撒母耳记上 4
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
以色列人戰敗
4 撒母耳的話傳遍了以色列。那時,以色列人出去迎戰非利士人,他們靠近以便以謝安營,非利士人卻在亞弗安營。 2 非利士人列陣,要與以色列人交戰。戰事展開後,以色列人敗在非利士人面前,非利士人在戰場上殺了約四千人。 3 軍隊回到營裡,以色列的長老說:“今天耶和華為甚麼在非利士人面前擊敗我們呢?我們要把耶和華的約櫃從示羅抬到我們這裡來。約櫃一到我們中間,就會拯救我們脫離仇敵的手。” 4 於是他們派人到示羅去,從那裡把坐在二基路伯中間萬軍之耶和華的約櫃抬來;以利的兩個兒子,何弗尼和非尼哈,也與 神的約櫃一同來了。
5 耶和華的約櫃來到營中的時候,以色列眾人就大聲歡呼,大地也迴聲響應。 6 非利士人聽見了歡呼的聲音,就問:“在希伯來人的營中為甚麼有這樣大聲的歡呼呢?”後來才知道耶和華的約櫃來到了營中。 7 非利士人就害怕起來,他們說:“有神來到他們的營中了。”又說:“我們有禍了!因為從來沒有這樣的事。 8 我們有禍了!從前在曠野用各樣災禍擊打埃及人的,就是這些神。誰能救我們脫離這些大能之神的手呢? 9 非利士人哪!你們要剛強,要作大丈夫,免得你們作希伯來人的奴僕,好像他們作過你們的奴僕一樣;你們要作大丈夫,作戰吧!” 10 於是非利士人起來作戰,以色列人就被擊敗,各人都往自己的帳棚逃跑。這是一場大屠殺,以色列人中有三萬步兵陣亡。 11 神的約櫃也被搶去,以利的兩個兒子何弗尼和非尼哈也死了。
以利逝世
12 有一個便雅憫人跑離戰場,衣服撕裂,頭蒙塵土,當天來到示羅。 13 他來到的時候,以利正在路旁坐在自己的椅子上觀望,因為他為 神的約櫃擔憂戰慄。那人進城裡報信,全城的人就都喊叫起來。 14 以利聽見喊叫的聲音,就問:“這喧嚷的聲音是甚麼意思呢?”那人急忙前來,向以利報告。 15 那時以利九十八歲了,眼睛發直,不能看見。 16 那人告訴以利:“我是從戰場上來的,今天從戰場上逃回來。”以利問:“我兒,事情怎麼樣?” 17 報信的人回答,說:“以色列人在非利士人面前逃跑,傷亡慘重,你兩個兒子何弗尼和非尼哈也都死了,民中被殺的甚多, 神的約櫃也被搶去了。” 18 因為以利年老體重,報信的人一提到 神的約櫃,以利就從椅子上往後跌倒在門旁,頸骨折斷而死。以利治理了以色列四十年。
非尼哈之妻逝世
19 以利的媳婦,非尼哈的妻子懷了孕,產期近了;她一聽見 神的約櫃被搶去,以及她公公和丈夫都死了的消息,就忽然感到疼痛,曲身生產了。 20 她快要死的時候,站在旁邊的婦女們對她說:“不要怕,你生了一個兒子!”她卻不回答,也不理會。 21 她給孩子起名叫以迦博,說:“榮耀已經離開以色列了。”這是因為 神的約櫃被搶去,又因為她的公公和丈夫都死了。 22 她說:“榮耀已經離開了以色列,因為 神的約櫃被搶去了。”
1 Samuel 4
Contemporary English Version
4 1 Then Samuel would speak to the whole nation of Israel.
The Philistines Capture the Sacred Chest
One day the Israelites went out to fight the Philistines. They set up camp near Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped at Aphek. 2 The Philistines made a fierce attack. They defeated the Israelites and killed about 4,000 of them.
3 The Israelite army returned to their camp, and the leaders said, “Why did the Lord let us lose to the Philistines today? Let's get the sacred chest where the Lord's agreement with Israel is kept. Then the Lord[a] will help us and rescue us from our enemies.”
4 (A) The army sent some soldiers to bring back the sacred chest from Shiloh, because the Lord All-Powerful has his throne on the winged creatures on top of the chest.
As Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, 5 brought the chest into camp, the army cheered so loudly that the ground shook. 6 The Philistines heard the noise and said, “What are those Hebrews shouting about?”
When the Philistines learned that the sacred chest had been brought into the camp, 7 they were scared to death and said:
The gods have come into their camp. Now we're in real trouble! Nothing like this has ever happened to us before. 8 We're in big trouble! Who can save us from these powerful gods? They're the same gods who made all those horrible things happen to the Egyptians in the desert.
9 Philistines, be brave and fight hard! If you don't, those Hebrews will rule us, just as we've been ruling them. Fight and don't be afraid.
10 The Philistines did fight. They killed 30,000 Israelite soldiers, and all the rest ran off to their homes. 11 Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and the sacred chest was captured.
Eli Dies
12 That same day a soldier from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the battlefront to Shiloh. He had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head to show his sorrow. 13 He went into town and told the news about the battle, and everyone started crying.
Eli was afraid that something might happen to the sacred chest. So he was sitting on his chair beside the road, just waiting. 14-15 He was 98 years old and blind, but he could hear everyone crying, and he asked, “What's all that noise?”
