Primo libro delle Cronache 10

LA SACRA BIBBIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 I Filistei combatterono contro Israele; gl'Israeliti si diedero alla fuga davanti ai Filistei, ma caddero, feriti a morte, sul monte Gelboe.	1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from the Philistines, and they fell down wounded on mount Gilboa.
2 I Filistei, inseguendo dappresso Saul e i suoi figli, uccisero Gionata, Abinadad e Malchisua, figli di Saul.	2 And when the Philistines had draw near, pursuing Saul and his sons, they struck down Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 Poi il peso della battaglia si riversò su Saul; gli arcieri lo scoprirono ed egli ebbe paura di fronte ad essi.	3 And the battle grew heavy against Saul. And the archers found him, and they wounded him with arrows.
4 Allora Saul disse al suo scudiero: "Sfodera la tua spada e trafiggimi, altrimenti verranno quegli incirconcisi e si prenderanno beffe di me". Ma lo scudiero non volle, perché aveva gran timore. Allora Saul, presa la spada, si gettò su di essa.	4 And Saul said to his armor bearer: “Unsheathe your sword and kill me. Otherwise, these uncircumcised men may arrive and mock me.” But his armor bearer was not willing, having been struck with fear. And so, Saul took hold of his sword, and he fell upon it.
5 Quando lo scudiero vide che Saul era morto, si gettò anch'egli sulla spada e morì.	5 And when his armor bearer had seen this, specifically, that Saul was dead, he now fell on his sword also, and he died.
6 Così perì Saul con i tre figli; tutta la sua famiglia morì con lui.	6 Therefore, Saul died, and his three sons passed away, and his entire house fell, together.
7 Quando tutti gl'Israeliti della valle si accorsero che i loro erano fuggiti e che Saul e i suoi figli erano periti, abbandonarono le loro città dandosi alla fuga. Vennero i Filistei e vi presero dimora.	7 And when the men of Israel who were living in the plains had seen this, they fled. And since Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and were dispersed, here and there. And the Philistines arrived and lived among them.
8 Il giorno dopo i Filistei, venuti per spogliare gli uccisi, trovarono Saul e i suoi figli che giacevano morti sul monte Gelboe.	8 Then, on the next day, when the Philistines were taking away the spoils of the slain, they found Saul and his sons, lying on mount Gilboa.
9 Lo spogliarono portandogli via la testa e le armi, quindi inviarono messaggeri per tutta la regione filistea ad annunciare la buona notizia ai loro idoli e al popolo.	9 And when they had despoiled him, and had cut off his head, and had stripped his armor, they sent these things into their land, so that they would be carried around and displayed in the temples of the idols and to the people.
10 Depositarono le sue armi nel tempio del loro dio, mentre inchiodarono il suo cranio nel tempio di Dagon.	10 But his armor they consecrated in the shrine of their god, and his head they affixed in the temple of Dagon.
11 Quando gli abitanti di Iabes ebbero appreso tutto ciò che i Filistei avevano fatto a Saul,	11 When the men of Jabesh Gilead had heard this, specifically, all that the Philistines had done concerning Saul,
12 si levarono tutti i guerrieri, prelevarono il cadavere di Saul e i cadaveri dei suoi figli e li trasportarono a Iabes; indi seppellirono le loro ossa sotto il terebinto di Iabel e digiunarono per sette giorni.	12 each one of the valiant men rose up, and they took the bodies of Saul and of his sons. And they brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak that was in Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days.
13 Saul morì a causa della sua infedeltà commessa contro il Signore, giacché non aveva osservato la parola del Signore e perché aveva consultato una negromante per interrogarla.	13 Thus did Saul die for his iniquities, because he betrayed the commandment of the Lord which he had instructed, and did not keep it. And moreover, he even consulted a woman diviner;
14 Non aveva consultato il Signore, che lo fece morire e trasferì il regno a Davide, figlio di Iesse.	14 for he did not trust in the Lord. Because of this, he caused his death, and he transferred his kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.