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

¹And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,

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

²and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul.

³A tedy tiaž boja sa obrátila proti Saulovi, a keď nadišli na neho strelci, mužovia s lukami, veľmi sa triasol pred tými strelcami.

³And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him — men with bow — and he is pained greatly by the archers;

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

⁴and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come — these uncircumcised — and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;` and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.

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

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

⁶A tak zomrel Saul a jeho traja synovia a jeho zbrojnoš i všetci jeho mužovia toho dňa spolu.

⁶and Saul dieth, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, on that day together.

⁷A keď videli mužovia Izraelovi, ktorí boli na druhej strane doliny, jako aj tí, ktorí boli za Jordánom, že utekajú mužovia Izraelovi, a že zomrel Saul i jeho synovia, opustili tie mestá a tiež utekali. A prišli Filištíni a bývali v nich.

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

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

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

⁹A odťali jeho hlavu, zobrali mu jeho zbraň a poslali po zemi Filištínov dookola, aby to s radosťou zvestovali v dome ich modiel i ľudu.

⁹and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings [in] the house of their idols, and [among] the people;

¹⁰Potom složili jeho zbraň v dome Astaróty a jeho mŕtve telo pribili na múre mesta Bét-šána.

¹⁰and they place his weapons [in] the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.

¹¹Ale keď počuli o tom obyvatelia Jabeš-gileáda, o tom, čo urobili Filištíni Saulovi,

¹¹And they hear regarding it — the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead — that which the Philistines have done to Saul,

¹²vzchopili sa všetci chrabrí mužovia a išli celú noc a vzali mŕtve telo Saulovo i mŕtve telá jeho synov s múra mesta Bét-šána a keď prišli do Jabeša, spálili ich tam.

¹²and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,

¹³Potom vzali ich kosti a pochovali ich pod tým stromom v Jabeši a postili sa sedem dní.

¹³and they take their bones, and bury [them] under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.