1 W hen Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his courage failed, and all the Israelites were troubled and dismayed.

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

2 S aul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite 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 have been sojourners there to this day.

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

4 J onathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was a cripple in his feet. He was five years old when the news came out of Jezreel of Saul and Jonathan. And the boy’s nurse took him up and fled; and in her haste, he fell and became lame. 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 N ow the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went about in the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay resting on his 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 into the interior of the house as though they were delivering wheat, and they smote him in the body; 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 N ow when they had come into the house and he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they smote and slew him, beheaded him and took his head and went by the way of 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 to David at Hebron and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; and the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.

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, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, As the Lord lives, Who redeemed my life out of all adversity,

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

10 W hen one told me, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking he was bringing good news, I seized and slew him in Ziklag who expected me to give him a reward for his news.

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 just man in his own house on his bed—shall I not now require his blood of your hand and remove you 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 D avid commanded his young men, and they slew them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them over the pool in Hebron. But they took Ish-bosheth’s head and buried it in Hebron in the tomb of Abner.

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.