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.
And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in Mount Gilboa,
2 Ndị Filistia ji ike chụso Sọl na ụmụ ya. Ha gburu ụmụ ya ndị ikom, Jonatan, Abinadab na Malkishua.
and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines strike Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 Agha ahụ siri ike nke ukwuu megide Sọl, mgbe ndị na-agba ụta chụkwutere ya ha merụrụ ya ahụ nʼebe ọ dị ukwuu.
And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him—men with bow—and he is greatly pained by the archers;
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.
and Saul says to the bearer of his weapons, “Draw your sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come—these uncircumcised—and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me”; and the bearer of his weapons has not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul takes the sword, and falls 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.
And the bearer of his weapons sees that Saul [is] dead, and he falls—he also—on his sword, and dies 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.
and Saul dies, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, together on that 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.
And they see—the men of Israel, who [are] beyond the valley, and who [are] beyond the Jordan—that the men of Israel have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake the cities and flee, and Philistines come in, and dwell in them.
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.
And it comes to pass on the next day, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find 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.
and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send [them] into the land of the surrounding Philistines, to proclaim tidings [in] the house of their idols, and [among] the people;
10 Ha tinyere ihe agha Sọl nʼụlọ Ashtọret, kpọgidekwa ozu ya nʼaja ụlọ mgbidi obodo Bet-Shan.
and they place his weapons [in] the house of Ashtaroth, and they have fixed his body on the wall of Beth-Shan.
11 Mgbe ndị obodo Jebesh Gilead nụrụ ihe ndị Filistia mere Sọl,
And they hear regarding it—the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead—that which the Philistines have 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.
and all the men of valor arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come to Jabesh, and burn them there,
13 Ha liri ọkpụkpụ ha nʼokpuru osisi Tamarisk dị na Jebesh, buo ọnụ ụbọchị asaa.
and they take their bones, and bury [them] under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.
