1 Audivit autem Isbaal filius Saul quod cecidisset Abner in He bron, et dissolutae sunt manus eius, omnisque Israel perturbatus est. | 1 And Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weakened, and all Israel was troubled. |
2 Duo autem viri duces turmarum erant filio Saul, nomen uni Baana et nomen alteri Rechab filii Remmon Berothitae de filiis Beniamin; siquidem et Beroth reputata est in Beniamin. | 2 Now the son of Saul had two men captains of his bands, the name of the one was Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Remmon a Berothite of the children of Benjamin: for Beroth also was reckoned in Benjamin. |
3 Fugerant enim Berothitae in Getthaim, factique sunt ibi advenae usque in tempus hoc.
| 3 And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and were sojourners there until that time. |
4 Erat autem Ionathan filio Saul filius debilis pedibus. Quinquennis enim fuit, quando venit nuntius de Saul et Ionathan ex Iezrahel. Tollens itaque eum nutrix sua fugit; cumque festinaret, ut fugeret, cecidit et claudus effectus est habuitque vocabulum Meribbaal.
| 4 And Jonathan the son of Saul bad a son that was lame of his feet: for he was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan from Jezrahel. And his nurse took him up and fled: and as she made haste to flee, he fell and became lame: and his name was Miphiboseth. |
5 Venientes igitur filii Remmon Berothitae, Rechab et Baana, ingressi sunt, fervente die, domum Isbaal, qui dormiebat super stratum suum meridie; et ostiaria domus purgans triticum obdormivit. | 5 And the sons of Remmon the Berothite, Rechab and Baana coming, went into the house of Isboseth in the heat of the day: and he was sleeping upon his bed at noon. And the doorkeeper of the house, who was cleansing wheat, was fallen asleep. |
6 Ingressi sunt ergo usque interiora domus et percusserunt eum in inguine Rechab et Baana frater eius et fugerunt. | 6 And they entered into the house secretly taking ears of corn, and Rechab and Baana his brother stabbed him in the groin, and fled away. |
7 Cum autem ingressi fuissent domum, ille dormiebat super lectum suum in conclavi, et percutientes interfecerunt eum; sublatoque capite eius, abierunt per viam Arabae tota nocte.
| 7 For when they came into the house, be was sleeping upon his bed in a parlour, and they struck him and killed him: and taking away his head they went off by the way of the wilderness, walking all night. |
8 Et attulerunt caput Isbaal ad David in Hebron dixeruntque ad regem: “ Ecce caput Isbaal filii Saul inimici tui, qui quaerebat animam tuam; et dedit Dominus domino meo regi ultiones hodie de Saul et de semine eius ”. | 8 And they brought the head of Isboseth to David to Hebron: and they said to the king: Behold the head of Isboseth the son of Saul thy enemy who sought thy life: and the Lord hath revenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. |
9 Respondens autem David Rechab et Baana fratri eius filiis Remmon Berothitae dixit ad eos: “ Vivit Dominus, qui eruit animam meam de omni angustia, | 9 But David answered Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress, |
10 quoniam eum, qui annuntiaverat mihi et dixerat: “Mortuus est Saul”, qui putabat se prospera nuntiare, tenui et occidi in Siceleg, cui oportebat me dare mercedem pro nuntio; | 10 The man that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought he brought good tidings, I apprehended, and slew him in Siceleg, who should have been rewarded for his news. |
11 quanto magis nunc, cum homines impii interfecerunt virum innoxium in domo sua super lectum suum, non quaeram sanguinem eius de manu vestra et auferam vos de terra? ”. | 11 How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and take you away from the earth? |
12 Praecepit itaque David pueris, et interfecerunt eos; praecidentesque manus et pedes eorum suspenderunt eos super piscinam in Hebron. Caput autem Isbaal tulerunt et sepelierunt in sepulcro Abner in Hebron.
| 12 And David commanded his servants and they slew them: and cutting off their hands and feet, hanged them up over the pool in Hebron: but the head of Isboseth they took and buried in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. |