1 Samuel 4

1 And it was doon in tho daies Filisteis camen to gidere in to batel; for Israel yede out ayens Filisteis in to batel, and settiden tentis bisidis the stoon of help. Forsothe Filisteis camen in to Aphet,

and to be word Samuel to/for all Israel and to come out: come Israel to/for to encounter: toward Philistine to/for battle and to camp upon [the] Ebenezer Ebenezer and Philistine to camp in/on/with Aphek

2 and maden redi scheltrun ayens Israel. Sotheli whanne the batel was bigunnun, Israel turned backis to Filisteis; and as foure thousynde of men weren slayn in that batel `euery where bi feeldis;

and to arrange Philistine to/for to encounter: toward Israel and to leave [the] battle and to strike Israel to/for face: before Philistine and to smite in/on/with rank in/on/with land: country like/as four thousand man

3 and the puple of Israel turnede ayen to tentis. And the grettere men in birthe of Israel seiden, Whi hath the Lord smyte vs to dai bifore Filisteis? Brynge we to vs fro Silo the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, and come it in to the myddis of vs, that it saue vs fro the hond of oure enemyes.

and to come (in): come [the] people to(wards) [the] camp and to say old: elder Israel to/for what? to strike us LORD [the] day to/for face: before Philistine to take: bring to(wards) us from Shiloh [obj] ark covenant LORD and to come (in): come in/on/with entrails: among our and to save us from palm enemy our

4 Therfor the puple sente in to Silo, and thei token fro thennus the arke of boond of pees of the Lord of oostis, `that sat on cherubyn. And Ophym and Fynees, twei sones of Heli, weren with the arke of boond of pees of the Lord.

and to send: depart [the] people Shiloh and to lift: bear from there [obj] ark covenant LORD Hosts to dwell [the] cherub and there two son: child Eli with ark covenant [the] God Hophni and Phinehas

5 And whanne the arke of boond of pees of the Lord hadde come in to the castels, al Israel criede with grete cry, and the erthe sownede.

and to be like/as to come (in): come ark covenant LORD to(wards) [the] camp and to shout all Israel shout great: large and to make noise [the] land: country/planet

6 And Filisteis herden the vois of cry, and seiden, What is this vois of greet cry in the castels of Ebrews? And thei knewen, that the arke of boond of pees of the Lord hadde come in to castels.

and to hear: hear Philistine [obj] voice: sound [the] shout and to say what? voice: sound [the] shout [the] great: large [the] this in/on/with camp [the] Hebrew and to know for ark LORD to come (in): come to(wards) [the] camp

7 And Filisteis dredden, and seiden, God is come in to `the castels; and thei weiliden, and seiden, Wo to vs!

and to fear [the] Philistine for to say to come (in): come God to(wards) [the] camp and to say woe! to/for us for not to be like/as this previously three days ago

8 for so greet ful ioiyng was not yistirdai, and the thridde day passid; wo to vs! who schal kepe vs fro the hond of `these hiye goddis? these ben the goddis, that smytiden Egipt with al veniaunce in deseert.

woe! to/for us who? to rescue us from hand: power [the] God [the] great [the] these these they(masc.) [the] God [the] to smite [obj] Egypt in/on/with all wound in/on/with wilderness

9 Filisteis, be ye coumfortid, and be ye men, serue ye not Ebrews, as thei serueden vs; be ye coumfortid, and fiyte ye.

to strengthen: strengthen and to be to/for human Philistine lest to serve to/for Hebrew like/as as which to serve to/for you and to be to/for human and to fight

10 Therfor Filisteis fouyten, and Israel was slayn, and ech man flei in to his tabernacle; and a ful greet veniaunce was maad, and thretti thousynde of foot men of Israel felden doun.

and to fight Philistine and to strike Israel and to flee man: anyone to/for tent: home his and to be [the] wound great: large much and to fall: kill from Israel thirty thousand on foot

