Secondo libro di Samuele 4

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Audivit autem Isbaal filius Saul quod cecidisset Abner in He bron, et dissolutae sunt manus eius, omnisque Israel perturbatus est.	1 When Ishbaal, son of Saul, heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he ceased to resist and all Israel was alarmed.
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 Ishbaal, son of Saul, had two company leaders named Baanah and Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the tribe of Benjamin. (Beeroth, too, was ascribed to Benjamin:
3 Fugerant enim Berothitae in Getthaim, factique sunt ibi advenae usque in tempus hoc.	3 the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, where they have been resident aliens to this day.
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 Jonathan, son of Saul, had a son named Meribbaal with crippled feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. But in their hasty flight, he fell and became lame.)
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 The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, came into the house of Ishbaal during the heat of the day, while he was taking his siesta.
6 Ingressi sunt ergo usque interiora domus et percusserunt eum in inguine Rechab et Baana frater eius et fugerunt.	6 The portress of the house had dozed off while sifting wheat, and was asleep. So Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped past
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 and entered the house while Ishbaal was lying asleep in his bedroom. They struck and killed him, and cut off his head. Then, taking the head, they traveled on the Arabah road all night long.
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 They brought the head of Ishbaal to David in Hebron and said to the king: "This is the head of Ishbaal, son of your enemy Saul, who sought your life. Thus has the LORD this day avenged my lord the king on Saul and his posterity."
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 replied to Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite: "As the LORD lives, who rescued me from all difficulty,
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 in Ziklag I seized and put to death the man who informed me of Saul's death, thinking himself the bearer of good news for which I ought to give him a reward.
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 bed at home, must I hold you responsible for his death and destroy you 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 So at a command from David, the young men killed them and cut off their hands and feet, hanging them up near the pool in Hebron. But he took the head of Ishbaal and buried it in Abner's grave in Hebron.