Afilisti akantha Aisraele
1 Ndipo mau a Samuele anafikira kwa Aisraele onse. Ndipo Aisraele anatuluka kukaponyana nkhondo ndi Afilisti, namanga zithando zao ku Ebenezeri; Afilistiwo namanga mu Afeki.
2 Ndipo Afilistiwo anandandalitsa nkhondo yao pa Aisraele; ndipo pokomana nkhondo Aisraele anakanthidwa ndi Afilisti. Ndipo anapha kuthengoko anthu zikwi zinai a khamu lao.
Likasa lilandidwa, Hofeni ndi Finehasi aphedwa
3 Ndipo pamene anthu anafika ku zithandozo, akulu a Israele anati, Yehova anatikanthiranji lero pamaso pa Afilisti? Tikadzitengerelikasa la chipanganola Yehova ku Silo, kuti likabwera pakati pa ife, lidzatipulumutsa m’dzanja la adani athu.
4 Chifukwa chake anatumiza ku Silo kuti akatenge kumeneko likasalo la chipangano la Yehova wa makamu, wokhala pakati paakerubi; ndipo ana awiriwo a Eli, Hofeni ndi Finehasi anali komweko ndi likasa la chipangano la Mulungu.
5 Pakufika likasalo la chipangano la Yehova kuzithando, Aisraele onse anafuula ndi mau okweza, kotero kuti dziko linachita chivomezi.
6 Ndipo Afilistiwo pakumva kubuma pa kufuula kwao, anati, Phokoso ili la kufuula kwakukulu ku zithando za Aisraele n’lachani? Ndipo anamva kuti likasa la Yehova lidafika ku zithandozo.
7 Ndipo Afilisti anaopa, pakuti anati, Mulungu wafika kuzithando. Ndipo iwo anati, Tsoka kwa ife! Popeza nkale lonse panalibe chinthu chotere.
8 Tsoka kwa ife! Adzatilanditsa ndani m’manja a milungu yamphamvu imeneyi? Milungu ija inakantha Aejipito ndi masautso onse m’chipululu ndi yomweyi.
9 Limbikani, ndipo muchite chamuna, Afilisti inu, kuti mungakhale akapolo a Ahebri, monga iwowa anali akapolo anu. Chitani chamuna nimuponyane nao.
10 Ndipo Afilisti anaponyana nao, nakantha Aisraele; iwowa nathawira, munthu yense ku hema wake; ndipo kunali kuwapha kwakukulu; popeza anafako Aisraele zikwi makumi atatu a oyenda pansi.
11 Ndipo likasa la Mulungu linalandidwa, ndi ana awiri a Eli, Hofeni ndi Finehasi, anaphedwa.
12 Ndipo munthu wa fuko la Benjamini anathamanga kuchokera ku khamu la ankhondo, nafika ku Silo tsiku lomwelo, ndi zovala zake zong’ambika, ndi dothi pamutu pake.
Imfa ya Eli
13 Pakufika iye, onani, Eli analikukhala pampando m’mbali mwa njira, alikuyang’anira, popeza mtima wake unanthunthumira chifukwa cha likasa la Mulungu. Pamene munthu uja anafika m’mzindamo, nanena izi, a m’mzinda monse analira.
14 Ndipo Eli, pakumva kubuma kwa kulira kwao, anati, Alikupokoseranji? Ndipo munthuyo anafulumira, nadza nauza Eli.
15 Koma Eli anali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi anai kudza zisanu ndi zitatu; ndipo maso ake anangokhala tong’o osapenya.
16 Ndipo munthuyo anati kwa Eli, Ine ndine amene ndachokera ku khamu la ankhondo, ndipo ndathawa lero ku khamu la ankhondo. Ndipo iye anati, Nkhondoyo idatani, mwana wanga?
17 Ndipo wakubwera ndi mauyo anayankha, nati, Israele anathawa pamaso pa Afilisti, ndiponso kunali kuwapha kwakukulu kwa anthu, ndi ana anu awiri omwe Hofeni ndi Finehasi afa, ndipo likasa la Mulungu lalandidwa.
18 Ndipo kunali, pakunena za likasa la Mulungu, iye anagwa chambuyo pa mpando wake pambali pa chipata, ndi khosi lake linathyoka, nafa iye; popeza anali wokalamba ndi wamkulu thupi. Ndipo adaweruza anthu a Israele zaka makumi anai.
19 Ndipo mpongozi wake, mkazi wa Finehasi, anali ndi mimba, pafupi pa nthawi yake yakuona mwana; ndipo pakumva iye mau akuti likasa la Mulungu linalandidwa, ndi kuti mpongozi wake, ndi mwamuna wake anafa, iyeyu anawerama, nabala mwana; popeza kuchira kwake kwamdzera.
20 Ndipo pamene adati amwalire, anthu aakazi akukhala naye ananena, Usaope, popeza waona mwana wamwamuna. Koma iye sanayankhe, kapena kusamalira.
21 Ndipo iye anamutcha dzina la mwanayo Ikabodi, nati, Ulemerero wachoka kwa Israele; chifukwa likasa la Mulungu linalandidwa, ndi chifukwa cha mpongozi wake ndi mwamuna wake.
22 Ndipo iye anati, Ulemerero wachoka kwa Israele; chifukwa likasa la Mulungu lalandidwa.
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