1 Књига Самуилова 31
1 А Филистеји се побише с Израиљцима, и побегоше Израиљци испред Филистеја, и падаху мртви на гори Гелвуји.
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
2 И стигоше Филистеји Саула и синове његове; и погубише Филистеји Јонатана и Авинадава и Мелхи-Сува, синове Саулове.
The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 И бој поста жешћи око Саула, и нађоше га стрелци, и он се врло уплаши од стрелаца.
The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
4 И рече Саул момку који му ношаше оружје: Извади мач свој и прободи ме, да не дођу ти необрезани и прободу ме и наругају ми се. Али не хте момак што му ношаше оружје, јер га беше врло страх. Тада Саул узе мач, и баци се на њ.
Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me!” But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it.
5 А кад момак који ношаше оружје виде Саула мртвог, баци се и он на свој мач и умре с њим.
When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.
6 Тако погибе Саул и три сина његовог и момак који му ношаше оружје и сви људи његови заједно, оног дана.
So Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men that same day together.
7 А Израиљци који беху с ове стране потока и с ову страну Јордана кад видеше где Израиљци побегоше и где погибе Саул и његови синови, оставише градове и побегоше, те дођоше Филистеји и осташе у њима.
When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
8 А сутрадан дођоше Филистеји да свлаче мртве; и нађоше Саула и три сина његовог где леже на гори Гелвуји.
On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
9 И одсекоше му главу, и скидоше оружје с њега, и послаше у земљу филистејску на све стране да се објави у кући његових лажних богова и по народу.
They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols and to the people.
10 И оставише оружје његово у кући Астаротиној, а тело његово обесише на зид вет-сански.
They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
11 А чуше становници у Јавису Галадовом шта учинише Филистеји од Саула.
When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 И подигоше се сви људи храбри, и ишавши сву ноћ скидоше тело Саулово и телеса синова његових са зида вет-санског, па се вратише у Јавис, и онде их спалише.
all the valiant men arose, went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh and burned them there.
13 И узеше кости њихове и погребоше их под дрветом у Јавису, и постише седам дана.
They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
