< Kings II 4 >
1 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.
撒烏耳的兒子依市巴耳,一聽見阿貝乃爾死在赫貝龍,就慌了手腳,全以色列大驚。
2 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.
撒烏耳的兒子依市巴耳有兩個土匪頭目:一個名叫巴阿納,一個名叫勒加布,是本雅明子孫貝洛特人黎孟的兒子,──貝洛特被認為是本雅明族,
3 And the Berothites ran away to Gethaim, and were sojourners there until this day.
因為貝洛特人逃到了基塔殷,僑居在那裏,直到今日。
4 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.
撒烏耳的兒子約納堂有個兒子雙足跛了,當撒烏耳與約納堂的凶信由依次勒耳傳來時,他只有五歲,他的乳母帶他逃跑,在慌張逃跑中,他跌瘸了腿;他名叫默黎巴耳。
5 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.
貝洛特人黎孟的兒子勒加布和巴阿納出去,正當中午炎熱的時候,到了依市巴耳家裏,他正在床上睡午覺。
6 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:
看門的女僕在篩麥子,也打盹睡著了。此時勒加布和他兄弟巴阿納溜進去,
7 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.
到了屋內,見依市巴耳正睡在臥室的床上,便將他打死,砍下他的頭,帶著頭,在阿辣巴的大路上走了一夜。
8 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.
他們帶著依市巴耳的頭,到了赫貝龍見達味王說:「大王的仇人撒烏耳常謀害你的性命;看,他兒子依市巴耳的頭;上主今天為我主向撒烏耳和他的後代報了仇。」
9 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;
但是,達味答覆貝洛特人黎孟的兒子勒加布和他兄弟巴阿納說:「我指著那救我脫離了一切患難的永生上主起誓:
10 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.
那告訴我說:撒烏耳死了的,自以為是報喜信,我卻拿住他,在漆刻拉格殺了,作為他報信的賞報;
11 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.
那麼,現在這些匪徒,偷進人屋,殺了睡在床上的義人,我豈不更該從你們手中追討他的血債,將你們由地上剷除﹖」
12 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.
達味遂命自己的僮僕,殺了他們,砍去他們的手足,掛在赫貝龍的池旁;至於依市巴耳的頭,叫人拿去葬在赫貝龍,阿貝乃爾的墳墓內。