David hearing that Saul and Jonathas are slain, 11. mourneth with all his family, weeping and fasting. 13. causeth him to be slain who affirmed that he had killed king Saul. 18. He traineth up archers. 19. and inviteth also all Israel to mourn.Dauid hearing that Saul and Ionathas are slaine, 11. mourneth with al his familie, weeping and fasting. 13. causeth him to be slaine who affirmed that he had killed king Saul. 18. He traineth vp archers. 19. and inuiteth also al Israel to mourne.✦
And it came to pass, after that Saul was dead, that David returned from the slaughter of Amalec, and tarried in Siceleg two days.AND it came to passe, after that Saul was dead, that Dauid returned from the slaughter of Amalec, and taryed in Siceleg two dayes.Factum est autem, postquam mortuus est Saul, ut David reverteretur a cæde Amalec, et maneret in Siceleg duos dies.
2And in the third day there appeared a man coming out of Saul's camp, his garments torn, and sprinkled on the head with dust, and as he came to David, he fell upon his face, and adoravit: bowed down in homage, not religious worship.And in the third day there appeared a man coming out of Sauls campe, his garments torne, and sprinkled on the head with dust, and as he came to Dauid, he fel vpon his face, and adored.✦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.
3And David said unto him: Whence comest thou? Who said to him: I fled out of the camp of Israel.And Dauid said vnto him: Whence comest thou? Who said to him: I fledde out of the campe of Israel.Dixitque ad eum David : Unde venis ? Qui ait ad eum : De castris Israël fugi.
4And David said unto him: What is the matter that is done? tell me. Who said: The people is fled out of the battle, and many of the people are overthrown and dead: yea Saul also and Jonathas his son are dead.And Dauid said vnto him: What is the matter that is done? tel me. Who said: The people is fled out of the battel, and many of the people are ouerthrowen and dead: yea Saul also and Ionathas his sonne are dead.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.
5And David said to the young man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul is dead, and Jonathas his son?And Dauid said to the yong man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul is dead, and Ionathas his sonne?Dixitque David ad adolescentem qui nuntiabat ei : Unde scis quia mortuus est Saul, et Jonathas filius ejus ?
6And the young man that told him, said: By chance I came into mount Gelboe, and Saul leaned upon his spear: moreover the chariots and horsemen approached unto him,And the young man that told him, sayd: By chance I came into mount Gelboe, and Saul leaned vpon his speare: moreouer the chariots and horsemen approched vnto him,Et ait adolescens qui nuntiabat ei : Casu veni in montem Gelboë, et Saul incumbebat super hastam suam : porro currus et equites appropinquabant ei,
7and turning backward, and seeing me he called. To whom when I had answered, here I am:and turning backward, and seing me he called. To whom when I had answered, here I am:et conversus post tergum suum, vidensque me, vocavit. Cui cum respondissem : Adsum :
8he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I am an Amalecite.he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I am an Amalecite.✦dixit mihi : Quisnam es tu ? Et aio ad eum : Amalecites ego sum.
9And he said to me: Stand upon me, and kill me: because anguishes hold me, and as yet all my life is in me.And he said to me: Stand vpon me, and kil me: because anguishes hold me, and as yet al my life is in me.✦Et locutus est mihi : Sta super me, et interfice me : quoniam tenent me angustiæ, et adhuc tota anima mea in me est.
10And standing upon him, I killed him: for I knew that he could not live after the fall: and I took the diadem that was on his head, and the bracelet from his arm, and have brought to thee my lord hither.And standing vpon him, I killed him: for I knew that he could not liue after the fal: and I tooke the Diademe that was on his head, & the bracelette from his arme, and haue brought to thee my lord hither.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.
11And David taking his garments rent them, and all the men that were with him,And Dauid taking his garments rent them, and al the men that were with him,Apprehendens autem David, vestimenta sua scidit, omnesque viri qui erant cum eo,
12and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening upon Saul and upon Jonathas his son, and upon the people of our Lord, and upon the house of Israel, because they were fallen by the sword.and they mourned, and wept, and fasted vntil euening vpon Saul and vpon Ionathas his sonne, and vpon the people of our Lord, and vpon the house of Israel, because they were fallen by the sword.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.
13And David said to the young man that had told him: Whence art thou? Who answered: I am the son of a man a advena: a resident foreigner or sojourner, not merely someone unknown of Amalec.And Dauid said to the yong man that had told him: Whence art thou? Who answered: I am the sonne of a man a stranger of Amalec.Dixitque David ad juvenem qui nuntiaverat ei : Unde es tu ? Qui respondit : Filius hominis advenæ Amalecitæ ego sum.
