¹And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because 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 called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children 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.

³and David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless 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 said unto him, It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for 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 said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, [that] we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders 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 seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.

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

⁷But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the 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.

⁸But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the 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 he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before Jehovah, and they fell [all] seven together. And they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning 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 the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts 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 was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

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

¹²And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew 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 brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

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

¹⁴And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

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 the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint;

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

¹⁶and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight, he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.

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

¹⁷But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not 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 came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.

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

¹⁹And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

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

²⁰And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was 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 when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, slew him.

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

²²These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell 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.