2 Samuel 4

1 Now when Ishbaal, Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was troubled.

١ وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱبْنُ شَاوُلَ أَنَّ أَبْنَيْرَ قَدْ مَاتَ فِي حَبْرُونَ، ٱرْتَخَتْ يَدَاهُ، وَٱرْتَاعَ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

2 And Ishbaal, Saul's son, had two men who were captains of bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the people of Benjamin (for Beeroth was regarded as belonging to the people of Benjamin;

٢ وَكَانَ لِٱبْنِ شَاوُلَ رَجُلَانِ رَئِيسَا غُزَاةٍ، ٱسْمُ ٱلْوَاحِدِ بَعْنَةُ وَٱسْمُ ٱلْآخَرِ رَكَابُ، ٱبْنَا رِمُّونَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ مِنْ بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ، لِأَنَّ بَئِيرُوتَ حُسِبَتْ لِبَنْيَامِينَ.

3 and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).

٣ وَهَرَبَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيُّونَ إِلَى جَتَّايِمَ وَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

4 Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened as she was hurrying to get away that he fell and was injured. And his name was Mippibaal.

٤ وَكَانَ لِيُونَاثَانَ بْنِ شَاوُلَ ٱبْنٌ مَضْرُوبُ ٱلرِّجْلَيْنِ، كَانَ ٱبْنَ خَمْسِ سِنِينٍ عِنْدَ مَجِيءِ خَبَرِ شَاوُلَ وَيُونَاثَانَ مِنْ يَزْرَعِيلَ، فَحَمَلَتْهُ مُرَبِّيَتُهُ وَهَرَبَتْ. وَلَمَّا كَانَتْ مُسْرِعَةً لِتَهْرُبَ وَقَعَ وَصَارَ أَعْرَجَ. وَٱسْمُهُ مَفِيبُوشَثُ.

5 The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbaal, as he took his rest at noon.

٥ وَسَارَ ٱبْنَا رِمُّونَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ، رَكَابُ وَبَعْنَةُ، وَدَخَلَا عِنْدَ حَرِّ ٱلنَّهَارِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيشْبُوشَثَ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ نَوْمَةَ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ.

6 And look, the doorkeeper of the house had been sifting wheat, and she became drowsy and fell asleep. And Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped by.

٦ فَدَخَلَا إِلَى وَسَطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ لِيَأْخُذَا حِنْطَةً، وَضَرَبَاهُ فِي بَطْنِهِ. ثُمَّ أَفْلَتَ رَكَابُ وَبَعْنَةُ أَخُوهُ.

7 And they went into the house where he was lying on his bed in his bedchamber. And they struck him and killed him, and beheaded him. And they took his head and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

٧ فَعِنْدَ دُخُولِهِمَا ٱلْبَيْتَ كَانَ هُوَ مُضْطَجِعًا عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ فِي مِخْدَعِ نَوْمِهِ، فَضَرَبَاهُ وَقَتَلَاهُ وَقَطَعَا رَأْسَهُ، وَأَخَذَا رَأْسَهُ وَسَارَا فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْعَرَبَةِ ٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ.

8 They brought the head of Ishbaal to David at Hebron, and said to the king, "Look, the head of Ishbaal, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. The LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and his descendants."

٨ وَأَتَيَا بِرَأْسِ إِيشْبُوشَثَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ إِلَى حَبْرُونَ، وَقَالَا لِلْمَلِكِ: «هُوَذَا رَأْسُ إِيشْبُوشَثَ بْنِ شَاوُلَ عَدُوِّكَ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ يَطْلُبُ نَفْسَكَ. وَقَدْ أَعْطَى ٱلرَّبُّ لِسَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱنْتِقَامًا فِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ مِنْ شَاوُلَ وَمِنْ نَسْلِهِ».

9 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,

٩ فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ رَكَابَ وَبَعْنَةَ أَخَاهُ، ٱبْنَيْ رِمُّونَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ، وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي فَدَى نَفْسِي مِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ،

10 when someone told me, 'Look, Saul is dead,' thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

١٠ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِي أَخْبَرَنِي قَائِلًا: هُوَذَا قَدْ مَاتَ شَاوُلُ، وَكَانَ فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ كَمُبَشِّرٍ، قَبَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَتَلْتُهُ فِي صِقْلَغَ. ذَلِكَ أَعْطَيْتُهُ بِشَارَةً.

11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?"

١١ فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ إِذَا كَانَ رَجُلَانِ بَاغِيَانِ يَقْتُلَانِ رَجُلًا صِدِّيقًا فِي بَيْتِهِ، عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ؟ فَٱلْآنَ أَمَا أَطْلُبُ دَمَهُ مِنْ أَيْدِيكُمَا، وَأَنْزِعُكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟»

12 David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbaal, and buried it in the grave of Abner son of Ner.

١٢ وَأَمَرَ دَاوُدُ ٱلْغِلْمَانَ فَقَتَلُوهُمَا، وَقَطَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمَا وَأَرْجُلَهُمَا، وَعَلَّقُوهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْبِرْكَةِ فِي حَبْرُونَ. وَأَمَّا رَأْسُ إِيشْبُوشَثَ فَأَخَذُوهُ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبْرِ أَبْنَيْرَ فِي حَبْرُونَ.