14David said to him: Why didst thou not fear to put thy hand, to kill the anointed of our Lord?Dauid said to him: Why didst thou not feare to put thy hand, to kil the annointed of our Lord?✦Et ait ad eum David : Quare non timuisti mittere manum tuam ut occideres christum Domini ?
15And David calling one of his servants, said: Go run upon him. Who struck him, and he died.And Dauid calling one of his seruants, said: Goe runne vpon him. Who stroke him, and he died.Vocansque David unum de pueris suis, ait : Accedens irrue in eum. Qui percussit illum, et mortuus est.
16And David said to him: Thy blood be upon thine own head: for thy own mouth hath spoken against thee, saying: I have slain the anointed of our Lord.And Dauid said to him: Thy bloud be vpon thine owne head: for thyn owne mouth hath spoken against thee, saying: I haue slaine the annointed of our Lord.✦Et ait ad eum David : Sanguis tuus super caput tuum : os enim tuum locutum est adversum te, dicens : Ego interfeci christum Domini.
17And David mourned this kind of mourning upon Saul, and upon Jonathas his son,And Dauid mourned this kind of mourning vpon Saul, and vpon Ionathas his sonne,Planxit autem David planctum hujuscemodi super Saul, et super Jonathan filium ejus
18(and he commanded that they should teach the children of Juda the bow, as it is written in the Book of the just.) And he said: Consider, O Israel for them that be dead wounded upon thy high places.(and he commanded that they should teach the children of Iuda the bowe, as it is written in the Booke of the iust.) And he said: Consider, o Israel for them that be dead wounded vpon thy high places.✦(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.
19The Nobles, O Israel, are slain upon thy mountains: how are the valiants fallen?The Nobles, o Israel, are slaine vpon thy mountaynes: how are the valiants fallen?✦Inclyti Israël super montes tuos interfecti sunt : quomodo ceciderunt fortes ?
20Tell it not in Geth, neither tell ye it in the high ways of Ascalon: lest perhaps the daughters of the Philisthiims be glad, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.Tel it not in Geth, neither tel ye it in the high waies of Ascalon: lest perhaps the daughters of the Philisthijms be gladde, lest the daughters of the vncircumcised reioice.Nolite annuntiare in Geth, neque annuntietis in compitis Ascalonis : ne forte lætentur filiæ Philisthiim ; ne exsultent filiæ incircumcisorum.
21Mountains of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor rain come upon you, neither be they fields of the first fruits: because there was the shield of the valiants cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he were not anointed with oil.Mountaines of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor rayne come vpon you, neither be they fields of the first fruits: because there was the shield of the valiantes cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he were not annointed with oyle.✦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.
22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the valiants, the arrow of Jonathas never returned backward, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.From the bloud of the slaine, from the fatte of the valiants, the arrowe of Ionathas neuer returned backward, and the sword of Saul did not returne emptie.✦A sanguine interfectorum, ab adipe fortium, sagitta Jonathæ numquam rediit retrorsum, et gladius Saul non est reversus inanis.
23Saul and Jonathas amiable, and comely in their life, in death also were not divided: swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.Saul and Ionathas amiable, and comely in their life, in death also were not diuided: swifter then eagles, stronger then lyons.✦Saul et Jonathas amabiles, et decori in vita sua, in morte quoque non sunt divisi : aquilis velociores, leonibus fortiores.
24Ye daughters of Israel weep upon Saul, who clothed you with scarlet in deliciis: luxury, sumptuous living, who gave golden ornaments to your attire.Yee daughters of Israel weepe vpon Saul, who clothed you with scarlet in delicaces, who gaue golden ornaments to your attyre.Filiæ Israël, super Saul flete, qui vestiebat vos coccino in deliciis, qui præbebat ornamenta aurea cultui vestro.
25How have the valiants fallen in battle? Jonathas slain in thy high places?How haue the valiantes fallen in battel? Ionathas bene slayne in thy high places?Quomodo ceciderunt fortes in prælio ? Jonathas in excelsis tuis occisus est ?
26I am sorry for thee my brother Jonathas exceeding beautiful, and amiable above the love of women. As the mother loveth her only son, so did I love thee.I am sorie for thee my brother Ionathas exceeding beautiful, and amiable aboue the loue of wemen. As the mother loueth her onlie sonne, so did I loue thee.✦Doleo super te, frater mi Jonatha, decore nimis, et amabilis super amorem mulierum. Sicut mater unicum amat filium suum, ita ego te diligebam.
27How have the strong fallen, and the weapons of war perished?How haue the strong fallen, and the weapons of warre perished?Quomodo ceciderunt robusti, et perierunt arma bellica ?
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.