Βασιλειῶν Αʹ 31
1 Οι δε Φιλισταίοι επολέμουν κατά του Ισραήλ· και έφυγον οι άνδρες του Ισραήλ από προσώπου των Φιλισταίων και έπεσον πεφονευμένοι εν τω όρει Γελβουέ.
Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the face of the Philistines, and they fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
2 Και κατέφθασαν οι Φιλισταίοι τον Σαούλ και τους υιούς αυτού· και επάταξαν οι Φιλισταίοι τον Ιωνάθαν και τον Αβιναδάβ και τον Μελχί-σουέ, τους υιούς του Σαούλ.
And the Philistines rushed upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they struck down Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 Εβάρυνε δε η μάχη επί τον Σαούλ, και επέτυχον αυτόν οι άνδρες οι τοξόται και επληγώθη βαρέως υπό των τοξοτών.
And the entire weight of the battle was turned against Saul. And the men who were archers pursued him. And he was severely wounded by the archers.
4 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 διαπεράσωσι και με εμπαίξωσι· πλην ο οπλοφόρος αυτού δεν ήθελε, διότι εφοβείτο σφόδρα. Όθεν έλαβεν ο Σαούλ την ρομφαίαν και έπεσεν επ' αυτήν.
Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and strike me, otherwise these uncircumcised may come and kill me, mocking me.” And his armor bearer was not willing. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear. And so, Saul took his own sword, and he fell upon it.
5 Και ως είδεν ο οπλοφόρος αυτού ότι απέθανεν ο Σαούλ, έπεσε και αυτός επί την ρομφαίαν αυτού και απέθανε μετ' αυτού.
And when his armor bearer had seen this, namely, that Saul had died, he too fell upon his sword, and he died with him.
6 ούτως απέθανεν ο Σαούλ και οι τρεις υιοί αυτού, και ο οπλοφόρος αυτού και πάντες οι άνδρες αυτού, την αυτήν εκείνην ημέραν ομού.
Therefore, Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
7 Και οι άνδρες Ισραήλ, οι πέραν της κοιλάδος, και οι πέραν του Ιορδάνου, ιδόντες ότι έφυγον οι άνδρες Ισραήλ και ότι ο Σαούλ και οι υιοί αυτού απέθανον, κατέλιπον τας πόλεις και έφυγον. και ελθόντες οι Φιλισταίοι κατώκησαν εν αυταίς.
Then, seeing that the men of the Israelites had fled, and that Saul had died with his sons, the men of Israel who were across the valley or beyond the Jordan abandoned their cities, and they fled. And the Philistines went and lived there.
8 Και την επαύριον, ότε ήλθον οι Φιλισταίοι διά να εκδύσωσι τους πεφονευμένους, εύρηκαν τον Σαούλ και τους τρεις υιούς αυτού πεπτωκότας επί το όρος Γελβουέ.
Then, when the next day arrived, the Philistines came, so that they might despoil the slain. And they found Saul and his three sons lying on mount Gilboa.
9 Και απέκοψαν την κεφαλήν αυτού και εξέδυσαν τα όπλα αυτού και απέστειλαν εις την γην των Φιλισταίων κύκλω, διά να διαδώσωσι την αγγελίαν εις τον οίκον των ειδώλων αυτών και μεταξύ του λαού.
And they cut off the head of Saul. And they despoiled him of the armor, and they sent it into the land of the Philistines all around, so that it might be announced in the temples of the idols and among their people.
10 Και ανέθεσαν τα όπλα αυτού εις τον οίκον της Ασταρώθ, και εκρέμασαν το σώμα αυτού εις το τείχος Βαιθ-σαν.
And they placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth. But his body they suspended on the wall of Bethshan.
11 Ακούσαντες δε περί τούτου οι κάτοικοι της Ιαβείς-γαλαάδ, τι έκαμον οι Φιλισταίοι εις τον Σαούλ,
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 ηγέρθησαν πάντες οι δυνατοί άνδρες και ώδοιπόρησαν όλην την νύκτα και έλαβον το σώμα του Σαούλ και τα σώματα των υιών αυτού από του τείχους Βαιθ-σαν, και ήλθον εις Ιαβείς και έκαυσαν αυτά εκεί·
all the most valiant men rose up, and they walked all night, and they took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan. And they went to Jabesh Gilead, and they burned them there.
13 και έλαβον τα οστά αυτών και έθαψαν υπό το δένδρον εν Ιαβείς και ενήστευσαν επτά ημέρας.
And they took their bones, and they buried them in the forest of Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days.
