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Douay-Rheims
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And the people returned to the camp: and the ancients of Israel said: Why hath the Lord defeated us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Silo, and let it come in the midst of us, that it may save us from the hand of our enemies.
King James
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And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
Louis Second
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Le peuple rentra au camp, et les anciens d'Israël dirent: Pourquoi l'Éternel nous a-t-il laissé battre aujourd'hui par les Philistins? Allons chercher à Silo l'arche de l'alliance de l'Éternel; qu'elle vienne au milieu de nous, et qu'elle nous délivre de la main de nos ennemis
Martin Luther
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Und da das Volk ins Lager kam, sprachen die Ältesten Israels: Warum hat uns der HErr heute schlagen lassen vor den Philistern? Laßt uns zu uns nehmen die Lade des Bundes des HErrn von Silo und laßt sie, unter uns kommen, daß sie uns helfe von der Hand unserer Feinde.
Vulgate
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et reversus est populus ad castra dixeruntque maiores natu de Israhel quare percussit nos Dominus hodie coram Philisthim adferamus ad nos de Silo arcam foederis Domini et veniat in medium nostri ut salvet nos de manu inimicorum nostrorum

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


populus : people, the people, nation, crowd, multitude, host.
populus : popular.
populus : populace, laity.
castra : [-orum] an encampment, temporary fortification, bivouac.
maiores : (pl.) ancestors.
natu : (ab,sing.) by birth.
de : (prep. + abl.) down from, from, concerning, about.
quare : wherefore, why, because of which thing.
nos : we /WE live and die by that creed.
nos : us /they tried to tell US we're too young.
dominus : lord, master.
hodie : today.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
medium : everyday life, the common good, the public eye.
ut : (+ subj.) (result) so that, that.
ut : (+ subj.) (purpose) in order that, to, that.
ut : (+ indic.) when, as.
ut : (+ subj.) (command) to, that.