صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 4
| وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱبْنُ شَاوُلَ أَنَّ أَبْنَيْرَ قَدْ مَاتَ فِي حَبْرُونَ، ٱرْتَخَتْ يَدَاهُ، وَٱرْتَاعَ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١ 1 |
When Ishbosheth, son of Saul, heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he was very discouraged, and everyone in Israel was shocked.
| وَكَانَ لِٱبْنِ شَاوُلَ رَجُلَانِ رَئِيسَا غُزَاةٍ، ٱسْمُ ٱلْوَاحِدِ بَعْنَةُ وَٱسْمُ ٱلْآخَرِ رَكَابُ، ٱبْنَا رِمُّونَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ مِنْ بَنِي بَنْيَامِينَ، لِأَنَّ بَئِيرُوتَ حُسِبَتْ لِبَنْيَامِينَ. | ٢ 2 |
Ishbosheth had two commanders of his raiding bands, brothers by the name of Baanah and Rechab. They were the sons of Rimmon of the tribe of Benjamin from the town of Beeroth. Beeroth is considered part of the territory of Benjamin,
| وَهَرَبَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيُّونَ إِلَى جَتَّايِمَ وَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٣ 3 |
because the people who had lived in Beeroth before ran away to Gittaim and lived there as foreigners right up to the present.
| وَكَانَ لِيُونَاثَانَ بْنِ شَاوُلَ ٱبْنٌ مَضْرُوبُ ٱلرِّجْلَيْنِ، كَانَ ٱبْنَ خَمْسِ سِنِينٍ عِنْدَ مَجِيءِ خَبَرِ شَاوُلَ وَيُونَاثَانَ مِنْ يَزْرَعِيلَ، فَحَمَلَتْهُ مُرَبِّيَتُهُ وَهَرَبَتْ. وَلَمَّا كَانَتْ مُسْرِعَةً لِتَهْرُبَ وَقَعَ وَصَارَ أَعْرَجَ. وَٱسْمُهُ مَفِيبُوشَثُ. | ٤ 4 |
Jonathan, son of Saul, had a son lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news about the deaths of Saul and Jonathan had come from Jezreel. His nurse had picked him up and ran away, but as she rushed to get away, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
| وَسَارَ ٱبْنَا رِمُّونَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ، رَكَابُ وَبَعْنَةُ، وَدَخَلَا عِنْدَ حَرِّ ٱلنَّهَارِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيشْبُوشَثَ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ نَوْمَةَ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ. | ٥ 5 |
Rechab and Baanah, sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, went to Ishbosheth's house, arriving in the heat of the day as the king was taking his midday rest.
| فَدَخَلَا إِلَى وَسَطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ لِيَأْخُذَا حِنْطَةً، وَضَرَبَاهُ فِي بَطْنِهِ. ثُمَّ أَفْلَتَ رَكَابُ وَبَعْنَةُ أَخُوهُ. | ٦ 6 |
The woman doorkeeper had been cleaning wheat, but she had grown tired and fallen asleep, so Rechab and Baanah were able to slip inside.
| فَعِنْدَ دُخُولِهِمَا ٱلْبَيْتَ كَانَ هُوَ مُضْطَجِعًا عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ فِي مِخْدَعِ نَوْمِهِ، فَضَرَبَاهُ وَقَتَلَاهُ وَقَطَعَا رَأْسَهُ، وَأَخَذَا رَأْسَهُ وَسَارَا فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلْعَرَبَةِ ٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ. | ٧ 7 |
They had gone into the house while Ishbosheth was asleep on his bed in his bedroom. After stabbing and killing him, they cut off his head which they took with them, and they traveled all night by the Jordan Valley road.
| وَأَتَيَا بِرَأْسِ إِيشْبُوشَثَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ إِلَى حَبْرُونَ، وَقَالَا لِلْمَلِكِ: «هُوَذَا رَأْسُ إِيشْبُوشَثَ بْنِ شَاوُلَ عَدُوِّكَ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ يَطْلُبُ نَفْسَكَ. وَقَدْ أَعْطَى ٱلرَّبُّ لِسَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱنْتِقَامًا فِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ مِنْ شَاوُلَ وَمِنْ نَسْلِهِ». | ٨ 8 |
They took the head of Ishbosheth to David in Hebron. They told the king, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, son of Saul, your enemy who tried to kill you. Today the Lord has taken revenge on Saul and his family for my lord the king.”
| فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ رَكَابَ وَبَعْنَةَ أَخَاهُ، ٱبْنَيْ رِمُّونَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ، وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي فَدَى نَفْسِي مِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ، | ٩ 9 |
But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, “As the Lord lives, who has saved me from all my troubles,
| إِنَّ ٱلَّذِي أَخْبَرَنِي قَائِلًا: هُوَذَا قَدْ مَاتَ شَاوُلُ، وَكَانَ فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ كَمُبَشِّرٍ، قَبَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَتَلْتُهُ فِي صِقْلَغَ. ذَلِكَ أَعْطَيْتُهُ بِشَارَةً. | ١٠ 10 |
when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead’ and he thought he was bringing me good news, I grabbed him and had him put him to death at Ziklag. That was what he got for bringing me his news!
| فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ إِذَا كَانَ رَجُلَانِ بَاغِيَانِ يَقْتُلَانِ رَجُلًا صِدِّيقًا فِي بَيْتِهِ، عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ؟ فَٱلْآنَ أَمَا أَطْلُبُ دَمَهُ مِنْ أَيْدِيكُمَا، وَأَنْزِعُكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟» | ١١ 11 |
Even more so then, when evil men kill a good man in his own house, and in his own bed, shouldn't I demand you pay for his life with your own lives, and exterminate you!”
| وَأَمَرَ دَاوُدُ ٱلْغِلْمَانَ فَقَتَلُوهُمَا، وَقَطَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمَا وَأَرْجُلَهُمَا، وَعَلَّقُوهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْبِرْكَةِ فِي حَبْرُونَ. وَأَمَّا رَأْسُ إِيشْبُوشَثَ فَأَخَذُوهُ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبْرِ أَبْنَيْرَ فِي حَبْرُونَ. | ١٢ 12 |
David gave the order to his men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They chopped off their hands and feet, and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron. Then they took Ishbosheth's head and buried it in Abner's grave in Hebron.
