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.
Also kamen die Leute von Kirjat-Jearim und holten die Lade des HERRN hinauf und brachten sie in das Haus Abinadabs auf dem Hügel, und sie weihten seinen Sohn Eleasar, die Lade des HERRN zu hüten.
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]).
Und von dem Tag an, da die Lade zu Kirjat-Jearim weilte, verging eine lange Zeit, bis zwanzig Jahre um waren; und das ganze Haus Israel jammerte dem HERRN nach.
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.”
Samuel aber redete mit ganz Israel und sprach: Wollt ihr von ganzem Herzen zu dem HERRN zurückkehren, so tut die fremden Götter und Astarten aus eurer Mitte und richtet eure Herzen zu dem HERRN und dient ihm allein, so wird er euch aus der Hand der Philister erretten.
4 So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
Da taten die Kinder Israel die Baale und die Astarten von sich und dienten dem HERRN allein.
5 Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
Samuel aber sprach: Versammelt ganz Israel gen Mizpa, so will ich für euch zum HERRN beten!
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.
Da kamen sie zusammen gen Mizpa und schöpften Wasser und gossen es aus vor dem HERRN und fasteten am selben Tag und sprachen daselbst: Wir haben gegen den HERRN gesündigt! Also richtete Samuel die Kinder Israel zu 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.
Als aber die Philister hörten, daß die Kinder Israel gen Mizpa zusammengekommen waren, zogen die Fürsten der Philister hinauf wider Israel. Als die Kinder Israel solches hörten, fürchteten sie sich vor den Philistern.
8 They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
Und die Kinder Israel sprachen zu Samuel: Laß nicht ab, für uns zu dem HERRN, unserm Gott, zu schreien, daß er uns aus der Hand der Philister errette!
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.
Und Samuel nahm ein Milchlamm und opferte es dem HERRN für Israel, und der HERR erhörte ihn.
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.
Und während Samuel das Brandopfer darbrachte, näherten sich die Philister zum Streit wider Israel; aber an demselben Tage donnerte der HERR mit gewaltiger Stimme wider die Philister und verwirrte sie, so daß sie vor Israel geschlagen wurden.
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.
Da zogen die Männer Israels aus von Mizpa und jagten die Philister und schlugen sie bis unterhalb Beth-Kar.
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.”
Da nahm Samuel einen Stein und setzte ihn zwischen Mizpa und Schen und hieß ihn Eben-Eser, und sprach: Bis hierher hat der HERR uns geholfen!
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.
Also wurden die Philister gedemütigt und kamen hinfort nicht mehr in das Gebiet Israels. Und die Hand des HERRN war wider die Philister, solange Samuel lebte.
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.
Also bekam Israel die Städte wieder, welche die Philister den Israeliten genommen hatten, von Ekron an bis gen Gat, samt ihrem Gebiet; die errettete Israel aus der Hand der Philister. Es war aber Friede zwischen Israel und den Amoritern.
15 Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
Und Samuel richtete Israel sein Leben lang;
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.
und er zog alljährlich umher und machte die Runde in Bethel, Gilgal und Mizpa und richtete Israel an allen diesen Orten.
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.
Doch kehrte er immer wieder nach Rama zurück; denn daselbst war sein Haus; und er richtete Israel daselbst und baute daselbst dem HERRN einen Altar.
