¹A slovo Samuelovo sa splnilo celému Izraelovi. Lebo Izrael vyšiel proti Filištínom do boja a položili sa táborom pri Ében-ézere, a Filištíni táborili v Aféku.

¹And the word of Samuel is to all Israel, and Israel goeth out to meet the Philistines for battle, and they encamp by Eben-Ezer, and the Philistines have encamped in Aphek,

²A Filištíni sa zriadili do boja proti Izraelovi, a keď sa rozvinul boj, porazený bol Izrael pred Filištínmi, a pobili na bojišti, na poli, okolo štyroch tisícov mužov.

²and the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel, and the battle spreadeth itself, and Israel is smitten before the Philistines, and they smite among the ranks in the field about four thousand men.

³Keď potom prišiel ľud do tábora, povedali starší Izraelovi: Prečo nás dnes porazil Hospodin pred Filištínmi? Vezmime k sebe zo Síla truhlu smluvy Hospodinovej. Keď prijde do nášho stredu, zachráni nás a vyslobodí z ruky našich nepriateľov.

³And the people cometh in unto the camp, and the elders of Israel say, `Why hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? we take unto us from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and it cometh into our midst, and He doth save us out of the hand of our enemies.`

⁴A tak poslal ľud do Síla, a doniesli odtiaľ truhlu smluvy Hospodina Zástupov, tróniaceho na cherubínoch, a boli tam obaja synovia Éliho s truhlou smluvy Božej, Chofni a Pinchas.

⁴And the people sendeth to Shiloh, and they take up thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of Hosts, inhabiting the cherubs, and there [are] two sons of Eli, with the ark of the covenant of God, Hophni and Phinehas.

⁵A stalo sa, keď prišla truhla smluvy Hospodinovej do tábora, že skríkol od radosti celý Izrael veľkým krikom, takže dunela zem.

⁵And it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto the camp, that all Israel shout — a great shout — and the earth is moved.

⁶A keď počuli Filištíni hlas radostného kriku, povedali: Čo je to jaký zvuk toho veľkého radostného kriku v tábore Hebrejov? A dozvedeli sa, že truhla Hospodinova prišla do tábora.

⁶And the Philistines hear the noise of the shouting, and say, `What [is] the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?` and they perceive that the ark of Jehovah hath come in unto the camp.

⁷Preto sa báli Filištíni, lebo vraveli: Bôh prišiel do tábora! A povedali: Beda nám! Lebo také niečo sa ešte nikdy nestalo doteraz!

⁷And the Philistines are afraid, for they said, `God hath come in unto the camp;` and they say, `Wo to us, for there hath not been like this heretofore.

⁸Beda nám! Kto nás vytrhne z ruky tých slávnych bohov?! To sú tí bohovia, ktorí bili Egypťanov všelijakými ranami na púšti.

⁸Wo to us, who doth deliver us out of the hand of these honourable gods? these [are] the gods who are smiting the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

⁹Posilnite sa a buďte mužmi, Filištíni! Aby ste neslúžili Hebrejom, ako oni vám slúžili! Ale buďte mužmi a bojujte!

⁹Strengthen yourselves, and become men, O Philistines, lest ye do service to Hebrews, as they have done to you — then ye have become men, and have fought.`

¹⁰Aj bojovali Filištíni, a Izrael bol porazený, a utekali každý do svojho stánu. A porážka bola veľmi veliká, a padlo z Izraela tridsať tisíc mužov peších.

¹⁰And the Philistines fight, and Israel is smitten, and they flee each to his tents, and the blow is very great, and there fall of Israel thirty thousand footmen;

¹¹A truhla Božia bola vzatá, a obidvaja synovia Éliho zomreli, Chofni a Pinchas.

¹¹and the ark of God hath been taken, and the two sons of Eli have died, Hophni and Phinehas.

¹²Potom bežal nejaký muž z pokolenia Benjaminovho s bojišťa a prišiel do Síla toho dňa a mal svoje rúcho roztrhnuté a svoju hlavu posypanú zemou.

