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Ikawa baada ya kufa kwake Sauli, hapo Daudi aliporudi katika kuwaua Waamaleki, naye Daudi amekaa siku mbili katika Siklagi;
After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
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hata siku ya tatu ikawa, tazama! Akaja mtu kutoka kambi ya Sauli, nguo zake zimeraruliwa, tena ana mavumbi kichwani mwake; basi, ikawa alipomfikia Daudi, akaanguka chini, akamsujudia.
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.
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Daudi akamwambia, Umetoka wapi? Akamwambia, Nimeokoka katika kambi ya Israeli.
“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
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Daudi akamwambia, Yalikwendaje? Tafadhali uniambie. Akajibu, Watu wamekimbia vitani, tena watu wengi wameanguka wamekufa; hata Sauli naye na Yonathani, mwanawe, wamekufa.
“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.”
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Daudi akamwambia yule kijana aliyempa habari, Umejuaje ya kuwa Sauli na Yonathani mwanawe wamekufa?
Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
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Yule kijana aliyempa habari akasema, Nalikuwapo kwa nasibu juu ya kilima cha Gilboa, na tazama, Sauli alikuwa ameegemea fumo lake; na tazama, magari na wapanda farasi wanamfuatia kwa kasi.
“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.
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Naye alipotazama nyuma, akaniona, akaniita. Nikajibu, Mimi hapa.
When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
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Akaniambia, U nani wewe? Nikamjibu, Mimi ni Mwamaleki.
‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
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Akaniambia, Tafadhali simama karibu nami, ukaniue, maana shida imenipata; kwa sababu roho yangu ingali hai ndani yangu.
Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
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Basi, nikasimama karibu naye, nikamwua, kwa sababu nalijua hakika ya kuwa hawezi kupona baada ya kuanguka; kisha nikaitwaa ile taji iliyokuwa kichwani mwake, na kikuku kilichokuwa mkononi mwake, nami nimevileta hapa kwa bwana wangu.
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.”
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Ndipo Daudi akashika nguo zake akazirarua na kadhalika watu wote waliokuwa pamoja naye;
Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
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wakaomboleza, wakalia, wakafunga hata jioni, kwa ajili ya Sauli, na kwa ajili ya Yonathani mwanawe, na kwa ajili ya watu wa Bwana na kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Israeli; kwa sababu wameanguka kwa upanga.
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.
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Naye Daudi akamwambia yule kijana aliyempa habari, Watoka wapi wewe? Akajibu, Mimi ni mwana wa mgeni, Mwamaleki.
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.”
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Daudi akamwambia, Jinsi gani hukuogopa kuunyosha mkono wako umwangamize masihi wa BWANA?
So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
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Ndipo Daudi akamwita mmoja wa vijana, akamwambia, Mwendee, ukamwangukie. Basi akampiga hata akafa.
Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
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Daudi akamwambia, Damu yako na iwe juu ya kichwa chako mwenyewe; maana umejishuhudia nafsi yako ukisema, Nimemwua masihi wa Bwana.
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.’”
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Basi Daudi akamwomboleza Sauli, na Yonathani, mwanawe, maombolezo haya;
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
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(kama ilivyoandikwa katika kitabu cha Yashari), akasema, Wana wa Yuda na wafundishwe haya,
and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
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Walio fahari yako, Ee Israeli Juu ya mahali pako palipoinuka wameuawa; Jinsi mashujaa walivyoanguka!
“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
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Msiyahubiri mambo haya katika Gathi, Msiyatangaze katika njia za Ashkeloni; Wasije wakashangilia binti za Wafilisti, Binti za wasiotahiriwa wakasimanga.
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.
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Enyi milima ya Gilboa, visiwepo juu yenu Umande wala mvua, wala mashamba ya matoleo; Maana ndipo ilipotupwa kwa aibu ngao ya shujaa, Ngao yake Sauli, pasipo kutiwa mafuta.
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.
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Kutoka kwa damu yao waliouawa, Kutoka kwa shahamu yao mashujaa, Upinde wa Yonathani haukurudi nyuma, Wala upanga wa Sauli haukurudi bure.
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.
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Sauli na Yonathani walipendwa na kupendeza Maishani wala mautini hawakutengwa; Walikuwa wepesi kuliko tai, Walikuwa hodari kuliko simba.
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
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Enyi binti za Israeli, mlilieni Huyo Sauli, ambaye aliwavika Mavazi mekundu kwa anasa, Akazipamba nguo zenu dhahabu.
O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
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Jinsi mashujaa walivyoanguka Katikati ya vita! Ee Yonathani, wewe umeuawa Juu ya mahali pako palipoinuka
How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
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Nimesikitika kwa ajili yako, Yonathani, ndugu yangu, Ulikuwa ukinipendeza sana; Upendo wako kwangu ulikuwa wa ajabu, Kupita upendo wa wanawake.
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
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Jinsi mashujaa walivyoanguka, Na silaha za vita zilivyoangamia!
How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”