< 2 Samuel 4 >

1 When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
扫罗的儿子伊施波设听见押尼珥死在希伯 ,手就发软;以色列众人也都惊惶。
2 Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of 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 considered a part of Benjamin;
扫罗的儿子伊施波设有两个军长,一名巴拿,一名利甲,是便雅悯支派、比录人临门的儿子。比录也属便雅悯。
3 and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until today).
比录人早先逃到基他音,在那里寄居,直到今日。
4 Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
扫罗的儿子约拿单有一个儿子名叫米非波设,是瘸腿的。扫罗和约拿单死亡的消息从耶斯列传到的时候,他才五岁。他乳母抱着他逃跑;因为跑得太急,孩子掉在地上,腿就瘸了。
5 The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth as he took his rest at noon.
一日,比录人临门的两个儿子利甲和巴拿出去,约在午热的时候到了伊施波设的家;伊施波设正睡午觉。
6 They came there into the middle of the house as though they would have fetched wheat, and they struck him in the body; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
他们进了房子,假作要取麦子,就刺透伊施波设的肚腹,逃跑了。
7 Now when they came into the house as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
他们进房子的时候,伊施波设正在卧房里躺在床上,他们将他杀死,割了他的首级,拿着首级在亚拉巴走了一夜,
8 They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! The LORD has avenged my lord the king today of Saul and of his offspring.”
将伊施波设的首级拿到希伯 见大卫王,说:“王的仇敌扫罗曾寻索王的性命。看哪,这是他儿子伊施波设的首级;耶和华今日为我主我王在扫罗和他后裔的身上报了仇。”
9 David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
大卫对比录人临门的儿子利甲和他兄弟巴拿说:“我指着救我性命脱离一切苦难、永生的耶和华起誓:
10 when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he brought good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.
从前有人报告我说,扫罗死了,他自以为报好消息;我就拿住他,将他杀在洗革拉,这就作了他报消息的赏赐。
11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?”
何况恶人将义人杀在他的床上,我岂不向你们讨流他血的罪、从世上除灭你们呢?”
12 David commanded his young men, and they killed them, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner’s grave in Hebron.
于是大卫吩咐少年人将他们杀了,砍断他们的手脚,挂在希伯 的池旁,却将伊施波设的首级葬在希伯 、押尼珥的坟墓里。

< 2 Samuel 4 >