1 Samuel 4

1 Dan perkataan Samuel sampai ke seluruh Israel. (4-1b) Orang Israel maju berperang melawan orang Filistin dan berkemah dekat Eben-Haezer, sedang orang Filistin berkemah di Afek.

And the word of Samuel is to all Israel, and Israel goes out to meet the Philistines for battle, and they encamp by Eben-Ezer, and the Philistines have encamped in Aphek,

2 Orang Filistin mengatur barisannya berhadapan dengan orang Israel. Ketika pertempuran menghebat, terpukullah kalah orang Israel oleh orang Filistin, yang menewaskan kira-kira empat ribu orang di medan pertempuran itu.

and the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel, and the battle spreads itself, and Israel is struck before the Philistines, and they strike among the ranks in the field about four thousand men.

3 Ketika tentara itu kembali ke perkemahan, berkatalah para tua-tua Israel: "Mengapa TUHAN membuat kita terpukul kalah oleh orang Filistin pada hari ini? Marilah kita mengambil dari Silo tabut perjanjian TUHAN, supaya Ia datang ke tengah-tengah kita dan melepaskan kita dari tangan musuh kita."

And the people come into the camp, and [the] elderly of Israel say, “Why has YHWH struck us today before the Philistines? We take the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH from Shiloh to ourselves, and it comes into our midst, and He saves us out of the hand of our enemies.”

4 Kemudian bangsa itu menyuruh orang ke Silo, lalu mereka mengangkat dari sana tabut perjanjian TUHAN semesta alam, yang bersemayam di atas para kerub; kedua anak Eli, Hofni dan Pinehas, ada di sana dekat tabut perjanjian Allah itu.

And the people send to Shiloh, and they take from there the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH of Hosts, inhabiting the cherubim, and there [are] two sons of Eli with the Ark of the Covenant of God, Hophni and Phinehas.

5 Segera sesudah tabut perjanjian TUHAN sampai ke perkemahan, bersoraklah seluruh orang Israel dengan nyaring, sehingga bumi bergetar.

And it comes to pass, at the coming in of the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH to the camp, that all Israel shouts [with] a great shout, and the earth is moved.

6 Dan orang Filistin yang mendengar bunyi sorak itu berkata: "Apakah bunyi sorak yang nyaring di perkemahan orang Ibrani itu?" Ketika diketahui mereka, bahwa tabut TUHAN telah sampai ke perkemahan itu,

And the Philistines hear the noise of the shouting, and say, “What [is] the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?” And they perceive that the Ark of YHWH has come into the camp.

7 ketakutanlah orang Filistin, sebab kata mereka: "Allah mereka telah datang ke perkemahan itu," dan mereka berkata: "Celakalah kita, sebab seperti itu belum pernah terjadi dahulu.

And the Philistines are afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp”; and they say, “Woe to us, for there has been nothing like this before.

8 Celakalah kita! Siapakah yang menolong kita dari tangan Allah yang maha dahsyat ini? Inilah juga Allah, yang telah menghajar orang Mesir dengan berbagai-bagai tulah di padang gurun.

Woe to us, who delivers us out of the hand of these majestic gods? These [are] the gods who are striking the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

9 Kuatkanlah hatimu dan berlakulah seperti laki-laki, hai orang Filistin, supaya kamu jangan menjadi budak orang Ibrani itu, seperti mereka dahulu menjadi budakmu. Berlakulah seperti laki-laki dan berperanglah!"

Strengthen yourselves, and become men, O Philistines, lest you do service to Hebrews, as they have done to you—then you have become men, and have fought.”

10 Lalu berperanglah orang Filistin, sehingga orang Israel terpukul kalah. Mereka melarikan diri masing-masing ke kemahnya. Amatlah besar kekalahan itu: dari pihak Israel gugur tiga puluh ribu orang pasukan berjalan kaki.

And the Philistines fight, and Israel is struck, and they each flee to his tents, and the slaughter is very great, and thirty thousand footmen of Israel fall;

11 Lagipula tabut Allah dirampas dan kedua anak Eli, Hofni dan Pinehas, tewas.

and the Ark of God has been taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, have died.

