1 Samweli 31
1 Basi Wafilisti wakapigana dhidi ya Waisraeli. Waisraeli wakakimbia mbele ya Wafilisti na wakaanguka chini wakafa katika mlima wa Gilboa.
Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel: and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.
2 Wafilisti wakamwandama Sauli na wanawe kwa karibu. Wakawaua wanawe Yonathani, Abinadabu, and Malkishua.
And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
3 Vita vikamwelemea Sauli, na wapiga upinde wakampata. Akapata maumivu makali kwa sababu yao.
And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
4 Kisha Sauli akamwambia mbeba silaha wake, “Chomoa upanga wako unichome nao. Vinginevyo, hawa wasiotahiriwa watakuja na kuninyanyasa.” Lakini mbeba silaha wake hakukubali, kwa kuwa aliogopa sana. Hivyo Sauli alichukua upanga wake mwenyewe na kuuangukia.
Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.
5 Yule mbeba silaha akaona kwamba Sauli amekufa, yeye naye vivyo hivyo akauangukia upanga wake akafa pamoja naye.
And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.
6 Kwa hiyo Sauli alikufa, wanawe watatu, na mbeba silaha wake - watu hawa wote walikufa pamoja siku iyo hiyo.
So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.
7 Watu wa Israeli waliokuwa upande mwingine wa bonde, na hao waliokuwa ng'ambo ya Yordani, walipoona kwamba Waisraeli wamekimbia, na kwamba Sauli na wanawe wamekufa, waliiacha miji yao na kukimbia, nao Wafilisti wakaja na kukaa humo.
And when the men of Israel across the valley and on the other side of Jordan saw that the army of Israel was in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they came out of their towns and went in flight; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.
8 IKawa katika siku iliyofuata, Wafilisti wakafika kuchukua nyara za waliokufa, ndipo wakamuona Sauli na wanawe watatu wameanguka juu ya mlima wa Gilboa.
Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.
9 Nao wakakata kichwa chake na kuondoa silaha zake, na wakawatuma wajumbe kwenda pande zote katika nchi ya Wafilisti kutangaza habari hizo katika mahekalu yao ya sanamu na kwa watu.
And cutting off his head and taking away his war-dress, they sent word into the land of the Philistines round about, to take the news to their gods and to the people.
10 Wakaziweka silaha zake katika hekalu la Ashtorethi, nao wakakitundika kiwiliwili chake kwenye ukuta wa mji wa Bethi Shani.
His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.
11 Na wenyeji wa Yabeshi Gileadi waliposikia kile Wafilisti walichomfanyia Sauli,
And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 wapiganaji wote wakainuka na kwenda usiku wote na wakauondoa mwili wa Sauli na miili ya wanawe kutoka ukuta wa Bethi Shani. Nao wakaenda Yabeshi na wakaichoma moto hiyo miili huko.
All the fighting men got up and, travelling all night, took Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and had them burned there.
13 Kisha wakachukua mifupa yao na kuizika chini ya mti wa mkwaju huko Yabeshi, na wakafunga siku saba.
And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.
