1 E veio a palavra de Samuel a todo o Israel; e Israel saiu à peleja contra os filisteus e acampou-se junto a Ebenézer; e os filisteus se acamparam junto a Afeque.
2 E os filisteus se dispuseram em ordem de batalha, para sair contra Israel; e, estendendo-se a peleja, Israel foi ferido diante dos filisteus, porque feriram na batalha, no campo, uns quatro mil homens.
3 E voltando o povo ao arraial, disseram os anciãos de Israel: Por que nos feriu o Senhor hoje diante dos filisteus? Tragamos de Siló a arca da aliança do Senhor, e venha no meio de nós, para que nos livre da mão de nossos inimigos.
4 Enviou, pois, o povo a Siló, e trouxeram de lá a arca da aliança do Senhor dos Exércitos, que habita entre os querubins; e os dois filhos de Eli, Hofni e Finéias, estavam ali com a arca da aliança de Deus.
5 E sucedeu que, vindo a arca da aliança do Senhor ao arraial, todo o Israel gritou com grande júbilo, até que a terra estremeceu.
6 E os filisteus, ouvindo a voz de júbilo, disseram: Que voz de grande júbilo é esta no arraial dos hebreus? Então souberam que a arca do Senhor era vinda ao arraial.
7 Por isso os filisteus se atemorizaram, porque diziam: Deus veio ao arraial. E diziam mais: Ai de nós! Tal nunca jamais sucedeu antes.
8 Ai de nós! Quem nos livrará da mão desses grandiosos deuses? Estes são os deuses que feriram aos egípcios com todas as pragas junto ao deserto.
9 Esforçai-vos, e sede homens, ó filisteus, para que porventura não venhais a servir aos hebreus, como eles serviram a vós; sede, pois, homens, e pelejai.
10 Então pelejaram os filisteus, e Israel foi ferido, fugindo cada um para a sua tenda; e foi tão grande o estrago, que caíram de Israel trinta mil homens de pé.
11 E foi tomada a arca de Deus: e os dois filhos de Eli, Hofni e Finéias, morreram.
12 Então correu, da batalha, um homem de Benjamim, e chegou no mesmo dia a Siló; e trazia as vestes rotas, e terra sobre a cabeça.
13 E, chegando ele, eis que Eli estava assentado numa cadeira, olhando para o caminho; porquanto o seu coração estava tremendo pela arca de Deus. Entrando, pois, aquele homem a anunciar isto na cidade, toda a cidade gritou.
14 E Eli, ouvindo os gritos, disse: Que alvoroço é esse? Então chegou aquele homem apressadamente, e veio, e o anunciou a Eli.
15 E era Eli da idade de noventa e oito anos; e estavam os seus olhos tão escurecidos, que já não podia ver.
16 E disse aquele homem a Eli: Eu sou o que venho da batalha; porque eu fugi hoje da batalha. E disse ele: Que coisa sucedeu, filho meu?
17 Então respondeu o que trazia as notícias, e disse: Israel fugiu de diante dos filisteus, e houve também grande matança entre o povo; e, além disso, também teus dois filhos, Hofni e Finéias, morreram, e a arca de Deus foi tomada.
18 E sucedeu que, fazendo ele menção da arca de Deus, Eli caiu da cadeira para trás, ao lado da porta, e quebrou-se-lhe o pescoço e morreu; porquanto o homem era velho e pesado; e tinha ele julgado Israel quarenta anos.
19 E, estando sua nora, a mulher de Finéias, grávida, e próxima ao parto, e ouvindo estas notícias, de que a arca de Deus era tomada, e de que seu sogro e seu marido morreram, encurvou-se e deu à luz; porquanto as dores lhe sobrevieram.
20 E, ao tempo em que ia morrendo, disseram as mulheres que estavam com ela: Não temas, pois deste à luz um filho. Ela porém não respondeu, nem fez caso disso.
21 E chamou ao menino Icabode, dizendo: De Israel se foi a glória! Porque a arca de Deus foi tomada, e por causa de seu sogro e de seu marido.
22 E disse: De Israel a glória é levada presa; pois é tomada a arca de Deus.
1 Now at that time the Philistines came together to make war against Israel, and the men of Israel went out to war against the Philistines and took up their position at the side of Eben-ezer: and the Philistines put their forces in position in Aphek.
2 And the Philistines put their forces in order against Israel, and the fighting was hard, and Israel was overcome by the Philistines, who put to the sword about four thousand of their army in the field.
3 And when the people came back to their tents, the responsible men of Israel said, Why has the Lord let the Philistines overcome us today? Let us get the ark of the Lord's agreement here from Shiloh, so that it may be with us and give us salvation from the hands of those who are against us.
4 So the people sent to Shiloh and got the ark of the agreement of the Lord of armies whose resting-place is between the winged ones; and Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were there with the ark of God's agreement.
5 And when the ark of the Lord's agreement came into the tent-circle, all Israel gave a great cry, so that the earth was sounding with it.
6 And the Philistines, hearing the noise of their cry, said, What is this great cry among the tents of the Hebrews? Then it became clear to them that the ark of the Lord had come to the tent-circle.
7 And the Philistines, full of fear, said, God has come into their tents. And they said, Trouble is ours! for never before has such a thing been seen.
8 Trouble is ours! Who will give us salvation from the hands of these great gods? These are the gods who sent all sorts of blows on the Egyptians in the waste land.
9 Be strong, O Philistines, be men! Do not be servants to the Hebrews as they have been to you: go forward to the fight without fear.
10 So the Philistines went to the fight, and Israel was overcome, and every man went in flight to his tent: and great was the destruction, for thirty thousand footmen of Israel were put to the sword.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.
12 And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth on his head.
13 And when he came, Eli was seated by the wayside watching: and in his heart was fear for the ark of God. And when the man came into the town and gave the news, there was a great outcry.
14 And Eli, hearing the noise and the cries, said, What is the reason of this outcry? And the man came quickly and gave the news to Eli.
15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed so that he was not able to see.
16 And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?
17 And the man said, Israel went in flight from the Philistines, and there has been great destruction among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.
18 And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.
19 And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child and near the time when she would give birth; and when she had the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, her pains came on her suddenly and she gave birth.
20 And when she was very near death the women who were with her said, Have no fear, for you have given birth to a son. But she made no answer and gave no attention to it.
21 And she gave the child the name of Ichabod, saying, The glory has gone 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 gone from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.