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.

¹In kar je rekel Samuel, je šlo po vsem Izraelu. In Izrael je šel v boj zoper Filistejce; in so se utaborili pri Eben-ezerju, Filistejci pa so se utaborili v Afeku.

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.

²In Filistejci so se bojno uvrstili zoper Izraela; in ko se je vnela bitka, je bil Izrael poražen pred Filistejci, in pobili so jih iz bojnih vrst na polju okoli štiri tisoč mož.

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.”

³In ko se ljudstvo zbere v taboru, reko starejšine Izraelovi: Zakaj nas je GOSPOD danes udaril pred Filistejci? Vzemimo k sebi iz Sila GOSPODOVO skrinjo zaveze, da pride med nas in nas reši roke sovražnikov naših.

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.

⁴In ljudstvo pošlje v Silo, in prineso odondod skrinjo zaveze GOSPODA nad vojskami, ki stoluje nad kerubi; in dva sinova Elijeva, Ofni in Pinehas, sta bila tam s skrinjo zaveze Božje.

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.

⁵In ko je prišla skrinja zaveze GOSPODOVE v tabor, je zaukal ves Izrael z močnim glasom, da je zemlja odmevala.

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.

⁶Ko pa Filistejci slišijo glas tega ukanja, vprašajo: Kaj pomeni glas takega močnega ukanja v taboru Hebrejcev? In zvedeli so, da je prišla skrinja GOSPODOVA v tabor.

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.

⁷In Filistejci se zboje, kajti pravijo: Bog je prišel v tabor. In reko: Gorje nam! zakaj tega ni bilo včeraj in predvčerajšnjim.

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.

⁸Gorje nam! Kdo nas otme iz roke teh veličastnih bogov? To so bogovi, ki so udarili Egipt v puščavi z mnogoterimi šibami!

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!”

⁹Trdni bodite in moški se držite, o Filistejci, da vam ne bo služiti Hebrejcem, kako so oni služili vam; moški se držite in bojujte!

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.

¹⁰In bojevali so se Filistejci in Izrael je bil premagan, in vsak je bežal v šator svoj; in poboj je bil silno velik, ker je padlo iz Izraela trideset tisoč pešcev.

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

¹¹In skrinja Božja je bila vzeta, in dva sinova Elijeva, Ofni in Pinehas, sta poginila.

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.

¹²In tekel je neki Benjaminec iz bojnih vrst, in pride še ta dan v Silo. In raztrgal si je oblačilo in glavo posipal s prstjo:

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.

¹³In ko pride, glej, Eli sedi na stolu pri poti in pazi: kajti srce mu je bilo v strahu zavoljo skrinje Božje. In ko mož pride v mesto in oznani novico, zavpije vse mesto.

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.

¹⁴Ko pa Eli sliši glas vpitja, vpraša: Kakšen je to glasan šum? In mož hitro pristopi in pove Eliju.

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

¹⁵Eli pa je bil osemindevetdeset let star, in oči so mu bile ugasnile, da ni mogel videti.

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?”

¹⁶In mož reče Eliju: Jaz sem prišel iz vojske, in sicer sem pobegnil iz bitke danes. On pa vpraša: Kako se je godilo, sin moj.

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.”

¹⁷In sporočnik odgovori in reče: Izrael je zbežal pred Filistejci, vrhutega je bil velik poboj med ljudstvom, tudi dva sinova tvoja, Ofni in Pinehas, sta mrtva, in skrinja Božja je vzeta!

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.

¹⁸Ko pa je oni imenoval skrinjo Božjo, pade Eli s stola znak pri vratih in si zlomi šijnjak in umre; kajti bil je star in težak mož. In on je sodil Izraela štirideset let.

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.

¹⁹Njegova snaha pa, žena Pinehasova, je bila noseča in je imela skoraj roditi. In ko zasliši vest, da je skrinja Božja vzeta in da je mrtev njen tast in njen mož, se sključi in porodi, kajti bolečine so jo prijele.

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.

²⁰In ko se je bližala smrti, so rekle žene, ki so stale pri njej: Ne boj se, saj si rodila sina! A ona ni odgovorila ničesar in si srca ni utolažila;

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.

²¹in dete je imenovala Ikabod [T. j. Ni več slave!], rekoč: Slava je šla strani od Izraela – ker je bila vzeta skrinja Božja in zaradi njenega tasta in njenega moža.In je dejala: Slava je šla strani od Izraela, ker je vzeta skrinja Božja.

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

²²In je dejala: Slava je šla strani od Izraela, ker je vzeta skrinja Božja.