1 GLT وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ:«هَلْ يُوجَدُ بَعْدُ أَحَدٌ قَدْ بَقِيَ مِنْ بَيْتِ شَاوُلَ، فَأَصْنَعَ مَعَهُ مَعْرُوفًا مِنْ أَجْلِ يُونَاثَانَ؟» BSB BSB: Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
2 GLT وَكَانَ لِبَيْتِ شَاوُلَ عَبْدٌ ٱسْمُهُ صِيبَا، فَٱسْتَدْعَوْهُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ، وَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ:«أَأَنْتَ صِيبَا؟» فَقَالَ:«عَبْدُكَ». BSB BSB: And there was a servant of the house of Saul named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.
3 GLT فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ:«أَلَا يُوجَدُ بَعْدُ أَحَدٌ لِبَيْتِ شَاوُلَ فَأَصْنَعَ مَعَهُ إِحْسَانَ ٱللهِ؟» فَقَالَ صِيبَا لِلْمَلِكِ:«بَعْدُ ٱبْنٌ لِيُونَاثَانَ أَعْرَجُ ٱلرِّجْلَيْنِ». BSB BSB: So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
4 GLT فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ:«أَيْنَ هُوَ؟» فَقَالَ صِيبَا لِلْمَلِكِ:«هُوَذَا هُوَ فِي بَيْتِ مَاكِيرَ بْنِ عَمِّيئِيلَ فِي لُودَبَارَ». BSB BSB: “Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”
5 GLT فَأَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ دَاوُدُ وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ بَيْتِ مَاكِيرَ بْنِ عَمِّيئِيلَ مِنْ لُودَبَارَ. BSB BSB: So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.
6 GLT فَجَاءَ مَفِيبُوشَثُ بْنُ يُونَاثَانَ بْنِ شَاوُلَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ وَخَرَّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَسَجَدَ، فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ:«يَا مَفِيبُوشَثُ». فَقَالَ:«هَأَنَذَا عَبْدُكَ». BSB BSB: And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
7 GLT فَقَالَ لَهُ دَاوُدُ:«لَا تَخَفْ. فَإِنِّي لَأَعْمَلَنَّ مَعَكَ مَعْرُوفًا مِنْ أَجْلِ يُونَاثَانَ أَبِيكَ، وَأَرُدُّ لَكَ كُلَّ حُقُولِ شَاوُلَ أَبِيكَ، وَأَنْتَ تَأْكُلُ خُبْزًا عَلَى مَائِدَتِي دَائِمًا». BSB BSB: “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
8 GLT فَسَجَدَ وَقَالَ:«مَنْ هُوَ عَبْدُكَ حَتَّى تَلْتَفِتَ إِلَى كَلْبٍ مَيِّتٍ مِثْلِي؟». BSB BSB: Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
9 GLT وَدَعَا ٱلْمَلِكُ صِيبَا غُلَامَ شَاوُلَ وَقَالَ لَهُ:«كُلُّ مَا كَانَ لِشَاوُلَ وَلِكُلِّ بَيْتِهِ قَدْ دَفَعْتُهُ لِٱبْنِ سَيِّدِكَ. BSB BSB: Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
10 GLT فَتَشْتَغِلُ لَهُ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ وَعَبِيدُكَ، وَتَسْتَغِلُّ لِيَكُونَ لِٱبْنِ سَيِّدِكَ خُبْزٌ لِيَأْكُلَ. وَمَفِيبُوشَثُ ٱبْنُ سَيِّدِكَ يَأْكُلُ دَائِمًا خُبْزًا عَلَى مَائِدَتِي». وَكَانَ لِصِيبَا خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ ٱبْنًا وَعِشْرُونَ عَبْدًا. BSB BSB: You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
11 GLT فَقَالَ صِيبَا لِلْمَلِكِ:«حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ عَبْدَهُ كَذَلِكَ يَصْنَعُ عَبْدُكَ».«فَيَأْكُلُ مَفِيبُوشَثُ عَلَى مَائِدَتِي كَوَاحِدٍ مِنْ بَنِي ٱلْمَلِكِ». BSB BSB: And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.
12 GLT وَكَانَ لِمَفِيبُوشَثَ ٱبْنٌ صَغِيرٌ ٱسْمُهُ مِيخَا. وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ سَاكِنِي بَيْتِ صِيبَا عَبِيدًا لِمَفِيبُوشَثَ. BSB BSB: And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.
13 GLT فَسَكَنَ مَفِيبُوشَثُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ دَائِمًا عَلَى مَائِدَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. وَكَانَ أَعْرَجَ مِنْ رِجْلَيْهِ كِلْتَيْهِمَا. BSB BSB: So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.
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