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.
Lalu orang-orang Kiryat-Yearim datang, mereka mengangkut tabut TUHAN itu dan membawanya ke dalam rumah Abinadab yang di atas bukit. Dan Eleazar, anaknya, mereka kuduskan untuk menjaga tabut TUHAN itu.
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]).
Sejak saat tabut itu tinggal di Kiryat-Yearim berlalulah waktu yang cukup lama, yakni dua puluh tahun, dan seluruh kaum Israel mengeluh kepada TUHAN.
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.”
Lalu berkatalah Samuel kepada seluruh kaum Israel demikian: "Jika kamu berbalik kepada TUHAN dengan segenap hati, maka jauhkanlah para allah asing dan para Asytoret dari tengah-tengahmu dan tujukan hatimu kepada TUHAN dan beribadahlah hanya kepada-Nya; maka Ia akan melepaskan kamu dari tangan orang Filistin."
4 So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
Kemudian orang-orang Israel menjauhkan para Baal dan para Asytoret dan beribadah hanya kepada TUHAN.
5 Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
Lalu berkatalah Samuel: "Kumpulkanlah segenap orang Israel ke Mizpa; maka aku akan berdoa untuk kamu kepada TUHAN."
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.
Setelah berkumpul di Mizpa, mereka menimba air dan mencurahkannya di hadapan TUHAN. Mereka juga berpuasa pada hari itu dan berkata di sana: "Kami telah berdosa kepada TUHAN." Dan Samuel menghakimi orang Israel di 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.
Ketika didengar orang Filistin, bahwa orang Israel telah berkumpul di Mizpa, majulah raja-raja kota orang Filistin mendatangi orang Israel. Serta didengar orang Israel demikian, maka ketakutanlah mereka terhadap orang Filistin.
8 They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
Lalu kata orang Israel kepada Samuel: "Janganlah berhenti berseru bagi kami kepada TUHAN, Allah kita, supaya Ia menyelamatkan kami dari tangan orang Filistin itu."
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.
Sesudah itu Samuel mengambil seekor anak domba yang menyusu, lalu mempersembahkan seluruhnya kepada TUHAN sebagai korban bakaran. Dan ketika Samuel berseru kepada TUHAN bagi orang Israel, maka TUHAN menjawab dia.
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.
Sedang Samuel mempersembahkan korban bakaran itu, majulah orang Filistin berperang melawan orang Israel. Tetapi pada hari itu TUHAN mengguntur dengan bunyi yang hebat ke atas orang Filistin dan mengacaukan mereka, sehingga mereka terpukul kalah oleh orang 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.
Keluarlah orang-orang Israel dari Mizpa, mengejar orang Filistin itu dan memukul mereka kalah sampai hilir Bet-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.”
Kemudian Samuel mengambil sebuah batu dan mendirikannya antara Mizpa dan Yesana; ia menamainya Eben-Haezer, katanya: "Sampai di sini TUHAN menolong kita."
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.
Demikianlah orang Filistin itu ditundukkan dan tidak lagi memasuki daerah Israel. Tangan TUHAN melawan orang Filistin seumur hidup 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.
dan kota-kota yang diambil orang Filistin dari pada Israel, kembali pula kepada Israel, mulai dari Ekron sampai Gat; dan orang Israel merebut daerah sekitarnya dari tangan orang Filistin. Antara orang Israel dan orang Amori ada damai.
15 Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
Samuel memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang Israel seumur hidupnya.
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.
Dari tahun ke tahun ia berkeliling ke Betel, Gilgal dan Mizpa, dan memerintah atas orang Israel di segala tempat itu,
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.
lalu ia kembali ke Rama, sebab di sanalah rumahnya dan di sanalah ia memerintah atas orang Israel; dan di sana ia mendirikan mezbah bagi TUHAN.
