Samuu'Eel Kowaad 7
1 Markaasaa waxaa yimid dadkii reer Qiryad Yecaariim, oo waxay qaateen sanduuqii Rabbiga, oo waxay soo geliyeen gurigii Abiinaadaab ee buurta ku yiil, oo waxay quduus ka dhigeen wiilkiisii Elecaasaar inuu hayo sanduuqii Rabbiga.
[When] the men of Kiriath-Jearim [received that message, they] came to Beth-Shemesh and took the sacred chest of Yahweh. They took it to the house of Abinadab, which was on a hillside. They appointed Abinadab’s son Eleazar to take care of the chest.
2 Oo ilaa maalintii sanduuqu yiil Qiryad Yecaariim wakhtigu waa dheeraa, maxaa yeelay, waxay ahayd labaatan sannadood, oo reer binu Israa'iil oo dhammuna Rabbiga ayay ka daba barooran jireen.
The sacred chest stayed in Kiriath-Jearim for a long time—a total of 20 years. During that time all the people of Israel mourned [because it seemed that] Yahweh [had abandoned them] (OR, [and then they asked] Yahweh [to help them]).
3 Markaasaa Samuu'eel wuxuu la hadlay reer binu Israa'iil oo dhan, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Haddaad qalbigiinna oo dhan Rabbiga ugu soo noqotaan, de haddaba dhexdiinna ka fogeeya ilaahyada qalaad iyo Cashtarod, oo qalbiyadiinna u diyaariya Rabbiga oo keligiis u adeega; oo isna wuu idinka samatabbixin doonaa gacanta reer Falastiin.
Then Samuel said to all the Israeli people, “If you truly [IDM] want to act like Yahweh’s people should, you must get rid of your statues of [the goddess] Astarte and the idols/statues of all the other foreign gods. You must decide to serve/worship only Yahweh. If you do that, he will rescue you from [the power of] [MTY] the Philistia people.”
4 Markaasaa reer binu Israa'iil iska fogeeyeen Bacaliim iyo Cashtarod, oo waxay u adeegeen Rabbiga keliya.
So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
5 Markaasaa Samuu'eel wuxuu yidhi, Reer binu Israa'iil oo dhan Misfaah ku soo wada ururiya, oo anna Rabbigaan idiin baryayaa.
Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
6 Markaasay dhammaantood Misfaah ku soo wada urureen, oo intay biyo soo dhaamiyeen ayay Rabbiga hortiisa ku shubeen, oo maalintaasna way soomeen, oo waxay halkaas ku yidhaahdeen, Annagu waxaannu ku dembaabnay Rabbiga. Oo Samuu'eelna wuxuu reer binu Israa'iil ku xukumi jiray Misfaah.
So they gathered at Mizpah, which was the town where Samuel previously was the leader of the Israeli people. They had a big ceremony there. They drew water [from a well], and poured the water on the ground while Yahweh watched. [To show that they were sorry for having worshiped idols], they did not eat any food on that day, and they confessed that they had sinned against Yahweh.
7 Oo reer Falastiinna markay maqleen in reer binu Israa'iil Misfaah ku urursan yihiin ayaa madaxdii reer Falastiin u kaceen inay ku soo duulaan reer binu Israa'iil. Oo reer binu Israa'iilna markay taas maqleen ayay aad uga cabsadeen reer Falastiin.
When the kings of the Philistia area heard that the Israeli people had gathered at Mizpah, they led their armies there to attack the Israelis. When the Israelis found out that the Philistia army was approaching them, they became very afraid.
8 Oo reer binu Israa'iilna waxay Samuu'eel ku yidhaahdeen, Ha joojin inaad noo baridid Rabbiga Ilaaheenna ahu inuu naga badbaadiyo gacanta reer Falastiin.
They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
9 Markaasaa Samuu'eel soo kaxaystay wan yar oo caanonuug ah oo wuxuu Rabbiga ugu bixiyey allabari la gubo dhammaantiis; markaasaa Samuu'eel Rabbiga u baryay reer binu Israa'iil aawadood; oo Rabbiguna wuu ka aqbalay Samuu'eel.
