2 Samuelsboken 4
1 Då nu Sauls son hörde, att Abner var död i Hebron, föll honom händer ned, och hela Israel vardt bedröfvad.
When Saul’s son Ishbosheth heard that Abner had been killed at Hebron, [he realized that he might also be killed]. He became discouraged, and all the Israeli people (trembled/became afraid).
2 Så voro två män höfvitsmän öfver krigsfolket under Sauls son; den ena het Baana, den andre Rechab, Rimmons den Beerothitens söner, utaf BenJamins barn; ty Beeroth vardt ock räknad under BenJamin;
Ishbosheth had two officers who were leaders of groups that raided other villages. [They were brothers; ] their names were Baanah and Rechab, sons of Rimmon from Beeroth [town] in the tribe of Benjamin. Beeroth is in the area that had [been assigned to] the tribe of Benjamin.
3 Och de Beerothiter voro flydde till Gitthaim, och der främlingar vordne, allt intill denna dag.
But the people of Beeroth had fled to Gittaim [town], and they still live there.
4 Hade ock Jonathan, Sauls son, en son; han var ofärdig i fötterna, och var fem åra gammal, då tidenden kommo om Saul och Jonathan utaf Jisreel; och hans amma tog honom upp, och flydde; och i det hon hastade, och flydde, föll han, och vardt halt; och han het MephiBoseth.
Saul’s son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth. When Mephibosheth was five years old, Saul and Jonathan died in the battle. When people brought that news from Jezreel, Mephibosheth’s nursemaid picked him up and ran away. She ran very fast, with the result that she dropped him, and his legs became crippled.
5 Så gingo nu Rimmons den Beerothitens söner, Bechab och Baana, bort, och kommo till Isboseths hus, då dagen var hetast; och han låg på sine säng om middagen, och sof.
One day, Rechab and Baanah left [their home] to go to Ishbosheth’s house. They arrived there about noontime, when Ishbosheth was taking his midday nap.
6 Och de kommo i huset till att hem ta hvete; och stungo honom i buken, och rymde sin väg.
The woman who was the doorkeeper was sifting wheat. While doing that, she became sleepy, and fell asleep. So Rechab and his brother Baanah were able to creep in quietly.
7 Ty då de kommo i huset, låg han på sine säng i sin sängakammar, och de stungo honom ihjäl, och höggo honom hufvudet af; och togo hans hufvud, och gingo bort den vägen på slättmarkene, i den hela nattene.
They entered Ishbosheth’s bedroom, where he was sleeping. They killed him [with their swords] and cut off his head. They carried his head and walked all night through the Jordan [River] Valley.
8 Och båro Isboseths hufvud till David i Hebron, och sade till Konungen: Si, der är Isboseths hufvud, Sauls sons, din fiendas, som stod efter dina själ; Herren hafver i dag hämnat min herra Konungen på Saul och hans säd.
They took the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron. They said to him, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul, who tried to kill you. Your majesty, today Yahweh has allowed you to get revenge on Saul and his descendants!”
9 Då svarade David, och sade till dem: Så visst som Herren lefver, som mina själ utur all bedröfvelse frälst hafver;
But David replied to them, “Yahweh is the one who has rescued me from all my troubles. And just as surely as Yahweh lives, what I am now saying is also true.
10 Den som mig bådade, och sade: Saul är död, och mente att han var ett godt bådskap, den tog jag fatt, och drap honom i Ziklag, den jag skulle tidendeslön gifvit.
When a messenger came to Ziklag and told me ‘Saul is dead!’ and he thought that the news that he was bringing to me was good news, I seized him and [commanded one of my soldiers to] kill him. That was the reward I gave to him for his news!
11 Och desse ogudaktige männerna hafva ihjälslagit en oskyldig man, uti hans hus, på hans säng? Ja, skulle jag icke utkräfva hans blod utur edra händer, och taga eder utaf jordene?
So because you two evil men murdered a man who is (innocent/has done nothing wrong) when he was sleeping on his bed in his own house, I will do something worse to you. I will surely [RHQ] get revenge on you two for murdering [MTY] him, and (wipe you/cause you to disappear) from the earth!”
12 Och David böd sina unga män, och de slogo dem ihjäl, och höggo dem händer och fötter af, och hängde dem vid dammen i Hebron; men Isboseths hufvud togo de, och begrofvo det i Abners graf, i Hebron.
Then, following David’s orders, his soldiers killed the two men, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hung their bodies (OR, their hands and feet) [on a pole] near the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it [respectfully] in the tomb of Abner, there at Hebron.
