2 Samuel 4
1 Lorsque le fils de Saül apprit qu'Abner était mort à Hébron, ses mains furent sans force, et tout Israël fut dans la consternation.
And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
2 Le fils de Saül avait deux chefs de bandes, dont l'un s'appelait Baana, et l'autre Réchab, tous deux fils de Remmon de Béroth, d'entre les fils de Benjamin. Car Béroth est aussi comptée comme faisant partie de Benjamin,
And Saul's son had two men, captains of bands, one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the tribe of Benjamin; (for Beeroth was at one time taken to be part of Benjamin:
3 et les Bérothites s'étaient enfuis à Géthaïm, et ils y ont habité jusqu'à ce jour.
But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)
4 Jonathas, fils de Saül, avait un fils perclus des deux pieds. Cet enfant était âgé de cinq ans lorsque la nouvelle de la mort de Saül et de Jonathas arriva de Jezraël; sa nourrice l'avait pris et s'était enfuie, et, dans la précipitation de sa fuite, il était tombé et devenu boiteux; il s'appelait Miphiboseth.
Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as quickly as she was able, he had a fall and his feet were damaged. His name was Mephibosheth.
5 Or les fils de Remmon de Béroth, Réchab et Baana, vinrent et entrèrent pendant la chaleur du jour dans la maison d'Isboseth, qui était couché pour le repos de midi.
And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.
6 Ayant pénétré jusqu'au milieu de la maison pour prendre du blé, ils le frappèrent au ventre. Et Réchab, et Baana, son frère, se glissèrent à la dérobée.
And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.
7 Quand ils entrèrent dans la maison, Isboseth reposait sur son lit, dans sa chambre à coucher; ils le frappèrent à mort et, lui ayant coupé la tête, ils la prirent, et marchèrent toute la nuit au travers de la Plaine.
And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.
8 Ils apportèrent la tête d'Isboseth à David, à Hébron, et ils dirent au roi: « Voici la tête d'Isboseth, fils de Saül, ton ennemi, qui en voulait à ta vie. Yahweh a accordé aujourd'hui au roi, mon seigneur, la vengeance sur Saül et sur sa race. »
And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his seed today.
9 David répondit à Réchab et à Baana, son frère, fils de Remmon de Béroth, et leur dit: « Yahweh, qui m'a délivré de tout péril, est vivant!
And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,
10 Celui qui est venu me dire cette nouvelle: Voici que Saül est mort, celui-là était à ses propres yeux porteur d'une bonne nouvelle; mais je l'ai fait saisir et mettre à mort à Siceleg, pour lui donner le salaire de son bon message;
When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:
11 combien plus, quand de méchants hommes ont assassiné un homme innocent dans sa maison, sur sa couche, dois-je redemander son sang de vos mains et vous exterminer de la terre? »
How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?
12 Et David ordonna aux jeunes gens de les tuer; ils leurs coupèrent les mains et les pieds et les pendirent au bord de l'étang d'Hébron. Puis, ayant pris la tête d'Isboseth, ils l'enterrèrent dans le tombeau d'Abner à Hébron.
And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.
