I Samuelis 31
1 Philisthiim autem pugnabant adversum Israel: et fugerunt viri Israel ante faciem Philisthiim, et ceciderunt interfecti in monte Gelboe.
And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
2 Irrueruntque Philisthiim in Saul, et in filios eius, et percusserunt Ionathan, et Abinadab, et Melchisua filios Saul,
And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
3 totumque pondus praelii versum est in Saul: et consecuti sunt eum viri sagittarii, et vulneratus est vehementer a sagittariis.
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him; and he was much terrified by the archers.
4 Dixitque Saul ad armigerum suum: Evagina gladium tuum, et percute me: ne forte veniant incircumcisi isti, et interficiant me, illudentes mihi. Et noluit armiger eius: fuerat enim nimio terrore perterritus. arripuit itaque Saul gladium suum, et irruit super eum.
Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.
5 Quod cum vidisset armiger eius, videlicet quod mortuus esset Saul, irruit etiam ipse super gladium suum, et mortuus est cum eo.
And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.
6 Mortuus est ergo Saul, et tres filii eius, et armiger illius, et universi viri eius in die illa pariter.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
7 Videntes autem filii Israel, qui erant trans vallem, et trans Iordanem, quod fugissent viri Israelitae, et quod mortuus esset Saul, et filii eius, reliquerunt civitates suas, et fugerunt: veneruntque Philisthiim, et habitaverunt ibi.
And when the men of Israel that were on this side of the valley, and [they] that were on this side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8 Facta autem die altera, venerunt Philisthiim, ut spoliarent interfectos, et invenerunt Saul et tres filios eius iacentes in monte Gelboe.
And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.
9 Et praeciderunt caput Saul, et spoliaverunt eum armis: et miserunt in Terram Philisthinorum per circuitum, ut annunciaretur in templo idolorum, et in populis.
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent [them] into the land of the Philistines round about, to announce the glad tidings in the houses of their idols, and to the people.
10 Et posuerunt arma eius in templo Astaroth, corpus vero eius suspenderunt in muro Bethsan.
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
11 Quod cum audissent habitatores Iabes Galaad, quaecumque fecerant Philisthiim Saul,
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 surrexerunt omnes viri fortissimi, et ambulaverunt tota nocte, et tulerunt cadaver Saul, et cadavera filiorum eius de muro Bethsan: veneruntque Iabes Galaad, et combusserunt ea ibi igni:
all the valiant men arose and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there.
13 et tulerunt ossa eorum, et sepelierunt in nemore Iabes, et ieiunaverunt septem diebus.
And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
