¹Kui Sauli poeg kuulis, et Abner oli Hebronis surnud, siis läksid ta käed lõdvaks ja kogu Iisrael tundis hirmu.

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

²Ja Sauli pojal oli kaks meest röövjõukude pealikuiks: ühe nimi oli Baana ja teise nimi Reekab, beerotlase Rimmoni pojad benjaminlaste seast; sest ka Beerot loetakse Benjaminile kuuluvaks.

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.

³Beerotlased olid aga põgenenud Gittaimisse ja nad elavad seal võõrastena tänapäevani.

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

⁴Joonatanil, Sauli pojal, oli jalust vigane poeg, kes oli viieaastane, kui Jisreelist tuli sõnum Sauli ja Joonatani kohta; siis võttis ta hoidja tema sülle ja põgenes, aga rutulisel põgenemisel juhtus, et laps kukkus maha ja jäi lonkama; ta nimi oli Mefiboset.

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.

⁵Ja beerotlase Rimmoni pojad Reekab ja Baana läksid teele ja tulid Iisboseti kotta, kui päev oli palavaim ja ta magas oma lõunauinakut.

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.

⁶Ja nad tulid sinna kotta sisse nagu nisu võtma, ja nad pistsid temale kõhtu; Reekab ja ta vend Baana ise pääsesid pakku.

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.

⁷Olles tulnud kotta, kui Iisboset magas voodis oma magamiskambris, lõid nad tema surnuks ja raiusid tal pea maha; siis nad võtsid ta pea ja käisid kogu öö lagendiku teed.

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.

⁸Ja nad tõid Iisboseti pea Taaveti juurde Hebronisse ning ütlesid kuningale: 'Vaata, siin on su vaenlase, Sauli poja Iisboseti pea. Tema püüdis su hinge. Issand on täna Saulile ja tema järglastele kätte maksnud mu isanda kuninga pärast.'

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.

⁹Aga Taavet vastas Reekabile ja tema vennale Baanale, beerotlase Rimmoni poegadele, ja ütles neile: 'Nii tõesti kui elab Issand, kes on päästnud mu hinge igast hädast:

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,

¹⁰selle, kes mulle kuulutas ja ütles: Vaata, Saul on surnud - ta oli enese silmis rõõmusõnumi tooja -, selle ma võtsin kinni ja tapsin Siklagis, tema, kellele oleksin pidanud andma teatetooja tasu,

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:

¹¹saati siis nüüd, kui õelad mehed on tapnud süütu mehe tema voodis ta oma kojas. Eks ma pea nüüd nõudma tema verd teie käest ja hävitama teid maa pealt?'

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?

¹²Ja Taavet andis käsu noortele meestele ja need tapsid nad ära, raiusid neilt käed ja jalad ja poosid nad Hebroni tiigi äärde; aga Iisboseti pea nad võtsid ja matsid Hebronisse Abneri hauda.

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.