¹In ko je slišal Isboset, Savlov sin, da je Abner mrtev v Hebronu, mu omahnejo roke, in ves Izrael se ustraši.

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

²Imel pa je Savlov sin dva moža, poveljnika trum: enemu je bilo ime Baana, drugemu pa Rekab, sinova Rimona Berotčana, izmed sinov Benjaminovih (kajti Berot se tudi šteje k Benjaminu;

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,

³bili so pa Berotčani bežali v Gitaim in so ondi prebivali do današnjega dne).

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

⁴Jonatan pa, Savlov sin, je imel sina, hromega na nogah. Pet let je bil star, ko je prišla vest o Savlu in Jonatanu iz Jezreela; in njegova dojka ga je vzela in bežala, in ko je hitela, da ubeži, je padel in ohromel. In ime mu je bilo Mefiboset.

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.

⁵In sinova Rimona Berotčana, Rekab in Baana, sta šla in dospela, ko je bil dan najbolj vroč, v hišo Isbosetovo, ko je počival na postelji opoldne.

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;

⁶In stopita sredi hiše, kakor da bi hotela vzeti pšenice, in ga zabodeta pod rebra, in Rekab in Baana, brat njegov, zbežita.

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;

⁷Ko sta namreč prišla v hišo in je on ležal v spalnici svoji na postelji, ga udarita in umorita ter mu odsekata glavo, in vzameta glavo njegovo in bežita po poti nižine Arabe vso noč.

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,

⁸In prineseta glavo Isbosetovo Davidu v Hebron in rečeta kralju: Glej, glava Isboseta, sina Savlovega, tvojega sovražnika, ki ti je stregel po življenju! GOSPOD je danes maščeval gospoda mojega, kralja, nad Savlom in nad semenom njegovim.

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.`

⁹David pa odgovori Rekabu in Baanu, bratu njegovemu, sinoma Rimona Berotčana, in jima reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD, ki je odrešil dušo mojo vseh bridkosti:

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,

¹⁰ko mi je tisti oznanil, rekoč: Glej, Savel je mrtev! in je menil, da je vesela vest zame, pa sem ga prijel in umoril v Ziklagu ter mu dal s tem plačilo za vest njegovo:

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.

¹¹koliko bolj, ko sta dva brezbožneža umorila pravičnega moža v njegovi hiši na postelji njegovi! nimam li zdaj zahtevati krvi njegove iz vajinih rok in vaju potrebiti z zemlje?In David zapove mladeničem svojim, in ti so ju umorili in jima odsekali roke in noge in so ju obesili pri ribniku v Hebronu. Glavo Isbosetovo pa so vzeli in jo pokopali v Abnerjevem grobu v Hebronu.

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?`

¹²In David zapove mladeničem svojim, in ti so ju umorili in jima odsekali roke in noge in so ju obesili pri ribniku v Hebronu. Glavo Isbosetovo pa so vzeli in jo pokopali v Abnerjevem grobu v Hebronu.

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.