1 Samuel 31
1 Philisti loh Israela vathoh thil tih, Israel hlang hlang rhoek tah Philisti mikhmuh lamloh rhaelrham uh. Te vaengah Gilboa tlang aha rhok la cungku uh.
Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel: and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.
2 Te vaengah Saul neh anih ca rhoek te Philisti loh meh a duep uh tih Saul ca rhoek Jonathan, Abinadab neh Malkhishua te Philisti loh a ngawn pah.
And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
3 Saul taengah caemrhala tlung coeng dongah hlang loh liia kah neh anih te khoem tong uh. Te dongah lipom hma loh mata tluek sak.
And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
4 Te vaengah a hno phuei te Saul loh, “Na cunghang te phong lamtah kai n'thun mai laeh. Amih pumdul rhoek te ha pawk uh vaengah kai n'thun uh vetih m'poelyoe uh ve,” a ti nah. Tedae a hno phuei long tah bahoeng a rhih tih huem pah pawh. Te dongah Saul loh cunghang tea loh tiha bakop thil.
Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.
5 Saul a duek te a hno phuei loh a hmuh vaengah amah khaw a thum dongah cungku tih duek.
And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.
6 Hnin at dongah ah Saul neh a ca pathum, a hno phuei neh a hlang rhoek khaw rhenten boeih duek.
So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.
7 Israel hlang rhoek a rhaelrham uh khaw, Saul te a pacaphung ah a duek uh te khaw, khopuei rhoek tea hnoo uh tiha rhaelrham uh dongah Philisti rhoek ha pawk uh tih a khuiah kho a sak uh khaw, tuikol rhalvang neh Jordan rhalvang kah Israel hlang rhoek loh a hmuh uh.
And when the men of Israel across the valley and on the other side of Jordan saw that the army of Israel was in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they came out of their towns and went in flight; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.
8 A vuen ah rhok hloem ham Philisti rhoek ha pawk uh hatah Gilboa tlang ah Saul neh a ca rhoek pathum ana cungku tea hmuh uh.
Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.
9 A lu tea tloek pa uh tih a hnopai te a pit uh. Te phoeiah amamih kah muei im neh pilnam taengah phong ham Philisti kaepvai kah kho tom laa tueih uh.
And cutting off his head and taking away his war-dress, they sent word into the land of the Philistines round about, to take the news to their gods and to the people.
10 A hnopai te Ashtoreth im ah a khueh uh tih a rhok te Bethshan vongtung aha hen uh.
His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.
11 Philisti loh Saula saii te Jabesh Gilead khosa rhoek a yaak.
And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 Te dongah tatthai hlang boeih loh thoo uh tih khoyin khing ah cet uh. Bethshan vongtung lamkah Saul rhok neh a ca rhoek kah rhok tea loh uh. Te phoeiah Jabesh laa khuen uh tih pahoia tih uh.
All the fighting men got up and, travelling all night, took Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and had them burned there.
13 A rhuh tea khuen uh tih Jabesh kah kolanhlaeng hmuiaha up uh tih hnin rhiha yaeh uh.
And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.
