撒下4:1 扫罗的儿子伊施波设听见押尼珥在希伯仑死了，就怕得手都发软，以色列众人也都惊惶失措。
撒下4:1 And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
撒下4:2 扫罗的儿子伊施波设有两个统率突击队的将领，一个名叫巴拿，一个名叫利甲，他们是便雅悯支派比录人临门的儿子。（比录也算是便雅悯的一部分。
撒下4:2 And Saul's son had two men, captains of bands, one named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the tribe of Benjamin; (for Beeroth was at one time taken to be part of Benjamin:
撒下4:3 比录人原先逃到基他音，就在那里寄居，直到今日。）
撒下4:3 But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)
撒下4:4 扫罗的儿子约拿单有一个儿子，双腿都跛了。扫罗和约拿单死亡的消息从耶斯列传到的时候，他才五岁。他的乳母抱着他逃跑。乳母在慌忙中逃跑，孩子掉了下来，腿就瘸了。他的名字叫米非波设。
撒下4:4 Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son whose feet were damaged. He was five years old when news of the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and the woman who took care of him took him up and went in flight: and while she was getting him away as quickly as she was able, he had a fall and his feet were damaged. His name was Mephibosheth.
撒下4:5 比录人临门的儿子利甲和巴拿出去，约在正午炎热的时候，来到了伊施波设的家。伊施波设正在睡午觉。
撒下4:5 And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.
撒下4:6 他们进了屋里，假装要拿麦子，就刺透伊施波设的肚腹，然后利甲和他的兄弟巴拿都逃脱了。
撒下4:6 And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.
撒下4:7 他们进屋子的时候，伊施波设正在自己的卧室里躺在床上，他们刺透他，把他杀死，然后割下他的头，拿着头颅在亚拉巴的路上走了一夜，
撒下4:7 And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.
撒下4:8 把伊施波设的头带到希伯仑去见大卫，对王说：“你的仇敌扫罗过去常常寻索你的命。看哪！这是他儿子伊施波设的头。今天耶和华在扫罗和他后裔的身上为我主我王报了仇了。”
撒下4:8 And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his seed today.
撒下4:9 大卫回答比录人临门的儿子利甲和他的兄弟巴拿，说：“我指着那曾救赎我的命脱离一切患难的永活的耶和华起誓：
撒下4:9 And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,
撒下4:10 从前有人向我报信说：‘看哪！扫罗死了。’他自以为是报好消息，我却抓住他，把他杀在洗革拉，这就是我给他作报好消息的酬报。
撒下4:10 When one came to me with the news of Saul's death, in the belief that it would be good news, I took him and put him to death in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news:
撒下4:11 何况恶人在义人的家里，把义人杀在床上。现在我怎能不从你们手中追讨流他血的罪，把你们从这世上除灭呢？”
撒下4:11 How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?
撒下4:12 于是，大卫吩咐年轻人把他们杀了，并且砍断他们的手脚，把身体挂在希伯仑的水池旁边；却把伊施波设的头拿去，埋葬在希伯仑押尼珥的坟墓里。
撒下4:12 And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.