从前有人报告我说，扫罗死了，他自以为报好消息；我就拿住他，将他杀在洗革拉，这就作了他报消息的赏赐。

从前有人告诉我说：‘看哪，扫罗死了。’他自以为报好消息，我就拿住他，把他杀在洗革拉，作为他报消息的赏赐。

从前有人告诉我说：‘看哪，扫罗死了。’他自以为报好消息，我就拿住他，把他杀在洗革拉，作为他报消息的赏赐。

在洗革拉曾有人向我报信说扫罗死了，他以为是来报喜讯，我抓住他，把他杀了。那就是我给他的报酬。

从前有人向我报信说：‘看哪！扫罗死了。’他自以为是报好消息，我却抓住他，把他杀在洗革拉，这就是我给他作报好消息的酬报。

從前有人報告我說，掃羅死了，他自以為報好消息；我就拿住他，將他殺在洗革拉，這就作了他報消息的賞賜。

從前有人告訴我說：『看哪，掃羅死了。』他自以為報好消息，我就拿住他，把他殺在洗革拉，作為他報消息的賞賜。

從前有人告訴我說：『看哪，掃羅死了。』他自以為報好消息，我就拿住他，把他殺在洗革拉，作為他報消息的賞賜。

在洗革拉曾有人向我報信說掃羅死了，他以為是來報喜訊，我抓住他，把他殺了。那就是我給他的報酬。

從前有人向我報信說：‘看哪！掃羅死了。’他自以為是報好消息，我卻抓住他，把他殺在洗革拉，這就是我給他作報好消息的酬報。

從前有人向我報信說：「看哪，掃羅死了」，自以為他是個傳好消息的；我就抓住他，將他殺在洗革拉；這就是我給他做傳消息的報償。

曾經有人向我報信說『看哪，掃羅死了』，自以為是報好消息的，我尚且抓住他，在洗革拉把他殺了，作為對他報『好消息』的回報，

昔有人告我曰、掃羅已死、以為報嘉音、我執而戮之於洗革拉、此我為其報信音所加之賞也、

昔有人在息臘告我曰、掃羅已沒、意欲報嘉音而獲賞、我反執而殺焉。

昔有人報我曰、掃羅已死、自以為報佳音必獲賞、我反執而殺之於細革拉、

when someone told me,‘ Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news!

Someone once told me,‘ Saul is dead.’ He thought he was bringing me good news. But I grabbed him. I had him put to death in Ziklag. That’s the reward I gave him for his news! And that’s just as sure as the Lord is alive.

when one told me,‘ Behold, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

Someone once told me,‘ Saul is dead,’ thinking he was bringing me good news. But I seized him and killed him at Ziklag. That’s the reward I gave him for his news!

when the person told me,‘ Look, Saul is dead,’ he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was my reward to him for his news!

when the one who informed me, saying,‘ Behold, Saul is dead,’ also viewed himself as the bearer of good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

when someone told me, saying,‘ Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag— the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news.

when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings.

when the person told me,‘ Look, Saul is dead,’ he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was my reward to him for his news!

When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who[ thought] that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

when someone told me that Saul was dead– even though he thought he was bringing good news– I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the good news I gave to him!

when someone told me,‘ Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he brought good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

On the third day a man arrived from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.“ Where have you come from?” David asked him. He answered,“ I have escaped from the Israelite camp.”“ What happened?” David asked.“ Tell me.”“ The men fled from the battle,” he replied.“ Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”Then David said to the young man who brought him the report,“ How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”“ I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said,“ and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said,‘ What can I do?’“ He asked me,‘ Who are you?’“‘ An Amalekite,’ I answered.“ Then he said to me,‘ Stand here by me and kill me! I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’“ So I stood beside 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 on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.”Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.David said to the young man who brought him the report,“ Where are you from?”“ I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,” he answered.David asked him,“ Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”Then David called one of his men and said,“ Go, strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.For David had said to him,“ Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said,‘ I killed the Lord’s anointed.’” (niv)