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.
And when [Ish-bosheth], Saul’s son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were 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 [Ish-bosheth], Saul’s son, [had] two men that 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 children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:
3 pues los beerotitas huyeron a Gitaim y viven allí como forasteros hasta hoy.
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners 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 that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
5 Recab y Baanaos, los hijos de Rimón beerotita, fueron y entraron al mediodía en casa de Is-boset mientras dormía la siesta.
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, 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 they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the belly: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
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.
Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and 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.
And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
9 Pero David respondió a Recab y Baana, hijos de Rimón beerotita: ¡Vive Yavé que rescató mi vida de toda adversidad!
And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath 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 one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings.
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 upon 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.
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.
