Samuel 1 4
1 Eye Samuel ƒe nya de Israel blibo gbɔ. Le ɣeyiɣi ma me la, aʋa dzɔ ɖe Israelviwo kple Filistitɔwo dome. Israel ƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe Ebenezer gbɔ eye Filistitɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ nɔ Afek.
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 Filistitɔwo ɖu Israelviwo dzi; wowu Israelvi akpe ene.
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 Esi aʋa la ke la, Israelviwo trɔ yi woƒe asaɖa me eye woƒe kplɔlawo de ŋugble tso nu si ta Yehowa na Filisitɔwo ɖu wo dzi la ŋu. Wogblɔ be, “Mina míatsɔ Yehowa ƒe nubablaɖaka la tso Silo ava afi sia. Ne míetsɔe yi aʋagbedzi kpli mí la, Yehowa anɔ mía dome eye wòaɖe mí tso míaƒe futɔwo si me kokoko.”
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 Ale wona woyi ɖatsɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ƒe nubablaɖaka vɛ, Yehowa nɔ anyi ɖe nubablaɖaka sia ƒe Kerubiwo tame. Hofni kple Finehas, Eli viŋutsu eveawo, kplɔ Mawu ƒe nubablaɖaka la ɖo yi aʋagbedzi.
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 Esi Israelviwo kpɔ be wotsɔ Yehowa ƒe nubablaɖaka la gbɔnae la, woƒe dzidzɔɣli de dzi bobobo ale gbegbe be ena anyigba ʋuʋu kloe!
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 Filistitɔwo bia be, “Nya kae le dzɔdzɔm? Nu ka ɣlie le ɖiɖim bobobo nenema le Hebritɔwo ƒe asaɖa me?” Esi wogblɔ na wo be Yehowa ƒe nubablaɖaka lae va ɖo tae la,
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 dzidzi ƒo wo. Wodo ɣli be, “Mawu va ɖo woƒe asaɖa me, babaa na mí elabena míedo go nu sia tɔgbi kpɔ o!
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 Ame kae ate ŋu aɖe mí tso Mawu ŋusẽtɔ si me? Mawu siawo kee tsrɔ̃ Egiptetɔwo kple dɔ vɔ̃wo esime Israel nɔ gbedzi.
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 Oo, Filistitɔwo, miwɔ aʋa kple ŋusẽ abe ale si miewɔ kpɔ o ene, ne menye nenema o la, míazu woƒe kluviwo abe ale si wonye míaƒe kluviwo egbe ene.”
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 Ale Filistitɔwo wɔ aʋa kple ŋusẽ eye wogaɖu Israelviwo dzi. Wowu Israelvi akpe blaetɔ̃ gbe ma gbe eye agbetsiawo si yi woƒe agbadɔwo me.
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 Filistitɔwo xɔ Mawu ƒe nubablaɖaka la eye wowu Hofni kple Finehas gbe ma gbe.
and ark God to take: take and two son: child Eli to die Hophni and Phinehas
12 Ŋutsu aɖe si tso Benyamin ƒe to la me la, ƒu du tso aʋagbedzi eye wòɖo Silo gbe ma gbe ke. Eƒe awuwo vuvu eye ʋuʋudedi nɔ tame nɛ. Nɔnɔme sia fia konyifafa le ɣe ma ɣi me.
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 Eli nɔ lalam le mɔto be yease nya aɖe tso aʋa la ŋu elabena etsi dzimaɖeɖi ɖe Mawu ƒe nubablaɖaka la ƒe dedinɔnɔ ŋu. Esime ame dɔdɔ la tso aʋagbedzi va gblɔ nya si dzɔ la, ameawo fa avi hoo le du blibo la me.
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 Eli bia be, “Nu kae na amewo le avi fam hoo alea?” Ame dɔdɔ la te ɖe Eli ŋu enumake eye wòka nya la ta nɛ.
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 Azɔ Eli xɔ ƒe blaasiekɛ-vɔ-enyi eye eƒe ŋkuwo megale nu kpɔm nyuie o.
and Eli son: aged ninety and eight year and eye his to arise: establish and not be able to/for to see: see
16 Ame dɔdɔ la gblɔ na Eli be, “Mede aʋagbe la dzi egbe, fifi laa koe mesi trɔ gbɔ.” Eli biae be, “Nu kae dzɔ, Vinye ɖe?”
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 Ame dɔdɔ la ɖo eŋu be, “Woɖu Israelviwo dzi eye wowu Israelvi geɖewo, wowu viwò eveawo, Hofni kple Finehas hã eye woxɔ Mawu ƒe nubablaɖaka la hã.”
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 Esi ame dɔdɔ la gblɔ nya si dzɔ ɖe Mawu ƒe nubablaɖaka la dzi ko la, Eli mu le eƒe zikpui dzi, dze anyi ɖe megbe le eƒe agbo la nu. Etɔ kɔ anyi eye wòku elabena etsi eye wònye ame lolo hã. Edrɔ̃ ʋɔnu na Israel ƒe blaene hafi ku.
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 Esi Eli ƒe toyɔvi, Finehas srɔ̃, ame si nye funɔ la se be woxɔ Mawu ƒe nubablaɖaka la eye ye srɔ̃, Finehas kple ye to, Eli ku la, fu de asi eɖuɖu me enumake.
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 Aɖabaƒoƒo ʋɛ aɖewo do ŋgɔ na eƒe ku la, nyɔnu siwo nɔ egbɔ la gblɔ nɛ be edzi viŋutsuvi, ke womegblɔ nya boo aɖeke o.
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 Ena ŋkɔ ŋutsuvi la be, “Ikabod” si gɔmee nye “Israel ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe nu tso.” Elabena woxɔ Mawu ƒe nubablaɖaka la eye srɔ̃a kple toa siaa ku.
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 Egblɔ be, “Israel ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe nu tso elabena woxɔ Mawu ƒe nubablaɖaka la.”
and to say to reveal: remove glory from Israel for to take: take ark [the] God
