1 Samuel 31

1Entretanto os Filisteus combatiam contra os Israelitas. Os homens de Israel fugiram diante dos Filisteus, e caíram mortos (muitos deles) no monte de Gelboé.

2Os Filisteus investiram contra Saul e contra os seus filhos, matando Jónatas, Abinadab e Melquisua, filhos de Saul.

3O maior peso do combate caiu sobre Saul, e os frecheiros alcançaram-no e feriram-no gravemente.

4Saul disse ao seu escudeiro: Desembaínha a tua espada e atravessa-me com ela, para que não venham estes Incircuncidados, e me tirem a vida escarnecendo de mim. Todavia o seu escudeiro não o quis fazer, porque se apoderou dele um excessivo terror. Por isso Saul tomou a espada e deixou-se cair sobre ela.

5O escudeiro, vendo que Saul estava morto, lançou-se também ele mesmo sobre a sua espada e morreu com ele.

6Morreu, pois, Saul, com os seus três filhos, o seu escudeiro e todos os seus homens naquele dia.

7Ora os Israelitas, que estavam da banda de além do vale, e além do Jordão, vendo que os Israelitas tinham fugido, e que tinha sido morto Saul com os seus filhos, abandonaram as suas cidades e fugiram. Os Filisteus vieram e estabeleceram-se nelas.

8Ao outro dia foram os Filisteus para despojar os mortos, e encontraram Saul e os seus três filhos estendidos sobre o monte de Gelboé.

9Cortaram a cabeça a Saul, despojaram-no das armas, e enviaram esta boa notícia a toda a terra dos Filisteus, para que se publicasse no templo dos seus ídolos e entre o povo.

10Puseram as armas de Saul no templo de Astarot, e suspenderam o seu corpo no muro de Betsan.

11Tendo os habitantes de Jabes de Galaad ouvido tudo o que os Filisteus tinham feito a Saul,

12saíram todos os homens mais valentes, marcharam toda a noite, e tiraram o cadáver de Saul e os cadáveres de seus filhos do muro de Betsan. Voltaram para Jabes de Galaad, e ali os queimaram

13Tomaram os seus ossos, sepultaram-nos no bosque de Jabes, e jejuaram sete dias.

1Philisthiim autem pugnabant adversum Israël: et fugerunt viri Israël ante faciem Philisthiim, et ceciderunt interfecti in monte Gelboë.

2Irrueruntque Philisthiim in Saul et in filios ejus, et percusserunt Jonathan, et Abinadab, et Melchisua filios Saul:

3totumque pondus prælii versum est in Saul, et consecuti sunt eum viri sagittarii, et vulneratus est vehementer a sagittariis.

4Dixitque Saul ad armigerum suum: Evagina gladium tuum, et percute me: ne forte veniant incircumcisi isti, et interficiant me, illudentes mihi. Et noluit armiger ejus: fuerat enim nimio terrore perterritus. Arripuit itaque Saul gladium, et irruit super eum.

5Quod cum vidisset armiger ejus, videlicet quod mortuus esset Saul, irruit etiam ipse super gladium suum, et mortuus est cum eo.

6Mortuus est ergo Saul, et tres filii ejus, et armiger illius, et universi viri ejus in die illa pariter.

7Videntes autem viri Israël qui erant trans vallem et trans Jordanem, quod fugissent viri Israëlitæ, et quod mortuus esset Saul et filii ejus, reliquerunt civitates suas, et fugerunt: veneruntque Philisthiim, et habitaverunt ibi.

8Facta autem die altera, venerunt Philisthiim ut spoliarent interfectos, et invenerunt Saul et tres filios ejus jacentes in monte Gelboë.

9Et præciderunt caput Saul, et spoliaverunt eum armis: et miserunt in terram Philisthinorum per circuitum, ut annuntiaretur in templo idolorum, et in populis.

10Et posuerunt arma ejus in templo Astaroth, corpus vero ejus suspenderunt in muro Bethsan.

11Quod cum audissent habitatores Jabes Galaad, quæcumque fecerant Philisthiim Saul,

12surrexerunt omnes viri fortissimi, et ambulaverunt tota nocte, et tulerunt cadaver Saul, et cadavera filiorum ejus, de muro Bethsan: veneruntque Jabes Galaad, et combusserunt ea ibi:

13et tulerunt ossa eorum, et sepelierunt in nemore Jabes, et jejunaverunt septem diebus.

1And the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gelboe.

2And the Philistines fell upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they slew Jonathan, and Abinadab and Melchisua the sons of Saul.

3And the whole weight of the battle was turned upon Saul: and the archers overtook him, and he was grievously wounded by the archers.

4Then Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and slay me, and mock at me. And his armourbearer would not: for he was struck with exceeding great fear. Then Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

5And when his armourbearer saw this, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.

6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men that same day together.

7And the men of Israel, that were beyond the valley, and beyond the Jordan, seeing that the Israelites were fled, and that Saul was dead, and his sons, forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came, and dwelt there.

8And on the morrow the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons lying in mount Gelboe.

9And they cut off Saul’s head, and stripped him of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the temples of their idols, and among their people.

10And they put his armour in the temple of Astaroth, but his body they hung on the wall of Bethsan.

11Now when the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

12All the most valiant men arose, and walked all the night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Bethsan: and they came to Jabes Galaad, and burnt them there:

13And they took their bones and buried them in the wood of Jabes: and fasted seven days.