Secondo libro di Samuele 9

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Et dixit David: “ Putasne est aliquis, qui remanserit adhuc de domo Saul, ut faciam cum eo misericordiam propter Ionathan? ”.	1 And David said, “Do you think that there could be anyone left from the house of Saul, so that I might show mercy to him because of Jonathan?”
2 Erat autem de domo Saul servus nomine Siba; quem cum vocasset rex ad se, dixit ei: “ Tune es Siba? ”. Et ille respondit: “ Ego sum, servus tuus ”.	2 Now there was, from the house of Saul, a servant named Ziba. And when the king had called him to himself, he said to him, “Are you not Ziba?” And he responded, “I am your servant.”
3 Et ait rex: “ Num superest aliquis de domo Saul, ut faciam cum eo misericordiam Dei? ”. Dixitque Siba regi: “ Superest filius Ionathan, debilis pedibus ”.	3 And the king said, “Could there be anyone alive from the house of Saul, so that I may show the mercy of God to him?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is left alive a son of Jonathan, with disabled feet.”
4 “ Ubi, inquit, est? ”. Et Siba ad regem: “ Ecce, ait, in domo est Machir filii Ammiel in Lodabar ”.	4 “Where is he?” he said. And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.”
5 Misit ergo rex David et tulit eum de domo Machir filii Ammiel de Lodabar.	5 Therefore, king David sent and brought him from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
6 Cum autem venisset Meribbaal filius Ionathan filii Saul ad David, corruit in faciem suam et adoravit. Dixitque David: “ Meribbaal ”. Qui respondit: “ Adsum servus tuus ”.	6 And when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell upon his face, and he reverenced. And David said, “Mephibosheth?” And he responded, “Your servant is here.”
7 Et ait ei David: “Ne timeas, quia faciens faciam in te misericordiam propter Ionathan patrem tuum; et restituam tibi omnes agros Saul patris tui, et tu comedes panem in mensa mea semper ”.	7 And David said to him: “Do not be afraid. For I will certainly show mercy to you because of your father Jonathan. And I will restore to you all the fields of your father Saul. And you shall eat bread at my table always.”
8 Qui adorans eum dixit: “ Quis ego sum servus tuus, quoniam respexisti super canem mortuum similem mei? ”.	8 And reverencing him, he said, “Who am I, your servant, that you should look with favor upon a dead dog like me?”
9 Vocavit itaque rex Sibam puerum Saul et dixit ei: “ Omnia, quaecumque fuerunt Saul et universae domui eius, do filio domini tui.	9 And so, the king called Ziba, the servant of Saul, and he said to him: “Everything whatsoever that belonged to Saul, and his entire house, I have given to the son of your lord.
10 Operare igitur ei terram, tu et filii tui et servi tui, et, quod inferes, sit cibus domui domini tui, quo alantur; Meribbaal autem filius domini tui comedet semper panem super mensam meam ”. Erant autem Sibae quindecim filii et viginti servi.	10 And so, work the land for him, you and your sons and your servants. And you shall bring in food for the son of your lord, for nourishment. And Mephibosheth, the son of your lord, shall always eat bread at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
11 Dixitque Siba ad regem: “ Sicut iussisti, domine mi rex, servo tuo, sic faciet servus tuus ”. Meribbaal autem comedebat super mensam eius quasi unus de filiis regis.	11 And Ziba said to the king: “Just as my lord has ordered your servant, so will your servant do. And Mephibosheth shall eat at my table, like one of the sons of the king.”
12 Habebat autem Meribbaal filium parvulum nomine Micha; omnes vero, qui habitabant in domo Sibae, serviebant Meribbaal.	12 Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. Truly, all the kindred of the house of Ziba served Mephibosheth.
13 Porro Meribbaal habitabat in Ierusalem, quia de mensa regis iugiter vescebatur; et erat claudus utroque pede.	13 But Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem. For he was fed always from the table of the king. And he was lame in both feet.