1 Samuel 31
1 Meanwhile the Philistines had attacked Israel, and the Israelite army ran away from them, and many were killed on Mount Gilboa.
非利士人與以色列人爭戰。以色列人在非利士人面前逃跑，在基利波有被殺仆倒的。
2 The Philistines chased down Saul and his sons, killing Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
非利士人緊追掃羅和他兒子們，就殺了掃羅的兒子約拿單、亞比拿達、麥基舒亞。
3 The fighting became very intense around Saul, and the arrows of the Philistine archers found their target, wounding Saul very badly.
勢派甚大，掃羅被弓箭手追上，射傷甚重，
4 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.
就吩咐拿他兵器的人說：「你拔出刀來，將我刺死，免得那些未受割禮的人來刺我，凌辱我。」但拿兵器的人甚懼怕，不肯刺他；掃羅就自己伏在刀上死了。
5 When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.
拿兵器的人見掃羅已死，也伏在刀上死了。
6 Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all the men with him, died the same day.
這樣，掃羅和他三個兒子，與拿他兵器的人，以及跟隨他的人，都一同死亡。
7 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.
住平原那邊並約旦河西的以色列人，見以色列軍兵逃跑，掃羅和他兒子都死了，也就棄城逃跑。非利士人便來住在其中。
8 The next day, when the Philistines went to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.
次日，非利士人來剝那被殺之人的衣服，看見掃羅和他三個兒子仆倒在基利波山，
9 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.
就割下他的首級，剝了他的軍裝，打發人到 非利士地的四境，報信與他們廟裏的偶像和眾民；
10 They placed his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and nailed his body to the town wall of Beth-shan.
又將掃羅的軍裝放在亞斯她錄廟裏，將他的屍身釘在伯‧珊的城牆上。
11 However, when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
基列‧雅比的居民聽見非利士人向掃羅所行的事，
12 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.
他們中間所有的勇士就起身，走了一夜，將掃羅和他兒子的屍身從伯‧珊城牆上取下來，送到雅比那裏，用火燒了；
13 Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.
將他們骸骨葬在雅比的垂絲柳樹下，就禁食七日。
