Primo libro di Samuele 31

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Philisthim autem pugnabant adversum Israel; et fugerunt viri Israel ante faciem Philisthim et ceciderunt interfecti in monte Gelboe.	1 As they pressed their attack on Israel, with the Israelites fleeing before them and falling mortally wounded on Mount Gilboa,
2 Irrueruntque Philisthim in Saul et filios eius et percusserunt Ionathan et Abinadab et Melchisua filios Saul.	2 the Philistines pursued Saul and his sons closely, and slew Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul.
3 Totumque pondus proelii versum est in Saul; et consecuti sunt eum viri arcu, et vulneratus est vehementer a sagittariis.	3 The battle raged around Saul, and the archers hit him; he was pierced through the abdomen.
4 Dixitque Saul ad armigerum suum: “ Evagina gladium tuum et percute me, ne forte veniant incircumcisi isti et confodiant me et illudant mihi ”. Et noluit armiger eius; erat enim nimio timore perterritus. Arripuit itaque Saul gladium et irruit super eum.	4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through, lest these uncircumcised come and make sport of me." But his armor-bearer, badly frightened, refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.
5 Quod cum vidisset armiger eius, videlicet quod mortuus esset Saul, irruit etiam ipse super gladium suum et mortuus est cum eo.	5 When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell upon his sword and died with him.
6 Mortuus est ergo Saul et tres filii eius et armiger illius et universi viri eius in die illa pariter.	6 Thus Saul, his three sons, and his armor-bearer died together on that same day.
7 Videntes autem viri Israel, qui erant trans vallem et trans Iordanem, quod fugissent viri Israelitae et quod mortuus esset Saul et filii eius, reliquerunt civitates suas et fugerunt. Veneruntque Philisthim et habitaverunt ibi.	7 When the Israelites on the slope of the valley and those along the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they too abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and lived in those cities.
8 Facta autem die altera, venerunt Philisthim, ut spoliarent interfectos, et invenerunt Saul et tres filios eius iacentes in monte Gelboe.	8 The day after the battle the Philistines came to strip the slain, and found Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.
9 Et praeciderunt caput Saul et exspoliaverunt eum armis, quae miserunt in terram Philisthinorum per circuitum, ut annuntiaretur in templis idolorum suorum et populo.	9 They cut off Saul's head and stripped him of his armor, and then sent the good news throughout the land of the Philistines to their idols and to the people.
10 Et posuerunt arma eius in templo Astharoth, corpus vero eius suspenderunt in muro Bethsan.	10 They put his armor in the temple of Astarte, but impaled his body on the wall of Bethshan.
11 Quod cum audissent habitatores Iabes Galaad, quaecumque fecerant Philisthim Saul,	11 When the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 surrexerunt omnes viri fortissimi et ambulaverunt tota nocte et tulerunt cadaver Saul et cadavera filiorum eius de muro Bethsan; veneruntque Iabes et combusserunt ea ibi.	12 all their warriors set out, and after marching throughout the night, removed the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and brought them to Jabesh, where they cremated them.
13 Et tulerunt ossa eorum et sepelierunt sub myrice in Iabes et ieiunaverunt septem diebus.	13 Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.