¹David said, “Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

¹Jednoga dana upita David: "Ima li još koji preživjeli od Šaulove kuće da mu učinim milost zbog Jonatana?"

²There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” He said, “Your servant is he.”

²A bijaše u Šaulovoj kući sluga po imenu Siba: njega dozvaše pred Davida i kralj ga zapita: "Jesi li ti Siba?" A on odgovori: "Jesam, tvoj sluga!"

³The king said, “Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame of his feet.”

³A kralj nastavi: "Zar nema više nikoga od Šaulove kuće da mu iskažem milost kao što je Božja milost?" A Siba odgovori kralju: "Ima još Jonatanov sin koji je hrom na obje noge."

⁴The king said to him, “Where is he?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.”

⁴Kralj ga upita: "Gdje je on?" A Siba odgovori kralju: "Eno ga u kući Makira, sina Amielova, u Lo Debaru."

⁵Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.

⁵Tada kralj David posla po njega u kuću Makira, sina Amielova, iz Lo Debara.

⁶Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and showed respect. David said, “Mephibosheth.” He answered, “Behold, your servant!”

⁶Kad je Meribaal, sin Jonatana, sina Šaulova, došao k Davidu, pade ničice i pokloni se. A David reče: "Meribaale!" On odgovori: "Evo tvoga sluge!"

⁷David said to him, “Don’t be afraid of him; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You shall eat bread at my table continually.”

⁷A David mu reče: "Ne boj se jer ti želim iskazati milost zbog tvoga oca Jonatana. Vratit ću ti sva polja tvoga djeda Šaula, a ti ćeš svagda jesti kruh za mojim stolom."

⁸He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?”

⁸Meribaal se pokloni i reče: "Što je tvoj sluga te iskazuješ milost mrtvome psu kao što sam ja?"

⁹Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given to your master’s son.

⁹Potom kralj dozva Sibu, Šaulova slugu, i reče mu: "Sve što je pripadalo Šaulu i njegovoj kući, sve to dajem sinu tvoga gospodara.

¹⁰You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master’s son shall eat bread always at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

¹⁰Ti ćeš mu sa svojim sinovima i sa svojim slugama obrađivati zemlju, od nje ćeš skupljati žetvu da obitelj tvoga gospodara ima kruha; a Meribaal, sin tvoga gospodara, jest će svagda za mojim stolom." A Siba imaše petnaest sinova i dvadeset slugu.

¹¹Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your shall servant do.” So Mephibosheth ate at the king’s table, like one of the king’s sons.

¹¹Siba odgovori kralju: "Tvoj će sluga učiniti sve što je moj gospodar i kralj zapovjedio svome sluzi." Meribaal je, dakle, jeo za Davidovim stolom kao jedan između kraljevih sinova.

¹²Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All that lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

¹²Meribaal je imao maloga sina po imenu Mika. A svi koji su živjeli u Sibinoj kući bijahu u službi Meribaala.

¹³So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king’s table. He was lame in both his feet.

¹³A Meribaal je boravio u Jeruzalemu, jer je uvijek jeo za kraljevim stolom. Bio je hrom na obje noge.