1 Samweli 31
1 Basi Wafilisti wakapigana dhidi ya Waisraeli. Waisraeli wakakimbia mbele ya Wafilisti na wakaanguka chini wakafa katika mlima wa Gilboa.
Meanwhile the Philistines had attacked Israel, and the Israelite army ran away from them, and many were killed on Mount Gilboa.
2 Wafilisti wakamwandama Sauli na wanawe kwa karibu. Wakawaua wanawe Yonathani, Abinadabu, and Malkishua.
The Philistines chased down Saul and his sons, killing Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 Vita vikamwelemea Sauli, na wapiga upinde wakampata. Akapata maumivu makali kwa sababu yao.
The fighting became very intense around Saul, and the arrows of the Philistine archers found their target, wounding Saul very badly.
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.
Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Take your sword and kill me, or these heathen men will come and kill and torture me!” But the armor-bearer didn't want to do it because he was too afraid. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
5 Yule mbeba silaha akaona kwamba Sauli amekufa, yeye naye vivyo hivyo akauangukia upanga wake akafa pamoja naye.
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.
6 Kwa hiyo Sauli alikufa, wanawe watatu, na mbeba silaha wake - watu hawa wote walikufa pamoja siku iyo hiyo.
Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all the men with him, died 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.
When the Israelites who lived along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan realized that the Israelite army had run away, and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and they also ran away. So the Philistines came and took them over.
8 IKawa katika siku iliyofuata, Wafilisti wakafika kuchukua nyara za waliokufa, ndipo wakamuona Sauli na wanawe watatu wameanguka juu ya mlima wa Gilboa.
The next day, when the Philistines went to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons lying on 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.
They cut off Saul's head, stripped him of his armor, and sent messengers throughout the country of the Philistines to announce the news in the temples of their idols and to their people.
10 Wakaziweka silaha zake katika hekalu la Ashtorethi, nao wakakitundika kiwiliwili chake kwenye ukuta wa mji wa Bethi Shani.
They placed his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and nailed his body to the town wall of Beth-shan.
11 Na wenyeji wa Yabeshi Gileadi waliposikia kile Wafilisti walichomfanyia Sauli,
However, when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard 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 their strong warriors set out, traveled all night, and took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they got back to Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
13 Kisha wakachukua mifupa yao na kuizika chini ya mti wa mkwaju huko Yabeshi, na wakafunga siku saba.
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.
