The Death of King Saul
(1 Samuel 31.1-13)1 The Philistines fought a battle against the Israelites on Mount Gilboa. Many Israelites were killed there, and the rest of them, including King Saul and his sons, fled. 2 But the Philistines caught up with them and killed three of Saul's sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. 3 The fighting was heavy around Saul, and he was hit by enemy arrows and badly wounded. 4 He said to the young man carrying his weapons, “Draw your sword and kill me, to keep these godless Philistines from gloating over me.” But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it. 5 The young man saw that Saul was dead, so he too threw himself on his sword and died. 6 So Saul and his three sons all died together, and none of his descendants ever ruled. 7 When the Israelites who lived in Jezreel Valley heard that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and ran off. Then the Philistines came and occupied them.
8 The day after the battle the Philistines went to plunder the corpses, and they found the bodies of Saul and his sons lying on Mount Gilboa. 9 They cut off Saul's head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers with them throughout Philistia to tell the good news to their idols and to their people. 10 They put his weapons in one of their temples and hung his head in the temple of their god Dagon. 11 When the people of Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 the bravest men went and got the bodies of Saul and his sons and took them to Jabesh. They buried them there under an oak and fasted for seven days.
13 Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He disobeyed the Lord's commands; he tried to find guidance by consulting the spirits of the dead 14 instead of consulting the Lord. So the Lord killed him and gave control of the kingdom to David son of Jesse.
Onḓiro ya Saul novazandu ve
(1Sam 31:1-13)1 Ovafilisti va rwa ovita kuna Ovaisrael, nOvaisrael va taura kOvafilisti, novaṱi ovengi va saravara kozondundu za Gilboa. 2 Ovafilisti va tezera ooSaul novazandu ve nave kazepa ovazandu vetatu va Saul: Jonatan na Abinadab na Malkisua. 3 Notjirwa tji tja ri popezu na Saul tja ri otjizeu; ovanavita tji ve mu muna ve mu yaha nave mu tende tjinene. 4 Saul otja tja nai komutjinde wovirwise vye: “nana engaruvyo roye u ndji zepe kutja Ovafilisti imba ovanavisenginina ave he ya okundjinyekerera.” Nungwari ingwi omutjinde wovirwise wa panḓa, tjinga a tira tjinene. Saul otja toora engaruvyo re ne riwisire ko. 5 Nomutjinde wovirwise vya Saul tja munu kutja Saul wa koka, eye wina arire tje riwisire kengaruvyo re na koka puna Saul. 6 Saul novazandu ve vetatu otji va kokera pamwe, nouhona we a rire pu wa yandere. 7 Ovaisrael, mba tura komukuma mbwina worutjandja rwa Jesreel na movihuro vya Jordan, tji va muna kutja Ovaisrael va taura, nokutja Saul wa ṱu puna ovazandu ve, arire tji va isa ovihuro mbi nave tupuka; nOvafilisti otji ve ya nave tura mu vyo.
8 NOvafilisti tji ve ya eyuva rarwe okuhuura ovaṱi arire tji va munu otutu twooSaul novazandu ve vetatu atwa saravara kozondundu za Gilboa. 9 Nowo va konda Saul otjiuru nave mu hukura ovirwise vye nave hindi ovatumwa komikuma avihe vyehi rOvafilisti okukainganisa embo routoṋi mozondjuwo zoomukuru vawo vovisenginina na motjiwaṋa. 10 Owo va twa ovirwise vya Saul mondjuwo imwe onḓere, nave turike otjiuru tje mondjuwo onḓere yomukuru wawo wotjisenginina Dagon. 11 Ovature va Jabes mOgilead tji va zuva imbi Ovafilisti mbi va tjita ku Saul, 12 nu imba ovarumendu omapenda tjinene va toora otutu twoo Saul novazandu ve nave tu twara kOjabes. Owo va paka omaṱupa wawo kehi yomumbonde nave ritjaere kovikurya oure womayuva hambombari.
13 Saul wa koka, eye tjinga e ha ri nouṱakame ku Muhona. Eye ka ri nonḓuviro komatwako wa Muhona; eye wina aa kondjo okupura kozombepo zovaṱi, 14 nu kaa kapura ku Muhona. Muhona ope mu zepera na yandja ouhona we ku David, omuzandu wa Isai.
