¹Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

¹Zgodi se pa po smrti Savlovi, ko se je bil David vrnil od poboja Amalekovcev in je bival dva dni v Ziklagu,

²It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

²glej, tretjega dne pride mož iz tabora Savlove vojske z raztrganimi oblačili in s prstjo na glavi. In ko dospe k Davidu, pade na tla in se pokloni.

³And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

³In David mu reče: Odkod prihajaš? On mu reče: Iz tabora Izraelovega sem ubežal.

⁴And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

⁴David ga vpraša: Kako se je godilo? Povej mi, prosim. On odgovori: Ljudstvo je bežalo iz boja in je tudi dosti ljudstva padlo in poginilo, tudi Savel in njegov sin Jonatan sta mrtva.

⁵And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

⁵In David reče mladeniču, ki mu je to pravil: Kako veš, da sta mrtva Savel in njegov sin Jonatan?

⁶And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

⁶Mladenič, ki mu je to pravil, reče: Po naključbi sem prišel na goro Gilboo, in glej, Savel se je bil naslonil na sulico svojo, in glej, vozovi in jezdeci so hiteli za njim.

⁷And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.

⁷In ko se ozre, me ugleda in me pokliče. In jaz odvrnem: Tu sem!

⁸And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

⁸On pa mi reče: Kdo si ti? Rečem mu: Amalekovec sem.

⁹He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

⁹Nato mi veli: Stopi k meni in me usmrti, kajti groza se me je lotila, ker še je duša docela v meni!

¹⁰So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

¹⁰In stopil sem k njemu in ga usmrtil, ker sem vedel, da ne more živeti po svojem padcu. In vzel sem venec, ki ga je imel na glavi, in zapestnico z roke njegove, in sem ju zdaj prinesel tebi, gospodu svojemu!

¹¹Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

¹¹Tedaj prime David za oblačila svoja in jih raztrga, enako tudi vsi možje, ki so bili pri njem;

¹²And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

¹²in so žalovali in jokali in se postili do večera po Savlu in po Jonatanu, sinu njegovem, in zavoljo ljudstva GOSPODOVEGA in hiše Izraelove, ker so bili padli po meču.

¹³And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

¹³In David reče mladeniču, ki mu je to naznanil: Odkod si? Odgovori: Sin sem tujca, Amalekovca.

¹⁴And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?

¹⁴In David mu reče: Kako, da se nisi bal položiti roke svoje na maziljenca GOSPODOVEGA, da ga pogubiš?

¹⁵And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

¹⁵In pokliče David enega mladeničev svojih in veli: Stopi sem in ga umori! In ga je udaril, da je umrl.

¹⁶And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.

¹⁶In David mu reče: Kri tvoja bodi na glavi tvoji! Zakaj tvoja usta so zoper tebe pričala, rekoč: Jaz sem usmrtil maziljenca GOSPODOVEGA.

¹⁷And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

¹⁷In David je pel to žalostinko nad Savlom in Jonatanom, sinom njegovim,

¹⁸(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

¹⁸in je velel, da se nauče sinovi Judovi pesem „o loku“; glej, zapisana je v knjigi Jašarjevi:

¹⁹The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

¹⁹Slava tvoja, o Izrael, je bila ubita na višinah tvojih! Kako so padli junaki!

²⁰Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

²⁰Ne pravite tega v Gatu, ne oznanjujte po ulicah v Askelonu, da se ne vesele hčere Filistejcev, da ne vriskajo radostno neobrezancev hčere!

²¹Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

²¹O gore Gilboe, da ne bi bilo rose ali dežja na vas, ne njiv, s katerih bi se prinašale daritve! Ker ondi je bil junakom ščit s sramoto odvržen, ščit Savlov, kakor bi ne bil z oljem maziljen.

²²From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

²²Brez krvi pobitih, brez tolstine junakov se ni vračal lok Jonatanov, in meč Savlov ni prišel nikoli prazen nazaj.

²³Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

²³Savel in Jonatan, ljubezniva in draga sta bila v življenju, tudi v smrti nista ločena; bila sta hitrejša nego orli, močnejša nego levi.

²⁴Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

²⁴Hčere Izraelove, plakajte po Savlu, ki vas je mično oblačil v škrlat in je deval dragotine zlate na obleke vaše!

²⁵How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

²⁵Kako so padli junaki sredi boja! Jonatan je bil ubit na višinah tvojih.

²⁶I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

²⁶Žal mi je tebe, brat moj Jonatan; drag si mi bil jako! Divna mi je bila ljubezen tvoja, bolj nego žená ljubezen.Kako so padli junaki in je poginilo vojno orožje!

²⁷How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

²⁷Kako so padli junaki in je poginilo vojno orožje!