2 Samuel 4
1 Cuando Is-boset, el hijo de Saúl, supo que Abner murió en Hebrón, sus manos se debilitaron y todo Israel fue perturbado.
Now when Ishbaal, Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was troubled.
2 El hijo de Saúl tenía dos hombres que eran jefes de bandas. Uno se llamaba Baana y el otro, Recab, hijos de Rimón beerotita, de los hijos de Benjamín. Beerot era también considerada como de Benjamín,
And Ishbaal, 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 people of Benjamin (for Beeroth was regarded as belonging to the people of Benjamin;
3 pues los beerotitas huyeron a Gitaim y viven allí como forasteros hasta hoy.
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).
4 Jonatán, hijo de Saúl, tuvo un hijo lisiado de los pies, quien tenía cinco años cuando llegaron las noticias de Jezreel acerca de Saúl y Jonatán. Su madre de crianza lo tomó y huyó. Pero mientras huía apresuradamente, él cayó y quedó cojo. Su nombre era Mefi-boset.
Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened as she was hurrying to get away that he fell and was injured. And his name was Mippibaal.
5 Recab y Baanaos, los hijos de Rimón beerotita, fueron y entraron al mediodía en casa de Is-boset mientras dormía la siesta.
The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbaal, as he took his rest at noon.
6 Entraron hasta el interior de la casa como para llevar trigo. Lo hirieron por la quinta costilla, y luego Recab y Baana huyeron.
And look, the doorkeeper of the house had been sifting wheat, and she became drowsy and fell asleep. And Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped by.
7 Cuando entraron en la casa, él estaba acostado en su lecho en la alcoba, donde lo hirieron y mataron. Luego lo decapitaron, tomaron su cabeza y caminaron por el camino del Arabá toda la noche.
And they went into the house where he was lying on his bed in his bedchamber. And they struck him and killed him, and beheaded him. And they took his head and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
8 Llevaron la cabeza de Is-boset a David en Hebrón, y dijeron al rey: Aquí está la cabeza de Is-boset, hijo de tu enemigo Saúl, quien atentaba contra tu vida. Yavé dio hoy a mi ʼadón el rey venganza de Saúl y de su descendencia.
They brought the head of Ishbaal to David at Hebron, and said to the king, "Look, the head of Ishbaal, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. Jehovah has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and his descendants."
9 Pero David respondió a Recab y Baana, hijos de Rimón beerotita: ¡Vive Yavé que rescató mi vida de toda adversidad!
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 Si al que me informó: ciertamente Saúl murió, lo detuve y ordené que lo mataran en Siclag en pago por la noticia, aunque se creía portador de buenas noticias,
when someone told me, 'Look, 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 ¡cuánto más a ustedes, hombres perversos que asesinaron a un hombre justo en su propio lecho y en su misma casa! ¿No demandaré ahora la sangre de él de las manos de ustedes, al eliminarlo de la tierra?
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?"
12 David dio orden a los jóvenes, y éstos los mataron. Les cortaron las manos y los pies. A ellos los colgaron junto al estanque de Hebrón. Luego tomaron la cabeza de Is-boset y la enterraron en el sepulcro de Abner en Hebrón.
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 Ishbaal, and buried it in the grave of Abner son of Ner.
