صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 4
| وَكَانَ كَلَامُ صَمُوئِيلَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَخَرَجَ إِسْرَائِيلُ لِلِقَاءِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِلْحَرْبِ، وَنَزَلُوا عِنْدَ حَجَرِ ٱلْمَعُونَةِ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فَنَزَلُوا فِي أَفِيقَ. | ١ 1 |
Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
| وَٱصْطَفَّ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِلِقَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَٱشْتَبَكَتِ ٱلْحَرْبُ فَٱنْكَسَرَ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَمَامَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَضَرَبُوا مِنَ ٱلصَّفِّ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةِ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ. | ٢ 2 |
The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
| فَجَاءَ ٱلشَّعْبُ إِلَى ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ. وَقَالَ شُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «لِمَاذَا كَسَّرَنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَمَامَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟ لِنَأْخُذْ لِأَنْفُسِنَا مِنْ شِيلُوهَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ فَيَدْخُلَ فِي وَسَطِنَا وَيُخَلِّصَنَا مِنْ يَدِ أَعْدَائِنَا». | ٣ 3 |
When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
| فَأَرْسَلَ ٱلشَّعْبُ إِلَى شِيلُوهَ وَحَمَلُوا مِنْ هُنَاكَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ ٱلْجَالِسِ عَلَى ٱلْكَرُوبِيمِ. وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ ٱبْنَا عَالِي حُفْنِي وَفِينَحَاسُ مَعَ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱللهِ. | ٤ 4 |
So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
| وَكَانَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ أَنَّ جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ هَتَفُوا هُتَافًا عَظِيمًا حَتَّى ٱرْتَجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ. | ٥ 5 |
When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.
| فَسَمِعَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ صَوْتَ ٱلْهُتَافِ فَقَالُوا: «مَا هُوَ صَوْتُ هَذَا ٱلْهُتَافِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ فِي مَحَلَّةِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ؟» وَعَلِمُوا أَنَّ تَابُوتَ ٱلرَّبِّ جَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ. | ٦ 6 |
On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
| فَخَافَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: «قَدْ جَاءَ ٱللهُ إِلَى ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ». وَقَالُوا: «وَيْلٌ لَنَا لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلُ هَذَا مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَلَا مَا قَبْلَهُ! | ٧ 7 |
the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
| وَيْلٌ لَنَا! مَنْ يُنْقِذُنَا مِنْ يَدِ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْآلِهَةِ ٱلْقَادِرِينَ؟ هَؤُلَاءِ هُمُ ٱلْآلِهَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ ضَرَبُوا مِصْرَ بِجَمِيعِ ٱلضَّرَبَاتِ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. | ٨ 8 |
Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
| تَشَدَّدُوا وَكُونُوا رِجَالًا أَيُّهَا ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِئَّلَا تُسْتَعْبَدُوا لِلْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ كَمَا ٱسْتُعْبِدُوا هُمْ لَكُمْ. فَكُونُوا رِجَالًا وَحَارِبُوا». | ٩ 9 |
Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
| فَحَارَبَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ، وَٱنْكَسَرَ إِسْرَائِيلُ وَهَرَبُوا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى خَيْمَتِهِ. وَكَانَتِ ٱلضَّرْبَةُ عَظِيمَةً جِدًّا، وَسَقَطَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ ثَلَاثُونَ أَلْفَ رَاجِلٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
| وَأُخِذَ تَابُوتُ ٱللهِ، وَمَاتَ ٱبْنَا عَالِي حُفْنِي وَفِينَحَاسُ. | ١١ 11 |
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
| فَرَكَضَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنْيَامِينَ مِنَ ٱلصَّفِّ وَجَاءَ إِلَى شِيلُوهَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ وَثِيَابُهُ مُمَزَّقَةٌ وَتُرَابٌ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ. | ١٢ 12 |
That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
| وَلَمَّا جَاءَ، فَإِذَا عَالِي جَالِسٌ عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ بِجَانِبِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ يُرَاقِبُ، لِأَنَّ قَلْبَهُ كَانَ مُضْطَرِبًا لِأَجْلِ تَابُوتِ ٱللهِ. وَلَمَّا جَاءَ ٱلرَّجُلُ لِيُخْبِرَ فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ صَرَخَتِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ كُلُّهَا. | ١٣ 13 |
When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
| فَسَمِعَ عَالِي صَوْتَ ٱلصُّرَاخِ فَقَالَ: «مَا هُوَ صَوْتُ ٱلضَّجِيجِ هَذَا؟» فَأَسْرَعَ ٱلرَّجُلُ وَأَخْبَرَ عَالِيَ. | ١٤ 14 |
Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
| وَكَانَ عَالِي ٱبْنَ ثَمَانٍ وَتِسْعِينَ سَنَةً، وَقَامَتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَنْ يُبْصِرَ. | ١٥ 15 |
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
| فَقَالَ ٱلرَّجُلُ لِعَالِي: «أَنَا جِئْتُ مِنَ ٱلصَّفِّ، وَأَنَا هَرَبْتُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنَ ٱلصَّفِّ». فَقَالَ: «كَيْفَ كَانَ ٱلْأَمْرُ يَا ٱبْنِي؟» | ١٦ 16 |
“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
| فَأَجَابَ ٱلْمُخَبِّرُ وَقَالَ: «هَرَبَ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَمَامَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَكَانَتْ أَيْضًا كَسْرَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ فِي ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَمَاتَ أَيْضًا ٱبْنَاكَ حُفْنِي وَفِينَحَاسُ، وَأُخِذَ تَابُوتُ ٱللهِ». | ١٧ 17 |
The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
| وَكَانَ لَمَّا ذَكَرَ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ، أَنَّهُ سَقَطَ عَنِ ٱلْكُرْسِيِّ إِلَى ٱلْوَرَاءِ إِلَى جَانِبِ ٱلْبَابِ، فَٱنْكَسَرَتْ رَقَبَتُهُ وَمَاتَ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلًا شَيْخًا وَثَقِيلًا. وَقَدْ قَضَى لِإِسْرَائِيلَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً. | ١٨ 18 |
As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
| وَكَنَّتُهُ ٱمْرَأَةُ فِينَحَاسَ كَانَتْ حُبْلَى تَكَادُ تَلِدُ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ خَبَرَ أَخْذِ تَابُوتِ ٱللهِ وَمَوْتَ حَمِيهَا وَرَجُلِهَا، رَكَعَتْ وَوَلَدَتْ، لِأَنَّ مَخَاضَهَا ٱنْقَلَبَ عَلَيْهَا. | ١٩ 19 |
Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
| وَعِنْدَ ٱحْتِضَارِهَا قَالَتْ لَهَا ٱلْوَاقِفَاتُ عِنْدَهَا: «لَا تَخَافِي لِأَنَّكِ قَدْ وَلَدْتِ ٱبْنًا». فَلَمْ تُجِبْ وَلَمْ يُبَالِ قَلْبُهَا. | ٢٠ 20 |
As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
| فَدَعَتِ ٱلصَّبِيَّ «إِيخَابُودَ» قَائِلَةً: «قَدْ زَالَ ٱلْمَجْدُ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ». لِأَنَّ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ قَدْ أُخِذَ وَلِأَجْلِ حَمِيهَا وَرَجُلِهَا. | ٢١ 21 |
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
| فَقَالَتْ: «زَالَ ٱلْمَجْدُ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِأَنَّ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ قَدْ أُخِذَ». | ٢٢ 22 |
“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
