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.
King Saul and His Sons Die
(1 Samuel 31.1-13)1 The Philistines fought against Israel in a battle at Mount Gilboa. Israel's soldiers ran from the Philistines, and many of them were killed. 2 The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons and killed three of them: Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. 3 The fighting was fierce around Saul, and he was badly wounded by enemy arrows.
4 Saul told the soldier who carried his weapons, “Kill me with your sword! I don't want those godless Philistines to torture and make fun of me.”
But the soldier was afraid to kill him. Then Saul stuck himself in the stomach with his own sword and fell on the blade. 5 When the soldier realized that Saul was dead, he killed himself in the same way.
6 Saul, three of his sons, and all his male relatives were dead. 7 The Israelites who lived in Jezreel Valley learned that their army had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead. They ran away too, and the Philistines moved into the towns the Israelites left behind.
8 The next day the Philistines came back to the battlefield to carry away the weapons of the dead Israelite soldiers. When they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa, 9 they took Saul's weapons, pulled off his armor, and cut off his head. Then they sent messengers everywhere in Philistia to spread the news among their people and to thank the idols of their gods. 10 They put Saul's armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of their god Dagon.
11 When the people who lived in Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 some brave men went to get his body and the bodies of his three sons. The men brought the bodies back to Jabesh, where they buried them under an oak tree. Then for seven days, they went without eating to show their sorrow.
13 Saul died because he was unfaithful and disobeyed the Lord. He even asked advice from a woman who talked to spirits of the dead, 14 instead of asking the Lord. So the Lord had Saul killed and gave his kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.
