2 Samuel 4
1 Der Sauls Søn hørte, at Abner var død i Hebron, da sank hans Hænder, og al Israel forfærdedes.
When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
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.
Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is considered a part of Benjamin;
3 Og Beerothiterne vare flygtede til Gitthajim og vare der som fremmede indtil denne Dag.
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until today).
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.
Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
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.
The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth as he took his rest 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.
They came there into the middle of the house as though they would have fetched wheat, and they struck him in the body; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
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.
Now when they came into the house as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
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.
They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! The LORD has avenged my lord the king today of Saul and of his offspring.”
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,
David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
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;
when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he brought good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.
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?
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?”
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.
David commanded his young men, and they killed them, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner’s grave in Hebron.
