1 صَمُوئيل 4

١ 1 وَاحْتَشَدَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ عِنْدَ حَجَرِ الْمَعُونَةِ لِمُحَارَبَةِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَتَجَمَّعَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ فِي أَفِيقَ.

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.

٢ 2 وَاصْطَفَّ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ لِلِقَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمَا لَبِثَتْ أَنْ دَارَتْ رَحَى الْحَرْبِ، فَانْهَزَمَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ أَمَامَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا مِنْهُمْ فِي مَيْدَانِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةِ آلافِ رَجُلٍ.

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.

٣ 3 وَرَجَعَ النَّاجُونَ إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِهِمْ، فَتَسَاءَلَ شُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «لِمَاذَا هَزَمَنَا الرَّبُّ الْيَوْمَ أَمَامَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ؟ لِنَأْتِ بِتَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ شِيلُوهَ وَنُدْخِلْهُ فِي وَسَطِنَا فِيُنْقِذَنَا مِنْ قَبْضَةِ أَعْدَائِنَا».

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.”

٤ 4 فَبَعَثَ الْجَيْشُ إِلَى شِيلُوهَ بِمَنْ حَمَلَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ الْجَالِسِ عَلَى الْكَرُوبِيمِ، وَرَافَقَهُ أَيْضاً ابْنَا عَالِي: حُفْنِي وَفِينْحَاسُ.

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.

٥ 5 وَمَا إِنْ دَخَلَ تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى الْمُعَسْكَرِ حَتَّى هَتَفَ جَمِيعُ الْجَيْشِ هُتَافاً عَظِيماً ارْتَجَّتْ لَهُ الأَرْضُ.

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.

٦ 6 فَسَمِعَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ ضَجِيجَ الْهُتَافِ فَتَسَاءَلُوا: «مَا ضَجِيجُ الْهُتَافِ هَذَا فِي مُعَسْكَرِ الْعِبْرَانِيِّينَ؟» وَلَمَّا عَرَفُوا أَنَّ تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ جِيءَ بِهِ إِلَى الْمُعَسْكَرِ،

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,

٧ 7 اعْتَرَاهُمُ الْخَوْفُ وَقَالُوا: «لَقَدْ جَاءَ اللهُ إِلَى الْمُعَسْكَرِ، فَالْوَيْلُ لَنَا لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَحْدُثْ مِثْلُ هَذَا مِنْ قَبْلُ.

the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.

٨ 8 وَيْلٌ لَنَا! مَنْ يُنْقِذُنَا مِنْ يَدِ أُولَئِكَ الآلِهَةِ الْقَادِرِينَ، فَإِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الآلِهَةُ الَّذِينَ أَنْزَلُوا بِمِصْرَ كُلَّ صُنُوفِ الضَّرَبَاتِ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ.

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.

٩ 9 تَشَجَّعُوا، وَكُونُوا أَبْطَالاً أَيُّهَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ، لِئَلّا يَسْتَعْبِدَكُمُ الْعِبْرَانِيُّونَ كَمَا اسْتَعْبَدْتُمُوهُمْ. كُونُوا رِجَالاً وَاسْتَبْسِلُوا فِي الْقِتَالِ».

Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”

١٠ 10 فَحَارَبَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَانْهَزَمَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ، وَفَرَّ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى خَيْمَتِهِ. وَكَانَتِ الْمَجْزَرَةُ عَظِيمَةً جِدّاً، وَقُتِلَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ ثَلاثُونَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ.

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.

١١ 11 وَاسْتَوْلَى الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ عَلَى تَابُوتِ اللهِ، وَمَاتَ ابْنَا عَالِي حُفْنِي وَفِينْحَاسُ.

The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

١٢ 12 وَأَقْبَلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مَيْدَانِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ إِلَى شِيلُوهَ بِثِيَابٍ مُمَزَّقَةٍ وَرَأْسٍ مُعَفَّرٍ بِالتُّرَابِ.

