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 “以色列啊,
你荣耀的王伏尸山上,
伟大的勇士竟然倒下!
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。

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18 and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):(A)

19 “A gazelle[a] lies slain on your heights, Israel.
    How the mighty(B) have fallen!(C)

20 “Tell it not in Gath,(D)
    proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,(E)
lest the daughters of the Philistines(F) be glad,
    lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:19 Gazelle here symbolizes a human dignitary.