1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba; and they called him to David. And the king said to him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant!3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God to him? And Ziba said to the king, Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame on {his} feet.4 And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.5 And king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.6 And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face and did obeisance. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he said, Behold thy servant!7 And David said to him, Fear not; for I will certainly shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?9 Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, I have given to thy master's son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.10 And thou, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in {the fruits}, that thy master's son may have food to eat. And Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread at my table continually. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.11 And Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so will thy servant do. And Mephibosheth {said David} shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he did eat continually at the king's table. And he was lame on both his feet.

1 En Dawid het gesê: Is daar nog iemand oor van die huis van Saul, dat ek aan hom guns kan bewys ter wille van Jonatan?2 En die huis van Saul het 'n dienaar gehad, met die naam van Siba; en hulle het hom na Dawid geroep, en die koning het hom gevra: Is jy Siba? Toe antwoord hy: U dienaar!3 En die koning vra: Is daar nie nog iemand van die huis van Saul, dat ek die guns van God aan hom kan bewys nie? Toe sê Siba aan die koning: Daar is nog 'n seun van Jonatan, wat lam is aan altwee voete.4 En die koning vra hom: Waar is hy? Toe sê Siba aan die koning: Kyk, hy is in die huis van Magir, die seun van Ammiël, in Lodebar.5 Daarop het koning Dawid gestuur en hom laat haal uit die huis van Magir, die seun van Ammiël, uit Lodebar.6 Toe Mefiboset, die seun van Jonatan, die seun van Saul, by Dawid inkom, het hy op sy aangesig geval en hom neergebuig. En Dawid het gesê: Mefiboset! En hy het geantwoord: Hier is u dienaar.7 En Dawid sê vir hom: Wees nie bevrees nie, want ek sal jou sekerlik guns bewys ter wille van jou vader Jonatan en al die grond van jou vader Saul aan jou teruggee, en jy self sal altyddeur aan my tafel brood eet.8 Toe buig hy en sê: Wat is u dienaar, dat u na 'n dooie hond soos ek is, omgesien het?9 En die koning het Siba, die dienaar van Saul, geroep en vir hom gesê: Alles wat Saul en sy hele huis gehad het, gee ek aan die seun van jou heer.10 En jy moet vir hom die grond bewerk, jy en jou seuns en jou slawe, en jy moet voedsel inbring, dat die seun van jou heer brood het om te eet; maar Mefiboset, die seun van jou heer, sal altyddeur aan my tafel brood eet. En Siba het vyftien seuns en twintig slawe gehad.11 Toe sê Siba aan die koning: Net soos my heer die koning sy dienaar beveel, so sal u dienaar doen; en Mefiboset het aan die tafel van Dawid geëet soos een van die koning se seuns.12 En Mefiboset het 'n jong seun gehad met die naam van Miga, en almal wat in die huis van Siba gewoon het, was Mefiboset se dienaars.13 En Mefiboset het in Jerusalem gewoon, want hy het altyddeur aan die koning se tafel geëet; en hy was lam aan altwee voete.