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

¹Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.

²Ja vilistid ajasid taga Sauli ja tema poegi, ja vilistid lõid maha Joonatani, Abinaadabi ja Malkisuua, Sauli pojad.

²The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

³Ja taplus Sauli vastu oli raske; kui ammukütid tema leidsid, siis nad haavasid teda raskelt.

³The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.

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

⁴Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.

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

⁵When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died.

⁶Nõnda surid Saul ja tema kolm poega ja kogu ta sugu; nad surid ühekorraga.

⁶So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together.

⁷Kui kõik orus olevad Iisraeli mehed nägid, et põgeneti ja et Saul ja tema pojad olid surnud, siis jätsid nad oma linnad maha ja põgenesid, ja vilistid tulid ning asusid neisse.

⁷When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.

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

⁸It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

⁹Ja nad riisusid ta paljaks ja võtsid ta pea ja ta sõjariistad ning läkitasid neid ringi mööda vilistite maad, kuulutama rõõmusõnumit oma ebajumalaile ja rahvale.

⁹They stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to their idols, and to the people.

¹⁰Ja nad panid tema sõjariistad oma jumalate kotta, aga tema pealuu nad lõid Daagoni koja külge.

¹⁰They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

¹¹Kui kogu Gileadi Jaabes kuulis kõike seda, mida vilistid Sauliga olid teinud,

¹¹When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

¹²siis nad tõusid, kõik vahvad mehed, võtsid Sauli laiba ja tema poegade laibad ning tõid need Jaabesisse. Nad matsid nende luud tamme alla Jaabesis ja paastusid seitse päeva.

¹²all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

¹³Nõnda suri Saul oma truudusetuse pärast, mida ta oli osutanud Issanda vastu, sellepärast et ta ei olnud tähele pannud Issanda sõna, samuti sellepärast, et ta oli nõu küsinud surnu vaimult

¹³So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh, which he didn’t keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire,

¹⁴ega olnud nõu küsinud Issandalt. Seepärast laskis ta tema surra ja andis kuningriigi Taavetile, Iisai pojale.

¹⁴and didn’t inquire of Yahweh: therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.