1 En dit is die laaste woorde van Dawid: Dawid spreek, die seun van Isai, en die man wat hoog geplaas was, spreek, die gesalfde van die God van Jakob en die lieflike in die sange van Israel:
2 Die Gees van die HERE spreek in my, en sy woord is op my tong.
3 Die God van Israel het gesê, die Rots van Israel het tot my gespreek: 'n Heerser oor mense, 'n regverdige, 'n heerser in die vrees van God,
4 is soos die môre lig by sonsopgang, 'n môre sonder wolke as deur die glans n die reën grasspruitjies uit die aarde uitkom.
5 Want is my huis nie so by God nie? Want Hy het 'n ewige verbond vir my daargestel wat in alles gereël en verseker is; want al my heil en alle welgevalle, ja, sal Hy dit nie laat uitspruit nie?
6 Maar deugniete, hulle almal is soos weggegooide dorings, want 'n mens vat dit nie met die hand nie;
7 en elkeen wat hulle wil aanraak, wapen homself met 'n yster of die steel van 'n spies, en met vuur word hulle op daardie plek heeltemal verbrand.
8 Dit is die name van die helde wat Dawid gehad het: Joseb-Bassebet, 'n Tagkemoniet, die hoof van die adjudante; hy was Adino, die Esniet, teen agt honderd wat op een keer gesneuwel het.
9 En n hom was Ele sar, die seun van Dodo, die Ahohiet, onder die drie helde by Dawid; toe hulle die Filistyne uitgedaag het wat daar bymekaar was om te veg, en die manne van Israel weggetrek het,
10 het hy opgestaan en onder die Filistyne geslaan totdat sy hand moeg geword en sy hand aan die swaard gekleef het, sodat die HERE daardie dag 'n groot oorwinning bewerk het. En die manskappe het teruggekom agter hom aan net om te buit.
11 En n hom was Samma, die seun van Age, die Harariet. Toe die Filistyne by Legi bymekaarkom, waar 'n stuk land was vol lensies en die volk vir die Filistyne gevlug het,
12 het hy hom opgestel in die middel van die stuk land en dit afgeneem en die Filistyne verslaan, sodat die HERE 'n groot oorwinning bewerk het.
13 En drie van die dertig hoofde het afgetrek en teen die oestyd by Dawid by die spelonk van Adullam aangekom, terwyl 'n hoop Filistyne in die laer staan in die dal Ref im.
14 En Dawid was toe in die bergvesting; en 'n besetting van die Filistyne was toe in Betlehem.
15 En Dawid het 'n begeerte voel opkom en gesê: Wie sal vir my water gee om te drink uit die put van Betlehem wat by die poort is?
16 Toe het die drie helde deur die laer van die Filistyne gebreek en water geskep uit die put van Betlehem wat by die poort was, en dit gedra en na Dawid gebring; maar hy wou dit nie drink nie, en het dit tot eer van die HERE uitgegiet
17 en gesê: Dit is ver van my, HERE, dat ek dit sou doen! Sou ek die bloed drink van die manne wat met lewensgevaar gegaan het? En hy wou dit nie drink nie. Dit het die drie helde gedoen.
18 En Ab¡sai, die broer van Joab, die seun van Seruja, hy was hoof van die drie, en hy het sy spies geswaai oor drie honderd wat gesneuwel het, en het 'n naam gehad onder die drie.
19 Was hy onder die drie nie geëer nie? sodat hy hulle owerste geword het, maar tot by die eerste drie het hy nie gekom nie.
20 Verder Ben ja, die seun van Jojada, 'n sterk man, groot van daad, uit K bseël; hy het die twee groot helde van Moab verslaan; en hy het afgegaan en 'n leeu binne-in 'n kuil doodgeslaan op 'n sneeudag.
21 Hy het ook 'n Egiptenaar verslaan, 'n mooi man; en in die hand van die Egiptenaar was 'n spies; maar hy het na hom afgegaan met 'n stok en die spies uit die hand van die Egiptenaar geruk en hom met sy eie spies doodgesteek.
22 Dit het Ben ja, die seun van Jojada, gedoen; en hy het 'n naam gehad onder die drie helde.
23 Hy was geëerd onder die dertig, maar tot by die drie het hy nie gekom nie; en Dawid het hom aangestel oor sy lyfwag.
24 Asahel, die broer van Joab, was onder die dertig; Âlhanan, die seun van Dodo, uit Betlehem;
25 Samma, die Harodiet; El¡ka, die Harodiet;
26 Heles, die Paltiet; Ira, die seun van Ikkes, die Teko‹et;
27 Abiëser, die Anatotiet; Mebunn i, die Husatiet;
28 Salmon, die Ahohiet; M harai, die Netofatiet;
29 Heleb, die seun van Ba„na, die Netofatiet; Ittai, die seun van Ribai, uit G¡bea van die kinders van Benjamin;
30 Ben ja, die Pirhatoniet; H¡ddai, uit Nahale-Ga„s;
31 Abi-Albon, die Arbatiet; Asm wet, die Barhumiet;
32 Âljagba, die S älboniet; die seuns van Jasen; Jonatan;
33 Samma, die Harariet; Ah¡am, die seun van Sarar, die Harariet;
34 Elif,let, die seun van Ahasb i, die seun van 'n Ma„gatiet; El¡am, die seun van Agitofel, die Giloniet;
35 H,sro, die Karmeliet; P ärai, die Arbiet;
36 Jigeal, die seun van Natan, uit Soba; Bani, die Gadiet;
37 Selek, die Ammoniet; N harai, die Beërotiet, die wapendraer van Joab, die seun van Seruja;
38 Ira, die Jitriet; Gareb, die Jitriet
39 Ur¡a, die Hetiet -- almal saam sewe en dertig.
1 Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on high, the man on whom the God of Jacob put the holy oil, the loved one of Israel's songs, says:
2 The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,
4 It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.
5 For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?
6 But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:
7 But anyone touching them has to be armed with iron and the rod of a spear; and they will be burned with fire, every one of them.
8 These are the names of David's men of war: Ishbaal the Hachmonite, chief of the three; his axe was lifted up against eight hundred put to death at one time.
9 After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three great fighters, who was with David in Pas-dammim when the Philistines came together there for the fight; and when the men of Israel had gone in flight,
10 He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gripping his sword: and that day the Lord gave a great salvation, and the people came back after him only to take the goods of the Philistines.
11 After him was Shammah, the son of Ela the Hararite. And the Philistines came together in Lehi, where there was a bit of land full of seed; and the people went in flight from the Philistines.
12 But he kept his place in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack and overcame the Philistines: and the Lord gave a great salvation.
13 And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the strong place of Adullam; and the band of Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.
14 And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.
15 And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town!
16 And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord.
17 And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.
18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three hundred with his spear, and he got for himself a name among the thirty.
19 Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the first three.
20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow:
21 And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a stick, and pulling the spear out of the hands of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.
22 These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.
23 He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put him over the fighting men who kept him safe.
24 Asahel, the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; and Elhanan, the son of Dodai, of Beth-lehem,
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
26 Helez the Paltite, Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27 Abiezer the Anathothite, Sibbecai the Hushathite,
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
29 Heldai, the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the valleys of Gaash,
31 Abiel the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim,
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, Jashen the Gunite,
33 Jonathan, the son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam, the son of Sharar the Hararite,
34 Eliphelet, the son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam, the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Archite,
36 Igal, the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, who had the care of the arms of Joab, son of Zeruiah,
38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in number.