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 penduduk Kiryat Yearim datang dan mengambil peti perjanjian TUHAN. Mereka membawanya ke rumah Abinadab yang terletak di atas bukit. Kemudian mereka menetapkan Eleazar, anak Abinadab, untuk bertanggung jawab atas peti perjanjian TUHAN.
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]).
Peti itu tetap tersimpan di Kiryat Yearim selama dua puluh tahun. Selama waktu itu seluruh umat Israel meratap dan berseru meminta tolong kepada TUHAN, karena sudah lama Dia membiarkan Israel dijajah oleh bangsa Filistin.
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 Samuel berkata kepada seluruh umat Israel, “Jika kalian sungguh-sungguh ingin kembali beribadah kepada TUHAN, maka buanglah semua dewa bangsa asing dan patung Asytoret yang ada di antara kalian. Berbaktilah dengan sungguh-sungguh kepada TUHAN saja, maka Dia akan melepaskan kalian dari penjajahan bangsa Filistin.”
4 So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
Kemudian orang Israel membuang semua patung dewa bangsa asing dari daerah mereka, termasuk patung Baal dan Asytoret, lalu melayani TUHAN saja.
5 Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
Kemudian Samuel berkata, “Kumpulkanlah seluruh umat Israel ke Mispa, maka saya akan berdoa kepada TUHAN bagi kalian.”
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.
Sesudah umat Israel berkumpul di Mispa, mereka membuat upacara di mana mereka menuangkan air sebagai tanda pertobatan yang melambangkan bahwa jiwa mereka sungguh-sungguh diserahkan kepada TUHAN. Sepanjang hari itu mereka berpuasa dan berseru meminta ampunan dengan mengatakan, “Kami sudah berdosa terhadap TUHAN!” Di tempat inilah Samuel mulai menjadi hakim bagi umat Israel.
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 bangsa Filistin mendengar bahwa bangsa Israel sudah berkumpul di Mispa, maka kelima raja Filistin mengumpulkan pasukan mereka, dan berangkat untuk menyerang orang Israel. Ketika mendengar bahwa pasukan Filistin sedang datang, semua orang Israel sangat ketakutan.
8 They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
Mereka berkata kepada Samuel, “Teruslah berdoa kepada TUHAN Allah kita, supaya Dia menolong dan menyelamatkan kita dari serangan bangsa Filistin!”
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.
Lalu Samuel mengambil seekor anak domba yang masih menyusu dan mempersembahkannya kepada TUHAN sebagai kurban yang dibakar habis. Samuel berdoa kepada TUHAN untuk umat Israel, dan 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.
Pada waktu Samuel mempersembahkan kurban yang dibakar habis itu, pasukan Filistin mendekat untuk menyerang mereka. Tetapi saat itu juga, TUHAN menurunkan bunyi gemuruh yang keras dari langit sebagai tanda ancaman terhadap orang Filistin sehingga mereka panik, dan orang Israel mengalahkan mereka.
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.
Mulai dari Mispa, orang-orang Israel mengejar dan membunuh tentara-tentara Filistin sampai ke 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.”
Samuel mengambil sebuah batu yang besar dan tinggi, lalu mendirikannya di antara Mispa dan Sen. Dia menamai tugu itu Eben Haezer, karena katanya, “Sampai saat ini TUHAN sudah 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 dikalahkan, dan sesudah itu mereka tidak lagi memasuki wilayah Israel untuk berperang. Selama masa hidup Samuel, TUHAN terus menolong orang Israel sehingga bangsa Filistin tidak berani lagi menyerang mereka.
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.
Orang Israel berhasil merebut kembali semua kota yang sebelumnya dirampas oleh orang Filistin, mulai dari kota Ekron sampai Gat. Demikianlah bangsa Israel mendapatkan kembali seluruh wilayah mereka. Perdamaian juga terjadi antara Israel dan bangsa Amori.
15 Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
Samuel memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang Israel sampai dia meninggal.
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.
Setiap tahun, Samuel berkeliling ke Betel, Gilgal, dan Mispa. Di setiap kota itu, Samuel menyelesaikan perkara-perkara yang terjadi di antara orang Israel.
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.
Kemudian Samuel kembali ke rumahnya di Rama. Di sana dia juga menghakimi perkara antara orang Israel dan membangun sebuah mezbah untuk mempersembahkan kurban bagi TUHAN.