The soldier hurried over and told Eli, 16 “I escaped from the fighting today and ran here.”
“Young man, what happened?” Eli asked.
17 “Israel ran away from the Philistines,” the soldier answered. “Many of our people were killed, including your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. But worst of all, the sacred chest was captured.”
18 Eli was still sitting on a chair beside the wall of the town gate. And when the man said that the Philistines had taken the sacred chest, Eli fell backwards. He was a very heavy old man, and the fall broke his neck and killed him. He had been a leader[b] of Israel for 40 years.
19 The wife of Phinehas was about to give birth. And soon after she heard that the sacred chest had been captured and that her husband and his father had died, her baby came. The birth was very hard, 20 and she was dying. But the women taking care of her said, “Don't be afraid—it's a boy!”
She didn't pay any attention to them. 21-22 Instead she kept thinking about losing her husband and her father-in-law. So she said, “My son will be named Ichabod,[c] because the glory of Israel left our country when the sacred chest was captured.”
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.
1 Samuel 4
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Los filisteos capturan el arca
4 La palabra de Samuel llegaba a todo el pueblo de Israel.
Por esos días Israel salió a entablar combate contra los filisteos, y acampó junto a Ebenezer, mientras que los filisteos acamparon en Afec. 2 Los filisteos presentaron una cerrada batalla contra Israel, y lo vencieron, matando como a cuatro mil hombres. 3 Cuando el pueblo volvió al campamento, los ancianos israelitas preguntaron:
«¿Por qué permitió el Señor que los filisteos nos vencieran? Vayamos a Silo, donde está el arca del Señor. Ella tiene que acompañarnos siempre, para que nos salve de nuestros enemigos.»
4 Entonces el pueblo mandó traer de Silo el arca del pacto del Señor de los ejércitos, que habita entre los querubines.(A) Jofní y Finés, los dos hijos de Elí, resguardaban en Silo el arca del pacto de Dios.
5 Cuando el arca del pacto del Señor llegó al campamento, todo el pueblo de Israel gritó con tanto júbilo que la tierra se estremeció. 6 Al oír los gritos, los filisteos se preguntaron: «¿Por qué hay tantas voces de júbilo en el campamento de los hebreos?» Y al saber que el arca del pacto del Señor había llegado allí, 7 con mucho miedo dijeron: «¡Dios ha venido al campamento! ¿Qué va a ser de nosotros? ¡Nunca antes nos había pasado algo así! 8 ¡Ay de nosotros! ¿Quién nos librará del poder de este Dios tan poderoso? ¡Fue él quien castigó a los egipcios con plagas en el desierto! 9 Hermanos filisteos, tenemos que luchar con valor para no convertirnos en esclavos de los hebreos, como ellos lo han sido de nosotros. ¡Portémonos varonilmente, y peleemos!»
10 Y los filisteos pelearon y vencieron a los israelitas, y los hicieron huir a sus tiendas. Fue tan grande la mortandad que ese día cayeron treinta mil israelitas de infantería. 11 Además, los filisteos se llevaron el arca de Dios, y mataron a Jofní y Finés, los dos hijos de Elí.
12 Pero ese mismo día uno de los descendientes de Benjamín salió corriendo de la batalla y llegó a Silo. Llevaba rasgada la ropa, y su cabeza estaba cubierta de tierra. 13 Cuando llegó, Elí estaba en una silla vigilando el camino, pues estaba muy acongojado porque se habían llevado el arca de Dios. Cuando aquel hombre llegó a la ciudad, y contó lo que había pasado en la batalla, toda la ciudad se puso a gritar. 14 Elí oyó la gritería, y preguntó:
«¿Por qué hay tanto alboroto?»
Aquel hombre fue y le dio la noticia. 15 Elí tenía noventa y ocho años, y la vista se le había apagado, así que ya no podía ver. 16 Y ésta fue la noticia que recibió:
«Vengo de pelear contra los filisteos, pero logré escapar.»
Y Elí preguntó:
«¿Qué fue lo que pasó, hijo mío?»
17 Y el mensajero le respondió:
«Los soldados de Israel fueron vencidos, y huyeron de los filisteos. Hubo muchos muertos entre el pueblo, entre ellos tus dos hijos, Jofní y Finés. Además, los filisteos se llevaron el arca de Dios.»
18 Cuando el hombre dijo que el arca de Dios había sido capturada, Elí se fue de espaldas y se cayó de la silla, cerca de la entrada del templo, y se desnucó y murió, pues ya era viejo y estaba pesado. Durante cuarenta años había gobernado al pueblo de Israel.
19 Su nuera, la mujer de Finés, estaba encinta y cercana al parto, y cuando oyó que el arca de Dios había sido capturada, y que su suegro y su marido habían muerto, se impresionó tanto que le vinieron los dolores de un parto mortal, y allí mismo dio a luz. 20 Poco antes de morir, las parteras le dijeron: «Ten ánimo, pues has dado a luz un niño.» Pero ella no respondió, ni se dio por enterada. 21 Pero al niño le puso por nombre Icabod,[a] pues dijo: «¡La gloria de Israel ha sido deshonrada!», porque el arca de Dios había sido capturada, y su suegro y su marido habían muerto. 22 Por eso dijo: «La gloria de Israel ha sido deshonrada, pues han capturado el arca de Dios.»
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 4:21 Es decir, Sin gloria.
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.
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