Primo libro di Samuele 31

BIBBIA TINTORI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Intanto i Filistei avevan data battaglia a Israele. Gli uomini d'Israele fuggirono davanti ai Filistei, e caddero morti sul monte Gelboc.	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 gettarono addosso a Saul ed ai suoi figli e, uccisi Gionata, Abinadab e Melchisua, 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 volsero contro Saul tutto l'impeto della battaglia, e Saul, inseguito dagli arcieri, fu da loro gravemente ferito.	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 disse al suo scudiere: « Sfodera la spada e uccidimi, affinchè non vengano questi incsconcisi a uccidermi e a schernirmi ». Ma lo scudiere, in preda a grandissimo terrore, ricusò. Allora Saul, afferrata la spada, 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 Il uo scudiere, veduto ciò, che Saul era morto, si gettò anche lui sulla sua spada e morì insieme con Saul.	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 perirono nello stesso tempo Saul, i suoi tre figli, il suo scudiere e tutti i suoi uomini in quel giorno.	6 Therefore, Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, on the same day together.
7 Gli uomini d'Israele che erano al di la della valle e al di là del Giordano, veduta che gl'israeliti s'eran dati alla fuga	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 che Saul era morto coi suoi figli, abbandonate le loro città, fuggirono, e così vi si stabilirono i Filistei, di giorno dopo i Filistei, andati a spogliare i morti, trovarono Saul e i suoi tre figli che giacevano sul monte Gelboe.	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 A Saul tagliarono la testa e lo spogliarono delle sue armi, e mandarono in giro pel paese dei Filistei ad annunziare la novella nel tempio degli idoli e in mezzo ai popoli.	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 armi di Saul nel tempio di Astarot e il suo corpo lo sospesero alle mura di Betsan.	10 And they placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth. But his body they suspended on the wall of Bethshan.
11 Essendo stato riferito agli abitanti di Tabes Ctalaad tutto 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 gli uomini più valorosi partirono e dopo aver camminato tutta la notte, tolsero via il cadavere di Saul, e i cadaveri dei suoi figli dalle mura di Betsan: tornati poi a Iabes Galaad, ve 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 e prese le loro ossa, le seppellirono nel bosco di Iabes, e digiunarono sette giorni.	13 And they took their bones, and they buried them in the forest of Jabesh. And they fasted for seven days.