Saul Takes His Own Life
1The Philistines fought against Israel. The men of Israel ran away from them. But many Israelites were killed on Mount Gilboa. 2The Philistines kept chasing Saul and his sons. They killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. 3The fighting was heavy around Saul. Men armed with bows and arrows caught up with him. They shot their arrows at him and wounded him badly.
4Saul spoke to the man who was carrying his armor. He said, “Pull out your sword and stick it through me. If you don’t, these men who aren’t circumcised will come and hurt me badly.”
But the man was terrified. He wouldn’t do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 5The man saw that Saul was dead. So he fell on his own sword and died. 6Saul and his three sons died. All of them died together.
7All the Israelites who lived in the valley saw that their army had run away. They saw that Saul and his sons were dead. So the Israelites left their towns and ran away. Then the Philistines came and lived in them.
8The day after the Philistines had won the battle, they came to take what they wanted from the dead bodies. They found Saul and his sons dead on Mount Gilboa. 9So they took what they wanted from Saul’s body. They cut off his head and took his armor. Then they sent messengers through the whole land of the Philistines. They announced the news to the statues of their gods. They also announced it among their people. 10They put Saul’s armor in the temple of their gods. They hung up his head in the temple of their god Dagon.
11The people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul. 12So all the brave men of Jabesh Gilead went and got the bodies of Saul and his sons. They brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried the bones of Saul and his sons under the great tree that was there. They didn’t eat anything for seven days.
13Saul died because he wasn’t faithful to the Lord. He didn’t obey the word of the Lord. He even asked for advice from a person who gets messages from people who have died. 14He didn’t ask the Lord for advice. So the Lord put him to death. He turned the kingdom over to David. David was the son of Jesse.
Saulu gba ẹ̀mí ara rẹ̀
110.1-12: 1Sa 31.1-13.Nísinsin yìí, àwọn ará Filistini dojú ìjà kọ Israẹli, Àwọn ará Israẹli sì sálọ kúrò níwájú wọn, a sì pa ọ̀pọ̀ wọn sí orí òkè Gilboa. 2Àwọn ará Filistini sí lépa Saulu gidigidi àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀. Wọ́n sì pa àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀. Jonatani, Abinadabu àti Malikiṣua. 3Ogun náà sí gbóná janjan fún Saulu, nígbà tí àwọn tafàtafà sì lé e bá, wọ́n sì ṣá a lọ́gbẹ́.
4Saulu sì sọ fún ẹni tí ó gbé ìhámọ́ra rẹ̀ pé, Fa idà rẹ yọ, kí o sì fi gún mi, kí àwọn aláìkọlà wọ̀nyí má wá láti bú mi.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó ń gbé ìhámọ́ra rẹ̀ ń bẹ̀rù, kò sì le ṣe é; Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Saulu mú idà tirẹ̀ ó sì ṣubú lé e. 5Nígbà tí agbé-ìhámọ́ra rí pé Saulu ti kú, òhun pẹ̀lú ṣubú lórí idà tirẹ̀, ó sì kú. 6Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Saulu àti ọmọ rẹ̀ mẹ́tẹ̀ẹ̀ta kú, gbogbo ilé rẹ̀ sì kú ṣọ̀kan, lọ́jọ́ kan náà.
7Nígbà tí gbogbo àwọn ọmọ Israẹli tí ó wà ní pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ rí wí pé àwọn ọmọ-ogun ti sálọ àti pé Saulu àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ ti kú wọ́n kọ àwọn ìlú wọn sílẹ̀, wọ́n sì sálọ. Àwọn ará Filistini wá, wọ́n sì jókòó nínú wọn.
8Ní ọjọ́ kejì, Nígbà tí àwọn ará Filistini wá láti kó òkú, wọ́n rí Saulu àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ tí wọ́n ṣubú sórí òkè Gilboa. 9Wọ́n bọ́ ní aṣọ, wọ́n sì gbé orí rẹ̀ àti ìhámọ́ra rẹ̀, wọ́n sì rán ìránṣẹ́ lọ káàkiri ilẹ̀ àwọn ará Filistini láti kéde ìròyìn náà láàrín àwọn òrìṣà wọn àti àwọn ènìyàn wọn. 10Wọ́n gbé ìhámọ́ra rẹ̀ sí inú ilé tí wọ́n kọ́ fún òrìṣà wọn, wọ́n sì fi orí rẹ̀ kọ́ sí inú ilé Dagoni.
11Nígbà tí gbogbo àwọn olùgbé Jabesi—Gileadi gbọ́ gbogbo ohun tí àwọn ará Filistini ṣe fún Saulu, 12Gbogbo àwọn akọni ọkùnrin wọn lọ láti mú àwọn ará Saulu àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀, wọ́n sì kó wọn wá sí Jabesi. Nígbà náà, wọ́n sin egungun wọn sábẹ́ igi óákù ní Jabesi, wọ́n sì gbààwẹ̀ fún ọjọ́ méje.
13Saulu kú nítorí kò ṣe òtítọ́ sí Olúwa: Kò pa ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa mọ́ pẹ̀lú, ó tọ abókùúsọ̀rọ̀ lọ fún ìtọ́sọ́nà. 14Kò sì béèrè lọ́wọ́ Olúwa, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Olúwa pa á, Ó sì yí ìjọba náà padà sọ́dọ̀ Dafidi ọmọ Jese.
