1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa. 2 The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. 3 The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers. 4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me."
But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it. 5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died. 6 So Saul died with his three sons; and all his house died together. 7 When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
8 On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 They stripped him and took his head and his armor, then sent into the land of the Philistines all around to carry the news to their idols and to the people. 10 They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon. 11 When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
13 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of Yahweh’s word, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire, 14 and didn’t inquire of Yahweh. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.
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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, kua taikaha haere te whawhai ki a Haora, ā, kua mau ia i ngā kaikōpere; ā, kua hē tōna manawa 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, kei whakatupu kino i ahau."
Otiia kīhai i pai tāna kaimau patu; he nui hoki nō tōna hopohopo. Heoi, ka mau a Haora ki tāna hoari, hinga iho ana ki runga. 5 Ā, nō te kitenga o tāna kaimau patu kua mate a Haora, ka hinga hoki ia ki runga ki tāna hoari, ā, ka mate. 6 Heoi, ka mate a Haora me āna tama tokotoru; mate tahi ana tōna whare katoa.
7 Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā tāngata katoa o Īharaira i te raorao kua whati rātou, kua mate hoki a Haora rātou ko āna tama, whakarērea ake e rātou ō rātou pā, ā, rere ana. Nā, ka haere mai ngā Pirihitini, ā, nohoia iho e rātou.
8 Ā, i te aonga ake, i te haerenga mai o ngā Pirihitini ki te muru i te hunga i patua, nā, ka kitea a Haora rātou ko āna tama e takoto ana i runga i Maunga Kiripoa. 9 Nā, huia ana ōna e rātou, tangohia ana tōna upoko me āna patu, tukua ana kia kawea puta noa i te whenua o ngā Pirihitini ā tawhio noa, kia kauwhautia ki ā rātou whakapakoko, ki te iwi. 10 I whakatakotoria hoki e rātou āna patu ki te whare o ō rātou atua, ā, ko tōna upoko titia ake e rātou ki te whare o Rakono.
11 Ā, nō te rongonga o Iapehe Kireara katoa ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ngā Pirihitini ki a Haora, 12 ka whakatika ngā mārohirohi katoa, tangohia iho e rātou te tinana o Haora, me ngā tinana o āna tama, kawea ana ki Iapehe, tanumia ana ō rātou wheua ki raro i tētahi oki i Iapehe, ā, e whitu ngā rā i nohopuku ai rātou.
13 Heoi, kua mate a Haora mō tōna hē; i hē ai ia ki a Ihowā, mō te kupu a Ihowā kīhai nei i puritia e ia; mōna hoki i ui ki tētahi, i a ia nei te atua māori, he rapu whakaaro, 14 ā, kīhai i rapu whakaaro i a Ihowā. Nō reira, i whakamatea ai ia e ia, ā, hurihia kētia ana te kīngitanga ki a Rāwiri tama a Hehe.