1 Samuel 31
1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
Filistarane gjekk på i striden mot Israel. Israels-mennerne rømde undan for filistarane, og det låg mange falne på Gilboafjellet.
2 The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
Filistarane sette etter Saul og sønerne hans. Og filistarane felte Jonatan, Abinadab og Malkisua, Sauls-sønerne.
3 The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
Saul sjølv kom upp i ein hard strid. Og nokre bogeskyttarar råka innpå honom. Saul vreid seg i rædsla for skyttarane.
4 Then Saul said to his armour bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me!” But his armour bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it.
Og han baud våpnsveinen sin: «Drag sverdet ditt, og støyt det gjenom meg, so ikkje desse u-umskorne skal koma og drepa meg, og skamfara meg!» Men våpnsveinen vilde ikkje; han var altfor rædd. Då tok Saul sverdet sjølv og stupte seg på det.
5 When his armour bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.
Då våpnsveinen såg Saul var dåen, stupte han seg ogso på sitt sverd og fylgde honom i dauden.
6 So Saul died with his three sons, his armour bearer, and all his men that same day together.
Den dagen fall dei alle i hop, Saul og dei tri sønerne hans og våpnsveinen, og sameleis alle mennerne hans.
7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
Og då Israels-mennerne på hi sida dalen og på hi sida Jordan gådde at Israels-mennerne hadde rømt, og at Saul og sønerne hans var falne, so rømde dei ut or byarne sine; og filistarane kom og busette seg der.
8 On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
Dagen etter kom filistarane og plundra liki. Dei fann Saul og dei tri sønerne hans liggjande på Gilboafjellet.
9 They cut off his head, stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols and to the people.
Dei hogg hovudet av honom, og rana våpni hans og sende rundt i Filistarlandet, og let forkynna fagnadbodet i templi åt avgudarne sine og millom folket.
10 They put his armour in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
Dei lagde våpni hans i Astarte-templet; og liket hans hengde dei upp på bymuren i Bet-San.
11 When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
Då folket i Jabes i Gilead høyrde gjete det filistarane hadde gjort med Saul,
12 all the valiant men arose, went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh and burnt them there.
tok dei i veg, alle våpnføre karar, gjekk heile natti, tok ned frå muren i Bet-San Sauls lik og liki av sønerne hans, for so til Jabes og brende liki der.
13 They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
So tok dei og grov beini deira ned under tamariska i Jabes og heldt fasta i sju dagar.
