II Samuel 1

vayehi akhare mot sha'ul vedavid shav mehakkot et-ha'amaleq vayyeshev david betsiqlag yamim shenayim

After the death of Saul—David had already returned from defeating the Amalekites—David stayed two days in Ziklag.

vayehi bayyom hashelishi vehinneh ish ba min-hammakhaneh me'im sha'ul uvegadayw qeru'im va'adamah al-rosho vayehi bevo'o el-david vayyippol artsah vayyishtakhu

On the third day, a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes rent and earth on his head; and as he approached David, he flung himself to the ground and bowed low.

vayyomer lo david e mizzeh tavo vayyomer elayw mimmakhaneh yisra'el nimlateti

David said to him, “Where are you coming from?” He answered, “I have just escaped from the camp of Israel.”

vayyomer elayw david meh-hayah haddavar hagged-na li vayyomer asher-nas ha'am min-hammilkhamah vegam-harbeh nafal min-ha'am vayyamutu vegam sha'ul vihonatan beno metu

“What happened?” asked David. “Tell me!” And he told him how the troops had fled the battlefield, and that, moreover, many of the troops had fallen and died; also that Saul and his son Jonathan were dead.

vayyomer david el-hanna'ar hammaggid lo ekh yadata ki-met sha'ul vihonatan beno

“How do you know,” David asked the young man who brought him the news, “that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

vayyomer hanna'ar hammaggid lo niqro niqreti behar haggilboa vehinneh sha'ul nishan al-khanito vehinneh harekhev uva'ale happarashim hidbiquhu

The young man who brought him the news answered, “I happened to be at Mount Gilboa, and I saw Saul leaning on his spear, and the chariots and riders closing in on him.

vayyifen akharayw vayyireni vayyiqra elay va'omar hinneni

He looked around and saw me, and he called to me. When I responded, ‘At your service,’

vayyomer li mi-attah (vymr) [va'omar] elayw amaleqi anokhi

he asked me, ‘Who are you?’ And I told him that I was an Amalekite.

vayyomer elay amod-na alay umoteteni ki akhazani hashavats ki-khol-od nafshi bi

Then he said to me, ‘Stand over me, and finish me off, for I am in agony and am barely alive.’

va'e'emod alayw va'amotetehu ki yadati ki lo yikhyeh akhare niflo va'eqqakh hannezer asher al-rosho ve'etsadah asher al-zero'o va'avi'em el-adoni hennah

So I stood over him and finished him off, for I knew that he would never rise from where he was lying. Then I took the crown from his head and the armlet from his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

vayyakhazeq david bivgadav vayyiqra'em vegam kol-ha'anashim asher itto

David took hold of his clothes and rent them, and so did all the men with him.

vayyispedu vayyivku vayyatsumu ad-ha'arev al-sha'ul ve'al-yehonatan beno ve'al-am Adonai ve'al-bet yisra'el ki nafelu bekharev

They lamented and wept, and they fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the soldiers of GOD and the House of Israel who had fallen by the sword.

vayyomer david el-hanna'ar hammaggid lo e mizzeh attah vayyomer ben-ish ger amaleqi anokhi

David said to the young man who had brought him the news, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am the son of a resident alien, an Amalekite.”

vayyomer elayw david ekh lo yareta lishloakh yadekha leshakhet et-meshiakh Adonai

“How did you dare,” David said to him, “to lift your hand and kill GOD’s anointed?”

vayyiqra david le'akhad mehanne'arim vayyomer gash pega-bo vayyakkehu vayyamot

Thereupon David called one of the attendants and said to him, “Come over and strike him!” He struck him down and he died.

vayyomer elayw david (dmykh) [damekha] al-roshekha ki fikha anah vekha lemor anokhi motatti et-meshiakh Adonai

And David said to him, “Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I put GOD’s anointed to death.’”

vayeqonen david et-haqqinah hazzot al-sha'ul ve'al-yehonatan beno

And David intoned this dirge over Saul and his son Jonathan—

vayyomer lelammed bene-yehudah qashet hinneh khetuvah al-sefer hayyashar

He ordered the Judahites to be taught [The Song of the] Bow. It is recorded in the Book of Jashar.

hatsevi yisra'el al-bamotekha khalal ekh nafelu gibborim

Your glory, O Israel, Lies slain on your heights; How have the mighty fallen!

al-taggidu vegat al-tevasseru bekhutsot ashqelon pen-tismakhnah benot pelishtim pen-ta'alozenah benot ha'arelim

Tell it not in Gath, Do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon, Lest the daughters of the Philistine rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

hare vaggilboa al-tal ve'al-matar alekhem usede terumot ki sham nigal magen gibborim magen sha'ul beli mashiakh bashamen

O hills of Gilboa— Let there be no dew or rain on you, Or bountiful fields, For there the shield of warriors lay rejected, The shield of Saul, Polished with oil no more.

middam khalalim mekhelev gibborim qeshet yehonatan lo nasog akhor vekherev sha'ul lo tashuv reqam

From the blood of slain, From the fat of warriors— The bow of Jonathan Never turned back; The sword of Saul Never withdrew empty.

sha'ul vihonatan hanne'ehavim vehanne'imim bekhayyehem uvemotam lo nifradu minnesharim qallu me'arayot gaveru

Saul and Jonathan, Beloved and cherished, Never parted In life or in death! They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions!

benot yisra'el el-sha'ul bekhenah hammalbishkhem shani im-adanim hamma'aleh adi zahav al levushekhen

Daughters of Israel, Weep over Saul, Who clothed you in crimson and finery, Who decked your robes with jewels of gold.

ekh nafelu gibborim betokh hammilkhamah yehonatan al-bamotekha khalal

How have the mighty fallen In the thick of battle— Jonathan, slain on your heights!

tsar-li alekha akhi yehonatan na'amta li me'od nifle'atah ahavatekha li me'ahavat nashim

I grieve for you, My brother Jonathan, You were most dear to me. Your love was wonderful to me More than the love of women.

ekh nafelu gibborim vayyovedu kele milkhamah

How have the mighty fallen, The weapons of war perished!