1 Samuel 4

¹Dan perkataan Samuel sampai ke seluruh Israel. (4-1b) Orang Israel maju berperang melawan orang Filistin dan berkemah dekat Eben-Haezer, sedang orang Filistin berkemah di Afek.

¹And the word of Samuel came to all Israel.Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek.

²Orang Filistin mengatur barisannya berhadapan dengan orang Israel. Ketika pertempuran menghebat, terpukullah kalah orang Israel oleh orang Filistin, yang menewaskan kira-kira empat ribu orang di medan pertempuran itu.

²The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle.

³Ketika tentara itu kembali ke perkemahan, berkatalah para tua-tua Israel: "Mengapa TUHAN membuat kita terpukul kalah oleh orang Filistin pada hari ini? Marilah kita mengambil dari Silo tabut perjanjian TUHAN, supaya Ia datang ke tengah-tengah kita dan melepaskan kita dari tangan musuh kita."

³And when the troops came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD here from Shiloh, that it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies."

⁴Kemudian bangsa itu menyuruh orang ke Silo, lalu mereka mengangkat dari sana tabut perjanjian TUHAN semesta alam, yang bersemayam di atas para kerub; kedua anak Eli, Hofni dan Pinehas, ada di sana dekat tabut perjanjian Allah itu.

⁴So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

⁵Segera sesudah tabut perjanjian TUHAN sampai ke perkemahan, bersoraklah seluruh orang Israel dengan nyaring, sehingga bumi bergetar.

⁵As soon as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded.

⁶Dan orang Filistin yang mendengar bunyi sorak itu berkata: "Apakah bunyi sorak yang nyaring di perkemahan orang Ibrani itu?" Ketika diketahui mereka, bahwa tabut TUHAN telah sampai ke perkemahan itu,

⁶And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, "What does this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" And when they learned that the ark of the LORD had come to the camp,

⁷ketakutanlah orang Filistin, sebab kata mereka: "Allah mereka telah datang ke perkemahan itu," dan mereka berkata: "Celakalah kita, sebab seperti itu belum pernah terjadi dahulu.

⁷the Philistines were afraid, for they said, "A god has come into the camp." And they said, "Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before.

⁸Celakalah kita! Siapakah yang menolong kita dari tangan Allah yang maha dahsyat ini? Inilah juga Allah, yang telah menghajar orang Mesir dengan berbagai-bagai tulah di padang gurun.

⁸Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness.

⁹Kuatkanlah hatimu dan berlakulah seperti laki-laki, hai orang Filistin, supaya kamu jangan menjadi budak orang Ibrani itu, seperti mereka dahulu menjadi budakmu. Berlakulah seperti laki-laki dan berperanglah!"

⁹Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; be men and fight."

¹⁰Lalu berperanglah orang Filistin, sehingga orang Israel terpukul kalah. Mereka melarikan diri masing-masing ke kemahnya. Amatlah besar kekalahan itu: dari pihak Israel gugur tiga puluh ribu orang pasukan berjalan kaki.

¹⁰So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.

¹¹Lagipula tabut Allah dirampas dan kedua anak Eli, Hofni dan Pinehas, tewas.

¹¹And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

¹²Seorang dari suku Benyamin lari dari barisan pertempuran dan pada hari itu juga ia sampai ke Silo dengan pakaian terkoyak-koyak dan dengan tanah di kepalanya.

¹²A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.

¹³Ketika ia sampai, Eli sedang duduk di kursi di tepi jalan menunggu-nunggu, sebab hatinya berdebar-debar karena tabut Allah itu. Ketika orang itu masuk ke kota dan menceritakan kabar itu, berteriaklah seluruh kota itu.

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

¹⁴Ketika Eli mendengar bunyi teriakan itu, bertanyalah ia: "Keributan apakah itu?" Lalu bersegeralah orang itu mendapatkan Eli dan memberitahukannya kepadanya.

¹⁴When Eli heard the sound of the outcry, he said, "What is this uproar?" Then the man hurried and came and told Eli.

¹⁵Eli sudah sembilan puluh delapan tahun umurnya dan matanya sudah bular, sehingga ia tidak dapat melihat lagi.

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

¹⁶Kata orang itu kepada Eli: "Aku datang dari medan pertempuran; baru hari ini aku melarikan diri dari medan pertempuran." Kata Eli: "Bagaimana keadaannya, anakku?"

¹⁶And the man said to Eli, "I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today." And he said, "How did it go, my son?"

¹⁷Jawab pembawa kabar itu: "Orang Israel melarikan diri dari hadapan orang Filistin; kekalahan yang besar telah diderita oleh rakyat; lagipula kedua anakmu, Hofni dan Pinehas, telah tewas, dan tabut Allah sudah dirampas."

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

¹⁸Ketika disebutnya tabut Allah itu, jatuhlah Eli telentang dari kursi di sebelah pintu gerbang, batang lehernya patah dan ia mati. Sebab telah tua dan gemuk orangnya. Empat puluh tahun lamanya ia memerintah sebagai hakim atas orang Israel.

¹⁸As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

¹⁹Adapun menantunya perempuan, isteri Pinehas, sudah hamil tua. Ketika didengarnya kabar itu, bahwa tabut Allah telah dirampas dan mertuanya laki-laki serta suaminya telah mati, duduklah ia berlutut, lalu bersalin, sebab ia kedatangan sakit beranak.

¹⁹Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed and gave birth, for her pains came upon her.

²⁰Ketika ia hampir mati, berkatalah perempuan-perempuan yang berdiri di dekatnya: "Janganlah takut, sebab engkau telah melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki." Tetapi ia tidak menjawab dan tidak memperhatikannya.

²⁰And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, "Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son." But she did not answer or pay attention.

²¹Ia menamai anak itu Ikabod, katanya: "Telah lenyap kemuliaan dari Israel" --karena tabut Allah sudah dirampas dan karena mertuanya dan suaminya.

²¹And she named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

²²Katanya: "Telah lenyap kemuliaan dari Israel, sebab tabut Allah telah dirampas."

²²And she said, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured."