¹Keď potom počul syn Saulov, že zomrel Abner v Hebrone, klesly jeho ruky, a celý Izrael sa predesil.

¹And the son of Saul heareth that Abner [is] dead in Hebron, and his hands are feeble, and all Israel have been troubled.

²A syn Saulov mal dvoch mužov, veliteľov čiat; jednému bolo meno Baana, a meno druhému bolo Rechab. Boli to synovia Rimmona Beerótskeho, zo synov Benjaminových. Lebo aj Beerót sa počíta k Benjaminovi.

²And two men, heads of troops, have been [to] the son of Saul, the name of the one [is] Baanah, and the name of the second Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin, for also Beeroth is reckoned to Benjamin,

³A Beeróťania boli utiekli do Gittaima a pohostínili a pohostínia tam až do tohoto dňa.

³and the Beerothites flee to Gittaim, and are there sojourners unto this day.

⁴A Jonatán, syn Saulov, mal syna chromého na nohy. Päť rokov mal, keď prišla zvesť o Saulovi a Jonatánovi z Jezreela. Vtedy ho vzala jeho chôva a utekala. A stalo sa, keď sa ponáhľala utekajúc, že padol a okrivel. A bolo mu meno Mefibóšet.

⁴And to Jonathan son of Saul [is] a son — lame; he was a son of five years at the coming in of the rumour of [the death of] Saul and Jonathan, out of Jezreel, and his nurse lifteth him up, and fleeth, and it cometh to pass in her hasting to flee, that he falleth, and becometh lame, and his name [is] Mephibosheth.

⁵A odíduc synovia Rimmona Beerótskeho, Rechab a Baana, vošli, keď bolo horúco na deň, do domu Iš-bóšetovho. A on ležal na posteli, jako mal obyčaj, cez poludnie.

⁵And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, go, and come in at the heat of the day unto the house of Ish-Bosheth, and he is lying down — the lying down of noon;

⁶A vošli ta, až doprostred domu, jako keby boli chceli brať obilie, a bodli ho do brucha. A Rechab a Baana, jeho brat, utiekli.

⁶and thither they have come, unto the midst of the house, taking wheat, and they smite him unto the fifth [rib], and Rechab and Baanah his brother have escaped;

⁷Lebo keď boli vošli do domu, ležal na svojej posteli vo svojej ložnici, a tedy bodli ho a zabili a uťali jeho hlavu. A vzali jeho hlavu a išli cestou jordánskej doliny Araby celú noc.

⁷yea, they come in to the house, and he is lying on his bed, in the inner part of his bed-chamber, and they smite him, and put him to death, and turn aside his head, and they take his head, and go the way of the plain all the night,

⁸A doniesli hlavu Iš-bóšetovu k Dávidovi do Hebrona a povedali kráľovi: Hľa, tu je hlava Iš-bóšeta, syna Saulovho, tvojho nepriateľa, ktorý hľadal tvoju dušu. Ale Hospodin pomstil dnes môjho pána kráľa na Saulovi a na jeho semene.

⁸and bring in the head of Ish-Bosheth unto David in Hebron, and say unto the king, `Lo, the head of Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life; and Jehovah doth give to my lord the king vengeance this day, of Saul and of his seed.`

⁹Ale Dávid odpovedal Rechabovi a Baanovi, jeho bratovi, synom Rimmona Beerótskeho, a riekol im: Ako že žije Hospodin, ktorý vykúpil moju dušu zo všetkých úzkostí,

⁹And David answereth Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and saith to them, `Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

¹⁰že keď som toho, ktorý mi oznámil, hľa, vraj, zomrel Saul, a ktorému sa zdalo, že zvestuje radostnú zvesť, pochytil a zabil v Ciklagu, toho, ktorý chcel, aby som mu dal odmenu za jeho radostnú zvesť,

¹⁰when one is declaring to me, saying, Lo, Saul is dead, and he was as a bearer of tidings in his own eyes, then I take hold on him, and slay him in Ziklag, instead of my giving to him [for] the tidings.

¹¹tým skorej potrescem smrťou bezbožných mužov, ktorí zavraždili spravedlivého muža v jeho dome na jeho posteli! A tak teraz či by som nemal pohľadávať jeho krv z vašej ruky a nemal vás odpratať zo zeme?

¹¹Also — when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?`

¹²A Dávid rozkázal mládencom, a zabili ich a poutínali im ruky i nohy a povesili ich pri rybníku v Hebrone a hlavu Iš-bóšetovu vzali a pochovali v hrobe Abnerovom v Hebrone.

¹²And David commandeth the young men, and they slay them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hang [them] over the pool in Hebron, and the head of Ish-Bosheth they have taken, and bury [it] in the burying-place of Abner in Hebron.