¹Filistejci pa so se bojevali z Izraelom; in možje Izraelovi so zbežali pred Filistejci in so padali pobiti na gorovju Gilboi.

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,

²In Filistejci so bili trdo za petami Savlu in sinom njegovim, in Filistejci so pobili Jonatana, Abinadaba in Malhisua, sinove Savlove.

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

³In bitka je hudo pritiskala na Savla, in lokostrelci so ga dohiteli, in trepetal je pred strelci.

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

⁴Tedaj veli Savel svojemu oprodi: Izderi meč svoj in me ž njim prebodi, da ne pridejo ti neobrezanci ter si smeh napravijo z menoj. Ali njegov oproda ni hotel, ker se je silno bal. Zato vzame Savel meč svoj in se nasadi nanj.

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;

⁵Ko pa vidi njegov oproda, da je Savel mrtev, se nasadi tudi on na svoj meč in umre.

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

⁶Tako je umrl Savel in trije sinovi njegovi; in vsa družina njegova je umrla skupaj.

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

⁷Ko so pa videli možje Izraelovi, ki so bili v dolini, da bežé ter da so Savel in sinovi njegovi mrtvi, zapuste svoja mesta in zbeže. In Filistejci so prišli in se nastanili v njih.

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.

⁸Zgodi se pa drugi dan, ko pridejo Filistejci slačit pobite, da najdejo Savla in sinove njegove na gorovju Gilboi.

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,

⁹In ga slečejo ter vzemo glavo njegovo in orožje njegovo in pošljejo po deželi Filistejcev kroginkrog, da se ta vesela vest oznani njih malikom in ljudstvu.

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,

¹⁰In orožje njegovo razpoložé v hiši bogov svojih, njegovo lobanjo pa pribijejo v hiši Dagonovi.

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

¹¹Ko so pa slišali vsi v Gileadskem Jabesu vse, kar so bili storili Filistejci Savlu,

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

¹²se vzdignejo vsi vojščaki in vzamejo truplo Savlovo in trupla sinov njegovih in jih prineso v Jabes. In pokopali so njih kosti pod hrastom v Jabesu in se postili sedem dni.

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.

¹³In tako je umrl Savel v nezvestobi svoji, ki se je ž njo izneveril GOSPODU, zoper besedo GOSPODOVO, ki je ni izpolnil, pa tudi zato, ker je poiskal rotilko mrtvih, da jo je vprašal,GOSPODA pa ni vprašal. Zato ga je usmrtil in naklonil je kraljestvo Davidu, sinu Jesejevemu.

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, —

¹⁴GOSPODA pa ni vprašal. Zato ga je usmrtil in naklonil je kraljestvo Davidu, sinu Jesejevemu.

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