¹It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed 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 happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and showed respect.

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.

³David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”

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

⁴David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.” He answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are 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.

⁵David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”

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

⁶The young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the 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.

⁷When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’

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

⁸He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

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

⁹He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of 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 beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to 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 tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him.

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

¹²They mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. 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.

¹³David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”

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

¹⁴David said to him, “How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”

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

¹⁵David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and fall on him.” He struck him, so that he died.

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

¹⁶David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’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.

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

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

¹⁸(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

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

¹⁹“Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

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

²⁰Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, 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!

²¹You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain on you, neither fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul was not 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, Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back. Saul’s sword didn’t return 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. 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.

²⁴You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.

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! Jonathan is slain on your high places.

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

²⁶I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your 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!