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

Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

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

The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua the sons of Saul.

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 hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.

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.

Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on 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 also fell on 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

Thus Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on 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.

When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, with those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; then the Philistines came and lived in them.

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

It came about on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that 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 his head and stripped off his weapons, and sent them throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to the house of their idols and to the people.

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

They put his weapons in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

11 و َسَمِعَ أهلُ يابِيشَ جِلعادَ بِما فَعَلَهُ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ بِشاوُلَ.

Now when the inhabitants 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 rose and walked all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there.

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

They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.