1 Samuels 7

1 So kom då folk frå Kirjat-Jearim og henta Herrens kista dit upp og sette henne inn i Abinadabs hus på haugen. Dei helga Eleazar, son hans, til å vakta Herrens kista.

So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

2 Frå den dagen då kista kom til Kirjat-Jearim, leid det lang tid: tjuge år. Og heile Israels-ætti sukka etter Herren.

And the ark was in Kiriath-jearim for a long time, as much as twenty years: and all Israel was searching after the Lord with weeping.

3 Då tala Samuel til heile Israels-ætti: «Vil de venda um til Herren av heile dykkar hug, so skil dykk med dei framande gudarne og Astarte-bilæti! vend hugen dykkar til Herren, og ten einast honom, so skal han fria dykk frå filistarmagti; »

Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.

4 Då skilde Israels-borni seg bilæti av Ba’al og Astarte og tente einast Herren.

So the children of Israel gave up the worship of Baal and Astarte, and became worshippers of the Lord only.

5 Samuel sagde: «Stemne heile Israel i Mispa, so vil eg beda for dykk til Herren!»

Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.

6 Då samla dei seg saman i Mispa, henta vatn og dei auste ut for Herren, og dei fasta heile den dagen og sagde: «Me hev synda mot Herren.» So heldt Samuel dom i Mispa og skilde trættor millom Israels-borni.

So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.

7 Då filistarane frette at Israels-borni hadde samla seg i Mispa, drog filistarfyrstarne dit upp mot Israel. Då Israel høyrde gjete det, vart dei rædde for filistarane.

Now when the Philistines had news that the children of Israel had come together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And the children of Israel, hearing of it, were full of fear.

8 Og Israels-borni sagde til Samuel: «Haldt ved i eino og ropa til Herren, vår Gud, at han må frelsa oss ut or filistarmagti!»

And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Go on crying to the Lord our God for us to make us safe from the hands of the Philistines.

9 Då tok Samuel eit soglamb og ofra det til eit brennoffer, eit heiloffer for Herren. Og Samuel ropa til Herren for Israel. Og Herren høyrde bøni hans.

And Samuel took a young lamb, offering all of it as a burned offering to the Lord; and Samuel made prayers to the Lord for Israel and the Lord gave him an answer.

10 Medan Samuel ofra brennofferet, drog filistarane fram til strid mot Israel. Men Herren dundra med eit veldugt torever yver filistarane den dagen og fjetra deim, so dei vart slegne av Israel.

And while Samuel was offering the burned offering, the Philistines came near for the attack on Israel; but at the thunder of the Lord's voice that day the Philistines were overcome with fear, and they gave way before Israel.

11 Israels mannskap drog ut frå Mispa og forfylgde filistarane og hogg deim ned på flugti, alt til dei kom nedanfor Bet-Kar.

And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and went after the Philistines, attacking them till they came under Beth-car.

12 Då tok Samuel ein stein og sette millom Mispa og Sen, og kalla honom Eben-Ezer og sagde: «Til no hev Herren hjelpt oss.»

Then Samuel took a stone and put it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah, naming it Eben-ezer, and saying, Up to now the Lord has been our help.

13 Soleis laut filistarane bøygja seg, og kom ikkje meir innanfor landskilet åt Israel. Og Herrens hand var mot filistarane so lenge Samuel livde.

So the Philistines were overcome, and did not come into the country of Israel again: and all the days of Samuel the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines.

14 Dei byarne som filistarane hadde teke frå Israel, fekk Israel att, frå Ekron til Gat; og kverven derikring tok Israel ogso att frå filistarane. Og millom Israel og amoritarne vart det fred.

And the towns which the Philistines had taken were given back to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and all the country round them Israel made free from the power of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

15 Samuel var domar i Israel so lenge han livde.

And Samuel was judge of Israel all the days of his life.

16 Kvart år ferdast han rundt til Betel, Gilgal og Mispa; og han skilde trættor i Israel på alle desse staderne.

From year to year he went in turn to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.

17 So for han heim att til Rama; for der åtte han heime, og der skilde han elles trættorne millom israelitarne. Og der bygde han eit altar for Herren.

And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.