1 Samuel 4

1 The word of Samuel came to all Israel.

Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. 2 The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. When they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field. 3 When the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has Yahweh defeated us today before the Philistines? Let’s get the ark of Yahweh’s covenant out of Shiloh and bring it to us, that it may come among us and save us out of the hand of our enemies."

4 So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 When the ark of Yahweh’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded. 6 When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, "What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" They understood that Yahweh’s ark had come into the camp. 7 The Philistines were afraid, for they said, "God has come into the camp." They said, "Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before. 8 Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. 9 Be strong and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!" 10 The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell. 11 God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

12 A man of Benjamin ran out of the army and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head. 13 When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out. 14 When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, "What does the noise of this tumult mean?"

The man hurried, and came and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old. His eyes were set, so that he could not see. 16 The man said to Eli, "I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army."

He said, "How did the matter go, my son?"

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

18 When he made mention of God’s ark, Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

19 His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to giving birth. When she heard the news that God’s ark was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came on her. 20 About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, "Don’t be afraid, for you have given birth to a son." But she didn’t answer, neither did she regard it. 21 She named the child Ichabod,*4:21 "Ichabod" means "no glory". saying, "The glory has departed from Israel!" because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 22 She said, "The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken."

1 Nā, puta mai ana te kupu a Hamuera ki a Īharaira katoa.

Te Hopukanga o te Āka o te Kawenata

Nā, ka haere a Īharaira ki te whawhai ki ngā Pirihitini, ā, ka noho ā-puni ki Epenētere; ā, i noho te puni o ngā Pirihitini ki Apeke. 2 Nā, ka whakaritea e ngā Pirihitini ā rātou ngohi hei whawhai ki a Īharaira; ā, ka hōrapa haere te whawhai, nā, ka patua a Īharaira e ngā Pirihitini; e whā mano tāngata o te ope i patua ki te pārae. 3 Ā, nō te taenga o ngā tāngata ki te puni, ka mea ngā kaumātua o Īharaira, "He aha tātou i patua ai e Ihowā ināianei i te aroaro o ngā Pirihitini? Me tiki atu ki a tātou te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā i Hiro, kia tae mai ki roto i a tātou, hei whakaora i a tātou i te ringa o ō tātou hoariri."

4 Heoi, ka tonoa e te iwi ki Hiro, ā, ka mauria mai i reira te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā o ngā mano e noho nei i runga i ngā kerupima; i reira anō ngā tama tokorua a Eri, a Hōponi rāua ko Pinehaha, i te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā.

5 Ā, i te taenga mai o te āka o te kawenata a Ihowā ki te puni, ka hāmama a Īharaira katoa, he nui te hāmama, ā, ngateri ana te whenua. 6 Ā, ka rongo ngā Pirihitini i te reo e hāmama ana, ka mea rātou, "He reo aha tēnei e nui nei te hāmama i te puni o ngā Hiperu?"

Nā, ka mōhio rātou kua tae mai te āka a Ihowā ki te puni. 7 Nā, ka wehi ngā Pirihitini; i mea hoki, "Kua tae te Atua ki roto i te puni." Nā, ka mea rātou, "Auē te mate mō tātou! Kāhore hoki he mea pēnei me tēnei i mua ake nei. 8 Auē te mate mō tātou! Mā wai tātou e whakaora i roto i te ringa o ēnei atua nui? Ko ngā atua ēnei nāna ngā whakapānga mate katoa i patua ai ngā Īhipiana i te koraha. 9 Kia māia, whakatāne i a koutou, e ngā Pirihitini, kei whakataurerekatia koutou e ngā Hiperu, kei pērātia me rātou i whakataurerekatia nā e koutou; nā, me whakatāne koutou, me whawhai."

10 Nā, ka whawhai ngā Pirihitini, ā, patua ana a Īharaira, ā, rere ana ki tōna tēneti, ki tōna tēneti; he tino nui rawa te parekura; e toru tekau mano hoki o Īharaira i hinga, he hunga haere raro. 11 Nā, riro ana te āka a te Atua; i mate hoki a Hōponi rāua ko Pinehaha, ngā tama tokorua a Eri.

Te Matenga o Eri

12 Nā, ka rere tētahi tangata o Pineamine i te ope, tae tonu atu ki Hiro i taua rā anō, he mea haehae ōna kākahu, he oneone hoki i runga i tōna mātenga. 13 Ā, nō tōna taenga, nā, e noho ana a Eri i runga i te nohoanga i te taha o te ara, e tūtei atu ana; he pāwera hoki nō tōna ngākau mō te āka a te Atua. Ā, ka tae taua tangata ki te pā, ka kōrero, nā, hāmama katoa ana te pā.

14 Ā, ka rongo a Eri i te reo e hāmama ana, ka mea ia, "He reo aha tēnei e ngangau nei?"

Nā, hohoro tonu taua tangata, ā, kua tae, kua kōrero ki a Eri. 15 Nā, e iwa tekau mā waru ngā tau o Eri; kua mārō hoki ōna kanohi, tē āhei ia te kite. 16 Nā, ka mea taua tangata ki a Eri, "Ko ahau tēnei i puta mai i roto i te ope, i rere tonu mai ināianei i te ope."

Ka mea tērā, "I pēhea te mea rā, e tāku tama?"

17 Nā, ka whakaatu a ia i kawea mai nei ngā kōrero, ka mea, "I rere a Īharaira i te aroaro o ngā Pirihitini, he nui hoki te parekura o te iwi; ā, ko āu tama tokorua, ko Hōponi, rāua ko Pinehaha, kua mate; kua riro anō hoki te āka a te Atua."

18 Ā, nō tāna whakahuatanga i te āka a te Atua, hinga ana tērā ki muri i runga i te nohoanga, ki te taha o te kūwaha, ā, whati iho tōna kakī, mate ake; he koroheke hoki ia, he taimaha. Nā, e whā tekau ngā tau i whakarite ai ia mō Īharaira.

19 Nā, e hapū ana tāna hunaonga, te wahine a Pinehaha, meāke whānau; ā, nō tōna rongonga i te kōrero o te āka a te Atua kua riro, o te matenga anō o tōna hungawai rāua ko tāna tahu, ka piko iho ia, ka whānau; i pā whakarere mai hoki te mamae ki a ia. 20 Ā, i a ia e whakahemohemo ana, ka mea ngā wāhine e tū ana i tōna taha, "Kaua e wehi; he tāne hoki tēnei tamaiti āu." Heoi, kāhore āna kupu i whakahoki ai, kīhai anō hoki i anga mai tōna ngākau.

21 Nā, huaina iho e ia te tama ko Ikaporo, i mea, "Kua heke te korōria o Īharaira," nō te mea kua riro te āka a te Atua, mō tōna hungawai hoki rāua ko tāna tahu. 22 I mea anō ia, "Kua heke te korōria o Īharaira; kua riro nei hoki te āka a te Atua."