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. The men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down dead 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 closely pursued Saul and his sons. The Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua, his sons.
3 Agha ahụ siri ike nke ukwuu megide Sọl, mgbe ndị na-agba ụta chụkwutere ya ha merụrụ ya ahụ nʼebe ọ dị ukwuu.
The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers overtook him. He was in severe pain because of them.
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 thrust me through with it. Otherwise, these uncircumcised will come and abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. 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 likewise fell on his 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 died, his three sons, and his armor bearer—these men all 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 men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled, and the Philistines came and lived 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.
It came about on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, that 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 his head and stripped off his armor, and sent messengers into the land of the Philistines throughout to carry the news to their idols' temples and to the 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 they fastened his body to the city wall of Beth Shan.
11 Mgbe ndị obodo Jebesh Gilead nụrụ ihe ndị Filistia mere Sọl,
When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard of 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 the fighting men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan. They went to Jabesh and burned them 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 a tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.
