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.
Now at that time the Philistines came together to make war against Israel, and the men of Israel went out to war against the Philistines and took up their position at the side of Eben-ezer: and the Philistines put their forces in position in 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.
And the Philistines put their forces in order against Israel, and the fighting was hard, and Israel was overcome by the Philistines, who put to the sword about four thousand of their army in the field.
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!»
And when the people came back to their tents, the responsible men of Israel said, Why has the Lord let the Philistines overcome us today? Let us get the ark of the Lord's agreement here from Shiloh, so that it may be with us and give us salvation from the hands of those who are against us.
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 to Shiloh and got the ark of the agreement of the Lord of armies whose resting-place is between the winged ones; and Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were there with the ark of God's agreement.
5 Då Herrens sambandskista kom til lægret, då losna det so stort eit fagnadrop frå heile Israel, at jordi dunde.
And when the ark of the Lord's agreement came into the tent-circle, all Israel gave a great cry, so that the earth was sounding with it.
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,
And the Philistines, hearing the noise of their cry, said, What is this great cry among the tents of the Hebrews? Then it became clear to them that the ark of the Lord had come to the tent-circle.
7 vart dei forfærde; for dei tenkte: «Gud er komen til lægret.» Og dei sagde: «Usæle me! sovore hev aldri hendt fyrr!
And the Philistines, full of fear, said, God has come into their tents. And they said, Trouble is ours! for never before has such a thing been seen.
8 Usæle me! kven skal frelsa oss frå denne velduge Guden? Det var denne Guden som sende alle ulukkorne yver egyptarane i øydemarki.
Trouble is ours! Who will give us salvation from the hands of these great gods? These are the gods who sent all sorts of blows on the Egyptians in the waste land.
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!»
Be strong, O Philistines, be men! Do not be servants to the Hebrews as they have been to you: go forward to the fight without fear.
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 went to the fight, and Israel was overcome, and every man went in flight to his tent: and great was the destruction, for thirty thousand footmen of Israel were put to the sword.
11 Og Guds kista fall i fiendehand, og Hofni og Pinehas, båe Eli-sønerne, let livet.
And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.
12 Ein mann av Benjamin sprang frå slagmarki og nådde Silo same dagen, med sundrivne klæde og mold på hovudet.
And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth 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.
And when he came, Eli was seated by the wayside watching: and in his heart was fear for the ark of God. And when the man came into the town and gave the news, there was a great outcry.
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.
And Eli, hearing the noise and the cries, said, What is the reason of this outcry? And the man came quickly and gave the news 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 eyes were fixed so that he was not able to 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?»
And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?
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.»
And the man said, Israel went in flight from the Philistines, and there has been great destruction among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.
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.
And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for 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.
And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child and near the time when she would give birth; and when she had the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, her pains came on her suddenly and she gave birth.
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.
And when she was very near death the women who were with her said, Have no fear, for you have given birth to a son. But she made no answer and gave no attention to it.
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 gave the child the name of Ichabod, saying, The glory has gone from Israel: because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
22 «Kvorven er herlegdomen frå Israel, » sagde ho, «for Guds kista var falli i fiendehand.»
And she said, The glory is gone from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.
