1 Samuel 31
1 Los filisteos lucharon contra Israel, y los hombres de Israel huyeron de la presencia de los filisteos y cayeron muertos en el monte Gilboa.
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 Los filisteos alcanzaron a Saúl y a sus hijos, y los filisteos mataron a Jonatán, Abinadab y Malquisúa, hijos de Saúl.
The Philistines caught up with Saul and his three sons, and they killed [all three of] his sons, Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua.
3 La batalla fue dura contra Saúl, y los arqueros lo alcanzaron; y él se angustió mucho a causa de los arqueros.
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 Entonces Saúl dijo a su escudero: “¡Saca tu espada y traspásame con ella, no sea que vengan estos incircuncisos y me traspasen y abusen de mí!” Pero su escudero no quiso, porque estaba aterrorizado. Por lo tanto, Saúl tomó su espada y cayó sobre ella.
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 Cuando su escudero vio que Saúl estaba muerto, también cayó sobre su espada y murió con él.
When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died.
6 Así murió Saúl con sus tres hijos, su escudero y todos sus hombres aquel mismo día.
So Saul, three of his sons, and the man who carried Saul’s weapons, all died on that same day.
7 Cuando los hombres de Israel que estaban al otro lado del valle, y los que estaban al otro lado del Jordán, vieron que los hombres de Israel huían y que Saúl y sus hijos estaban muertos, abandonaron las ciudades y huyeron, y los filisteos vinieron y vivieron en ellas.
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 Al día siguiente, cuando los filisteos fueron a despojar a los muertos, encontraron a Saúl y a sus tres hijos caídos en el monte Gilboa.
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 Le cortaron la cabeza, le despojaron de su armadura y enviaron a la tierra de los filisteos a todos los alrededores, para llevar la noticia a la casa de sus ídolos y al pueblo.
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 Pusieron su armadura en la casa de Astarot, y sujetaron su cuerpo al muro de Bet Shan.
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 Cuando los habitantes de Jabes de Galaad se enteraron de lo que los filisteos le habían hecho a Saúl,
When the people who lived in Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s corpse,
12 todos los hombres valientes se levantaron, fueron toda la noche y tomaron el cuerpo de Saúl y los cuerpos de sus hijos de la muralla de Bet Shan; llegaron a Jabes y los quemaron allí.
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 Tomaron sus huesos y los enterraron bajo el árbol de tamarisco en Jabes, y ayunaron siete días.
They took the bones and buried them under a [big] tamarisk tree. Then they (fasted/abstained from eating food) for seven days.
