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.
Przyszli tedy mężowie z Karyjatyjarym, i odwieźli skrzynię Pańską, a wnieśli ją do domu Abinadabowego w Gabaa; a Eleazara syna jego poświęcili, aby strzegł skrzyni Pańskiej.
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]).
I stało się, gdy od onego dnia, jako została skrzynia w Karyjatyjarym, wyszedł niemały czas, to jest dwadzieścia lat, że płakał wszystek dom Izraelski za Panem.
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.”
I rzekł Samuel do wszystkiego domu Izraelskiego mówiąc: Jeźliże ze wszystkiego serca waszego nawracacie się do Pana, wyrzućcież bogi cudze z pośrodku siebie, i Astarota, a zgotujcie serce wasze Panu, i służcie jemu samemu, tedyć was wybawi z ręki Filistynów.
4 So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
Przetoż wyrzucili synowie Izraelscy Baala i Astarota, a służyli Panu samemu.
5 Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
Tedy rzekł Samuel: Zgromadźcie wszystkiego Izraela do Masfa, abym się modlił za wami Panu.
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.
A tak zgromadzili się do Masfa, a czerpając wodę, wylewali przed Panem, i pościli tam dnia onego, mówiąc: Zgrzeszyliśmy Panu. I sądził Samuel syny Izraelskie w Masfa.
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.
A gdy usłyszeli Filistynowie, że się zgromadzili synowie Izraelscy do Masfa, ruszyły się książęta Filisyńskie przeciw Izraelowi. Co gdy usłyszeli synowie Izraelscy, zlękli się przed Filistynami.
8 They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
I rzekli synowie Izraelscy do Samuela: Nie przestawaj za nami wołać do Pana, Boga naszego, aby nas wybawił z ręki Filistynów.
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.
Przetoż wziął Samuela baranka ssącego jednego, i ofiarował go całego na całopalenie Panu; i wołał Samuel do Pana za Izraelem, a wysłuchał go Pan.
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.
I stało się, gdy Samuel sprawował całopalenie, że Filistynowie przyciągnęli blisko, aby walczyli przeciw Izraelowi; ale zagrzmiał Pan grzmotem wielkim dnia onego nad Filistynami, a potarł je, i porażeni są przed obliczem Izraela.
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.
A mężowie Izraelscy wypadłszy z Masfa, gonili Filistyny, i bili je aż pod Betchar.
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.”
Tedy wziął Samuel kamień jeden, i postawił go między Masfa a między Sen, i nazwał imię jego Ebenezer, mówiąc: Aż póty pomagał nam Pan.
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.
A tak poniżeni są Filistynowie, a potem więcej nie przychodzili na granicę Izraelską; albowiem była ręka Pańska przeciwko Filistynom po wszystkie dni Samuelowe.
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.
I przywrócone są miasta Izraelowi, które byli wzięli Filistynowie Izraelowi, od Akkaronu aż do Get, i granice ich oswobodził Izrael z ręki Filistynów; i był pokój między Izraelem, i między Amorejczykiem.
15 Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
I sądził Samuel Izraela po wszystkie dni żywota swego.
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.
A chodząc na każdy rok, obchodził Betel, i Gilgal, i Masfa, sądząc Izraela po onych wszystkich miejscach.
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.
Potem się wracał do Ramaty; bo tam był dom jego, i tam sądził Izraela; tamże też zbudował ołtarz Panu.
