I go keep one man for yor family and e go serve mi as priest. But I go blind en eye; e nor go get hope and all yor shidren and shidren-shidren go die yeye deat.
Di man ansa, “Israel pipol don run from Filistia pipol! Dem don kill di sojas well-well! Yor two boys, Hofni and Finehas, don die too. And dem don karry God Kovenant Box go!”
E koll di pikin Ikabod, wey mean “God glory don komot from Israel,” e dey tok about di Kovenant Box wey Filistia pipol don karry go, en husband and husband papa wey don die.