¹Shoko raSamueri rakasvika kuvaIsiraeri vose. Zvino valsiraeri vakaenda kundorwa navaFirisitia, vakavaka misasa yavo pedo neEbheniezeri; vaFirisitia vakavaka misasa yavo paAfeki.

¹And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

²VaFirisitia vakazvigadzirira kurwa navaIsiraeri; zvino vakati vorwa, vaIsiraeri vakakundwa navaFirisitia, vakauraya pakati pavakanga vakagadzirirwa kurwa varume vanenge zviuru zvina.

²And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

³Zvino vanhu vakati vasvika kumisasa, vakuru vaIsiraeri vakati, Jehovha wakatirovereiko nhasi pamberi pavaFirisitia? Handei, titore areka yesungano yaJehovha paShiro, iuye pakati pedu itirwire pamaoko avavengi vedu.

³And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

⁴Naizvozvo vanhu vakatuma nhume Shiro kundotorapo areka yesungano yaJehovha wehondo, ugere pamusoro pamakerubhi; vanakomana vaviri vaEri, Hofini naPinehasi, vakanga varipo paareka yesungano yaMwari.

⁴So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

⁵Zvino areka yesungano yaJehovha yakati yasvika pamisasa, vaIsiraeri vose vakapururudza nokupururudza kukuru, nyika ikaita mawungira.

⁵And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

⁶VaFirisitia vakati vachinzwa inzwi rokupururudza, vakati, inzwi iro rokupururudza, riri kumisasa yavaHebheru rinoti kudiniko? Vakanzwa kuti areka yaJehovha yasvika kumisasa.

⁶And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.

⁷VaFirisitia vakatya, nekuti vakati, Mwari wasvika kumisasa. Vakati, Tine nhamo! nekuti chinhu chakadai hachina kumbovapo.

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

⁸Tine nhamo ! Ndianiko uchatirwira pamaoko avaMwari ava vane simba? Ndivo vaMwari vakadeya kurova vaEgipita namatambudziko amarudzi mazhinji murenje.

⁸Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

⁹Simbai, muite savarume, imwi vaFirisitia, kuti murege kuva varanda vavaHebheru, sezvavakanga vakaita kwamuri; itai savarume, murwe.

⁹Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

¹⁰Zvino vaFirisitia vakarwa, vaIsiraeri vakakundwa, vakatiza, mumwe nomumwe kutende rake, kukavapo kuurawa kukuru, nekuti kuvaIsiraeri kwakafa vane zviuru zvina makumi matatu vaifamba namakumbo.

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

¹¹Areka yaMwari ikatorwa, uye vanakomana vaviri vaEri, Hofini naPinehasi, vakaurawa.

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

¹²Zvino mumwe murume wavaBhenjamini akabva kuhondo, akamhanya, akasvika paShiro nomusi iwoyo, ane nguvo dzakabvarurwa neguruva pamusoro wake.

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

¹³Pakusvika kwake, Eri wakange agere pachigaro chake kurutivi rwenzira, akataririra, nekuti moyo wake wakange uchibvunda pamusoro peareka yaMwari. Murume wakati asvika muguta, akavaudza izvozvo, vanhu vose veguta vakachema.

¹³And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

¹⁴Zvino Eri wakati achinzwa inzwi rokuchema, akati, inzwi rebopoto iri rinoti kudiniko? Murume akakurumidza, akandoudza Eri.

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

¹⁵Zvino Eri wakange ava namakore ana makumi mapfumbamwe namasere, meso ake akanga ava norutara, asichagoni kuona kwazvo.

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

¹⁶Murume akati kuna Eri, Ndini ndakabva kuhondo, ndatiza nhasi kuhondo. Akati, Kwaitweiko, mwana wangu?

¹⁶And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?

¹⁷Zvino murume wakange auya neshoko akapindura, akati, VaIsiraeri vatiza pamberi pavaFirisitia; vanhu vazhinji vaurawa; uye vanakomana venyu vaviri, Hofini naPinehasi, vafawo; uye areka yaMwari yatorwa.

¹⁷And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath 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.

¹⁸Zvino wakati achireva areka yaMwari, Eri akawa pachigaro negotsi kurutivi rwesuwo, akavhunika mutsipa, akafa; nekuti wakange ava mutana, ano muviri mukobvu. wakange atonga vaIsiraeri makore makumi mana.

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

¹⁹Zvino mukadzi womwanakomana wake Pinehasi, wakange ava nemimba, oda kupona mwana; akati achinzwa kuti areka yaMwari yatorwa, uye kuti baba vomurume wake, nomurume wakewo, vafa vose, akapfugama, akapona mwana, nekuti wakasvikirwa nokurwadziwa kwake.

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.

²⁰Nenguva yokufa kwake vakanga vamirepo naye vakati, Usatya hako, nekuti wapona mwana womukomana. Asi haana kupindura, kana kurangarira izvozvo.

²⁰And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

²¹Akatumidza mwana zita rinonzi Ikabhodhi, achiti, Kukudzwa kwabviswa kuna Isiraeri; nekuti areka yaMwari yakanga yatorwa, uye nokuda kwababa vomurume wake, nomurume wake.

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.

²²Akati, Kukudzwa kwabviswa kuna Isiraeri; nekuti areka yaMwari yatorwa.

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