I Samuel, 31

1. Entretanto, os filisteus atacaram Israel e os israelitas fugiram diante deles, caindo feridos de morte no monte de Gelboé.

1. Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilbo'a.

2. Os filisteus investiram contra Saul e seus filhos, matando Jônatas, Abinadab e Melquisua, filhos de Saul.

2. And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan and Abin'adab and Mal'chishu'a, the sons of Saul.

3. A violência do combate concentrou-se contra Saul. Os arqueiros descobriram-no e ele foi ferido no ventre.*

3. The battle pressed hard upon Saul, and the archers found him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.

4. Disse ao seu escudeiro: “Tira a tua espada e traspassa-me para que não o venham fazer esses incircuncisos, ultrajando-me!”. Mas o escudeiro não o quis fazer, porque se apoderou dele um grande terror. Então tomou Saul a sua espada e jogou-se sobre ela.

4. Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and make sport of me." But his armor-bearer would not; for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword, and fell upon it.

5. O escudeiro, vendo que Saul estava morto, arremessou-se também ele sobre a sua espada e morreu com ele.

5. And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword, and died with him.

6. Assim, morreram naquele mesmo dia, Saul e seus três filhos, seu escudeiro e todos os seus homens.

6. Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.

7. Os israelitas que moravam além do vale e além do Jordão, vendo a derrota do exército de Israel e a morte de Saul com seus filhos, abandonaram as suas cidades e fugiram; e os filisteus vieram e estabeleceram-se nelas.

7. And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

8. No dia seguinte, vieram os filisteus para despojar os cadáveres e encontraram Saul e seus três filhos caídos no monte Gelboé.

8. On the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilbo'a.

9. Cortaram-lhe a cabeça, despojaram-no de suas armas e as enviaram por toda a terra dos filisteus, para que se publicasse essa boa-nova nos templos de seus ídolos e entre o povo.

9. And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.

10. Puseram as armas de Saul no templo de Astarte e suspenderam o seu cadáver nos muros de Betsã.

10. They put his armor in the temple of Ash'taroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

11. Quando os habitantes de Jabes em Galaad souberam do que os filisteus tinham feito a Saul,

11. But when the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

12. puseram-se a caminho os mais valentes dentre eles e andaram toda a noite. Tiraram das muralhas de Betsã os cadáveres de Saul e de seus filhos e voltaram a Jabes, onde os queimaram.

12. all 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 they came to Jabesh and burnt them there.

13. Tomaram os ossos e os enterraram debaixo da tamareira, em Jabes. Depois disso jejuaram sete dias.

13. And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.