1 Samueli 4

1 Ndipo mawu a Samueli anafika kwa Aisraeli onse. Aisraeli anapita kukamenya nkhondo ndi Afilisti. Aisraeli anamanga misasa yawo ku Ebenezeri, ndipo Afilisti anamanga ku Afeki.

and to be word Samuel to/for all Israel and to come out: come Israel to/for to encounter: toward Philistine to/for battle and to camp upon [the] Ebenezer Ebenezer and Philistine to camp in/on/with Aphek

2 Afilisti anandanda kuyangʼana Aisraeli nayamba kumenyana. Nkhondo inakula ndipo Afilisti anagonjetsa Aisraeli napha anthu 4,000 pa malo a nkhondopo.

and to arrange Philistine to/for to encounter: toward Israel and to leave [the] battle and to strike Israel to/for face: before Philistine and to smite in/on/with rank in/on/with land: country like/as four thousand man

3 Asilikali atabwerera ku misasa, akuluakulu a Israeli anafunsa kuti, “Nʼchifukwa chiyani Yehova walola kuti tigonjetsedwe lero pamaso pa Afilisti? Tiyeni tikatenge Bokosi la Chipangano cha Yehova ku Silo kuti Yehovayo abwere kukhala pakati pathu ndi kutipulumutsa mʼmanja mwa adani athu.”

and to come (in): come [the] people to(wards) [the] camp and to say old: elder Israel to/for what? to strike us LORD [the] day to/for face: before Philistine to take: bring to(wards) us from Shiloh [obj] ark covenant LORD and to come (in): come in/on/with entrails: among our and to save us from palm enemy our

4 Choncho anatuma anthu ku Silo ndipo anakatenga Bokosi la Chipangano cha Yehova Wamphamvuzonse amene amakhala pa akerubi. Ndipo ana awiri a Eli, Hofini ndi Finehasi anatsagana nalo Bokosi la Chipangano cha Mulungu.

and to send: depart [the] people Shiloh and to lift: bear from there [obj] ark covenant LORD Hosts to dwell [the] cherub and there two son: child Eli with ark covenant [the] God Hophni and Phinehas

5 Bokosi la Chipangano cha Yehova litafika ku msasa, Aisraeli onse anafuwula kwambiri mpaka nthaka inagwedezeka.

and to be like/as to come (in): come ark covenant LORD to(wards) [the] camp and to shout all Israel shout great: large and to make noise [the] land: country/planet

6 Atamva kufuwulaku, Afilisti anafunsa, “Kodi kufuwula kwakukulu kumeneku ku misasa ya Ahebri ndi kwachiyani?” Atamva kuti Bokosi la Yehova lafika ku msasako,

and to hear: hear Philistine [obj] voice: sound [the] shout and to say what? voice: sound [the] shout [the] great: large [the] this in/on/with camp [the] Hebrew and to know for ark LORD to come (in): come to(wards) [the] camp

7 Afilisti anachita mantha pakuti iwo ankanena kuti, “Milungu yafika ku msasa. Iwo anati, ‘Tili pamavuto. Chinthu choterechi sichinachitikepo nʼkale lomwe.

and to fear [the] Philistine for to say to come (in): come God to(wards) [the] camp and to say woe! to/for us for not to be like/as this previously three days ago

8 Atsoka ife! Adzatipulumutsa ndani mʼmanja mwa milungu yamphamvuyi? Iyi ndi milungu imene inakantha Aigupto ndi miliri yosiyanasiyana mʼchipululu.

woe! to/for us who? to rescue us from hand: power [the] God [the] great [the] these these they(masc.) [the] God [the] to smite [obj] Egypt in/on/with all wound in/on/with wilderness

9 Limbani mtima Afilisti! Chitani chamuna, kuti mungakhale akapolo a Ahebri monga iwowa alili akapolo anu. Chitani chamuna ndipo menyani nkhondo!’”

to strengthen: strengthen and to be to/for human Philistine lest to serve to/for Hebrew like/as as which to serve to/for you and to be to/for human and to fight

10 Choncho Afilisti anamenya nkhondo, ndipo anagonjetsa Aisraeli. Iwo anathawa aliyense kwawo. Ankhondo a Aisraeli oyenda pansi okwanira 30,000 anaphedwa.

and to fight Philistine and to strike Israel and to flee man: anyone to/for tent: home his and to be [the] wound great: large much and to fall: kill from Israel thirty thousand on foot