12 Seorang dari suku Benyamin lari dari barisan pertempuran dan pada hari itu juga ia sampai ke Silo dengan pakaian terkoyak-koyak dan dengan tanah di kepalanya.

And a man of Benjamin runs out of the ranks, and comes into Shiloh, on that day, and his long robes [are] torn, and earth [is] on his head;

13 Ketika ia sampai, Eli sedang duduk di kursi di tepi jalan menunggu-nunggu, sebab hatinya berdebar-debar karena tabut Allah itu. Ketika orang itu masuk ke kota dan menceritakan kabar itu, berteriaklah seluruh kota itu.

and he comes in, and behold, Eli is sitting on the throne by the side of the way, watching, for his heart has been trembling for the Ark of God, and the man has come into the city and declares [it], and all the city cries out.

14 Ketika Eli mendengar bunyi teriakan itu, bertanyalah ia: "Keributan apakah itu?" Lalu bersegeralah orang itu mendapatkan Eli dan memberitahukannya kepadanya.

And Eli hears the noise of the cry and says, “What [is] the noise of this tumult?” And the man hurried, and comes in, and tells Eli.

15 Eli sudah sembilan puluh delapan tahun umurnya dan matanya sudah bular, sehingga ia tidak dapat melihat lagi.

And Eli is a son of ninety-eight years, and his eyes have stood, and he has not been able to see.

16 Kata orang itu kepada Eli: "Aku datang dari medan pertempuran; baru hari ini aku melarikan diri dari medan pertempuran." Kata Eli: "Bagaimana keadaannya, anakku?"

And the man says to Eli, “I [am] he who has come out of the ranks, and I have fled out of the ranks today”; and he says, “What has been the matter, my son?”

17 Jawab pembawa kabar itu: "Orang Israel melarikan diri dari hadapan orang Filistin; kekalahan yang besar telah diderita oleh rakyat; lagipula kedua anakmu, Hofni dan Pinehas, telah tewas, dan tabut Allah sudah dirampas."

And he who is bearing tidings answers and says, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and also a great slaughter has been among the people, and also your two sons have died—Hophni and Phinehas—and the Ark of God has been captured.”

18 Ketika disebutnya tabut Allah itu, jatuhlah Eli telentang dari kursi di sebelah pintu gerbang, batang lehernya patah dan ia mati. Sebab telah tua dan gemuk orangnya. Empat puluh tahun lamanya ia memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang Israel.

And it comes to pass, at his mentioning the Ark of God, that he falls backward from off the throne, by the side of the gate, and his neck is broken, and he dies, for the man [is] old and heavy, and he has judged Israel [for] forty years.

19 Adapun menantunya perempuan, isteri Pinehas, sudah hamil tua. Ketika didengarnya kabar itu, bahwa tabut Allah telah dirampas dan mertuanya laki-laki serta suaminya telah mati, duduklah ia berlutut, lalu bersalin, sebab ia kedatangan sakit beranak.

And his daughter-in-law, wife of Phinehas, [is] pregnant, about to bear, and she hears the report of the taking of the Ark of God, that her father-in-law and her husband have died, and she bows, and bears, for her pains have turned on her.

20 Ketika ia hampir mati, berkatalah perempuan-perempuan yang berdiri di dekatnya: "Janganlah takut, sebab engkau telah melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki." Tetapi ia tidak menjawab dan tidak memperhatikannya.

And at the time of her death, the women who are standing by her say, “Do not fear, for you have borne a son,” she has not answered, nor set her heart [to it];

21 Ia menamai anak itu Ikabod, katanya: "Telah lenyap kemuliaan dari Israel" --karena tabut Allah sudah dirampas dan karena mertuanya dan suaminya.

and she calls the youth Ichabod, saying, “Glory has removed from Israel,” because of the taking of the Ark of God, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

22 Katanya: "Telah lenyap kemuliaan dari Israel, sebab tabut Allah telah dirampas."

And she says, “Glory has removed from Israel, for the Ark of God has been taken.”