¹And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, `For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.`

¹Ja Taaveti päevil oli kolm aastat nälg, aasta aasta järel. Siis otsis Taavet Issanda palet ja Issand ütles: 'See on Sauli ja tema veresüüga soo pärast, et ta surmas gibeonlasi.'

²And the king calleth for the Gibeonites, and saith unto them — as to the Gibeonites, they [are] not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeketh to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah —

²Siis kutsus kuningas gibeonlased ja rääkis nendega. Gibeonlased ei olnud Iisraeli laste hulgast, vaid olid emorlastest järele jäänud; ja kuigi Iisraeli lapsed olid neile vandunud, oli Saul oma õhinas Iisraeli laste ja Juuda pärast püüdnud neid maha lüüa.

³yea, David saith unto the Gibeonites, `What do I do for you? and with what do I make atonement? and bless ye the inheritance of Jehovah.`

³Ja Taavet ütles gibeonlastele: 'Mida peaksin teile tegema ja millega saaksin teid lepitada, et te õnnistaksite Issanda pärisosa?'

⁴And the Gibeonites say to him, `We have no silver and gold by Saul and by his house, and we have no man to put to death in Israel;` and he saith, `What ye are saying I do to you.`

⁴Ja gibeonlased vastasid temale: 'Meil pole tarvis hõbedat ega kulda Saulilt ja tema soolt, ega ole meil tarvis kedagi Iisraelis surmata.' Aga ta küsis: 'Mida te nõuate, et ma teeksin teie heaks?'

⁵And they say unto the king, `The man who consumed us, and who devised against us — we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel —

⁵Siis nad vastasid kuningale: 'Mehe, kes tahtis teha meile lõpu ja kes kavatses meid hävitada, et meil ei oleks olnud paigalejäämist kogu Iisraeli maa-alal,

⁶let there be given to us seven men of his sons, and we have hanged them before Jehovah, in the height of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah.` And the king saith, `I do give;`

⁶tema poegadest antagu meile seitse meest ja me poome nad Issandale Issanda valitu Sauli Gibeas!' Ja kuningas ütles: 'Ma annan.'

⁷and the king hath pity on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of Jehovah that [is] between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul;

⁷Aga kuningas andis armu Mefibosetile, Sauli poja Joonatani pojale, Issanda vande pärast, mis oli nende vahel, Taaveti ja Sauli poja Joonatani vahel.

⁸and the king taketh the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul whom she bare to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite,

⁸Ja kuningas võttis Ajja tütre Rispa kaks poega, keda too oli Saulile ilmale toonud, Armoni ja Mefiboseti, ja Sauli tütre Meerabi viis poega, keda too oli ilmale toonud Adrielile, meholatlase Barsillai pojale,

⁹and giveth them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they hang them in the hill before Jehovah; and the seven fall together, and they have been put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], the commencement of barley-harvest.

⁹ja andis need gibeonlaste kätte; ja nemad poosid need mäe peal Issanda ees. Nõnda langesid need seitse ühekorraga ja nad surmati esimesil lõikuse päevil odralõikuse alguses.

¹⁰And Rizpah daughter of Aiah taketh the sackcloth, and stretcheth it out for herself on the rock, from the commencement of harvest till water hath been poured out upon them from the heavens, and hath not suffered a fowl of the heavens to rest upon them by day, or the beast of the field by night.

¹⁰Siis võttis Rispa, Ajja tütar, kotiriide ja laotas selle enesele kalju peale lõikuse algusest, kuni vesi sadas taevast nende peale; ja ta ei lasknud nende kallale taeva linde päeval ega metsloomi öösel.

¹¹And it is declared to David that which Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine of Saul, hath done,

¹¹Kui Taavetile jutustati, mida Ajja tütar Rispa, Sauli liignaine, oli teinud,

¹²and David goeth and taketh the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the possessors of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-Shan, where the Philistines hanged them, in the day of the Philistines smiting Saul in Gilboa;

¹²siis Taavet läks ja võttis Sauli luud ja tema poja Joonatani luud Gileadi Jaabesi kodanikelt, kes olid need varastanud Beet-Saani väljakult, kuhu vilistid olid need riputanud päeval, mil vilistid Sauli Gilboas maha lõid.

¹³and he bringeth up thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gather the bones of those hanged,

¹³Ja ta tõi sealt üles Sauli luud ja tema poja Joonatani luud; ja nad koristasid poodute luud.

¹⁴and bury the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah, in the burying-place of Kish his father, and do all that the king commanded, and God is entreated for the land afterwards.

¹⁴Siis nad matsid Sauli ja tema poja Joonatani luud Benjamini maale Seelasse tema isa Kiisi hauda. Ja nad tegid kõik, mida kuningas käskis; ja pärast seda võttis Jumal kuulda maa palveid.

¹⁵And again have the Philistines war with Israel, and David goeth down, and his servants with him, and they fight with the Philistines; and David is weary,

¹⁵Ja taas oli vilistitel sõda Iisraeliga; Taavet läks siis alla koos oma sulastega ja nad sõdisid vilistite vastu. Aga Taavet väsis

¹⁶and Ishbi-Benob, who [is] among the children of the giant — the weight of his spear [is] three hundred [shekels] weight of brass, and he is girded with a new one — speaketh of smiting David,

¹⁶ja nad jäid Goobi, kus üks refalaste järglasi, kelle oda vaagis kolmsada vaskseeklit ja kellel oli uus mõõk vööl, mõtles Taaveti surmata.

¹⁷and Abishai son of Zeruiah giveth help to him, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death; then swear the men of David to him, saying, `Thou dost not go out again with us to battle, nor quench the lamp of Israel.`

¹⁷Aga Abisai, Seruja poeg, aitas Taavetit ja lõi vilisti maha, surmates tolle; siis vandusid Taavetile tema mehed, öeldes: 'Sina ei tohi enam tulla sõtta koos meiega, et sa ei kustutaks Iisraeli lampi!'

¹⁸And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the battle is again in Gob with the Philistines, then hath Sibbechai the Hushathite smitten Saph, who [is] among the children of the giant.

¹⁸Ja pärast seda oli taas sõda Goobis vilistite vastu; huusalane Sibbekai lõi siis maha Safi, kes oli refalaste järglasi.

¹⁹And the battle is again in Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim, the Beth-Lehemite, smiteth [a brother of] Goliath the Gittite, and the wood of his spear [is] like a beam of weavers.

¹⁹Ja taas oli sõda Goobis vilistite vastu; petlemlane Elhanan, Jaare-Oregimi poeg, lõi siis maha gatlase Koljati, kelle piigivars oli nagu kangrupoom.

²⁰And the battle is again in Gath, and there is a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands [are] six, and the toes of his feet [are] six, twenty and four in number, and he also hath been born to the giant,

²⁰Ja taas oli sõda Gatis; seal oli pikakasvuline mees, kellel oli kuus sõrme kummalgi käel ja kuus varvast kummalgi jalal, ühtekokku kakskümmend neli; temagi oli üks refalaste järglasi.

²¹and he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimeah, brother of David;

²¹Ja kui ta laimas Iisraeli, siis lõi Joonatan, Taaveti venna Simea poeg, tema maha.

²²these four have been born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

²²Need neli põlvnesid refalasist Gatis; nad langesid Taaveti ja tema sulaste käe läbi.