1 Samuel 31
1 Imidlertid angreb Filisterne Israel; og Israels Mænd flygtede for Filisterne, og de faldne lå rundt om på Gilboas Bjerg.
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 Og Filisterne forfulgte Saul og hans Sønner og dræbte Sauls Sønner, Jonatan, Abinadab og Malkisjua.
and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines strike Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 Kampen rasede om Saul, og han blev opdaget af Bueskytterne og grebes af stor Angst for dem.
And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him—men with bow—and he is greatly pained by the archers;
4 Da sagde Saul til sin Våbendrager: "Drag dit Sværd og gennembor mig, for at ikke disse uomskårne skal komme og gennembore mig og mishandle mig!" Men Våbendrageren vilde ikke, thi han gøs tilbage derfor. Da tog Saul Sværdet og styrtede sig i det;
and Saul says to the bearer of his weapons, “Draw your 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 has not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul takes the sword, and falls on it.
5 og da Våbendrageren så, at Saul var død, styrtede også han sig i sit Sværd og fulgte ham i Døden.
And the bearer of his weapons sees that Saul [is] dead, and he falls—he also—on his sword, and dies with him;
6 Således fulgtes denne Dag Saul, hans tre Sønner, hans Våbendrager og alle hans Mænd i Døden.
and Saul dies, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, together on that day.
7 Men da Israels Mænd i Byerne i Dalen og ved Jordan så, at Israels Mænd var flygtet, og at Saul og hans Sønner var faldet, forlod de Byerne og flygtede, hvorpå Filisterne kom og besatte dem.
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 Da Filisterne Dagen efter kom for at plyndre de faldne, fandt de Saul og hans tre Sønner liggende på Gilboas Bjerg;
And it comes to pass on the next day, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa,
9 de huggede da Hovedet at ham, afførte ham hans Våben og sendte Bud rundt i Filisternes Land for at bringe deres Afguder og Folket Glædesbudet.
and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send [them] into the land of the surrounding Philistines, to proclaim tidings [in] the house of their idols, and [among] the people;
10 Våbnene lagde de i Astartes Tempel, men Kroppen hængte de op på Bet-Sjans Mur.
and they place his weapons [in] the house of Ashtaroth, and they have fixed his body on the wall of Beth-Shan.
11 Men da Indbyggerne i Jabesj i Gilead hørte, hvad Filisterne havde gjort ved Saul,
And they hear regarding it—the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead—that which the Philistines have done to Saul,
12 brød alle våbenføre Mænd op, og efter at have gået hele Natten igennem tog de Sauls og hans Sønners Kroppe ned fra Bet-Sjans Mur, bragte dem med til Jabesj og brændte dem der.
and all the men of valor 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 to Jabesh, and burn them there,
13 Så tog de deres Ben og jordede dem under Tamarisken i Jabesj og fastede syv Dage.
and they take their bones, and bury [them] under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.
