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

¹And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on 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 followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.

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

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

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.

⁴Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.

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

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

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

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

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 when all the men of Israel that 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 dwelt 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 came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on 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 they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent [them] into the land of the Philistines round about, to announce the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.

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

¹⁰And they put his armour in the house of their god, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

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

¹¹And when all they of Jabesh-Gilead heard of all that the Philistines had 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.

¹²all the valiant men arose, and took up the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the terebinth of Jabesh, and fasted 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 died for his unfaithfulness which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah which he kept not, and also for having inquired of the spirit of Python, asking counsel of it;

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

¹⁴and he asked not counsel of Jehovah; therefore he slew him, and transferred the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.