撒母耳記下 4
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1掃羅 的兒子 伊施波設 聽見 押尼珥 死在 希伯崙 ，手就發軟； 以色列 眾人也都驚惶。
1Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
2掃羅 的兒子 伊施波設 有兩個軍長，一名 巴拿 ，一名 利甲 ，是 便雅憫 支派、 比錄 人 臨門 的兒子。 比錄 也屬 便雅憫 。
2Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
3比錄 人早先逃到 基他音 ，在那裏寄居，直到今日。
3because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
4掃羅 的兒子 約拿單 有一個兒子名叫 米非波設 ，是瘸腿的。 掃羅 和 約拿單 死亡 的消息從 耶斯列 傳到的時候，他才五歲。他乳母抱着他逃跑；因為跑得太急，孩子掉在地上，腿就瘸了。
4And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
5一日， 比錄 人 臨門 的兩個兒子 利甲 和 巴拿 出去，約在午熱的時候到了 伊施波設 的家； 伊施波設 正睡午覺。
5Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.
6他們進了房子，假作要取麥子，就刺透 伊施波設 的肚腹，逃跑了。
6They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
7他們進房子的時候， 伊施波設 正在臥房裏躺在床上，他們將他殺死，割了他的首級，拿着首級在 亞拉巴 走了一夜，
7They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
8將 伊施波設 的首級拿到 希伯崙 見 大衛 王，說：「王的仇敵 掃羅 曾尋索王的性命。看哪，這是他兒子 伊施波設 的首級；耶和華今日為我主我王在 掃羅 和他後裔的身上報了仇。」
8They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
9大衛 對 比錄 人 臨門 的兒子 利甲 和他兄弟 巴拿 說：「我指着救我性命脫離一切苦難、永生的耶和華起誓：
9But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
10從前有人報告我說， 掃羅 死了，他自以為報好消息；我就拿住他，將他殺在 洗革拉 ，這就作了他報消息的賞賜。
10when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
11何況惡人將義人殺在他的床上，我豈不向你們討流他血的罪、從世上除滅你們呢？」
11How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
12於是 大衛 吩咐少年人將他們殺了，砍斷他們的手腳，掛在 希伯崙 的池旁，卻將 伊施波設 的首級葬在 希伯崙 押尼珥 的墳墓裏。
12So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
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