2 Samuel

大卫和米非波设

1大卫问说：「扫罗家还有剩下的人没有？我要因约拿单的缘故向他施恩。」

2扫罗家有一个仆人，名叫洗巴，有人叫他来见大卫，王问他说：「你是洗巴吗？」回答说：「仆人是。」

3王说：「扫罗家还有人没有？我要照 神的慈爱恩待他。」洗巴对王说：「还有约拿单的一个儿子，是瘸腿的。」

4王说：「他在哪里？」洗巴对王说：「他在罗·底巴，亚米利的儿子玛吉家里。」

5于是大卫王打发人去，从罗·底巴、亚米利的儿子玛吉家里召了他来。

6扫罗的孙子、约拿单的儿子米非波设来见大卫，伏地叩拜。大卫说：「米非波设！」米非波设说：「仆人在此。」

7大卫说：「你不要惧怕，我必因你父亲约拿单的缘故施恩与你，将你祖父扫罗的一切田地都归还你；你也可以常与我同席吃饭。」

8米非波设又叩拜，说：「仆人算什么，不过如死狗一般，竟蒙王这样眷顾！」

9王召了扫罗的仆人洗巴来，对他说：「我已将属扫罗和他的一切家产都赐给你主人的儿子了。

10你和你的众子、仆人要为你主人的儿子米非波设耕种田地，把所产的拿来供他食用；他却要常与我同席吃饭。」洗巴有十五个儿子，二十个仆人。

11洗巴对王说：「凡我主我王吩咐仆人的，仆人都必遵行。」王又说：「米非波设必与我同席吃饭，如王的儿子一样。」

12米非波设有一个小儿子，名叫米迦。凡住在洗巴家里的人都作了米非波设的仆人。

13于是米非波设住在耶路撒冷，常与王同席吃饭。他两腿都是瘸的。

David and Mephibosheth

1Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”

2And 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.

3So 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“Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”

5So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.

6And when Mephiboshethson 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“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.”

8Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

9Then 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.

10You 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.

11And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s tablelike one of the king’s own sons.

12And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica,and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.

13So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.