1 Samuel 7
1 Bunun üzerine Kiryat-Yearim halkı varıp RAB'bin Sandığı'nı aldı. Onu Avinadav'ın tepedeki evine götürdüler. RAB'bin Antlaşma Sandığı'na bakması için Avinadav oğlu Elazar'ı görevlendirdiler.
[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 Sandık uzun bir süre, yirmi yıl boyunca Kiryat-Yearim'de kaldı. Bu arada bütün İsrail halkı RAB'bin özlemini çekti.
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 Samuel İsrail halkına şöyle dedi: “Eğer bütün yüreğinizle RAB'be dönmeye istekliyseniz, yabancı ilahları ve Aştoret'in putlarını aranızdan kaldırın. Kendinizi RAB'be adayıp yalnız O'na kulluk edin. RAB de sizi Filistliler'in elinden kurtaracaktır.”
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 Bunun üzerine İsrailliler Baal'ın ve Aştoret'in putlarını atıp yalnızca RAB'be kulluk etmeye başladılar.
So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
5 O zaman Samuel, “Bütün İsrail halkını Mispa'da toplayın, ben de sizin için RAB'be yakaracağım” dedi.
Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
6 Mispa'da toplanan İsrailliler kuyudan su çekip RAB'bin önüne döktüler. O gün oruç tuttular ve, “RAB'be karşı günah işledik” dediler. Samuel Mispa'da İsrail halkına önderlik etti.
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 Filistliler İsrail halkının Mispa'da toplandığını duydular. Filist beyleri İsrailliler'e karşı savaşmaya çıktılar. İsrailliler bunu duyunca Filistliler'den korktular.
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 Samuel'e, “Bizi Filistliler'in elinden kurtarması için Tanrımız RAB'be yakarmayı bırakma” dediler.
They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
9 Bunun üzerine Samuel bir süt kuzusu alıp RAB'be tümüyle yakmalık sunu olarak sundu ve İsrailliler adına RAB'be yakardı. RAB de ona karşılık verdi.
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 Samuel yakmalık sunuyu sunarken, Filistliler, İsrailliler'e saldırmak üzere yaklaşmışlardı. Ama RAB o an korkunç bir sesle gürleyerek Filistliler'i öyle şaşkına çevirdi ki, İsrailliler'in önünde bozguna uğradılar.
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 Mispa'dan çıkan İsrailliler Filistliler'i Beytkar'ın altına kadar kovalayıp öldürdüler.
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 Samuel bir taş alıp Mispa ile Şen arasına dikti. “RAB buraya kadar bize yardım etmiştir” diyerek taşa Even-Ezer adını verdi.
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 Yenilgiye uğrayan Filistliler bir daha İsrail topraklarına saldırmadılar. Samuel yaşadığı sürece RAB Filistliler'in saldırmasını engelledi.
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 Ekron'dan Gat'a kadar Filistliler'in ele geçirdiği kentler İsrail'e geri verildi. Bunun yanısıra İsrail'in sınır toprakları da Filistliler'in elinden kurtarıldı. İsrailliler'le Amorlular arasında ise barış vardı.
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 Samuel yaşadığı sürece İsrail'e önderlik yaptı.
Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
16 Her yıl gidip Beytel'i, Gilgal'ı, Mispa'yı dolaşır, bu kentlerden İsrail'i yönetirdi.
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 Sonra Rama'daki evine döner, İsrail'i oradan yönetirdi. Orada RAB'be bir sunak yaptı.
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.