11 And the arke of God was takun; and, twei sones of Heli, Ophym and Fynees, weren deed.

and ark God to take: take and two son: child Eli to die Hophni and Phinehas

12 Sotheli a man of Beniamyn ran fro the scheltrun, and cam in to Silo in that dai, with his cloth torent and his heed bispreynt with dust; and whanne he was comen,

and to run: run man Benjamin from [the] rank and to come (in): come Shiloh in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and garment his to tear and land: soil upon head his

13 Heli sat `on an hiye seete, `and bihelde ayens the weie; for his herte was dredyng for the arke of the Lord. Sotheli aftir that thilke man entride, he telde to the citee, and al the citee yellide.

and to come (in): come and behold Eli to dwell upon [the] throne: seat (hand: by *Q(K)*) way: road to watch for to be heart his trembling upon ark [the] God and [the] man to come (in): come to/for to tell in/on/with city and to cry out all [the] city

14 And Heli herde the soun of cry, and seide, What is this sown of this noise? And he hastide, and cam, and telde to Heli.

and to hear: hear Eli [obj] voice: sound [the] cry and to say what? voice: sound [the] crowd [the] this and [the] man to hasten and to come (in): come and to tell to/for Eli

15 Forsothe Heli was of foure score yeer and eiytene, and hise iyen dasiwiden, and he myyte not se.

and Eli son: aged ninety and eight year and eye his to arise: establish and not be able to/for to see: see

16 And he seide to Heli, Y am that cam fro batel, and Y am that flei to dai fro the scheltrun. To whom Ely seide, My sone, what is doon?

and to say [the] man to(wards) Eli I [the] to come (in): come from [the] rank and I from [the] rank to flee [the] day and to say what? to be [the] word: thing son: child my

17 Forsothe he that telde answeride, and seide, Israel flei bifor Filisteis, and a greet fal is maad in the puple; ferthermore and thi twey sones, Ophym and Fynees, ben deed, and the arke of God is takun.

and to answer [the] to bear tidings and to say to flee Israel to/for face: before Philistine and also plague great: large to be in/on/with people and also two son: child your to die Hophni and Phinehas and ark [the] God to take: take

18 And whanne he hadde nemyd the arke of God, Hely felde fro `the hiye seete bacward bisidis the dore, and `was deed; for the nollis weren brokun. For he was an eld man, and of greet age; and he demyde Israel bi fourti yeer.

and to be like/as to remember he [obj] ark [the] God and to fall: fall from upon [the] throne: seat backwards about/through/for hand: to [the] gate and to break neck his and to die for be old [the] man and heavy and he/she/it to judge [obj] Israel forty year

19 Forsothe his douyter in lawe, `the wijf of Finees, was with childe, and niy the child bering; and whanne `the message was herd that the arke of God was takun, and that hir fadir in lawe was deed, and hir hosebonde, sche bowide hir silf, and childide; for sodeyn sorewis felden in to hir.

and daughter-in-law his woman: wife Phinehas pregnant to/for to beget and to hear: hear [obj] [the] tidings to(wards) to take: take ark [the] God and to die father-in-law her and man: husband her and to bow and to beget for to overturn upon her pang her

20 Sotheli in that moment of hir deeth, wymmen that stoden aboute hir, seiden to hir, Drede thou not, for thou hast childid a sone. And sche answeride not to hem, for nether `sche perseyuede.

and like/as time to die she and to speak: speak [the] to stand upon her not to fear for son: child to beget and not to answer and not to set: consider heart her

21 And sche clepide the child Ichaboth, and seide, The glorie of the Lord is translatid fro Israel, for the arke of God is takun; and for hir fadir in lawe and for hir hosebonde sche seide,

and to call: call by to/for youth Ichabod Ichabod to/for to say to reveal: remove glory from Israel to(wards) to take: take ark [the] God and to(wards) father-in-law her and man: husband her

22 The glorie of God is translatid fro Israel, for the arke of God is takun.

and to say to reveal: remove glory from Israel for to take: take ark [the] God