< 1 Samuels 4 >
1 Og heile Israel høyrde Samuels ord. Israel drog ut til strid mot filistarane og lægra seg ved Eben-Ezer, medan filistarane lægra seg i Afek.
Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
2 Filistarane fylkte heren sin mot Israel, og striden vart drjug. Og Israel tapte for filistarane; dei felte umlag fire tusund mann på vigvollen.
The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
3 Då no folket kom att til lægret, sagde dei øvste i Israel: «Kvifor hev Herren late filistarane slå oss i dag? Lat oss henta Herrens sambandskista frå Silo, so ho kann vera her hjå oss og frelsa oss frå fiendarne våre!»
When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
4 Folket sende bod til Silo og tok derifrå sambandskista åt Herren, allhers drott, han som tronar yver kerubarne. Og dei tvo Eli-sønerne, Hofni og Pinehas, fylgde med Guds sambandskista.
So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 Då Herrens sambandskista kom til lægret, då losna det so stort eit fagnadrop frå heile Israel, at jordi dunde.
When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.
6 Då filistarane høyrde ljoden av fagnadropet, sagde dei: «Kva tyder dette glymjande fagnadropet i hebræarlægret?» Og då dei vart vise med at Herrens kista var komi til lægret,
On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
7 vart dei forfærde; for dei tenkte: «Gud er komen til lægret.» Og dei sagde: «Usæle me! sovore hev aldri hendt fyrr!
the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
8 Usæle me! kven skal frelsa oss frå denne velduge Guden? Det var denne Guden som sende alle ulukkorne yver egyptarane i øydemarki.
Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
9 Men - manna dykk upp! og far fram på kara vis, filistarar, so ikkje de skal verta trælar for hebræarane, liksom dei hev vore trælar for oss! Ver no karar, og gakk på!»
Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
10 Filistarane kasta seg inn i striden; Israels-sønerne vart slegne, og lagde på sprang kvar til sitt, og mannefallet vart øgjelegt stort; av Israel fall tretti tusund mann fotfolk.
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
11 Og Guds kista fall i fiendehand, og Hofni og Pinehas, båe Eli-sønerne, let livet.
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
12 Ein mann av Benjamin sprang frå slagmarki og nådde Silo same dagen, med sundrivne klæde og mold på hovudet.
That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
13 Då han kom dit, sat Eli på stolen sin attmed byporten og einstirde utetter vegen; for hjarta hans bivra av otte for Guds kista. Då mannen kom inn i byen med denne tidendi, tok heile byen til å jamra og klaga.
When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
14 Og då Eli høyrde ljoden av klageropet, spurde han: «Kva tyder dette ståket eg høyrer?» Mannen skunda seg burtåt og fortalde det med Eli.
Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
15 Eli var åtte og nitti år gamall og star-blind, so han inkje kunde sjå.
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
16 Mannen sagde til Eli: «Det er eg som kjem frå slagmarki, eg hev rømt frå striden i dag.» Han spurde: «Korleis hev det gjenge då, guten min?»
“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
17 Bodberaren svara: «Israel rømde for filistarane, det vart stort mannefall på folket, Hofni og Pinehas, sønerne dine, er falne, og Guds kista hev falle i fiendehand.»
The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
18 Då han nemnde Guds kista, datt Eli attlenges av stolen attmed byporten og braut halsbeinet. Det vart banen hans; for mannen var gamall og før. Han hadde då vore domar i Israel i fyrti år.
As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
19 Verdotter hans, kona åt Pinehas, var med barn og gjekk på fallande føter. Då ho høyrde gjete at Guds kista var falli i fiendehand, og at verfaren og mannen hennar hadde late livet, so seig ho i kne og fødde; for føderiderne kom yver henne.
Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
20 Då ho var mest inni dauden, sagde kvendi som stod ikring henne: «Ver hugheil! du hev fenge ein son.» Men ho svara inkje, og agta ikkje på det.
As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
21 Ho kalla guten I-kabod: «Kvorven er herlegdomen frå Israel, » sagde ho. Ho kom i hug Guds kista som var falli i fiendehand, og so verfaren og mannen.
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
22 «Kvorven er herlegdomen frå Israel, » sagde ho, «for Guds kista var falli i fiendehand.»
“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”