1When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
1Kad je Šaulov sin Išbaal čuo da je poginuo Abner u Hebronu, klonuše mu ruke i sav se Izrael zaprepasti.
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:
2A Šaulov sin Išbaal imaše dvojicu vođa svojih četa; jedan se zvao Baana, a drugi Rekab; bili su sinovi Rimona Beeroćanina iz Benjaminova plemena, jer se Beerot pribraja k Benjaminu.
3and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day).
3A Beeroćani bijahu pobjegli u Gitajim, gdje su ostali kao došljaci do današnjeg dana.
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.
4Šaulov sin Jonatan imao je sina hroma na obje noge. Njemu je bilo pet godina kad je iz Jizreela došao glas o Šaulovoj i Jonatanovoj pogibiji. Njegova ga dadilja uze i pobježe, ali u brzini bijega dijete pade i osta hromo. Ime mu bijaše Meribaal.
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.
5Sinovi Rimona Beeroćanina, Rekab i Baana, digoše se i dođoše za najveće dnevne vrućine Išbaalu do kuće, a on upravo spavaše podnevni počinak.
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.
6A vratarica, čisteći pšenicu, bijaše zadrijemala te je spavala. Rekab i njegov brat Baana prošuljaše se kraj nje.
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.
7Kad su ušli u kuću, on je ležao na postelji u svojoj spavaonici. Oni ga ubiše, odsjekoše mu glavu i uzeše je i cijelu su onu noć išli putem kroz Arabu.
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.”
8Glavu Išbaalovu donesoše Davidu u Hebron i rekoše kralju: "Evo glave Išbaala, sina Šaulova, tvoga neprijatelja koji ti je radio o glavi. Jahve je danas krvavo osvetio moga gospodara i kralja na Šaulu i njegovu rodu."
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,
9Ali David odvrati Rekabu i njegovu bratu Baani, sinovima Rimona iz Beerota, i reče im: "Tako mi živog Jahve koje me izbavio iz svake nevolje!
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.
10Onaj koji mi je javio da je poginuo Šaul mislio je da mi javlja radosnu vijest, a ja sam ga uhvatio i pogubio u Siklagu da mu platim za njegovu dobru vijest!
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?”
11Što ću tek učiniti sa zlikovcima koji su ubili poštena čovjeka u njegovoj kući, na njegovoj postelji! Zar da ne tražim od vas račun za njegovu krv i da vas ne istrijebim sa zemlje?"
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.
12Nato David zapovjedi vojnicima te ih pogubiše. Potom im odsjekoše ruke i noge i objesiše ih kod jezera u Hebronu. Išbaalovu glavu uzeše i pokopaše u Abnerovu grobu u Hebronu.