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1 Es Lis laus heev lawm. Nws cov tub coj tus yam ntxwv phem rau HUAB TAIS li qhov qub. Thaum ntawd, cov Fis Lis Tis sib sau los ua rog ntaus cov His Xas Lais. Cov His Xas Lais thiaj sawv kev mus ua rog. Lawv tuaj tsa lawv tej tsev tsam phooj nyob ze Es Npees Has Ntxes. Cov Fis Lis Tis tsa lawv tej tsev tsam phooj nyob As Fes. 2 Cov Fis Lis Tis nthuav ua ib leej tuaj vij cov His Xas Lais. Lawv nias tsam qees, ces cov His Xas Lais swb cov Fis Lis Tis. His Xas Lais tog kwv yees muaj plaub txhiab leej tuag nyob nruab liaj nruab teb. 3 Tsoom tub rog His Xas Lais rov los hauv lub yeej. Tas tsoom kev txwj kev laus hais tias : “Ua cas hnub no HUAB TAIS cia peb swb cov Fis Lis Tis ? Peb yuav mus tom Xis Laus mus kwv Tswv Ntuj lub Xab Cog Lus tuaj nyob hauv nruab nrab peb kom nws cawm peb ntawm tsoom yeeb ncuab.”
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 Cov tug rog xa neeg mus tom Xis Laus, lawv mus muab HUAB TAIS lub Xab uas nws lub theej kiab yog cov Tshiab Kes Lus Npis kwv tuaj. Es Lis ob tug tub hu ua Hos Nis thiab Pis Nas, nkawd nrog lub Xab Cog Lus mus. 5 Thaum lub Xab Cog Lus tuaj txog lub yeej, tas tsoom His Xas Lais qw suab nrov nroo ntws, tas ib cheeb tsam ze ntawd nrov ntsuag qees, qeeg tas. 6 Cov Fis Lis Tis hnov cov suab nrov nroo ntws lawv hais tias : “Vim li cas yuav hnov suab nrov npaum no hauv cov His Xas Lais tuaj.” Ces lawv hnov moo tias HUAB TAIS lub Xab Cog Lus tuaj txog hauv cov His Xas Lais lub yeej lawm. 7 Cov Fis Lis Tis thiaj ntshai. Lawv hais tias : “Tswv Ntuj tuaj nyob hauv lawv lub yeej. Peb yuav raug xwv txheej xwb. Tsis zoo li thaud lawm ! 8 Peb yuav raug xwv txheej ! Leej twg yuav pab peb dim ntawm tus Tswv Ntuj muaj hwj huam ntawd txhais tes ? Nws yog tus xa tas puas tsav yam xwv txheej tuaj rau Hais Nkws Tos teb. 9 Tsoom Fis Lis Tis, nej sawv daws ua siab loj mas ! Nej ua tseem txiv neej mas ! Kom nej txhob poob ua cov His Xas Lais qhev xws li thaud lawv ua nej qhev. Nej ua siab tawv qhawv ntaus tsam. 10 Ces cov Fis Lis Tis pib tuaj nias tsam. Cov His Xas Lais swb, lawv tso tes khiav rov mus tom lawv tej tsev tsam phooj. Lawv raug kev poob tsag loj kawg. Tog His Xas Lais tuag peb caug txhiab leej. 11 Cov Fis Lis Tis txeeb tau Tswv Ntuj lub Xab Cog Lus. Es Lis ob tug tub Hos Nis thiab Pis Nas nkawd kuj tuag.
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 Tib hnub ntawd, ib tug neeg xeem Npes Yas Mis khiav mus txog Xis Laus. Nws muab nws tej ris tsho dua, nws nphoo plua av rau saum nws taub hau. 13 Thaum nws tuaj txog, Es Lis zaum saum nws lub kim txwv ib ntawm qhov rooj. Nws ntsia ntsoov txoj xub ke, vim nws txhawj kawg txog Tswv Ntuj lub Xab Cog Lus. Tus neeg khiav los ntawd nws xub mus xa lub moo rau hauv lub tsheej tso, ces tas sawv daws qw ntsuag qees hauv lub tsheej. 14 Es Lis hnov suab qw ntsuag qees, nws nug tias : “Ua cas sawv daws qw ntsuag qees li no ?”
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?”
Tus neeg khiav los ntawd thiaj maj nrawm nroos tuaj xa lub moo rau Es Lis. 15 Es Lis muaj cuaj caum yim xyoo lawm, nws tsis pom kev li. 16 Tus neeg khiav los hais rau Es Lis tias : “Hnub no kuv khiav ntawm lub yeej los.”
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.”
Es Lis hais tias : “Tub, muaj xwm dab tsi tshwm sim tuaj ?”
He said, “How did the matter go, my son?”
17 Tus xa xov teb tias : “His Xas Lais swb cov Fis Lis Tis, lawv khiav tas lawm ! Peb tsoom tub rog raug kev poob tsag loj. Koj ob tug tub tuag lawm. Cov Fis Lis Tis txeeb tau Tswv Ntuj lub Xab Cog Lus lawm.”
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 Thaum tus xa xov hais txog Tswv Ntuj lub Xab, mas Es Lis cia li vau hlo saum nws lub kim txwv ntxeev mus rau ntawm lub qhov rooj, nws lub xwb qwb lov, ces nws tuag, vim nws laus thiab nws yog neeg muaj ceeb thawj. Es Lis tau saib xyuas tsoom His Xas Lais plaub caug xyoo.
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,† 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.”