Liber Secundus Samuelis

II Samuelis, chapter 9, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 9 Vulgate

   1 Et dixit David: "Putasne est aliquis, qui remanserit adhuc de domo Saul, ut faciam cum eo misericordiam propter Ionathan?".
   2 Erat autem de domo Saul servus nomine Siba; quem cum vocasset rex ad se, dixit ei: "Tune es Siba?". Et ille respondit: "Ego sum, servus tuus".
   3 Et ait rex: "Num superest aliquis de domo Saul, ut faciam cum eo misericordiam Dei?". Dixitque Siba regi: "Superest filius Ionathan, debilis pedibus".
   4" Ubi, inquit, est?". Et Siba ad regem: "Ecce, ait, in domo est Machir filii Ammiel in Lodabar".
   5 Misit ergo rex David et tulit eum de domo Machir filii Ammiel de Lodabar.
   6 Cum autem venisset Meribbaal filius Ionathan filii Saul ad David, corruit in faciem suam et adoravit. Dixitque David: "Meribbaal". Qui respondit: "Adsum servus tuus".
   7 Et ait ei David: "Ne timeas, quia faciens faciam in te misericordiam propter Ionathan patrem tuum; et restituam tibi omnes agros Saul patris tui, et tu comedes panem in mensa mea semper".
   8 Qui adorans eum dixit: "Quis ego sum servus tuus, quoniam respexisti super canem mortuum similem mei?".
   9 Vocavit itaque rex Sibam puerum Saul et dixit ei: "Omnia, quaecumque fuerunt Saul et universae domui eius, do filio domini tui.
   10 Operare igitur ei terram, tu et filii tui et servi tui, et, quod inferes, sit cibus domui domini tui, quo alantur; Meribbaal autem filius domini tui comedet semper panem super mensam meam". Erant autem Sibae quindecim filii et viginti servi.
   11 Dixitque Siba ad regem: "Sicut iussisti, domine mi rex, servo tuo, sic faciet servus tuus". Meribbaal autem comedebat super mensam eius quasi unus de filiis regis.
   12 Habebat autem Meribbaal filium parvulum nomine Micha; omnes vero, qui habitabant in domo Sibae, serviebant Meribbaal.
   13 Porro Meribbaal habitabat in Ierusalem, quia de mensa regis iugiter vescebatur; et erat claudus utroque pede.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
   2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
   3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
   4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
   5 ¶ Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
   6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
   7 ¶ And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
   8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
   9 ¶ Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.
   10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
   11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
   12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
   13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.