1 Samuel 7
1 Nangabot ang katawhan sa Kiriat Jearim, gikuha nila ang arka ni Yahweh, ug gidala sa balay ni Abinadab nga didto sa bungtod. Gipili nila ang iyang anak nga si Eleazar aron maoy magbantay sa arka ni Yahweh.
[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 Nagpabilin ang arka sa Kiriat Jearim sukad niadtong adlawa hangtod sa hataas pa nga panahon, nga milungtad sa 20 ka tuig. Nagbangotan ang tibuok panimalay sa Israel ug nagtinguha sa pagbalik kang Yahweh.
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 Si Samuel miingon sa tibuok panimalay sa Israel, “Kung mobalik kamo kang Yahweh sa bug-os ninyong kasingkasing, isalikway ang mga langyaw nga mga dios ug ang Astarot diha kaninyo, itugyan ang inyong kasingkasing kang Yahweh, ug siya lamang ang simbaha, unya siya magaluwas kaninyo gikan sa kamot sa mga Filistihanon.”
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 Unya gisalikway sa katawhan sa Israel ang mga Baal ug ang Astarot, ug si Yahweh lamang ang gisimba.
So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
5 Unya miingon si Samuel, “Tigoma ang tibuok Israel didto sa Mizpa ug magaampo ako kang Yahweh alang kaninyo.”
Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
6 Nagtigom sila didto sa Mizpa, nagkalos ug tubig ug gibubo kini atubangan ni Yahweh. Nagpuasa sila nianang adlawa ug miingon, “Nakasala kami batok kang Yahweh.” Ug didto naghukom si Samuel sa panagbingkil sa katawhan sa Israel ug nangulo sa katawhan.
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 Karon sa pagkadungog sa mga Filistihanon nga nagtigom ang katawhan sa Israel didto sa Mizpa, ang mga pangulo sa Filistihanon misulong sa Israel. Sa pagkadungog niini sa katawhan sa Israel, nangahadlok sila sa mga Filistihanon.
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 Unya miingon ang katawhan sa Israel kang Samuel, “Ayaw paghunong sa pagtuaw kang Yahweh nga atong Dios alang kanamo, aron luwason niya kita gikan sa kamot sa mga Filistihanon.”
They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
9 Mikuha si Samuel ug usa ka nagsuso pa nga karnero ug gihalad kini ingon nga tibuok halad sinunog alang kang Yahweh. Unya mituaw si Samuel kang Yahweh alang sa Israel, ug mitubag si Yahweh kaniya.
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 Samtang si Samuel naghalad pa sa halad sinunog, ang mga Filitishanon nagpadulong aron makig-away sa Israel. Apan si Yahweh nagpadalugdog sa makusog nga dahunog nianang adlawa batok sa mga Filistihanon ug nagkaguliyang sila, ug nabuntog sila atubangan sa Israel.
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 Nanggawas ang katawhan sa Israel gikan sa Mizpa, ug gipanggukod nila ang mga Filistihanon ug gipamatay sila hangtod sa ubos sa Betcar.
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 Unya mikuha si Samuel ug bato ug gipahimutang kini taliwala sa Mizpa ug sa Shen. Ginganlan niya kini ug Ebenezer, nga nagpasabot, “Hangtod dinhi si Yahweh nagtabang kanato.”
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 Busa nabuntog ang mga Filistihanon ug wala na mosulod pa sa utlanan sa Israel. Ang kamot ni Yahweh batok sa mga Filistihanon sa tanang mga adlaw ni Samuel.
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 Ang mga lungsod nga giilog sa mga Filistihanon gikan sa Israel nabalik na sa Israel, gikan sa Ekron hangtod sa Gat; nabawi na sa Israel ang ilang ginsakopan gikan sa mga Filistihanon. Unya aduna nay kalinaw tali sa Israel ug sa mga Amorihanon.
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 Si Samuel mao ang maghuhukom sa Israel sa tanang mga adlaw sa iyang kinabuhi.
Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
16 Matag tuig mag-adtoan siya sa paglibot sa Betel, sa Gilgal, ug sa Mizpa. Nagahukom siya sa mga panagbingkil sa Israel niining mga dapita.
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 Unya mopauli siya sa Rama, kay atua man ang iyang balay didto; ug didto nagahukom usab siya sa mga panagbingkil sa Israel. Nagtukod usab siya didto ug usa ka halaran alang kang Yahweh.
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.
