1 E aconteceu que, em combate com os filisteus, os israelitas foram postos em fuga, e muitos caíram mortos no monte Gilboa.

Now the many Philistines fought against Israel. The men of Israel ran away from the Philistines, and were killed on Mount Gilboa.

2 O s filisteus perseguiram Saul e seus filhos, e mataram Jônatas, Abinadabe e Malquisua, filhos de Saul.

The Philistines went after Saul and his sons. And they killed Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchi-shua, Saul’s sons.

3 O combate foi se tornando cada vez mais violento em torno de Saul, até que os flecheiros o alcançaram e o feriram gravemente.

The battle was hard for Saul. Those who fought with the bow found him, and hurt him with an arrow.

4 E ntão Saul ordenou ao seu escudeiro: “Tire sua espada e mate-me, se não sofrerei a vergonha de cair nas mãos desses incircuncisos”. Mas o seu escudeiro estava apavorado e não quis fazê-lo. Saul, então, apanhou a própria espada e jogou-se sobre ela.

Then Saul said to the one who carried his battle-clothes, “Take your sword and kill me with it. Or these men who have not gone through our religious act will come and make fun of me.” But the one who carried his battle-clothes would not do it. For he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

5 Q uando o escudeiro viu que Saul estava morto, jogou-se também sobre sua espada e morreu.

When the one who carried his battle-clothes saw that Saul was dead, he fell on his sword and died also.

6 D essa maneira Saul e seus três filhos morreram e, assim, toda a descendência real.

So Saul died with his three sons. All those of his house died together.

7 Q uando os israelitas que habitavam no vale viram que o exército tinha fugido e que Saul e seus filhos estavam mortos, fugiram, abandonando suas cidades. Depois os filisteus foram ocupá-las.

All the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the army had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead. So they left their cities and ran away. Then the Philistines came and lived in their cities.

8 N o dia seguinte, quando os filisteus foram saquear os mortos, encontraram Saul e seus filhos caídos no monte Gilboa.

When the Philistines came the next day to take what had belonged to the dead, they found Saul and his sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

9 C ortaram a cabeça de Saul, pegaram suas armas e enviaram mensageiros por toda a terra dos filisteus proclamando a notícia entre os seus ídolos e o seu povo.

So they took his clothes, his head, and his battle-clothes. And they sent men around the land of the Philistines to take the good news to their false gods and to the people.

10 E xpuseram suas armas num dos templos dos seus deuses e penduraram sua cabeça no templo de Dagom.

They put Saul’s battle-clothes in the house of their gods. And they put his head in the house of Dagon.

11 Q uando os habitantes de Jabes-Gileade ficaram sabendo o que os filisteus haviam feito com Saul,

All the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul.

12 o s mais corajosos dentre eles foram e apanharam os corpos de Saul e de seus filhos e os levaram a Jabes. Lá sepultaram seus ossos sob a Grande Árvore, e jejuaram por sete dias.

So all the powerful soldiers went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons. They brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under the oak tree there. Then they went without food for seven days.

13 S aul morreu dessa forma porque foi infiel ao Senhor; não foi obediente à palavra do Senhor e chegou a consultar uma médium em busca de orientação,

So Saul died for his sin against the Lord, because he did not keep the Word of the Lord. He had asked a woman who spoke with spirits what he should do.

14 e m vez de consultar o Senhor. Por isso o Senhor o entregou à morte e deu o reino a Davi, filho de Jessé.

He did not ask the Lord. So the Lord killed him, and gave the nation to David the son of Jesse.