2 Samuel 1

1 After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

1 大卫战胜了亚玛力人之后便回到洗革拉，在那里住了两天。那时扫罗已经死了。

2 On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.

2 第三天，有一个衣服撕裂、头蒙灰尘的人从扫罗军营中跑到大卫面前，俯伏下拜。

3 “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.

3 大卫问他：“你从哪里来？”那人答道：“我是从以色列军营逃出来的。”

4 “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

4 大卫说：“请告诉我那边的情况。”他说：“以色列军溃逃，伤亡惨重，就连扫罗和他儿子约拿单都死了！”

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

5 大卫又问报信的青年：“你怎么知道扫罗和他儿子约拿单死了？”

6 “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.

6 青年说：“我偶然到基利波山，看见扫罗在那里倚枪而立，敌人的战车骑兵紧紧追来。

7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I answered, ‘Here I am!’

7 他回头看到我，便呼唤我。我说，‘我在这里。’

8 ‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

8 他问我是什么人。我告诉他我是亚玛力人。

9 Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’

9 扫罗说他痛苦不堪，却又死不掉，要我杀了他。

10 So I stood over 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 that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

10 我知道他身受重伤，必死无疑，就把他杀了，并取下他头上的王冠和臂上的镯子带来献给我主。”

11 Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

11 大卫就撕裂衣服，他的随从也撕裂衣服。

12 They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

12 他们因扫罗、他的儿子约拿单和耶和华的子民以色列同胞阵亡而悲哀痛哭，禁食直到黄昏。

13 And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”

13 大卫又问报信的青年：“你是哪里的人？”他答道：“我是寄居在以色列的亚玛力人。”

14 So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

14 大卫说：“你怎么敢下手杀耶和华所膏立的王？

15 Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

15–16 你是咎由自取！因为你亲口承认自己杀了耶和华所膏立的王。”大卫随即命令一个年轻的随从杀死他，随从便杀死了他。

16 For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

17 Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

17 大卫作了一首挽歌哀悼扫罗和他儿子约拿单，

18 and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

18 并吩咐人教导犹大人唱这首弓歌。这首歌记在《雅煞珥书》上，歌词说：

19 “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!

19 “以色列啊， 你荣耀的王伏尸山上， 勇士竟然倒下！

20 Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

20 不要在迦特宣告， 不要在亚实基伦的街上传扬， 免得非利士的妇女幸灾乐祸， 免得未受割礼之人的女子欢喜雀跃。

21 O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

21 “基利波山啊，愿你没有雨露， 你的田地不长献祭用的五谷， 因为那里有勇士锈污的盾牌， 扫罗的盾牌没有抹油。

22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

22 “约拿单的弓射敌无数， 扫罗的剑不杀强敌不收回。

23 Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.

23 “扫罗和约拿单深受爱戴， 生死不分离。 他们比鹰更敏捷， 比狮子还强壮。

24 O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.

24 “以色列的女子啊， 为扫罗哀哭吧！ 他曾使你们衣服华美， 穿金戴银。

25 How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

25 “勇士竟战死沙场！ 约拿单竟伏尸山上！

26 I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

26 我的兄弟约拿单啊， 我为你悲伤， 你对我情深义重， 你对我的爱胜过女人的恋情。

27 How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”

27 “勇士竟然倒下！ 兵器竟然耗损！”