1 Samuel 31
1 Afei, Filistifo no ko tiaa Israel. Israelfo no guanee wɔ wɔn anim, na wokunkum pii wɔ Gilboa bepɔw so.
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
2 Filistifo no kɔɔ Saulo ne ne mmabarima so, kunkum wɔn mu baasa a ɛyɛ Yonatan, Abinadab ne Malki-Sua.
And the Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul’s sons.
3 Ɔko no mu yɛɛ den wɔ baabi a na Saulo wɔ hɔ. Filistifo agyantowfo no bɛn no, na wopiraa no kɛse pa ara.
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
4 Saulo fi yaw mu ka kyerɛɛ nʼakodekurafo no se, “Twe wʼafoa no, na fa wɔ me, na wɔn a wontwaa twetia no amfa wɔn afoa ammɛwɔ me, angu mʼanim ase.” Na nʼakodekurafo no suroo sɛ ɔbɛyɛ saa. Enti Saulo twee ɔno ankasa afoa sinaa ne ho wɔ so.
Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell on it.
5 Bere a nʼakodekurafo no huu sɛ wawu no, ɔno nso sinaa ne ho wɔ nʼankasa afoa no so, na owu kaa ne ho.
And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.
6 Enti Saulo ne ne mma mmarima baasa, nʼakodekurafo ne nʼakofo nyinaa totɔɔ saa da no.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
7 Bere a Israelfo a wɔwɔ Yesreel bon no fa baabi ne Yordan agya no huu sɛ Israel asraafo no adi nkogu, na Saulo nso ne ne mmabarima no nso atotɔ no, wogyaw wɔn nkurow hɔ guanee. Na Filistifo no bɛtenaa hɔ.
And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelled in them.
8 Ade kyee a Filistifo koyiyii atɔfo no ho no, wohuu Saulo ne ne mmabarima baasa no amu wɔ Gilboa bepɔw so.
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 Enti wotwaa Saulo ti, yiyii nʼakode nyinaa. Afei, wɔbɔɔ Saulo wu no dawuru wɔ wɔn abosomfi, ne ɔman no mu nyinaa.
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.
10 Wɔde nʼakode no koguu Astoret nsɔree so, na wɔkyekyeree nʼamu no fam kuropɔn Bet-San fasu ho.
And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
11 Na Yabes Gileadfo tee nea Filistifo ayɛ Saulo no,
And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
12 wɔn akofo twaa kwan anadwo mu no nyinaa kɔɔ Bet-San kɔfaa Saulo ne ne mmabarima baasa no amu fii ɔfasu no ho. Wɔde kɔɔ Yabes bɛhyew wɔn.
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
13 Afei, wɔfaa wɔn nnompe kɔkoraa no odum dua no ase wɔ Yabes, na wodii mmuada nnanson.
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
