2 Samuel 4
1 Keturunan Saul yang lain ialah Mefiboset, putra Yonatan. Dia pincang sejak berumur lima tahun, yaitu ketika Saul dan Yonatan meninggal. Sebab pada saat kabar tentang kematian mereka datang dari kota Yizreel, inang pengasuh Mefiboset menggendongnya lalu lari; tetapi karena wanita itu sangat terburu-buru, anak itu jatuh sehingga menjadi pincang. Ketika Isyboset putra Saul mendengar bahwa Abner telah dibunuh di Hebron, hilanglah semangatnya, dan seluruh bangsa Israel menjadi gentar. Isyboset mempunyai dua orang perwira yang menjadi kepala pasukan penyerbu; yang seorang bernama Baana, yang seorang lagi bernama Rekhab. Mereka anak Rimon, dari Beerot dari suku Benyamin. (Beerot terhitung daerah Benyamin. Penduduk aslinya sudah melarikan diri ke Gitaim dan tinggal di sana semenjak itu.)
Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
5 Kedua orang perwira itu, yaitu Rekhab dan Baana berangkat ke rumah Isyboset dan tiba di situ pada waktu tengah hari, ketika Isyboset sedang istirahat siang.
Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.
6 Wanita penjaga rumah mengantuk ketika sedang membersihkan gandum, lalu tertidur. Karena itu Rekhab dan Baana dapat menyelinap masuk.
They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
7 Mereka terus masuk ke kamar tidur di mana Isyboset sedang tidur nyenyak, lalu menikam dia sampai mati. Mereka memenggal kepalanya dan membawanya pergi. Semalam suntuk mereka berjalan melalui Lembah Yordan.
They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
8 Kemudian mereka menyerahkan kepala Isyboset itu kepada Daud di Hebron sambil berkata, "Inilah kepala Isyboset putra Saul, musuh Baginda yang berusaha hendak membunuh Baginda. Hari ini TUHAN telah membalas perbuatan Saul dan keturunannya bagi Baginda."
They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
9 Tetapi Daud menjawab, "TUHAN yang hidup, yang telah menyelamatkan aku dari segala bahaya, tahu bahwa yang akan kukatakan ini benar.
But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
10 Ketika di Ziklag ada orang yang memberitahukan kepadaku tentang wafatnya Saul, dikiranya bahwa dia membawa kabar baik. Tetapi dia telah kutangkap dan kubunuh. Itulah upah yang kuberikan kepadanya sebagai imbalan atas kabar yang dibawanya itu.
when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
11 Betapa lebih berat lagi hukuman yang akan kujatuhkan kepada penjahat yang telah membunuh orang yang tidak bersalah dan sedang tidur di rumahnya sendiri! Sekarang aku menuntut pembalasan kepadamu atas pembunuhan itu, serta melenyapkan kamu dari muka bumi ini!"
How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
12 Setelah itu Daud memerintahkan kepada anak buahnya untuk membunuh Rekhab dan Baana. Sesudah dibunuh, tangan dan kaki mereka dipotong dan digantung di dekat kolam. Tetapi kepala Isyboset itu diambil dan dikuburkan di kota itu juga di dalam kuburan Abner.
So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
