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14 Elí oyó el griterío y se preguntaba qué significaba aquel tumulto. Entonces el mensajero llegó presuroso a darle la noticia a Elí. 15 Con noventa y ocho años, Elí tenía la mirada fija y no veía nada. 16 El mensajero le dijo:

— Acabo de llegar del campo de batalla, del que hoy mismo he logrado escapar.

Elí le preguntó:

— ¿Qué ha pasado, hijo mío?

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14 When 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. 15 Eli was ninety-eight years old, and (A)his eyes were so [a]dim that he could not see.

16 Then the man said to Eli, “I am he who came from the battle. And I fled today from the battle line.”

And he said, (B)“What happened, my son?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:15 fixed

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(A) 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?”

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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?

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