2 Samuel 9

1 David said, "Is there yet any who is left of Saul’s house, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?" 2 There was of Saul’s house a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?"

He said, "I am your servant."

3 The king said, "Is there not yet any of Saul’s house, that I may show the kindness of God to him?"

Ziba said to the king, "Jonathan still has a son, who is lame in his feet."

4 The king said to him, "Where is he?"

Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar."

5 Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar. 6 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, fell on his face, and showed respect. David said, "Mephibosheth?"

He answered, "Behold, your servant!"

7 David said to him, "Don’t be afraid, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You will eat bread at my table continually."

8 He bowed down, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?"

9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, "All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s son. 10 Till the land for him—you, your sons, and your servants. Bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have bread to eat; but Mephibosheth your master’s son will always eat bread at my table."

Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do." So Mephibosheth ate at the king’s table like one of the king’s sons. 12 Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All who lived in Ziba’s house were servants to Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. He was lame in both his feet.

Te Atawhai o Rāwiri ki te Tama a Honatana

1 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri, "Kāhore rānei he mōrehu ināianei o te whare o Haora, kia puta ai tōku aroha ki a ia, he mea hoki nāku ki a Honatana?"

2 Nā, he pononga tērā nō te whare o Haora, ko tōna ingoa ko Tipa. Nā, ka karangatia ia ki a Rāwiri, ā, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, "Ko Tipa koe?"

Ka mea tērā, "Tēnei tāu pononga."

3 Nā, ka mea te kīngi, "Kāhore ianei tētahi o te whare o Haora, kia whakaputaina ai e ahau tō te Atua aroha ki a ia?"

Nā, ka mea a Tipa ki te kīngi, "Tēnei anō tētahi tama a Honatana, he kopa ngā waewae."

4 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, "Kei hea?"

Ka mea a Tipa ki te kīngi, "Nā, kei te whare o Makiri, tama a Amiere, kei Rotepara."

5 Kātahi a Kīngi Rāwiri ka unga tāngata ki te tiki i a ia i te whare o Makiri, tama a Amiere, i Rotepara.

6 Ā, ka tae mai a Mepipohete tama a Honatana tama a Haora ki a Rāwiri, ka tāpapa, ka piko.

Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri, "E Mepipohete."

Anō rā ko tērā, "Tēnei tāu pononga."

7 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri ki a ia, "Kaua e wehi; ka puta hoki tōku aroha ki a koe, he whakaaro hoki ki a Honatana ki tōu pāpā, me whakahoki anō e ahau ki a koe te māra katoa a Haora, a tōu pāpā; me kai taro tonu anō koe ki tāku tēpu."

8 Nā, ka piko iho ia, ka mea, "He aha tāu pononga, i titiro mai ai koe ki tēnei kurī mate, i ahau nei?"

9 Kātahi ka karanga te kīngi ki a Tipa, ki te tangata a Haora, ka mea ki a ia, "Ko ngā mea katoa a Haora i mua, a tōna whare katoa hoki, kua hoatu e ahau ki te tama a tōu ariki. 10 Ko koe hoki hei kaimahi māna i te oneone, koutou ko āu tama, ko āu pononga, ka kohi ai i ngā hua; ā, ka whai taro te tama a tōu ariki hei kai māna. Ko Mepipohete ia ko te tama a tōu ariki, me kai taro tonu ia ki tāku tēpu." (Nā, kotahi tekau mā rima ngā tama a Tipa, e rua tekau ngā pononga.)

11 Kātahi ka mea a Tipa ki te kīngi, "Ka rite tā tāu pononga e mea ai ki ngā mea katoa i whakahaua mai e tōku ariki, e te kīngi, ki tāna pononga." Ko Mepipohete ia e ai tā te kīngi me kai ki tāku tēpu; ka rite ki tētahi o ngā tama a te kīngi.

12 Nā, he tama tā Mepipohete he mea nohinohi, ko tōna ingoa ko Mika; he pononga anō nā Mepipohete te hunga katoa e noho ana i te whare o Tipa. 13 Heoi, noho ana a Mepipohete ki Hiruhārama; i kai tonu hoki ia ki te tēpu a te kīngi; he kopa anō ōna waewae e rua.