2 Samuel 4

Ka Kōhurutia a Ihipohete

1 Ā, nō ka rongo a Ihipohete, te tama a Haora kua mate a Āpanēre ki Heperona, nā, ngohe noa iho ōna ringa, ā, raru ana a Īharaira katoa. 2 Nā, tokorua ngā tāngata a Ihipohete, te tama a Haora, he rangatira ngohi, ko te ingoa o tētahi ko Paana, ko te ingoa hoki o tētahi ko Rekapa, he tama nā Rimono Peeroti, nō ngā tama a Pineamine – i kīia hoki a Peeroto nō Pineamine. 3 I rere hoki ngā Peeroti ki Kitaima, ā, noho ana i reira ā taea noatia tēnei rā.

4 Nā, he tama tā Honatana tama a Haora, he kopa ōna waewae. E rima ngā tau o tōna whānautanga i te taenga mai o te rongo o Haora rāua ko Honatana i Ietereere, nā, ka mau tōna kaihiki ki a ia, ā, rere ana. Ā, i a ia e kaikā ana ki te rere, ka hinga ia, kopa tonu iho; ko Mepipohete tōna ingoa.

5 Nā, ka haere ngā tama a Rimono Peeroti, a Rekapa rāua ko Paana, ā, haere ana i te mahanatanga o te rā ki te whare o Ihipohete, i a ia e okioki ana i te poutūmārōtanga. 6 Nā, haere ana rāua ki reira ki waenganui o te whare, me te mea he tiki wīti mai tā rāua. Nā, patua iho ia ki te kōpū, ā, rere ana a Rekapa rāua ko tōna teina, ko Paana.

7 I tō rāua haerenga hoki ki te whare, i te takoto tērā i tōna whare moenga; nā, patua ana ia e rāua, whakamatea iho. Nā, tangohia ana tōna upoko, ā, mauria ana tōna upoko. Nā, pau katoa taua pō i a rāua e haere ana nā te ara o te mānia. 8 Nā, kawea ana e rāua te upoko o Ihipohete ki a Rāwiri ki Heperona, ā, ka mea ki te kīngi, "Nanā, te mātenga o Ihipohete tama a Haora, o tōu hoariri i whai nei kia whakamatea koe. Nā, kua mea nei a Ihowā i tōku ariki, i te kīngi kia whai utu i tēnei rā i a Haora rātou ko ōna uri."

9 Nā, ka whakahoki a Rāwiri ki tā Rekapa rāua ko tōna teina, ko Paana, ki tā ngā tama a Rimono Peeroti, ka mea ia ki a rāua, "E ora ana a Ihowā i whakaora nei i tōku wairua i roto i ngā hē katoa, 10 i te kōrerotanga mai a tētahi ki ahau, i te meatanga, ‘Nanā, kua mate a Haora,’ tohu noa ia he kaikawe mai ia i ngā kōrero pai, hopukia ana ia e ahau, patua iho ki Tikiraka; ko te utu tērā i hoatu e ahau mō tāna kōrero. 11 Tēnā ko tēnei, ka patu te hunga kino i te tangata tika i roto i tōna whare, i runga anō i tōna moenga, e kore ianei ahau e rapu i ōna toto āianei i ō kōrua ringa, e huna hoki i a kōrua i runga i te whenua?"

12 Nā, whakahaua ana ngā taitamariki e Rāwiri, ā, patua ana rāua e rātou, tapahia ana hoki ō rāua ringa me ō rāua waewae, whakairihia ake ki runga i te poka wai i Heperona. Ko te upoko ia o Ihipohete i tangohia, i tanumia ki te tanumanga o Āpanēre ki Heperona.

1 And when Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2 And Ish-bosheth, 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 the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin: 3 and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).

4 Now 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, as he took his rest at noon. 6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7 Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah 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, who sought thy life; and Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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, which was the reward I gave him 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 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 beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.