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1 Og filistarane stridde mot Israel, og Israels-mennerne flydde for filistarane, og det vart liggjande mange falne på Gilboafjellet.
The army of Philistia [again] fought against the Israelis. The Israeli soldiers ran away from them, and many Israelis were killed {the soldiers of Philistia killed many Israelis} on Gilboa Mountain.
2 Og filistarane sette etter Saul og sønerne hans, og då felte dei Jonatan og Abinadab og Malkisua, sønerne hans Saul.
The soldiers of Philistia caught up with Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 Då dei no søkte hardt innåt Saul sjølv, og bogeskyttarane kom yver han, og han fekk ein støkk i seg for skyttarane.
The fighting was very fierce around Saul, and the (archers/men who shot arrows) shot Saul and wounded him severely.
4 Og Saul sagde til våpnsveinen sin: «Drag ut sverdet ditt og stikk det igjenom meg, so ikkje desse u-umskorne skal koma og fara ille med meg!» Men våpnsveinen hans vilde ikkje; for han var ovleg rædd. Då tok Saul sjølv sverdet og stupte seg på det.
Saul said to the man who was carrying his weapons, “Take out your sword and kill me with it, in order that these heathen Philistines will not be able to injure me [further] and make fun of me [while I am dying].” But the man who was carrying Saul’s weapons was terrified and refused to do that. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it [and died].
5 Men då våpnsveinen såg at Saul var dåen, stupte han seg og på sitt sverd og døydde.
When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died.
6 So døydde då Saul og dei tri sønerne hans; og dei som høyrde til hans hus, døydde alle i ein gong.
So Saul and three of his sons all died, and none of his descendants ever became king.
7 Då so alle dei Israels-mennerne som var i dalen, såg at dei hadde flytt, og at Saul og sønerne hans var falne, so for dei frå byarne sine og rømde undan, og so kom filistarane og slo seg ned i deim.
When the Israelis who were living in the valley saw that their army had run away and that Saul and his three sons were dead, they left their towns and ran away. Then the soldiers from Philistia came and (occupied/lived in) those towns.
8 Andre dagen kom filistarane og skulde plundra liki, og dei fann då Saul og sønerne hans liggjande på Gilboafjellet.
The next day, when the Philistines came to take away the weapons of the dead [Israeli soldiers], they found the corpses of Saul and his three sons on Gilboa Mountain.
9 Og dei plundra honom, og tok med seg hovudet og våpni hans og sende deim ikring i Filistarlandet, og kunngjorde gledebodet for avgudarne sine og for folket.
They took the clothes off Saul’s corpse and [cut off] his head and took it and Saul’s armor.
10 Og dei lagde våpni hans i gudshuset sitt; men hausen hans feste dei i Dagons-templet.
Then they sent messengers throughout their land, to proclaim the news throughout their own area, to their idols and to the other people. They put Saul’s armor in the temple where their idols were, and they hung Saul’s head in the temple of [their god] Dagon.
11 Då heile Jabes i Gilead høyrde alt det som filistarane hadde gjort med Saul,
All the people who lived in Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s [corpse].
12 drog dei av, alle våpnføre menner, og tok liket åt Saul og liket åt sønerne hans og førde deim til Jabes, og jorda beini deira under eiki i Jabes og heldt fasta i sju dagar.
So the bravest men/soldiers of Jabesh went and got the corpses of Saul and his sons and brought them back to Jabesh. They buried their bones under a large tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh (fasted/abstained from eating food) for seven days.
13 So let Saul livet for sin utruskap mot Herren, med di han ikkje hadde fylgt Herrens ord, og like eins for di han hadde spurt ei som mana fram draugar og søkt råd hjå henne.
Saul died because he did not faithfully obey what Yahweh told him to do. He even went to a woman who talks to the spirits of dead people and asked her what he should do,
14 Han hadde ikkje søkt råd hjå Herren; difor let Herren honom døy, og sidan let han David Isaison få kongedømet.
instead of asking Yahweh what he should do. So Yahweh caused him to die, and he appointed David, the son of Jesse, to be the king [of Israel].
