1 Samuel 31
1 Nʼoge a, ndị Filistia lụsoro ndị Izrel agha, ndị Izrel si nʼihu ha gbaa ọsọ, ma ọtụtụ nʼime ha nwụrụ nʼugwu Gilboa.
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
2 Ndị Filistia ji ike chụso Sọl na ụmụ ya. Ha gburu ụmụ ya ndị ikom, Jonatan, Abinadab na Malkishua.
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 Agha ahụ siri ike nke ukwuu megide Sọl, mgbe ndị na-agba ụta chụkwutere ya ha merụrụ ya ahụ nʼebe ọ dị ukwuu.
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
4 Sọl gwara onye na-ebu ngwa agha ya, sị, “Mịpụta mma agha gị, were ya magbuo m ka ndị a a na-ebighị ugwu ghara ịbịa jiri m mee ihe egwuregwu.” Ma onye na-ebu ngwa agha ya ekweghị, nʼihi ọnọdụ oke egwu. Nʼihi ya, Sọl were mma agha nke ya, dakwasị nʼelu ya.
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
5 Mgbe onye na-ebu ihe agha Sọl hụrụ na ọ nwụọla, ya onwe ya dakwasịkwara nʼelu mma agha nke ya, soro Sọl nwụọ.
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
6 Ya mere, Sọl na ụmụ ya ndị ikom atọ, onye na-ebu ihe agha ya na ndị agha ya niile, nwụrụ nʼotu ụbọchị ahụ.
So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
7 Mgbe ndị Izrel nọ nʼofe ọzọ nke ndagwurugwu, na ndị nọ nʼofe Jọdan, hụrụ na ndị agha Izrel agbaala ọsọ, na Sọl na ụmụ ya ndị ikom anwụọla, ha hapụrụ obodo ha niile gbapụ ọsọ. Ndị Filistia bịakwara bichie nʼime ha.
When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
8 Nʼechi ya, mgbe ndị Filistia bịara iyipụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ ihe ha ga-achịkọrọ, ha hụrụ ozu Sọl na nke ụmụ ya ndị ikom atọ ka ha tọgbọ nʼugwu Gilboa.
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
9 Ha bipụrụ Sọl isi, yipụkwa ya ihe agha ya. Ha zipụkwara ndị ozi gara nʼala ndị Filistia niile ikwusa akụkọ ihe mere nʼụlọ arụsị ha nakwa nʼetiti ndị ha niile.
They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
10 Ha tinyere ihe agha Sọl nʼụlọ Ashtọret, kpọgidekwa ozu ya nʼaja ụlọ mgbidi obodo Bet-Shan.
They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
11 Mgbe ndị obodo Jebesh Gilead nụrụ ihe ndị Filistia mere Sọl,
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 ndị ikom ha niile bụ ndị dimkpa, gara njem ogologo abalị ahụ niile jeruo Bet-Shan. Ha sitere nʼelu mgbidi obodo Bet-Shan tọda ozu Sọl na nke ụmụ ya ndị ikom buru ha laa Jebesh ebe ha nọ kpọọ ozu ha ọkụ.
all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
13 Ha liri ọkpụkpụ ha nʼokpuru osisi Tamarisk dị na Jebesh, buo ọnụ ụbọchị asaa.
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
