1 After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.2 On the third day a man arrived from Saul's camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.3 "Where have you come from?" David asked him. He answered, "I have escaped from the Israelite camp."4 "What happened?" David asked. "Tell me." "The men fled from the battle," he replied. "Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."5 Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"6 "I happened to be on Mount Gilboa," the young man said, "and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, 'What can I do?'8 "He asked me, 'Who are you?' "'An Amalekite,' I answered.9 "Then he said to me, 'Stand here by me and kill me! I'm in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.'10 "So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord."11 Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.12 They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.13 David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite," he answered.14 David asked him, "Why weren't you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?"15 Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died.16 For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, 'I killed the LORD's anointed.'"17 David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,18 and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):19 "A gazelle "lies slain on your heights, Israel. How the mighty have fallen!20 "Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.21 "Mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, may no showers fall on your terraced fields. "For there the shield of the mighty was despised, the shield of Saul —no longer rubbed with oil.22 "From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.23 Saul and Jonathan — in life they were loved and admired, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.24 "Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.25 "How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.26 I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.27 "How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!"

1 وكان بعد موت شاول ورجوع داود من مضاربة العمالقة ان داود اقام في صقلغ يومين.2 وفي اليوم الثالث اذا برجل اتى من المحلّة من عند شاول وثيابه ممزقة وعلى راسه تراب. فلما جاء الى داود خرّ الى الارض وسجد.3 فقال له داود من اين اتيت. فقال له من محلّة اسرائيل نجوت.4 فقال له داود كيف كان الامر. اخبرني. فقال ان الشعب قد هرب من القتال وسقط ايضا كثيرون من الشعب وماتوا ومات شاول ويوناثان ابنه ايضا.5 فقال داود للغلام الذي اخبره كيف عرفت انه قد مات شاول ويوناثان ابنه.6 فقال الغلام الذي اخبره اتفق اني كنت في جبل جلبوع واذا شاول يتوكأ على رمحه واذا بالمركبات والفرسان يشدّون وراءه.7 فالتفت الى ورائه فرآني ودعاني فقلت هانذا.8 فقال لي من انت فقلت له عماليقي انا.9 فقال لي قف عليّ واقتلني لانه قد اعتراني الدوار لان كل نفسي بعد فيّ.10 فوقفت عليه وقتلته لاني علمت انه لا يعيش بعد سقوطه واخذت الاكليل الذي على راسه والسوار الذي على ذراعه واتيت بهما الى سيدي ههنا.11 فامسك داود ثيابه ومزقها وكذا جميع الرجال الذين معه.12 وندبوا وبكوا وصاموا الى المساء على شاول وعلى يوناثان ابنه وعلى شعب الرب وعلى بيت اسرائيل لانهم سقطوا بالسيف.13 ثم قال داود للغلام الذي اخبره من اين انت. فقال انا ابن رجل غريب عماليقي.14 فقال له داود كيف لم تخف ان تمد يدك لتهلك مسيح الرب.15 ثم دعا داود واحدا من الغلمان وقال تقدم. اوقع به. فضربه فمات.16 فقال له داود دمك على راسك لان فمك شهد عليك قائلا انا قتلت مسيح الرب17 ورثا داود بهذه المرثاة شاول ويوناثان ابنه18 وقال ان يتعلم بنو يهوذا نشيد القوس هوذا ذلك مكتوب في سفر ياشر19 الظبي يا اسرائيل مقتول على شوامخك. كيف سقط الجبابرة.20 لا تخبروا في جتّ. لا تبشروا في اسواق اشقلون لئلا تفرح بنات الفلسطينيين لئلا تشمت بنات الغلف.21 يا جبال جلبوع لا يكن طل ولا مطر عليكنّ ولا حقول تقدمات لانه هناك طرح مجنّ الجبابرة مجنّ شاول بلا مسح بالدهن.22 من دم القتلى من شحم الجبابرة لم ترجع قوس يوناثان الى الوراء وسيف شاول لم يرجع خائبا.23 شاول ويوناثان المحبوبان والحلوان في حياتهما لم يفترقا في موتهما. اخف من النسور واشدّ من الأسود.24 يا بنات اسرائيل ابكين شاول الذي ألبسكنّ قرمزا بالتنعم وجعل حليّ الذهب على ملابسكنّ.25 كيف سقط الجبابرة في وسط الحرب. يوناثان على شوامخك مقتول.26 قد تضايقت عليك يا اخي يوناثان. كنت حلوا لي جدا. محبتك لي اعجب من محبة النساء.27 كيف سقط الجبابرة وبادت آلات الحرب