¹大卫厚待米非波设大卫问：“扫罗家还有剩下的人没有？我要因约拿单的缘故，以慈爱待他。”

¹And David saith, `Is there yet any left to the house of Saul, and I do with him kindness because of Jonathan?`

²扫罗家有一个仆人，名叫洗巴。有人叫他来见大卫；王问他：“你是洗巴吗？”他回答：“仆人正是。”

²And the house of Saul hath a servant, and his name [is] Ziba, and they call for him unto David; and the king saith unto him, `Art thou Ziba?` and he saith, `Thy servant.`

³王又问：“扫罗家还有人没有？我要以　神的慈爱待他。”洗巴回答王说：“还有约拿单的一个儿子，他双脚残废了。”

³And the king saith, `Is there not yet a man to the house of Saul, and I do with him the kindness of God?` And Ziba saith unto the king, `Jonathan hath yet a son — lame.`

⁴王又问他说：“他在哪里？”洗巴回答王说：“他在罗．底巴亚米利的儿子玛吉家里。”

⁴And the king saith to him, `Where [is] he?` and Ziba saith unto the king, `Lo, he [is] in the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, in Lo-Debar.`

⁵于是大卫王派人去把他从罗．底巴亚米利的儿子玛吉家里接来。

⁵And king David sendeth, and taketh him out of the house of Machir son of Ammiel, of Lo-Debar,

⁶扫罗的孙子，约拿单的儿子米非波设来到大卫面前，俯伏叩拜。大卫说：“米非波设！”他回答：“仆人在这里。”

⁶and Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, cometh unto David, and falleth on his face, and doth obeisance, and David saith, `Mephibosheth;` and he saith, `Lo, thy servant.`

⁷大卫对他说：“你不要怕，我必因你父亲约拿单的缘故，以慈爱待你，把你祖父扫罗所有的田地都归还给你；你也可以常常与我同席吃饭。”

⁷And David saith to him, `Be not afraid; for I certainly do with thee kindness because of Jonathan thy father, and have given back to thee all the field of Saul thy father, and thou dost eat bread at my table continually.`

⁸米非波设再叩拜说：“仆人算什么？你竟然眷顾我这个像条死狗的人！”

⁸And he boweth himself, and saith, `What [is] thy servant, that thou hast turned unto the dead dog — such as I?`

⁹王把扫罗的仆人洗巴召来，对他说：“我已经把属于扫罗，以及他全家所有的一切，给了你主人的孙子。

⁹And the king calleth unto Ziba servant of Saul, and saith unto him, `All that was to Saul and to all his house, I have given to the son of thy lord,

¹⁰你和你的儿子，以及你的仆人，都要替他耕种田地；你要把所收获的拿来，供他食用。米非波设要常常与我同席吃饭。”洗巴有十五个儿子，二十个仆人。

¹⁰and thou hast served for him the land, thou and thy sons, and thy servants, and hast brought in, and there hath been to the son of thy lord bread, and he hath eaten it; and Mephibosheth son of thy lord doth eat continually bread at my table;` and Ziba hath fifteen sons and twenty servants.

¹¹洗巴对王说：“我主我王吩咐仆人的一切，仆人都必遵行。”于是米非波设与王同桌吃饭，像是王的一个儿子一样。

¹¹And Ziba saith unto the king, `According to all that my lord the king commandeth his servant, so doth thy servant;` as to Mephibosheth, `he is eating at my table ([saith the king]) as one of the sons of the king.`

¹²米非波设有一个小儿子，名叫米迦。住在洗巴家里的人，都作了米非波设的仆人。

¹²And Mephibosheth hath a young son, and his name [is] Micha, and every one dwelling in the house of Ziba [are] servants to Mephibosheth.

¹³这样，米非波设住在耶路撒冷，常常与王同席吃饭。可是他的双腿都是瘸的。

¹³And Mephibosheth is dwelling in Jerusalem, for at the table of the king he is eating continually, and he [is] lame of his two feet.