prosinac 24, 2013, Mass in the Morning, Čitanje

Second Samuel 7: 1-5, 8-12, 14, 16

1:1 Sada se dogodilo da, after Saul died, David returned from the slaughter of Amalek, and he remained for two days at Ziklag.

1:2 Zatim, on the third day, a man appeared, arriving from the camp of Saul, with his garments torn and dust sprinkled on his head. And when he came to David, he fell on his face, and he reverenced.

1:3 And David said to him, “Where have you come from?” I reče mu, “I have fled from the camp of Israel.”

1:4 And David said to him: “What is the word that has happened? Reveal it to me.” And he said: “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people have fallen and died. Štoviše, Saul and his son Jonathan have passed away.”

1:5 And David said to the youth who was reporting to him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan have died?”

1:8 rekao mi je, “Who are you?” And I said to him, “I am an Amalekite.”

1:9 I rekao mi je: “Stand over me, and kill me. For anguish has taken hold of me, and still my whole life is in me.”

1:10 And standing over him, I killed him. For I knew that he was not able to live after the fall. And I took the diadem that was on his head, and the bracelet from his arm, and I have brought them here to you, my lord.”

1:11 Then David, taking hold of his garments, tore them, with all the men who were with him.

1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, over Saul and over his son Jonathan, and over the people of the Lord and over the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

1:14 And David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to put forth your hand, so that you would kill the Christ of the Lord?”

1:16 And David said to him: “Your blood is upon your own head. For your own mouth has spoken against you, izreka: ‘I have killed the Christ of the Lord.’ ”