Saul's son, had two men who were captains of bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the people of Benjamin (for Beeroth was regarded as belonging to the people of Benjamin;

٣ 3 لأَنَّ أَهْلَ بَئِيرُوتَ فَرُّوا إِلَى جَتَّايِمَ وَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).

٤ 4 وَكَانَ لِيُونَاثَانَ بْنِ شَاوُلَ ابْنٌ يُدعَى مَفِيبُوشَثَ قَدْ أُصِيبَ بِرِجْلَيْهِ وَهُوَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، عِنْدَمَا حَمَلَتْهُ مُرَبِّيَتُهُ وَهَرَبَتْ بِهِ مُسْرِعَةً بَعْدَ أَنْ ذَاعَ خَبَرُ مَقْتَلِ شَاوُلَ وَيُونَاثَانَ فِي يَزْرَعِيلَ فَوَقَعَ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهَا وَأَصْبَحَ أَعْرَجَ.

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened as she was hurrying to get away that he fell and was injured. And his name was Mippibaal.

٥ 5 وانْطَلَقَ رَكَابُ وَبَعْنَةُ ابْنَا رِمُّونَ الْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ وَدَخَلا عِنْدَ اشْتِدَادِ وَطْأَةِ حَرِّ النَّهَارِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيشْبُوشَثَ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ وَقْتَ الْقَيْلُولَةِ،

The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbaal, as he took his rest at noon.

٦ 6 فَدَخَلا إِلَى وَسَطِ الْبَيْتِ، مُتَظَاهِرَيْنِ أَنَّهُمَا قَدْ جَاءَا لِيَأْخُذَا قَمْحَاً،

And look, the doorkeeper of the house had been sifting wheat, and she became drowsy and fell asleep. And Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped by.

٧ 7 وَكَانَ إِيشْبُوشَثُ آنَئِذٍ مُضْطَجِعاً عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ فِي مُخْدَعِ نَوْمِهِ، فَطَعَنَاهُ وَقَتَلاهُ وَقَطَعَا رَأْسَهُ وَحَمَلاهُ وجَدَّا فِي الْهَرَبِ طَوَالَ اللَّيْلِ عَبْرَ طَرِيقِ الْعَرَبَةِ.

And they went into the house where he was lying on his bed in his bedchamber. And they struck him and killed him, and beheaded him. And they took his head and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

٨ 8 وَأَتَيَا بِرَأْسِ إِيشْبُوشَثَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ فِي حَبْرُونَ وَقَالا: «هَا هُوَ رَأْسُ إِيشْبُوشَثَ بْنِ شَاوُلَ، عَدُوِّكَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَسْعَى إِلَى قَتْلِكَ، وَهُوَذَا الرَّبُّ قَدِ انْتَقَمَ الْيَوْمَ لِسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ مِنْ شَاوُلَ ومِنْ نَسْلِهِ».

They brought the head of Ishbaal to David at Hebron, and said to the king, "Look, the head of Ishbaal, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. YHWH has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and his descendants."

٩ 9 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِرَكَابَ وَبَعْنَةَ أَخِيهِ، ابْنَيْ رِمُّونَ الْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي فَدَى نَفْسِي مِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ،

David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, "As YHWH lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

١٠ 10 إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ قَبَضْتُ عَلَى مَنْ خَبَّرَنِي أَنَّ شَاوُلَ قَدْ مَاتَ، وَقَتَلْتُهُ فِي صِقْلَغَ، وَقَدْ ظَنَّ فِي نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ يَحْمِلُ لِي بِشَارَةً سَارَّةً، فَكَانَ مَوْتُهُ جَزَاءَ بِشَارَتِهِ،

when someone told me, 'Look, Saul is dead,' thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

١١ 11 فَمَاذَا أَفْعَلُ بِالأَحْرَى بِرَجُلَيْنِ بَاغِيَيْنِ يَقْتُلانِ رَجُلاً بَرِيئاً فِي بَيْتِهِ وَعَلَى سَرِيرِهِ؟ أَلا أُطَالِبُ الآنَ بِدَمِهِ مِنْ أَيْدِيكُمَا وَأَسْتَأْصِلُكُمَا مِنَ الأَرْضِ؟»

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?"

١٢ 12 وَأَمَرَ دَاوُدُ رِجَالَهُ فَقَتَلُوهُمَا وَقَطَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمَا وَأَرْجُلَهُمَا، وَعَلَّقُوا جُثَّتَيْهِمَا عَلَى الْبِرْكَةِ فِي حَبْرُونَ. وَأَمَّا رَأْسُ إِيشْبُوشَثَ فَأَخَذُوهُ وَوَارَوْهُ فِي قَبْرِ أَبْنَيْرَ فِي حَبْرُونَ.

David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbaal, and buried it in the grave of Abner son of Ner.