1 Samuel 7
1 [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.
Ug ang mga tawo sa Chiriath-jearim nangadto, ug gikuha ang arca ni Jehova, ug gidala kini ngadto sa balay ni Abinadab nga didto sa bungtod, ug gibalaan si Eleazar nga iyang anak nga lalake aron sa pagbantay sa arca ni Jehova.
2 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]).
Ug nahitabo, sukad sa adlaw nga ang arca diha sa Chiriath-jearim, nga ang panahon hataas; kay kaluhaan ka tuig: ug ang tibook nga balay sa Israel nanagbakho sunod kang Jehova.
3 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.”
Ug si Samuel namulong sa tibook nga balay sa Israel, nga nagaingon: Kong kamo managpamalik kang Jehova sa bug-os ninyong kasingkasing, nan isalikway ang inyong mga laing dios ug ang Astaroth gikan sa taliwala ninyo, ug ipatumong ang inyong kasingkasing ngadto kang Jehova, ug mag-alagad kaniya lamang: ug siya magaluwas ka ninyo gikan sa kamot sa mga Filistehanon.
4 So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
Unya ang mga anak sa Israel nanagsalikway sa mga Baal ug sa Astaroth, ug nanag-alagad kang Jehova lamang.
5 Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
Ug si Samuel miingon: Tiguma ang tibook Israel didto sa Mizpa, ug ako magaampo alang kaninyo ngadto kang Jehova.
6 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.
Ug sila nanagtigum pagtingub didto sa Mizpa, ug nanagkalus sa tubig, ug gibubo kini sa atubangan ni Jehova, ug nanagpuasa niadtong adlawa, ug namulong didto: Kami nakasala batok kang Jehova. Ug si Samuel nagmaghuhukom sa mga anak sa Israel didto sa Mizpa.
7 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.
Ug sa diha nga ang mga Filistehanon nakadungog nga ang mga anak sa Israel nanagtigum pagtingub didto sa Mizpa, ang mga kadagkuan sa mga Filistehanon nanungas batok sa Israel. Ug sa diha nga ang mga anak sa Israel nakadungog niini, sila nangahadlok sa mga Filistehanon.
8 They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
Ug ang mga anak sa Israel ming-ingon kang Samuel: Ayaw paghunong sa pagtu-aw ngadto kang Jehova, nga atong Dios alang kanamo, aron siya magaluwas kanamo gikan sa kamot sa mga Filistehanon.
9 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.
Ug si Samuel mikuha ug usa ka nagsuso pang nati sa carnero ug gihalad kana alang sa usa ka tibook nga halad-nga-sinunog kang Jehova: ug si Samuel mingtu-aw kang Jehova alang sa Israel; ug si Jehova mitubag kaniya.
10 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.
Ug sa diha nga si Samuel naghalad pa sa halad-nga-sinunog, ang mga Filistehanon nagpahaduol sa pagpakig-away batok sa Israel; apan si Jehova nagpadalogdog sa dakung dalogdog sa ibabaw sa mga Filistehanon niadtong adlawa, ug gidaug sila; ug nangamatay sila sa atubangan sa Israel.
11 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.
Ug ang mga tawo sa Israel nanggula gikan sa Mizpa, ug minglutos sa Filistehanon, ug nagpatay kanila hangtud sa paghiabut nila sa ilalum sa Beth-car.
12 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.”
Unya si Samuel mikuha ug usa ka bato, ug nagpahamutang niini taliwala sa Mizpa ug sa Sen, ug nagtawag sa ngalan niana nga Eben-ezer, nga nagaingon: Kutob dinhi si Jehova nagtabang kanato.
13 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.
Busa ang mga Filistehanon gidaug, ug wala na sila umanha sulod sa utlanan sa Israel: ug ang kamot ni Jehova batok sa mga Filistehanon sa tanang mga adlaw ni Samuel.
14 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.
Ug ang mga ciudad nga naagaw sa mga Filistehanon gikan kang Israel, nahiuli sa Israel, sukad sa Ecron ngadto sa Gath; ug ang utlanan niini gibawi sa Israel gikan sa kamot sa mga Filistehanon. Ug may pakigdait sa taliwala sa Israel ug sa mga Amorehanon.
15 Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
Ug si Samuel nagmaghuhukom sa Israel sa tibook nga mga adlaw sa iyang kinabuhi.
16 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.
Ug siya magadtoan matag-tuig sa paglibut ngadto sa Beth-el, ug Gilgal, ug Mizpa; ug siya nagmaghuhukom sa Israel didto niadtong tanang mga dapit.
17 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.
Ug ang iyang pagpauli ngadto sa Rama, kay didto ang iyang balay; ug didto nagmaghuhukom siya sa Israel: ug nagtukod siya didto ug usa ka halaran kang Jehova.