So Samuel took a very young lamb [and killed it] and offered it to Yahweh to be a sacrifice that was completely burned [on the altar]. Then he prayed and pleaded that Yahweh [would help] the Israelis, and Yahweh did help them.
10 Oo intii Samuu'eel allabariga la gubo bixinayay ayaa reer Falastiin soo dhowaadeen inay la diriraan reer binu Israa'iil; laakiinse Rabbigu maalintaas wuxuu reer Falastiin ku soo daayay onkod weyn, wuuna baabbi'iyey, oo reer binu Israa'iil hortooday ku jabeen.
While Samuel was burning the offering, the Philistia army came near to attack the Israelis. But Yahweh caused it to thunder very loudly. The soldiers of the Philistia army became very frightened, and then they (became confused/did not know what to do). So the Israelis were able to defeat them.
11 Kolkaasay raggii reer binu Israa'iil intay Misfaah ka soo baxeen reer Falastiin eryadeen, wayna laynayeen ilaa ay Beytkaar hoosteeda yimaadeen.
The Israeli men ran out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistia soldiers almost to Beth-Car [town], and killed many Philistia soldiers while they were trying to run away.
12 Markaasaa Samuu'eel dhagax qaaday oo qotomiyey Misfaah iyo Sheen dhexdooda, oo wuxuu magiciisiina u bixiyey Ebenceser, oo yidhi, Ilaa haatan Rabbigu waa ina caawiyey.
After that happened, Samuel took a large stone and set it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah [towns]. He named the stone ‘Ebenezer’, [which means ‘stone of help’], because he said “Yahweh has helped us until the present time.”
13 Sidaas daraaddeed reer Falastiin waa la hoosaysiiyey, oo mar dambena sooma ay gelin xuduudkii reer binu Israa'iil; oo intii Samuu'eel noolaa oo dhan gacanta Rabbigu gees bay ka ahayd reer Falastiin.
So the Philistia people were defeated, and for a long time they did not enter the Israeli land [to attack them] again. During the time that Samuel was alive, Yahweh powerfully protected [MTY] [the Israeli people] from [being attacked by] the Philistia army.
14 Oo magaalooyinkii reer Falastiin ay ka qabsadeen reer binu Israa'iil waa loo soo celiyey reer binu Israa'iil, oo waxay ahaayeen Ceqroon iyo xataa tan iyo Gad; oo xuduudkeedii reer binu Israa'iil waa kala soo baxeen gacantii reer Falastiin. Oo reer binu Israa'iil iyo reer Amorna nabad baa u dhexaysay.
The Israeli army was able to capture again the Israeli villages between Ekron and Gath that the Philistia army had captured before. The Israelis were also able to take again the other areas around those cities that the Philistia army had taken [from the Israelis] previously. And there was peace between the Israelis and the Amor people-group.
15 Oo Samuu'eelna wuxuu reer binu Israa'iil xukumi jiray intuu noolaa oo dhan.
Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
16 Oo sannad kastaba wuxuu ku soo wareegi jiray Beytel, iyo Gilgaal, iyo Misfaah, oo meelahaas oo dhanna reer binu Israa'iil buu ku xukumi jiray.
As long as he was alive, every year he traveled back and forth between Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah [cities]. In those cities he listened to disputes between people and made decisions about them.
17 Oo wuxuu ku noqon jiray Raamaah, waayo, halkaasuu gurigiisu ahaa, oo halkaasna reer binu Israa'iil buu ku xukumi jiray; oo halkaasna wuxuu Rabbiga uga dhisay meel allabari.
After he listened to disputes and made decisions in each of those towns, he returned to his home at Ramah, and he would listen to people’s disputes there, also, [and make decisions about them]. And he built an altar at Ramah [to offer sacrifices] to Yahweh.
