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.'

¹There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death 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.

²The king called the Gibeonites, and said to 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 to them: and Saul sought to kill 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 you may bless the inheritance of Yahweh?”

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?'

⁴The Gibeonites said to 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.” He said, “Whatever you say, that 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,

⁵They said to the king, “The man who consumed us, and who devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of 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 delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh.” 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 Yahweh’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,

⁸But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore 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.

⁹He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before Yahweh, and all seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at 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.

¹⁰Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured on them from the sky. She allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.

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

¹¹It 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.

¹²David 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 killed 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 there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of those who 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.

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

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

¹⁵The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;

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 sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being armed with a new sword, thought to have slain 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!'

¹⁷But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don’t quench the lamp of Israel.”

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

¹⁸It came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.

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

¹⁹There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite’s brother, the staff of whose 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.

²⁰There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who 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.

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

²¹When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.

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

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