१ शमूएल 4
1 सम्पूर्ण इस्राएलभरि शामूएलले वचन दिए । यति बेला इस्राएल पलिश्तीहरूका विरुद्धमा लडाइँ गर्न गयो । तिनीहरूले एबेन-एजेरमा छाउनी हाले र पलिश्तीहरूले अपेकमा छाउनी हाले ।
and Samuel's words were communicated to all the Israelites. The Israelites marched out to confront the Philistines in battle. They set up camp at Ebenezer, while the Philistines set up camp at Aphek.
2 इस्राएल विरुद्ध युद्ध गर्न पलिश्तीहरू पङ्तिबद्ध भए । जब युद्ध फैलियो, पलिश्तीहरूद्वारा इस्राएल पराजीत भयो, जसले युद्ध मैदानमा झण्डै चार हजार मानिसहरू मारे ।
The Philistines attacked the Israelites in formation, and when the battle spread, the Philistines defeated the Israelites, killing 4,000 of them on the battlefield.
3 जब मानिसहरू छाउनीमा आए, इस्राएलका धर्म-गुरुहरूले भने, “आज परमप्रभुले हामीलाई पलिश्तीहरूको सामु किन पराजीत गर्नुभयो? परमप्रभुको करारको सन्दुकलाई शीलोबाट यहाँ ल्याऔं, ताकि त्यो हामीसँग यहाँ नै रहोस्, जसले हामीलाई आफ्ना शत्रुहरूका हातबाट सुरक्षित राखोस् ।”
When the Israelite army returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord defeat us before Philistines today? Let's go and get the Ark of the Lord's Agreement from Shiloh, so that he can accompany us and save us from our enemies.”
4 त्यसैले मानिसहरूले शीलोमा मानिसहरू पठाए । तिनीहरूले त्यहाँबाट सर्वशक्तमान् परमप्रभुको करारको सन्दुक बोके, जो करूबहरूमाथि विराजमान हुनुहुन्छ । एलीका दुई जना छोराहरू होप्नी र पीनहास त्यहाँ परमेश्वरको करारको सन्दुकसँगै थिए ।
So the army sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the Ark of the Lord Almighty's Agreement, he who sits on his throne between the cherubim. Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were there with the Ark of the God's Agreement.
5 जब परमप्रभुको करारको सन्दुक छउनीमा ल्याइयो, इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरू ठुलो सोरमा कराए र पृथ्वी नै गुञ्जियो ।
When the Ark of the Lord's Agreement arrived in the camp, all the Israelites gave such a loud shout it made the ground shake.
6 जब पलिश्तीहरूले कराएको यो आवाज सुने, तिनीहरूले भने, “हिब्रूहरूको छाउनीमा यति ठुलो कराएको आवाजको अर्थ के हो?” तब छाउनीमा परमप्रभुको सन्दुक ल्याइएको थियो भन्ने कुरा तिनीहरूले थाहा पाए ।
When the Philistines heard all the shouting, they asked, “What's the meaning of this shouting in the Israelite camp?” When they found out that the Ark of the Lord had arrived in the camp,
7 पलिश्तीहरू डराए । तिनीहरूले भने, “छाउनीमा एउटा देवता आएको छ ।” तिनीहरूले भने, “हामीलाई धिक्कार छ! पहिले यस्तो कुनै कुरा भएको छैन ।
the Philistines were afraid. “A god has arrived in the camp,” they said. “We're in trouble, for nothing like this has happened before.
8 हामीलाई धिक्कार छ! यी शक्तिशाली देवताहरूको शक्तिबाट हामीलाई कसले सुरक्षा दिन्छ? मिश्रीहरूलाई उजाड-स्थानमा विभिन्न किसिमका विपत्तिहरूले प्रहार गर्ने देवताहरू यिनै हुन् ।
This is disaster for us! Who will save us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who attacked the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
9 ए पलिश्तीहरू हो, साहसी होओ र पुरुषार्थी बन, नत्र जसरी हिब्रूहरू तिमीहरूका दासहरू भएका छन् त्यसरी नै तिमीहरू तिनीहरूका दासहरू बन्नेछौ ।”
Be brave, and fight like real men, Philistines! Otherwise you'll end up as slaves to the Israelites, just as they were your slaves. Now be real men and fight!”
10 पलिश्तीहरूले यद्ध लडे, र इस्राएल पराजित भयो । हरेक मानिस आफ्नो घर भाग्यो र ठुलो नरसंहार भयो । किनकि इस्राएलका तिस हजार पैदल सिपाहीहरू मरे ।
So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated—every man ran away home. The death toll was very large: thirty thousand of the Israelite infantry were killed.
