1 Samuel 31
1 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.
Tymczasem Filistyni walczyli z Izraelem, a Izraelici uciekli przed Filistynami i polegli na górze Gilboa.
2 The Philistines caught up with Saul and his three sons, and they killed [all three of] his sons, Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua.
Wtedy Filistyni ścigali Saula i jego synów i zabili Jonatana, Abinadaba i Malkiszuę, synów Saula.
3 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].
A gdy rozgorzała bitwa przeciwko Saulowi, łucznicy trafili na niego i został przez nich ciężko zraniony.
4 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].
I Saul powiedział do swego giermka: Dobądź swój miecz i przebij mnie nim, aby nie przyszli ci nieobrzezani i nie przebili mnie, i nie znęcali się nade mną. Ale jego giermek nie chciał, ponieważ bardzo się bał. Saul wziął więc miecz i sam rzucił się na niego.
5 When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died.
A gdy jego giermek zobaczył, że Saul umarł, rzucił się i on na swój miecz i umarł razem z nim.
6 So Saul, three of his sons, and the man who carried Saul’s weapons, all died on that same day.
Tego dnia umarli więc razem Saul, jego trzej synowie, jego giermek oraz wszyscy jego ludzie.
7 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.
A gdy Izraelici, którzy mieszkali po tamtej stronie doliny i którzy mieszkali za Jordanem, zobaczyli, że Izraelici uciekali i że Saul i jego synowie umarli, opuścili miasta i uciekli. Przyszli więc Filistyni i mieszkali w nich.
8 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.
Kiedy nazajutrz Filistyni przyszli, aby złupić zabitych, znaleźli Saula i jego trzech synów leżących na górze Gilboa.
9 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].
Odcięli mu głowę, zdarli z niego zbroję i posłali po całej ziemi filistyńskiej, aby obwieścić [o tym] w świątyni swoich bożków i wśród ludu.
10 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].
Jego zbroję położyli w świątyni Asztarty, a jego ciało przybili do muru Bet-Szean.
11 When the people who lived in Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s corpse,
Kiedy mieszkańcy Jabesz-Gilead usłyszeli o tym, co Filistyni uczynili Saulowi;
12 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.
Powstali wszyscy dzielni mężczyźni i szli przez całą noc, i zdjęli ciało Saula oraz ciała jego synów z muru Bet-Szean, po czym wrócili do Jabesz i tam je spalili.
13 They took the bones and buried them under a [big] tamarisk tree. Then they (fasted/abstained from eating food) for seven days.
Wzięli potem ich kości i pogrzebali [je] pod drzewem w Jabesz. I pościli przez siedem dni.
