1 Nena aantu yokuKiriat-Jearim oya kutha po oshikethahangano shOmuwa e taye shi fala megumbo lyomusamane edhina lye Abinadab, ngoka a kala koshikulundundu. Oya yoolola omwana Eleasar, a kale omukeeleli gwasho.
Samuel ta pangele Israel
2 Oshikethahangano shOmuwa osha kala muKiriatJearim ethimbo ele, omimvo omilongo mbali nokuli. Methimbo ndika Aaisraeli ayehe oya kugile Omuwa ekwatho.
3 Samuel okwa ti koshigwana shaIsrael: “Ngele otamu ka galukila kOmuwa noomwenyo dheni adhihe, etheni iikalunga ayihe iikwiilongo niiyelekela yoshikalungakiintu Astarte. Igamekeni lela kOmuwa noye awike mu simanekeni, note ke mu mangulula miikaha yAafilisti.” 4 Onkee Aaisraeli oye etha iiyelekela yawo yaBaal naAstarte noya simaneke Omuwa.
5 Nena Samuel okwa tumu kAaisraeli ayehe, ya gongale muMispa ta ti: “Otandi ke mu galikanena koshipala shOmuwa.” 6 Oyo oya gongala ayehe muMispa. Oya teke omeya noye ga tilehi okuyambela Omuwa noyi idhilike iikulya esiku alihe. Oyi ihokolola ya ti: “Otwa yono kOmuwa.” (MuMispa omo Samuel u utha iihokolola yAaisraeli.)
7 Aafilisti sho ya kundana kutya Aaisraeli oya gongala muMispa, aakwaniilwa yatano oya zi ko naantu yawo, ye ya ponokele. Aaisraeli oye shi uvu noya tila. 8 Oya ti kuSamuel: “Dhiginina okugalikana Omuwa Kalunga ketu, e tu hupithe miikaha yAafilisti.” 9 Samuel okwa dhipaga onzigona e te yi fikile Omuwa omudhidhi. Nena okwa galikana Omuwa, a gamene Aaisraeli, nOmuwa okwa yamukula egalikano lye. 10 Samuel manga a li ta yamba omayambo, Aafilisti oya hedha ko oku ya ponokela, ihe Omuwa okwe ya ndundumine kegulu. Oya piyagana e taa tila. 11 Aaisraeli oya zi muMispa e taa tidha Aafilisti sigo okuBet Kar noye ya dhipagele mondjila.
12 Nena Samuel okwa kutha emanya e te li dhike pokati kaMispa naJeshana. Okwe li luku Ebenezer (Emanya lyekwatho) e ta ti: “Sigo oompaka Omuwa okwe tu kwatha.” 13 Osho ngaaka Aafilisti oya dhengwa. Omuwa okwe ya keelele okumatukila oshilongo shaIsrael, Samuel manga a li e na omwenyo. 14 Iilando ayihe yopokati kaEkron naGat, mbyoka Aafilisti ya li ye yi kwata po, oya shuna kAaisraeli. Osho ngaaka Israel okwa shunithilwa oshilongo she ashihe. Pokati kAaisrael nAakaanana opwa li pu na wo ombili.
15 Samuel okwa pangele Israel ethimbo alihe ndyoka a li e na omwenyo. 16 Omumvo kehe okwa yi kolweendo kuBetel, Gilgal naMispa, nomomahala ngaka okwa pulakene iihokolola nokugandja omatokolo. 17 Nena okwa shuna kaandjawo kuRama, naankoka wo oku utha iihokolola. MuRama okwa tungile Omuwa oshiyambelo.
1 And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
3 ¶ And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only. 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it , they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
9 ¶ And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
13 ¶ So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. 17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
