1 Samuels 4

1 Og heile Israel høyrde Samuels ord. Israel drog ut til strid mot filistarane og lægra seg ved Eben-Ezer, medan filistarane lægra seg i Afek.

The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

2 Filistarane fylkte heren sin mot Israel, og striden vart drjug. Og Israel tapte for filistarane; dei felte umlag fire tusund mann på vigvollen.

The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. When they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

3 Då no folket kom att til lægret, sagde dei øvste i Israel: «Kvifor hev Herren late filistarane slå oss i dag? Lat oss henta Herrens sambandskista frå Silo, so ho kann vera her hjå oss og frelsa oss frå fiendarne våre!»

When the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let’s get the ark of the LORD’s covenant out of Shiloh and bring it to us, that it may come among us and save us out of the hand of our enemies.”

4 Folket sende bod til Silo og tok derifrå sambandskista åt Herren, allhers drott, han som tronar yver kerubarne. Og dei tvo Eli-sønerne, Hofni og Pinehas, fylgde med Guds sambandskista.

So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Armies, who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

5 Då Herrens sambandskista kom til lægret, då losna det so stort eit fagnadrop frå heile Israel, at jordi dunde.

When the ark of the LORD’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded.

6 Då filistarane høyrde ljoden av fagnadropet, sagde dei: «Kva tyder dette glymjande fagnadropet i hebræarlægret?» Og då dei vart vise med at Herrens kista var komi til lægret,

When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” They understood that the LORD’s ark had come into the camp.

7 vart dei forfærde; for dei tenkte: «Gud er komen til lægret.» Og dei sagde: «Usæle me! sovore hev aldri hendt fyrr!

The Philistines were afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp.” They said, “Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before.

8 Usæle me! kven skal frelsa oss frå denne velduge Guden? Det var denne Guden som sende alle ulukkorne yver egyptarane i øydemarki.

Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

9 Men - manna dykk upp! og far fram på kara vis, filistarar, so ikkje de skal verta trælar for hebræarane, liksom dei hev vore trælar for oss! Ver no karar, og gakk på!»

Be strong and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!”

10 Filistarane kasta seg inn i striden; Israels-sønerne vart slegne, og lagde på sprang kvar til sitt, og mannefallet vart øgjelegt stort; av Israel fall tretti tusund mann fotfolk.

The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.

11 Og Guds kista fall i fiendehand, og Hofni og Pinehas, båe Eli-sønerne, let livet.

God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

12 Ein mann av Benjamin sprang frå slagmarki og nådde Silo same dagen, med sundrivne klæde og mold på hovudet.

A man of Benjamin ran out of the army and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.

13 Då han kom dit, sat Eli på stolen sin attmed byporten og einstirde utetter vegen; for hjarta hans bivra av otte for Guds kista. Då mannen kom inn i byen med denne tidendi, tok heile byen til å jamra og klaga.

When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.

14 Og då Eli høyrde ljoden av klageropet, spurde han: «Kva tyder dette ståket eg høyrer?» Mannen skunda seg burtåt og fortalde det med Eli.

When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, “What does the noise of this tumult mean?” The man hurried, and came and told Eli.

15 Eli var åtte og nitti år gamall og star-blind, so han inkje kunde sjå.

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old. His eyes were set, so that he could not see.

16 Mannen sagde til Eli: «Det er eg som kjem frå slagmarki, eg hev rømt frå striden i dag.» Han spurde: «Korleis hev det gjenge då, guten min?»

The man said to Eli, “I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army.” He said, “How did the matter go, my son?”

17 Bodberaren svara: «Israel rømde for filistarane, det vart stort mannefall på folket, Hofni og Pinehas, sønerne dine, er falne, og Guds kista hev falle i fiendehand.»

He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.”

18 Då han nemnde Guds kista, datt Eli attlenges av stolen attmed byporten og braut halsbeinet. Det vart banen hans; for mannen var gamall og før. Han hadde då vore domar i Israel i fyrti år.

When he made mention of God’s ark, Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

19 Verdotter hans, kona åt Pinehas, var med barn og gjekk på fallande føter. Då ho høyrde gjete at Guds kista var falli i fiendehand, og at verfaren og mannen hennar hadde late livet, so seig ho i kne og fødde; for føderiderne kom yver henne.

His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to giving birth. When she heard the news that God’s ark was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came on her.

20 Då ho var mest inni dauden, sagde kvendi som stod ikring henne: «Ver hugheil! du hev fenge ein son.» Men ho svara inkje, og agta ikkje på det.

About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she did not answer, neither did she regard it.

21 Ho kalla guten I-kabod: «Kvorven er herlegdomen frå Israel, » sagde ho. Ho kom i hug Guds kista som var falli i fiendehand, og so verfaren og mannen.

She named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

22 «Kvorven er herlegdomen frå Israel, » sagde ho, «for Guds kista var falli i fiendehand.»

She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”