¹The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Yahweh, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Yahweh.

¹In pridejo možje kirjat-jearimski in vzemo gori skrinjo GOSPODOVO in jo prineso v hišo Abinadabovo na griču, in Eleazarja, sina njegovega, posvetijo, da varuje skrinjo GOSPODOVO.

²It happened, from the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.

²In preminilo je od dne, ko je ostala skrinja v Kirjat-jearimu, dosti časa, da je bilo dvajset let; in vsa hiša Izraelova je žalovala za GOSPODOM.

³Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

³In Samuel ogovori vso družino Izraelovo, rekoč: Ako se hočete iz vsega srca izpreobrniti h GOSPODU, odpravite izmed sebe tuje bogove in Astarte in obrnite srce svoje h GOSPODU in služite njemu samemu; in otme vas iz pesti Filistejcev.

⁴Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.

⁴Tedaj so sinovi Izraelovi odpravili izmed sebe Baale in Astarte, in so služili GOSPODU samemu.

⁵Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to Yahweh.”

⁵In Samuel veli: Skličite vsega Izraela v Micpo, in molil bom za vas GOSPODA.

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

⁶In ko so se zbrali v Micpi, so zajemali vodo in jo izlivali pred GOSPODOM, in so se postili tisti dan in priznavali: Grešili smo zoper GOSPODA. In Samuel je sodil sinove Izraelove v Micpi.

⁷When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

⁷Ko pa zaslišijo Filistejci, da so se zbrali sinovi Izraelovi v Micpi, odrinejo knezi Filistejcev gori proti Izraelu. Ko to slišijo sinovi Izraelovi, se zboje Filistejcev.

⁸The children of Israel said to Samuel, “Don’t cease to cry to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.”

⁸In reko sinovi Izraelovi Samuelu: Ne nehaj za nas vpiti h GOSPODU, Bogu našemu, da nas reši roke Filistejcev!

⁹Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to Yahweh: and Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered him.

⁹In Samuel vzame jagnje od sesca ter celo daruje v žgalno žrtev za Izraela; in Samuel vpije h GOSPODU zastran Izraela, in GOSPOD mu je odgovoril.

¹⁰As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.

¹⁰Ko je namreč Samuel daroval žgalno žrtev, se približajo Filistejci, da se vojskujejo z Izraelom, ali GOSPOD zagrmi tisti dan nad Filistejci z grmenjem velikim in jih zbega; in bili so poraženi pred Izraelom.

¹¹The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth Kar.

¹¹In možje Izraelovi pridejo iz Micpe ter pode Filistejce in jih pobijajo do kraja, ki je pod Betkarjem.

¹²Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, “Ebenezer” means “stone of help.” saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”

¹²Tedaj vzame Samuel kamen in ga postavi med Micpo in Šenom ter mu da ime Eben-ezer [T. j. kamen pomoči.], rekoč: Doslej nam je pomagal GOSPOD.

¹³So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within the border of Israel. The hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

¹³Tako so bili Filistejci ponižani, in niso prišli več v Izraelovo pokrajino. In roka GOSPODOVA je bila zoper Filistejce vse Samuelove dni.

¹⁴The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and Israel recovered its border out of the hand of the Philistines. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

¹⁴Tudi mesta, ki so jih bili vzeli Filistejci Izraelu, je dobil Izrael nazaj, od Ekrona do Gata; tudi njih pokrajine je otel Izrael iz roke Filistejcev. Bil pa je mir med Izraelom in Amorejci.

¹⁵Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

¹⁵In Samuel je sodil Izraela vse svoje žive dni.

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

¹⁶In hodeč vsako leto okrog, je postajal v Betelu, Gilgalu in Micpi, in je sodil Izraelu v vseh teh krajih.Potem se je vračal v Ramo, zakaj ondi je bila hiša njegova, in ondi je sodil Izraelu, in ondi je zgradil oltar GOSPODU.

¹⁷His return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar to Yahweh.

¹⁷Potem se je vračal v Ramo, zakaj ondi je bila hiša njegova, in ondi je sodil Izraelu, in ondi je zgradil oltar GOSPODU.