1 Samuel 4
1 La palabra de Samuel llegaba a todo Israel. Entonces Israel salió a enfrentar a los filisteos en batalla y acampó junto a Ebenezer. Los filisteos acamparon en Afec y
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 se dispusieron en orden de batalla contra Israel. La batalla fue feroz, e Israel fue derrotado por los filisteos. Unos 4.000 hombres de sus filas fueron matados en el campo de batalla.
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 Cuando el pueblo regresó al campamento, los ancianos de Israel preguntaron: ¿Por qué Yavé nos hirió hoy ante los filisteos? Traigámonos de Silo el Arca del Pacto de Yavé para que Él esté entre nosotros y nos salve de la mano de nuestros enemigos.
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 El pueblo envió [gente] a Silo, y llevaron de allí el Arca del Pacto de Yavé de las huestes, Quien mora entre los querubines. Estaban allí los dos hijos de Elí, Ofni y Finees, con el Arca del Pacto de ʼElohim.
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 Cuando el Arca del Pacto de Yavé llegó al campamento, todo Israel gritó con tan grande júbilo que la tierra resonó.
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 Cuando los filisteos oyeron el estruendo del júbilo dijeron: ¿Qué es este estruendo de gran clamor en el campamento de los hebreos? Y supieron que el Arca de Yavé llegó al campamento.
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 Los filisteos tuvieron temor y dijeron: ¡Los ʼelohim llegaron al campamento! Y decían: ¡Ay de nosotros, porque nunca antes sucedió tal cosa!
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 ¡Ay de nosotros! ¿Quién nos librará de la mano de estos ʼelohim poderosos? ¡Éstos son los ʼelohim que golpearon a Egipto con toda plaga en el desierto!
(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 ¡Filisteos, esfuércense y [demuestren que] son hombres, para que no sean esclavos de los hebreos como ellos fueron de ustedes! ¡Sean hombres y combatan!
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 Los filisteos combatieron, e Israel fue derrotado. Cada hombre huyó a su tienda, y hubo una gran matanza, porque cayeron de Israel 30.000 hombres de a pie.
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 El Arca de ʼElohim fue capturada, y los dos hijos de Elí, Ofni y Finees, murieron.
The Philistines captured the sacred chest, and they killed Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas.
12 Aquel mismo día, cierto hombre de Benjamín corrió desde el campo de batalla hasta Silo, con ropas rasgadas y tierra sobre su cabeza.
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 Cuando llegó, allí Elí estaba sentado en una silla. Vigilaba con afán junto al camino, porque su corazón temblaba a causa del Arca de ʼElohim. Cuando aquel hombre llegó a la ciudad para informar, toda la ciudad dio gritos.
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 Cuando Elí oyó el estruendo del griterío, dijo: ¿Qué significa todo ese alboroto? Y aquel hombre se apresuró, llegó e informó a Elí.
Eli asked, “Why are they making all that noise?” The messenger ran over to Eli and told him the news.
15 Elí tenía 98 años de edad y sus ojos estaban ya fijos, pues no podía ver.
At that time, Eli was 98 years old, and he was blind.
16 Aquel hombre dijo a Elí: Yo vine de la batalla. Escapé. Y le preguntó: ¿Qué sucedió, hijo mío?
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 El mensajero respondió: Israel huyó de los filisteos, y hubo también una gran matanza entre el pueblo. También tus dos hijos, Ofni y Finees, murieron, y el Arca de ʼElohim fue capturada.
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 Cuando mencionó el Arca de ʼElohim, aconteció que cayó de su silla hacia atrás, junto a la puerta. Se le quebró la nuca y murió, porque era hombre anciano y pesado. Él juzgó a Israel 40 años.
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 Su nuera, la esposa de Finees, que estaba embarazada y cercana al parto, al escuchar la noticia de que el Arca de ʼElohim fue capturada y que su suegro y su esposo murieron, se agachó, pues le llegaron los dolores y dio a luz.
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 En el momento cuando moría, las que estaban junto a ella decían: No temas, porque diste a luz un hijo. Pero ella no respondió ni prestó atención.
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 Y llamó al niño Icabod y dijo: ¡Traspasada es la gloria de Israel, porque el Arca de ʼElohim fue capturada! Su suegro y su esposo murieron.
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 Y dijo: ¡La gloria de Israel es traspasada, porque el Arca de ʼElohim fue capturada!
She said, “[God’s] glory has left Israel, because God’s sacred chest has been captured!” And then she died.