11 Ndipo Bokosi la Chipangano la Yehova linalandidwa, ndiponso ana awiri Eli, Hofini ndi Finehasi anaphedwa.

and ark God to take: take and two son: child Eli to die Hophni and Phinehas

12 Tsiku lomwelo munthu wina wa fuko la Benjamini anathawa ku nkhondo ndipo anafika ku Silo. Iyeyu zovala zake zinali zongʼamba ndipo anadzithira dothi kumutu kuonetsa chisoni.

and to run: run man Benjamin from [the] rank and to come (in): come Shiloh in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and garment his to tear and land: soil upon head his

13 Atafika, anapeza Eli atakhala pa mpando wake mʼmbali mwa msewu, akungoyangʼana, pakuti ankadera nkhawa Bokosi la Mulungu. Munthuyo atalowa mu mzindamo ndi kufotokoza zimene zinachitika ku nkhondo, anthu onse a mu mzindamo anayamba kulira.

and to come (in): come and behold Eli to dwell upon [the] throne: seat (hand: by *Q(K)*) way: road to watch for to be heart his trembling upon ark [the] God and [the] man to come (in): come to/for to tell in/on/with city and to cry out all [the] city

14 Eli atamva kulirako anafunsa kuti, “Kodi phokosoli likutanthauza chiyani?” Tsono munthu wa fuko la Benjamini uja anapita msanga kwa Eli kukamufotokozera.

and to hear: hear Eli [obj] voice: sound [the] cry and to say what? voice: sound [the] crowd [the] this and [the] man to hasten and to come (in): come and to tell to/for Eli

15 Nthawiyo nʼkuti Eli ali wa zaka 98 ndipo maso ake anali atachita khungu kotero kuti samatha kuona.

and Eli son: aged ninety and eight year and eye his to arise: establish and not be able to/for to see: see

16 Munthuyo anamuwuza Eli kuti, “Ine ndabwera kuchokera ku nkhondo, ndathawako lero lomwe lino.” Eli anafunsa, “Nanga nkhondo yayenda bwanji mwana wanga?”

and to say [the] man to(wards) Eli I [the] to come (in): come from [the] rank and I from [the] rank to flee [the] day and to say what? to be [the] word: thing son: child my

17 Iye anayankha kuti, “Aisraeli athawa pamaso pa Afilisti. Anthu ambirimbiri aphedwa. Ana anunso Hofini ndi Finehasi aphedwa. Bokosi la Mulungu nalonso lalandidwa.”

and to answer [the] to bear tidings and to say to flee Israel to/for face: before Philistine and also plague great: large to be in/on/with people and also two son: child your to die Hophni and Phinehas and ark [the] God to take: take

18 Atangotchula Bokosi la Yehova, Eli anagwa chagada, kuchoka pa mpando wake umene unali mʼmbali mwa chitseko cha mpanda. Khosi lake linathyoka ndipo anafa, pakuti anali okalamba ndi onenepa kwambiri. Iye anatsogolera Israeli zaka makumi anayi.

and to be like/as to remember he [obj] ark [the] God and to fall: fall from upon [the] throne: seat backwards about/through/for hand: to [the] gate and to break neck his and to die for be old [the] man and heavy and he/she/it to judge [obj] Israel forty year

19 Nthawiyo, mpongozi wa Eli, mkazi wa Finehasi anali woyembekezera ndipo anali pafupi kuchira. Atamva kuti Bokosi la Mulungu lalandidwa ndi kuti mpongozi wake Eli ndi mwamuna wake amwalira, ululu wa pobereka mwana unamufikira modzidzimutsa ndipo anabereka mwana.

and daughter-in-law his woman: wife Phinehas pregnant to/for to beget and to hear: hear [obj] [the] tidings to(wards) to take: take ark [the] God and to die father-in-law her and man: husband her and to bow and to beget for to overturn upon her pang her

20 Popeza mkaziyo anali pafupi kumwalira, akazi amene amamuthandiza anati, “Usaope, wabereka mwana wamwamuna” Koma iye sanayankhe kapena kulabadirako.

and like/as time to die she and to speak: speak [the] to stand upon her not to fear for son: child to beget and not to answer and not to set: consider heart her

21 Tsono iye anatcha mwanayo dzina loti Ikabodi kutanthauza kuti, “Ulemerero wachoka mu Israeli,” chifukwa cha kulandidwa Bokosi la Mulungu ndi imfa ya mpongozi wake Eli ndi mwamuna wake.

and to call: call by to/for youth Ichabod Ichabod to/for to say to reveal: remove glory from Israel to(wards) to take: take ark [the] God and to(wards) father-in-law her and man: husband her

22 Ananena momwemo kuti, “Ulemerero wachoka mu Israeli, pakuti Bokosi la Mulungu lalandidwa.”

and to say to reveal: remove glory from Israel for to take: take ark [the] God