2 Samuel 1 – NIV & CCL

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2 Samuel 1:1-27

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!”

Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero

2 Samueli 1:1-27

Davide Amva za Imfa ya Sauli

1Atamwalira Sauli, Davide anabwerako kumene anakagonjetsa Aamaleki ndipo anakakhala ku Zikilagi masiku awiri. 2Pa tsiku lachitatu munthu wina wochokera ku msasa wa Sauli anafika, zovala zake zitangʼambika ndiponso anali atathira dothi pamutu pake. Atafika kwa Davide, anadzigwetsa pansi, kupereka ulemu kwa Davideyo.

3Davide anamufunsa iye kuti, “Kodi iwe wachokera kuti?”

Iye anayankha kuti, “Ine ndathawa ku misasa ya Aisraeli.”

4Davide anafunsa, “Tandiwuza, chachitika ndi chiyani?”

Iye anati, “Anthu athawa ku nkhondo ndipo ambiri aphedwa. Sauli ndi mwana wake Yonatani aphedwa.”

5Ndipo Davide anati kwa mnyamata amene anabweretsa nkhaniyi, “Ukudziwa bwanji kuti Sauli ndi mwana wake Yonatani afa?”

6Mnyamatayo anati, “Zinangochitika kuti ndinali pa phiri la Gilibowa, ndipo Sauli anali komweko ataweramira pa mkondo wake, pamodzi ndi magaleta ndi okwera ake atamuyandikira. 7Pamene anatembenuka ndi kundiona ine, iye anandiyitana, ndipo ndinati, ‘Kodi ndichite chiyani?’ ”

8Iye anandifunsa, “Iwe ndiwe yani?”

Ine ndinayankha kuti, “Ndine Mwamaleki.”

9“Kenaka iye anati kwa ine, ‘Bwera pafupi ndipo undiphe! Ndikumva ululu kwambiri, koma ndikanali ndi moyo!’

10“Kotero ndinabwera pafupi ndi kumupha, chifukwa ndinadziwa kuti mmene anagweramo sakanakhalanso ndi moyo. Ndipo ndatenga chipewa chaufumu chimene chinali pamutu pake ndi khoza la pa dzanja lake ndipo ndazibweretsa kwa inu mbuye wanga.”

11Apo Davide ndi anthu onse amene anali nawo anangʼamba zovala zawo. 12Iwo analira maliro ndi kusala zakudya mpaka madzulo chifukwa cha Sauli ndi mwana wake Yonatani, komanso chifukwa cha gulu la ankhondo la Yehova ndi nyumba ya Israeli, chifukwa anaphedwa ndi lupanga.

13Davide anati kwa mnyamata amene anabweretsa uthengawo, “Iwe umachokera kuti?”

Iye anayankha kuti, “Ine ndine mwana wa mlendo Mwamaleki.”

14Davide anamufunsanso kuti, “Nʼchifukwa chiyani sunaope kukweza dzanja lako ndi kupha wodzozedwa wa Yehova?”

15Kenaka Davide anayitana mmodzi mwa anyamata ake ndipo anati, “Pita ukamukanthe!” Kotero iye anapita kukamukantha, ndipo mnyamata uja anafa. 16Pakuti Davide anali atanena kwa iye kuti, “Iwe wadzipha wekha. Pakamwa pako pakunena zokutsutsa wekha, pamene unanena kuti, ‘Ine ndapha wodzozedwa wa Yehova.’ ”

Davide Alira Maliro a Sauli ndi Yonatani

17Davide anayimba nyimbo iyi ya maliro, kulira Sauli ndi mwana wake Yonatani. 18Ndipo analamula kuti anthu a ku Yuda aphunzitsidwe nyimbo ya maliroyi imene yalembedwa mʼbuku la Yasari:

19“Ulemerero wako iwe Israeli, wagona utaphedwa ku zitunda.

Taonani amphamvu agwa kumeneko!

20“Musakanene zimenezi ku Gati,

musazilengeze ku misewu ya ku Asikeloni,

kuti ana aakazi a Afilisti angasangalale,

ana aakazi a osachita mdulidwe angakondwere.

21“Inu mapiri a ku Gilibowa,

musakhalenso ndi mame kapena mvula,

kapena minda yobereka zopereka za ufa.

Pakuti kumeneko chishango cha munthu wamphamvu chinadetsedwa,

chishango cha Sauli sanachipakenso mafuta.

22“Pa magazi a ophedwa,

pa mnofu wa amphamvu,

uta wa Yonatani sunabwerere,

lupanga la Sauli silinabwere chabe.

23“Sauli ndi Yonatani,

pa moyo wawo anali okondedwa ndi okoma mtima,

ndipo pa imfa yawo sanasiyanitsidwe.

Iwo anali ndi liwiro loposa ziwombankhanga,

anali ndi mphamvu zoposa mkango.

24“Inu ana aakazi a Israeli,

mulireni Sauli,

amene anakuvekani zovala zofiira ndi zofewa,

amene anakometsera zovala zanu ndi zokometsera zagolide.

25“Taonani amphamvu agwa ku nkhondo!

Yonatani wagona ataphedwa ku zitunda.

26Ine ndikuvutika mumtima chifukwa cha iwe mʼbale wanga Yonatani,

unali wokondedwa kwambiri kwa ine.

Chikondi chako pa ine chinali chopambana,

chopambana kuposa chikondi cha akazi.

27“Taonani amphamvu agwa!

Zida zankhondo zawonongeka!”