Primo libro di Samuele 31

BIBBIA CEI 2008	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 I Filistei attaccarono Israele, ma gli uomini d’Israele fuggirono davanti ai Filistei e caddero trafitti sul monte Gèlboe.	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 I Filistei si strinsero attorno a Saul e ai suoi figli e colpirono a morte Giònata, Abinadàb e Malchisùa, figli di Saul.	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 La battaglia si concentrò intorno a Saul: gli arcieri lo presero di mira con gli archi ed egli fu ferito gravemente dagli arcieri.	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 Allora Saul disse al suo scudiero: «Sfodera la spada e trafiggimi, prima che vengano quegli incirconcisi a trafiggermi e a schernirmi». Ma lo scudiero non volle, perché era troppo spaventato. Allora Saul prese la spada e vi si gettò sopra.	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 Quando lo scudiero vide che Saul era morto, si gettò anche lui sulla sua spada e morì con 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 Così morirono insieme in quel giorno Saul e i suoi tre figli, lo scudiero e anche tutti i suoi uomini.	6 Therefore, Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
7 Quando gli Israeliti che erano dall’altra parte della valle e quelli che erano oltre il Giordano videro che gli uomini d’Israele erano in fuga e che erano morti Saul e i suoi figli, abbandonarono le loro città e fuggirono. Vennero i Filistei e vi si stabilirono.	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 Il giorno dopo, i Filistei vennero a spogliare i cadaveri e trovarono Saul e i suoi tre figli caduti sul monte Gèlboe.	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 Essi gli tagliarono la testa, lo spogliarono delle armi e mandarono a dare il felice annuncio in giro nella terra dei Filistei, ai templi dei loro idoli e al popolo.	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 Deposero le sue armi nel tempio di Astarte e appesero il suo corpo alle mura di Bet-Sean.	10 And they placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth. But his body they suspended on the wall of Bethshan.
11 Gli abitanti di Iabes di Gàlaad vennero a sapere quello che i Filistei avevano fatto a Saul.	11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 Tutti i guerrieri si mossero: viaggiarono tutta la notte e presero il corpo di Saul e i corpi dei suoi figli dalle mura di Bet-Sean, li portarono a Iabes e qui li bruciarono.	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 Poi presero le loro ossa, le seppellirono sotto il tamerisco che è a Iabes e fecero digiuno per sette giorni.	13 And they took their bones, and they buried them in the forest of Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days.