1 Samuele 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹Mau a Samueli anafika kwa Aisraeli onse. Aisraeli anapita kukamenyana ndi Afilisti, namanga misasa ku Ebenezeri; Afilisti anamanga misasa ku Afeki.

²Afilisti anandandalika nkhondo pokana Aisraeli; nkhondo inafalikira, ndipo Aisraeli anagonjetsedwa ndi Afilisti, amene anapha amuna pafupifupi 4,000 kuthengo. ³Pamene asilikali anabwerera ku msasa, akulu a Aisraeli anafunsa kuti, “N'chifukwa chiyani Atate wathu alola kuti Afilisti atigonjetse lero? Tiyeni tikatenge likasa la pangano la Atate wathu ku Silo, kuti Iye adze pakati pathu, natipulumutsa kwa adani athu.”

⁴Chotero anthu anatuma anthu ku Silo, nakatenga likasa la pangano la Atate wa makamu a Kumwamba, amene amakhala pamwamba pa akerubi. Ana awiri a Eli, Hofini ndi Finehasi, anali komweko ndi likasa la pangano la Atate wathu. ⁵Pamene likasa la pangano la Atate wathu linalowa m'msasa, Aisraeli onse anafuwula kwambiri mpaka dziko linagwedezeka. ⁶Afilisti anamva kufuwulako, nafunsa kuti, “Kodi kufuwula kwakukulu uku m'msasa wa Ahebri n'chiyani?” Ndipo anadziwa kuti likasa la Atate wathu lalowa m'msasa. ⁷Afilisti anachita mantha, pakuti anati, “Mulungu walowa m'msasa!” Ndipo anati, “Tatha ife—izi sizinachitikepo kale. ⁸Tatha ife! Ndani adzatipulumutsa m'manja mwa milungu yamphamvu iyi? Iyi ndi milungu imene inakantha Aigupto ndi miliri yonse m'chipululu. ⁹Limbani mtima, inu Afilisti! Khalani amuna, mukapanda kutero mudzatumikira Ahebri monga momwe iwo anakutumikirani. Khalani amuna—menyani nkhondo! ¹⁰Afilisti anamenya nkhondo; Aisraeli anagonjetsedwa, aliyense nathawira ku tenti yake. Kuphedwa kunali kwakukulu: asilikali oyenda pansi a Israeli 30,000 anagwa.” ¹¹Likasa la Atate wathu linagwidwa, ndipo ana awiri a Eli, Hofini ndi Finehasi, anafa.

Eli Agwa ndipo Ulemerero Uchoka

¹²Munthu wa fuko la Benjamini anathamanga kuchokera ku bwalo la nkhondo kupita ku Silo tsiku limenelo, zovala zake zitang'ambika, fumbi pamutu pake. ^a a v12 Kung'amba zovala zako ndi kuthira fumbi pamutu zinali zizindikiro zakale za chisoni chachikulu ndi kulira maliro. ¹³Pamene anafika, Eli anali atakhala pa mpando wake m'mbali mwa msewu akuyang'ana, mtima wake ukunjenjemera chifukwa cha likasa la Atate wathu. Munthuyo analowa mu mzinda, nafotokoza nkhaniyo, ndipo mzinda wonse unalira. ¹⁴Pamene Eli anamva kulira kumeneko, anafunsa kuti, “Kodi phokoso ili n'chiyani?” Ndipo munthuyo anafulumira kudza, nawuza Eli.

¹⁵Eli anali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu zisanu ndi zitatu, ndipo maso ake anali atachita khungu kotero kuti sanathe kuona. ¹⁶Munthuyo anauza Eli kuti, “Ndachokera ku nkhondo, ndathawa ku bwalo la nkhondo lero.” Eli anafunsa kuti, “Chachitika n'chiyani, mwana wanga?”

¹⁷Wamthengayo anayankha nati, “Aisraeli athawa pamaso pa Afilisti; komanso, anthu ambiri aphedwa pakati pa asilikali; komanso, ana anu awiri Hofini ndi Finehasi afa; ndipo likasa la Atate wathu linagwidwa.”

¹⁸Pamene anatchula likasa la Atate wathu, Eli anagwa chagada kuchokera pa mpando wake pa chipata, nathyoka khosi, nafa—popeza anali wokalamba ndi wolemera. Iye anaweruza Aisraeli zaka makumi anayi.

¹⁹Mpongozi wake, mkazi wa Finehasi, anali ndi pakati, pafupi kubereka. Atamva kuti likasa la Atate wathu lagwidwa ndi kuti apongozi ake ndi mwamuna wake afa, anawerama nabereka, pakuti ululu unamgonjetsa. ²⁰Pamene ankafa, amayi amene anali pambali pake anati, “Usaope, pakuti wabereka mwana wamwamuna.” Koma iye sanayankhe kapena kulabadira. ²¹Anamtcha mwanayo Ikabodi, nati, “Ulemerero wachoka mu Israeli”—chifukwa cha kugwidwa kwa likasa la Atate wathu, apongozi ake, ndi mwamuna wake. ^b b v21 Dzina lakuti Ikabodi litanthauza “palibe ulemerero” — kulira kwa mayiyo kuti ulemerero wa Atate wathu wachoka mu Israeli pamodzi ndi likasa. ²²Iye anati, “Ulemerero wachoka mu Israeli, pakuti likasa la Atate wathu lagwidwa.”