1 A nd the word of Samuel came to all Israel. The Ark of God Captured Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

وَانتَشَرَتْ أخبارُ صَمُوئِيلَ فِي جَمِيعِ أنْحاءِ إسْرائِيلَ. الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ يَهزِمُونَ بَنِي إسْرائِيل وَفِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، خَرَجَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ لِمُحارَبَةِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. وَعَسكَرُوا عِندَ حَجَرِ المَعُونَةِ، بَينَما عَسكَرَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ عِندَ أفِيقَ.

2 T hen the Philistines put themselves in battle array against Israel. And when they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

فاصطَفَّ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ أمامَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَبَدَأُوا الهُجُومَ. فَهَزَمَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَقَتَلُوا نَحْوَ أرْبَعَةَ آلافِ جُندِيٍّ مِنْ جَيشِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

3 A nd when the people had come into 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 from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us it may save us from the hand of our enemies.”

فانسَحَبَ بَقِيَّةُ جُنُودِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى مُعَسكَرِهِمْ. وَسَألَ شُيُوخُ إسْرائِيلَ: «لِماذا سَمَحَ اللهُ بِأنْ نَنهَزِمَ أمام الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ؟ فَلْنُحضِرْ صُنْدُوقَ عَهدِ اللهِ مِنْ شِيلُوهَ. وَلْنُدخِلْهُ مَعَنا إلَى المَعرَكَةِ فَيُخَلِّصَنا مِنْ أعْدائِنا.»

4 S o the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

فَذَهَبَ الشَّعبُ إلَى شِيلُوهَ. وَعادُوا بِصُنْدُوقِ عَهدِ اللهِ القَدِيرِ الَّذِي يَعلُوهُ تِمثالا الكَرُوبِيمِ. فَكانَ هَذانِ المَلاكانِ كَعَرشٍ يَجلِسُ عَلَيهِ اللهُ. وَجاءَ حُفنِي وَفِينْحاسُ مَعَ صُّنْدُوقِ عَهدِ اللهِ.

5 A nd when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the earth shook.

وَلَمّا دَخَلَ صُنْدُوقُ عَهدِ اللهِ إلَى المُعَسكَرِ، هَتَفَ كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ هُتافاً عَظِيماً هَزَّ الأرْضَ.

6 N ow when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the sound of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean? ” Then they understood that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp.

وَسَمِعَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ هُتافَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، فَسَألُوا: «ما سِرُّ هَذا الهُتافِ فِي مُعَسكَرِ العِبرانِيِّينَ؟» فاكتَشَفَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ أنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ قَدْ أحضَرُوا صُنْدُوقَ اللهِ إلَى مُعَسكَرِهِمْ.

7 S o the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp!” And they said, “Woe to us! For such a thing has never happened before.

فَخافَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ وَقالُوا: «قَدِ انضَمَّتِ الآلِهَةُ إلَى مُخَيَّمِهِمْ! فَيا وَيلَنا. فَهَذا أمرٌ لَمْ يَحدُثْ مِنْ قَبلُ.

8 W oe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

إنَّنا أمامَ مُشكِلَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ. فَمَنْ يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يُنقِذَنا مِنْ هَذِهِ الآلِهَةِ القَوِيَّة؟ فَهَذِهِ هِيَ الآلِهَةُ نَفْسُها الَّتِي أوقَعَتْ بِالمِصرِيِّينَ أمراضاً وَأوبِئَةً وَكَوارثَ.

9 B e strong and conduct yourselves like men, you Philistines, that you do not become servants of the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight!”

فَلْنَتَشَجَّعْ نَحنُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ، وَلْنُحارِبهُمْ كَرِجالٍ. نَحْنُ استَعبَدْنا العِبرانِيِّينَ فِيما مَضَى. فَلنُحارِبْهُمْ كَرِجالٍ وَإلا فَإنَّنا سَنُسْتَعْبَدُ لَهُمْ.»

10 S o the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.

فَاسْتَبسَلَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ فِي القِتالِ وَهَزَمُوا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. فَهَرَبَ جُنُودُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَعادُوا إلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ. فَكانَتْ هَزِيمَةً شَديدَةً لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَقُتِلَ ثَلاثُونَ ألفَ جُندِيٍّ مِنهُمْ.

11 A lso the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. Death of Eli

وَاستَولَى الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ عَلَى صُندُوقِ عَهدِ اللهِ، وَقَتَلُوا ابنَي عالِي، حُفنِي وَفِينحاسَ.

