1 Samuel 4
1 Ọ̀rọ̀ Samuẹli tọ gbogbo àwọn ọmọ Israẹli wá. Nísinsin yìí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli jáde láti lọ bá àwọn Filistini jà. Àwọn ọmọ Israẹli sì pàgọ́ sí Ebeneseri àti àwọn Filistini ní Afeki.
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 Àwọn Filistini mú ogun wọn sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti pàdé Israẹli, nígbà tí ogun náà bẹ̀rẹ̀, àwọn Filistini ṣẹ́gun Israẹli wọ́n pa ẹgbàajì ọkùnrin nínú ogun náà.
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 Nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ-ogun náà padà sí ibùdó, àwọn àgbàgbà Israẹli sì béèrè pé, “Èéṣe ti Olúwa fi mú kí àwọn Filistini ṣẹ́gun wa lónìí? Ẹ jẹ́ kí a gbé àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa láti Ṣilo wá, kí ó ba à le lọ pẹ̀lú wa kí ó sì gbà wá là kúrò lọ́wọ́ àwọn ọ̀tá wa.”
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 Nítorí náà a rán àwọn ènìyàn lọ sí Ṣilo, wọ́n sì gbé àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wá, ẹni tí ń wà láàrín àwọn Kérúbù àti àwọn ọmọ Eli méjèèjì Hofini àti Finehasi wà níbẹ̀ pẹ̀lú àpótí ẹ̀rí Ọlọ́run.
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 Nígbà tí àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa wá sí ibùdó, gbogbo àwọn ọmọ Israẹli sì dìde láti kígbe tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí ilẹ̀ sì mì tìtì.
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 Ní ìgbà tí àwọn Filistini gbọ́ ariwo náà wọ́n béèrè pé, “Kí ni gbogbo ariwo yìí ní ibùdó Heberu?” Nígbà tí wọ́n mọ̀ wí pé àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa ti wá sí ibùdó,
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 àwọn Filistini sì bẹ̀rù pé, Ọlọ́run kékeré ti wọ ibùdó, wọ́n wí pé, “A wọ wàhálà, irú èyí kò tí ì ṣẹlẹ̀ rí.
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 Àwa gbé! Ta ni yóò gbà wá kúrò lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run alágbára yìí? Àwọn ni Ọlọ́run tí ó fi ìpọ́njú pa àwọn ará Ejibiti pẹ̀lú gbogbo àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn ní aginjù.
(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 Ẹ jẹ́ alágbára Filistini, ẹ ṣe bí ọkùnrin, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, ẹ̀yin yóò di ẹrú àwọn Heberu, bí wọ́n ti jẹ́ sí i yín. Ẹ jẹ́ alágbára ọkùnrin, kí ẹ sì jagun!”
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 Nígbà náà àwọn Filistini jà, wọ́n sì ṣẹ́gun àwọn Israẹli olúkúlùkù sì sá padà sínú àgọ́ rẹ̀, wọ́n pa ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn, àwọn ará Israẹli tí ó kú sí ogun sì jẹ́ ẹgbàá mẹ́ẹ̀ẹ́dógún àwọn ọmọ-ogun orí ilẹ̀.
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 Wọ́n gba àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa, àwọn ọmọkùnrin Eli méjèèjì sì kú, Hofini àti Finehasi.
The Philistines captured the sacred chest, and they killed Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas.
12 Lọ́jọ́ kan náà tí ará Benjamini kan sá wá láti ojú ogun tí ó sì lọ sí Ṣilo, aṣọ rẹ̀ sì fàya pẹ̀lú eruku lórí rẹ̀.
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 Nígbà tí ó sì dé, Eli sì jókòó sórí àga rẹ̀ ní ẹ̀gbẹ́ ọ̀nà, ó ń wò, ọkàn rẹ̀ kò balẹ̀ nítorí àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa. Nígbà tí ọkùnrin náà wọ ìlú tí ó sì sọ ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀, gbogbo ìlú bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí sọkún.
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 Eli gbọ́ ìró ohùn ẹkún náà ó sì béèrè pé, “Kí ni ìtumọ̀ ariwo yìí?” Ọkùnrin náà sì sáré tọ Eli wá
Eli asked, “Why are they making all that noise?” The messenger ran over to Eli and told him the news.
15 Eli sì di ẹni méjìdínlọ́gọ́run ọdún, tí ojú rẹ̀ di bàìbàì, kò sì ríran mọ́.
At that time, Eli was 98 years old, and he was blind.
16 Ọkùnrin náà sọ fún Eli, “Mo ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ dé láti ibi ogun náà ni: mo sá láti ibi ogun náà wá lónìí.” Eli sì béèrè pé, “Kí ni ó ṣẹlẹ̀ ọmọ mi?”
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 Ọkùnrin tí ó mú ìròyìn náà wá dáhùn pé, “Israẹli sá níwájú àwọn Filistini, ìṣubú àwọn ọmọ-ogun náà sì pọ̀ lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ rẹ méjèèjì, Hofini àti Finehasi, wọ́n kú, wọ́n sì ti gba àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa lọ.”
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 Nígbà tí ó dárúkọ àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa, Eli sì ṣubú sẹ́yìn kúrò lórí àga ní ẹ̀gbẹ́ bodè, ọrùn rẹ̀ ṣẹ́, ó sì kú, nítorí tí ó jẹ́ arúgbó ọkùnrin, ó sì tóbi, ó ti darí àwọn Israẹli fún ogójì ọdún.
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 Aya ọmọ rẹ̀, ìyàwó Finehasi, ó lóyún ó súnmọ́ àkókò àti bí. Nígbà tí ó gbọ́ ìròyìn náà wí pé wọ́n ti gba àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa lọ àti wí pé baba ọkọ rẹ̀ àti ọkọ rẹ̀ ti kú, ó rọbí ó sì bímọ, ó sì borí ìrora ìrọbí náà.
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 Bí ó ti ń kú lọ, obìnrin tí ó dúró tì í wí pé, “Má ṣe bẹ̀rù; nítorí o ti bí ọmọ ọkùnrin.” Ṣùgbọ́n kò sọ̀rọ̀ tàbí kọ ibi ara sí i.
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 Ó sì pe ọmọ náà ní Ikabodu, wí pé, “Kò sí ògo fún Israẹli mọ́,” nítorí tí wọ́n ti gba àpótí ẹ̀rí Ọlọ́run àti ikú baba ọkọ rẹ̀ àti ti ọkọ rẹ̀.
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 Ó si wí pé, “Ògo kò sí fún Israẹli mọ́, nítorí ti a ti gbá àpótí Ọlọ́run.”
She said, “[God’s] glory has left Israel, because God’s sacred chest has been captured!” And then she died.
