¹Ja Kirjat-Jearimi mehed tulid ning viisid ära Issanda laeka ja tõid selle künkale Abinadabi kotta, ja nad pühitsesid tema poja Eleasari Issanda laegast hoidma.

¹And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and hallowed Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.

²Sellest päevast, kui laegas jäi Kirjat-Jearimi, möödus palju aega, möödus kakskümmend aastat; ja kogu Iisraeli sugu ohkas Issanda järel käies.

²And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.

³Aga Saamuel rääkis kogu Iisraeli soole, öeldes: 'Kui te kõigest südamest tahate pöörduda Issanda poole, siis kõrvaldage oma keskelt võõrad jumalad ja astarted, valmistage oma südamed Issandale ja teenige üksnes teda, siis ta päästab teid vilistite käest!'

³And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye return to Jehovah with all your heart, put away the strange gods and the Ashtoreths from among you, and apply your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

⁴Siis Iisraeli lapsed kõrvaldasid baalid ja astarted ning teenisid üksnes Issandat.

⁴And the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths and served Jehovah only.

⁵Ja Saamuel ütles: 'Koguge terve Iisrael Mispasse, siis ma palun teie eest Issandat!'

⁵And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray Jehovah for you.

⁶Siis nad kogunesid Mispasse, ammutasid vett ja valasid Issanda ette, ja nad paastusid sel päeval; nad ütlesid seal: 'Me oleme Issanda vastu pattu teinud!' Ja Saamuel mõistis Mispas kohut Iisraeli lastele.

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

⁷Aga kui vilistid kuulsid, et Iisraeli lapsed olid kogunenud Mispasse, siis tulid vilistite vürstid üles Iisraeli vastu; ja kui Iisraeli lapsed seda kuulsid, siis tundsid nad hirmu vilistite ees.

⁷And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah; and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel; and the children of Israel heard [it], and were afraid of the Philistines.

⁸Ja Iisraeli lapsed ütlesid Saamuelile: 'Ära lakka kisendamast meie pärast Issanda, meie Jumala poole, et ta meid päästaks vilistite käest!'

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

⁹Siis Saamuel võttis ühe piimatalle ja ohverdas selle täielikuks põletusohvriks Issandale; ja Saamuel kisendas Iisraeli pärast Issanda poole ning Issand vastas temale.

⁹And Samuel took a sucking-lamb, and offered it as a whole burnt-offering to Jehovah; and Samuel cried to Jehovah for Israel, and Jehovah answered him.

¹⁰Ja kui Saamuel ohverdas põletusohvrit, lähenesid vilistid, et sõdida Iisraeli vastu; aga Issand müristas sel päeval valju mürinaga vilistite kohal ja viis nad segadusse; ja neid löödi maha Iisraeli ees.

¹⁰And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines advanced to battle against Israel. And Jehovah thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were routed before Israel.

¹¹Ja Iisraeli mehed läksid Mispast välja ning ajasid vilisteid taga ja lõid nad kuni allapoole Beet-Kaari.

¹¹And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, as far as below Beth-car.

¹²Siis võttis Saamuel ühe kivi ning asetas Mispa ja Seeni vahele, pani sellele nimeks Eben-Eeser ja ütles: 'Siiani on Issand meid aidanud!'

¹²And Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, and said, Hitherto Jehovah has helped us.

¹³Nõnda alistati vilistid ja nad ei tulnud enam Iisraeli maa-alale; ja Issanda käsi oli vilistite vastu kogu Saamueli eluaja.

¹³And the Philistines were subdued, and came no more into the borders of Israel; and the hand of Jehovah was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

¹⁴Ja need linnad, mis vilistid olid Iisraelilt ära võtnud, said tagasi Iisraelile Ekronist kuni Gatini, nõndasamuti vabastas Iisrael ka nende maa-alad vilistite käest. Rahu oli ka Iisraeli ja emorlaste vahel.

¹⁴And the cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and their territory did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.

¹⁵Ja Saamuel mõistis Iisraelile kohut kogu oma eluaja.

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

¹⁶Ta käis igal aastal ringi Peetelis, Gilgalis ja Mispas ja mõistis Iisraelile kohut kõigis neis paigus.

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

¹⁷Siis ta tuli tagasi Raamasse, sest seal oli ta kodu ja seal ta mõistis Iisraelile kohut ja sinna ta ehitas altari Issandale.

¹⁷And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house, and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar to Jehovah.