2 Samuel, 9

1. And David said, “Do you think that there could be anyone left from the house of Saul, so that I might show mercy to him because of Jonathan?”

1. Jednoga dana upita David: "Ima li još koji preživjeli od Šaulove kuæe da mu uèinim milost zbog Jonatana?"

2. Now there was, from the house of Saul, a servant named Ziba. And when the king had called him to himself, he said to him, “Are you not Ziba?” And he responded, “I am your servant.”

2. A bijaše u Šaulovoj kuæi sluga po imenu Siba: njega dozvaše pred Davida i kralj ga zapita: "Jesi li ti Siba?" A on odgovori: "Jesam, tvoj sluga!"

3. And the king said, “Could there be anyone alive from the house of Saul, so that I may show the mercy of God to him?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is left alive a son of Jonathan, with disabled feet.”

3. A kralj nastavi: "Zar nema više nikoga od Šaulove kuæe da mu iskažem milost kao što je Božja milost?" A Siba odgovori kralju: "Ima još Jonatanov sin koji je hrom na obje noge."

4. “Where is he?” he said. And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.”

4. Kralj ga upita: "Gdje je on?" A Siba odgovori kralju: "Eno ga u kuæi Makira, sina Amielova, u Lo Debaru."

5. Therefore, king David sent and brought him from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

5. Tada kralj David posla po njega u kuæu Makira, sina Amielova, iz Lo Debara.

6. And when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell upon his face, and he reverenced. And David said, “Mephibosheth?” And he responded, “Your servant is here.”

6. Kad je Meribaal, sin Jonatana, sina Šaulova, došao k Davidu, pade nièice i pokloni se. A David reèe: "Meribaale!" On odgovori: "Evo tvoga sluge!"

7. And David said to him: “Do not be afraid. For I will certainly show mercy to you because of your father Jonathan. And I will restore to you all the fields of your father Saul. And you shall eat bread at my table always.”

7. A David mu reèe: "Ne boj se jer ti želim iskazati milost zbog tvoga oca Jonatana. Vratit æu ti sva polja tvoga djeda Šaula, a ti æeš svagda jesti kruh za mojim stolom."

8. And reverencing him, he said, “Who am I, your servant, that you should look with favor upon a dead dog like me?”

8. Meribaal se pokloni i reèe: "Što je tvoj sluga te iskazuješ milost mrtvome psu kao što sam ja?"

9. And so, the king called Ziba, the servant of Saul, and he said to him: “Everything whatsoever that belonged to Saul, and his entire house, I have given to the son of your lord.

9. Potom kralj dozva Sibu, Šaulova slugu, i reèe mu: "Sve što je pripadalo Šaulu i njegovoj kuæi, sve to dajem sinu tvoga gospodara.

10. And so, work the land for him, you and your sons and your servants. And you shall bring in food for the son of your lord, for nourishment. And Mephibosheth, the son of your lord, shall always eat bread at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

10. Ti æeš mu sa svojim sinovima i sa svojim slugama obraðivati zemlju, od nje æeš skupljati žetvu da obitelj tvoga gospodara ima kruha; a Meribaal, sin tvoga gospodara, jest æe svagda za mojim stolom." A Siba imaše petnaest sinova i dvadeset slugu.

11. And Ziba said to the king: “Just as my lord has ordered your servant, so will your servant do. And Mephibosheth shall eat at my table, like one of the sons of the king.”

11. Siba odgovori kralju: "Tvoj æe sluga uèiniti sve što je moj gospodar i kralj zapovjedio svome sluzi." Meribaal je, dakle, jeo za Davidovim stolom kao jedan izmeðu kraljevih sinova.

12. Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. Truly, all the kindred of the house of Ziba served Mephibosheth.

12. Meribaal je imao maloga sina po imenu Mika. A svi koji su živjeli u Sibinoj kuæi bijahu u službi Meribaala.

13. But Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem. For he was fed always from the table of the king. And he was lame in both feet.

13. A Meribaal je boravio u Jeruzalemu, jer je uvijek jeo za kraljevim stolom. Bio je hrom na obje noge.