1 Samuel 7

1 Lalu orang-orang Kiryat-Yearim datang, mereka mengangkut tabut TUHAN itu dan membawanya ke dalam rumah Abinadab yang di atas bukit. Dan Eleazar, anaknya, mereka kuduskan untuk menjaga tabut TUHAN itu.

And then men of Cariathiarim came and fetched up the ark of the Lord and carried it into the house of Abinadab in Gabaa: and they sanctified Eleazar his son, to keep the ark of the Lord.

2 Sejak saat tabut itu tinggal di Kiryat-Yearim berlalulah waktu yang cukup lama, yakni dua puluh tahun, dan seluruh kaum Israel mengeluh kepada TUHAN.

And it came to pass, that from the day the ark of the Lord abode in Cariathiarim days were multiplied, (for it was now the twentieth year, ) and all the house of Israel rested following the Lord.

3 Lalu berkatalah Samuel kepada seluruh kaum Israel demikian: "Jika kamu berbalik kepada TUHAN dengan segenap hati, maka jauhkanlah para allah asing dan para Asytoret dari tengah-tengahmu dan tujukan hatimu kepada TUHAN dan beribadahlah hanya kepada-Nya; maka Ia akan melepaskan kamu dari tangan orang Filistin."

And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

4 Kemudian orang-orang Israel menjauhkan para Baal dan para Asytoret dan beribadah hanya kepada TUHAN.

Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.

5 Lalu berkatalah Samuel: "Kumpulkanlah segenap orang Israel ke Mizpa; maka aku akan berdoa untuk kamu kepada TUHAN."

And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.

6 Setelah berkumpul di Mizpa, mereka menimba air dan mencurahkannya di hadapan TUHAN. Mereka juga berpuasa pada hari itu dan berkata di sana: "Kami telah berdosa kepada TUHAN." Dan Samuel menghakimi orang Israel di Mizpa.

And they gathered together to Masphath: and they drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and they fasted on that day, and they said there: We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Masphath.

7 Ketika didengar orang Filistin, bahwa orang Israel telah berkumpul di Mizpa, majulah raja-raja kota orang Filistin mendatangi orang Israel. Serta didengar orang Israel demikian, maka ketakutanlah mereka terhadap orang Filistin.

And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Masphath, and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard this, they were afraid of the Philistines.

8 Lalu kata orang Israel kepada Samuel: "Janganlah berhenti berseru bagi kami kepada TUHAN, Allah kita, supaya Ia menyelamatkan kami dari tangan orang Filistin itu."

And they said to Samuel: Cease not to cry to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

9 Sesudah itu Samuel mengambil seekor anak domba yang menyusu, lalu mempersembahkan seluruhnya kepada TUHAN sebagai korban bakaran. Dan ketika Samuel berseru kepada TUHAN bagi orang Israel, maka TUHAN menjawab dia.

And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it whole for a holocaust to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him.

10 Sedang Samuel mempersembahkan korban bakaran itu, majulah orang Filistin berperang melawan orang Israel. Tetapi pada hari itu TUHAN mengguntur dengan bunyi yang hebat ke atas orang Filistin dan mengacaukan mereka, sehingga mereka terpukul kalah oleh orang Israel.

And it came to pass, when Samuel was offering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and terrified them, and they were overthrown before the face of Israel.

11 Keluarlah orang-orang Israel dari Mizpa, mengejar orang Filistin itu dan memukul mereka kalah sampai hilir Bet-Kar.

And the men of Israel going out of Masphath pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar.

12 Kemudian Samuel mengambil sebuah batu dan mendirikannya antara Mizpa dan Yesana; ia menamainya Eben-Haezer, katanya: "Sampai di sini TUHAN menolong kita."

And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place, the Stone of help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us.

13 Demikianlah orang Filistin itu ditundukkan dan tidak lagi memasuki daerah Israel. Tangan TUHAN melawan orang Filistin seumur hidup Samuel,

And the Philistines were humbled, and they did not come any more into the borders of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines, all the days of Samuel.

14 dan kota-kota yang diambil orang Filistin dari pada Israel, kembali pula kepada Israel, mulai dari Ekron sampai Gat; dan orang Israel merebut daerah sekitarnya dari tangan orang Filistin. Antara orang Israel dan orang Amori ada damai.

And the cities, which the Philistines had taken from Israel, were restored to Israel, from Accaron to Geth, and their borders: and he delivered Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and there was peace between Israel and the Amorrhites.

15 Samuel memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang Israel seumur hidupnya.

And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life:

16 Dari tahun ke tahun ia berkeliling ke Betel, Gilgal dan Mizpa, dan memerintah atas orang Israel di segala tempat itu,

And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the aforesaid places.

17 lalu ia kembali ke Rama, sebab di sanalah rumahnya dan di sanalah ia memerintah atas orang Israel; dan di sana ia mendirikan mezbah bagi TUHAN.

And he returned to Ramatha, for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.