1 Samuel 31
1 Og Filisterne strede imod Israel, og Israels Mænd flyede for Filisternes Ansigt, og de faldt ihjelslagne paa Gilboas Bjerg.
Later, the Philistines again fought against the Israelis. The Israelis ran away from them, and (many Israelis were killed/the Philistines killed many Israelis) on Gilboa Mountain.
2 Og Filisterne forfulgte Saul og hans Sønner, og Filisterne sloge Jonathan og Abinadab og Malkisua, Sauls Sønner.
The Philistines caught up with Saul and his three sons, and they killed [all three of] his sons, Jonathan and 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 was very fierce around Saul. When the Philistine (archers/men with bows and arrows) caught up with Saul, they wounded him badly [with their arrows].
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 the man who was carrying his weapons, “Take out your sword and kill me with it, in order that these heathen Philistines will not be able to thrust their swords into me and make fun of me [while I am dying].” But the man who was carrying Saul’s weapons was terrified, and refused to do that. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. [The sword pierced his body and he died].
5 Der hans Vaabendrager saa, at Saul var død, da styrtede ogsaa han sig i sit Sværd og døde med ham.
When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died.
6 Saa døde Saul og hans tre Sønner og hans Vaabendrager, ogsaa alle hans Mænd til Hobe paa den samme Dag.
So Saul, three of his sons, and the man who carried Saul’s weapons, all died on that 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 Israeli people on the north side of the [Jezreel] Valley and on the east side of the Jordan [River] heard that the Israeli army had run away and that Saul and his sons had died, they left their towns and ran away. Then the Philistines came and occupied their towns.
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 came to take away the weapons of the dead [Israeli soldiers], they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons on Gilboa Mountain.
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 and took his weapons. Then they sent messengers throughout their land, to proclaim the news, in the temple where they kept their idols, and to the other people, [that their army had killed Saul].
10 Og de lagde hans Vaaben i Astarte-Billedernes Hus og hængte hans Krop ud paa Muren i Bethsan.
They put Saul’s weapons in the temple of [their goddess] Astarte. They also fastened the bodies of Saul [and his sons] to the wall [that surrounded] Beth-Shan [city].
11 Der Indbyggerne i Jabes udi Gilead hørte om ham, hvad Filisterne havde gjort mod Saul,
When the people who lived in Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s corpse,
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 bravest soldiers walked all night to Beth-Shan. They took the corpses of Saul and his sons down from the city wall, and they took them back to Jabesh and burned the corpses there.
13 Og de toge deres Ben og begrove dem under Tamariske-Træet i Jabes, og de fastede syv Dage.
They took the bones and buried them under a [big] tamarisk tree. Then they (fasted/abstained from eating food) for seven days.
