¹وكان كلام صموئيل الى جميع اسرائيل وخرج اسرائيل للقاء الفلسطينيين للحرب ونزلوا عند حجر المعونة واما الفلسطينيون فنزلوا في افيق.

¹And what Samuel had said happened to all Israel. And Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

²واصطف الفلسطينيون للقاء اسرائيل واشتبكت الحرب فانكسر اسرائيل امام الفلسطينيين وضربوا من الصف في الحقل نحو اربعة آلاف رجل.

²And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel; and the battle spread, and Israel was routed before the Philistines; and they slew in battle array in the field about four thousand men.

³فجاء الشعب الى المحلّة. وقال شيوخ اسرائيل لماذا كسرنا اليوم الرب امام الفلسطينيين. لنأخذ لانفسنا من شيلوه تابوت عهد الرب فيدخل في وسطنا ويخلصنا من يد اعدائنا.

³And the people came into the camp; and the elders of Israel said, Why has Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch ourselves the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.

⁴فارسل الشعب الى شيلوه وحملوا من هناك تابوت عهد رب الجنود الجالس على الكروبيم. وكان هناك ابنا عالي حفني وفينحاس مع تابوت عهد الله.

⁴So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of hosts, who sitteth between the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there by the ark of the covenant of God.

⁵وكان عند دخول تابوت عهد الرب الى المحلّة ان جميع اسرائيل هتفوا هتافا عظيما حتى ارتجّت الارض.

⁵And it came to pass when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, that all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth shook.

⁶فسمع الفلسطينيون صوت الهتاف فقالوا ما هو صوت هذا الهتاف العظيم في محلّة العبرانيين. وعلموا ان تابوت الرب جاء الى المحلّة.

⁶And the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, and said, What is the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Jehovah had come into the camp.

⁷فخاف الفلسطينيون لانهم قالوا قد جاء الله الى المحلّة. وقالوا ويل لنا لانه لم يكن مثل هذا منذ امس ولا ما قبله.

⁷And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore.

⁸ويل لنا. من ينقذنا من يد هؤلاء الآلهة القادرين. هؤلاء هم الآلهة الذين ضربوا مصر بجميع الضربات في البرية.

⁸Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

⁹تشددوا وكونوا رجالا ايها الفلسطينيون لئلا تستعبدوا للعبرانيين كما استعبدوا هم لكم. فكونوا رجالا وحاربوا.

⁹Shew yourselves valiant and be men, ye Philistines, that ye may not have to be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been servants to you: be men, and fight.

¹⁰فحارب الفلسطينيون وانكسر اسرائيل وهربوا كل واحد الى خيمته. وكانت الضربة عظيمة جدا. وسقط من اسرائيل ثلاثون الف راجل.

¹⁰And the Philistines fought, and Israel was routed, and they fled every man to his tent; and there was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

¹¹وأخذ تابوت الله ومات ابنا عالي حفني وفينحاس

¹¹And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

¹²فركض رجل من بنيامين من الصف وجاء الى شيلوه في ذلك اليوم وثيابه ممزقة وتراب على راسه.

¹²And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the battle, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent and with earth upon his head.

¹³ولما جاء فاذا عالي جالس على كرسي بجانب الطريق يراقب لان قلبه كان مضطربا لاجل تابوت الله. ولما جاء الرجل ليخبر في المدينة صرخت المدينة كلها.

¹³And when he came, behold, Eli was sitting upon the seat by the way-side watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.

¹⁴فسمع عالي صوت الصراخ فقال ما هو صوت الضجيج هذا. فاسرع الرجل واخبر عالي.

¹⁴And Eli heard the noise of the crying, and said, What is the noise of this tumult? And the man came hastily, and told Eli.

¹⁵وكان عالي ابن ثمان وتسعين سنة وقامت عيناه ولم يقدر ان يبصر.

¹⁵Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, that he could not see.

¹⁶فقال الرجل لعالي انا جئت من الصف وانا هربت اليوم من الصف. فقال كيف كان الأمر يا ابني.

¹⁶And the man said to Eli, I am he that came out of the battle, and I have fled to-day out of the battle. And he said, What has taken place, my son?

¹⁷فاجاب المخبر وقال هرب اسرائيل امام الفلسطينيين وكانت ايضا كسرة عظيمة في الشعب ومات ايضا ابناك حفني وفينحاس وأخذ تابوت الله.

¹⁷And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

¹⁸وكان لما ذكر تابوت الله انه سقط عن الكرسي الى الوراء الى جانب الباب فانكسرت رقبته ومات. لانه كان رجلا شيخا وثقيلا. وقد قضى لاسرائيل اربعين سنة

¹⁸And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died; for the man was old, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

¹⁹وكنّته امرأة فينحاس كانت حبلى تكاد تلد. فلما سمعت خبر اخذ تابوت الله وموت حميها ورجلها ركعت وولدت لان مخاضها انقلب عليها.

¹⁹And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered; and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

²⁰وعند احتضارها قالت لها الواقفات عندها لا تخافي لانك قد ولدت ابنا. فلم تجب ولم يبال قلبها.

²⁰And as she was dying, the women that stood by her said, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she did not answer, neither did she take it to heart.

²¹فدعت الصبي ايخابود قائلة قد زال المجد من اسرائيل لان تابوت الله قد أخذ ولاجل حميها ورجلها.

²¹And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

²²فقالت زال المجد من اسرائيل لان تابوت الله قد أخذ

²²And she said, The glory is departed from Israel, for the ark of God is taken.