1 Samue 7
1 E'ina hige'za Kiriat Jearimi vene'nemo'za ana huhagerafi huvempage vogisia eme eri'za kuma'zamirega vu'za, Aminadapu noma agonare me'nere ome ante'naze. Ana nehu'za ana ne'mofo nemofo Elisana pristi azeri otizageno pristia manino kegava hu'ne.
[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.
2 Hagi 20'a kafunaza za'zate huhagerafi huvempage vogisimo'a Kiriat Jearimia me'negeno, Israeli vahe'mo'za Ra Anumzamo'a tatre'ne hu'za krafagea hu'naze.
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]).
3 Hagi Samueli'a miko Israeli vahekura amanage hu'ne, Tamagrama Ra Anumzamofonte'ma tamagu'areti huta tamagu'ama rukrahe'ma nehuta, miko ru anumzantamine Astaroti havi anumzamofo amema'ama amu'nontamifima me'neana eri netreta Agriteke'ma mono'ma huntesageno'a, Agra Filistia vahe zamazampintira tamaza huno tamavregahie.
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.”
4 Hige'za Israeli vahe'mo'za Bali havi anumzane Astaroti havi anumzana amu'nozamifintira erinetre'za Ra Anumzanke monora hunte'naze.
So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
5 Hagi Samueli'a Israeli vahera amanage huno zamasami'ne, Mika'mota Mispa omeri atru hinke'na tamagri tamagi eri'na Ra Anumzamofontega nunamuna ha'neno.
Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
6 Hagi Mispama emetru hute'za, tinkerifinti tina ome afi'za Ra Anumzamofo avuga eme tagi'naze. Hagi ana knazupa ne'zana a'o nehu'za, nunamuna hu'za kumi'ma hu'naza zanku huama hu'za zamasunku nehu'za amanage hu'naze, tagra Ra Anumzamofontera kumi hu'none. Hagi Samueli'a Mispa mani'neno Israeli vahera keaga refko huzmante kva vahera mani'ne.
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.
7 Hagi Israeli vahe'mo'za Mispama emeri atru nehaze kema Filistia kva vahe'mo'zama nentahi'za, Israeli vahe ha' huzamantenaku sondia vahera zamavare'za e'naze. Hagi ana nanekema Israeli vahe'mo'zama nentahi'za, tusi koro nehu'za zamagogogu hu'naze.
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.
8 Hagi Israeli vahe'mo'za Samuelina asami'za, ontaganenka Ra Anumzana tagri Anumzamofontega mago'ene hanavetinka nunamuna nehugeno, Filistia vahe zamazampintira tagu'vazino.
They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
9 Anage hazageno Samueli'a mago ami'nenea anenta sipisipi aheno Ra Anumzamofonte maka kresramana nevuno, Israeli vahe'mokizmi zamagi erino hanavetino nunamuna higeno, Ra Anumzamo'a antahimi'ne.
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.
10 Hagi ana'ma huno kresramana nevige'za, Filistia vahe'mo'za Israeli vahera ha' huzamante'naku e'naze. Hianagi ana zupa Ra Anumzamo'a monagemo hiaza huno kea nehige'za Filistia vahe'mo'za savri nehu'za na'a fore nehie hu'za neginagi nehazageno, Israeli vahe'mo'za hara huzamagatere'naze.
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.
11 Hagi Israeli vahe'mo'za Filistia vahera zamorotago hu'za Mispa atre'za Bet-kar kumapi nevu'za Filistia sondia vahetamina zamazeri'za zamahe fri'naze.
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.
12 Hagi Samueli'a Mispa kuma'ene Seni kuma'mofo amu'nozanifi have erino asenenteno amanage hu'ne, Amarera Ra Anumzamo taza hu'nerere, nehuno Ebenize huno agi'a antemi'ne.
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.”
13 Hagi Filistia vahe'mo'za mago'ane Israeli vahera hara eme huozamante'naze. Hagi Samueli'ma kvama mani'nea knafina, Ra Anumzamo'a azana rusuteno Israeli vahera zamaza huno Filistia vahera hara huzamante'ne.
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.
14 Hagi Israeli vahe kumatamina, Ekroniti vuno Gatima ome atre'nea kumatamima Filistia vahe'mo'zama ko'ma zamahe'za hanare'za eri'nazana, ete Israeli vahe'mo'za eri'naze. Ana hazageno Israeli vahe'mo'za Amori vahe'enena hara osu fru hu'za mani'naze.
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.
15 Hagi Samueli'ma mani'nea knafina Israeli vahetera kva mani'neno, keaga refko nehuno kegava huzmanteno ne-eno efri'ne.
Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
16 Hagi kafure kafurera Samueli'a Betelima, Gilkalima, Mispa kumatamimpi kagino vano nehuno, vahe'mokizmi kea antahino refako huzmantetere hu'ne.
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.
17 Hagi ete kuma'aregama Ramama nevuno'a, anazanke huno vahe'mofo keaga refako hu'ne. Hagi Rama kumate Ra Anumzamofo kresamana vu ita tro hunte'ne.
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.
