2 Samuel 1
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
1After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag,
1ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν Σαοὺλ, καὶ Δαυὶδ ἀνέστρεψε τύπτων τὸν Ἀμαλὴκ, καὶ ἐκάθισε Δαυὶδ ἐν Σεκελὰκ ἡμέρας δύο.
2on 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.
2Καὶ ἐγενήθη τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἦλθεν ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ Σαοὺλ, καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ διεῤῥωγότα, καὶ γῆ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἰσελθεῖν αὐτὸν πρὸς Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ.
3David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”
3Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαυὶδ, πόθεν σὺ παραγίνῃ; καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς Ἰσραὴλ ἐγὼ διασέσωσμαι.
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. Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”
4Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαυὶδ, τίς ὁ λόγος οὗτος; ἀπάγγειλόν μοι· καὶ εἶπεν, ὅτι ἔφυγεν ὁ λαὸς ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου, καὶ πεπτώκασι πολλοὶ ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἀπέθανον, καὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ Ἰωνάθαν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀπέθανε.
5David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
5Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῷ παιδαρίῳ τῷ ἀπαγγελλοντι αὐτῷ, πῶς οἶδας ὅτι τέθνηκε Σαοὺλ καὶ Ἰωνάθαν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ;
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 close behind him.
6Καὶ εἶπε τὸ παιδάριον τὸ ἀπαγγέλλον αὐτῷ, περιπτώματι περιέπεσον ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Γελβουὲ, καὶ ἰδοὺ Σαοὺλ ἐπεστήρικτο ἐπὶ τὸ δόρυ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὰ ἅρματα καὶ οἱ ἱππάρχαι συνῆψαν αὐτῷ.
7When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’
7Καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶδέ με, καὶ ἐκάλεσέ με· καὶ εἶπα, ἰδοὺ ἐγώ.
8He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
8Καὶ εἶπέ μοι, τίς εἶ σύ; καὶ εἶπα, Ἀμαληκίτης ἐγώ εἰμι.
9He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me, for anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.’
9Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς μὲ, στῆθι δὴ ἐπάνω μου καὶ θανάτωσόν με, ὅτι κατέσχε με σκότος δεινὸν, ὅτι πᾶσα ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ἐμοί.
10So 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.”
10Καὶ ἐπέστην ἐπʼ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐθανάτωσα αὐτὸν, ὅτι ᾔδειν ὅτι οὐ ζήσεται μετὰ τὸ πεσεῖν αὐτόν· καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ βασίλειον τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸν χλιδόνα τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ βραχίονος αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνήνοχα αὐτὰ τῷ κυρίῳ μου ὧδε.
11Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
11Καὶ ἐκράτησε Δαυὶδ τῶν ἱματίων αὐτοῦ, καὶ διέῤῥηξεν αὐτά· καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ διέῤῥηξαν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν.
12They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
12Καὶ ἐκόψαντο καὶ ἔκλαυσαν καὶ ἐνήστευσαν ἕως δείλης ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐπὶ Ἰωνάθαν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν Ἰούδα καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραὴλ, ὅτι ἐπλήγησαν ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ.
13David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
13Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῷ παιδαρίῳ τῷ ἀπαγγέλλοντι αὐτῷ, πόθεν εἶ σύ; καὶ εἶπεν, υἱὸς ανδρὸς παροίκου Ἀμαληκίτου ἐγώ εἰμι.
14David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
14Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαυὶδ, πῶς οὐκ ἐφοβήθης ἐπενεγκεῖν χεῖρά σου διαφθεῖραι τὸν χριστὸν Κυρίου;
15David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.
15Καὶ ἐκάλεσε Δαυὶδ ἓν τῶν παιδαρίων αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπε, προσελθὼν ἀπάντησον αὐτῷ· καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀπέθανε.
16David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain the LORD’s anointed.’”
16Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν Δαυὶδ, τὸ αἷμά σου ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου, ὅτι τὸ στόμα σου ἀπεκρίθη κατὰ σοῦ, λέγον, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐθανάτωσα τὸν χριστὸν Κυρίου.
17David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
17Καὶ ἐθρήνησε Δαυὶδ τὸν θρῆνον τοῦτον ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐπὶ Ἰωνάθαν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ.
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):
18Καὶ εἶπε τοῦ διδάξαι τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰούδα· ἰδοὺ γέγραπται ἐπὶ βιβλίου τοῦ εὐθοῦς.
19“Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
19Στήλωσον Ἰσραὴλ ὑπὲρ τῶν τεθνηκότων ἐπὶ τὰ ὕψη σου τραυματιῶν· πῶς ἔπεσαν δυνατοί;
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.
20Μὴ ἀναγγείλητε ἐν Γὲθ, καὶ μὴ εὐαγγελίσησθε ἐν ταῖς ἐξόδοις Ἀσκάλωνος, μή ποτε εὐφρανθῶσι θυγατέρες ἀλλοφύλων, μή ποτε ἀγαλλιάσωνται θυγατέρες τῶν ἀπεριτμήτων.
21You 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.
21Ὄρη τὰ ἐν Γελβουὲ μὴ καταβάτω δρόσος καὶ μὴ ὑετὸς ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἀγροὶ ἀπαρχῶν, ὅτι ἐκεῖ προσωχθίσθη θυρεὸς δυνατῶν· θυρεὸς Σαοὺλ οὐκ ἐχρίσθη ἐν ἐλαίῳ.
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.
22Ἀφʼ αἵματος τραυματιῶν καὶ ἀπὸ στέατος δυνατῶν τόξον Ἰωνάθαν οὐκ ἀπεστράφη κενὸν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ ῥομφαία Σαοὺλ οὐκ ἀνέκαμψε κενή.
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.
23Σαοὺλ καὶ Ἰωνάθαν οἱ ἠγαπημένοι καὶ ὡραῖοι οὐ διακεχωρισμένοι, εὐπρεπεῖς ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτῶν οὐ διεχωρίσθησαν· ὑπὲρ ἀετοὺς κοῦφοι, καὶ ὑπὲρ λέοντας ἐκραταιώθησαν.
24You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
24Θυγατέρες Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ κλαύσατε, τὸν ἐνδιδύσκοντα ὑμᾶς κόκκινα μετὰ κόσμου ὑμῶν, τὸν ἀναφέροντα κόσμον χρυσοῦν ἐπὶ τὰ ἐνδύματα ὑμῶν.
25How the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle! Jonathan was slain on your high places.
25Πῶς ἔπεσαν δυνατοὶ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ πολέμου, Ἰωνάθαν ἐπὶ τὰ ὕψη σου τραυματίαι;
26I 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.
26Ἀλγῶ ἐπὶ σοὶ, ἀδελφέ μου Ἰωνάθαν, ὡραιώθης μοι σφόδρα, ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ ἀγάπησίς σου ἐμοὶ ὑπὲρ ἀγάπησιν γυναικῶν.
27How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”
27Πῶς ἔπεσαν δυνατοὶ, καὶ ἀπώλοντο σκεύη πολεμικά;
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