1 Chronicles 10
1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.
I Filistei attaccarono Israele; gli Israeliti fuggirono davanti ai Filistei e caddero, colpiti a morte, sul monte Gelboe.
2 And the Philistines went hard after Saul and his sons, and put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
I Filistei inseguirono molto da vicino Saul e i suoi figli e uccisero Giònata, Abinadàb e Malchisùa, figli di Saul.
3 And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
La battaglia si riversò tutta su Saul; sorpreso dagli arcieri, fu ferito da tali tiratori.
4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take 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, falling on it himself.
Allora Saul disse al suo scudiero: «Prendi la spada e trafiggimi; altrimenti verranno quei non circoncisi e infieriranno contro di me». Ma lo scudiero, in preda a forte paura, non volle. Saul allora, presa la spada, vi si gettò sopra.
5 And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.
Anche lo scudiero, visto che Saul era morto, si gettò sulla spada e morì.
6 So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.
Così finì Saul con i tre figli; tutta la sua famiglia perì insieme.
7 And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.
Quando tutti gli Israeliti della valle constatarono che i loro erano fuggiti e che erano morti Saul e i suoi figli, abbandonarono le loro città e fuggirono. Vennero i Filistei e vi si insediarono.
8 Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.
Il giorno dopo i Filistei andarono a spogliare i cadaveri e trovarono Saul e i suoi figli che giacevano sul monte Gelboe.
9 And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.
Lo spogliarono asportandogli il capo e le armi; quindi inviarono per tutto il paese filisteo ad annunziare la vittoria ai loro idoli e al popolo.
10 And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.
Depositarono le sue armi nel tempio del loro dio; il teschio l'inchiodarono nel tempio di Dagon.
11 And when the news came to Jabesh-gilead of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
Quando gli abitanti di Iabes vennero a sapere ciò che i Filistei avevano fatto a Saul,
12 All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.
tutti i loro guerrieri andarono a prelevare il cadavere di Saul e i cadaveri dei suoi figli e li portarono in Iabes; seppellirono le loro ossa sotto la quercia in Iabes, quindi digiunarono per sette giorni.
13 So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit,
Così Saul morì a causa della sua infedeltà al Signore, perché non ne aveva ascoltato la parola e perché aveva evocato uno spirito per consultarlo.
14 And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.
Non aveva consultato il Signore; per questo il Signore lo fece morire e trasferì il regno a Davide figlio di Iesse.
