1 Samuels 4
1 Og Samuels ord kom til hele Israel, og Israel drog ut for å stride mot filistrene; de leiret sig ved Eben-Eser, og filistrene leiret sig i Afek.
And Samuel told to all the people of Israel the messages that God gave him. At that time the Israeli army went to fight against the army of the Philistine people. The Israeli army set up their tents at Ebenezer, and the Philistine army set up their tents at Aphek.
2 Og filistrene stilte sig i fylking mot Israel, og striden bredte sig ut, og Israel blev slått av filistrene; og filistrene felte på slagmarken omkring fire tusen mann.
The Philistine army attacked the Israeli army, and as the battle continued, the Philistines defeated the Israelis and killed about 4,000 of their soldiers.
3 Og da folket kom til leiren, sa Israels eldste: Hvorfor har Herren idag latt oss bli slått av filistrene? La oss hente Herrens pakts-ark til oss fra Silo, så den kan komme hit iblandt oss og frelse oss av våre fienders hånd.
When the remaining Israeli soldiers returned to their camp, the Israeli elders/leaders said, “Why did Yahweh allow the Philistine army to defeat us today? We should bring the chest that contains the Ten Commandments here from Shiloh, in order that Yahweh will go with us [when we go to the battle again, and] in order that our enemies will not defeat us again!”
4 Så sendte folket bud til Silo, og de hentet derfra Herrens, hærskarenes Guds pakts-ark, hans som troner på kjerubene; og begge Elis sønner, Hofni og Pinehas, var med og fulgte Guds pakts-ark.
So the soldiers did that. They sent some men to Shiloh, and those men brought back the chest that contained the Ten Commandments. [They thought that if they did that, Yahweh would help them. They believed that] Yahweh sat on a throne between the statues of winged creatures [that were on top of] the chest that Yahweh Almighty [had given them]. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, went with them.
5 Med det samme Herrens pakts-ark kom til leiren, satte hele Israel i et stort fryderop, så jorden rystet.
When the Israeli people saw [the men bringing] the box into their camp, they were so happy that they shouted loudly. They shouted so loudly that they made the ground shake!
6 Og da filistrene hørte lyden av fryderopet, sa de: Hvad er dette for et stort fryderop i hebreernes leir? Og de fikk vite at Herrens ark var kommet til leiren.
The Philistines asked, “What are the people in the Hebrew camp shouting about?” Someone told them that they were shouting because the chest that contained the Ten Commandments of Yahweh had been brought to them.
7 Da blev filistrene redde; for de tenkte: Gud er kommet til leiren. Og de sa: Ve oss! Sådant har ikke hendt før.
Then the Philistines became very afraid. They said, “One of the Israelis’ gods has come into their camp [to help them] We are in big trouble now! Nothing like this has happened to us before!
8 Ve oss! Hvem skal fri oss av disse veldige guders hånd? Dette er de guder som slo Egypten med alle slags plager i ørkenen.
(Who can/Can anyone) save us from their powerful gods [RHQ]? They are the gods who struck the people of Egypt with many plagues [before the Israelis left Egypt and traveled] through the desert.
9 Ta mot til eder og vær menn, I filistrer, forat I ikke skal komme til å træle for hebreerne, likesom de har trælet for eder! Vær menn og strid!
You Philistine men, be courageous! Fight very hard! If you do not do that, [they will defeat us, and then] you will become their slaves, just like they have been our slaves previously!”
10 Da gikk filistrene til strid, og Israel blev slått, og de flyktet hver til sitt telt, og der blev et meget stort mannefall - det falt tretti tusen mann av Israels fotfolk.
So the Philistine men fought very hard, and they defeated the Israelis. They killed 30,000 Israeli soldiers, and the other Israeli soldiers fled and ran away to their tents.
11 Og Guds ark blev tatt, og begge Elis sønner, Hofni og Pinehas, mistet livet.
The Philistines captured the sacred chest, and they killed Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas.
12 Da løp en mann av Benjamin fra slagmarken og kom samme dag til Silo med sønderrevne klær og med jord på sitt hode.
On that same day, one man of the tribe [descended from] Benjamin tore his clothes and threw dirt on his head [to show that he was very sad]. He ran from the place where the armies were fighting, and he arrived at Shiloh late [that afternoon].
13 Da han kom frem, da satt Eli på sin stol ved siden av veien og så bortefter, for hans hjerte var fullt av angst for Guds ark. Da nu mannen kom til byen med buskapet, da satte hele byen i et jammerskrik.
Eli was waiting beside the road. [He wanted to hear news about the battle, and] he was also very anxious to know if anything bad had happened to God’s sacred chest. When the messenger arrived and told people what had happened, everyone in the town started to cry loudly.
14 Eli hørte skriket og sa: Hvad er dette for en larm? Da skyndte mannen sig og kom og fortalte det til Eli.
Eli asked, “Why are they making all that noise?” The messenger ran over to Eli and told him the news.
15 Eli var da åtte og nitti år gammel, og hans øine var stive - han kunde ikke se.
At that time, Eli was 98 years old, and he was blind.
16 Da nu mannen sa til Eli: Det er jeg som er kommet fra slagmarken, jeg flyktet fra slagmarken idag, så spurte han: Hvorledes er det gått, min sønn?
The messenger said to Eli, “I have just come from where the armies were fighting. I left there earlier today.” Eli asked, “What happened?”
17 Den som kom med buskapet, svarte: Israel er flyktet for filistrene, og det har vært et stort mannefall blandt folket; dine to sønner, Hofni og Pinehas, har og mistet livet, og Guds ark er tatt.
The man replied, “The Philistines defeated our Israeli army. They killed thousands of our soldiers, and the others ran away. The Philistines killed your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. They also captured God’s sacred chest.”
18 Med det samme han nevnte Guds ark, falt Eli baklengs ned av stolen ved siden av porten, brakk nakkebenet og døde; for mannen var gammel og tung. Han hadde dømt Israel i firti år.
Eli was very old, and he was very fat; and when he heard what had happened to the sacred chest, he fell backward from his chair beside the town gate. His neck was broken and he died. He had led the Israeli people for 40 years before he died.
19 Hans sønnekone, Pinehas' hustru, var fruktsommelig og nær ved å føde, og da hun hørte buskapet om at Guds ark var tatt, og at hennes svigerfar og hennes mann var død, seg hun i kne og fødte; for veene kom brått over henne.
The wife/widow of Eli’s son Phinehas was pregnant, and it was almost time for her to give birth to her baby. When she heard that God’s sacred chest had been captured and that her husband and her father-in-law were dead, her labor pains suddenly began. She quickly gave birth to a boy.
20 I hennes dødsstund sa de kvinner som stod hos henne: Vær ved godt mot; du har født en sønn! Men hun svarte ikke og aktet ikke derpå.
The women who were helping her tried to encourage her by saying to her, “You have given birth to a son!” But she did not pay any attention [DOU] to what they said.
21 Hun kalte gutten Ikabod og sa: Bortveket er herligheten fra Israel - fordi Guds ark var tatt, og for hennes svigerfars og hennes manns skyld.
She named the boy Ichabod, which means ‘no glory’, because she said, “[God’s] glory has departed from Israel.” She said that because God’s sacred chest had been captured and because her husband and her father-in-law had died.
22 Hun sa: Bortveket er herligheten fra Israel; for Guds ark er tatt.
She said, “[God’s] glory has left Israel, because God’s sacred chest has been captured!” And then she died.
