Kronika 1 10
1 Azɔ la, Filistitɔwo dze aʋa la wɔwɔ gɔme kple Israelviwo eye Israelviwo si le wo nu. Wowu Israelvi geɖewo le Gilboa to dzi.
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down wounded in mount Gelboe.
2 Filistitɔwo ɖe Saul kple viawo ɖe nu eye wowu viawo; Yonatan, Abinadab kple Malki Sua.
And the Philistines drew near pursuing after Saul, and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchisua the sons of Saul.
3 Aʋa la nu sẽ ŋutɔ na Saul eye esi aŋutrɔdalawo tui la wode abi eŋu vevie.
And the battle grew hard against Saul, and the archers reached him, and wounded him with arrows.
4 Saul gblɔ na eƒe akpoxɔnutsɔla be, “Ɖe wò yi ɖe go nàƒoe ɖem, ne menye nenem o la, Filistitɔ, aʋamatsomatsoetɔ siawo ava wum eye woado vlom.” Ke vɔvɔ̃ ɖo eƒe akpoxɔnutsɔla la ŋutɔ eye melɔ̃ be yeawɔ Saul ƒe gbe dzi o. Eya ta Saul tsɔ eya ŋutɔ ƒe yi hedze enu.
And Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and mock me. But his armourbearer would not, for he was struck with fear: so Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.
5 Esi eƒe akpoxɔnutsɔla la kpɔ be eku la, eya hã wu eɖokui nenema ke.
And when his armourbearer saw it, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died.
6 Ale Saul kple Via ŋutsu etɔ̃awo ku gbe ɖeka eye ƒome blibo la tsrɔ̃.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house fell together.
7 Esime Israelvi siwo nɔ balime la le toa te se be wowu yewoƒe aʋawɔlawo eye Saul kple viawo hã ku la, wosi dzo le woƒe duwo me eye Filistitɔwo va nɔ duawo me.
And when the men of Israel, that dwelt in the plains, saw this, they fled: and Saul and his sons being dead, they forsook their cities, and were scattered up and down: and the Philistines came, and dwelt in them.
8 Esi ŋu ke eye Filistitɔwo yi be woaɖe nuwo le Israel ƒe ame kukuwo ŋu la, wokpɔ Saul kple Via ŋutsu etɔ̃awo ƒe kukuawo le Gilboa to la dzi.
And the next day the Philistines taking away the spoils of them that were slain, found Saul and his sons lying on mount Gelboe.
9 Woɖe Saul ƒe aʋawu le eŋu, tso ta le enu eye wotsɔ eƒe ta kple aʋawɔnu fia amewo le woƒe anyigba dzi godoo. Wotso aseye le dzidzɔnya sia ŋuti le woƒe legbawo kple dukɔmetɔwo ŋkume.
And when they had stripped him, and cut off his head, and taken away his armour, they sent it into their land, to be carried about, and shewn in the temples of the idols and to the people.
10 Wotsɔ Saul ƒe akpoxɔnu da ɖe woƒe mawuwo ƒe gbedoxɔ me eye wotsɔ eƒe ta ku gli ŋu le Dagon ƒe gbedoxɔ me.
And his armour they dedicated in the temple of their god, and his head they fastened up in the temple of Dagon.
11 Esi Yabes Gileadtɔwo se nu si Filistitɔwo wɔ Saul la,
And when the men of Jabes Galaad had heard this, to wit, all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 woƒe aʋawɔlawo katã yi aʋagbea dzi eye wotsɔ eƒe kukua kple viawo tɔwo gbɔ va Yabes. Woɖi wo ɖe ati gã aɖe te le Yabes eye wofa wo ŋkeke adre sɔŋ.
All the valiant men of them arose, and took the bodies of Saul and of his sons, and brought them to Jabes, and buried their bones under the oak that was in Jabes, and they fasted seven days.
13 Saul ku le eƒe tomaɖomaɖo Yehowa kple ale si wòyɔ ŋɔli bia gbee se ta.
So Saul died for his iniquities, because he transgressed the commandment of the Lord, which he had commanded, and kept it not: and moreover consulted also a witch,
14 Ke esi mebia Yehowa be wòafia nu si yeawɔ o la ta, Yehowa na wòku eye wòtsɔ eƒe fiaɖuƒe la na David, Yese ƒe vi.
And trusted not is the Lord: therefore he slew him, and transferred his kingdom to David the son of Isai.
