1 Samuelsboken 31
1 Så stridde nu de Philisteer emot Israel, och Israels män flydde för de Philisteer, och föllo slagne på det berget 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 Och de Philisteer föllo hardt in på Saul och hans söner, och slogo Jonathan, och AbiNadab, och MalchiSua, Sauls söner.
The Philistines caught up with Saul and his three sons, and they killed [all three of] his sons, Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua.
3 Och striden vardt hård emot Saul, och skyttorna drabbade på honom med bågarna; och han vardt illa sår af skyttorna.
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 Då sade Saul till sin vapnedragare: Drag ditt svärd ut, och sting mig igenom dermed, att desse oomskorne icke komma, och stinga mig igenom, och drifva gabberi med mig. Men hans vapnedragare ville icke; ty han fruktade sig storliga. Så tog Saul svärdet, och föll deruppå.
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 Då nu hans vapnedragare såg, att Saul var död, föll han ock på sitt svärd, och blef död med honom.
When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died.
6 Så blef Saul död, och tre hans söner, och hans vapnedragare, och alle hans män tillhopa på den dagen.
So Saul, three of his sons, and the man who carried Saul’s weapons, all died on that same day.
7 Då nu Israels män, som voro på hinsidon vid dalen, och på hinsidon Jordan, sågo, att Israels män voro flydde, och att Saul och hans söner voro döde, öfvergåfvo de städerna, och flydde sammaledes. Så kommo de Philisteer, och bodde deruti.
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 Den andra dagen kommo de Philisteer till att afkläda de slagna; och funno Saul och hans tre söner liggande på berget 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 Och höggo honom hans hufvud af, och drogo af honom hans vapen, och sände i de Philisteers land allt omkring, till att förkunna det i deras gudars husom, och ibland folket;
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 Och lade hans harnesk i Astaroths hus; men hans kropp hängde de upp på muren i Bethsan.
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 Då de i Jabes och Gilead hörde, hvad de Philisteer hade gjort Saul,
When the people who lived in Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s corpse,
12 Reste sig upp alle de som striddogse män voro, och gingo den hela nattena, och togo Sauls och hans söners kroppar ned af muren i Bethsan, och förde dem till Jabes, och brände dem der upp;
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 Och togo deras ben, och begrofvo dem under ett trä i Jabes; och fastade i sju dagar.
They took the bones and buried them under a [big] tamarisk tree. Then they (fasted/abstained from eating food) for seven days.
