| 1 Los filisteos entablaron combate contra Israel. Los israelitas huyeron ante ellos y muchos cayeron muertos en el monte Gelboé. | 1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the face of the Philistines, and they fell down slain on mount Gilboa. |
| 2 Los filisteos acosaron a Saúl y a sus hijos y dieron muerte a Jonatán, a Abinadab y a Malqui Sua, hijos de Saúl. | 2 And the Philistines rushed upon Saul, and upon his sons, and they struck down Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. |
| 3 El peso del combate cayó sobre Saúl; los arqueros dieron con él y quedó aterrorizado ante ellos. | 3 And the entire weight of the battle was turned against Saul. And the men who were archers pursued him. And he was severely wounded by the archers. |
| 4 Saúl dijo a su escudero: «Desenvaina la espada y atraviésame con ella, no sea que vengan esos incircuncisos y hagan escarnio de mí». Pero su escudero no accedió, por el gran miedo que tenía. Entonces Saúl cogió la espada y se echó sobre ella. | 4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and strike me, otherwise these uncircumcised may come and kill me, mocking me.” And his armor bearer was not willing. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear. And so, Saul took his own sword, and he fell upon it. |
| 5 Cuando el escudero vio que había muerto, se echó a su vez sobre la espada y murió con él. | 5 And when his armor bearer had seen this, namely, that Saul had died, he too fell upon his sword, and he died with him. |
| 6 Aquel día murieron juntos Saúl, sus tres hijos, su escudero y toda su gente. | 6 Therefore, Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, on the same day together. |
| 7 Cuando las gentes de Israel del otro lado del valle y de allende el Jordán vieron que los israelitas habían huido y que Saúl y sus hijos habían muerto, huyeron también, abandonando las ciudades. Los filisteos vinieron luego a asentarse en ellas. | 7 Then, seeing that the men of the Israelites had fled, and that Saul had died with his sons, the men of Israel who were across the valley or beyond the Jordan abandoned their cities, and they fled. And the Philistines went and lived there. |
| 8 Al día siguiente los filisteos fueron a despojar los cadáveres. Y encontraron a Saúl y a sus tres hijos, caídos en el monte Gelboé. | 8 Then, when the next day arrived, the Philistines came, so that they might despoil the slain. And they found Saul and his three sons lying on mount Gilboa. |
| 9 Le cortaron la cabeza y le despojaron de sus armas, que enviaron por el contorno del país filisteo para dar la buena noticia a los templos de sus ídolos y al pueblo. | 9 And they cut off the head of Saul. And they despoiled him of the armor, and they sent it into the land of the Philistines all around, so that it might be announced in the temples of the idols and among their people. |
| 10 Luego depositaron las armas en el templo de las astartés y colgaron su cuerpo de la muralla de Bet Seán. | 10 And they placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth. But his body they suspended on the wall of Bethshan. |
| 11 Cuando los habitantes de Yabés de Galaad se enteraron de lo que habían hecho los filisteos con Saúl, | 11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, |
| 12 los más aguerridos se pusieron en camino durante toda la noche y retiraron de la muralla de Bet Seán los cuerpos de Saúl y de sus hijos. Llegados a Yabés, los quemaron allí. | 12 all the most valiant men rose up, and they walked all night, and they took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan. And they went to Jabesh Gilead, and they burned them there. |
| 13 Recogieron sus huesos, los enterraron bajo el tamarisco de Yabés y ayunaron siete días. | 13 And they took their bones, and they buried them in the forest of Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days. |
