¹A Filištíni bojovali proti Izraelovi, a mužovia Izraelovi utekali pred Filištínmi a padli súc pobití na vrchu Gilboe.

¹And the Philistines have fought with Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,

²A Filištíni stíhali Saula ženúc sa tesne za ním a za jeho synmi. A tak zabili Filištíni Jonatána, Abinadába a Malkišuu, synov Saulových.

²and the Philistines pursue after Saul, and after his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-Shua, sons of Saul.

³A keď bola bitka ťažká na Saula, nadišli na neho strelci z luku, a veľmi sa triasol pred tými strelcami.

³And the battle [is] heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting,

⁴Vtedy riekol Saul svojmu zbrojnošovi: vytiahni svoj meč a prebodni ma ním, aby neprišli títo neobrezanci, a nerobili si zo mňa posmechu. Ale jeho zbrojnoš nechcel, lebo sa veľmi bál. Vtedy pochytil Saul meč a naľahol naň.

⁴and Saul saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised come — and have abused me.` And the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he feareth exceedingly, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it;

⁵A keď videl jeho zbrojnoš, že zomrel Saul, naľahol aj on na meč a zomrel.

⁵and the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul [is] dead, and falleth, he also, on the sword, and dieth;

⁶Tak zomrel Saul i jeho traja synovia, i celý jeho dom zomrel spolu.

⁶and Saul dieth, and his three sons, and all his house — together they died.

⁷Keď potom videli všetci mužovia Izraelovi, ktorí boli na doline, že utekajú, a že zomrel Saul a jeho synovia, zanechali svoje mestá a tiež utekali. A prišli Filištíni a bývali v nich.

⁷And all the men of Israel who [are] in the valley see that they have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake their cities and flee, and the Philistines come and dwell in them.

⁸A stalo sa na druhý deň, že prišli Filištíni, aby olúpili pobitých. A našli Saula a jeho synov ležať padlých na vrchu Gilboe.

⁸And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and find Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa,

⁹A olúpili ho a vzali jeho hlavu i jeho zbraň a poslali po zemi Filištínov dookola, aby s radosťou zvestovali ich modlám i ľudu.

⁹and strip him, and bear away his head, and his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about to proclaim tidings [to] their idols and the people,

¹⁰A jeho zbraň složili v dome svojho boha a jeho hlavu pribili v dome Dágonovom.

¹⁰and put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they have fixed in the house of Dagon.

¹¹Ale keď počuli všetci obyvatelia Jabeš-Gileáda všetko, čo urobili Filištíni Saulovi,

¹¹And all Jabesh-Gilead hear of all that the Philistines have done to Saul,

¹²vzchopili sa všetci chrabrí mužovia a vzali telo Saulovo i telá jeho synov a doniesli ich do Jabeša a pochovali ich kosti pod dubom v Jabeši a postili sa sedem dní.

¹²and all the men of valour rise and bear away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and bring them in to Jabesh, and bury their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fast seven days.

¹³A tak zomrel Saul pre svoje prestúpenie, ktorým bol prestúpil proti Hospodinovi zhrešiac proti slovu Hospodinovmu, ktorého neostríhal, a tiež i preto, že sa pýtal duchára pýtajúc si radu.

¹³And Saul dieth because of his trespass that he trespassed against Jehovah, against the word of Jehovah that he kept not, and also for asking at a familiar spirit — to inquire, —

¹⁴A nepýtal sa Hospodina, a preto ho zabil a obrátil kráľovstvo na Dávida, syna Izaiho.

¹⁴and he inquired not at Jehovah, and He putteth him to death, and turneth round the kingdom to David son of Jesse.