I Samuela 31
1 A Filistynowie zwiedli bitwę z Izraelem; i uciekli mężowie Izraelscy przed Filistynami, a polegli zranieni na górze Gielboe.
Later, the Philistines again fought against the Israelis. The Israelis ran away from them, and (many Israelis were killed/the Philistines killed many Israelis) on Gilboa Mountain.
2 I gonili Filistynowie Saula i syny jego, i zabili Filistynowie Jonatana, i Abinadaba, i Melchisuego, syny Saulowe.
The Philistines caught up with Saul and his three sons, and they killed [all three of] his sons, Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua.
3 A gdy się wzmagała bitwa przeciwko Saulowi, trafili nań strzelcy, mężowie strzelający z łuku, i zraniony jest bardzo od strzelców.
The fighting was very fierce around Saul. When the Philistine (archers/men with bows and arrows) caught up with Saul, they wounded him badly [with their arrows].
4 I rzekł Saul do wyrostka swego, który nosił broń jego: Dobądź miecza twego, a przebij mię nim, by snać nie przyszli ci nieobrzezańcy, i nie przebili mię, a nie czynili igrzyska ze mnie. Ale nie chciał wyrostek jego, bo się bardzo bał. Przetoż Saul porwał miecz i upadł nań.
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 thrust their swords into me 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. [The sword pierced his body and he died].
5 A widząc wyrostek jego, iż umarł Saul, padł i on na miecz swój, i umarł z nim.
When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died.
6 Umarł tedy Saul, i trzej synowie jego, i wyrostek jego, co za nim broń nosił, i wszyscy mężowie jego dnia onego wespół.
So Saul, three of his sons, and the man who carried Saul’s weapons, all died on that same day.
7 Co gdy ujrzeli mężowie Izraelscy, którzy za doliną, i za Jordanem mieszkali, iż uciekali mężowie Izraelscy, a iż umarł Saul, i synowie jego, odbieżawszy miast, pouciekali też, a przyszedłszy Filistynowie mieszkali w nich.
When the Israeli people on the north side of the [Jezreel] Valley and on the east side of the Jordan [River] heard that the Israeli army had run away and that Saul and his sons had died, they left their towns and ran away. Then the Philistines came and occupied their towns.
8 A nazajutrz przyszli Filistynowie, aby odzierali pobite; i znaleźli Saula, i trzech synów jego leżących na górze Gielboe.
The next day, when the Philistines came to take away the weapons of the dead [Israeli soldiers], they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons on Gilboa Mountain.
9 A uciąwszy głowę jego, zdarli z niego zbroję jego, i posłali po ziemi Filistyńskiej wszędzie, aby to opowiadano w kościele bałwanów ich, i między ludem.
They cut off Saul’s head and took his weapons. Then they sent messengers throughout their land, to proclaim the news, in the temple where they kept their idols, and to the other people, [that their army had killed Saul].
10 I położyli zbroję jego w kościele Astarot; ale ciało jego przybili na murze Betsan.
They put Saul’s weapons in the temple of [their goddess] Astarte. They also fastened the bodies of Saul [and his sons] to the wall [that surrounded] Beth-Shan [city].
11 Tedy usłyszawszy o tem obywatele Jabes Galaad, co uczynili Filistynowie Saulowi;
When the people who lived in Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s corpse,
12 Wstali wszyscy mężowie mocni, i szli przez onę całą noc, i wzięli ciało Saulowe, i ciała synów jego z muru Betsan, a przyszedłszy do Jabes spalili je tam.
all their bravest soldiers walked all night to Beth-Shan. They took the corpses of Saul and his sons down from the city wall, and they took them back to Jabesh and burned the corpses there.
13 A wziąwszy kości ich, pogrzebli je pod drzewem w Jabes, i pościli siedm dni.
They took the bones and buried them under a [big] tamarisk tree. Then they (fasted/abstained from eating food) for seven days.
