1 Samuel 4
1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight: and Israel went out to war against the Philistines, and camped by the Stone of help. And the Philistines came to Aphec,
Og heile Israel høyrde Samuels ord. Israel drog ut til strid mot filistarane og lægra seg ved Eben-Ezer, medan filistarane lægra seg i Afek.
2 And put their army in array against Israel. And when they had joined battle, Israel turned their backs to the Philistines, and there was slain in that fight here and there in the fields about four thousand men.
Filistarane fylkte heren sin mot Israel, og striden vart drjug. Og Israel tapte for filistarane; dei felte umlag fire tusund mann på vigvollen.
3 And the people returned to the camp: and the ancients of Israel said: Why hath the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Silo, and let it come in the midst of us, that it may save us from the hand of our enemies.
Då no folket kom att til lægret, sagde dei øvste i Israel: «Kvifor hev Herren late filistarane slå oss i dag? Lat oss henta Herrens sambandskista frå Silo, so ho kann vera her hjå oss og frelsa oss frå fiendarne våre!»
4 So the people sent to Silo, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts sitting upon the cherubims: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were with the ark of the covenant of God.
Folket sende bod til Silo og tok derifrå sambandskista åt Herren, allhers drott, han som tronar yver kerubarne. Og dei tvo Eli-sønerne, Hofni og Pinehas, fylgde med Guds sambandskista.
5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord was come into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, and the earth rang again.
Då Herrens sambandskista kom til lægret, då losna det so stort eit fagnadrop frå heile Israel, at jordi dunde.
6 And the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, and they said: What is this noise of a great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.
Då filistarane høyrde ljoden av fagnadropet, sagde dei: «Kva tyder dette glymjande fagnadropet i hebræarlægret?» Og då dei vart vise med at Herrens kista var komi til lægret,
7 And the Philistines were afraid, saying: God is come into the camp. And sighing, they said:
vart dei forfærde; for dei tenkte: «Gud er komen til lægret.» Og dei sagde: «Usæle me! sovore hev aldri hendt fyrr!
8 Woe to us: for there was no such great joy yesterday and the day before: Woe to us. Who shall deliver us from the hand of these high gods? these are the gods that struck Egypt with all the plagues in the desert.
Usæle me! kven skal frelsa oss frå denne velduge Guden? Det var denne Guden som sende alle ulukkorne yver egyptarane i øydemarki.
9 Take courage and behave like men, ye Philistines: lest you come to be servants to the Hebrews, as they have served you: take courage and fight.
Men - manna dykk upp! og far fram på kara vis, filistarar, so ikkje de skal verta trælar for hebræarane, liksom dei hev vore trælar for oss! Ver no karar, og gakk på!»
10 So the Philistines fought, and Israel was overthrown, and every man fled to his own dwelling: and there was an exceeding great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
Filistarane kasta seg inn i striden; Israels-sønerne vart slegne, og lagde på sprang kvar til sitt, og mannefallet vart øgjelegt stort; av Israel fall tretti tusund mann fotfolk.
11 And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain.
Og Guds kista fall i fiendehand, og Hofni og Pinehas, båe Eli-sønerne, let livet.
12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Silo the same day, with his clothes rent, and his head strewed with dust.
Ein mann av Benjamin sprang frå slagmarki og nådde Silo same dagen, med sundrivne klæde og mold på hovudet.
13 And when he was come, Heli sat upon a stool over against the way watching. For his heart was fearful for the ark of God. And when the man was come into the city, he told it: and all the city cried out.
Då han kom dit, sat Eli på stolen sin attmed byporten og einstirde utetter vegen; for hjarta hans bivra av otte for Guds kista. Då mannen kom inn i byen med denne tidendi, tok heile byen til å jamra og klaga.
14 And Heli heard the noise of the cry, and he said: What meaneth the noise of this uproar? But he made haste, and came, and told Heli.
Og då Eli høyrde ljoden av klageropet, spurde han: «Kva tyder dette ståket eg høyrer?» Mannen skunda seg burtåt og fortalde det med Eli.
15 Now Heli was ninety and eight years old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see.
Eli var åtte og nitti år gamall og star-blind, so han inkje kunde sjå.
16 And he said to Heli: I am he that came from the battle, and have fled out of the field this day. And he said to him: What is there done, my son?
Mannen sagde til Eli: «Det er eg som kjem frå slagmarki, eg hev rømt frå striden i dag.» Han spurde: «Korleis hev det gjenge då, guten min?»
17 And he that brought the news answered, and said: Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter of the people: moreover thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead: and the ark of God is taken.
Bodberaren svara: «Israel rømde for filistarane, det vart stort mannefall på folket, Hofni og Pinehas, sønerne dine, er falne, og Guds kista hev falle i fiendehand.»
18 And when he had named the ark of God, he fell from his stool backwards by the door, and broke his neck, and died. For he was an old man, and far advanced in years: and he judged Israel forty years.
Då han nemnde Guds kista, datt Eli attlenges av stolen attmed byporten og braut halsbeinet. Det vart banen hans; for mannen var gamall og før. Han hadde då vore domar i Israel i fyrti år.
19 And his daughter in law the wife of Phinees, was big with child, and near her time: and hearing the news that the ark of God was taken, and her father in law, and her husband, were dead, she bowed herself and fell in labour: for her pains came upon her on a sudden.
Verdotter hans, kona åt Pinehas, var med barn og gjekk på fallande føter. Då ho høyrde gjete at Guds kista var falli i fiendehand, og at verfaren og mannen hennar hadde late livet, so seig ho i kne og fødde; for føderiderne kom yver henne.
20 And when she was upon the point of death, they that stood about her said to her: Fear not, for thou hast borne a son. She answered them not, nor gave heed to them.
Då ho var mest inni dauden, sagde kvendi som stod ikring henne: «Ver hugheil! du hev fenge ein son.» Men ho svara inkje, og agta ikkje på det.
21 And she called the child Ichabod, saying: The glory is gone from Israel, because the ark of God was taken, and for her father in law, and her husband:
Ho kalla guten I-kabod: «Kvorven er herlegdomen frå Israel, » sagde ho. Ho kom i hug Guds kista som var falli i fiendehand, og so verfaren og mannen.
22 And she said: The glory is departed from Israel, because the ark of God was taken.
«Kvorven er herlegdomen frå Israel, » sagde ho, «for Guds kista var falli i fiendehand.»
