1 Chronicles 10
1 The army of Philistia [again] fought against the Israelis. The Israeli soldiers ran away from them, and many Israelis were killed {the soldiers of Philistia killed many Israelis} on Gilboa Mountain.
Οι δε Φιλισταίοι επολέμουν κατά του Ισραήλ· και έφυγον οι άνδρες του Ισραήλ από προσώπου των Φιλισταίων και έπεσον πεφονευμένοι εν τω όρει Γελβουέ.
2 The soldiers of Philistia caught up with Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
Και καταφθάσαντες οι Φιλισταίοι οπίσω του Σαούλ και οπίσω των υιών αυτού, επάταξαν οι Φιλισταίοι τον Ιωνάθαν και τον Αβιναδάβ και τον Μαλχί-σουέ, τους υιούς του Σαούλ.
3 The fighting was very fierce around Saul, and the (archers/men who shot arrows) shot Saul and wounded him severely.
Εβάρυνε δε η μάχη επί τον Σαούλ, και επέτυχον αυτού οι τοξόται, και επληγώθη υπό των τοξοτών.
4 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 injure me [further] 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 [and died].
Και είπεν ο Σαούλ προς τον οπλοφόρον αυτού, Σύρε την ρομφαίαν σου και διαπέρασόν με δι' αυτής, διά να μη έλθωσιν ούτοι οι απερίτμητοι και με εμπαίξωσι· πλην ο οπλοφόρος αυτού δεν ήθελε· διότι εφοβείτο σφόδρα. Όθεν έλαβεν ο Σαούλ την ρομφαίαν και έπεσεν επ' αυτήν.
5 When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died.
Και ως είδεν ο οπλοφόρος αυτού ότι απέθανεν ο Σαούλ, έπεσε και αυτός επί την ρομφαίαν και απέθανεν·
6 So Saul and three of his sons all died, and none of his descendants ever became king.
ούτως απέθανεν ο Σαούλ και οι τρεις υιοί αυτού· και πας ο οίκος αυτού απέθανεν ομού.
7 When the Israelis who were living in the valley saw that their army had run away and that Saul and his three sons were dead, they left their towns and ran away. Then the soldiers from Philistia came and (occupied/lived in) those towns.
Και πάντες οι άνδρες Ισραήλ, οι εν τη κοιλάδι, ιδόντες ότι έφευγον και ότι ο Σαούλ και οι υιοί αυτού απέθανον, τότε κατέλιπον τας πόλεις αυτών και έφυγον· και ελθόντες οι Φιλισταίοι κατώκησαν εν αυταίς.
8 The next day, when the Philistines came to take away the weapons of the dead [Israeli soldiers], they found the corpses of Saul and his three sons on Gilboa Mountain.
Και την επαύριον, ότε ήλθον οι Φιλισταίοι διά να εκδύσωσι τους πεφονευμένους, εύρηκαν τον Σαούλ και τους υιούς αυτού πεπτωκότας εν τώ όρει Γελβουέ.
9 They took the clothes off Saul’s corpse and [cut off] his head and took it and Saul’s armor.
Και εξέδυσαν αυτόν και έλαβον την κεφαλήν αυτού και τα όπλα αυτού και απέστειλαν εις την γην των Φιλισταίων κύκλω, διά να διαδώσωσι την αγγελίαν εις τα είδωλα αυτών και εις τον λαόν.
10 Then they sent messengers throughout their land, to proclaim the news throughout their own area, to their idols and to the other people. They put Saul’s armor in the temple where their idols were, and they hung Saul’s head in the temple of [their god] Dagon.
Και ανέθεσαν τα όπλα αυτού εις τον οίκον των θεών αυτών· και εις τον ναόν του Δαγών προσήλωσαν την κεφαλήν αυτού.
11 All the people who lived in Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s [corpse].
Ακούσαντες δε πάντες οι κάτοικοι της Ιαβείς-γαλαάδ πάντα όσα έκαμον οι Φιλισταίοι εις τον Σαούλ,
12 So the bravest men/soldiers of Jabesh went and got the corpses of Saul and his sons and brought them back to Jabesh. They buried their bones under a large tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh (fasted/abstained from eating food) for seven days.
ηγέρθησαν πάντες οι δυνατοί άνδρες και εσήκωσαν το σώμα του Σαούλ και τα σώματα των υιών αυτού και έφεραν αυτά εις Ιαβείς, και έθαψαν τα οστά αυτών υπό την δρυν εν Ιαβείς και ενήστευσαν επτά ημέρας.
13 Saul died because he did not faithfully obey what Yahweh told him to do. He even went to a woman who talks to the spirits of dead people and asked her what he should do,
Ούτως απέθανεν ο Σαούλ, διά την ανομίαν αυτού την οποίαν ηνόμησεν εις τον Κύριον, εναντίον του λόγου του Κυρίου, τον οποίον δεν εφύλαξε· και έτι διότι εζήτησεν άνθρωπον έχοντα πνεύμα μαντείας, διά να ερωτήση,
14 instead of asking Yahweh what he should do. So Yahweh caused him to die, and he appointed David, the son of Jesse, to be the king [of Israel].
και δεν ηρώτησε τον Κύριον· διά τούτο εθανάτωσεν αυτόν και έστρεψε την βασιλείαν εις τον Δαβίδ τον υιόν του Ιεσσαί.
