2-я Царств 4

1 И услышал Иевосфей, сын Саулов, что умер Авенир в Хевроне, и опустились руки его, и весь Израиль смутился.

And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

2 У Иевосфея, сына Саулова, два было предводителя войска; имя одного - Баана и имя другого - Рихав, сыновья Реммона Беерофянина, из потомков Вениаминовых, ибо и Беероф причислялся к Вениамину.

And Saul's son had two men, captains of bands, one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the tribe of Benjamin; (for Beeroth was at one time taken to be part of Benjamin:

3 И убежали Беерофяне в Гиффаим и остались там пришельцами до сего дня.

But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)

4 У Ионафана, сына Саулова, был сын хромой. Пять лет было ему, когда пришло известие о Сауле и Ионафане из Изрееля, и нянька, взяв его, побежала. И когда она бежала поспешно, то он упал, и сделался хромым. Имя его Мемфивосфей.

Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as quickly as she was able, he had a fall and his feet were damaged. His name was Mephibosheth.

5 И пошли сыны Реммона Беерофянина, Рихав и Баана, и пришли в самый жар дня к дому Иевосфея; а он спал на постели в полдень.

And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.

6 А привратник дома, очищавший пшеницу, задремал и уснул и Рихав и Баана, брат его, вошли внутрь дома, как бы для того, чтобы взять пшеницы; и поразили его в живот и убежали.

And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.

7 Когда они вошли в дом, Иевосфей лежал на постели своей, в спальной комнате своей; и они поразили его, и умертвили его, и отрубили голову его, и взяли голову его с собою, и шли пустынною дорогою всю ночь;

And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.

8 и принесли голову Иевосфея к Давиду в Хеврон и сказали царю: вот голова Иевосфея, сына Саула, врага твоего, который искал души твоей; ныне Господь отмстил за господина моего царя Саулу врагу твоему и потомству его.

And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his seed today.

9 И отвечал Давид Рихаву и Баане, брату его, сыновьям Реммона Беерофянина, и сказал им: жив Господь, избавивший душу мою от всякой скорби!

And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,

10 если того, кто принес мне известие, сказав: “вот, умер Саул, и Ионафан”, и кто считал себя радостным вестником, я схватил и убил его в Секелаге, вместо того, чтобы дать ему награду,

When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:

11 то теперь, когда негодные люди убили человека невинного в его доме на постели его, неужели я не взыщу крови его от руки вашей и не истреблю вас с земли?

How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

12 И приказал Давид слугам, и убили их, и отрубили им руки и ноги, и повесили их над прудом в Хевроне. А голову Иевосфея взяли и погребли во гробе Авенира, в Хевроне.

And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.