1 Samuel 4

1 Saa bere no, na Israelfo ne Filistifo reko. Israelfo nsraadɔm kyeree nsraban wɔ Ebeneser, na Filistifo nso kyeree nsraban wɔ Afek.

and to be word Samuel to/for all Israel and to come out: come Israel to/for to encounter: toward Philistine to/for battle and to camp upon [the] Ebenezer Ebenezer and Philistine to camp in/on/with Aphek

2 Filistifo no tow hyɛɛ Israelfo nsraadɔm no so, dii wɔn so nkonim, na wokum nnipa mpem anan.

and to arrange Philistine to/for to encounter: toward Israel and to leave [the] battle and to strike Israel to/for face: before Philistine and to smite in/on/with rank in/on/with land: country like/as four thousand man

3 Ɔko no baa awiei, na Israel nsraadɔm no san kɔɔ wɔn nsraban mu hɔ no, Israel mpanyimfo no bisae se, “Adɛn nti na Awurade ama yɛadi nkogu nnɛ yi wɔ Filistifo anim yi? Momma yɛnkɔfa Awurade Apam Adaka no mfi Silo. Sɛ yɛde kɔ ɔsa a, ebegye yɛn afi yɛn atamfo nsam.”

and to come (in): come [the] people to(wards) [the] camp and to say old: elder Israel to/for what? to strike us LORD [the] day to/for face: before Philistine to take: bring to(wards) us from Shiloh [obj] ark covenant LORD and to come (in): come in/on/with entrails: among our and to save us from palm enemy our

4 Enti nnipa no somaa mmarima kɔɔ Silo, na wɔde Asafo Awurade a ɔte kerubim ntam Apam Adaka no bae. Saa bere no na Eli mmabarima baanu Hofni ne Pinehas ka wɔn a wɔsoaa Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no kɔɔ akono hɔ no ho.

and to send: depart [the] people Shiloh and to lift: bear from there [obj] ark covenant LORD Hosts to dwell [the] cherub and there two son: child Eli with ark covenant [the] God Hophni and Phinehas

5 Bere a Israelfo no huu sɛ wɔde Awurade Apam Adaka no reba nsraban no mu no, wɔn nyinaa bɔɔ ose maa asase wosowee.

and to be like/as to come (in): come ark covenant LORD to(wards) [the] camp and to shout all Israel shout great: large and to make noise [the] land: country/planet

6 Filistifo no bisae se, “Dɛn na ɛrekɔ so yi? Dɛn osebɔ na ɛwɔ Hebrifo nsraban mu hɔ yi?” Wɔtee sɛ Awurade Apam Adaka no na abedu nsraban mu hɔ no,

and to hear: hear Philistine [obj] voice: sound [the] shout and to say what? voice: sound [the] shout [the] great: large [the] this in/on/with camp [the] Hebrew and to know for ark LORD to come (in): come to(wards) [the] camp

7 wosuroe. Na wɔkae se, “Anyame no aba wɔn nsraban mu hɔ. Ɛno de, asɛm ato yɛn! Yenhyiaa asɛm a ɛte sɛɛ bi da.

and to fear [the] Philistine for to say to come (in): come God to(wards) [the] camp and to say woe! to/for us for not to be like/as this previously three days ago

8 Hena na obegye yɛn afi saa Israel anyame atumfo yi nsam? Wɔne anyame a wɔde owu ɔyare ahorow nyinaa bi sɛee Misraimfo, bere a Israelfo wɔ sare so hɔ no.

woe! to/for us who? to rescue us from hand: power [the] God [the] great [the] these these they(masc.) [the] God [the] to smite [obj] Egypt in/on/with all wound in/on/with wilderness

9 Monyere mo ho, Filistifo! Munnyina sɛ mmarima; anyɛ saa a, Hebrifo no bɛfa mo nkoa sɛnea wɔyɛɛ yɛn nkoa no.”

to strengthen: strengthen and to be to/for human Philistine lest to serve to/for Hebrew like/as as which to serve to/for you and to be to/for human and to fight

10 Enti Filistifo no koe anibere so, dii Israelfo no so bio. Wɔn a wokunkum wɔn no dɔɔso. Israelfo mpem aduasa na wokunkum wɔn da no. Wɔn a wonyaa wɔn ti didii mu no guan kɔɔ wɔn ntamadan mu.

and to fight Philistine and to strike Israel and to flee man: anyone to/for tent: home his and to be [the] wound great: large much and to fall: kill from Israel thirty thousand on foot