That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

١٣ 13 وَكَانَ عَالِي حِينَذَاكَ جَالِساً عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ إِلَى جِوَارِ الطَّريِقِ يُرَاقِبُ، لأَنَّ قَلْبَهُ كَانَ مُضْطَرِباً عَلَى مَصِيرِ تَابُوتِ اللهِ. وَمَا إِنْ دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَأَذَاعَ النَّبَأَ حَتَّى ضَجَّتِ الْمَدِينَةُ كُلُّهَا بِالصُّرَاخِ.

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.

١٤ 14 فَتَسَاءَلَ عَالِي: «مَا سِرُّ هَذَا الضَّجِيجِ؟» فَأَسْرَعَ الرَّجُلُ يُبَلِّغُهُ الْخَبَرَ.

Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.

١٥ 15 وَكَانَ عَالِي قَدْ بَلَغَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ ثَمَانٍ وَتِسْعِينَ سَنَةً، وَكَانَتْ عَيْنَاهُ قَدْ كَلَّتَا جِدّاً، فَلَمْ يَعُدْ قَادِراً عَلَى الإِبْصَارِ.

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.

١٦ 16 فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: «لَقَدْ وَصَلْتُ لِتَوِّي مِنْ مَيْدَانِ الْقِتَالِ هَارِباً الْيَوْمَ مِنْ لَهِيبِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ». فَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا جَرَى يَا بُنَيَّ؟»

“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.

١٧ 17 فَأَجَابَ: «انْهَزَمَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ أَمَامَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَقُتِلَ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ جِدّاً مِنَ الْجَيْشِ، وَمَاتَ أَيْضاً هُنَاكَ ابْنَاكَ حُفْنِي وَفِينْحَاسُ، وَأُخِذَ تَابُوتُ اللهِ».

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.”

١٨ 18 وَمَا إِنْ ذَكَرَ الرَّجُلُ نَبَأَ تَابُوتِ اللهِ حَتَّى سَقَطَ عَالِي عَنِ الْكُرْسِيِّ إِلَى الْوَرَاءِ إِلَى جِوَارِ الْبَابِ، فَانْكَسَرَتْ رَقَبَتُهُ وَمَاتَ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلاً شَيْخاً ثَقِيلَ الْجِسْمِ. وَقَدْ قَضَى لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُدَّةَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

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.

١٩ 19 وَكَانَتْ كَنَّتُهُ امْرَأَةُ فِينْحَاسَ حُبْلَى تُوْشِكُ عَلَى الْوِلادَةِ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَهَا خَبَرُ الاسْتِيلاءِ عَلَى تَابُوتِ اللهِ وَوَفَاةِ حَمِيهَا وَمَقْتَلِ زَوْجِهَا، سَقَطَتْ وَوَلَدَتْ، لأَنَّ آلامَ الْمَخَاضِ هَاجَمَتْهَا.

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.

٢٠ 20 وَعِنْدَ احْتِضَارِهَا قَالَتْ لَهَا النِّسْوَةُ الْمُحِيطَاتُ بِها: «لا تَجْزَعِي، فَقَدْ رُزِقْتِ بِوَلَدٍ»؛ فَلَمْ تُجِبْ وَلَمْ يَأْبَهْ قَلْبُهَا لِلْبُشْرَى.

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.

٢١ 21 وَدَعَتِ الصَّبِيَّ إِيخَابُودَ قَائِلَةً: «قَدْ زَالَ الْمَجْدُ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ»؛ لأَنَّ تَابُوتَ اللهِ قَدْ أُخِذَ وَمَاتَ حَمُوها وَزَوْجُهَا

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.

٢٢ 22 وَهَذَا مَا دَعَاهَا لِلْقَوْلِ: «قَدْ زَالَ الْمَجْدُ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ لأَنَّ تَابُوتَ اللهِ قَدْ أُخِذَ».

“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”