II Samuel 9

vayyomer david hakhi yesh-od asher notar levet sha'ul ve'e'eseh immo khesed ba'avur yehonatan

David inquired, “Is there anyone still left of the House of Saul with whom I can keep faith for the sake of Jonathan?”

ulevet sha'ul eved ushemo tsiva vayyiqre'u-lo el-david vayyomer hammelekh elayw ha'attah tsiva vayyomer avdekha

There was a servant of the House of Saul named Ziba, and they summoned him to David. “Are you Ziba?” the king asked him. “Yes, sir,” he replied.

vayyomer hammelekh ha'efes od ish levet sha'ul ve'e'eseh immo khesed elohim vayyomer tsiva el-hammelekh od ben lihonatan nekheh raglayim

The king continued, “Is there any member of the House of Saul left with whom I can keep faith as pledged before God?” Ziba answered the king, “Yes, there is still a son of Jonathan whose feet are crippled.”

vayyomer-lo hammelekh efoh hu vayyomer tsiva el-hammelekh hinneh-hu bet makhir ben-ammi'el belo devar

“Where is he?” the king asked, and Ziba said to the king, “He is in the house of Machir son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.”

vayyishlakh hammelekh david vayyiqqakhehu mibbet makhir ben-ammi'el millo devar

King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar;

vayyavo mefivoshet ben-yehonatan ben-sha'ul el-david vayyippol al-panayw vayyishtakhu vayyomer david mefivoshet vayyomer hinneh avdekha

and when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul came to David, he flung himself on his face and prostrated himself. David said, “Mephibosheth!” and he replied, “At your service, sir.”

vayyomer lo david al-tira ki asoh e'eseh immekha khesed ba'avur yehonatan avikha vahashivoti lekha et-kol-sedeh sha'ul avikha ve'attah tokhal lekhem al-shulkhani tamid

David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, for I will keep faith with you for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will give you back all the land of your grandfather Saul; moreover, you shall always eat at my table.”

vayyishtakhu vayyomer meh avdekha ki fanita el-hakkelev hammet asher kamoni

[Mephibosheth] prostrated himself again, and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

vayyiqra hammelekh el-tsiva na'ar sha'ul vayyomer elayw kol asher hayah lesha'ul ulekhol-beto natatti leven-adonekha

The king summoned Ziba, Saul’s steward, and said to him, “I give to your master’s grandson everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire family.

ve'avadta lo et-ha'adamah attah uvanekha va'avadekha veheveta vehayah leven-adonekha lekhem va'akhalo umefivoshet ben-adonekha yokhal tamid lekhem al-shulkhani uletsiva khamisha asar banim ve'esrim avadim

You and your sons and your slaves shall farm the land for him and shall bring in [its yield] to provide food for your master’s grandson to live on; but Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, shall always eat at my table.”—Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty slaves.—

vayyomer tsiva el-hammelekh kekhol asher yetsavveh adoni hammelekh et-avdo ken ya'aseh avdekha umefivoshet okhel al-shulkhani ke'akhad mibbene hammelekh

Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do just as my lord the king has commanded him.” “Mephibosheth shall eat at my table like one of the king’s sons.”

velimfivoshet ben-qatan ushemo mikha vekhol moshav bet-tsiva avadim limfivoshet

Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica; and all the members of Ziba’s household worked for Mephibosheth.

umefivoshet yoshev birushalai͏m ki al-shulkhan hammelekh tamid hu okhel vehu fisseakh shete raglayw

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