1 صَمُوئيل 4

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

The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in 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 put themselves in array against Israel. When they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

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 people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let’s get the ark of the LORD’s covenant out of Shiloh and bring it to us, that it may come among us and save us out of 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 to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Armies, who sits above 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 LORD’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded.

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

When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” They understood that the LORD’s ark had come into 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, for they said, “God has come into the camp.” They said, “Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing 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 shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that 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».

Be strong and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!”

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

The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.

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

God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

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

A man of Benjamin ran out of the army and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with 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 came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.

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

When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, “What does the noise of this tumult mean?” The man hurried, and came and told 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. His eyes were set, so that he could not see.

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

The man said to Eli, “I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army.” He said, “How did the matter go, my son?”

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

He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark 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.

When he made mention of God’s ark, Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He 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.

His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to giving birth. When she heard the news that God’s ark was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came on her.

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

About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she didn’t answer, neither did she regard it.

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

She named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

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

She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”