1 و َفِي غُضُونِ ذَلِكَ، حارَبَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. فَهَرَبَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أمامِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. وَذُبِحَ مِنهُمْ كَثِيرُونَ عَلَى جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ.

Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

2 و َطارَدَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ شاوُلَ وَأبناءَهُ، وَقَتَلُوا يُوناثانَ وَأبِينادابَ وَمَلْكِيشُوعَ أبناء شاوُلَ.

And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

3 ث ُمَّ احتَدَمَتِ المَعرَكَةُ أكثَرَ حَولَ شاوُلَ. وَأحاطَ رُماةُ السِّهامِ بِشاوُلَ وَأصابُوهُ بِسِهامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

4 ف َقالَ شاوُلُ لِلغُلامِ الَّذِي يَحمِلُ سِلاحَهُ: «استَلَّ سَيفَكَ وَاقتُلْنِي، لِئَلّا يَفعَلَها هَؤُلاءِ اللامَختُونُونَ وَيُعَذّبُونِي وَيَسْخَرُوا بي!» لَكِنَّ غُلامَ شاوُلَ كانَ خائِفاً وَرَفَضَ أنْ يَقتُلَهُ. فَأخَذَ شاوُلُ سَيفَهُ وَسَقَطَ عَلَيهِ.

Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

5 و َلَمّا رَأى حامِلُ السَّيفِ أنَّ شاوُلَ قَدْ ماتَ، سقَطَ هُوَ أيضاً عَلَى السَّيفِ وَماتَ.

And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.

6 ف َماتَ شاوُلُ وَأبْناؤُهُ الثَّلاثَةُ، وَكُلُّ عائِلَتِهِ ماتُوا جَمِيعاً مَعاً.

So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

7 و َلمّا رَأى بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ السّاكِنُونَ عَلَى الجانِبِ الآخَرِ مِنَ الوادي جَيشَ إسْرائِيلَ يَفِرُّ، وَأنَّ شاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ قَتلَى، تَرَكُوا مُدُنَهُمْ وَهَرَبُوا، فَجاءَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ وَاحْتَلُّوا مُدُنَهُمْ وَسَكنُوها.

And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

8 و َفِي اليَومِ التّالِي، أتَى الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ لِنَهْبِ الأشياءِ الثَّمِينَةِ مِنَ القَتلَى، فَوَجَدُوا شاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ الثَّلاثَةَ أمواتاً عَلَى جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ.

And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

9 ف َأخَذُوا كُلَّ سِلاحِهِ وَنَزَعُوا ثِيابَهُ. وَحَمَلُوا بُشْرَى مَوْتِهِ إلَى الشَّعبِ الفِلِسْطِيِّ وَإلَى كُلِّ مَعابِدِ أوثانِهِمْ.

And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

10 و َوَضَعُوا سِلاحَ شاوُلَ فِي هَيكَلِ آلِهَتِهِمْ، وَسَمَّرُوا جُمْجُمَتَهُ فِي مَعبَدِ داجُونَ.

And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

11 و َسمِعَ كل أهلِ يابِيشَ جِلعادَ بِكُلِّ ما فَعَلَهُ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ بِشاوُلَ.

And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

12 ف َذَهَبَ كُلُّ الرِّجالِ الشُّجْعانُ الأقوِياءِ فِيها، وَأنزَلُوا جُثَثَ شاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ، وَحَمَلُوها إلَى يابِيشَ، ودَفَنُوا عِظامَهُمْ تَحتَ البَلُّوطَةِ فِي يابِيشِ جِلْعادَ، وَصامُوا سَبْعَةَ أيّامٍ حِداداً عَلَيْهِمْ.

they arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

13 م اتَ شاوُلُ بِسَبَبِ عَدَمِ وَفائِهِ لِلرَّبِّ، حَيْثُ إنَّهُ لَمْ يُطِعْ أمْرَ اللهِ حَتَّى إنَّهُ اسْتَشارَ عَرَّافَةً لإرْشادِهِ،

So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;

14 و َلَمْ يستَشِرِ اللهَ ، فَأماتَهُ اللهُ ، وَنُقِلَ الحُكْمُ إلَى داوُدَ بْنِ يَسَّى.

and enquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.