¹In bila je lakota tri leta v dnevih Davidovih, leto za letom; in David je iskal obličja GOSPODOVEGA. In GOSPOD je dejal: Zaradi Savla je to in zaradi krvi, prelite od hiše njegove, ker je pomoril Gibeončane.

¹And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, `For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.`

²In kralj pokliče Gibeončane in govori ž njimi. (Gibeončani pa niso bili izmed sinov Izraelovih, ampak iz ostanka Amorejcev, in sinovi Izraelovi so jim prisegli mir. Toda Savel jih je poskušal iztrebiti v svoji gorečnosti za sinove Izraelove in Judove.)

²And the king calleth for the Gibeonites, and saith unto them — as to the Gibeonites, they [are] not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeketh to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah —

³In David reče Gibeončanom: Kaj naj storim za vas? In s čim naj storim poravnavo, da boste blagoslovili dediščino GOSPODOVO?

³yea, David saith unto the Gibeonites, `What do I do for you? and with what do I make atonement? and bless ye the inheritance of Jehovah.`

⁴In Gibeončani mu reko: Ni nam za srebro ali za zlato v zadevi med nami in med Savlom in hišo njegovo, niti za to, da se kdo umori v Izraelu. In jim reče: Kar porečete, storim za vas.

⁴And the Gibeonites say to him, `We have no silver and gold by Saul and by his house, and we have no man to put to death in Israel;` and he saith, `What ye are saying I do to you.`

⁵In reko kralju: Tistega moža, ki nas je pokončeval in ki je izmišljal zoper nas, da bi bili potrebljeni, da nas ne bo v nobenem kraju Izraelovem,

⁵And they say unto the king, `The man who consumed us, and who devised against us — we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel —

⁶naj se nam da sedem iz sinov njegovih, in obesimo jih GOSPODU v Gibei Savlovi, v mestu izvoljenca GOSPODOVEGA. In kralj reče: Dam vam jih.

⁶let there be given to us seven men of his sons, and we have hanged them before Jehovah, in the height of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah.` And the king saith, `I do give;`

⁷Ali kralj je prizanesel Mefibosetu, sinu Jonatana, sina Savlovega, zaradi prisege GOSPODOVE, ki je bila med njima, med Davidom in Jonatanom, sinom Savlovim.

⁷and the king hath pity on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of Jehovah that [is] between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul;

⁸Vzame pa kralj dva sinova Ricpe, hčere Ajeve, ki ju je rodila Savlu, Armonija in Mefiboseta, in pet sinov Mihale, hčere Savlove, ki jih je rodila Adrielu, sinu Barzilaja Meholačana,

⁸and the king taketh the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul whom she bare to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite,

⁹in jih da Gibeončanom v roke, in obesijo jih na gori pred GOSPODOM, in poginilo je teh sedem skupaj; in bili so usmrčeni ob žetvi, v prvih dneh, ko se je začela ječmenova žetev.

⁹and giveth them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they hang them in the hill before Jehovah; and the seven fall together, and they have been put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], the commencement of barley-harvest.

¹⁰A Ricpa, hči Ajeva, vzame raševnik in si ga razgrne na skali, od začetka žetve dotlej, ko je voda kapljala z neba na obešence, in ni dopustila ptičem nebeškim, da sedejo nanje po dne, ne zverinam poljskim po noči.

¹⁰And Rizpah daughter of Aiah taketh the sackcloth, and stretcheth it out for herself on the rock, from the commencement of harvest till water hath been poured out upon them from the heavens, and hath not suffered a fowl of the heavens to rest upon them by day, or the beast of the field by night.

¹¹In povedali so Davidu, kaj je storila Ricpa, hči Ajeva, priležnica Savlova.

¹¹And it is declared to David that which Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine of Saul, hath done,

¹²In David odide in vzame kosti Savlove in kosti Jonatana, sinu njegovega, od meščanov v Jabesu v Gileadu, ki so jih bili ukradli z ulic v Betsanu, kjer so ju Filistejci obesili v dan, ko so umorili Savla na Gilboi;

¹²and David goeth and taketh the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the possessors of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-Shan, where the Philistines hanged them, in the day of the Philistines smiting Saul in Gilboa;

¹³in prinese odondod kosti Savlove in kosti Jonatana, sina njegovega. Zbrali so tudi kosti tistih, ki so bili obešeni.

¹³and he bringeth up thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gather the bones of those hanged,

¹⁴In pokopali so kosti Savlove in Jonatana, sina njegovega, v pokrajini Benjaminovi v Zeli, v grobu Kisa, očeta njegovega, in storili so vse, kar je kralj zapovedal. In potem se je dal Bog izprositi za deželo.

¹⁴and bury the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah, in the burying-place of Kish his father, and do all that the king commanded, and God is entreated for the land afterwards.

¹⁵In Filistejci so zopet začeli vojno z Izraelom. In David gre doli in služabniki njegovi ž njim in se bojujejo zoper Filistejce. In David je bil utrujen,

¹⁵And again have the Philistines war with Israel, and David goeth down, and his servants with him, and they fight with the Philistines; and David is weary,

¹⁶in Isbibenob, ki je bil iz sinov velikana, čigar sulica je tehtala tristo seklov brona, in je bil opasan z novim mečem, je nameraval ubiti Davida.

¹⁶and Ishbi-Benob, who [is] among the children of the giant — the weight of his spear [is] three hundred [shekels] weight of brass, and he is girded with a new one — speaketh of smiting David,

¹⁷Ali Abisaj, sin Zervijin, mu je prišel v pomoč in je udaril Filistejca ter ga ubil. Tedaj so prisegli Davidu možje njegovi, rekoč: Nikdar več ne pojdeš z nami v boj, da ne ugasneš svetila Izraelu.

¹⁷and Abishai son of Zeruiah giveth help to him, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death; then swear the men of David to him, saying, `Thou dost not go out again with us to battle, nor quench the lamp of Israel.`

¹⁸In zgodi se potem, da je bila zopet vojna s Filistejci v Gobu; tedaj je Sibekaj Husajec ubil Safa, ki je bil iz sinov velikanov.

¹⁸And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the battle is again in Gob with the Philistines, then hath Sibbechai the Hushathite smitten Saph, who [is] among the children of the giant.

¹⁹In zopet je bila vojna s Filistejci v Gobu, in Elhanan, sin Jaare-orgimov, Betlehemčan, je ubil brata Goliata Gatovca, čigar suličišče je bilo kakor tkalsko vratilo.

¹⁹And the battle is again in Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim, the Beth-Lehemite, smiteth [a brother of] Goliath the Gittite, and the wood of his spear [is] like a beam of weavers.

²⁰In zopet je bila vojna v Gatu, kjer je bil mož velike postave, ki je imel na vsaki roki šest in na vsaki nogi šest prstov, štiriindvajset po številu; tudi ta se je bil rodil velikanu.

²⁰And the battle is again in Gath, and there is a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands [are] six, and the toes of his feet [are] six, twenty and four in number, and he also hath been born to the giant,

²¹Ko pa je ta sramoto kidal na Izraela, ga je ubil Jonatan, sin Simeja, brata Davidovega.Ti štirje so se rodili velikanu v Gatu, in padli so po roki Davidovi in po roki služabnikov njegovih.

²¹and he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimeah, brother of David;

²²Ti štirje so se rodili velikanu v Gatu, in padli so po roki Davidovi in po roki služabnikov njegovih.

²²these four have been born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.