1 A nd when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

وَبَلَغَ إلَى مَسامِعِ ابْنِ شاولَ إيشْبُوشَثَ خَبَرُ مَقْتَلِ أبْنِيْرَ فِي حَبْرُونَ، فَخافَ إيشْبُوشَثُ وَشَعبُهُ كُلُّهُ خَوْفاً شَدِيداً.

2 A nd Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

وَذَهَبَ رَجُلانِ لِيَرَيا ما كانَ نُزُولاً عِنْدَ طَلَبِ ابْنِ شاوُلَ إيشْبُوشَثَ. كانَ هذانِ الرَّجُلانِ مِنْ ضُبّاطِ الجَيشِ، وَهُما رَكابُ وَبعْنةُ، ابْنا رِمُّون من بَئِيرُوتَ. كانا مِنْ بَنْيامِيْنَ لأنَّ مَدينَةَ بَئِيرُوتَ كانَتْ مُلْكاً لِعائِلاتِ بَنْيامِيْنَ.

3 a nd the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

لِكنَّ سُكّانَ بَئِيروتَ هَرَبُوا إلَى جَتّايِمَ وَما زالُوا يَعِيشُونَ فيها حَتَّى هَذا اليَومِ كَغُرَباءَ مُقِيمينَ.

4 A nd Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

وَكانَ لِيُوناثانَ بنِ شاوُلَ ابْنٌ يُدْعَى مَفِيبُوشَثَ: كانَ يَبلُغُ مِنَ العُمْرِ خَمْسَ سَنَواتٍ حِينَ وَرَدَتِ الأخْبارُ مِنْ يَزْرَعِيلَ عَنْ قَتلِ شاولَ وَيُوناثانَ. وَخافَتْ حاضِنَةُ مَفِيبُوشَثَ، فَحَمَلَتْهُ وَهَرَبَتْ. وَبَينَما هِيَ مُسْرِعَةٌ، أوقَعَتِ الصَّبيَّ فَأصابَهُ عَرَجٌ.

5 A nd the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

وَعِنْدَ الظّهيرَةِ، قَصَدَ رَكابُ وَبَعْنةُ، ابْنا رَمُّونَ البَئِيرُوتِيِّ بَيْتَ إيشْبُوشَثَ. وَكانَ إيشْبُوشَثُ مُسْتَلْقِياً فِي قَيلُولَةٍ لأنَّ الطَّقْسَ حارٌ.

6 A nd they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

فَدَخَلَ رَكابُ وَبَعْنَةُ البَيتَ كَما لَوْ كانا آتَيينِ لأخْذِ بَعْضِ القَمْحِ. فَطَعَناهُ، ثُمَّ هَرَبَ رَكابُ وَأخُوهُ بَعْنَةُ.

7 F or when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

كانَ إيشْبُوشَثُ مُسْتَلْقياً عَلَى فِراشِهِ في غُرْفَةِ نومِهِ عَنْدَما دَخَلا البَيْتَ، فَضَرَباهُ وَقَتَلاهُ وَقَطَعا رَأْسَهُ. ثُمَّ حَمَلا الرَّأسَ وَسافَرا طَوالَ اللَّيلِ عَبْرَ طَرِيقِ وادِي الأُرْدُنِّ.

8 A nd they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

وَلَمّا وَصَلا إلَى حَبْرُونَ، سَلَّما رَأسَ إيشْبُوشَثَ إلَى داوُدَ. وَقالا لِلمَلِكِ داوُدَ: «هُوَذا رَأسُ عَدُوِّكَ إيشْبُوشَثَ بْنِ شاوُلَ الذِي حاوَلَ قَتلَكَ. لَقَدْ عاقَبَ اللهُ اليَوْمَ شاول وعائِلَتَهُ انتِقاماً لَكَ.»

9 A nd David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

فَقالَ داوُدُ لِرَكابَ وَأخِيهِ بَعْنَةَ: «أُقْسِمُ باللهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي أنْقَذَني مِنَ المَتاعِبِ كُلِّها،

10 w hen one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

إنَّهُ لَمَّا قالَ لِي أحدُهُم: ‹هاَ قَدْ ماتَ شاوُلُ،› ظَنَّ أنَّهُ يُبَشِّرُنِي! فَقَبَضْتُ عَلَيهِ وَقَتَلْتُهُ في صِقلَغَ. هَكَذا كافأتُهُ!

11 h ow much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

أفَلا تَسْتَحِقانِ عِقاباً أكْثَرَ وَأنْتُما شِريرانِ قَتلا رَجُلاً طَيِّباً وَهْوَ يَنامُ عَلَى فِراشِهِ في منْزِلهِ؟ أفَلا أقْتُلُكُما وَأمْحُوكُما مِنْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأرْضِ؟»

12 A nd David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

وَهَكَذا، أمَرَ داود الجُنودَ الشُّبّانَ بِقَتلِ رَكابَ وَبَعْنَةَ. فقَتَلُوهُما وَقَطَعُوا يَدَيّ ورِجلَيّ كُلٍّ مِنْهُما وَعَلَّقُوهُما عِنْدَ بِرْكَةِ حَبْرُونَ. ثُمَّ أخَذُوا رَأْسَ إيشْبُوشَثَ وَدَفَنوهُ فِي المَكانِ نَفْسِهِ حَيْثُ دُفِنَ أبْنَيْرُ فِي حَبْرُونَ.