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.

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines pitched 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 themselves in array against Israel; and when the battle was spread, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

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 were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said: 'Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that He may come among us, and save us out of 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 to Shiloh, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who sitteth upon 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.

And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang.

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 when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said: 'What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?' And they knew that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.

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 were afraid, for they said: 'God is come into the camp.' And they said: 'Woe unto us! for there was not such a thing yesterday and the day 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 unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all manner of plagues and 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!»

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you; quit yourselves like 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.

And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent; and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

11 Og Guds kista fall i fiendehand, og Hofni og Pinehas, båe Eli-sønerne, let livet.

And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

12 Ein mann av Benjamin sprang frå slagmarki og nådde Silo same dagen, med sundrivne klæde og mold på hovudet.

And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon 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, lo, Eli sat upon his seat by the wayside watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the 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.

And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said: 'What meaneth the noise of this tumult?' And the man made haste, and came and told Eli.

15 Eli var åtte og nitti år gamall og star-blind, so han inkje kunde sjå.

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were set, that 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?»

And the man said unto Eli: 'I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army.' And he said: 'How went the matter, 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 he that brought the tidings answered and said: 'Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is 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 it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy. And he 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.

And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered; and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came suddenly upon 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.

And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her: 'Fear not; for thou hast brought forth a son.' But she answered not, neither did she regard 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 named the child Ichabod, saying: 'The glory is departed 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 departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.'