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.
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.
Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is considered a part of 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 lived as foreigners there until today).
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 about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. 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.
The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth 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.
They came there into the middle of the house as though they would have fetched wheat, and they struck 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 bedroom, they struck him, killed him, 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.”
They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! The LORD has avenged my lord the king today of Saul and of his offspring.”
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,
David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the LORD 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 someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he brought good news, I seized 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 wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?”
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.
David commanded his young men, and they killed them, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner’s grave in Hebron.
