David Hears of Saul’s Death
1After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days. 2On 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.”
5Then 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. 7When 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.”
11Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them. 12They 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.
13David 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.
14David asked him, “Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”
15Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died. 16For 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.’ ”
David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan
17David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, 18and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):
19“A gazelle1:19 Gazelle here symbolizes a human dignitary. 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.1:21 Or / nor fields that yield grain for offerings
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.
23Saul 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.
26I 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!”
Dawudi ategeezebwa Okufa kwa Sawulo
11:1 a 1Sa 31:6 b 1Sa 30:17Oluvannyuma lw’okufa kwa Sawulo, Dawudi n’agenda n’abeera e Zikulagi n’amalayo ennaku bbiri, ng’amaze okusaanyaawo Abamaleki. 21:2 a 2Sa 4:10 b 1Sa 4:12Awo olwatuuka ku lunaku olwokusatu, ne wajja omusajja ng’ava mu lusiisira lwa Sawulo, ng’ayuzizza ebyambalo bye, nga ne mu mutwe gwe mulimu enfuufu. Bwe yatuuka awali Dawudi, n’avuunama ng’amuwa ekitiibwa.
3Dawudi n’amubuuza nti, “Ova wa?” N’amuddamu nti, “Ndi kaawonawo okuva mu lusiisira lwa Isirayiri.” 4Dawudi n’ayogera nti, “Ntegeeza ebyabaddewo.” N’ayogera nti, “Abantu badduse mu lutalo, era bangi ku bo bafudde. Sawulo ne Yonasaani mutabani we nabo bafudde.” 5Awo Dawudi n’agamba omuvubuka eyamutegeeza amawulire ago nti, “Otegedde otya nga Sawulo ne mutabani we Yonasaani nabo bafudde?”
61:6 1Sa 28:4; 31:2-4Omuvubuka n’amugamba nti, “Bwe nnali awo ku lusozi Girubowa, ne ndaba Sawulo nga yeesigamye ku ffumu lye era n’amagaali n’abeebagala embalaasi eby’omulabe nga bamucocca. 7Awo bwe yakyusa amaaso ge n’andaba, n’ankowoola, ne muddamu nti, ‘Nkukolere ki?’
81:8 1Sa 15:2; 30:13, 17“N’ambuuza nti, ‘Ggwe ani?’
“Ne muddamu nti, ‘Ndi Mwamaleki.’
9“N’alyoka aŋŋamba nti, ‘Nnyimirirako onzite! Ndi mu masaŋŋanzira ag’okufa newaakubadde nga ndabika ng’akyalimu obulamu.’
101:10 Bal 9:54; 2Bk 11:12“Kyennava muyimirirako ne mutta, kubanga n’ategeera nga takyalamye. Ne ntwala engule eyali ku mutwe gwe n’ekikomo ekyali ku mukono gwe, era biibino mbireetedde mukama wange.”
111:11 Lub 37:29; 2Sa 3:31; 13:31Awo Dawudi n’abasajja bonna be yali nabo, ne bayuza ebyambalo byabwe. 12Ne bakaaba, ne bakungubaga ne basiiba okutuusa akawungeezi ku lwa Sawulo ne Yonasaani mutabani we; ne ku lw’eggye lya Mukama, ne ku lw’ennyumba ya Isirayiri; kubanga bonna baali bafudde n’ekitala. 131:13 nny 8Awo Dawudi n’agamba omuvubuka eyamutegeeza amawulire ago nti, “Ova wa?” N’addamu nti, “Ndi mwana wa munnaggwanga, Omwameleki.” 141:14 1Sa 24:6; 26:9Dawudi n’amugamba nti, “Lwaki tewatya kuzikiriza omuntu Mukama gwe yafukako amafuta?” 151:15 a 2Sa 4:12 b 2Sa 4:10Awo Dawudi n’ayita omu ku basajja be, n’amugamba nti, “Mutte.” N’amufumita n’amutta. 161:16 Lv 20:9; 2Sa 3:28-29; 1Bk 2:32; Mat 27:24-25; Bik 18:6Dawudi n’amugamba nti, “Omusaayi gwo gubeere ku mutwe gwo, kubanga akamwa ko ye mujulirwa ng’oyogera nti, ‘Nnatta oyo Mukama gwe yafukako amafuta.’ ”
Dawudi Akungubagira Sawulo ne Yonasaani
171:17 2By 35:25Dawudi n’akungubagira Sawulo ne Yonasaani mutabani we, 181:18 Yos 10:13; 1Sa 31:3n’alagira abantu ba Isirayiri bayigirizibwe oluyimba olw’omutego olw’okukungubaga olwawandiikibwa mu kitabo kya Yasali. Olugamba nti,
191:19 nny 27“Ekitiibwa kyo, ayi Isirayiri, kifiiridde ku nsozi zo!
Ab’amaanyi nga bagudde!
201:20 a Mi 1:10 b 1Sa 31:8 c Kuv 15:20; 1Sa 18:6“Temukyogeranga mu Gaasi,1:20 Gaasi kyali kibuga ky’Abafirisuuti
temukyatuliranga mu nguudo za Asukulooni,1:20 Asukulooni kyali kibuga by’Abafirisuuti.
abawala b’Abafirisuuti baleme okusanyuka,
abawala b’abatali bakomole baleme okujaguza.
211:21 a nny 6; 1Sa 31:1 b Ez 31:15 c Is 21:5“Mmwe ensozi za Girubowa,
muleme okugwibwako omusulo newaakubadde enkuba,
newaakubadde ennimiro okumeramu ensigo.
Kubanga eyo engabo1:21 Engabo zaakolebwanga mu maliba, ne gasiigibwako amafuta ag’omuzeeyituuni. Omuzigo gwe gwagikuumanga obutavunda, ate era ne guziyiza n’obusaale okuyitamu mu ngabo. Engabo ezoogerebwako wano zaali zisaabye omusaayi nga tezikyayinzika kukozesebwa mu ntalo. ey’ab’amaanyi gye yanyoomerwa
n’engabo ya Sawulo, gye yafuukira ng’etafukibwangako mafuta.
221:22 a Is 34:3, 7 b Ma 32:42; 1Sa 18:4Omutego gwa Yonasaani tegwaddanga mabega
n’ekitala kya Sawulo tekyaddanga nga kikalu,
olw’okubuna omusaayi gw’abattibwanga,
n’amasavu g’ab’amaanyi.
231:23 a Ma 28:49; Yer 4:13 b Bal 14:18“Sawulo ne Yonasaani, mu bulamu bwabwe baali baagalwa nnyo era baali baakisa,
ne mu kufa tebaayawukana.
Baali bangu okusinga empungu,
era baali b’amaanyi n’okusinga empologoma.
24“Mmwe abawala ba Isirayiri,
mukaabire Sawulo,
eyabambaza engoye ezinekaaneka ez’okwesiima,
eyabambaza ebyambalo ebyatonebwa ne zaabu.
25“Ab’amaanyi nga bagudde wakati mu lutalo!
Yonasaani attiddwa ku nsozi zammwe.
261:26 a 1Sa 20:42 b 1Sa 18:1Nnumwa nnyo ku lwa muganda wange Yonasaani,
kubanga wali mukwano gwange ddala.
Okwagala kwe wanjagala kwali kwa kitalo,
nga kwa kitalo n’okusinga okw’abakyala.
271:27 nny 19, 25; 1Sa 2:4“Ab’amaanyi nga bagudde,
n’ebyokulwanyisa nga bizikiridde!”
