Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek. 2The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. 3When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh, so that he may go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies.” 4So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim. And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook. 6Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?” When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, 7the Philistines were afraid. “A god has⚓ come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before. 8We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. 9Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Be men, and fight!” 10So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
Death of Eli
12That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust on his head. 13When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry. 14Eli heard the outcry and asked, “What is the meaning of this uproar?” The man hurried over to Eli, 15who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes had failed so that he could not see. 16He told Eli, “I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day.” Eli asked, “What happened, my son?” 17The man who brought the news replied, “Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.” 18When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led⚓ Israel forty years. 19His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains. 20As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Don’t despair; you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention. 21She named the boy Ichabod,⚓ saying, “The Glory has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband. 22She said, “The Glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”
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1Nau Y-Samuel ngơi dơi nkoch ăn ma lĕ rngôch phung Israel. Phung Philistin Sŏk Hip Brah Ndu. Phung Israel dâk hăn tâm lơh đah phung Philistin. Khân păng ƀư pôih ta ƀon Êbenêser, jêh ri phung Philistin ƀư pôih ta ƀon Aphek. 2Phung Philistin krĭp tâm lơh đah phung Israel, dôl tâm đâng tâm lơh toyh, phung Philistin dơi đah phung Israel, jêh ri nkhĭt Israel ntŭk tâm lơh geh puăn rbăn nuyh. 3Tơlah phung tahan sĭt ntŭk pôih, phung bu bŭnh bu ranh Israel lah, "Mâm ƀư Yêhôva ăn phung Philistin dơi đah he nar aơ? Ăn he leo ta aơ hip tâm rnglăp Yêhôva tă bơh ƀon Silô, gay ăn hip nây dơi văch ta nklang he jêh ri tâm rklaih he bơh nau katang phung rlăng he." 4Pôri phung ƀon lan prơh bunuyh hăn ma ƀon Silô, jêh ri djôt leo tă bơh nây hip nau tâm rnglăp Yêhôva ma phung tahan, nơm gŭ ta sưng hađăch ta nklang phung Chêrubim. Bar hê kon buklâu Y-Êli, Y-Hôphni jêh ri Y-Phinêas, gŭ tanây ndrel ma hip nau tâm rnglăp Brah Ndu. 5Tơlah hip nau tâm rnglăp Yêhôva lăp tâm nklang pôih tahan, lĕ rngôch phung Israel troh dadê ma nau răm rhơn toyh, kŏ tât n'gơ n'găr neh. 6Tơlah phung Philistin tăng nau troh nây, geh nau tâm ôp ndrăng khân păng, lah: "Nau troh nter huy ngăn tâm pôih tahan Hêbrơ nây moh nau bu ntĭt?" Pônây geh nuyh nkoch ăn khân păng gĭt pôaơ hip nau tâm rnglăp Yêhôva hŏ tât jêh tâm nkual pôih tahan. 7Phung Philistin klach, yorlah khân păng lah: "Brah Ndu hŏ drâm tât tâm nkual pôih tahan." Jêh nây nter lah: "Rêh ni ngăn ma he! Yorlah mâu mâp geh nau ôh bơh saơm! 8Rêh ni ngăn ma he! Mbu moh dơi tâm rklaih he dơi klaih bơh nau dơi brah nây? Brah nây lĕ tă dong jêh phung Êjipt đah ăp ntil nau rêh ni tâm bri rdah. 9Hơi phung Philistin, ăn gŭ janh hom jêh ri ƀư lôch hom kan bu lĕ jao ma khân may; klach lah khân may jêng dĭk ma phung Hêbrơ nâm bu khân păng hŏ jêng dĭk ma khân may. Dâk hom ƀư lôch kan bu jao ma khân may nâm bu bunuyh katang, jêh ri tâm lơh hom!" 10Pôri, phung Philistin tâm lơh, jêh ri dơi đah phung Israel, ăp nơm nchuăt du sĭt leo ma rmlak khân păng nơm. Nây jêng du nau tâm lơh roh rai toyh ngăn ngên; yorlah tâm phung Israel geh pe rmưn nuyh tahan brô̆ jâng lĕ chalôt khĭt jêh! 11'Hip nau tâm rnglăp Brah Ndu bu lĕ sŏk jêh, bi ma bar hê kon bu klâu Y-Êli, amoh Y-Hôphni jêh ri Y-Phinêas, lĕ khĭt dadê. 12Nar nây đŏng du huê buklâu mpôl băl Benjamĭn nchuăt tă bơh ntŭk tâm lơh, jêh ri tât ta ƀon Silô, bok ao păng lĕ hêk jêh, bôk chhŏk (sŏk) păng rklê neh muy. 13Tơlah păng lĕ tât jêh Y-Êli dôl gŭ ta kalơ rnơl păng êp kêng meng trong, gŭ uănh lih-rlâl; yorlah nuih n'hâm Y-Êli râm nsâr klach ma hip nau tâm rnglăp Brah Ndu. Tơlah bu klâu nây lăp tâm ƀon jêh ri mbơh nau tât nây, lĕ rngôch ƀon lan lŭng nter. 14Tơlah Y-Êli tăng bâr lŭng nter, păng lah, "Moh nau nter nây? Jêh ri bu klâu nây hăn ndal mbơh ro ma Y-Êli. 15Pônây, Y-Êli hŏ geh sĭn jê̆t (du rsĭn) ma pham năm jêh, jêh ri măt păng lĕ plâm mâu hôm saơ ang ôh. 16Bu klâu nây lah Y-Êli pô aơ: "Gâp jêng nơm văch tă bơh ntŭk tâm lơh. Gâp nchuăt du tă bơh nau tâm lơh nar aơ." Y-Êli ôp: "Moh nau lĕ tât, Hơi nô?" 17Nơm văch mbơh nây lah, "Phung Israel lĕ nchuăt du tra năp phung Philistin, jêh ri phung ƀon lan bu nkhĭt âk ngăn; nđâp ma bar hê kon bu klâu may, Y-Hôphni jêh ri Y-Phinêas, khĭt jêh, jêh ri bu sŏk jêh hip Brah Ndu." 18Tơlah tăng ôbăl ngơi di ma hip Brah Ndu, Y-Êli chalôt plơ̆ nkơi tă bơh rnơl păng ta meng mpông sâng, plĕch nko lêr jêh ri khĭt; yorlah păng hŏ ranh jêh ri lĕ djam jâk. Păng hŏ ƀư kan phat dôih ma phung Israel tâm puăn jê̆t năm. 19Ƀăn păng, ur Y-Phinêas, dôl ntreo jêh ri lĕ dăch deh. Tơlah păng tăng ma nau bu lĕ sŏk jêh hip Brah Ndu, nđâp ma po păng jêh ri sai păng lĕ khĭt jêh, ƀât lât păng geh nau tât ji deh, păng kŭnh jêh ri deh. 20Dôl păng lĕ dăch khĭt, phung bu ur djôt ndŭl geh măt ta nây lah: "Lơi klach ôh, ay mra deh du huê kon bu klâu." Ƀiălah păng gŭ klêm, mâu rkêng tôr iăt ôh lĕ nau nây. 21Păng ntơ amoh kon se jê̆ nây Y-Ikabôt, yorlah păng lah: 'Nau chrêk rmah du luh jêh tă bơh phung Israel;" păng lah êng yorlah bu sŏk jêh hip Brah Ndu jêh ri yor nau khĭt po păng jêh ri sai păng. 22Păng lah đŏng: "Ngăn yơh, nau chrêk rmah phung Israel hŏ roh jêh, yorlah hip Brah Ndu lĕ bu sŏk jêh."