< 2 Samuel 4 >
1 And he heard [the] son of Saul that he had died Abner in Hebron and they dropped hands his and all Israel they were terrified.
Cuando el hijo de Saúl supo que Abner había sido muerto en Hebrón, se le cayeron las manos y todo Israel quedó consternado.
2 And two men commanders of marauding bands they were [the] son of Saul [the] name of the one [was] Baanah and [the] name of the second [was] Rechab [the] sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from [the] descendants of Benjamin for also Beeroth it is reckoned to Benjamin.
Tenía el hijo de Saúl dos hombres, capitanes de tropas guerrilleras, de los cuales uno se llamaba Baaná, y el otro Recab, hijos de Rimón beerotita, de los hijos de Benjamín pues Beerot se cuenta también entre (las ciudades) de Benjamín,
3 And they fled the Beerothites Gittaim towards and they have been there sojourners until the day this.
aunque los beerotitas habían huido a Gitaim, quedándose allí como forasteros hasta el día de hoy.
4 And [belonged] to Jonathan [the] son of Saul a son stricken of feet a son of five years he was when came [the] report of Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel and she lifted him nurse his and she fled and it was when hurried she to flee and he fell and he became lame and name his [was] Mephibosheth.
Jonatán, hijo de Saúl, tenía un hijo tullido de los pies. Tenía este cinco años cuando vino de Jesreel la noticia (de la muerte) de Saúl y de Jonatán. Lo tomó su nodriza y echó a huir, pero en la precipitación de la fuga cayó él y quedó cojo. Se llamaba Mefibóset.
5 And they went [the] sons of Rimmon the Beerothite Rechab and Baanah and they came when [the] heat of the day to [the] house of Ish-bosheth and he [was] lying [the] lying of noon.
Fueron, pues, los hijos de Rimón beerotita, Recab y Baaná, y a la hora del calor del día entraron en casa de Isbóset, el cual estaba durmiendo la siesta del mediodía.
6 And they [fem] they came to [the] middle of the house taking wheat and they struck him to the belly and Rechab and Baanah brother his they escaped.
Penetraron en el interior de la casa como para buscar trigo, y le hirieron en la ingle. Después huyeron Recab y su hermano Baaná.
7 And they came the house and he [was] lying on bed his in [the] chamber of lying down his and they struck him and they killed him and they removed head his and they took head his and they went [the] way of the Arabah all the night.
Habían entrado en la casa, donde le encontraron tendido sobre su cama, en su cámara de dormir. Allí lo hirieron de muerte, y después de cortarle la cabeza marcharon toda la noche por el camino del Arabá. CASTIGO DE LOS ASESINOS
8 And they brought [the] head of Ish-bosheth to David Hebron and they said to the king here! [the] head of Ish-bosheth [the] son of Saul enemy your who he sought life your and he has given Yahweh to lord my the king vengeance the day this from Saul and from offspring his.
Trajeron la cabeza de Isbóset a David, a Hebrón, y dijeron al rey: “Aquí tienes la cabeza de Isbóset, hijo de Saúl, tu enemigo, que atentaba contra tu vida. Yahvé ha vengado hoy a mi señor, el rey, de Saúl y de su linaje.”
9 And he answered David Rechab - and Baanah brother his [the] sons of Rimmon the Beerothite and he said to them [by] [the] life of Yahweh who he has ransomed life my from every trouble.
Respondió David a Recab y a Baaná su hermano, hijos de Rimón beerotita, y les dijo: “¡Vive Yahvé, que ha librado mi vida de todo peligro!
10 If the [one who] told to me saying here! he has died Saul and he he was like a bearer of news in own eyes his and I took hold! on him and I killed him in Ziklag that to give I to him good news.
Al que me avisó, diciendo: “He aquí, ha muerto Saúl”, creyéndose portador de una buena nueva, le hice prender y matar en Siceleg, en vez de darle albricias por la noticia.
11 Indeed? if men wicked they have killed a man righteous in own house his on own bed his and therefore ¿ not will I require blood his from hand your and I will remove you from the earth.
¡Cuánto más ahora, que unos hombres malvados han muerto a un hombre justo en su casa, sobre su cama!, ¿no he de demandar su sangre de vuestras manos y borraros de la tierra?
12 And he commanded David the young men and they killed them and they cut off hands their and feet their and they hanged [them] at the pool in Hebron and [the] head of Ish-bosheth they took and they buried [it] in [the] tomb of Abner at Hebron.
Mandó, pues, David a sus criados, los cuales los mataron; y cortándoles las manos y los pies, los colgaron junto al estanque de Hebrón. Después tomaron la cabeza de Isbóset y la sepultaron en el sepulcro de Abner en Hebrón.