< 2 Samuel 9 >
1 And David says, “Is there yet any left of the house of Saul, and I do with him kindness because of Jonathan?”
Jednoga dana upita David: “Ima li još koji preživjeli od Šaulove kuće da mu učinim milost zbog Jonatana?”
2 And the house of Saul has a servant, and his name [is] Ziba, and they call for him to David; and the king says to him, “Are you Ziba?” And he says, “Your servant.”
A bijaše u Šaulovoj kući sluga po imenu Siba: njega dozvaše pred Davida i kralj ga zapita: “Jesi li ti Siba?” A on odgovori: “Jesam, tvoj sluga!”
3 And the king says, “Is there not yet a man of the house of Saul, and I do with him the kindness of God?” And Ziba says to the king, “Jonathan has yet a son—lame.”
A kralj nastavi: “Zar nema više nikoga od Šaulove kuće da mu iskažem milost kao što je Božja milost?” A Siba odgovori kralju: “Ima još Jonatanov sin koji je hrom na obje noge.”
4 And the king says to him, “Where [is] he?” And Ziba says to the king, “Behold, he [is] in the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, in Behold-Debar.”
Kralj ga upita: “Gdje je on?” A Siba odgovori kralju: “Eno ga u kući Makira, sina Amielova, u Lo Debaru.”
5 And King David sends, and takes him out of the house of Machir son of Ammiel, of Behold-Debar,
Tada kralj David posla po njega u kuću Makira, sina Amielova, iz Lo Debara.
6 and Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, comes to David, and falls on his face, and pays respect, and David says, “Mephibosheth”; and he says, “Behold, your servant.”
Kad je Meribaal, sin Jonatana, sina Šaulova, došao k Davidu, pade ničice i pokloni se. A David reče: “Meribaale!” On odgovori: “Evo tvoga sluge!”
7 And David says to him, “Do not be afraid; for I certainly do with you kindness because of your father Jonathan, and have given back to you all the field of your father Saul, and you continually eat bread at my table.”
A David mu reče: “Ne boj se jer ti želim iskazati milost zbog tvoga oca Jonatana. Vratit ću ti sva polja tvoga djeda Šaula, a ti ćeš svagda jesti kruh za mojim stolom.”
8 And he bows himself and says, “What [is] your servant, that you have turned to the dead dog—such as I?”
Meribaal se pokloni i reče: “Što je tvoj sluga te iskazuješ milost mrtvome psu kao što sam ja?”
9 And the king calls to Ziba servant of Saul and says to him, “All that was of Saul and of all his house, I have given to the son of your lord,
Potom kralj dozva Sibu, Šaulova slugu, i reče mu: “Sve što je pripadalo Šaulu i njegovoj kući, sve to dajem sinu tvoga gospodara.
10 and you have served the land for him, you and your sons, and your servants, and have brought in, and there has been bread for the son of your lord, and he has eaten it; and Mephibosheth, son of your lord, continually eats bread at my table”; and Ziba has fifteen sons and twenty servants.
Ti ćeš mu sa svojim sinovima i sa svojim slugama obrađivati zemlju, od nje ćeš skupljati žetvu da obitelj tvoga gospodara ima kruha; a Meribaal, sin tvoga gospodara, jest će svagda za mojim stolom.” A Siba imaše petnaest sinova i dvadeset slugu.
11 And Ziba says to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant does.” “As for Mephibosheth,” [says the king, ] “he is eating at my table as one of the sons of the king.”
Siba odgovori kralju: “Tvoj će sluga učiniti sve što je moj gospodar i kralj zapovjedio svome sluzi.” Meribaal je, dakle, jeo za Davidovim stolom kao jedan između kraljevih sinova.
12 And Mephibosheth has a young son, and his name [is] Micha, and everyone dwelling in the house of Ziba [are] servants to Mephibosheth.
Meribaal je imao maloga sina po imenu Mika. A svi koji su živjeli u Sibinoj kući bijahu u službi Meribaala.
13 And Mephibosheth is dwelling in Jerusalem, for he is continually eating at the table of the king, and he [is] lame [in] his two feet.
A Meribaal je boravio u Jeruzalemu, jer je uvijek jeo za kraljevim stolom. Bio je hrom na obje noge.