2 Samuel 21
1 During the time that David [ruled], there was a famine [in Israel] for three years. David prayed to Yahweh about it. And Yahweh said, “[In order for the famine to end], Saul’s family needs to be punished [MTY] because Saul killed many people from Gibeon [city].”
I za czasów Dawida panował głód przez trzy lata, rok po roku. Dawid szukał więc oblicza PANA, a PAN odpowiedział: To z powodu Saula i jego krwawego domu, ponieważ wymordował Gibeonitów.
2 The people of Gibeon were not Israelis; they were a small group of the Amor people-group whom the Israelis had solemnly promised to protect. But Saul had tried to kill all of them because he (was very zealous/wanted very much) to enable the people of Judah and Israel [to be the only ones living in that land]. So the king summoned the leaders of Gibeon
Wtedy król wezwał Gibeonitów i przemówił do nich. A Gibeonici nie wywodzili się z synów Izraela, ale z resztki Amorytów. I chociaż synowie Izraela przysięgli im, Saul jednak usiłował wytępić ich w swej gorliwości względem synów Izraela i Judy.
3 and said to them, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends/up for what was done to your people, in order that you will bless us who belong to Yahweh?”
Dawid zapytał więc Gibeonitów: Cóż mam dla was uczynić? A czym was ułagodzić, abyście błogosławili dziedzictwo PANA?
4 They replied, “You cannot settle our quarrel with Saul and his family by giving us silver or gold. And we do not have the right to kill any Israelis.” So David asked, “Then/So what do you say that I should do for you?”
I odpowiedzieli mu Gibeonici: Nie chodzi nam o srebro ani o złoto od Saula i jego domu, ani o to, żeby zabito kogoś w Izraelu. A [on] odpowiedział: Cokolwiek powiecie, to dla was uczynię.
5 They replied, “Saul [wanted to] get rid of us. He wanted to annihilate/kill all of us, in order that none of us would live anywhere in Israel.
Oni powiedzieli do króla: [Co do] mężczyzny, który nas wygubił i zmierzał do tego, aby nas wytępić, żeby nikt z nas nie pozostał we wszystkich granicach Izraela;
6 Hand over to us seven of Saul’s descendants. We will hang them where Yahweh is worshiped in Gibeon, our town, the town where Saul, whom Yahweh previously chose to be king, lived.” The king replied, “Okay, I will hand them over to you.”
Wydajcie nam siedmiu z jego synów, a my powiesimy ich przed PANEM w Gibea Saula, [który był] wybrańcem PANA. Król odpowiedział: Wydam [ich].
7 The king did not hand over to them Saul’s grandson Mephibosheth, because of what he and [Mephibosheth’s father] Jonathan had solemnly promised to each other.
Lecz król oszczędził Mefiboszeta, syna Jonatana, syna Saula, z powodu przysięgi PANA, która [była] między nimi, między Dawidem a Jonatanem, synem Saula.
8 Instead, he took Armoni and another man named Mephibosheth, the two sons that Saul’s slave wife Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth to, and the five sons that Saul’s daughter Merab had given birth to. Merab’s husband was Adriel, the son of a man named Barzillai from Meholah [town].
Ale król wziął dwóch synów Rispy, córki Aji, których urodziła Saulowi, Armoniego i Mefiboszeta, i pięciu synów [siostry] Mikal, córki Saula, których urodziła Adrielowi, synowi Barzillaja z Mecholi;
9 David handed those men over to the men from Gibeon. Then they hanged those seven men on a hill where they worshiped Yahweh. They were all killed during the time of the year that the people started to harvest the barley.
I wydał ich w ręce Gibeonitów, a oni powiesili ich na górze przed PANEM. Razem umarło ich siedmiu, zostali zabici w pierwsze dni żniw, na początku żniw jęczmienia.
10 Then Rizpah took coarse cloth made from goats’ hair, and spread it on the rock [where the corpses lay]. She stayed there from the time that people started to harvest the barley until the rains started. She did not allow any birds to come near the corpses during the day, and she did not allow any animals to come near during the night.
Wtedy Rispa, córka Aji, wzięła wór i rozciągnęła go na skale, na początku żniw, aż do czasu, gdy spadł na nich deszcz z nieba, i nie pozwalała, aby ptactwo powietrzne zbliżało się do nich za dnia, ani zwierzęta polne – nocą.
