¹And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were enfeebled, and all Israel was troubled.

¹[Ny namonoana an'Isboseta, sy ny namalian'i Davida ireo namono azy kosa] Ary nony ren'ny zanakalahin'i Saoly fa maty tany Hebrona Abnera, dia niraviravy tanana izy, ary raiki-tahotra ny Isiraely rehetra.

²And Saul's son had two men, captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin.

²Ary nisy roa lahy, lehiben'ny mpitohan'ny zanakalahin'i Saoly, Bana no anaran'ny iray, ary Rekaba no anaran'ny iray, samy zanak'i Rimona Berotita tamin'ny taranak'i Benjamina (fa Berota koa natao ho isan'ny an'i Benjamina;

³And the Beerothites had fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.

³ary ny Berotita nandositra nankany Gitaima, dia nivahiny tany mandraka androany).

⁴And Jonathan Saul's son had a son that was lame of [his] feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jizreel; and his nurse took him up and fled. And it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

⁴Ary Jonatana, zanak'i Saoly, nanan-janakalahy malemy tongotra. Dimy taona izy, fony tonga avy tany Jezirela ny filazana ny amin'i Saoly sy Jonatana; ary nentin'ny mpitaiza azy nandositra izy; ary raha nentiny nandositra tamin'ny fahatairana izy, dia nianjera ka tonga malemy tongotra, Mefiboseta no anarany.

⁵And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went and came in about the heat of the day into the house of Ishbosheth, who was taking his noonday rest.

⁵Ary Rekaba sy Bana, zanak'i Rimona Berotita, nandeha; ka rehefa nafana ny andro, dia tonga tao an-tranon'Isboseta, tamin'ilay izy nandriandry tamin'ny antoandro iny.

⁶And they came thither into the midst of the house, [as though] they would fetch wheat; and they smote him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

⁶Ary niditra tao anaty trano Rekaba sy Bana rahalahiny haka vary, ka namely azy tamin'ny kibony, dia lasa nandositra.

⁷They came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him; and they took his head, and went by the way of the plain all night.

⁷Fa raha niditra tao an-trano izy roa lahy, ary Isboseta nandry teo amin'ny fandriany tao amin'ny trano fandriany dia namely azy izy roa lahy ka nahafaty azy, dia notapahiny ny lohany ka nentiny; ary nandeha mandritra ny alina namaky ny tani-hay izy.[Heb. Arabà]

⁸And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, thine enemy who sought thy life; and Jehovah has given to my lord the king to be avenged this day of Saul and of his seed.

⁸Ary nitondra ny lohan'Isboseta tany amin'i Davida tao Hebrona izy ka nanao tamin'ny mpanjaka hoe: Indro ny lohan'Isboseta, zanak'i Saoly fahavalonao, izay nitady ny ainao; fa Jehovah efa namaly an'i Saoly sy ny taranany androany noho ny amin'ny mpanjaka tompoko.

⁹Then David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, [As] Jehovah liveth, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,

⁹Ary hoy Davida tamin'i Rekaba sy Bana rahalahiny, zanak'i Rimona Berotita: Raha velona koa Jehovah, Izay namonjy ahy tamin'ny fahoriana rehetra,

¹⁰when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead! and he was in his own sight a messenger of good, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag -- to whom forsooth I should give a reward for his good tidings:

¹⁰ilay nanambara tamiko hoe: Indro, maty Saoly, ka nanao ny tenany ho mpitondra teny mahafaly, dia nohazoniko ka novonoiko tao Ziklaga. hanomezako azy ny valin'ny teny mahafaly nentiny;[Na: dia olona nampoizina homeko valim-pitia noho]

¹¹how much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? and should I not now demand his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

¹¹koa mainka raha misy olon-dratsy mamono lehilahy marina ao an-tranony eo am-pandriany; koa tsy hadiniko eo an-tananareo va ny ràny, ary tsy hofongorako tsy ho amin'ny tany intsony va ianareoAry Davida nandidy ny zatovony, dia namono azy ireo, ka notapahiny ny tanany sy ny tongony, dia nahantony teo anilan'ny kamory tao Hebrona. Fa ny lohan'Isboseta kosa dia nentina ka nalevina tao am-pasan'i Abnera tao Hebrona.

¹²And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged [them] up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

¹²Ary Davida nandidy ny zatovony, dia namono azy ireo, ka notapahiny ny tanany sy ny tongony, dia nahantony teo anilan'ny kamory tao Hebrona. Fa ny lohan'Isboseta kosa dia nentina ka nalevina tao am-pasan'i Abnera tao Hebrona.