1 Samuels 31
1 Filistarane gjekk på i striden mot Israel. Israels-mennerne rømde undan for filistarane, og det låg mange falne på Gilboafjellet.
Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the face of the Philistines, and they fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
2 Filistarane sette etter Saul og sønerne hans. Og filistarane felte Jonatan, Abinadab og Malkisua, Sauls-sønerne.
And the Philistines rushed upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they struck down Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 Saul sjølv kom upp i ein hard strid. Og nokre bogeskyttarar råka innpå honom. Saul vreid seg i rædsla for skyttarane.
And the entire weight of the battle was turned against Saul. And the men who were archers pursued him. And he was severely wounded by the archers.
4 Og han baud våpnsveinen sin: «Drag sverdet ditt, og støyt det gjenom meg, so ikkje desse u-umskorne skal koma og drepa meg, og skamfara meg!» Men våpnsveinen vilde ikkje; han var altfor rædd. Då tok Saul sverdet sjølv og stupte seg på det.
Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and strike me, otherwise these uncircumcised may come and kill me, mocking me.” And his armor bearer was not willing. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear. And so, Saul took his own sword, and he fell upon it.
5 Då våpnsveinen såg Saul var dåen, stupte han seg ogso på sitt sverd og fylgde honom i dauden.
And when his armor bearer had seen this, namely, that Saul had died, he too fell upon his sword, and he died with him.
6 Den dagen fall dei alle i hop, Saul og dei tri sønerne hans og våpnsveinen, og sameleis alle mennerne hans.
Therefore, Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
7 Og då Israels-mennerne på hi sida dalen og på hi sida Jordan gådde at Israels-mennerne hadde rømt, og at Saul og sønerne hans var falne, so rømde dei ut or byarne sine; og filistarane kom og busette seg der.
Then, seeing that the men of the Israelites had fled, and that Saul had died with his sons, the men of Israel who were across the valley or beyond the Jordan abandoned their cities, and they fled. And the Philistines went and lived there.
8 Dagen etter kom filistarane og plundra liki. Dei fann Saul og dei tri sønerne hans liggjande på Gilboafjellet.
Then, when the next day arrived, the Philistines came, so that they might despoil the slain. And they found Saul and his three sons lying on mount Gilboa.
9 Dei hogg hovudet av honom, og rana våpni hans og sende rundt i Filistarlandet, og let forkynna fagnadbodet i templi åt avgudarne sine og millom folket.
And they cut off the head of Saul. And they despoiled him of the armor, and they sent it into the land of the Philistines all around, so that it might be announced in the temples of the idols and among their people.
10 Dei lagde våpni hans i Astarte-templet; og liket hans hengde dei upp på bymuren i Bet-San.
And they placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth. But his body they suspended on the wall of Bethshan.
11 Då folket i Jabes i Gilead høyrde gjete det filistarane hadde gjort med Saul,
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 tok dei i veg, alle våpnføre karar, gjekk heile natti, tok ned frå muren i Bet-San Sauls lik og liki av sønerne hans, for so til Jabes og brende liki der.
all the most valiant men rose up, and they walked all night, and they took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan. And they went to Jabesh Gilead, and they burned them there.
13 So tok dei og grov beini deira ned under tamariska i Jabes og heldt fasta i sju dagar.
And they took their bones, and they buried them in the forest of Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days.
