¹Aga vilistid sõdisid Iisraeli vastu; ja Iisraeli mehed põgenesid vilistite eest ning langesid mahalööduina Gilboa mäele.

¹And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.

²Ja vilistid tungisid kallale Saulile ja tema poegadele; ja vilistid lõid maha Joonatani, Abinadabi ja Malkisuua, Sauli pojad.

²And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

³Taplus Sauli vastu oli äge; kui ammukütid leidsid ta, siis nad haavasid teda raskelt.

³And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him; and he was much terrified by the archers.

⁴Ja Saul ütles oma sõjariistade kandjale: 'Tõmba oma mõõk välja ja pista mind sellega läbi, et need ümberlõikamatud ei tuleks ega pistaks mind läbi ega teeks minuga nurjatust!' Aga tema sõjariistade kandja ei tahtnud, sest ta kartis väga. Siis võttis Saul ise mõõga ja kukutas ennast selle otsa.

⁴Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy 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 much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

⁵Ja kui tema sõjariistade kandja nägi, et Saul oli surnud, siis kukutas ka tema ennast oma mõõga otsa ja suri koos temaga.

⁵And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.

⁶Nõnda surid Saul ja tema kolm poega ja tema sõjariistade kandja, samuti kõik tema mehed selsamal päeval.

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

⁷Kui Iisraeli mehed, kes olid siinpool orgu ja siinpool Jordanit, nägid, et Iisraeli mehed olid põgenenud ja et Saul ja tema pojad olid surnud, siis nad jätsid linnad maha ja põgenesid, ja vilistid tulid ning asusid neisse.

⁷And when the men of Israel that were on this side of the valley, and [they] that were on this side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

⁸Ja kui vilistid teisel päeval tulid mahalööduid paljaks riisuma, siis leidsid nad Sauli ja tema kolm poega langenuina Gilboa mäelt.

⁸And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.

⁹Nad raiusid tema pea maha ja riisusid ta sõjariistad ning läkitasid ringi mööda vilistite maad, kuulutama rõõmusõnumit nende ebajumalate kojas ja rahva hulgas.

⁹And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent [them] into the land of the Philistines round about, to announce the glad tidings in the houses of their idols, and to the people.

¹⁰Ja nad panid tema sõjariistad Astarte kotta, aga tema laiba nad riputasid Beet-Saani müürile.

¹⁰And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

¹¹Aga kui Gileadi Jaabesi elanikud kuulsid, mida vilistid olid teinud Sauliga,

¹¹And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

¹²siis nad võtsid kätte, kõik vahvad mehed, ja läksid kogu öö ning võtsid Sauli laiba ja tema poegade laibad Beet-Saani müürilt; siis nad tulid Jaabesisse ja põletasid need seal.

¹²all the valiant men arose and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there.

¹³Seejärel nad võtsid nende luud ja matsid Jaabesisse tamariskipuu alla ning paastusid seitse päeva.

¹³And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.