1 N ow it came about after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that David remained two days in Ziklag.

بَعْدَ مَقْتَلِ شاوُلَ مَباشَرَةً، عادَ داوُدُ إلَى صِقلَغَ بَعْدَ أنْ هَزَم بَنِي عماليق. وَبَقِيَ هَناكَ يَوْمَينِ.

2 O n the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and dust on his head. And it came about when he came to David that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.

وَفِي اليَوْمِ الثّالِثِ، جاءَ إلَى صِقلَغَ جُنْدِيٌّ شابٌ من مُعَسْكَرِ شاوُلَ. وكانت ثيابُ الرَّجُلِ مُمَزَّقةً ورأسُهُ مُتَّسخاً. فَجاءَ إلَى داوُدَ وَانْحنى أمامَهُ ورأسُهُ نَحْوَ الأرْضِ.

3 T hen David said to him, “From where do you come?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”

فَسَألَ داوُدُ الرَّجُلَ: «مِنْ أينَ أتَيتَ؟» فأجابَ الرَّجُلُ: «جِئْتُ للتَّوِّ مِنْ مُعَسْكَرِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.»

4 D avid said to him, “ How did things go? Please tell me.” And he said, “The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”

فقالَ داوُدُ للرَّجلِ: «أخْبِرْنِي مَنِ انْتَصَرَ في المَعْرِكَةِ؟» أجابَ الرَّجُلُ: «هَرَبَ شَعبُنا مِنَ المَعْرَكَةِ. قُتِلَ فيها الكَثيرونَ. وحَتَّى شاوُلُ وَابْنُهُ يوناثانُ ماتا.»

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

فقالَ داوُدُ لِلْجُنْدِيِّ الشّابِ: «وَكَيفَ عَلِمْتَ بِموْتِ شاوُلَ وَابْنِهِ يوناثانَ؟»

6 T he young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.

فقالَ الجُنْدِيُّ الشّابُ: «حَدَثَ أنْ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ جَبَلِ الجلبوع، فرأيتُ شاول مُتَّكِئاً عَلَى رُمْحِهِ، ومركباتُ الفِلِسْطيّينَ وخَيّالَتُهُم يُطارِدُونَهُ وَيَقْترِبونَ مِنْهُ أكْثَرَ فأكثرَ.

7 W hen he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I said, ‘Here I am.’

نَظَرَ شاوُلُ إلَى الخَلْفِ وَرَآنِي. فَنادانِي وَأجَبْتُهُ.

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

ثُمَّ سَألَنِي مَنْ أكُونُ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إنني مِنْ بَني عَماليقَ.

9 T hen he said to me, ‘Please stand beside me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my life still lingers in me.’

فَقالَ: ‹أرْجوكَ أنْ تَقْتُلَني. إصابَتِي بَليغَةٌ، وَأُوشِكُ أنْ أمُوتَ عَلَى أيَّةِ حالٍ.›

10 S o I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

كانَتْ إصابَتُهُ بَليغَةً إلَى دَرَجَةٍ جَعَلَتْني أتأكدُ مِنْ أنَّهُ لَنْ يَعيشَ بَعْدَ سُقوطِهِ، فَتَوَقَّفْتُ وقَتَلْتُهُ. ثُمَّ أخَذْتُ التّاجَ مِنْ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَالسِّوارَ عَنْ ذِراعِهِ، وَأحَضَرْتُهُما لكَ إلَى هُنا يا مَولايَ.»

11 T hen David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.

فَمَزَّقَ داوُدُ ثِيابَهُ حُزْناً. وَكَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ الرِّجالُ الّذينَ مَعَهُ جَمِيعاً.

12 T hey mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

حَزِنُوا كَثِيراً وَبكوْا، ولَمْ يَأكُلُوا حَتَّى المَساءِ. وَبَكَى داوُدُ ورِجالُهُ عَلَى شاوُلَ وَعَلَى ابْنِهِ يُوناثانَ اللذَينِ ماتا. وعَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ قُتِلَ مِنْ شَعبِ اللهِ إسْرائِيلَ، فِي المَعْرَكَةِ. داود يأمرُ بقتلِ العماليقيّ

13 D avid said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” And he answered, “ I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite.”

ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ داوُدُ إلَى الشابِّ الّذي أخْبَرَهُ بِموْتِ شاول فَسَألَهُ: «مِنْ أينَ أنْتَ؟» أجابَ الجُنْدِيُّ الشّابُ: «أنا ابْنُ رجلٍ غَريبٍ. أنا عَماليقيٌّ.»

