撒母耳記上 31
1 非利士人與以色列人爭戰。以色列人在非利士人面前逃跑，在基利波有被殺仆倒的。
Now the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
2 非利士人緊追掃羅和他兒子們，就殺了掃羅的兒子約拿單、亞比拿達、麥基舒亞。
And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons, and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 勢派甚大，掃羅被弓箭手追上，射傷甚重，
And the battle went severely against Saul, and the archers overtook him, and he was greatly distressed because of the archers.
4 就吩咐拿他兵器的人說：「你拔出刀來，將我刺死，免得那些未受割禮的人來刺我，凌辱我。」但拿兵器的人甚懼怕，不肯刺他；掃羅就自己伏在刀上死了。
Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.
5 拿兵器的人見掃羅已死，也伏在刀上死了。
And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.
6 這樣，掃羅和他三個兒子，與拿他兵器的人，以及跟隨他的人，都一同死亡。
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
7 住平原那邊並約旦河西的以色列人，見以色列軍兵逃跑，掃羅和他兒子都死了，也就棄城逃跑。非利士人便來住在其中。
And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled. And the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8 次日，非利士人來剝那被殺之人的衣服，看見掃羅和他三個兒子仆倒在基利波山，
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 就割下他的首級，剝了他的軍裝，打發人到 非利士地的四境，報信與他們廟裏的偶像和眾民；
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about to carry the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.
10 又將掃羅的軍裝放在亞斯她錄廟裏，將他的屍身釘在伯‧珊的城牆上。
And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
11 基列‧雅比的居民聽見非利士人向掃羅所行的事，
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him, that which the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 他們中間所有的勇士就起身，走了一夜，將掃羅和他兒子的屍身從伯‧珊城牆上取下來，送到雅比那裏，用火燒了；
all the valiant men arose, and went 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 burnt them there.
13 將他們骸骨葬在雅比的垂絲柳樹下，就禁食七日。
And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
