< 1 Samuel 7 >

1 [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.
خداوند را آوردند، و آن را به خانه ابیناداب در جبعه داخل کرده، پسرش العازار راتقدیس نمودند تا تابوت خداوند را نگاهبانی کند.۱
2 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]).
و از روزی که تابوت در قریه یعاریم ساکن شد، وقت طول کشید تا بیست سال گذشت، و بعداز آن خاندان اسرائیل برای پیروی خداوند جمع شدند.۲
3 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.”
و سموئیل تمامی خاندان اسرائیل را خطاب کرده، گفت: «اگر به تمامی دل به سوی خداوندبازگشت نمایید، و خدایان غیر و عشتاروت را ازمیان خود دور کنید، و دلهای خود را برای خداوند حاضر ساخته، او را تنها عبادت نمایید، پس او، شما را از دست فلسطینیان خواهدرهانید.»۳
4 So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
آنگاه بنی‌اسرائیل بعلیم و عشتاروت رادور کرده، خداوند را تنها عبادت نمودند.۴
5 Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
و سموئیل گفت: «تمامی اسرائیل را درمصفه جمع کنید تا درباره شما نزد خداوند دعانمایم.»۵
6 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.
و در مصفه جمع شدند و آب کشیده، آن را به حضور خداوند ریختند، و آن روز راروزه داشته، در آنجا گفتند که بر خداوند گناه کرده‌ایم، و سموئیل بنی‌اسرائیل را در مصفه داوری نمود.۶
7 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.
و چون فلسطینیان شنیدند که بنی‌اسرائیل درمصفه جمع شده‌اند، سروران فلسطینیان براسرائیل برآمدند، و بنی‌اسرائیل چون این راشنیدند، از فلسطینیان ترسیدند.۷
8 They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
و بنی‌اسرائیل به سموئیل گفتند: «از تضرع نمودن برای ما نزدیهوه خدای ما ساکت مباش تا ما را از دست فلسطینیان برهاند.»۸
9 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.
و سموئیل بره شیرخواره گرفته، آن را به جهت قربانی سوختنی تمام برای خداوند گذرانید، و سموئیل درباره اسرائیل نزدخداوند تضرع نموده، خداوند او را اجابت نمود.۹
10 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.
و چون سموئیل قربانی سوختنی رامی گذرانید، فلسطینیان برای مقاتله اسرائیل نزدیک آمدند، و در آن روز خداوند به صدای عظیم بر فلسطینیان رعد کرده، ایشان را منهزم ساخت، و از حضور اسرائیل شکست یافتند.۱۰
11 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.
ومردان اسرائیل از مصفه بیرون آمدند و فلسطینیان را تعاقب نموده، ایشان را تا زیر بیت کار شکست دادند.۱۱
12 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.”
و سموئیل سنگی گرفته، آن را میان مصفه وسن برپا داشت و آن را ابن عزر نامیده، گفت: «تابحال خداوند ما را اعانت نموده است.»۱۲
13 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.
پس فلسطینیان مغلوب شدند، و دیگر به حدوداسرائیل داخل نشدند، و دست خداوند در تمامی روزهای سموئیل بر فلسطینیان سخت بود.۱۳
14 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.
وشهرهایی که فلسطینیان از اسرائیل گرفته بودند، از عقرون تا جت، به اسرائیل پس دادند، و اسرائیل حدود آنها را از دست فلسطینیان رهانیدند، و در میان اسرائیل و اموریان صلح شد.۱۴
15 Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
و سموئیل در تمام روزهای عمر خود براسرائیل داوری می‌نمود.۱۵
16 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.
و هر سال رفته، به بیت ئیل و جلجال و مصفه گردش می‌کردند، و درتمامی این‌جاها بر اسرائیل داوری می‌نمود.۱۶
17 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.
وبه رامه بر می‌گشت زیرا خانه‌اش در آنجا بود و درآنجا بر اسرائیل داوری می‌نمود، و مذبحی درآنجا برای خداوند بنا کرد.۱۷

< 1 Samuel 7 >