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).
Cuando el hijo de Saúl supo que Abner había sido muerto en Hebrón, se le cayeron las manos y todo Israel quedó consternado.
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.
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 But the people of Beeroth had fled to Gittaim [town], and they still live there.
aunque los beerotitas habían huido a Gitaim, quedándose allí como forasteros hasta el día de hoy.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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!”
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 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.
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 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!
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 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!”
¡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 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.
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.
