1Semasa Daud memerintah, terjadilah bala kelaparan hebat yang berlangsung selama tiga tahun penuh. Lalu Daud meminta petunjuk TUHAN mengenai hal itu, dan TUHAN berkata, "Bala kelaparan itu ialah karena kesalahan Saul dan keluarganya, mereka telah membunuh orang-orang Gibeon."
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.”
2(Orang-orang Gibeon bukan orang Israel; mereka termasuk sekelompok kecil orang Amori. Orang-orang Israel telah berjanji akan melindungi mereka, tetapi Saul telah berusaha memusnahkan mereka karena ia memikirkan kepentingan orang Israel dan Yehuda.) Lalu Daud memanggil orang-orang Gibeon itu
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);
3dan bertanya kepada mereka, "Apakah yang dapat kuperbuat untukmu? Aku ingin menebus kesalahan yang telah dilakukan kepadamu, supaya kamu memberkati umat TUHAN."
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?”
4Jawab mereka, "Perkara kami dengan Saul dan keluarganya tidak dapat diselesaikan dengan perak atau emas, tetapi kami juga tidak ingin membunuh seorang pun dari bangsa Israel." Lalu kata Daud, "Kalau begitu, apa yang kamu inginkan aku perbuat?"
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.”
5Jawab mereka, "Saul raja pilihan TUHAN ingin membinasakan kami semua sehingga kami lenyap dari seluruh Israel.
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,
6Sebab itu, serahkanlah tujuh orang dari keturunannya yang laki-laki, supaya kami gantung di hadapan TUHAN di Gibea, kota Raja Saul sendiri." Jawab raja, "Baiklah, mereka akan kuserahkan."
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.”
7Tetapi karena Daud dan Yonatan sudah saling bersumpah satu sama lain, Daud tidak menyerahkan Mefiboset anak Yonatan.
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.
8Yang diambil oleh Daud ialah Armoni dan Mefiboset, yaitu kedua orang putra Saul yang dilahirkan oleh Rizpa anak Aya; juga kelima orang putra Merab putri Saul, anak-anak itu lahir dari perkawinan Merab dengan Adriel anak Barzilai, orang Mehola itu.
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.
9Mereka diserahkan kepada orang-orang Gibeon, lalu ketujuh orang itu meninggal bersama-sama digantung di atas bukit di hadapan TUHAN. Hukuman mati itu dilaksanakan pada akhir musim semi, ketika jelai mulai dipotong.
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.
10Lalu Rizpa selir Saul, membentangkan kain karung bagi dirinya di atas batu tempat mayat-mayat itu terbujur. Rizpa tidak pergi dari situ mulai dari awal musim panen sampai turunnya hujan pada musim gugur. Tidak dibiarkannya mayat-mayat itu diganggu oleh burung-burung pada siang hari atau binatang buas pada malam hari.
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.
11Ketika diberitahukan kepada Daud apa yang diperbuat oleh Rizpa,
11It was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12ia pergi mengambil tulang-tulang Saul dan Yonatan dari penduduk kota Yabes di Gilead. (Orang-orang itu telah mencuri tulang-tulang itu dari tanah lapang kota di Bet-San, tempat orang Filistin menggantung mayat-mayat itu setelah mengalahkan Saul di Bukit Gilboa.)
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;
13Tulang-tulang Saul dan Yonatan itu dibawa dari situ, lalu dikumpulkannya juga tulang-tulang ketujuh orang yang digantung itu.
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.
14Kemudian tulang-tulang Saul dan Yonatan serta tulang-tulang ketujuh orang itu dikuburkan di dalam kuburan Kish ayah Saul di Zela di wilayah Benyamin. Setelah semuanya dilaksanakan sesuai dengan perintah raja, Allah mengabulkan doa mereka untuk negeri itu.
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.
15Antara orang Filistin dan orang Israel pecah lagi peperangan. Daud dan anak buahnya pergi bertempur melawan orang Filistin. Dalam pertempuran itu Daud menjadi lelah.
15The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;
16Datanglah seorang raksasa yang bernama Yisbi-Benob. Tombaknya terbuat dari perunggu seberat kira-kira tiga setengah kilogram. Ia juga menyandang pedang yang baru, dan ia yakin dapat membunuh Daud.
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.
17Tetapi Abisai anak Zeruya datang menolong Daud. Diserangnya raksasa itu dan dibunuhnya. Sesudah itu anak buah Daud memohon supaya Daud berjanji tidak akan ikut lagi dalam pertempuran. "Baginda adalah harapan Israel, jangan sampai kami kehilangan Baginda," kata mereka.
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.”
18Terjadi lagi pertempuran melawan orang Filistin di Gob. Dalam pertempuran itu Sibkhai orang Husa membunuh seorang raksasa bernama Saf.
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.
19Dalam pertempuran lain dengan orang Filistin di Gob, Elhanan anak Yair dari Betlehem membunuh Goliat dari Gat. Gagang tombak Goliat itu sebesar kayu alat tenun.
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.
20Terjadi lagi pertempuran melawan orang Filistin di Gat. Di situ ada seorang raksasa yang suka sekali berperang. Dia mempunyai enam jari pada setiap tangannya dan enam jari pada setiap kakinya.
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.
21Dia mengejek orang Israel, dan karena itu ia dibunuh oleh Yonatan anak Simea, abang Daud.
21When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.
22Keempat orang yang dibunuh oleh Daud dan pasukannya itu, adalah keturunan raksasa di Gat.
22These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.