사무엘하 4

1사울의 아들 이스보셋이 아브넬의 헤브론에서 죽었다 함을 듣고 손맥이 풀렸고 온 이스라엘이 놀라니라 2사울의 아들 이스보셋에게 군장 두 사람이 있으니 하나의 이름은 바아나요 하나의 이름은 레갑이라 베냐민 족속 브에롯 사람 림몬의 아들들이더라 브에롯도 베냐민 지파에 속하였으니 3일찍 브에롯 사람들이 깃다임으로 도망하여 오늘까지 거기 우거함이더라 4사울의 아들 요나단에게 절뚝발이 아들 하나가 있으니 이름은 므비보셋이라 전에 사울과 요나단의 죽은 소식이 이스르엘에서 올 때에 그 나이 다섯 살이었는데 그 유모가 안고 도망하더니 급히 도망하므로 아이가 떨어져 절게 되었더라 5브에롯 사람 림몬의 아들 레갑과 바아나가 행하여 볕이 쬘 때 즈음에 이스보셋의 집에 이르니 마침 저가 낮잠을 자는지라 6레갑과 그 형제 바아나가 밀을 가지러 온 체하고 집 가운데로 들어가서 그 배를 찌르고 도망하였더라 7저희가 집에 들어가니 이스보셋이 침실에서 상 위에 누웠는지라 저를 쳐 죽이고 목을 베어 그 머리를 가지고 밤새도록 아라바 길로 행하여 8헤브론에 이르러 다윗 왕에게 이스보셋의 머리를 드리며 고하되 왕의 생명을 해하려 하던 원수 사울의 아들 이스보셋의 머리가 여기 있나이다 여호와께서 오늘 우리 주 되신 왕의 원수를 사울과 그 자손에게 갚으셨나이다 9다윗이 브레롯 사람 림몬의 아들 레갑과 그 형제 바아나에게 대답하여 가로되 내 생명을 여러 환난 가운데서 건지신 여호와의 사심을 가리켜 맹세하노니 10전에 사람이 내게 고하기를 사울이 죽었다 하며 좋은 소식을 전하는 줄로 생각하였어도 내가 저를 잡아 시글락에서 죽여서 그것으로 그 기별의 갚음을 삼았거든 11하물며 악인이 의인을 그 집 침상 위에서 죽인 것이겠느냐 그런즉 내가 저의 피흘린 죄를 너희에게 갚아서 너희를 이 땅에서 없이 하지 아니하겠느냐 하고 12소년들을 명하매 곧 저희를 죽이고 수족을 베어 헤브론 못가에 매어달고 이스보셋의 머리를 가져다가 헤브론에서 아브넬의 무덤에 장사하였더라

1When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 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: 3and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until this day). 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 as she made haste to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth. 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. 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. 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. 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.” 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, 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. 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?” 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.

1Als nu Sauls zoon hoorde, dat Abner te Hebron gestorven was, werden zijn handen slap, en gans Israel werd verschrikt. 2En Sauls zoon had twee mannen, oversten van benden; de naam des enen was Baena, en de naam des anderen Rechab, zonen van Rimmon, den Beerothiet, van de kinderen van Benjamin; want ook Beeroth werd aan Benjamin gerekend. 3En de Beerothieten waren gevloden naar Gitthaim, en waren aldaar vreemdelingen tot op dezen dag. 4En Jonathan, Sauls zoon, had een zoon, die geslagen was aan beide voeten; vijf jaren was hij oud als het gerucht van Saul en Jonathan uit Jizreel kwam; en zijn voedster hem opnam, en vluchtte; en het geschiedde, als zij haastte, om te vluchten, dat hij viel en kreupel werd; en zijn naam was Mefiboseth. 5En de zonen van Rimmon: den Beerothiet, Rechab en Baena, gingen heen, en kwamen ten huize van Isboseth, als de dag heet geworden was; en hij lag op de slaapstede, in den middag. 6En zij kwamen daarin tot het midden des huizes, zullende tarwe halen; en zij sloegen hem aan de vijfde rib; en Rechab en zijn broeder Baena ontkwamen. 7Want zij kwamen in huis, als hij op zijn bed lag, in zijn slaapkamer, en sloegen hem, en doodden hem, en hieuwen zijn hoofd af; en zij namen zijn hoofd, en gingen henen, den weg op het vlakke veld, den gansen nacht. 8En zij brachten het hoofd van Isboseth tot David te Hebron, en zeiden tot den koning: Zie, daar is het hoofd van Isboseth, den zoon van Saul, uw vijand, die uw ziel zocht, alzo heeft de HEERE mijn heer den koning te dezen dage wrake gegeven van Saul en van zijn zaad. 9Maar David antwoordde Rechab en zijn broeder Baena, den zonen van Rimmon, den Beerothiet, en zeide tot hen: Zo waarachtig als De HEERE leeft, Die mijn ziel uit alle benauwdheid verlost heeft! 10Dewijl ik hem, die mij boodschapte, zeggende: Zie, Saul is dood; daar hij in zijn ogen was als een, die goede boodschap bracht, nochtans gegrepen en te Ziklag gedood heb, hoewel hij meende, dat ik hem bodenloon zou geven; 11Hoeveel te meer, wanneer goddeloze mannen een rechtvaardigen man in zijn huis op zijn slaapstede hebben gedood? Nu dan, zou ik zijn bloed van uw handen niet eisen, en u van de aarde wegdoen? 12En David gebood zijn jongens, en zij doodden hen, en hieuwen hun handen en hun voeten af, en hingen ze op bij den vijver te Hebron, maar het hoofd van Isboseth namen zij, en begroeven het in Abners graf te Hebron.