صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 31
| وَحَارَبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَهَرَبَ رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَامِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَسَقَطُوا قَتْلَى فِي جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ. | ١ 1 |
Meanwhile the Philistines had attacked Israel, and the Israelite army ran away from them, and many were killed on Mount Gilboa.
| فَشَدَّ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَرَاءَ شَاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ، وَضَرَبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ يُونَاثَانَ وَأَبِينَادَابَ وَمَلْكِيشُوعَ أَبْنَاءَ شَاوُلَ. | ٢ 2 |
The Philistines chased down Saul and his sons, killing Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
| وَٱشْتَدَّتِ ٱلْحَرْبُ عَلَى شَاوُلَ فَأَصَابَهُ ٱلرُّمَاةُ رِجَالُ ٱلْقِسِيِّ، فَٱنْجَرَحَ جِدًّا مِنَ ٱلرُّمَاةِ. | ٣ 3 |
The fighting became very intense around Saul, and the arrows of the Philistine archers found their target, wounding Saul very badly.
| فَقَالَ شَاوُلُ لِحَامِلِ سِلَاحِهِ: «ٱسْتَلَّ سَيْفَكَ وَٱطْعَنِّي بِهِ لِئَلَّا يَأْتِيَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْغُلْفُ وَيَطْعَنُونِي وَيُقَبِّحُونِي». فَلَمْ يَشَأْ حَامِلُ سِلَاحِهِ لِأَنَّهُ خَافَ جِدًّا. فَأَخَذَ شَاوُلُ ٱلسَّيْفَ وَسَقَطَ عَلَيْهِ. | ٤ 4 |
Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Take your sword and kill me, or these heathen men will come and kill and torture me!” But the armor-bearer didn't want to do it because he was too afraid. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَى حَامِلُ سِلَاحِهِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ شَاوُلُ، سَقَطَ هُوَ أَيْضًا عَلَى سَيْفِهِ وَمَاتَ مَعَهُ. | ٥ 5 |
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.
| فَمَاتَ شَاوُلُ وَبَنُوهُ ٱلثَّلَاثَةُ وَحَامِلُ سِلَاحِهِ وَجَمِيعُ رِجَالِهِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ مَعًا. | ٦ 6 |
Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all the men with him, died the same day.
| وَلَمَّا رَأَى رِجَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْوَادِي وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ أَنَّ رِجَالَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ هَرَبُوا، وَأَنَّ شَاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ قَدْ مَاتُوا، تَرَكُوا ٱلْمُدُنَ وَهَرَبُوا. فَأَتَى ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَسَكَنُوا بِهَا. | ٧ 7 |
When the Israelites who lived along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan realized that the Israelite army had run away, and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and they also ran away. So the Philistines came and took them over.
| وَفِي ٱلْغَدِ لَمَّا جَاءَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِيُعَرُّوا ٱلْقَتْلَى، وَجَدُوا شَاوُلَ وَبَنِيهِ ٱلثَّلَاثَةَ سَاقِطِينَ فِي جَبَلِ جِلْبُوعَ. | ٨ 8 |
The next day, when the Philistines went to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.
| فَقَطَعُوا رَأْسَهُ وَنَزَعُوا سِلَاحَهُ، وَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ فِي كُلِّ جِهَةٍ لِأَجْلِ ٱلتَّبْشِيرِ فِي بَيْتِ أَصْنَامِهِمْ وَفِي ٱلشَّعْبِ. | ٩ 9 |
They cut off Saul's head, stripped him of his armor, and sent messengers throughout the country of the Philistines to announce the news in the temples of their idols and to their people.
| وَوَضَعُوا سِلَاحَهُ فِي بَيْتِ عَشْتَارُوثَ، وَسَمَّرُوا جَسَدَهُ عَلَى سُورِ بَيْتِ شَانَ. | ١٠ 10 |
They placed his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and nailed his body to the town wall of Beth-shan.
| وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ سُكَّانُ يَابِيشِ جِلْعَادَ بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ بِشَاوُلَ، | ١١ 11 |
However, when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
| قَامَ كُلُّ ذِي بَأْسٍ وَسَارُوا ٱللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ، وَأَخَذُوا جَسَدَ شَاوُلَ وَأَجْسَادَ بَنِيهِ عَنْ سُورِ بَيْتِ شَانَ، وَجَاءُوا بِهَا إِلَى يَابِيشَ وَأَحْرَقُوهَا هُنَاكَ. | ١٢ 12 |
all their strong warriors set out, traveled all night, and took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they got back to Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
| وَأَخَذُوا عِظَامَهُمْ وَدَفَنُوهَا تَحْتَ ٱلْأَثْلَةِ فِي يَابِيشَ، وَصَامُوا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ. | ١٣ 13 |
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.
