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.
Så kommo det folket af KiriathJearim, och hemtade Herrans ark ditupp, och förde honom i AbiNadabs hus i Gibea; och hans son Eleazar vigde de, att han skulle taga vara på Herrans ark.
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]).
Och ifrå den dagen, då Herrans ark kom till KiriathJearim, fördröjde sig tiden, tilldess tjugu år voro förlupne; och allt Israels hus greto för Herranom.
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.”
Men Samuel sade till hela Israels hus: Om I omvänden eder med allt hjerta till Herran, så låter ifrån eder de främmande gudar och Astaroth, och bereder edart hjerta till Herran, och tjener honom allena, så varder han eder frälsandes utu de Philisteers hand.
4 So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
Så bortkastade Israels barn ifrå sig Baalim och Astaroth, och tjente Herranom allena.
5 Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
Och Samuel sade: Församler hela Israel till Mizpa, att jag må der bedja Herran för eder.
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.
Och de kommo tillhopa i Mizpa, och öste vatten, och göto ut för Herranom, och fastade den dagen, och sade der: Vi hafve syndat för Herranom. Och så dömde Samuel Israels barn i 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.
Då nu de Philisteer hörde, att Israels barn voro tillhopakomne i Mizpa, drogo de Philisteers Förstar upp emot Israel. När Israels barn det hörde, fruktade de sig för de Philisteer;
8 They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
Och sade till Samuel: Vänd icke igen att ropa för oss till Herran vår Gud, att han hjelper oss utu de Philisteers hand.
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.
Samuel tog ett fett lamb, och offrade Herranom ett helt bränneoffer, och ropade till Herran för Israel; och Herren bönhörde honom.
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.
Och som Samuel offrade bränneoffret, kommo de Philisteer fram till att strida emot Israel. Men Herren lät dundra en stor tordön öfver de Philisteer på den dagen; och förfärade dem, så att de vordo slagne för 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.
Så drogo Israels män ut ifrå Mizpa, och jagade de Philisteer, och slogo dem allt inunder BethCar.
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.”
Då tog Samuel en sten, och satte honom emellan Mizpa och Sen, och kallade honom Hjelposten, och sade: Allt härintill hafver Herren hulpit oss.
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.
Så vordo de Philisteer förtryckte, och kommo intet mer i Israels gränso. Och Herrans hand var emot de Philisteer, så länge Samuel lefde.
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.
Så vordo ock de städer Israel igengifne, som de Philisteer dem ifråtagit hade, ifrån Ekron intill Gath, med deras gränsor; dem friade Israel utu de Philisteers hand; ty Israel hade frid med de Amoreer.
15 Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
Och Samuel dömde Israel, så länge han lefde;
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.
Och for hvart år omkring till BethEl, och Gilgal, och Mizpa. Och när han hade på all denna rummen dömt 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.
Kom han igen till Ramath, ty der var hans hus; och dömde der Israel, och byggde der Herranom ett altare.
