KJV ¹ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

VULC ¹ Factum est autem, postquam mortuus est Saul, ut David reverteretur a cæde Amalec, et maneret in Siceleg duos dies.

KJV ² It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

VULC ² In die autem tertia apparuit homo veniens de castris Saul veste conscissa, et pulvere conspersus caput : et ut venit ad David, cecidit super faciem suam, et adoravit.

KJV ³ And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

VULC ³ Dixitque ad eum David : Unde venis ? Qui ait ad eum : De castris Israël fugi.

KJV ⁴ And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

VULC ⁴ Et dixit ad eum David : Quod est verbum quod factum est ? indica mihi. Qui ait : Fugit populus ex prælio, et multi corruentes e populo mortui sunt : sed et Saul et Jonathas filius ejus interierunt.

KJV ⁵ And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

VULC ⁵ Dixitque David ad adolescentem qui nuntiabat ei : Unde scis quia mortuus est Saul, et Jonathas filius ejus ?

KJV ⁶ And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

VULC ⁶ Et ait adolescens qui nuntiabat ei : Casu veni in montem Gelboë, et Saul incumbebat super hastam suam : porro currus et equites appropinquabant ei,

KJV ⁷ And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.

VULC ⁷ et conversus post tergum suum, vidensque me, vocavit. Cui cum respondissem : Adsum :

KJV ⁸ And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

VULC ⁸ dixit mihi : Quisnam es tu ? Et aio ad eum : Amalecites ego sum.

KJV ⁹ He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

VULC ⁹ Et locutus est mihi : Sta super me, et interfice me : quoniam tenent me angustiæ, et adhuc tota anima mea in me est.

KJV ¹⁰ So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

VULC ¹⁰ Stansque super eum, occidi illum : sciebam enim quod vivere non poterat post ruinam : et tuli diadema quod erat in capite ejus, et armillam de brachio illius, et attuli ad te dominum meum huc.

KJV ¹¹ Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

VULC ¹¹ Apprehendens autem David, vestimenta sua scidit, omnesque viri qui erant cum eo,

KJV ¹² And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

VULC ¹² et planxerunt, et fleverunt, et jejunaverunt usque ad vesperam super Saul, et super Jonathan filium ejus, et super populum Domini, et super domum Israël, eo quod corruissent gladio.

KJV ¹³ And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

VULC ¹³ Dixitque David ad juvenem qui nuntiaverat ei : Unde es tu ? Qui respondit : Filius hominis advenæ Amalecitæ ego sum.

KJV ¹⁴ And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?

VULC ¹⁴ Et ait ad eum David : Quare non timuisti mittere manum tuam ut occideres christum Domini ?

KJV ¹⁵ And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

VULC ¹⁵ Vocansque David unum de pueris suis, ait : Accedens irrue in eum. Qui percussit illum, et mortuus est.

KJV ¹⁶ And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.

VULC ¹⁶ Et ait ad eum David : Sanguis tuus super caput tuum : os enim tuum locutum est adversum te, dicens : Ego interfeci christum Domini.

KJV ¹⁷ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

VULC ¹⁷ Planxit autem David planctum hujuscemodi super Saul, et super Jonathan filium ejus

KJV ¹⁸ (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

VULC ¹⁸ (et præcepit ut docerent filios Juda arcum, sicut scriptum est in libro justorum), et ait : [Considera, Israël, pro his qui mortui sunt,
super excelsa tua vulnerati.

KJV ¹⁹ The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

VULC ¹⁹ Inclyti Israël super montes tuos interfecti sunt :
quomodo ceciderunt fortes ?

KJV ²⁰ Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

VULC ²⁰ Nolite annuntiare in Geth,
neque annuntietis in compitis Ascalonis :
ne forte lætentur filiæ Philisthiim ;
ne exsultent filiæ incircumcisorum.]

KJV ²¹ Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

VULC ²¹ [Montes Gelboë, nec ros, nec pluvia veniant super vos,
neque sint agri primitiarum :
quia ibi abjectus est clypeus fortium :
clypeus Saul, quasi non esset unctus oleo.]

KJV ²² From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

VULC ²² [A sanguine interfectorum, ab adipe fortium,
sagitta Jonathæ numquam rediit retrorsum,
et gladius Saul non est reversus inanis.

KJV ²³ Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

VULC ²³ Saul et Jonathas amabiles, et decori in vita sua,
in morte quoque non sunt divisi :
aquilis velociores, leonibus fortiores.]

KJV ²⁴ Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

VULC ²⁴ [Filiæ Israël, super Saul flete,
qui vestiebat vos coccino in deliciis,
qui præbebat ornamenta aurea cultui vestro.]

KJV ²⁵ How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

VULC ²⁵ [Quomodo ceciderunt fortes in prælio ?
Jonathas in excelsis tuis occisus est ?

KJV ²⁶ I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

VULC ²⁶ Doleo super te, frater mi Jonatha,
decore nimis, et amabilis super amorem mulierum.
Sicut mater unicum amat filium suum,
ita ego te diligebam.

KJV ²⁷ How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

VULC ²⁷ Quomodo ceciderunt robusti,
et perierunt arma bellica ?]