Bilingual reading

David said, “Is there yet any who is left of Saul’s house, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

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.”

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.”

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.”

Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.

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!”

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.”

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

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.

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.

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.

Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All who lived in Ziba’s house were servants to Mephibosheth.

So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. He was lame in both his feet.

وقالَ داوُد: «هل بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ مِن بَيتِ شاوُلَ فأَصنَعَ إِلَيه رَحمَةً مِن أَجلِ يوناتان؟»

وكانَ لِبَيتِ شاوُلَ خادِمٌ ٱسمُه صيبا، فدُعِيَ إِلى داوُد. فقالَ لَه المَلك: «أَأَنتَ صيبا؟» قال: «عَبدُكَ»

فقالَ المَلِك: «أَلَم يَبقَ أَحَدٌ مِن بَيتِ شاوُلَ فأَصنَعَ إِلَيه رَحمَةَ الله؟» فقالَ صيبا لِلمَلِك: «قد بَقِيَ ٱبنٌ لِيوناتانَ سَقيمُ الرِّجلَين»

فقالَ لَه المَلِك: «أَينَ هو؟» فقالَ صيبا لِلمَلِك: «هو في بَيتِ ماكيرَ بنِ عَمِّئيلَ في لودَبار»

فَأَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ دَاوُدُ وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ بَيْتِ مَاكِيرَ بْنِ عَمِّيئِيلَ مِنْ لُودَبَارَ.

فوَصَلَ مَفيبَعْلُ بنُ يوناتانَ بنِ شاوُلَ إِلى داوُد، وٱرتمى على وَجهِه وسَجَدَ. فقالَ داوُد: «يا مَفيبَعْل». قال: «هاءَنَذا عَبدُكَ»

فقالَ لَه داوُد: «لا تَخَفْ، فإِنِّي صانِعٌ إِلَيكَ رَحمَةً مِن أَجْلِ يوناتانَ أَبيكَ، وآمِرٌ بِإِرجاعِ جَميعِ مَزارِعِ شاوُلَ أَبيكَ إِلَيكَ، وأَنتَ تأكُلُ على مائِدَتي دائِمًا»

فَسَجَدَ وَقَالَ: «مَنْ هُوَ عَبْدُكَ حَتَّى تَلْتَفِتَ إِلَى كَلْبٍ مَيِّتٍ مِثْلِي؟».

فدَعا المَلِكُ صيبا خادِمَ شاوُلَ وقالَ لَه: «كُلُّ ما كانَ لِشاوُلَ ولِبَيتِه قد أَعطَيتُه لِٱبنِ سَيِّدِكَ

فتَحرُثُ لَه الأَرْضَ، أَنتَ وبَنوكَ وخُدَّامُكَ، وتَستَغِلُّها، فيَكونُ لِبَيتِ سَيِّدِكَ خُبزٌ يأكُلُه، ومَفيبَعْلُ ٱبنُ سَيِّدِكَ يَأكُلُ دائِمًا على مائِدَتي». وكانَ لِصيبا خَمسَةَ عَشَرَ ٱبنًا وعِشْرونَ خادِمًا

فقالَ صيبا لِلمَلِك: «كُلُّ ما أَمَرَ بِه سَيِّدي المَلِكُ عَبدَه يَفعَلُ عَبدُكَ بِحَسَبِه». وأَخَذَ مَفيبَعْلُ يَأكُلُ على مائِدَةِ داوُدَ كواحِدٍ مِن بَني المَلِك

وكانَ لِمَفيبَعْلَ ٱبنٌ صَغيرٌ ٱسمُه ميكا، وكانَ كُلُّ أَهلِ بَيتِ صيبا في خِدمَةِ مَفيبَعْل

وأَقامَ مَفيبَعْلُ في أُورَشَليم، لِأَنَّه كانَ يَأكُلُ دائِمًا على مائِدَةِ المَلك، وكانَ أَعرَجَ الرِّجلَينِ