¹²And a man of Benjamin runneth out of the ranks, and cometh into Shiloh, on that day, and his long robes [are] rent, and earth on his head;

¹³A keď prišiel, hľa, Éli sedel na stolici pri ceste a vyzeral, lebo jeho srdce sa triaslo o truhlu Božiu, a človek prišiel, aby oznámil v meste, čo sa stalo. A kričalo zdesením celé mesto.

¹³and he cometh in, and lo, Eli is sitting on the throne by the side of the way, watching, for his heart hath been trembling for the ark of God, and the man hath come in to declare [it] in the city, and all the city crieth out.

¹⁴A keď počul Éli hlas kriku, povedal: Čo je to jaký nepokojný hukot? A človek sa ponáhľal a prijdúc oznámil to Élimu.

¹⁴And Eli heareth the noise of the cry, and saith, `What — the noise of this tumult!` And the man hasted, and cometh in, and declareth to Eli.

¹⁵A Élimu bolo deväťdesiatosem rokov, a jeho oči boly zašly, takže nemohol vidieť.

¹⁵And Eli is a son of ninety and eight years, and his eyes have stood, and he hath not been able to see.

¹⁶A človek povedal Élimu: Ja som ten, ktorý som prišiel s bojišťa, a ja som dnes utiekol s bojišťa. A Éli mu povedal: Čo sa to stalo, môj synu?

¹⁶And the man saith unto Eli, `I [am] he who hath come out of the ranks, and I out of the ranks have fled to-day;` and he saith, `What hath been the matter, my son?`

¹⁷A zvestovateľ odpovedal a riekol: Izrael uteká pred Filištínmi, aj veľká porážka stala sa v ľude, aj obaja tvoji synovia zomreli, Chofni a Pinchas, a truhla Božia je vzatá.

¹⁷And he who is bearing tidings answereth and saith, `Israel hath fled before the Philistines, and also a great slaughter hath been among the people, and also thy two sons have died — Hophni and Phinehas — and the ark of God hath been captured.`

¹⁸A stalo sa, ako spomenul truhlu Božiu, že padnul so stolice nazad vedľa brány a zlomil si väzy i zomrel, lebo človek bol starý a ťažký a on súdil Izraela štyridsať rokov.

¹⁸And it cometh to pass, at his mentioning the ark of God, that he falleth from off the throne backward, by the side of the gate, and his neck is broken, and he dieth, for the man [is] old and heavy, and he hath judged Israel forty years.

¹⁹A jeho nevesta, žena Pinchasova, bola tehotná majúc porodiť. Tá keď počula zvesť a k tomu ešte i to, že vzali truhlu Božiu a že zomrel jej svokor i jej muž, sklonila sa a porodila, lebo prišly na ňu jej bolesti.

¹⁹And his daughter-in-law, wife of Phinehas, [is] pregnant, about to bear, and she heareth the report of the taking of the ark of God, that her father-in-law and her husband have died, and she boweth, and beareth, for her pains have turned upon her.

²⁰A v ten čas, keď zomierala, vravely jej ženy, ktoré stály nad ňou: Neboj sa, lebo si porodila syna. Ale neodpovedala ani si toho nevšímala.

²⁰And at the time of her death, when the women who are standing by her say, `Fear not, for a son thou hast borne,` she hath not answered, nor set her heart [to it];

²¹A nazvala chlapča Ichabod, lebo riekla: Odstehovala sa sláva z Izraela a k tomu bola vzatá i truhla Božia, a zomrel i jej svokor i jej muž.

²¹and she calleth the youth I-Chabod, saying, `Honour hath removed from Israel,` because of the taking of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

²²Preto riekla: Odstehovala sa sláva z Izraela, pretože bola vzatá truhla Božia.

²²And she saith, `Honour hath removed from Israel, for the ark of God hath been taken.`