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

Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

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

And the Philistines pursued Saul and his sons, and slew Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, Saul’s sons.

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

The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers severely wounded him.

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

Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse and mock me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was terrified. 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 مَعَهُ.

When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword and died with him.

6 ف َماتَ شاوُلُ وَأبناؤُهُ الثَّلاثَةُ وَالغُلامُ الَّذِي كانَ يَحمِلُ سِلاحَهُ. ماتُوا جَمِيعاً مَعاً فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ. الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ يَبتَهِجُونَ بِمَقتَلِ شاوُل

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

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

And when the men of Israel on the other side of the valley and beyond the Jordan saw that the Israelites had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the 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 جِلبُوعَ.

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

9 ف َقَطَعُوا رَأْسَ شاوُلَ، وَأخَذُوا كُلَّ سِلاحِهِ وَنَزَعُوا ثِيابَهُ. وَحَمَلُوا بُشْرَى مَوْتِهِ إلَى الشَّعبِ الفِلِسْطِيِّ وَإلَى كُلِّ مَعابِدِ أوثانِهِمْ.

They cut off Saul’s head and stripped off his armor and sent them round about the land of the Philistines to publish it in the house of their idols and among the people.

10 و َوَضَعُوا سِلاحَ شاوُلَ فِي هَيكَلِ عَشْتارُوثَ. وَعَلَّقُوا جَسَدَهُ عَلَى سُورِ بَيتِ شانَ.

And they put Saul’s armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

11 و َسَمِعَ أهلُ يابِيشَ جِلعادَ بِما فَعَلَهُ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ بِشاوُلَ.

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

12 ف َذَهَبَ كُلُّ الرِّجالِ الشُّجْعانِ الأقوِياءِ فِيها إلَى بَيتَ شانَ. سارُوا طَوالَ اللَّيلِ، وَتَسَلَّقُوا سُورَ بَيت شانَ. وَأنزَلُوا عَنهُ جُثَثَ شاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ، وَحَمَلُوها إلَى يابِيشَ. وَهُناكَ أحرَقَ أهلُ يابِيشَ جُثَثَ شاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ الثَّلاثَةِ،

All the valiant men arose and went all night, and they took the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan and came to Jabesh and cremated them there.

13 و َأخَذُوا عِظامَهُمْ وَدَفَنُوها تَحتَ الشَّجَرَةِ الكَبيرَةِ فِي يابِيشَ. ثُمَّ صامُوا سَبعَةَ أيّامٍ حِداداً عَلَيهِمْ.

And they took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.