2 Samuel 4

1 When Saul’s son Ishbosheth heard that Abner had been killed at Hebron, [he realized that he might also be killed]. He became discouraged, and all the Israeli people (trembled/became afraid).

وقتی ایشبوشت پادشاه شنید که ابنیر در حبرون کشته شده است، هراسان گشت و تمام قومش نیز مضطرب شدند.

2 Ishbosheth had two officers who were leaders of groups that raided other villages. [They were brothers; ] their names were Baanah and Rechab, sons of Rimmon from Beeroth [town] in the tribe of Benjamin. Beeroth is in the area that had [been assigned to] the tribe of Benjamin.

ایشبوشت دو فرمانده سپاه داشت به نامهای بعنه و ریکاب. آنها پسران رمون بئیروتی از قبیلهٔ بنیامین بودند. (با اینکه اهالی بئیروت به جتایم فرار کرده و در آنجا ساکن شده بودند، ولی باز جزو قبیلهٔ بنیامین محسوب می‌شدند.)

3 But the people of Beeroth had fled to Gittaim [town], and they still live there.

4 Saul’s son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth. When Mephibosheth was five years old, Saul and Jonathan died in the battle. When people brought that news from Jezreel, Mephibosheth’s nursemaid picked him up and ran away. She ran very fast, with the result that she dropped him, and his legs became crippled.

(در ضمن، شائول نوهٔ لنگی داشت به نام مفیبوشت که پسر یوناتان بود. هنگامی که شائول و یوناتان در جنگ یزرعیل کشته شدند، مفیبوشت پنج ساله بود. وقتی خبر مرگ شائول و یوناتان به پایتخت رسید، دایهٔ مفیبوشت، او را برداشت و فرار کرد. ولی هنگام فرار به زمین خورد و بچه از دستش افتاد و پایش لنگ شد.)

5 One day, Rechab and Baanah left [their home] to go to Ishbosheth’s house. They arrived there about noontime, when Ishbosheth was taking his midday nap.

یک روز ظهر، موقعی که ایشبوشت پادشاه خوابیده بود، ریکاب و بعنه وارد خانهٔ او شدند.

6 The woman who was the doorkeeper was sifting wheat. While doing that, she became sleepy, and fell asleep. So Rechab and his brother Baanah were able to creep in quietly.

آنها به بهانهٔ گرفتن یک کیسه گندم به کاخ او آمدند و مخفیانه به اتاق پادشاه رفتند. سپس او را کشته، سرش را از تنش جدا کردند و آن را با خود برداشته، از راه بیابان گریختند. آنها تمام شب در راه بودند

7 They entered Ishbosheth’s bedroom, where he was sleeping. They killed him [with their swords] and cut off his head. They carried his head and walked all night through the Jordan [River] Valley.

8 They took the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron. They said to him, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul, who tried to kill you. Your majesty, today Yahweh has allowed you to get revenge on Saul and his descendants!”

تا به حبرون رسیدند. ریکاب و بعنه سر بریده شدهٔ ایشبوشت را به داوود تقدیم کرده، گفتند: «این سر ایشبوشت، پسر دشمنت شائول است که می‌خواست تو را بکشد. امروز خداوند انتقام تو را از شائول و تمام خاندان او گرفته است!»

9 But David replied to them, “Yahweh is the one who has rescued me from all my troubles. And just as surely as Yahweh lives, what I am now saying is also true.

اما داوود جواب داد: «به خداوند زنده که مرا از دست دشمنانم نجات داد، قسم

10 When a messenger came to Ziklag and told me ‘Saul is dead!’ and he thought that the news that he was bringing to me was good news, I seized him and [commanded one of my soldiers to] kill him. That was the reward I gave to him for his news!

که من آن شخصی را که خبر کشته شدن شائول را به صقلغ آورد و گمان می‌کرد که مژده می‌آورد، کشتم. آن مژدگانی‌ای بود که به او دادم.

11 So because you two evil men murdered a man who is (innocent/has done nothing wrong) when he was sleeping on his bed in his own house, I will do something worse to you. I will surely [RHQ] get revenge on you two for murdering [MTY] him, and (wipe you/cause you to disappear) from the earth!”

حال، آیا سزای مردان شروری که شخص بی‌گناهی را در خانهٔ خود و در رختخوابش به قتل رسانده‌اند، کمتر از این باید باشد؟ بدانید که شما را نیز خواهم کشت.»

12 Then, following David’s orders, his soldiers killed the two men, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hung their bodies (OR, their hands and feet) [on a pole] near the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it [respectfully] in the tomb of Abner, there at Hebron.

بعد داوود به افرادش دستور داد که هر دو را بکشند. پس آنها را کشتند و دستها و پاهایشان را بریده، بدنهایشان را در کنار برکهٔ حبرون به دار آویختند؛ اما سر ایشبوشت را گرفته، در قبر ابنیر در حبرون دفن کردند.