11 Wɔfaa Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no, na wokunkum Eli mmabarima baanu no, Hofni ne Pinehas.

and ark God to take: take and two son: child Eli to die Hophni and Phinehas

12 Da no ara, ɔbarima bi fi Benyamin abusua mu guan fii akono hɔ beduu Silo. Na watetew ne ntade mu, de mfutuma ahura ne ti mu, de kyerɛ nʼawerɛhow.

and to run: run man Benjamin from [the] rank and to come (in): come Shiloh in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and garment his to tear and land: soil upon head his

13 Na Eli retwɛn wɔ kwankyɛn baabi, pɛ sɛ ɔte ɔko no mu nsɛm, efisɛ na ne bo ntɔ ne yam koraa wɔ Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no ho. Ɔbɔfo no ba bɛkaa asɛm a asi no, wɔtee nteɛteɛmu bi wɔ kurow no mu nyinaa.

and to come (in): come and behold Eli to dwell upon [the] throne: seat (hand: by *Q(K)*) way: road to watch for to be heart his trembling upon ark [the] God and [the] man to come (in): come to/for to tell in/on/with city and to cry out all [the] city

14 Eli bisae se, “Saa nteɛteɛmu yi ase ne dɛn?” Ɔbɔfo no yɛɛ ntɛm kɔɔ Eli,

and to hear: hear Eli [obj] voice: sound [the] cry and to say what? voice: sound [the] crowd [the] this and [the] man to hasten and to come (in): come and to tell to/for Eli

15 a na wadi mfe aduɔkron awotwe na nʼani afura no nkyɛn.

and Eli son: aged ninety and eight year and eye his to arise: establish and not be able to/for to see: see

16 Ɔka kyerɛɛ Eli se, “Mprempren ara na mifi akono hɔ bae. Nnɛ yi ara, na mewɔ hɔ.” Eli bisae se, “Na ekosii dɛn?”

and to say [the] man to(wards) Eli I [the] to come (in): come from [the] rank and I from [the] rank to flee [the] day and to say what? to be [the] word: thing son: child my

17 Ɔbɔfo no buae se, “Israelfo adi nkogu. Israel nsraadɔm no mpem mpem atotɔ wɔ akono hɔ. Afei, wo mmabarima baanu a ɛyɛ Hofni ne Pinehas no nso awuwu, na Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no nso, wɔafa.”

and to answer [the] to bear tidings and to say to flee Israel to/for face: before Philistine and also plague great: large to be in/on/with people and also two son: child your to die Hophni and Phinehas and ark [the] God to take: take

18 Ɔbɔfo no kaa Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no ho asɛm ara pɛ, Eli fi akongua a ɔte so mu wɔ abɔntenpon ho no te hwee nʼakyi. Ne kɔn mu bui, efisɛ na wabɔ akwakoraa a ne mu nso yɛ duru. Na wadi Israel anim mfirihyia aduanan.

and to be like/as to remember he [obj] ark [the] God and to fall: fall from upon [the] throne: seat backwards about/through/for hand: to [the] gate and to break neck his and to die for be old [the] man and heavy and he/she/it to judge [obj] Israel forty year

19 Saa bere no na nʼasebea a ɔyɛ Pinehas yere anyinsɛn a ɔreyɛ awo. Ɔtee sɛ wɔafa Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no, na nʼase ne ne kunu awuwu no, awo kaa no amono mu hɔ ara.

and daughter-in-law his woman: wife Phinehas pregnant to/for to beget and to hear: hear [obj] [the] tidings to(wards) to take: take ark [the] God and to die father-in-law her and man: husband her and to bow and to beget for to overturn upon her pang her

20 Owuu wɔ awoko mu, nanso ansa na ɔrebewu no, mmea a wɔregye no awo no kae se, “Mpa abaw; woawo abarimaa.” Nanso wammua wɔn na wankasa wɔn ho nso.

and like/as time to die she and to speak: speak [the] to stand upon her not to fear for son: child to beget and not to answer and not to set: consider heart her

21 Ɔbesebesee nʼano too abarimaa no din Ikabod, “Anuonyam no wɔ he, Israel anuonyam no asa,” efisɛ wɔafa Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no na nʼase ne ne kunu nso awuwu.

and to call: call by to/for youth Ichabod Ichabod to/for to say to reveal: remove glory from Israel to(wards) to take: take ark [the] God and to(wards) father-in-law her and man: husband her

22 Ɔkae se, “Anuonyam afi Israel mu, efisɛ wɔafa Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no.”

and to say to reveal: remove glory from Israel for to take: take ark [the] God