2 Samuel 9
1 David spurte: «Finst det endå att nokon av Sauls hus? Eg vil gjera sælebot mot honom for Jonatans skuld.»
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?
2 Sauls hus åtte ein tenar, Siba heitte han; honom kalla dei til David. Kongen spurde honom: «Er du Siba?» Han svara: «Ja, tenaren din er det.»
And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him to David, the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, Your servant is he.
3 Kongen spurde: «Finst det endå att nokon av Sauls hus, som eg kann gjera Guds sælebot mot?» Siba svara kongen: «Det finst endå att ein son åt Jonatan, han er lam på båe føterne.»
And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him? And Ziba said to the king, Jonathan has yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
4 Kongen spurde: «Kvar er han?» Siba svara: «Han held seg no hjå Makir Ammielsson i Lo-Debar.»
And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.
5 Kong David sende då bod og henta honom frå Lo-Debar, frå heimen åt Makir Ammielsson.
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
6 Då Mefiboset, son åt Jonatan Saulsson, kom til David, fall han å gruve og bøygde seg. David sagde: «Mefiboset!» Han svara: «Ja, her er tenaren din.»
Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come to David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold your servant!
7 David trøysta honom: «Ver hugheil; eg vil gjera sælebot mot deg for skuld Jonatan, far din. Eg gjev deg att all jordeigedomen åt Saul, farfar din. Og du skal allstødt eta ved mitt bord.»
And David said to him, Fear not: for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.
8 Då bøygde han seg og sagde: «Kva er eg, tenaren din, at du vendar deg til ein daud hund som meg?»
And he bowed himself, and said, What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?
9 Kongen kalla på Siba, sveinen åt Saul, og gav honom det bodet: «Alt det Saul og ætti hans åtte, gjev eg åt son til herren din.
Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, I have given to your master’s son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.
10 Du og sønerne dine og tenarane dine skal dyrka og hausta eigedomen hans; og det skal vera til kost og tæring levemåte åt son til herren din. Men sjølv skal Mefiboset, son åt herren din, stødt eta ved mitt bord.» Siba hadde femtan søner og tjuge tenarar.
You therefore, and your sons, and your servants, shall till the land for him, and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth your master’s son shall eat bread always at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
11 Han svara kongen: «Alt det du, herre konge, byd tenaren din, det skal tenaren din gjera.» «Og Mefiboset skal eta ved mitt bord som ein av kongssønerne.»
Then said Ziba to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so shall your servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons.
12 Mefiboset hadde ein liten son, Mika heitte han. Alle som budde i huset åt Siba, vart tenarar for Mefiboset.
And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelled in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.
13 Men sjølv budde Mefiboset i Jerusalem, då han stødt åt ved kongens bord. Han var lam på båe føterne.
So Mephibosheth dwelled in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet.
