12当天有一个便雅悯人逃出了战场，他撕烂衣服，头蒙灰尘，来到示罗。13以利正坐在路旁的座位上观望，因为他心里为上帝的约柜担忧。那个从战场回来的人进城报信后，全城的人都放声大哭。14以利听见哭喊声，就问：“人们为何喊叫？”那人赶忙告诉他。15那时，以利已经九十八岁，眼睛因为年老而失明。16报信的人对以利说：“我今天是从战场逃回来的。”以利问：“我的孩子，情况怎么样？”17报信的答道：“以色列人被非利士人击溃，伤亡惨重，你的两个儿子何弗尼及非尼哈都死了，上帝的约柜也被掳走了。”18以利年老体胖，听到约柜被掳去，就从门边的座位上向后跌倒，颈断身亡。他做士师审理以色列人的事务共四十年。19以利的儿媳妇、非尼哈的妻子当时怀孕在身，接近产期。她听说上帝的约柜被掳、公公和丈夫都死了，就突然阵痛，生下了孩子。20在她弥留之际，身旁的妇人对她说：“不要怕，你生了一个男孩。”但她既不理会，也不回答。21她给孩子取名叫以迦博，意思是：“荣耀离开以色列了”。这是因为上帝的约柜被掳走，她的公公和丈夫都死了。22她说：“荣耀离开了以色列，因为上帝的约柜已经被掳走了。”
English Standard Version
The Philistines Capture the Ark
1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek.2The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle.3And when the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, that it* may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”4So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.5As soon as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded.6And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, “What does this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” And when they learned that the ark of the Lord had come to the camp,7the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “A god has come into the camp.” And they said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before.8Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness.9Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; be men and fight.”10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.11And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
The Death of Eli
12A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.13When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told the news, all the city cried out.14When Eli heard the sound of the outcry, he said, “What is this uproar?” Then the man hurried and came and told Eli.15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes were set so that he could not see.16And the man said to Eli, “I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today.” And he said, “How did it go, my son?”17He who brought the news answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great defeat among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”18As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.19Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed and gave birth, for her pains came upon her.20And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer or pay attention.21And she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed* from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.22And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”
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