2 Samuel 4
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Pinatay si Ishboshet
4 Nang marinig ni Ishboshet na anak ni Saul, na pinatay si Abner sa Hebron, pinagharian siya ng matinding takot pati na ang lahat ng mamamayan ng Israel. 2 May dalawang tauhan si Ishboshet na namumuno sa pagsalakay sa mga lungsod ng mga kalaban: sina Baana at Recab. Mga anak sila ni Rimon na taga-Beerot, mula sa lahi ni Benjamin. Ang Beerot ay sakop ngayon ng Benjamin 3 dahil tumakas ang mga unang naninirahan dito papuntang Gittaim. Hanggang ngayon, naninirahan pa rin sila roon bilang mga dayuhan.
4 (Ang isa pang anak ni Saul na si Jonatan ay may anak na nalumpo, si Mefiboset. Limang taong gulang ito nang dumating ang balitang napatay sina Saul at Jonatan sa labanan sa Jezreel. Nang marinig ng tagapag-alaga ni Mefiboset ang balita, binuhat niya ito at tumakas. Pero dahil sa pagmamadali, nabitawan niya ang bata at nalumpo.)
5 Isang araw, nagpunta sa bahay ni Ishboshet sina Recab at Baana na mga anak ni Rimon na taga-Beerot. Tanghaling-tapat nang dumating sila habang nagpapahinga si Ishboshet. 6-7 Pumasok sila sa bahay na kunwariʼy kukuha ng trigo. Dumiretso sila sa kwarto ni Ishboshet kung saan nakahiga ito sa kama niya at pagkatapos, sinaksak nila ito sa tiyan. Pinutol nila ang ulo ni Ishboshet at dinala nila ito sa kanilang pagtakas. Buong gabi silang naglakbay sa Lambak ng Jordan.[a]
8 Pagdating nila sa Hebron, dinala nila kay David ang ulo ni Ishboshet at sinabi, “Narito po ang ulo ni Ishboshet ang anak ni Saul na kalaban nʼyo, na nagtangka sa inyong buhay. Sa araw na ito, ipinaghiganti kayo ng Panginoon laban kay Saul at sa angkan niya.” 9 Sumagot si David, “Sasabihin ko sa inyo ang totoo sa presensya ng Panginoon na buhay, na nagligtas sa akin sa lahat ng kapahamakan. 10 Noon ay may taong pumunta sa akin sa Ziklag at sinabing patay na si Saul, akala niyaʼy magandang balita ang dala niya sa akin. Sa halip, ipinadakip ko siya at ipinapatay. Iyon ang gantimpalang ibinigay ko sa balitang inihatid niya sa akin. 11 Ngayon, anong gantimpala ang ibibigay ko sa masasamang taong gaya nʼyo na pumatay ng isang inosenteng tao sa sarili nitong tahanan at sa sarili niyang higaan? Hindi baʼt nararapat na patayin ko kayo para mawala na kayo sa mundo?”
12 Kaya iniutos ni David sa mga tauhan niya na patayin sina Recab at Baana, at sinunod nila ito. Pinutol nila ang mga kamay at paa ng magkapatid, at ibinitin ang kanilang katawan malapit sa Imbakan ng Tubig ng Hebron. Pagkatapos, kinuha nila ang ulo ni Ishboshet, at inilibing sa libingan ni Abner sa Hebron.
Footnotes
- 4:6-7 Lambak ng Jordan: sa Hebreo, Araba.
2 Samuel 4
King James Version
4 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin.
3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
2 Samuel 4
New International Version
Ish-Bosheth Murdered
4 When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner(A) had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel became alarmed. 2 Now Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Rekab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth(B) is considered part of Benjamin, 3 because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim(C) and have resided there as foreigners to this day.
4 (Jonathan(D) son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news(E) about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became disabled.(F) His name was Mephibosheth.)(G)
5 Now Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth,(H) and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.(I) 6 They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed(J) him in the stomach. Then Rekab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
7 They had gone into the house while he was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed and killed him, they cut off his head. Taking it with them, they traveled all night by way of the Arabah.(K) 8 They brought the head(L) of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul,(M) your enemy, who tried to kill you. This day the Lord has avenged(N) my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
9 David answered Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered(O) me out of every trouble, 10 when someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag.(P) That was the reward I gave him for his news! 11 How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood(Q) from your hand and rid the earth of you!”
12 So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them.(R) They cut off their hands and feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.
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