Birinci Şamuel 7
1 Qiryat-Yearim əhalisi gəlib Rəbbin sandığını apardı. Onu təpədə olan Avinadavın evinə çıxartdı və oğlu Eleazarı Rəbbin sandığına nəzarətçi təyin etdi.
[When] the men of Kiriath-Jearim [received that message, they] came to Beth-Shemesh and took the sacred chest of Yahweh. They took it to the house of Abinadab, which was on a hillside. They appointed Abinadab’s son Eleazar to take care of the chest.
2 Sandıq Qiryat-Yearimə gələn gündən çox vaxt keçdi: iyirmi il tamam oldu. Bütün İsrail xalqı Rəbbin intizarını çəkirdi.
The sacred chest stayed in Kiriath-Jearim for a long time—a total of 20 years. During that time all the people of Israel mourned [because it seemed that] Yahweh [had abandoned them] (OR, [and then they asked] Yahweh [to help them]).
3 Şamuel bütün İsraillilərə müraciət edib dedi: «Əgər bütün qəlbinizlə Rəbbə dönürsünüzsə, yad allahları, Aştoret bütlərini atıb ürəyinizi Rəbbə verin və yalnız Ona qulluq edin. Sizi Filiştlilərin əlindən O qurtaracaq».
Then Samuel said to all the Israeli people, “If you truly [IDM] want to act like Yahweh’s people should, you must get rid of your statues of [the goddess] Astarte and the idols/statues of all the other foreign gods. You must decide to serve/worship only Yahweh. If you do that, he will rescue you from [the power of] [MTY] the Philistia people.”
4 O zaman İsrail övladları Baal bütlərini və Aştoret bütlərini rədd edib yalnız Rəbbə qulluq etdilər.
So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
5 Şamuel dedi: «Bütün İsrailliləri Mispaya toplayın və mən sizə görə Rəbbə yalvaracağam».
Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
6 Onlar Mispaya toplaşdılar, su çəkib Rəbbin önünə tökdülər və o gün orada oruc tutub dedilər: «Rəbbə qarşı günah işlətmişik». Şamuel Mispada İsraillilərə hakimlik edirdi.
So they gathered at Mizpah, which was the town where Samuel previously was the leader of the Israeli people. They had a big ceremony there. They drew water [from a well], and poured the water on the ground while Yahweh watched. [To show that they were sorry for having worshiped idols], they did not eat any food on that day, and they confessed that they had sinned against Yahweh.
7 İsrail övladlarının Mispada toplandığını Filiştlilər eşidəndə Filiştlilərin ağaları İsraillilərə qarşı çıxdılar. Bunu eşidən İsrail övladları Filiştlilərdən qorxdu.
When the kings of the Philistia area heard that the Israeli people had gathered at Mizpah, they led their armies there to attack the Israelis. When the Israelis found out that the Philistia army was approaching them, they became very afraid.
8 Ona görə də İsrail övladları Şamuelə dedilər: «Bizi Filiştlilərin əlindən qurtarmaq üçün Allahımız Rəbbə durmadan yalvar».
They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
9 Şamuel bir əmlik quzu götürərək onu bütövlüklə Rəbbə yandırma qurbanı verdi və o, İsrail üçün Rəbbə yalvardı. Rəbb Şamuelə cavab verdi.
So Samuel took a very young lamb [and killed it] and offered it to Yahweh to be a sacrifice that was completely burned [on the altar]. Then he prayed and pleaded that Yahweh [would help] the Israelis, and Yahweh did help them.
10 Şamuel yandırma qurbanı verərkən Filiştlilər İsrailə hücum etmək üçün yaxınlaşdılar. Rəbb o gün güclü səslə gurlayıb Filiştlilərin üzərinə vəlvələ saldı və onları İsrailin önündə məğlub etdi.
While Samuel was burning the offering, the Philistia army came near to attack the Israelis. But Yahweh caused it to thunder very loudly. The soldiers of the Philistia army became very frightened, and then they (became confused/did not know what to do). So the Israelis were able to defeat them.
11 İsraillilər Mispadan çıxıb Bet-Kar altına çatana qədər Filiştliləri qovaraq qırdılar.
The Israeli men ran out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistia soldiers almost to Beth-Car [town], and killed many Philistia soldiers while they were trying to run away.
12 Sonra Şamuel bir daş götürüb Mispa ilə Şen arasına qoydu və «Rəbb bizə buraya qədər kömək etdi» deyərək bu daşı Even-Ezer adlandırdı.
After that happened, Samuel took a large stone and set it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah [towns]. He named the stone ‘Ebenezer’, [which means ‘stone of help’], because he said “Yahweh has helped us until the present time.”
13 Məğlubiyyətə uğrayan Filiştlilər bir daha İsrail torpağına gəlmədi. Şamuelin bütün ömrü boyu Rəbbin əli Filiştlilərə qarşı oldu.
So the Philistia people were defeated, and for a long time they did not enter the Israeli land [to attack them] again. During the time that Samuel was alive, Yahweh powerfully protected [MTY] [the Israeli people] from [being attacked by] the Philistia army.
14 Filiştlilər Eqrondan Qata qədər İsraildən aldıqları şəhərləri geri qaytardılar. Bundan əlavə, İsrail ətrafındakı torpaqları da Filiştlilərin əlindən aldı və İsraillilərlə Emorluların arasında sülh yarandı.
The Israeli army was able to capture again the Israeli villages between Ekron and Gath that the Philistia army had captured before. The Israelis were also able to take again the other areas around those cities that the Philistia army had taken [from the Israelis] previously. And there was peace between the Israelis and the Amor people-group.
15 Şamuel ömrü boyu İsrailə hakimlik etdi.
Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
16 O, ilbəil, növbə ilə Bet-Eli, Qilqalı, Mispanı gəzir və bu yerlərdə İsrailə hakimlik edirdi.
As long as he was alive, every year he traveled back and forth between Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah [cities]. In those cities he listened to disputes between people and made decisions about them.
17 Sonra isə Ramaya qayıdardı, çünki evi orada idi. Oradan da İsrailə hakimlik edirdi. O həmin yerdə Rəbbə bir qurbangah tikdi.
After he listened to disputes and made decisions in each of those towns, he returned to his home at Ramah, and he would listen to people’s disputes there, also, [and make decisions about them]. And he built an altar at Ramah [to offer sacrifices] to Yahweh.
