1 Samuel 31
1 Los filisteos, pues, pelearon con Israel, y los de Israel huyeron delante de los filisteos, y cayeron muertos en el monte de 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 Y siguiendo los filisteos a Saúl y a sus hijos, mataron a Jonatán, y a Abinadab, y a 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 Y se agravó la batalla sobre Saúl, y le alcanzaron los flecheros; y tuvo gran temor de los flecheros.
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 dijo Saúl a su escudero: Saca tu espada, y pásame con ella, para que no vengan estos incircuncisos, y me pasen, y me escarnezcan. Mas su escudero no quería, porque tenía gran temor. Entonces tomó Saúl su espada, y se echó 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 Y viendo su escudero a Saúl muerto, él también se echó 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 y sus tres hijos, y su escudero, y todos sus varones juntamente en aquel día.
So Saul, three of his sons, and the man who carried Saul’s weapons, all died on that same day.
7 Y los de Israel que eran del otro lado del valle, y del otro lado del Jordán, viendo que Israel había huido, y que Saúl y sus hijos eran muertos, dejaron las ciudades y huyeron; y los filisteos vinieron y habitaron 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 Y aconteció al siguiente día, que viniendo los filisteos a despojar los muertos, hallaron a Saúl y a sus tres hijos tendidos en el monte de 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 y le cortaron la cabeza, y le desnudaron las armas; y las enviaron por toda la tierra de los filisteos, para que lo noticiaran en el templo de sus ídolos, y por el 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 Y pusieron sus armas en el templo de Astarot, y colgaron su cuerpo en el muro de Bet-sán.
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 Mas oyendo los de Jabes de Galaad esto que los filisteos hicieron 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, y anduvieron toda aquella noche, y quitaron el cuerpo de Saúl y los cuerpos de sus hijos del muro de Bet-sán; y viniendo a Jabes, 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 Y tomando sus huesos, los sepultaron debajo de un árbol 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.
