| 1 Cependant les Philistins livrèrent bataille aux Israélites. Les Israélites prirent la fuite devant les Philistins, et tombèrent morts sur la montagne de 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 Et les Philistins vinrent fondre sur Saül et sur ses enfants ; et ils tuèrent Jonathas, Abinadab, et Melchisua, fils de Saül ; | 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 et tout l'effort du combat tomba sur Saül. Les archers le joignirent (poursuivirent), et le blessèrent grièvement. | 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 Alors Saül dit à son écuyer : Tire ton glaive et tue-moi, de peur que ces incirconcis ne m'insultent avant de m'ôter la vie. Mais l'écuyer ne voulut pas, car il était saisi d'une crainte violente. Saül prit donc son épée, et se jeta dessus. | 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 Et son écuyer, voyant qu'il était mort, se jeta lui-même sur son épée, et mourut avec lui. | 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 Ainsi Saül mourut en ce jour-là, et avec lui trois de ses fils, son écuyer, et tous ses gens. | 6 Therefore, Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, on the same day together. |
| 7 Or les Israélites qui étaient au-delà de la vallée, et au-delà du Jourdain, ayant appris la défaite de l'armée d'Israël, et la mort de Saül et de ses fils, abandonnèrent leurs villes et s'enfuirent ; et les Philistins y vinrent, et s'y établirent. | 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 (Mais) Le lendemain, les Philistins vinrent dépouiller les morts, et ils trouvèrent Saül avec ses trois fils, étendus sur la montagne de 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 (Et) Ils coupèrent la tête de Saül, et lui enlevèrent ses armes, et ils envoyèrent des courriers par tout le pays des Philistins, pour publier cette nouvelle dans le temple des idoles, et parmi les peuples. | 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 Puis ils mirent les armes de Saül dans le temple d'Astaroth, et ils pendirent son corps sur la muraille de Bethsan. | 10 And they placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth. But his body they suspended on the wall of Bethshan. |
| 11 Lorsque les habitants de Jabès de Galaad eurent appris comment les Philistins avaient traité Saül, | 11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, |
| 12 tous les plus vaillants sortirent, marchèrent toute la nuit, et ayant enlevé les corps de Saül et de ses fils du mur de Bethsan, ils revinrent à Jabès de Galaad, où ils les brûlèrent. | 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 Ils prirent leurs os et les ensevelirent dans le bois de Jabès ; et ils jeûnèrent pendant sept jours. | 13 And they took their bones, and they buried them in the forest of Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days. |