14 T hen David said to him, “How is it you were not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

فقالَ داوُدُ لِلْجُنْدِيِّ الشّاب: «كيف لَمْ تَخَفْ أنْ تَمُدَّ يَدَكَ وَتَقْتُلَ الملكَ الَّذِي مَسَحَهُ اللهُ ؟»

15 A nd David called one of the young men and said, “Go, cut him down.” So he struck him and he died.

فَاسْتَدْعى داوُدُ أحَدَ خَدَمِهِ الشُّبّانِ وَقالَ لَهُ: «تَعالَ وَاضْرِبْهُ بِسَيْفِكَ.» فَضَرَبَهُ فَماتَ.

16 D avid said to him, “ Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s anointed.’” David’s Dirge for Saul and Jonathan

إذْ قالَ داوُدُ لَهُ: «دَمُكَ عَلَى رأسِكَ! فَقَدْ شَهِدْتَ بِفَمِكَ ضِدَّ نَفْسِكَ، وَقَلْتَ إنَّكَ قَتَلْتَ الملكَ الَّذِي مَسَحَهُ اللهُ.» أُنشودةُ داوُدَ الحزينةُ عن شاوُلَ وَيوناثان

17 T hen David chanted with this lament over Saul and Jonathan his son,

وَتَلا داوُدُ أُنْشُودةً حَزينَةً عَنْ شاولَ وَابْنِهِ يُوناثانَ.

18 a nd he told them to teach the sons of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.

طَلَبَ مِنْ رِجالِهِ أن يُعَلِّموا بني يَهُوذا أُنْشُودَةَ القَوْسِ هذِهِ. وقد كُتِبَتْ فِي كِتابِ ياشَرَ:

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

«يا إسْرائِيلُ، قُتِلَ جَمالُكِ. وَهُوَ مَطْروحٌ عَلَى تِلالِكِ. آهٍ، كَيْفَ سَقَطَ الأبْطالُ!

20 “ Tell it not in Gath, Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, The daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.

لا تُخْبِروا أحَداً فِي جَتَّ ولا تُذيعوا الخَبَرَ في شوارِع أشْقلُونَ، حَتَّى لا تَفْرَحَ مُدُنُ الفِلِسطيّين! حَتَّى لا تَسْعَدَ بَناتُ اللّامَخْتُونينَ.

21 “ O mountains of Gilboa, Let not dew or rain be on you, nor fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

«لَيْتَ النّدى لا يَتَساقَطُ، وَالْمَطَرَ لا يَنْهَمِرُ فَوْقَ جِبالِكِ يا جِلبُوعَ. لَيْتَ التَّقْدِماتِ لا تأتِي مِنْ تِلْكَ الحُقولِ. لأنَّ هُناكَ تَلَطَّخَ تُرْسُ الأبْطالِ. تُرْسُ شاولَ لَمْ يُمْسَحْ بالزَّيتِ.

22 “ From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan did not turn back, And the sword of Saul did not return empty.

وَقَوْسُ يوناثانَ قَتَلَ مِنَ الأعداءِ مَنْ قَتَلَ. وَسَيفُ شاولَ قَتَلَ كَثيرينَ! سَفَكا دِماءَ رِجالٍ سِمانٍ.

23 “ Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life, And in their death they were not parted; They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

«شاولُ ويوناثانُ أحبّا أحدُهُما الآخر ومَتَّعَ أحَدُهُما الآخَرَ في حَياتِهِ، وحَتَّى المَوْتُ لَمْ يُفَرِّقْ بَينهُما. كانا أسْرَعَ مِنَ النُّسُورِ، وَأقوى مِنَ الأسُودِ.

24 “ O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet, Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

«يا بَناتِ إسْرائِيلَ، ابْكينَ عَلَى شاولَ! شاوُلَ الّذي ألْبَسَكُنَّ ثِياباً فاخِرَةً مِنَ القِرْمِزِ وَالمُطَرَّزاتِ، وَزَيَّنَ ثِيابَكُنَّ بالذَّهَبِ!

25 “ How have the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain on your high places.

كَيْفَ ماتَ الأقْوِياءُ في المَعْرَكَةِ؟ فَوْقَ تِلالِ جَلبُوعَ ماتَ يُوناثانُ؟

26 “ I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was more wonderful Than the love of women.

«يُوناثانُ يا أخي، أنا حَزِينٌ جِدّاً لِذَهابِكَ. كَمْ كُنْتَ حَبيبيَ! حُبُّكَ لي كانَ أرْوَعَ مِنْ حُبِّ النِّساءِ!

27 “ How have the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!”

كَيْفَ ماتَ الأقْوِياءُ فِي المَعْرَكَةِ وَزالَتْ مَعَهُمْ أسلِحَةُ الحَرْبِ؟»