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

¹以色列人戰敗撒母耳的話傳遍了以色列。那時，以色列人出去迎戰非利士人，他們靠近以便以謝安營，非利士人卻在亞弗安營。

²The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was struck before the Philistines; and they killed of the army in the field about four thousand men.

²非利士人列陣，要與以色列人交戰。戰事展開後，以色列人敗在非利士人面前，非利士人在戰場上殺了約四千人。

³When the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has Yahweh struck us today before the Philistines? Let us get the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.”

³軍隊回到營裡，以色列的長老說：“今天耶和華為甚麼在非利士人面前擊敗我們呢？我們要把耶和華的約櫃從示羅抬到我們這裡來。約櫃一到我們中間，就會拯救我們脫離仇敵的手。”

⁴So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

⁴於是他們派人到示羅去，從那裡把坐在二基路伯中間萬軍之耶和華的約櫃抬來；以利的兩個兒子，何弗尼和非尼哈，也與　神的約櫃一同來了。

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

⁵耶和華的約櫃來到營中的時候，以色列眾人就大聲歡呼，大地也迴聲響應。

⁶When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” They understood that the ark of Yahweh had come into the camp.

⁶非利士人聽見了歡呼的聲音，就問：“在希伯來人的營中為甚麼有這樣大聲的歡呼呢？”後來才知道耶和華的約櫃來到了營中。

⁷The Philistines were afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp.” They said, “Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before.

⁷非利士人就害怕起來，他們說：“有神來到他們的營中了。”又說：“我們有禍了！因為從來沒有這樣的事。

⁸Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

⁸我們有禍了！從前在曠野用各樣災禍擊打埃及人的，就是這些神。誰能救我們脫離這些大能之神的手呢？

⁹Be strong, and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!”

⁹非利士人哪！你們要剛強，要作大丈夫，免得你們作希伯來人的奴僕，好像他們作過你們的奴僕一樣；你們要作大丈夫，作戰吧！”

¹⁰The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

¹⁰於是非利士人起來作戰，以色列人就被擊敗，各人都往自己的帳棚逃跑。這是一場大屠殺，以色列人中有三萬步兵陣亡。

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

¹¹　神的約櫃也被搶去，以利的兩個兒子何弗尼和非尼哈也死了。

¹²There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.

¹²以利逝世有一個便雅憫人跑離戰場，衣服撕裂，頭蒙塵土，當天來到示羅。

¹³When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

¹³他來到的時候，以利正在路旁坐在自己的椅子上觀望，因為他為　神的約櫃擔憂戰慄。那人進城裡報信，全城的人就都喊叫起來。

¹⁴When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, “What does the noise of this tumult mean?” The man hurried, and came and told Eli.

¹⁴以利聽見喊叫的聲音，就問：“這喧嚷的聲音是甚麼意思呢？”那人急忙前來，向以利報告。

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

¹⁵那時以利九十八歲了，眼睛發直，不能看見。

¹⁶The man said to Eli, “I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army.” He said, “How did the matter go, my son?”

¹⁶那人告訴以利：“我是從戰場上來的，今天從戰場上逃回來。”以利問：“我兒，事情怎麼樣？”

¹⁷He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

¹⁷報信的人回答，說：“以色列人在非利士人面前逃跑，傷亡慘重，你兩個兒子何弗尼和非尼哈也都死了，民中被殺的甚多，　神的約櫃也被搶去了。”

¹⁸It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

¹⁸因為以利年老體重，報信的人一提到　神的約櫃，以利就從椅子上往後跌倒在門旁，頸骨折斷而死。以利治理了以色列四十年。

¹⁹His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered. When she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came on her.

¹⁹非尼哈之妻逝世以利的媳婦，非尼哈的妻子懷了孕，產期近了；她一聽見　神的約櫃被搶去，以及她公公和丈夫都死了的消息，就忽然感到疼痛，曲身生產了。

²⁰About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “Don’t be afraid; for you have given birth to a son.” But she didn’t answer, neither did she regard it.

²⁰她快要死的時候，站在旁邊的婦女們對她說：“不要怕，你生了一個兒子！”她卻不回答，也不理會。

²¹She named the child Ichabod, “Ichabod” means “no glory.” saying, “The glory has departed from Israel”; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

²¹她給孩子起名叫以迦博，說：“榮耀已經離開以色列了。”這是因為　神的約櫃被搶去，又因為她的公公和丈夫都死了。

²²She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.”

²²她說：“榮耀已經離開了以色列，因為　神的約櫃被搶去了。”