2 Samyèl 4

1 Alò, lè Isch-Boscheth, fis a Saül la, te tande ke Abner te mouri Hébron, li te pèdi kouraj e tout Israël te twouble.

And when Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

2 Fis a Saül la te gen de mesye ki te kòmandan a bann sòlda yo. Non a youn se te Baana e lòt la te Récab, fis a Rimmon Beéroth yo, ki apatyen a fis Benjamin yo (paske Beéroth te konsidere kòm yon pati nan Benjamin.

And Saul's son had two men who were captains of bands. The name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin, for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin.

3 Tout Beyewotyen yo te sove ale pou rive Guitthaïm e te rete la kòm etranje jis rive jodi a).

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day.

4 Alò, Jonathan, fis a Saül la, te gen yon fis ki te kokobe nan pye li. Li te konsa akoz lè li te gen laj a senk ane lè rapò a Saül avèk Jonathan te rive soti Jizréel, fanm nouris li an te pran fis la pou te sove ale. Epi nan kouri sòti, li te tonbe e te vin kokobe. Non li se te Méphiboscheth.

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled. And it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

5 Konsa fis a Rimmon yo, Beyewotyen an, Récab, avèk Banna te pati pou te rive lakay Isch-Boscheth nan chalè lajounen an pandan li t ap pran repo midi a.

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

6 Yo te rive nan mitan kay la kòmsi yo t ap pran ble e yo te frape li nan vant. Epi Récab avèk Banna, frè li yo te chape ale.

And they came there into the midst of the house as though they would have fetched wheat, and they smote him in the body. And Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

7 Alò, lè yo te vin rive anndan kay la, pandan li te kouche sou kabann li nan chanm a dòmi li an, yo te frape li e te touye li. Yo te koupe tèt li e yo te vwayaje ak li nan chemen Araba a tout nwit lan.

Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

8 Konsa, yo te mennen tèt a Isch-Boscheth kote David nan Hébron e yo te di a wa a: “Men gade, tèt a Isch-Boscheth, fis a Saül la, lènmi pa w la, ki te chache lavi ou a. Konsa, nan jou sa a, SENYÈ a te bay mèt mwen an, wa a, vanjans sou Saül avèk desandan li yo.”

And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life. And Jehovah has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

9 David te reponn Récab avèk Banna, frè li, fis a Rimmon yo, Beyewotyen an, e te di yo: “Jan SENYÈ a viv la, ki te peye racha lavi m soti nan tout twoub yo,

And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

10 lè yon moun te pale m e te di: ‘Gade, Saül mouri’ e te panse ke se bòn nouvèl ke li te pote, mwen te sezi li e te touye li Tsiklag, kòm rekonpans pou nouvèl la.

when he who told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

11 Alò, konbyen anplis, lè moun mechan yo vin touye yon nonm ladwati nan pwòp kay li sou kabann li! Èske se pa ke m ta oblije mande san li nan men nou e rache nou sou fas tè a?”

How much more, when evil men have slain a righteous man in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

12 Alò, David te pase lòd sou jennonm yo. Yo te touye yo, yo te koupe men yo avèk pye yo, e te pann yo akote sous Hébron an. Men yo te pran tèt a Isch Boscheth e yo te antere li nan tonm Abner a nan Hébron.

And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.