1 Samuel 31
1 Og Filisterne strede imod Israel, og Israels Mænd flyede for Filisternes Ansigt, og de faldt ihjelslagne paa Gilboas Bjerg.
Meanwhile the Philistines had attacked Israel, and the Israelite army ran away from them, and many were killed on Mount Gilboa.
2 Og Filisterne forfulgte Saul og hans Sønner, og Filisterne sloge Jonathan og Abinadab og Malkisua, Sauls Sønner.
The Philistines chased down Saul and his sons, killing Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 Og Kampen blev svar imod Saul, og Skytterne, som førte Bue, naaede ham, og han blev saare angest for Skytterne.
The fighting became very intense around Saul, and the arrows of the Philistine archers found their target, wounding Saul very badly.
4 Da sagde Saul til sin Vaabendrager: Drag dit Sværd ud og stik mig igennem dermed, at ikke disse uomskaarne skulle komme og gennemstikke mig og handle ilde med mig; men hans Vaabendrager vilde ikke, thi han frygtede saare; da tog Saul Sværdet og styrtede sig deri.
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.
5 Der hans Vaabendrager saa, at Saul var død, da styrtede ogsaa han sig i sit Sværd og døde med ham.
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.
6 Saa døde Saul og hans tre Sønner og hans Vaabendrager, ogsaa alle hans Mænd til Hobe paa den samme Dag.
Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all the men with him, died the same day.
7 Og der Israels Mænd, som vare paa hin Side Dalen, og som vare paa hin Side Jordanen, saa, at Israels Mænd vare flygtede, og at Saul og hans Sønner vare døde, da forlode de Stæderne og flyede; og Filisterne kom og boede i dem.
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.
8 Og det skete den anden Dag, da Filisterne kom for at plyndre de ihjelslagne, at de fandt Saul og hans tre Sønner faldne paa Gilboas Bjerg.
The next day, when the Philistines went to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.
9 Da afhuggede de hans Hoved og afførte ham hans Vaaben, og de sendte hen i Filisternes Land trindt omkring for at bringe Budskab derom i deres Afguders Hus og iblandt Folket.
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.
10 Og de lagde hans Vaaben i Astarte-Billedernes Hus og hængte hans Krop ud paa Muren i Bethsan.
They placed his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and nailed his body to the town wall of Beth-shan.
11 Der Indbyggerne i Jabes udi Gilead hørte om ham, hvad Filisterne havde gjort mod Saul,
However, when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 da gjorde de sig rede, hver stridbar Mand, og de gik den ganske Nat, og de toge Sauls Legeme og hans Sønners Legemer ned af Muren i Bethsan, og de kom til Jabes og brændte dem der.
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.
13 Og de toge deres Ben og begrove dem under Tamariske-Træet i Jabes, og de fastede syv Dage.
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.
