1 H addaba reer Falastiin waxay la dirireen reer binu Israa'iil, oo raggii reer binu Israa'iilna way ka carareen reer Falastiin, oo Buur Gilboca ayay ku daateen iyagoo la laayay.

Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel ran from the Philistines and were killed and fell on Mount Gilboa.

2 O o reer Falastiinna aad bay u eryadeen Saa'uul iyo wiilashiisii, markaasaa reer Falastiin waxay dileen Yoonaataan, iyo Abiinaadaab, iyo Melkiishuuca oo ahaa Saa'uul wiilashiisii.

The Philistines came after Saul and his sons. They killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchishua.

3 O o dagaalkiina aad buu ugu sii kululaaday Saa'uul, oo waxaa isagii gaadhay qaansoleydii, oo isna qaansoleydii aawadeed ayuu dhib badan ula kulmay.

The battle went against Saul. The men who used the bow hit him with arrows and hurt him very much.

4 M arkaasaa Saa'uul wuxuu kii hubka u siday ku yidhi, War seeftaada la soo bax oo iga mudhbixi, waaba intaasoo buuryoqabyadanu yimaadaan oo ay intay seef iga mudhbixiyaan i caayaane. Laakiinse kii hubka u siday wuu diiday, waayo, aad buu u cabsaday. Sidaas daraaddeed Saa'uul wuxuu qaatay seeftiisii, markaasuu ku dul dhacay.

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

5 O o kii hubka u sidayna markuu arkay in Saa'uul dhintay, isna wuxuu ku dul dhacay seeftiisii, wuuna la dhintay.

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

6 S idaas daraaddeed maalintaas waxaa wada dhintay Saa'uul, iyo saddexdiisii wiil, iyo kii hubka u siday, iyo raggiisii oo dhan.

So Saul, his three sons, the one who carried his battle-clothes, and all his men, died that day together.

7 O o raggii reer binu Israa'iil oo dooxadii dhankeeda kale joogay, iyo kuwii Webi Urdun shishadiisa joogay, markay arkeen in raggii reer binu Israa'iil carareen oo Saa'uul iyo wiilashiisii ay dhinteen ayay magaalooyinkii ka tageen oo carareen; markaasaa reer Falastiin yimaadeen oo iska degeen.

The men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead. So they left the cities and ran away. Then the Philistines came and lived in them.

8 O o maalintii dambe markay reer Falastiin u yimaadeen inay dharka ka furtaan kuwii la dilay waxay heleen Saa'uul iyo saddexdiisii wiil oo Buur Gilboca ku dhintay.

When the Philistines came to rob the dead the next day, they found Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.

9 M arkaasay madaxii ka gooyeen, oo hubkiisiina way ka furteen, oo waxay u cid direen dalkii reer Falastiin oo ku wareegsanaa inay u wargeeyaan gurigii sanamyadooda iyo dadkiiba.

They cut off Saul’s head and took his sword and battle-clothes, and sent them through the land of the Philistines. They sent them to carry the good news to the house of their gods and to the people.

10 O o hubkiisiina gurigii Cashtarod ayay dhigeen, meydkiisiina derbigii Beytshaan bay ku xidheen.

They put his sword and battle-clothes in the house of their god Ashtaroth. And they tied his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

11 O o dadkii Yaabeesh Gilecaad degganaa markay maqleen waxyaalihii ay reer Falastiin Saa'uul ku sameeyeen,

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

12 w axaa kacay raggii xoogga lahaa oo dhan, oo habeenkii oo dhan ayay sii guuraynayeen, markaasay Beytshaan derbigiisii ka soo qaadeen Saa'uul meydkiisii iyo meydadkii wiilashiisa, kolkaasay yimaadeen Yaabeesh, oo halkaasay ku gubeen.

all the men with strength of heart went and walked all night. They took the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh. There they burned them.

13 M arkaasay lafahoodii qaadeen oo ku aaseen geed Yaabeesh ku yiil hoostiisa, toddoba maalmoodna way soomeen.

They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh. And they did not eat for seven days.