11 परमेश्वरको सन्दुक लगियो र एलीका दुई छोरा होप्नी र पीनहास मरे ।
The Ark of God was captured, and Hophni and Phinehas, Eli's two sons, died.
12 बेन्यामीनको एक जना मानिस युद्ध मैदानबाट आफ्नो लुगा च्यातिएको र शिरमा माटो लागेको अवस्थामा नै दौडे र त्यसै दिन शीलोमा आए।
A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the battle that day all the way to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and he had dirt on his head.
13 त्यो आउँदा, एली आफ्नो आसनमा बाटोको छेवैमा बसेर हेरिरहेका थिए, किनभने परमेश्वरको सन्दुको चिन्ताले तिनको हृदय काम्यो । जब त्यो मानिस सहर प्रवेश गर्यो र त्यो खबर भन्यो, तब सारा सहरमा रुवाबासी भयो ।
When he arrived, Eli was sitting there on his chair by the road, watching out for news because he was worried about the Ark of God. When the man came into town and gave his report, the whole town cried out loud.
14 जब एलीले रुवाबासीको हल्ला सुने, तब तिनले सोधे, “यो हल्लाखल्लाको अर्थ के हो?” त्यो मानिस दौडेर आयो र एलीलाई भन्यो ।
Eli heard the crying and asked, “What's all this noise?” The man rushed over to Eli and told him what had happened.
15 यति बेला एली अन्ठानब्बे वर्ष भएका थिए । तिनका आँखाहरू धमिला भएका थिए र तिनले देख्न सक्दैनथे ।
Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed because he couldn't see.
16 त्यो मानिसले एलीलाई भन्यो, “युद्ध मैदानबाट आउने मानिस म नै हुँ । म युद्धबाट आज नै भागेको हुँ ।” एलीले भने, “हे मेरो छोरो, त्यो कस्तो भयो त?”
“I've just come from the battle,” the man said. “I ran away from it today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
17 सामाचार ल्याउने मानिसले जवाफ दियो र भन्यो, “पलिश्तीहरूको सामुबाट इस्राएली भागे । मानिसहरूका माझमा ठुलो पराजय पनि भएको छ । तपाईंका दुई छोरा होप्नी र पीनहास पनि मरे, र परमेश्वरको सन्दुक कब्जा गरेर लगिएको छ ।
“Israel ran away from the Philistines—we were badly defeated,” the messenger replied. “Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed, and the Ark of God has been captured.”
18 जब उसले परमेश्वरको सन्दुकको बारेमा भन्यो, तब एली ढोकाको छेउमा भएको आफ्नो आसनबाट पछाडीतिर लडे । तिनको घाँटी भाँचियो र तिनी मरे, किनभने तिनी वृद्ध र गह्रौं थिए । तिनी चालिस वर्षसम्म इस्राएलका न्यायकर्ता भएका थिए ।
As soon as the Ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the town gate. Since he was old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. Eli had been Israel's leader for forty years.
19 तिनकी बुहारी, पीनहासकी पत्नी गर्भवती थिइन् र बालक जन्माउने बेला बएको थियो । जब तिनले परमेश्वरको सन्दुक कब्जा गरेको, तिनको ससुरा र तिनको पति मरेको समाचार सुनिन्, तब तिनले घुँडा टेकिन् र बालक जन्माइन्, तर तिनको प्रसव वेदना तिनलाई सह्रै पीडा भयो ।
His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news that the Ark of God had been captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but her labor pains were too strong.
20 तिनको मृत्यु हुने बेलामा तिनलाई सेवा दिने स्त्रीले भनिन् “नडराऊ, किनकि तिमीले एउटा छोरा जन्माएकी छ्यौ ।” तर तिनले जवाफ दिइनन् न त तिनीहरूले भनेका कुरालाई नै मनमा राखिन् ।
Just before she died, the women caring for her said, “Don't give up—you have given birth to a son!” But she didn't answer or give any response.
21 “इस्राएलबाट महिमा गएको छ” भन्दै त्यो बालकको नाउँ तिनले ईकाबोद राखिन्, किनकि परमेश्वरको सन्दुक कब्जा गरिएको, अनि तिनका पति र ससुराको मृत्यु भएको थियो ।
She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has left Israel,” because Ark of God had been captured, and her father-in-law and her husband had died.
22 तिनले भनिन्, “महिमा इस्राएलबाट गएको छ, किनभने परमेश्वरको सन्दुक कब्जा गरिएको छ ।”
She said, “The glory has left Israel, for the Ark of God has been captured.”
