2 Samuel 4

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

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

2 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.

٢ 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،

3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

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

4 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.

٤ 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.

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

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

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

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

7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they stroke him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and got them away through the plain all night.

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

8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul your enemy, which sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

٨ 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».

9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

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

10 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:

١٠ 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،

11 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?

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

12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

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