Kings I 7
1 And the men of Cariathiarim come, and bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord: and they bring it into the house of Aminadab in the hill; and they sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
So kom då folk frå Kirjat-Jearim og henta Herrens kista dit upp og sette henne inn i Abinadabs hus på haugen. Dei helga Eleazar, son hans, til å vakta Herrens kista.
2 And it came to pass from the time that the ark was in Cariathiarim, the days were multiplied, and [the time] was twenty years; and all the house of Israel looked after the Lord.
Frå den dagen då kista kom til Kirjat-Jearim, leid det lang tid: tjuge år. Og heile Israels-ætti sukka etter Herren.
3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do with all your heart return to the Lord, take away the strange gods from the midst of you, and the groves, and prepare your hearts to [serve] the Lord, and serve him only; and he shall deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.
Då tala Samuel til heile Israels-ætti: «Vil de venda um til Herren av heile dykkar hug, so skil dykk med dei framande gudarne og Astarte-bilæti! vend hugen dykkar til Herren, og ten einast honom, so skal han fria dykk frå filistarmagti; »
4 And the children of Israel took away Baalim and the groves of Astaroth, and served the Lord only.
Då skilde Israels-borni seg bilæti av Ba’al og Astarte og tente einast Herren.
5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Massephath, and I will pray for you to the Lord.
Samuel sagde: «Stemne heile Israel i Mispa, so vil eg beda for dykk til Herren!»
6 And they were gathered together to Massephath, and they drew water, and poured it out upon the earth before the Lord. And they fasted on that day, and said, We have sinned before the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Massephath.
Då samla dei seg saman i Mispa, henta vatn og dei auste ut for Herren, og dei fasta heile den dagen og sagde: «Me hev synda mot Herren.» So heldt Samuel dom i Mispa og skilde trættor millom Israels-borni.
7 And the Philistines heard that all the children of Israel were gathered together to Massephath: and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel: and the children of Israel heard, and they feared before the Philistines.
Då filistarane frette at Israels-borni hadde samla seg i Mispa, drog filistarfyrstarne dit upp mot Israel. Då Israel høyrde gjete det, vart dei rædde for filistarane.
8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry to the Lord thy God for us, and he shall save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
Og Israels-borni sagde til Samuel: «Haldt ved i eino og ropa til Herren, vår Gud, at han må frelsa oss ut or filistarmagti!»
9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it up as a whole-burnt-offering with all the people to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him.
Då tok Samuel eit soglamb og ofra det til eit brennoffer, eit heiloffer for Herren. Og Samuel ropa til Herren for Israel. Og Herren høyrde bøni hans.
10 And Samuel was offering the whole-burnt-offering; and the Philistines drew near to war against Israel; and the Lord thundered with a mighty sound in that day upon the Philistines, and they were confounded and overthrown before Israel.
Medan Samuel ofra brennofferet, drog filistarane fram til strid mot Israel. Men Herren dundra med eit veldugt torever yver filistarane den dagen og fjetra deim, so dei vart slegne av Israel.
11 And the men of Israel went forth out of Massephath, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them to the parts under Baethchor.
Israels mannskap drog ut frå Mispa og forfylgde filistarane og hogg deim ned på flugti, alt til dei kom nedanfor Bet-Kar.
12 And Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Massephath and the old [city]; and he called the name of it Abenezer, stone of the helper; and he said, Hitherto has the Lord helped us.
Då tok Samuel ein stein og sette millom Mispa og Sen, og kalla honom Eben-Ezer og sagde: «Til no hev Herren hjelpt oss.»
13 So the Lord humbled the Philistines, and they did not anymore come into the border of Israel; and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
Soleis laut filistarane bøygja seg, og kom ikkje meir innanfor landskilet åt Israel. Og Herrens hand var mot filistarane so lenge Samuel livde.
14 And the cities which the Philistines took from the children of Israel were restored; and they restored them to Israel from Ascalon to Azob: and they took the coast of Israel out of the hand of the Philistines; and there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.
Dei byarne som filistarane hadde teke frå Israel, fekk Israel att, frå Ekron til Gat; og kverven derikring tok Israel ogso att frå filistarane. Og millom Israel og amoritarne vart det fred.
15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
Samuel var domar i Israel so lenge han livde.
16 And he went year by year, and went round Baethel, and Galgala, and Massephath; and he judged Israel in all these consecrated places.
Kvart år ferdast han rundt til Betel, Gilgal og Mispa; og han skilde trættor i Israel på alle desse staderne.
17 And his return was to Armathaim, because there was his house; and there he judged Israel, and built there an altar to the Lord.
So for han heim att til Rama; for der åtte han heime, og der skilde han elles trættorne millom israelitarne. Og der bygde han eit altar for Herren.
