Вторая книга Царств 1
1 И бысть егда умре Саул, и Давид возвратися победив Амалика, и пребысть Давид в Секелазе дни два.
After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
2 И бысть в третий день, и се, муж прииде от полка людий Сауловых, ризы же его (бяху) раздраны, и персть на главе его: и бысть егда вниде к Давиду (отрок), и пад на земли поклонися ему.
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.
3 И рече ему Давид: откуду ты пришел еси? И рече ему: от полка Израилева аз избегох.
“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
4 И рече ему Давид: что слово сие? Возвести ми. И рече: яко побегоша людие от брани, и падоша мнози от людий, и измроша, и Саул и Ионафан сын его умре.
“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.”
5 И рече Давид отроку возвестившему ему: како знаеши, яко умре Саул и Ионафан сын его?
Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
6 И рече отрок возвещаяй ему: по случаю приидох в гору Гелвуйскую, и се, Саул нападаше на копие свое, и се, колесницы и вельможи собрашася нань:
“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.
7 и обозреся вспять (Саул) и виде мя, и призва мя, и рех: се, аз:
When he turned around and saw me, he called out and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
8 и рече ми: кто ты еси? И рех: Амаликитин есмь аз:
‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
9 и рече ми: прииди убо на мя и убий мя, яко объят мя тма лютая, яко еще душа моя во мне:
Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
10 и стах над ним, и убих его: ведех бо, яко не будет жив по падении своем: и взяв венец царский, иже бе на главе его, и нарамницу, яже бе на плещу его, и принесох сия к господину моему семо.
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.”
11 И емься Давид за ризы своя, и раздра я, и вси мужие иже с ним раздраша ризы своя,
Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
12 и рыдаша и плакашася, и постишася до вечера о Сауле, и о Ионафане сыне его, и о людех Иудиных и о доме Израилеве, яко избиени быша мечем.
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.
13 И рече Давид отроку возвестившему ему: откуду ты еси? И рече: сын мужа пришелца Амаликитина есмь аз.
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.”
14 И рече ему Давид: како не убоялся еси воздвигнути руку твою погубити христа Господня?
So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
15 И призва Давид единаго от отрок своих и рече: иди, убий его. И уби его, и умре.
Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
16 И рече ему Давид: кровь твоя на главе твоей, яко уста твоя на тя возвещаша, глаголюще: яко аз убих христа Господня.
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 И плакася Давид плачем сим о Сауле и о Ионафане сыне его,
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
18 и рече еже научити сыны Иудины стрелянию. Се написано в книзе Праведнаго.
and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
19 И рече: воздвигни столп, Израилю, над умершими на высоких твоих язвеными: како падоша сильнии?
“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
20 Не возвещайте в Гефе, ниже поведайте на исходищих Аскалоних, да не возвеселятся дщери иноплеменничи, ни да возрадуются дщери необрезанных.
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.
21 Горы Гелвуйския, да не снидет роса ниже дождь на вас: и села начатков (житных), яко тамо повержен бысть щит сильных: щит Саулов не быти помазан елеем:
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.
22 от крове язвеных и от тука сильных лук Ионафанов не возвратися тощь вспять, и мечь Саулов не возвратися тощь:
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.
23 Саул и Ионафан возлюбленнии и прекраснии неразлучни, благолепни в животе своем, и в смерти своей не разлучишася: паче орлов легцы и паче львов крепцы:
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
24 плачите по Сауле, дщери Израилевы, иже вас облачаше в червленицы со украшением вашим, и возлагаше украшение злато на ризы вашя:
O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
25 како падоша сильнии посреде брани? Ионафане, до смерти на высоких твоих язвен еси:
How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
26 болезную о тебе, брате мой Ионафане, красный ми зело, удивися любовь твоя от мене паче любве женския:
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
27 како падоша сильнии, и погибоша оружия бранная?
How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!”
