1 Samuel 4:18

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Biblica® Open Igbo Contemporary Bible 2020

Mgbe onyeozi ahụ kwutere maka igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Chineke. Elayị sitere nʼoche ya dalaa azụ nʼakụkụ ọnụ ụzọ ama, dajie olu ya, nwụọ! Nʼihi na o meela nnọọ agadi. Ọ bụkwa onye buru ibu. Ya onwe ya kpekwara* ụmụ Izrel ikpe iri afọ anọ.

1 Samuel 4:18 in English

1 Samuel 4:18 · Berean Standard Bible

As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged * Israel forty years.

Context

16Nwoke ahụ gwara Elayị sị, “Esi m nʼihu agha gbalata. Anọ m nʼebe ahụ taa hụ ka agha si gaa.” Elayị jụrụ sị, “Nwa m, ọ bụ gịnị mere?” 17Onyeozi ahụ zara sị, “Izrel sitere nʼihu ndị Filistia gbaa ọsọ. E tigbukwara ọtụtụ nʼime ndị agha ha. Ọzọ, ụmụ gị abụọ, Hofni na Finehaz nwụrụ. E burukwara igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Chineke.” 18Mgbe onyeozi ahụ kwutere maka igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Chineke. Elayị sitere nʼoche ya dalaa azụ nʼakụkụ ọnụ ụzọ ama, dajie olu ya, nwụọ! Nʼihi na o meela nnọọ agadi. Ọ bụkwa onye buru ibu. Ya onwe ya kpekwara* ụmụ Izrel ikpe iri afọ anọ. 19Nwunye nwa ya, bụ nwunye Finehaz, dị ime, nọọkwa nso oge ịmụ nwa ya. Mgbe ọ nụrụ maka obubu e buuru igbe ọgbụgba ndụ Chineke, nụkwa maka ọnwụ nna di ya na di ya, ọ mụpụtara nwa ya nʼike. Ma ọ nwụrụ nʼihi ihe mgbu nke afọ ime. 20Ma mgbe ọ na-anwụ, ndị inyom na-eji ya ime, sịrị ya, “Atụla egwu, adala mba, ị mụọla nwa nwoke.” Ma ọ zaghị ha ihe ọbụla. Ọ ṅakwaghị ha ntị.

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