Okufa kwa Sawulo
131:1 1Sa 28:4; 1By 10:1-12Mu kiseera kyekimu Abafirisuuti baali balwana ne Isirayiri. Abasajja ba Isirayiri ne badduka Abafirisuuti, bangi ku bo ne battibwa ku Lusozi Girubowa. 2Abafirisuuti ne banyiikira okugoberera Sawulo ne batabani be, era ne batta Yonasaani, ne Abinadaabu ne Malukisuwa. 331:3 2Sa 1:6Olutalo Sawulo ne lumuba bubi, abalasi ab’obusaale ne bamuzingiza era ne bamuleetako ekiwundu kinene.
431:4 a Bal 9:54; 2Sa 1:6, 10 b 1Sa 14:6Awo Sawulo n’agamba eyasitulanga ebyokulwanyisa bye nti, “Sowola ekitala kyo onfumite, abatali bakomole abo baleme okunkwata ne bambonyaabonya n’okunswaza ne banswaza.” Naye eyasitulanga ebyokulwanyisa bye n’atya era n’agaana okukikola.
Sawulo kyeyava asowola ekitala kye ne yetta. 5Awo eyasitulanga ebyokulwanyisa bye bwe yalaba nga Sawulo afudde, n’asowola ekitala kye naye ne yetta. 6Sawulo bw’atyo, ne batabani be abasatu, n’eyasitulanga ebyokulwanyisa bye ne basajja be bonna ne bafa ku lunaku olwo lwe lumu.
7Awo Abayisirayiri abaali emitala w’ekiwonvu n’abo abaali emitala wa Yoludaani bwe baalaba ng’eggye lya Isirayiri lidduse nga ne Sawulo ne batabani be abasatu bafudde, ne balekulira ebibuga byabwe ne badduka. Abafirisuuti ne bajja ne babibeeramu.
8Enkeera, Abafirisuuti bwe baagenda okwambula emirambo, baasanga Sawulo ne batabani be abasatu bafiiridde ku lusozi Girubowa. 931:9 a 2Sa 1:20 b Bal 16:24Ne batemako omutwe gwe ne bamwambulamu ebyokulwanyisa bye, ne batuma ababaka mu nsi yonna ey’Abafirisuuti okulangirira mu ssabo lyabwe, n’eri abantu baabwe. 1031:10 a Bal 2:12-13; 1Sa 7:3 b Yos 17:11; 2Sa 21:12Ne bateeka ebyokulwanyisa bye mu ssabo lya Baasutoleesi, n’ekiwudduwuddu kye ne bakiwanika ku bbugwe ow’e Besusani.
1131:11 1Sa 11:1Naye abatuuze b’e Yabesugireyaadi bwe baawulira Abafirisuuti kye baali bakoze Sawulo, 1231:12 2Sa 2:4-7; 2By 16:14; Am 6:10abasajja abazira bonna ne bagolokoka, ne batambula ekiro kyonna ne bagenda e Besusani. Ne bawanulayo omulambo gwa Sawulo, n’egya batabani be ku bbugwe ow’e Besusani, ne bagitwala e Yabesi ne bagyokera eyo. 1331:13 2Sa 21:12-14N’oluvannyuma ne baddira amagumba gaabwe ne bagaziika wansi w’omumyulimu e Yabesi, ne basiibira ennaku musanvu.
1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.31.1 slain: or, wounded 2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul’s sons. 3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.31.3 and the archers: Heb. and the shooters, men with bows31.3 hit…: Heb. found him 4Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.31.4 abuse…: or, mock me 5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
7¶ And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. 10And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
11¶ And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;31.11 of that: or, concerning him that 12All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 13And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
