1 Samuel 31

1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

1 وَحَارَبَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ، فَقُتِلَ مِنْهُمْ جَمْعٌ غَفِيرٌ وَهَرَبَ الْبَاقُونَ.

2 The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

2 وَتَعَقَّبَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ شَاوُلَ وَأَبْنَاءَهُ، فَقَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ يُونَاثَانَ وَأَبِينَادَابَ وَمَلْكِيشُوعَ.

3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.

3 وَاشْتَدَّتِ الْمَعْرَكَةُ حَوْلَ شَاوُلَ، وَأَثْخَنَ رُمَاةُ السِّهَامِ شَاوُلَ بِالْجِرَاحِ.

4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

4 فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِحَامِلِ سِلاحِهِ: «اسْتَلَّ سَيْفَكَ وَاقْتُلْنِي بِهِ، لِئَلّا يَأْتِيَ هَؤُلاءِ الْغُلْفُ وَيَطْعَنُونِي وَيُشَوِّهُونِي». فَأَبَى حَامِلُ سِلاحِهِ الانْصِيَاعَ لِطَلَبِ سَيِّدِهِ خَوْفاً، فَأَخَذَ شَاوُلُ السَّيْفَ وَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ.

5 When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.

5 وَعِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَ حَامِلُ سِلاحِهِ أَنَّ شَاوُلَ قَدْ مَاتَ، وَقَعَ هُوَ أَيْضاً عَلَى سَيْفِهِ وَمَاتَ.

6 So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.

6 وَهَكَذَا مَاتَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ شَاوُلُ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ الثَّلاثَةُ وَحَامِلُ سِلاحِهِ وَجَمِيعُ رِجَالِهِ مَعاً.

7 When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.

7 وَحِينَ رَأَى رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمِينَ عَلَى مُحَاذَاةِ الْوَادِي وَعَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ أَنَّ جَيْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ هَرَبَ، وَأَنَّ شَاوُلَ وَأَبْنَاءَهُ قَدْ مَاتُوا، هَجَرُوا الْمُدُنَ وَفَرُّوا. فَأَتَى الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَسَكَنُوا فِيهَا.

8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

8 وَعِنْدَمَا جَاءَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي لِيَسْلُبُوا الْقَتْلَى عَثَرُوا عَلَى شَاوُلَ وَعَلَى أَبْنَائِهِ الثَّلاثَةِ صَرْعَى فِي جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ،

9 They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.

9 فَقَطَعُوا رَأْسَ شَاوُلَ وَنَزَعُوا سِلاحَهُ، وَبَعَثُوا يُبَشِّرُونَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ بِلادِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَفِي مَعَابِدِهِمْ وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِهِمْ.

10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

10 وَوَضَعُوا سِلاحَهُ فِي مَعْبَدِ عَشْتَارُوثَ، وَسَمَّرُوا جَسَدَهُ عَلَى سُورِ بَيْتِ شَانَ.

11 When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

11 وَحِينَ بَلَغَ أَهْلَ يَابِيشَ جِلْعَادَ مَا فَعَلَهُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ بِجُثَّةِ شَاوُلَ،

12 all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.

12 هَبَّ كُلُّ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الصَّنَادِيدِ وَسَارُوا اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ، وَأَنْزَلُوا جُثَّةَ شَاوُلَ وَجُثَثَ أَبْنَائِهِ عَنْ سُورِ بَيْتِ شَانَ، وَنَقَلُوهَا إِلَى يَابِيشَ وَأَحْرَقُوهَا هُنَاكَ.

13 Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

13 ثُمَّ جَمَعُوا عِظَامَهُمْ وَدَفَنُوهَا تَحْتَ الأَثْلَةِ فِي يَابِيشَ، وَصَامُوا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.