1 Samuel 31

Te Matenga o Haora rātou ko āna Tama

1 Nā, kua whawhai ngā Pirihitini ki a Īharaira, ā, ka whati ngā tāngata o Īharaira i te aroaro o ngā Pirihitini, ā, hinga ana, mate rawa, i Maunga Kiripoa. 2 Nā, ka whāia e ngā Pirihitini a Haora rātou ko āna tama, ā, patua iho e ngā Pirihitini a Honatana rātou ko Apinarapa, ko Marikihua, ngā tama a Haora. 3 Nā, ka nui haere te whawhai ki a Haora, ā, ka mau ia i ngā kaikōpere; nui rawa tōna tūnga i ngā kaikōpere.

4 Kātahi a Haora ka mea ki tāna kaimau patu, "Unuhia tāu hoari, werohia hoki ahau; kei haere mai tēnei hunga kokotikore, ā, ka wero i ahau, ka whakatupu kino i ahau."

Otiia kīhai i pai tāna kaimau patu; he nui hoki nō tōna hopohopo. Nā reira ka mau a Haora ki tāna hoari, hinga iho ki runga. 5 Ā, nō te kitenga o tāna kaimau patu, kua mate a Haora, ka hinga hoki ia ki tāna hoari, ā, mate tahi ana rāua. 6 Heoi, kotahi tonu te matenga o Haora rātou ko āna tama tokotoru, ko tāna kaimau patu, me āna tāngata katoa i taua rā anō.

7 Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā tāngata o Īharaira i tērā taha o te raorao, i tāwāhi anō o Horano, kua whati ngā tāngata o Īharaira, ā, kua mate a Haora rātou ko āna tama, whakarērea ake e rātou ngā pā, ā, rere ana; nā, ka haere ngā Pirihitini nohoia iho.

8 Ā, i te aonga ake, i te haerenga o ngā Pirihitini ki te muru i te hunga i patua, nā, ka kitea e rātou a Haora rātou ko āna tama tokotoru e takoto ana i Maunga Kiripoa. 9 Nā, tapahia ana e rātou tōna upoko, murua ana āna patu, ungā ana e rātou kia kawea puta noa i te whenua o ngā Pirihitini ā tawhio noa, kia kauwhautia i roto i te whare o ā rātou whakapakoko, i roto hoki i te iwi. 10 Ā, i whakatakotoria e rātou āna patu ki te whare o Ahataroto, ko tōna tinana ia i titia e rātou ki te taiepa o Petehana.

11 Ā, nō ka rongo ngā tāngata o Iapehe Kireara ki tā ngā Pirihitini i mea ai ki a Haora, 12 ka whakatika ngā mārohirohi katoa, ā, haere ana pau noa taua pō katoa. Nā, tangohia iho e rātou te tinana o Haora, me ngā tinana o āna tama i te taiepa o Petehana, ā, haere ana ki Iapehe, tahuna ana ki reira. 13 I maua hoki ō rātou wheua e rātou, ā, tanumia ana ki raro i tētahi rākau i Iapehe, ā, e whitu ngā rā i nohopuku ai.

1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. 4 Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people. 10 And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. 11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 13 And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.