2 Samoela 4

1 Ary nony ren’ ny zanakalahin’ i Saoly fa maty tany Hebrona Abnera, dia niraviravy tanana izy, ary raiki-tahotra ny Isiraely rehetra.

Then Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, heard that Abner had fallen in Hebron. And his hands were weakened, and all of Israel was troubled.

2 Ary nisy roa lahy, lehiben’ ny mpitohan’ ny zanakalahin’ i Saoly, Bana no anaran’ ny iray, ary Rekaba no anaran’ ny iray, samy zanak’ i Rimona Berotita tamin’ ny taranak’ i Benjamina (fa Berota koa natao ho isan’ ny an’ i Benjamina;

Now the son of Saul had two men, leaders among robbers. The name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other was Rechab, sons of Rimmon, a Beerothite from the sons of Benjamin. For indeed, Beeroth, too, was reputed with Benjamin.

3 ary ny Berotita nandositra nankany Gitaima, dia nivahiny tany mandraka androany).

And the Beerothites had fled into Gittaim. And they were strangers there, until that time.

4 Ary Jonatana, zanak’ i Saoly, nanan-janakalahy malemy tongotra. Dimy taona izy, fony tonga avy tany Jezirela ny filazana ny amin’ i Saoly sy Jonatana; ary nentin’ ny mpitaiza azy nandositra izy; ary raha nentiny nandositra tamin’ ny fahatairana izy, dia nianjera ka tonga malemy tongotra, Mefiboseta no anarany.

Now Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son with disabled feet. For he was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. And so, his nurse, taking him up, fled. And while she was hurrying, so that she might flee, he fell and was made lame. And he was called Mephibosheth.

5 Ary Rekaba sy Bana, zanak’ i Rimona Berotita, nandeha; ka rehefa nafana ny andro, dia tonga tao an-tranon’ Isboseta, tamin’ ilay izy nandriandry tamin’ ny antoandro iny.

And so, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, arrived and entered the house of Ishbosheth, in the heat of the day. And he was sleeping on his bed at midday. And the doorkeeper of the house, who was cleaning the wheat, fell fast asleep.

6 Ary niditra tao anaty trano Rekaba sy Bana rahalahiny haka vary, ka namely azy tamin’ ny kibony, dia lasa nandositra.

Then they entered the house secretly, taking the ears of grain. And Rechab and his brother Baanah stabbed him in the groin, and they fled away.

7 Fa raha niditra tao an-trano izy roa lahy, ary Isboseta nandry teo amin’ ny fandriany tao amin’ ny trano fandriany dia namely azy izy roa lahy ka nahafaty azy, dia notapahiny ny lohany ka nentiny; ary nandeha mandritra ny alina namaky ny tani-hay izy.

For when they had entered the house, he was sleeping on his bed in a closed room. And striking him, they killed him. And taking his head, they departed by the way of the desert, walking throughout the night.

8 Ary nitondra ny lohan’ Isboseta tany amin’ i Davida tao Hebrona izy ka nanao tamin’ ny mpanjaka hoe: Indro ny lohan’ Isboseta, zanak’ i Saoly fahavalonao, izay nitady ny ainao; fa Jehovah efa namaly an’ i Saoly sy ny taranany androany noho ny amin’ ny mpanjaka tompoko.

And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David in Hebron. And they said to the king: “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who was seeking your life. And so, the Lord has avenged my lord the king, this day, from Saul and from his offspring.”

9 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Rekaba sy Bana rahalahiny, zanak’ i Rimona Berotita: Raha velona koa Jehovah, Izay namonjy ahy tamin’ ny fahoriana rehetra,

But David, responding to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, said to them: “As the Lord lives who has rescued my soul from all distress,

10 ilay nanambara tamiko hoe: Indro, maty Saoly, ka nanao ny tenany ho mpitondra teny mahafaly, dia nohazoniko ka novonoiko tao Ziklaga, hanomezako azy ny valin’ ny teny mahafaly nentiny;

the one who reported to me and said, ‘Saul is dead,’ who was thinking that he announced good news, I apprehended. And at Ziklag I killed him who ought to have been given a reward for the news.

11 koa mainka raha misy olon-dratsy mamono lehilahy marina ao an-tranony eo am-pandriany; koa tsy hadiniko eo an-tananareo va ny ràny, ary tsy hofongorako tsy ho amin’ ny tany intsony va ianareo

How much more so now, when impious men have put to death an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood from your hand, and take you away from the earth?”

12 Ary Davida nandidy ny zatovony, dia namono azy ireo, ka notapahiny ny tanany sy ny tongony, dia nahantony teo anilan’ ny kamory tao Hebrona. Fa ny lohan’ Isboseta kosa dia nentina ka nalevina tao am-pasan’ i Abnera tao Hebrona.

And so, David commanded his servants, and they put them to death. And cutting off their hands and feet, they suspended them up over the pool in Hebron. But the head of Ishbosheth they took and buried in the sepulcher of Abner at Hebron.