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.

¹When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

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;

²Saul’s son had two men who were 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 is reckoned to Benjamin:

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

³and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).

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.

⁴Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

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.

⁵The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

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

⁶They came there into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

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]

⁷Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

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.

⁸They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.”

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

⁹David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

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]

¹⁰when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

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.

¹¹How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?”

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.

¹²David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.