1 Samuel 31

NEW JERUSALEM	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 The Philistines gave battle to Israel, and the Israelites, fleeing from the Philistines, fel and wereslaughtered on Mount Gilboa.	1 وحارب الفلسطينيون اسرائيل فهرب رجال اسرائيل من امام الفلسطينيين وسقطوا قتلى في جبل جلبوع.
2 The Philistines bore down on Saul and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchishua,Saul's sons.	2 فشدّ الفلسطينيون وراء شاول وبنيه وضرب الفلسطينيون يوناثان وابيناداب وملكيشوع ابناء شاول.
3 The fighting grew fiercer round Saul; the archers came upon him, and he was severely wounded	3 واشتدت الحرب على شاول فاصابه الرماة رجال القسي فانجرح جدا من الرماة.
4 by the archers. Saul then said to his armour-bearer, 'Draw your sword and run me through with it; I donot want these uncircumcised men to come and make fun of me.' But his armour-bearer was very much afraidand would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.	4 فقال شاول لحامل سلاحه استل سيفك واطعنّي به لئلا ياتي هؤلاء الغلف ويطعنوني ويقبحوني. فلم يشأ حامل سلاحه لانه خاف جدا. فاخذ شاول السيف وسقط عليه.
5 His armour-bearer, seeing that Saul was dead, fel on his sword too and died with him.	5 ولما رأى حامل سلاحه انه قد مات شاول سقط هو ايضا على سيفه ومات معه.
6 Thus died Saul, his three sons and his armour-bearer, together on the same day.	6 فمات شاول وبنوه الثلاثة وحامل سلاحه وجميع رجاله في ذلك اليوم معا.
7 When the Israelites who were on the other side of the Jordan saw that the Israelites had been routedand that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. The Philistines then came andoccupied them.	7 ولما رأى رجال اسرائيل الذين في عبر الوادي والذين في عبر الاردن ان رجال اسرائيل قد هربوا وان شاول وبنيه قد ماتوا تركوا المدن وهربوا فاتى الفلسطينيون وسكنوا بها
8 When the Philistines came on the fol owing day to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sonslying on Mount Gilboa.	8 وفي الغد لما جاء الفلسطينيون ليعرّوا القتلى وجدوا شاول وبنيه الثلاثة ساقطين في جبل جلبوع.
9 They cut off his head and, stripping him of his armour, had these carried round the territory of thePhilistines to proclaim the good news to their idols and their people.	9 فقطعوا راسه ونزعوا سلاحه وارسلوا الى ارض الفلسطينيين في كل جهة لاجل التبشير في بيت اصنامهم وفي الشعب.
10 They put his armour in the temple of Astarte; and his body they fastened to the wal s of Beth-Shean.	10 ووضعوا سلاحه في بيت عشتاروث وسمروا جسده على سور بيت شان.
11 When the inhabitants of Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,	11 ولما سمع سكان يابيش جلعاد بما فعل الفلسطينيون بشاول
12 the warriors al set out and, having marched al night, took the bodies of Saul and his sons off thewal s of Beth-Shean; they brought them to Jabesh and burned them there.	12 قام كل ذي بأس وساروا الليل كله واخذوا جسد شاول واجساد بنيه عن سور بيت شان وجاءوا بها الى يابيش واحرقوها هناك
13 They then took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk of Jabesh, and fasted for sevendays.	13 واخذوا عظامهم ودفنوها تحت الاثلة في يابيش وصاموا سبعة ايام