2 Samuele 4
1 QUANDO il figliuolo di Saulle ebbe inteso che Abner era morto in Hebron, le mani gli diventarono fiacche, e tutto Israele fu conturbato.
Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
2 Or il figliuolo di Saulle avea due capitani di schiere; il nome dell'uno [era] Baana, e il nome dell'altro Recab; [ed erano] figliuoli di Rimmon Beerotita, dei figliuoli di Beniamino; perciocchè anche Beerot è reputata di Beniamino.
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,
3 Ma i Beerotiti se n'erano fuggiti in Ghittaim, ove son dimorati come avveniticci infino a questo giorno.
because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
4 (Or Gionatan, figliuolo di Saulle, avea un figliuolo, storpiato dei piedi. [Costui] essendo d'età di cinque anni, quando la novella di Saulle e di Gionatan venne da Izreel, la sua balia lo tolse, e se ne fuggì; ed avvenne che, come ella si affrettava a fuggire, egli cadde, e diventò zoppo; e il suo nome [era] Mefiboset.)
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 Recab adunque e Baana, figliuoli di Rimmon Beerotita, andarono ed entrarono, in sul caldo del dì, nella casa d'Isboset. Or egli era a giacere, riposandosi di meriggio.
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 E Recab, e Baana, suo fratello, entrarono fin nel mezzo della casa, [come] per prender del frumento; e lo percossero nella quinta [costa; poi] scamparono.
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 Essendo adunque entrati in casa [d'Isboset], mentre egli giaceva in sul suo letto, nella camera dove egli soleva giacere, lo percossero, e l'uccisero, e gli spiccarono la testa; e la presero, e camminarono per la via della campagna tutta quella notte.
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 E recarono la testa d'Isboset a Davide, in Hebron, e dissero al re: Ecco la testa d'Isboset, figliuolo di Saulle, tuo nemico, il qual cercava di torti la vita. Or il Signore ha oggi conceduta al re, mio signore, intiera vendetta di Saulle e della sua progenie.
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 Ma Davide rispose a Recab, ed a Baana, suo fratello, figliuoli di Rimmon Beerotita, e disse loro: [Come] vive il Signore, il quale ha riscossa l'anima mia d'ogni tribolazione,
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 colui che mi rapportò, e disse: Ecco, Saulle è morto, benchè paresse portar buone novelle, fu da me preso, e fatto morire in Siclag; il che [io feci] per dargli la mancia per le sue buone novelle.
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 Quanto più [debbo io far morire] degli uomini scellerati, [i quali] hanno ucciso un uomo innocente in casa sua, in sul suo letto? ora dunque non vi ridomanderei io ragione del suo sangue, e non vi distruggerei io d'in su la terra?
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 Davide adunque comandò a' fanti che li uccidessero; il che fecero; e poi mozzarono loro le mani ed i piedi, e li appiccarono presso allo stagno in Hebron. Poi presero la testa d'Isboset, e la seppellirono nella sepoltura di Abner, in Hebron.
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.
