1 Samuel 7

Me nnamfo pa, wɔahyɛ yɛn saa bɔ yi nyinaa. Enti momma yɛntew yɛn ho mfi biribiara a egu honam anaa ɔkra no ho fi ho na yɛntena ase Onyankopɔn mu mfa ntew yɛn ho kronn.

The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim a long time—twenty years in all.

Samuel Subdues the Philistines at Mizpah

Then all the people of Israel turned back to the Lord.

Mummue mo koma mu mma yɛn. Yɛnyɛɛ obiara bɔne. Yensisii obiara na yemmuu obiara kwasea nso.

So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

Merenka saa asɛm yi mfa ngu mo anim ase. Sɛnea madi kan aka no, yɛdɔ mo nti daa sɛ yewu o, yɛte ase o, yɛbata mo ho.

So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the Lord only.

Migye mo di nti mede mo hoahoa me ho. Yɛn haw nyinaa mu no, mempaa abaw. Mede ahosɛpɛw retu mmirika no.

Then Samuel said, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the Lord for you.”

Mpo yeduu Makedonia no, yɛanhome. Na ɔhaw wɔ hɔ baabiara. Na akasakasa wɔ wɔn ntam. Afei na ehu wɔ yɛn koma mu.

When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.” Now Samuel was serving as leader^[a] of Israel at Mizpah.

Onyankopɔn a ɔhyɛ wɔn a wɔpa abaw den no nam Tito ba a ɔbae no so hyɛɛ yɛn den.

When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid because of the Philistines.

Ɛnyɛ ne ba a ɔbae no nko na mmom ka a ɔbɛkae se mohyɛɛ no nkuran no no. Ɔkaa sɛnea mopɛ sɛ muhu me no kyerɛɛ me. Ɔkaa sɛnea mudii yaw ne sɛnea na moasiesie mo ho sɛ mobɛbɔ me ho ban no enti mprempren, ama m’ani agye sen kan no.

They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.”

Sɛ me krataa a mekyerɛw mo no hyɛɛ mo awerɛhow a, ɛnyɛ me yaw sɛ mekyerɛwee. Sɛ mihui sɛ ɛhow mo werɛ a, anka me nso me werɛ bɛhow bere tiaa bi.

Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf, and the Lord answered him.

Nanso mprempren de, m’ani agye, ɛnyɛ sɛ memaa mo werɛ howee no nti, na mmom sɛ mo awerɛhow no ama moasesa mo akwan. Onyankopɔn na ɔmaa mo werɛ howee enti yɛn de, yɛanhaw mo.

While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the Lord thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites.

Awerɛhow a Onyankopɔn de baa mo so no nti, moanya ahonu bi a ɛnam so de mo bɛkɔ nkwagye mu enti ɛnsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ mo yaw. Nanso wiase awerɛhow de owu ba.

The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.

Hwɛ nea Onyankopɔn nam mo awerɛhow no so ayɛ: moayɛ nsiyɛfo ne nokwafo. Na nea ɛmfata, ehu, ɔtema, ahofama ne twe a wɔtwe wɔn a wɔyɛ bɔne aso no nyinaa, moakyerɛ sɛ asɛm biara nni mo ho koraa.

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer,^[b] saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”

Ɛwom sɛ mekyerɛw saa krataa no de, nanso ɛnyɛ obi a ɔyɛ bɔne anaa obi a wɔyɛ no bɔne nti na mekyerɛwee. Mekyerɛw bɛkyerɛɛ mo mu sɛnea Onyankopɔn anim, mode mo ho nyinaa ama yɛn no.

So the Philistines were subdued and they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines.

Ɛno na ɛhyɛ yɛn nkuran no. Ɛnyɛ nkuranhyɛ a ɛhyɛɛ yɛn no nko. Tito nso nam gye a mugyee no maa n’ani gyei no so maa yɛn nso ani gyei.

The towns from Ekron to Gath that the Philistines had captured from Israel were restored to Israel, and Israel delivered the neighboring territory from the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

Mede mo ahoahoa me ho akyerɛ no na moanni me hwammɔ. Daa yɛka nokware kyerɛ mo na hoa a mede mo hoahoa me ho kyerɛ Tito no nso aba mu.

Samuel continued as Israel’s leader all the days of his life.

Enti sɛ ɔkae sɛnea mo nyinaa pɛe sɛ moyɛ osetie ma no na mode obu ne nidi gyee no fɛw so no a, ɛma ɔdɔ a ɔdɔ mo no mu den ara na ɛreyɛ.

From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.

Ɛyɛ me anigye sɛ metumi de me ho nyinaa ato mo so.

But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was, and there he also held court for Israel. And he built an altar there to the Lord.