1 Samuelova 7
1 Tedy přišli muži Kariatjeharim a vzali odtud truhlu Hospodinovu, a vnesli ji do domu Abinadabova na pahrbek, a Eleazara syna jeho posvětili, aby ostříhal truhly Hospodinovy.
[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 Stalo se pak, že od toho času, jakž zůstala truhla v Kariatjeharim, když bylo přeběhlo mnoho dní, a byl již rok dvadcátý, teprv se roztoužil všecken dům Izraelský po Hospodinu.
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 Nebo byl mluvil Samuel ke všemu domu Izraelskému, řka: Jestliže celým srdcem svým obracíte se k Hospodinu, odejměte bohy cizí z prostředku sebe i Astarota, a ustavte srdce své při Hospodinu, a služte jemu samému, a vysvobodí vás z ruky Filistinských.
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 A tak zavrhli synové Izraelští Bálim i Astarota, a sloužili Hospodinu samému.
So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
5 Byl také řekl Samuel: Shromažďte všecken lid Izraelský do Masfa, a modliti se budu za vás Hospodinu.
Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
6 I shromáždili se do Masfa, a vážíce vodu, vylévali před Hospodinem, a postíce se v ten den, řekli tam: Zhřešili jsme proti Hospodinu. A soudil Samuel syny Izraelské v Masfa.
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 Uslyšavše pak Filistinští, že synové Izraelští shromáždili se do Masfa, vytáhla knížata Filistinská proti Izraelovi. Což když uslyšeli synové Izraelští, báli se příchodu Filistinských.
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 Pročež řekli synové Izraelští Samuelovi: Nepřestávej volati za nás k Hospodinu Bohu našemu, aby nás vysvobodil z ruky Filistinských.
They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
9 Vzav tedy Samuel beránka jednoho, kterýž ještě ssal, obětoval ho celého v obět zápalnou Hospodinu. I modlil se Samuel Hospodinu za Izraele, a uslyšel jej Hospodin.
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 I bylo, že když Samuel obětoval obět zápalnou, Filistinští přiblížili se, aby bojovali proti Izraelovi, ale zahřměl Hospodin hřímáním náramným v ten den nad Filistinskými, a potřel je, i poraženi jsou před tváří Izraele.
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 Vytáhše pak muži Izraelští z Masfa, stihali Filistinské, a bili je až pod Betchar.
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 Tehdy vzav Samuel kámen jeden, položil jej mezi Masfa a mezi Sen, a nazval jméno jeho Eben-Ezer; nebo řekl: Až potud pomáhal nám Hospodin.
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 A tak sníženi jsou Filistinští, a netáhli více na pomezí Izraelské; a byla ruka Hospodinova proti Filistinským po všecky dny Samuelovy.
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 Navrácena jsou také města Izraelovi, kteráž byli Filistinští odtrhli od Izraele, počna od Akaron až do Gát; i pomezí jejich vysvobodil Izrael z ruky Filistinských. A byl pokoj mezi Izraelem a Amorejskými.
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 I soudil Samuel Izraele po všecky dny života svého.
Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
16 A chodě každého roku, obcházel Bethel a Galgala i Masfa, a soudil Izraele na všech těch místech.
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 (Potom navracoval se do Ramata, nebo tam byl dům jeho, a tam soudil Izraele.) Tam také vzdělal oltář Hospodinu.
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.
