¹And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

¹In pridejo možje kirjat-jearimski in vzemo gori skrinjo GOSPODOVO in jo prineso v hišo Abinadabovo na griču, in Eleazarja, sina njegovega, posvetijo, da varuje skrinjo GOSPODOVO.

²And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

²In preminilo je od dne, ko je ostala skrinja v Kirjat-jearimu, dosti časa, da je bilo dvajset let; in vsa hiša Izraelova je žalovala za GOSPODOM.

³And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

³In Samuel ogovori vso družino Izraelovo, rekoč: Ako se hočete iz vsega srca izpreobrniti h GOSPODU, odpravite izmed sebe tuje bogove in Astarte in obrnite srce svoje h GOSPODU in služite njemu samemu; in otme vas iz pesti Filistejcev.

⁴Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

⁴Tedaj so sinovi Izraelovi odpravili izmed sebe Baale in Astarte, in so služili GOSPODU samemu.

⁵And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.

⁵In Samuel veli: Skličite vsega Izraela v Micpo, in molil bom za vas GOSPODA.

⁶And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

⁶In ko so se zbrali v Micpi, so zajemali vodo in jo izlivali pred GOSPODOM, in so se postili tisti dan in priznavali: Grešili smo zoper GOSPODA. In Samuel je sodil sinove Izraelove v Micpi.

⁷And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

⁷Ko pa zaslišijo Filistejci, da so se zbrali sinovi Izraelovi v Micpi, odrinejo knezi Filistejcev gori proti Izraelu. Ko to slišijo sinovi Izraelovi, se zboje Filistejcev.

⁸And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

⁸In reko sinovi Izraelovi Samuelu: Ne nehaj za nas vpiti h GOSPODU, Bogu našemu, da nas reši roke Filistejcev!

⁹And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.

⁹In Samuel vzame jagnje od sesca ter celo daruje v žgalno žrtev za Izraela; in Samuel vpije h GOSPODU zastran Izraela, in GOSPOD mu je odgovoril.

¹⁰And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.

¹⁰Ko je namreč Samuel daroval žgalno žrtev, se približajo Filistejci, da se vojskujejo z Izraelom, ali GOSPOD zagrmi tisti dan nad Filistejci z grmenjem velikim in jih zbega; in bili so poraženi pred Izraelom.

¹¹And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.

¹¹In možje Izraelovi pridejo iz Micpe ter pode Filistejce in jih pobijajo do kraja, ki je pod Betkarjem.

¹²Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.

¹²Tedaj vzame Samuel kamen in ga postavi med Micpo in Šenom ter mu da ime Eben-ezer [T. j. kamen pomoči.], rekoč: Doslej nam je pomagal GOSPOD.

¹³So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

¹³Tako so bili Filistejci ponižani, in niso prišli več v Izraelovo pokrajino. In roka GOSPODOVA je bila zoper Filistejce vse Samuelove dni.

¹⁴And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

¹⁴Tudi mesta, ki so jih bili vzeli Filistejci Izraelu, je dobil Izrael nazaj, od Ekrona do Gata; tudi njih pokrajine je otel Izrael iz roke Filistejcev. Bil pa je mir med Izraelom in Amorejci.

¹⁵And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

¹⁵In Samuel je sodil Izraela vse svoje žive dni.

¹⁶And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

¹⁶In hodeč vsako leto okrog, je postajal v Betelu, Gilgalu in Micpi, in je sodil Izraelu v vseh teh krajih.Potem se je vračal v Ramo, zakaj ondi je bila hiša njegova, in ondi je sodil Izraelu, in ondi je zgradil oltar GOSPODU.

¹⁷And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.

¹⁷Potem se je vračal v Ramo, zakaj ondi je bila hiša njegova, in ondi je sodil Izraelu, in ondi je zgradil oltar GOSPODU.