< صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 4 >
وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱبْنُ شَاوُلَ أَنَّ أَبْنَيْرَ قَدْ مَاتَ فِي حَبْرُونَ، ٱرْتَخَتْ يَدَاهُ، وَٱرْتَاعَ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١ 1 |
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).
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 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.
وَهَرَبَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيُّونَ إِلَى جَتَّايِمَ وَتَغَرَّبُوا هُنَاكَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٣ 3 |
But the people of Beeroth had fled to Gittaim [town], and they still live there.
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 |
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.
وَسَارَ ٱبْنَا رِمُّونَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ، رَكَابُ وَبَعْنَةُ، وَدَخَلَا عِنْدَ حَرِّ ٱلنَّهَارِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيشْبُوشَثَ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ نَوْمَةَ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ. | ٥ 5 |
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.
فَدَخَلَا إِلَى وَسَطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ لِيَأْخُذَا حِنْطَةً، وَضَرَبَاهُ فِي بَطْنِهِ. ثُمَّ أَفْلَتَ رَكَابُ وَبَعْنَةُ أَخُوهُ. | ٦ 6 |
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.
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 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.
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 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!”
فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ رَكَابَ وَبَعْنَةَ أَخَاهُ، ٱبْنَيْ رِمُّونَ ٱلْبَئِيرُوتِيِّ، وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي فَدَى نَفْسِي مِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ، | ٩ 9 |
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.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِي أَخْبَرَنِي قَائِلًا: هُوَذَا قَدْ مَاتَ شَاوُلُ، وَكَانَ فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ كَمُبَشِّرٍ، قَبَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَتَلْتُهُ فِي صِقْلَغَ. ذَلِكَ أَعْطَيْتُهُ بِشَارَةً. | ١٠ 10 |
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!
فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ إِذَا كَانَ رَجُلَانِ بَاغِيَانِ يَقْتُلَانِ رَجُلًا صِدِّيقًا فِي بَيْتِهِ، عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ؟ فَٱلْآنَ أَمَا أَطْلُبُ دَمَهُ مِنْ أَيْدِيكُمَا، وَأَنْزِعُكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟» | ١١ 11 |
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!”
وَأَمَرَ دَاوُدُ ٱلْغِلْمَانَ فَقَتَلُوهُمَا، وَقَطَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمَا وَأَرْجُلَهُمَا، وَعَلَّقُوهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْبِرْكَةِ فِي حَبْرُونَ. وَأَمَّا رَأْسُ إِيشْبُوشَثَ فَأَخَذُوهُ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبْرِ أَبْنَيْرَ فِي حَبْرُونَ. | ١٢ 12 |
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.