1 Samweli 31
1 Basi Wafilisti wakapigana dhidi ya Waisraeli. Waisraeli wakakimbia mbele ya Wafilisti na wakaanguka chini wakafa katika mlima wa Gilboa.
And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,
2 Wafilisti wakamwandama Sauli na wanawe kwa karibu. Wakawaua wanawe Yonathani, Abinadabu, and Malkishua.
and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul.
3 Vita vikamwelemea Sauli, na wapiga upinde wakampata. Akapata maumivu makali kwa sababu yao.
And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him — men with bow — and he is pained greatly 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.
and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, 'Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come — these uncircumcised — and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;' and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.
5 Yule mbeba silaha akaona kwamba Sauli amekufa, yeye naye vivyo hivyo akauangukia upanga wake akafa pamoja naye.
And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul [is] dead, and he falleth — he also — on his sword, and dieth with him;
6 Kwa hiyo Sauli alikufa, wanawe watatu, na mbeba silaha wake - watu hawa wote walikufa pamoja siku iyo hiyo.
and Saul dieth, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, on that day together.
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 they see — the men of Israel, who [are] beyond the valley, and who [are] beyond the Jordan — that the men of Israel have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake the cities and flee, and Philistines come in, and dwell in them.
8 IKawa katika siku iliyofuata, Wafilisti wakafika kuchukua nyara za waliokufa, ndipo wakamuona Sauli na wanawe watatu wameanguka juu ya mlima wa Gilboa.
And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen 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.
and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings [in] the house of their idols, and [among] the people;
10 Wakaziweka silaha zake katika hekalu la Ashtorethi, nao wakakitundika kiwiliwili chake kwenye ukuta wa mji wa Bethi Shani.
and they place his weapons [in] the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.
11 Na wenyeji wa Yabeshi Gileadi waliposikia kile Wafilisti walichomfanyia Sauli,
And they hear regarding it — the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead — that which the Philistines have 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.
and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,
13 Kisha wakachukua mifupa yao na kuizika chini ya mti wa mkwaju huko Yabeshi, na wakafunga siku saba.
and they take their bones, and bury [them] under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.
