- 掃羅的孫子約拿單的兒子米非波設來見大衛、伏地叩拜.大衛說、米非波設.米非波設說、僕人在此。
- 大衛說、你不要懼怕、我必因你父親約拿單的緣故施恩與你、將你祖父掃羅的一切田地都歸還你、你也可以常與我同席喫飯。
- 米非波設又叩拜說、僕人算甚麼、不過如死狗一般、竟蒙王這樣眷顧。
- 王召了掃羅的僕人洗巴來、對他說、我已將屬掃羅和他的一切家產、都賜給你主人的兒子了。
- 你和你的眾子、僕人、要為你主人的兒子米非波設耕種田地、把所產的拿來供他食用.他卻要常與我同席喫飯。洗巴有十五個兒子、二十個僕人。
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- When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, "Mephibosheth!" "Your servant," he replied.
- "Don't be afraid," David said to him, "for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table."
- Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?"
- Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, "I have given your master's grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family.
- You and your sons and your servants are to farm the land for him and bring in the crops, so that your master's grandson may be provided for. And Mephibosheth, grandson of your master, will always eat at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)
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