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

وَهَرَبَ مِنَ المَعرَكَةِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ بَنْيامِيْنَ إلَى شِيلُوه. مَزَّقَ هَذا الرَّجُلُ ثِيابَهُ وَوَضَعَ تُراباً عَلَى رَأسِهِ حُزناً.

13 N ow when he came, there was Eli, sitting on 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.

وَكانَ عالِي قَلِقاً عَلَى صُنْدُوقِ العَهدِ. فَكانَ جالِساً قُربَ بَوّابَةِ المَدِينَةِ مُنتَظِراً وَمُتَرَقِّباً عِندَما دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ البَنْيامِيْنِيُّ المَدِينَةَ وَسَمِعَ الخَبَرَ السَّيِّئَ. فَبَدَأ كُلُّ سُكّانِ المَدِينَةِ يَبكُونَ بُكاءً عالِياً.

14 W hen Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, “What does the sound of this tumult mean? ” And the man came quickly and told Eli.

فَسَمِعَ عالِي بُكاءَ الشَّعبِ. فَسَألَ: «ما سِرُّ هَذا الضَّجِيجِ؟» فَرَكَضَ الرَّجُلُ البَنْيامِيْنِيُّ لِيُخْبِرَ عالِي بِما حَدَثَ.

15 E li was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were so dim that he could not see.

فَقَدْ كانَ عالِي فِي الثّامِنَةِ وَالتِّسعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ. وَكانَ أعمَى، فَلَمْ يَقدِرْ أنْ يَرَى ما يَحدُثُ.

16 T hen the man said to Eli, “I am he who came from the battle. And I fled today from the battle line.” And he said, “What happened, my son?”

وَقالَ: «جِئتُ لِلتَّوِّ مِنَ المَعرَكَةِ. هَرَبتُ مِنها هُرُوباً اليَومَ.» فَسَألَهُ عالِي: «ما الَّذِي حَدَثَ يا ابنِي؟»

17 S o the messenger answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead; and the ark of God has been captured.”

فَأجابَ الرَّجُلُ البَنْيامِيْنِيُّ: «هَرَبَ جَيشُ إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أمامِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ. وَتَكَبَّدنا خَسائِرَ كَبِيرَةً فِي الأرواحِ. وَماتَ وَلَداكَ أيضاً. وَاستَولَى الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ عَلَى صُنْدُوقِ عَهدِ اللهِ.»

18 T hen it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. Ichabod

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ عالِي ما ذَكَرَهُ الرَّجُلُ البَنْيامِيْنِيُّ عَنْ صُنْدُوقِ عَهدِ اللهِ، سَقَطَ إلَى الوَراءِ قُرْبَ البَوّابَةِ فانكَسَرَتْ رَقَبَتُهُ. وَكانَ عالِي شَيخاً طاعِناً فِي السِّنِّ وَبَدِيناً، فَماتَ. وَكانَ عالِي قاضِياً لإسْرائِيلَ مُدَّةَ عِشرِينَ سَنَةٍ. اختِفاءُ المَجد

19 N ow his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’s wife, was with child, due to be delivered; 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 herself and gave birth, for her labor pains came upon her.

وَكانَتْ كَنَّةُ عالِي، زَوجَةُ فِينْحاسَ، حُبلَى. وَحانَ مَوعِدُ وِلادَتِها. فَسَمِعَتْ خَبَرَ استِيلاءِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ عَلَى صُنْدُوقِ اللهِ. وَسَمِعَتْ أنَّ حَماها عالِي وَزَوجَها فِينْحاسَ ماتا أيضاً. فَما إنْ سَمِعَتِ الخَبَرَ حَتَّى داهَمَتْها آلامُ الوِلادَةِ فَوَلَدَتْ.

20 A nd about the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “Do not fear, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer, nor did she regard it.

وَكانَتْ عَلَى فِراشِ المَوتِ عِندَما قالَتْ لَها القابِلَةُ: «لا تَهتَمِّي، فَقَدْ أنْجَبْتِ وَلَداً.» غَيرَ أنَّ كَنَّةَ عالِي لَمْ تُجِبْ وَلَمْ تُبدِ اهتِماماً.

21 T hen 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.

وَأسْمَتْ وَلَدَها إيخابُودَ، وَقالَتْ: «نُزِعَ مَجْدُ إسْرائِيلَ!» دَعَتْهُ بِهَذا الاسمِ لِأنَّ صُنْدُوقَ عَهدِ اللهِ قَدْ سُلِبَ وَلِأنَّ حَماها وَزَوجَها كِلَيهِما ماتا.

22 A nd she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”

فَقالَتْ: «نُزِعَ مَجْدُ إسْرائِيلَ،» لِأنَّ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ أخَذُوا صُنْدُوقَ عَهدِ اللهِ.