¹[Ny nahafatesan'i Saoly sy ny zananilahy] Ary ny Filistina niady tamin'ny Isiraely, ary nandositra teo anoloan'ny Filistina ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely, ka niampatrampatra teny an-tendrombohitra Gilboa ny faty.

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

²Ary ny Filistina nanenjika fatratra an'i Saoly sy ny zanany, ka matin'ny Filistina Jonatana sy Abinadaba sy Malkisoa, zanakalahin'i Saoly.

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

³Ary mafy ny ady tamin'i Saoly, dia nifanehatra tamin'ny mpandefa tsipìka izy; ary raiki-tahotra izy noho ny mpandefa tsipìka.

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

⁴Ka hoy Saoly tamin'ny mpitondra ny fiadiany: Tsoahy ny sabatrao, ka tsatohy miboroaka aho; fandrao avy irery tsy mifora irery ka hanao ahy ho fihomehezana. Nefa tsy nety ny mpitondra ny fiadiany, fa natahotra loatra izy. Dia nalain'i Saoly ny sabatra ka nianjerany.

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.

⁵Ary rehefa hitan'ny mpitondra ny fiadiana fa maty Saoly, dia mba nianjera tamin'ny sabany koa izy ka maty.

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

⁶Ka dia niara-maty Saoly sy ny zanany telo lahy ary ny ankohonany rehetra.

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

⁷Ary nony hitan'ny lehilahy rehetra amin'ny Isiraely teny amin'ny lohasaha fa nandositra ny olona, ary maty Saoly sy ny zanany, dia niala tamin'ny tanànany izy ka nandositra; ary dia tonga ny Filistina ka nonina tao.

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.

⁸Ary nony ampitso, raha tonga haka ny zavatra teo amin'ny faty ny Filistina, dia nahita an'i Saoly sy ny zananilahy niampatrampatra teo an-tendrombohitra Gilboa izy.

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.

⁹Dia nesoriny ny akanjony, ka nentiny ny lohany sy ny fiadiany, ary dia naniraka tany amin'ny tanin'ny Filistina manodidina izy hanambara izany zavatra mahafaly izany tamin'ny sampiny sy ny olona.

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.

¹⁰Dia napetrany tao an-tranon'ny andriamaniny ny fiadian'i Saoly, ary nohomboany teo amin'ny tempolin'i Dagona ny lohany.

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

¹¹Ary nony ren'ny mponina rehetra tao Jabesi-gileada izay rehetra nataon'ny Filistina tamin'i Saoly,

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

¹²dia niainga ny lehilahy mahery rehetra naka ny fatin'i Saoly sy ny fatin'ny zanany ka nitondra azy ho any Jabesy, ary nandevina ny taolany teo ambanin'ilay hazo terebinta tany Jabesy izy, ary dia nifady hanina hafitoana.

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.

¹³Eny, maty Saoly noho ny nivadihany tamin'i Jehovah, dia noho ny tsy nitandremany ny tenin'i Jehovah sy noho ny nakany saina tamin'izay nanao azy ho tsindrian-javatraary noho ny tsy nanontaniany tamin'i Jehovah; ka dia novonoiny izy, ary nafindrany ho an'i Davida, zanak'i Jese, ny fanjakana.

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,

¹⁴ary noho ny tsy nanontaniany tamin'i Jehovah; ka dia novonoiny izy, ary nafindrany ho an'i Davida, zanak'i Jese, ny fanjakana.

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