1 Samuel 31
1 Sementara itu orang Filistin bertempur melawan orang Israel di pegunungan Gilboa. Banyak orang Israel tewas di situ, dan yang lainnya, termasuk Saul dan putra-putranya melarikan diri.
Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the face of the Philistines, and they fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
2 Tetapi mereka disusul oleh orang Filistin dan tiga orang di antara putra-putra Saul itu mati dibunuh; yaitu Yonatan, Abinadab, dan Malkisua.
And the Philistines rushed upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they struck down Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 Pertempuran amat sengit di sekitar Saul, dan ia sendiri kena panah-panah musuh sehingga luka parah.
And the entire weight of the battle was turned against Saul. And the men who were archers pursued him. And he was severely wounded by the archers.
4 Lalu kata Saul kepada pemuda yang membawa senjatanya, "Cabutlah pedangmu dan tikamlah aku, supaya aku jangan dipermain-mainkan dan dibunuh oleh orang-orang yang tak mengenal TUHAN itu." Tetapi pemuda itu tidak mau menikamnya, karena ia sangat menghormatinya. Sebab itu Saul mengambil pedangnya sendiri dan merebahkan dirinya ke atas mata pedang itu.
Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and strike me, otherwise these uncircumcised may come and kill me, mocking me.” And his armor bearer was not willing. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear. And so, Saul took his own sword, and he fell upon it.
5 Ketika pemuda itu melihat bahwa Saul sudah wafat, ia pun merebahkan dirinya ke atas mata pedangnya lalu tewas di samping Saul.
And when his armor bearer had seen this, namely, that Saul had died, he too fell upon his sword, and he died with him.
6 Demikianlah Saul bersama ketiga putranya, dan semua anak buahnya serta pemuda itu tewas pada satu hari itu.
Therefore, Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
7 Ketika orang-orang Israel yang tinggal di seberang Lembah Yizreel dan sebelah timur Sungai Yordan mendengar bahwa tentara Israel telah melarikan diri, dan bahwa Saul serta putra-putranya sudah tewas, mereka lari meninggalkan kota-kota mereka. Kemudian orang Filistin menduduki kota-kota itu.
Then, seeing that the men of the Israelites had fled, and that Saul had died with his sons, the men of Israel who were across the valley or beyond the Jordan abandoned their cities, and they fled. And the Philistines went and lived there.
8 Besoknya ketika orang Filistin datang untuk merampoki mayat-mayat, mereka menemukan Saul dan ketiga putranya sudah tewas di pegunungan Gilboa.
Then, when the next day arrived, the Philistines came, so that they might despoil the slain. And they found Saul and his three sons lying on mount Gilboa.
9 Mereka memenggal kepala Saul dan mengambil baju perangnya, lalu orang Filistin mengirim utusan ke seluruh negeri Filistin untuk menyampaikan kabar baik itu kepada rakyat dan dewa mereka.
And they cut off the head of Saul. And they despoiled him of the armor, and they sent it into the land of the Philistines all around, so that it might be announced in the temples of the idols and among their people.
10 Kemudian baju perang Saul itu disimpan di dalam kuil dewi Asytoret, dan badannya dipakukan pada tembok kota Bet-Sean.
And they placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth. But his body they suspended on the wall of Bethshan.
11 Tetapi penduduk Yabesh di Gilead mendengar apa yang telah dilakukan orang Filistin kepada Saul,
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 lalu orang-orang yang paling berani berangkat dari situ dan berjalan sepanjang malam ke Bet-Sean. Mereka menurunkan jenazah Saul dan jenazah putra-putranya dari tembok kota itu lalu membawanya ke Yabesh, dan membakarnya.
all the most valiant men rose up, and they walked all night, and they took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan. And they went to Jabesh Gilead, and they burned them there.
13 Semua tulang-tulangnya dikumpulkan dan dikebumikan di bawah pohon tamariska di kota itu, kemudian berpuasalah mereka tujuh hari lamanya.
And they took their bones, and they buried them in the forest of Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days.
