¹Ovo su posljednje Davidove riječi: "Riječ Davida, sina Jišajeva, riječ čovjeka koji je bio visoko uzdignut, pomazanika Boga Jakovljeva, pjevača pjesama Izraelovih:

¹Now these are the last words of David: David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel saith,

²Jahvin duh govori po meni, njegova je riječ na mom jeziku.

²The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, And his word was on my tongue.

³Reče mi Jakovljev Bog, reče mi Izraelova hrid: Tko vlada ljudima pravedno, i tko vlada u strahu Božjemu,

³The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God;

⁴taj je kao jutarnja svjetlost kad ograne sunce, jutro bez oblaka, na kojem se svjetluca zemaljska trava poslije kiše.

⁴And [he shall be] as the light or the morning, [like] the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; [When] from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth.

⁵Da, moja kuća stoji čvrsto pred Bogom: on je učinio vječan Savez sa mnom, u svemu dobro uređen i utvrđen. Da, on će dati da napreduje sve moje spasenje i svaka moja želja.

⁵Although my house be not so before ùGod, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For [this is] all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make [it] not to grow.

⁶Belijalovi ljudi svi su kao trnje u pustinji, jer ih nitko ne hvata rukom.

⁶But [the sons] of Belial [are] all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands;

⁷Nitko ih se ne dotiče, osim gvožđem i kopljačom, i potpuno se spaljuju u ognju."

⁷And the man that will touch them provideth himself with iron and the staff of a spear; And they shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place.

⁸Ovo su imena Davidovih junaka: Išbaal, Hakmonac, prvak među trojicom; on je zavitlao svojim kopljem protiv osam stotina i pobio ih najedanput.

⁸These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Joseb-Bassebeth, Tachkemonite the chief of the captains: he was Adino the Eznite; he [fought] against eight hundred, slain [by him] at one time.

⁹Za njim dolazi Eleazar, sin Dodonov, Ahoašanin, jedan od trojice junaka; on je bio s Davidom kod Pas Damina kad su se ondje skupili Filistejci za boj, a Izraelci se povukli pred njima.

⁹And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo the son of an Ahohite: he was one of the three mighty men with David, when they had defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone up.

¹⁰Ali se on čvrsto držao i udarao Filistejce dok mu se ruka nije ukočila i ostala kao prirasla uz mač. Jahve je dao veliku pobjedu u onaj dan, pa se vojska vratila za Eleazarom, ali samo da pokupi plijen.

¹⁰He arose and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave to the sword; and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

¹¹Za njim dolazi Šama, sin Elin, Hararac; kad su se Filistejci skupili u Lehiju, bijaše polje puno leće, a vojska je bila pobjegla ispred Filistejaca.

¹¹And after him, Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite: the Philistines were gathered into a troop, and there was there a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people had fled before the Philistines;

¹²Tada je on stao usred polja i obranio ga i potukao Filistejce. Tako je Jahve dao veliku pobjedu.

¹²and he stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines, and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance.

¹³Trojica između tridesetorice jednom su krenula na put i o početku žetve došla k Davidu u Adulamsku pećinu kad jedna filistejska četa bijaše utaborena u Refaimskoj dolini.

¹³And three of the thirty chiefs went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, when the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁴David je tada bio u svojoj kuli, a filistejska je posada bila tada u Betlehemu.

¹⁴And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

¹⁵David uzdahnu: "O, kad bi me tko napojio vodom iz betlehemskoga studenca što je kod vrata?"

¹⁵And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!

¹⁶Tada ta tri junaka prodriješe kroz filistejski tabor i, zahvativši vode iz betlehemskog studenca što je kod vrata, donesoše je i dadoše Davidu. Ali je David ne htjede piti, nego je proli kao ljevanicu Jahvi

¹⁶And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; however he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

¹⁷govoreći: "Ne dao mi Jahve da to učinim! Zar da pijem krv ovih ljudi? TÓa izlažući život pogibli, donijeli su vode!" I nije htio piti. To su, eto, učinila ta tri junaka.

¹⁷And he said, Be it far from me, Jehovah, that I should do this thing! is it not the blood of the men that went at the risk of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

¹⁸Abišaj, Joabov brat a sin Sarvijin, bio je vojvoda nad tridesetoricom. On je zavitlao kopljem na tri stotine, pobio ih i proslavio se među tridesetoricom.

¹⁸And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.

¹⁹On se odlikovao među tridesetoricom i postao njihov glavar, ali nije dostigao trojice.

¹⁹Was he not most honourable of three? and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the [first] three.

²⁰Jojadin sin Benaja, junak iz Kabseela, bogat junačkim djelima, ubio je dva sina Ariela iz Moaba; on je jednoga snježnog dana sišao i ubio lava usred jame.

²⁰And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

²¹Ubio je i nekog Egipćanina, čovjeka golema stasa. Egipćanin je imao koplje u ruci, a on izišao preda nj sa štapom: istrgavši Egipćaninu koplje iz ruke, ubi ga njegovim kopljem.

²¹He also smote the Egyptian, an imposing man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

²²To je učinio Jojadin sin Benaja i proslavio se među tridesetoricom junaka.

²²These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

²³Bio je najznamenitiji među tridesetoricom, ali one prve trojice nije dostigao; David ga postavi za zapovjednika svoje tjelesne straže.

²³He was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him in his council.

²⁴Asahel, brat Joabov, bio je među tridesetoricom. Zatim: Elhanan, sin Dodonov, iz Betlehema;

²⁴Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

²⁵Šama iz Haroda; Elika iz Haroda;

²⁵Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

²⁶Heles iz Peleta; Ira, sin Ikešev, iz Tekoe;

²⁶Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

²⁷Abiezer iz Anatota; Sibekaj iz Huše;

²⁷Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

²⁸Salmon iz Ahoha; Mahraj iz Netofe;

²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,

²⁹Heled, sin Baanin, iz Netofe; Itaj, sin Ribajev, iz Gibeje sinova Benjaminovih;

²⁹Heleb the son of Baanah, the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

³⁰Benaja iz Pireatona; Hidaj od Gaaških potoka;

³⁰Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,

³¹Abibaal iz Bet Haarabe; Azmavet iz Bahurima;

³¹Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

³²Eljahba iz Šaalbona; Jašen, sin Jonatanov;

³²Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,

³³Šama iz Harara; Ahiam, sin Šararov, iz Arara;

³³Shammah the Ararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,

³⁴Elifelet, sin Ahasbajev, iz Bet Maake; Eliam, sin Ahitofelov, iz Gilona;

³⁴Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

³⁵Hesraj iz Karmela; Paaraj iz Araba;

³⁵Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

³⁶Jigeal, sin Natanov, iz Sobe; Bani iz Gada;

³⁶Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

³⁷Selek Amonac; Nahraj iz Beerota, štitonoša Sarvijina sina Joaba;

³⁷Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

³⁸Ira iz Jatira; Gareb iz Jatira;

³⁸Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

³⁹Urija Hetit. Svega trideset i sedam.

³⁹Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.