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1 Thaum Xas Ws tuag tas, mas Das Vis mus tua cov As Mas Les rov los txog. Nws nyob Xis Las teb ob hnub. 2 Hnub peb, ib tug neeg khiav ntawm Xas Ws lub yeej los. Nws cov khaub ncaws ntuag tas, nws taub hau paug hmoov av tas. Thaum nws los txog ntawm Das Vis, nws txhos caug hauv av pe Das Vis.
1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag, 2 on the third day, behold,† a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and earth on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the earth and showed respect.
3 Das Vis hais rau nws tias : “Koj tuaj qhov twg tuaj ?”
3 David said to him, “Where do you come from?”
Nws teb tias : “Kuv khiav ntawm lub yeej His Xas Lais los.”
He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”
4 Das Vis nug tias : “Ua cas lawm ? Koj qhia kuv saib !”
4 David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.”
Tus khiav los teb tias : “Tsoom pej xeem khiav tas tso tsam rog tseg. Muaj coob leej kawg tuag. Xas Ws thiab nws tus tub Yos Nas Thas kuj tuag huv tib si lawm.”
He answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”
5 David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
6 The 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 close behind him. 7 When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’ 8 He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’ 9 He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’ 10 So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after 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.”
11 Ces Das Vis dua rhe nws lub tsho. Cov neeg nrog nws lawv kuj dua lawv tej tsho. 12 Sawv daws nyiav, sawv daws quaj thiab yoo mov mus txog tsaus ntuj. Lawv quaj Xas Ws thiab nws tus tub Yos Nas Thas. Lawv quaj txog HUAB TAIS haiv neeg thiab txog cov His Xas Lais uas lawv poob tsam.
11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise. 12 They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh,‡ and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
13 David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?”
He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
14 David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?” 15 David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died. 16 David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’ ”
17 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son 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):
19 Das Vis thiaj nyiav zoo li no : “Aub ! His Xas Lais lub koob meej koj nyob lwj ntsuav saum koj cov roob ! Cov tub rog, ua cas nej thiaj ploj tas lawm ?
19 “Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
20 Don’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.
21 You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away, the shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
22 From 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.
23 Xas Ws thiab Yos Nas Thas, thaud, nkawd ua nkawd lub neej zoo nyiam thiab zoo hlub. Nyem no, nkawd tuag, nkawd tuag ua ke. Nkawd nrawm dua dav. Nkawd muaj zog dua tsov.
23 Saul 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.
24 Cov ntxhais His Xas Lais, Xas Ws yog tus muab ntaub tsuj ntaub npuag rau nej hnav. Nws dai lias nyiaj lias kub rau nej tej tsoos tsho. Zaum no nej nyiav Xas Ws mas !
24 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
25 Cov tub rog, ua li cas lawv thiaj tuag nyob hauv tsam rog ntawd ? Yos Nas Thas, koj tuag lawm, cas yuav mob kuv lub siab ua luaj no !
25 How the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle! Jonathan was slain on your high places.
26 Kuv tu siab vim koj, kuv tus kwv Yos Nas Thas ! Kuv hlub koj tas nrho. Kuv nrog koj ua phooj ywg ! Kuv tseem hlub koj heev dua hlub ib tug poj niam.
26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women.
27 Vim li cas cov tub rog thiaj li tuag ? Vim li cas rab ntaj thiab rab hmuv thiaj poob ntawm lawv tes ?”
27 How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”