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Fyrri Samúelsbók 4
Icelandic Bible
Fyrri Samúelsbók 4
Icelandic Bible
4 Orð Samúels kom til alls Ísraels. Og Ísrael fór í móti Filistum til hernaðar, og settu þeir herbúðir sínar hjá Ebeneser, en Filistar settu herbúðir sínar hjá Afek.
2 Og Filistar fylktu liði sínu gegn Ísrael, og hallaðist bardaginn: Ísrael beið ósigur fyrir Filistum, og þeir felldu í valinn á vígvellinum um fjögur þúsund manns.
3 Og er lýðurinn kom aftur í herbúðirnar, þá sögðu öldungar Ísraels: "Hví hefir Drottinn látið oss bíða ósigur í dag fyrir Filistum? Vér skulum sækja sáttmálsörk Drottins til Síló, og þegar hún er komin hér meðal vor, mun hún frelsa oss af hendi óvina vorra."
4 Þá sendi lýðurinn menn til Síló, og þeir tóku þaðan sáttmálsörk Drottins allsherjar, hans sem situr uppi yfir kerúbunum. Báðir synir Elí, þeir Hofní og Pínehas, fóru með sáttmálsörk Guðs.
5 En þegar sáttmálsörk Drottins kom í herbúðirnar, þá laust allur Ísrael upp svo miklu fagnaðarópi, að jörðin dundi.
6 Þegar Filistar heyrðu óminn af fagnaðarópinu, sögðu þeir: "Hvað merkir þetta glymjandi fagnaðaróp í herbúðum Hebrea?" Og er þeir urðu þess vísir, að örk Drottins væri komin í herbúðirnar,
7 þá urðu þeir skelkaðir, því að þeir hugsuðu: "Guð er kominn til þeirra í herbúðirnar," og sögðu: "Vei oss, því að slíkt hefir aldrei áður til borið!
8 Vei oss! Hver mun frelsa oss af hendi þessara voldugu guða? Það voru þessir guðir, sem lustu Egypta með alls konar plágum í eyðimörkinni.
9 Herðið ykkur upp og verið menn, Filistar, svo að þér verðið ekki ánauðugir Hebreum, eins og þeir hafa verið yður ánauðugir. Verið því menn og berjist!"
10 Og Filistar börðust, og Ísrael hafði ósigur, og þeir flýðu, hver heim til sín. Og mannfallið var mjög mikið: féllu af Ísrael þrjátíu þúsundir fótgangandi manna.
11 Og Guðs örk var tekin, og báðir synir Elí, þeir Hofní og Pínehas, létu lífið.
12 Benjamíníti nokkur hljóp úr orustunni og kom til Síló þennan sama dag í rifnum klæðum og með mold á höfði sér.
13 Og er hann kom, sjá, þá sat Elí á stól við hliðið og starði út á veginn, því að hann var hugsjúkur um örk Guðs. Og er maðurinn kom að segja þessi tíðindi í borginni, þá tók öll borgin að kveina.
14 En er Elí heyrði óminn af harmakveininu, sagði hann: "Hvað merkir þessi háreysti?" Og maðurinn hraðaði sér og kom og sagði Elí tíðindin.
15 En Elí var níutíu og átta ára gamall og augu hans stirðnuð, svo að hann mátti ekki sjá.
16 Og maðurinn sagði við Elí: "Ég kem úr orustunni, ég flýði í dag úr orustunni." Þá sagði Elí: "Hvernig hefir það gengið, sonur minn?"
17 Maðurinn, sem tíðindin flutti, svaraði og mælti: "Ísrael er flúinn fyrir Filistum, og líka var mikið mannfall meðal fólksins, og einnig eru báðir synir þínir, þeir Hofní og Pínehas, dauðir, og Guðs örk er tekin."
18 En er hann nefndi Guðs örk, þá féll Elí aftur á bak úr stólnum við hliðið og hálsbrotnaði, og varð það hans bani, því að hann var gamall maður og þungur. En hann hafði verið dómari í Ísrael í fjörutíu ár.
19 Tengdadóttir hans, kona Pínehasar, var þunguð og komin að falli, og er hún heyrði tíðindin, að Guðs örk væri tekin og tengdafaðir hennar og maður dauðir, þá hné hún niður og fæddi, því að jóðsóttin kom yfir hana.
20 En er hún var komin í dauðann, sögðu konurnar, er yfir henni stóðu: "Óttast ekki, því að þú hefir son fætt." En hún svaraði engu og gaf því engan gaum,
21 heldur nefndi sveininn Íkabóð og sagði: "Horfin er vegsemdin frá Ísrael" _ vegna þess að Guðs örk var tekin, og vegna tengdaföður síns og manns síns.
22 Hún sagði: "Horfin er vegsemdin frá Ísrael, því að Guðs örk er tekin."
1 Samuel 4
New International Version
1 Samuel 4
New International Version
4 And Samuel’s word came to all Israel.
The Philistines Capture the Ark
Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer,(A) and the Philistines at Aphek.(B) 2 The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. 3 When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why(C) did the Lord bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark(D) of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh,(E) so that he may go with us(F) and save us from the hand of our enemies.”
4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim.(G) And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout(H) that the ground shook. 6 Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew(I) camp?”
When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, 7 the Philistines were afraid.(J) “A god has[a] come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before. 8 We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck(K) the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues(L) in the wilderness. 9 Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they(M) have been to you. Be men, and fight!”
10 So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated(N) and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.(O)
Death of Eli
12 That same day a Benjamite(P) ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust(Q) on his head. 13 When he arrived, there was Eli(R) sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.
14 Eli heard the outcry and asked, “What is the meaning of this uproar?”
The man hurried over to Eli, 15 who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes(S) had failed so that he could not see. 16 He told Eli, “I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day.”
Eli asked, “What happened, my son?”
17 The man who brought the news replied, “Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead,(T) and the ark of God has been captured.”(U)
18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led[b](V) Israel forty years.(W)
19 His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains. 20 As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Don’t despair; you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention.
21 She named the boy Ichabod,[c](X) saying, “The Glory(Y) has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband. 22 She said, “The Glory(Z) has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”(AA)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 4:7 Or “Gods have (see Septuagint)
- 1 Samuel 4:18 Traditionally judged
- 1 Samuel 4:21 Ichabod means no glory.
1 Samuel 4
King James Version
1 Samuel 4
King James Version
4 And 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.
2 And 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.
3 And 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.
4 So 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 cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 And 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.
6 And 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.
7 And 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.
8 Woe 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.
9 Be 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.
10 And 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.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12 And 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.
13 And 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.
14 And 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.
15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16 And 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?
17 And 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.
18 And 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.
19 And 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.
20 And 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.
21 And 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.
22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
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