2 Samuele 4
1 QUANDO il figliuolo di Saulle ebbe inteso che Abner era morto in Hebron, le mani gli diventarono fiacche, e tutto Israele fu conturbato.
Now when Ishbaal, Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was troubled.
2 Or il figliuolo di Saulle avea due capitani di schiere; il nome dell'uno [era] Baana, e il nome dell'altro Recab; [ed erano] figliuoli di Rimmon Beerotita, dei figliuoli di Beniamino; perciocchè anche Beerot è reputata di Beniamino.
And Ishbaal, Saul's son, had two men who were captains of bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the people of Benjamin (for Beeroth was regarded as belonging to the people of Benjamin;
3 Ma i Beerotiti se n'erano fuggiti in Ghittaim, ove son dimorati come avveniticci infino a questo giorno.
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).
4 (Or Gionatan, figliuolo di Saulle, avea un figliuolo, storpiato dei piedi. [Costui] essendo d'età di cinque anni, quando la novella di Saulle e di Gionatan venne da Izreel, la sua balia lo tolse, e se ne fuggì; ed avvenne che, come ella si affrettava a fuggire, egli cadde, e diventò zoppo; e il suo nome [era] Mefiboset.)
Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened as she was hurrying to get away that he fell and was injured. And his name was Mippibaal.
5 Recab adunque e Baana, figliuoli di Rimmon Beerotita, andarono ed entrarono, in sul caldo del dì, nella casa d'Isboset. Or egli era a giacere, riposandosi di meriggio.
The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbaal, as he took his rest at noon.
6 E Recab, e Baana, suo fratello, entrarono fin nel mezzo della casa, [come] per prender del frumento; e lo percossero nella quinta [costa; poi] scamparono.
And look, the doorkeeper of the house had been sifting wheat, and she became drowsy and fell asleep. And Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped by.
7 Essendo adunque entrati in casa [d'Isboset], mentre egli giaceva in sul suo letto, nella camera dove egli soleva giacere, lo percossero, e l'uccisero, e gli spiccarono la testa; e la presero, e camminarono per la via della campagna tutta quella notte.
And they went into the house where he was lying on his bed in his bedchamber. And they struck him and killed him, and beheaded him. And they took his head and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
8 E recarono la testa d'Isboset a Davide, in Hebron, e dissero al re: Ecco la testa d'Isboset, figliuolo di Saulle, tuo nemico, il qual cercava di torti la vita. Or il Signore ha oggi conceduta al re, mio signore, intiera vendetta di Saulle e della sua progenie.
They brought the head of Ishbaal to David at Hebron, and said to the king, "Look, the head of Ishbaal, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. YHWH has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and his descendants."
9 Ma Davide rispose a Recab, ed a Baana, suo fratello, figliuoli di Rimmon Beerotita, e disse loro: [Come] vive il Signore, il quale ha riscossa l'anima mia d'ogni tribolazione,
David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, "As YHWH lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
10 colui che mi rapportò, e disse: Ecco, Saulle è morto, benchè paresse portar buone novelle, fu da me preso, e fatto morire in Siclag; il che [io feci] per dargli la mancia per le sue buone novelle.
when someone told me, 'Look, Saul is dead,' thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.
11 Quanto più [debbo io far morire] degli uomini scellerati, [i quali] hanno ucciso un uomo innocente in casa sua, in sul suo letto? ora dunque non vi ridomanderei io ragione del suo sangue, e non vi distruggerei io d'in su la terra?
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?"
12 Davide adunque comandò a' fanti che li uccidessero; il che fecero; e poi mozzarono loro le mani ed i piedi, e li appiccarono presso allo stagno in Hebron. Poi presero la testa d'Isboset, e la seppellirono nella sepoltura di Abner, in Hebron.
David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbaal, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.
