1 Samwiri 31
1 Mu kiseera kyekimu Abafirisuuti baali balwana ne Isirayiri. Abasajja ba Isirayiri ne badduka Abafirisuuti, bangi ku bo ne battibwa ku Lusozi Girubowa.
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
2 Abafirisuuti ne banyiikira okugoberera Sawulo ne batabani be, era ne batta Yonasaani, ne Abinadaabu ne Malukisuwa.
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 Olutalo Sawulo ne lumuba bubi, abalasi ab’obusaale ne bamuzingiza era ne bamuleetako ekiwundu kinene.
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
4 Awo Sawulo n’agamba eyasitulanga ebyokulwanyisa bye nti, “Sowola ekitala kyo onfumite, abatali bakomole abo baleme okunkwata ne bambonyaabonya n’okunswaza ne banswaza.” Naye eyasitulanga ebyokulwanyisa bye n’atya era n’agaana okukikola. Sawulo kyeyava asowola ekitala kye ne yetta.
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 Awo eyasitulanga ebyokulwanyisa bye bwe yalaba nga Sawulo afudde, n’asowola ekitala kye naye ne yetta.
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
6 Sawulo bw’atyo, ne batabani be abasatu, n’eyasitulanga ebyokulwanyisa bye ne basajja be bonna ne bafa ku lunaku olwo lwe lumu.
So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
7 Awo Abayisirayiri abaali emitala w’ekiwonvu n’abo abaali emitala wa Yoludaani bwe baalaba ng’eggye lya Isirayiri lidduse nga ne Sawulo ne batabani be abasatu bafudde, ne balekulira ebibuga byabwe ne badduka. Abafirisuuti ne bajja ne babibeeramu.
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 Enkeera, Abafirisuuti bwe baagenda okwambula emirambo, baasanga Sawulo ne batabani be abasatu bafiiridde ku lusozi Girubowa.
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
9 Ne batemako omutwe gwe ne bamwambulamu ebyokulwanyisa bye, ne batuma ababaka mu nsi yonna ey’Abafirisuuti okulangirira mu ssabo lyabwe, n’eri abantu baabwe.
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 Ne bateeka ebyokulwanyisa bye mu ssabo lya Baasutoleesi, n’ekiwudduwuddu kye ne bakiwanika ku bbugwe ow’e Besusani.
They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
11 Naye abatuuze b’e Yabesugireyaadi bwe baawulira Abafirisuuti kye baali bakoze Sawulo,
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 abasajja abazira bonna ne bagolokoka, ne batambula ekiro kyonna ne bagenda e Besusani. Ne bawanulayo omulambo gwa Sawulo, n’egya batabani be ku bbugwe ow’e Besusani, ne bagitwala e Yabesi ne bagyokera eyo.
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 N’oluvannyuma ne baddira amagumba gaabwe ne bagaziika wansi w’omumyulimu e Yabesi, ne basiibira ennaku musanvu.
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
