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.'

¹And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for [his] house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.

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.

²And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)

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

³And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with what shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

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?'

⁴And the Gibeonites said to him, As to Saul and his house, it is with us no question of receiving silver or gold, neither is it for us to have any man put to death in Israel. And he said, What ye say will I do for you.

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,

⁵And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the borders of Israel,

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

⁶let seven men of his sons be given up to us, and we will hang them up to Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give [them].

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

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.

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,

⁸And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of [the sister of] Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

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.

⁹and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before Jehovah. And they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the first days of the harvest, in the beginning of barley harvest.

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.

¹⁰Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them out of the heavens, and suffered neither the fowl of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

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

¹¹And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

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.

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 open place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, the day the Philistines had smitten Saul in Gilboa;

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

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.

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.

¹⁴And they buried [them] with the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they did all that the king had commanded. And afterwards God was propitious to the land.

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

¹⁵And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.

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

¹⁶And Ishbibenob, who was of the children of Raphah -- the weight of his lance was three hundred shekels of bronze, and he was girded with new [armour] -- thought to smite David.

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!'

¹⁷And Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.

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

¹⁸And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines, at Gob; then Sibbechai the Hushathite smote Saph, who was of the children of Raphah.

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

¹⁹And there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, smote Goliath the Gittite; now the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam.

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.

²⁰And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man [there] of great stature, that had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to Raphah.

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

²¹And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.

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

²²These four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.