I Samuelis 31
1 Philisthiim autem pugnabant adversum Israel: et fugerunt viri Israel ante faciem Philisthiim, et ceciderunt interfecti in monte Gelboe.
Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down dead on Mount Gilboa.
2 Irrueruntque Philisthiim in Saul, et in filios eius, et percusserunt Ionathan, et Abinadab, et Melchisua filios Saul,
The Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons. The Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua, his sons.
3 totumque pondus praelii versum est in Saul: et consecuti sunt eum viri sagittarii, et vulneratus est vehementer a sagittariis.
The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers overtook him. He was in severe pain because of them.
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 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 Quod cum vidisset armiger eius, videlicet quod mortuus esset Saul, irruit etiam ipse super gladium suum, et mortuus est cum eo.
When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell 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, his three sons, and his armor bearer—these men all died together that same day.
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.
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 Facta autem die altera, venerunt Philisthiim, ut spoliarent interfectos, et invenerunt Saul et tres filios eius iacentes in monte Gelboe.
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 Et praeciderunt caput Saul, et spoliaverunt eum armis: et miserunt in Terram Philisthinorum per circuitum, ut annunciaretur in templo idolorum, et in populis.
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 Et posuerunt arma eius in templo Astaroth, corpus vero eius suspenderunt in muro Bethsan.
They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his body to the city wall of Beth Shan.
11 Quod cum audissent habitatores Iabes Galaad, quaecumque fecerant Philisthiim Saul,
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 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 et tulerunt ossa eorum, et sepelierunt in nemore Iabes, et ieiunaverunt septem diebus.
Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.
