Βασιλειῶν Βʹ 4
1 Και ότε ήκουσεν ο υιός του Σαούλ ότι ο Αβενήρ απέθανεν εν Χεβρών, αι χείρες αυτού ενεκρώθησαν, και πάντες οι Ισραηλίται συνεταράχθησαν.
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).
2 Είχε δε ο υιός του Σαούλ δύο άνδρας, οίτινες ήσαν οπλαργηγοί, το όνομα του ενός Βαανά, και το όνομα του άλλου Ρηχάβ, υιοί Ριμμών του Βηρωθαίου, εκ των υιών Βενιαμίν· διότι και η Βηρώθ ελογίζετο του Βενιαμίν·
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.
3 οι δε Βηρωθαίοι είχον φύγει εις Γιτθαΐμ και ήσαν εκεί παροικούντες έως της ημέρας ταύτης.
But the people of Beeroth had fled to Gittaim [town], and they still live there.
4 Ιωνάθαν δε, ο υιός του Σαούλ, είχεν υιόν βεβλαμμένον τους πόδας. Ήτο ηλικίας πέντε ετών ότε ήλθον αι αγγελίαι εξ Ιεζραήλ περί του Σαούλ και Ιωνάθαν, και εσήκωσεν αυτόν τροφός αυτού και έφυγεν· ενώ δε έσπευδε να φύγη, έπεσεν αυτός και εχωλώθη· το δε όνομα αυτού Μεμφιβοσθέ.
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.
5 Και υπήγαν οι υιοί Ριμμών του Βηρωθαίου, Ρηχάβ και Βαανά, και εις το καύμα της ημέρας εισήλθον εις την οικίαν του Ις-βοσθέ όστις εκοίτετο επί κλίνης το μεσημέριον·
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.
6 και εισήλθον εκεί έως του μέσου της οικίας, ως διά να λάβωσι σίτον· και εκτύπησαν αυτόν υπό την πέμπτην πλευράν· και ο Ρηχάβ και Βαανά ο αδελφός αυτού διεσώθησαν.
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.
7 Διότι ότε εισήλθον εις την οικίαν, εκείνος εκοίτετο επί της κλίνης αυτού εντός του κοιτώνος αυτού· και εκτύπησαν αυτόν και εθανάτωσαν αυτόν και απέκοψαν την κεφαλήν αυτού, και λαβόντες την κεφαλήν αυτού, ανεχώρησαν οδοιπορούντες διά της πεδιάδος όλην την νύκτα.
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 Και έφερον την κεφαλήν του Ις-βοσθέ προς τον Δαβίδ εις Χεβρών και είπον προς τον βασιλέα, Ιδού, η κεφαλή του Ις-βοσθέ, υιού του Σαούλ του εχθρού σου, όστις εζήτει την ζωήν σου· και ο Κύριος έδωκεν εκδίκησιν εις τον κύριόν μου τον βασιλέα την ημέραν ταύτην, από του Σαούλ και από του σπέρματος αυτού.
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!”
9 Απεκρίθη δε ο Δαβίδ προς τον Ρηχάβ και προς Βαανά τον αδελφόν αυτού, τους υιούς Ριμμών του Βηρωθαίου, και είπε προς αυτούς, Ζη Κύριος, όστις ελύτρωσε την ψυχήν μου από πάσης στενοχωρίας·
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.
10 εκείνον, όστις απήγγειλε προς εμέ, λέγων, Ιδού, απέθανεν ο Σαούλ, και εστοχάζετο εαυτόν μηνυτήν αγαθής αγγελίας, επίασα αυτόν και εθανάτωσα αυτόν εν Σικλάγ, αντί να βραβεύσω αυτόν διά την αγγελίαν αυτού·
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!
11 και πόσω μάλλον ανθρώπους πονηρούς, φονεύσαντας άνδρα δίκαιον εν τη οικία αυτού επί της κλίνης αυτού; τώρα λοιπόν δεν θέλω εκζητήσει το αίμα αυτού εκ των χειρών σας και δεν θέλω σας εξολοθρεύσει από της γης;
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!”
12 Και προσέταξεν ο Δαβίδ τους νέους, και εθανάτωσαν αυτούς και έκοψαν τας χείρας αυτών και τους πόδας αυτών και εκρέμασαν αυτά επί το υδροστάσιον εν Χεβρών· την δε κεφαλήν του Ις-βοσθέ έλαβον, και έθαψαν εν τω τάφω του Αβενήρ εν Χεβρών.
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.
