2 Samuel 4
1 Der Sauls Søn hørte, at Abner var død i Hebron, da sank hans Hænder, og al Israel forfærdedes.
And Jebosthe the son of Saul heard that Abenner the son of Ner had died in Chebron; and his hands were paralysed, and all the men of Israel grew faint.
2 Og Sauls Søn havde to Mænd, som vare Høvedsmænd for Tropperne, den enes Navn var Baena og den andens Navn Rekab, Beerothiteren Rimmons Sønner, af Benjamins Børn; thi Beeroth blev ogsaa regnet iblandt Benjamin.
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.
3 Og Beerothiterne vare flygtede til Gitthajim og vare der som fremmede indtil denne Dag.
And the Berothites ran away to Gethaim, and were sojourners there until this day.
4 Og Jonathan, Sauls Søn, havde en Søn, som var lam paa begge Ben; han var fem Aar gammel, da Rygtet om Saul og Jonathan kom fra Jisreel, og hans Fostermoder tog ham og flyede, og det skete, der hun hastede med at fly, da faldt han og blev lam, og hans Navn var Mefiboseth.
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.
5 Saa gik Beerothiteren Rimmons Sønner, Rekab og Baena, og kom, der Dagen var hed, til Isboseths Hus; men han laa paa Sengen om Middagen.
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.
6 Og de kom ind i Huset, som om de vilde hente Hvede, og stak ham i Underlivet, og Rekab og Baena, hans Broder, undkom.
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:
7 Thi de vare komne i Huset, der han laa paa sin Seng i sit Sovekammer, og de sloge ham og dræbte ham og borttoge hans Hoved, og de toge hans Hoved og gik bort ad Vejen over den slette Mark den ganske Nat.
And Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they strike him, and kill him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road.
8 Og de førte Isboseths Hoved til David i Hebron, og de sagde til Kongen: Se, her er Hovedet af Isboseth, en Søn af din Fjende Saul, som søgte efter dit Liv; saa har Herren paa denne Dag givet min Herre, Kongen, Hævn over Saul og over hans Sæd.
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 your enemy, who sought your life; and the Lord has executed for my lord the king vengeance on his enemies, as [it is] this day: even on Saul your enemy, and on his seed.
9 Da svarede David Rekab og hans Broder Baena, Beerothiteren Rimmons Sønner, og sagde til dem: Saa vist som Herren lever, som har forløst min Sjæl af al Angest,
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;
10 da en forkyndte mig og sagde: Se, Saul er død, og han var i sine egne Øjne som den, der bringer et godt Budskab, da greb jeg ham og ihjelslog ham i Ziklag, ham, som jeg skulde have givet Løn for hans Budskab;
he that reported to me that Saul was dead, even he was as one bringing glad tidings before me: but I seized him and killed him in Sekelac, to whom I ought, [as he thought], to have given a reward for his tidings.
11 meget mere disse ugudelige Mænd, som have ihjelslaget en retfærdig Mand i hans Hus paa hans Seng; og nu, skulde jeg ikke udkræve hans Blod af eders Haand og udrydde eder af Jorden?
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.
12 Og David bød de unge Karle, og de sloge dem ihjel og afhuggede deres Hænder og deres Fødder og hængte dem over Fiskedammen i Hebron, men de toge Isboseths Hoved og begrove det i Abners Grav i Hebron.
And David commanded his young men, and they kill 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.
