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.

¹Huan, Samuel thu bel Israel mite tengteng lakah a thangkhetaa. Huan, Israel mite Philistia mite dou dingin a kuankhia ua, Ebenezar kiangah panmun a bawl ua; huan, Philistia miten Aphek ah panmun a bawl uh.

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.

²Huan, Philistia mite Israel mite nadal dingin a na kizalh ua: huan, a hong kisual uleh Philistia mite maah Israel mite a zahlakta ua, kidouna mun a sepaih sangli hiam tak a that uh.

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.

³Huan, mipite a giahmun ua a vapai uleh Israel upaten, bangziakin ahia tunia Toupan Philistia mite ma a hon zahlaksak mahmah? I kiang ua oma I melmate khut akipan hon hondam dingin Silo akipan Toupa thukhunna bawm I vala ding uh, a chi ua.

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.

⁴Huchiin mipiten Silo ah mi a sawl ua, huai akipan Cherubim tunga tu, sepaihte TOUPA thukhunna bawm a vala ua: huan. Pathian thukhunna bawm a lakna uah Eli tapate nih Hophni leh Pinehas a tel tei ua.

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.

⁵Huchiin TOUPA thukunna bawm a giahmun uh a hongtunin, Israel mi tengteng ngaihtak in a kikou zuazua mai ua, lei nangawn leng a thawn ging juajua mai hi.

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.

⁶Huan Philistia miten a kikou husa uh a zak un, Hebrute giahmun a kikou husa gingta zuazua mai bangchidan ahia leh? a chi ua. Huan, a giahmun uah TOUPA bawm a hongtung ahi chih a theita uh.

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.

⁷Huan, Philistia miten a kihte ua, giahmun ah Pathian a hong ahi, a chi ua. I tung a gik hi! tumalam in huchibang lah a om ngei ngal kei a,

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.

⁸I tung a gik hi! Huai Pathian khut hattak akipan kuain ahia hon hondam ding? Huai Pathian ahi, Aigupta mite gamdaia hi chi chiha hihlum.

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.

⁹Aw, nou Philistia mite aw, nou sikha ua a om bang ua nou Hebrute sikhaa na omlouhna ding un hattak in om unla, ki pasal sak un; kipasalsak unla sual jel un, a chi ua.

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.

¹⁰Huchiin Philistia miten sual zel ua, Israel mite a zahlaksak ua, a puanin lam chiat uah a tai vek miamah uh: a nak thah mahmah ua, Israelte lakah sepaih sing thum a si uhi.

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

¹¹Huan, Pathian bawm a laksak ua, huan, Eli tapa nih, Hophni leh Phinehas te leng a that uh.

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.

¹²Sepaih laka Benjamin suan, mi khat a taia, a puan khawng kikek nengnungin leh a lua lei kai niaunuau in huai ni mahmahin Silo a vatung a.

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.

¹³Huan, a tunin ngaiin, Eliin in lampi geia a tutna a tu khawmin a na en nilouh a, Pathian bawm jiakin a lungsimin a linglinga. Huan, miin in khua a tun touh leh, tanchin a hon gen leh a khua in a kikou vengvung uh.

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.

¹⁴Huan, Eliin a kikou husa uh a jak in, Tua mi ging vengvung bangchidan ahia? a chi a. Huan, mi kintakin a vahoh a, Eli a vahilh hi.

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

¹⁵Eli bel kum sawmkua leh kum giat a upa ahia, a mit a mialtaa, khua a mu thei nawn kei.

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?

¹⁶Huan, miin Eli kiangah, Sepaih lak akipana hong kahi, tuniin Sepaih lak akipan a hong tai ka hi, a chi a. Huan, aman, ka tapa, bangchibangin thil a om a oi? a chi a.

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.

¹⁷Huan, tanchin hon tun pa'n a dawng a, Israel mite Philistia mite maah a taikek ua, huan, mipi lakah kithahna thupitak a om laia, huan, na tapata nih Hophni leh Phinehas leng a si uhi, huan Pathian bawm leng a laksakta uhi, a chi a.

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.

¹⁸Huan, hichi ahi a, huchia Pathian bawm thu a gen takin kongkhak bula tutphah akipan a thalpuka, a ngawng a kitana, a sita hi: amah a tektaa a kikhouh takei hi. Israel tunga kum sawmli vaihawm khin ahi.

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.

¹⁹Huan, a mounu, Phinehas jiin nau a paia, aneih hun mahmahta a: Pathian bawm a lak uh chih thu a jaka, a pu leh a pasal a si uh chih a jakin a kulsuka, nau a nei ta a, a nain lah a hon pha nawnta ngala.

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.

²⁰Huan, a si dekdeka a kianga ding numeiten a kiangah, lauken, pasal na neita hi, a chi ua. Himahleh a dawng het keia, a limsak sam kei hi.

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.

²¹Huan, Thupinain Israel a pawtsanta, chiin nau min ding in Ikabod a sa hi. Pathian bawm lah a laksakta ua, a pu leh a pasal lah a sita ngal ua.Thupinain Israelte a pawtsanta, Pathian bawm lah a laksakta ngal ua, a chi a.

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

²²Thupinain Israelte a pawtsanta, Pathian bawm lah a laksakta ngal ua, a chi a.