38 Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel? 39 Today I am weak, though anointed king; these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too difficult for me.
38 Ndipo mfalme akawaambia watumishi wake: “Je, hamjui kwamba mkuu na mtu mashuhuri ameanguka leo katika Israeli? 39 Mimi leo ni dhaifu, ingawa nimetiwa mafuta kuwa mfalme; watu hawa, wana wa Seruya, ni wagumu sana kwangu.