11 When someone told David what Rizpah had done,
Potem doniesiono Dawidowi o tym, co uczyniła Rispa, córka Aji, nałożnica Saula.
12 he went with some of his servants to Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. The people of Jabesh had stolen their bones from the (plaza/public square) in Beth-Shan [city], where the men from Philistia had hanged them previously, on the day that they had killed Saul and Jonathan on Gilboa [Mountain].
Dawid poszedł więc i wziął kości Saula i kości Jonatana, jego syna, od starszych Jabesz-Gilead, którzy ukradli je z placu Bet-Szan, gdzie ich zawiesili Filistyni w dniu zabicia Saula przez Filistynów w Gilboa.
13 David and his men took the bones of Saul and Jonathan, and they also took the bones of the seven men [from Gibeon] whom the men from Philistia had hanged.
Wziął więc stamtąd kości Saula i kości Jonatana, jego syna; zebrano też kości powieszonych;
14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in Zela [town] in the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin. Doing all that the king commanded, they buried their bones in the tomb where Saul’s father Kish [was buried]. After that, [because] God [saw that Saul’s family had been punished to pay for Saul’s murder of many people from Gibeon, he] answered the Israelis’ prayers for their land, and caused the famine to end.
I pogrzebali kości Saula i Jonatana, jego syna, w ziemi Beniamina w Sela, w grobie Kisza, jego ojca. Uczynili wszystko, co król nakazał. Potem Bóg dał się ubłagać co do ziemi.
15 The army of Philistia again started to fight against the army of Israel. And David and his soldiers went to fight the Philistines. During the battle, David became weary.
Później znowu doszło do wojny między Filistynami a Izraelem. I Dawid wyruszył wraz ze swymi sługami i walczyli z Filistynami, a Dawid był znużony.
16 One of the Philistia men thought that he could kill David. His name was Ishbi-Benob. He was a descendant of [a group of] giants. He carried a bronze spear that weighed about (7-1/2 pounds/3-1/2 kg.), and he also had a new sword.
Wtedy Iszbibenob, który wywodził się z synów pewnego olbrzyma, a którego włócznia ważyła trzysta syklów brązu i który miał przepasany nowy [miecz], postanowił, że zabije Dawida.
17 But Abishai came to help David, and attacked the giant and killed him. Then David’s soldiers forced him to promise that he would not go with them into a battle again. They said to him, “[If you die, and none of your descendants become king, that would be like] [MET] extinguishing the last light in Israel.”
Lecz Abiszaj, syn Serui, przyszedł mu z pomocą, uderzył Filistyna i zabił go. Wtedy ludzie Dawida przysięgli mu: Nie będziesz już wyruszał z nami do bitwy, abyś nie zgasił pochodni Izraela.
18 Some time after that, there was a battle with the army of Philistia near Gob [village]. During the battle, Sibbecai, from [the] Hushah [clan], killed Saph, one of the descendants of the Rapha giants.
Potem znowu była bitwa z Filistynami w Gob. Wtedy Sibbekaj Chuszatyta zabił Safa, który pochodził z synów tego olbrzyma.
19 [Later] there was another battle with the army of Philistia at Gob. During that battle, Elhanan, the son of Jaare-Oregim from Bethlehem, killed [the brother of] Goliath from Gath [city]; Goliath’s spear shaft/handle was (very thick, like the bar on a weaver’s loom/over two inches thick).
Była też jeszcze inna wojna z Filistynami w Gob, podczas której Elchanan, syn Jaara Oregima z Betlejem, zabił [brata] Goliata Gittyty, którego drzewce włóczni były jak wał tkacki.
20 Later there was another battle near Gath. There was a (huge man/giant) there who liked to fight [in battles]. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was descended from [the] Rapha [giants].
Ponadto toczyła się jeszcze wojna w Gat, gdzie był człowiek [wysokiego] wzrostu, mający po sześć palców u rąk i po sześć palców u nóg, razem dwadzieścia cztery. On także był synem tego olbrzyma.
21 But when he (made fun of/ridiculed) the men in the Israeli [army], Jonathan, the son of David’s [older] brother Shimeah, killed him.
Gdy urągał on Izraelowi, zabił go Jonatan, syn Szimei, brata Dawida.
22 Those four men were some of the descendants of the Rapha giants who had lived in Gath, who were killed [MTY] by David and his soldiers.
Ci czterej byli synami [tego] olbrzyma z Gat, a polegli z ręki Dawida i z ręki jego sług.
