4–БОБ
Ишбосит ўлдирилади
1 Ишбосит Абнурнинг Хевронда ўлдирилганини эшитди–ю, бўшашиб қолди. Бутун Исроил халқи ваҳимага тушди. 2 Ишбоситнинг хизматида Банах ва Рахав деган иккита одам бор эди, улар босқинчи тўдалар сардори эдилар. Ўзлари Барўт шаҳридан бўлиб, Бенямин қабиласидан Риммон деганнинг ўғиллари эди. Барўт шаҳри у вақтда Бенямин ҳудудига кирарди. 3 Барўт аҳолиси Гитайим шаҳрига қочиб кетган эди. Ўшандан буён улар келгинди бўлиб ўша ерда яшайдилар.
4 Шоулнинг наслидан Мефибосит деган иккала оёғи ҳам ногирон бола бор эди. У Йўнатаннинг ўғли эди. “Шоул билан Йўнатан ҳалок бўлди”, деб Йизрил шаҳридан хабар келганда, Мефибосит беш ёшда эди. Энагаси, болани олиб қочаман деб, шоша–пиша кетаётганда, болани қўлидан тушириб юборган, бола эса ногирон бўлиб қолган эди.
5 Бир куни Рахав билан Банах кун роса қизиган пайтда Ишбоситнинг уйига келишди. Туш пайти, Ишбосит ўзининг хонасида ухлаётган экан. 6-7 Иккала ака–ука буғдой олиш баҳонасида уйга киришди. Уйга кирганлари заҳоти, Ишбоситнинг қорнига ханжар уриб, уни ўлдирдилар. Сўнг унинг бошини кесиб олиб кетдилар.
Рахав билан Банах тун бўйи Иордан водийси бўйлаб юришди.
8 Улар Ишбоситнинг бошини Хевронга — шоҳ Довудга олиб келишиб, унга шундай дейишди:
— Мана сизни ўлдирмоқчи бўлган ғанимингиз Шоулнинг ўғли Ишбоситнинг боши! Эгамиз бугун Шоулдан ва унинг хонадонидан шоҳ жаноблари учун ўч олди.
9 Бироқ Довуд Рахав билан укаси Банахга шундай деди:
— Жонимни ҳар турли бало–қазолардан асраган Худо шоҳид! 10 Шоулнинг ўлимини биттаси ўзича хушхабар деб олиб келган эди. Ўша одамни ушлаб, Зихлахда ўлдиртирган эдим. Унинг мукофоти шу бўлган эди! 11 Айбсиз одамни ўзининг уйида, тўшагида ўлдирган ёвуз кимсалар ҳам албатта ўлдирилади! Ҳозироқ сизлардан унинг хунини талаб қиламан, сизларни қуритиб юбораман!
12 Довуд йигитларига фармон берган эди, улар иккала ака–укани ўлдиришди. Сўнг қўл–оёқларини кесиб ташлаб, жасадларини Хеврондаги ҳовуз бўйидаги тик ўрнатилган ходаларнинг учларига қоқишди. Ишбоситнинг бошини Абнурнинг Хеврондаги хилхонасига олиб бориб дафн қилишди.
1 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 Ish-bosheth, 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 Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth 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 Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
