صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 5

١ 1 فَأَخَذَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ وَأتَوْا بِهِ مِنْ حَجَرِ ٱلْمَعُونَةِ إِلَى أَشْدُودَ.

After the Philistines captured the Ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

٢ 2 وَأَخَذَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ وَأَدْخَلُوهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ دَاجُونَ، وَأَقَامُوهُ بِقُرْبِ دَاجُونَ.

They brought the Ark of God into the Temple of Dagon and placed it next to Dagon.

٣ 3 وَبَكَّرَ ٱلْأَشْدُودِيُّونَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ وَإِذَا بِدَاجُونَ سَاقِطٌ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَأَخَذُوا دَاجُونَ وَأَقَامُوهُ فِي مَكَانِهِ.

When the people of Ashdod got up early the next day, they saw Dagon had fallen on his face in front of the Ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him back up.

٤ 4 وَبَكَّرُوا صَبَاحًا فِي ٱلْغَدِ وَإِذَا بِدَاجُونَ سَاقِطٌ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَرَأْسُ دَاجُونَ وَيَدَاهُ مَقْطُوعَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْعَتَبَةِ. بَقِيَ بَدَنُ ٱلسَّمَكَةِ فَقَطْ.

When they got up early the next morning, they saw Dagon had fallen on his face in front of the Ark of the Lord, with his head and hands broken off lying on the doorstep. Only his body remained intact.

٥ 5 لِذَلِكَ لَا يَدُوسُ كَهَنَةُ دَاجُونَ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلدَّاخِلِينَ إِلَى بَيْتِ دَاجُونَ عَلَى عَتَبَةِ دَاجُونَ فِي أَشْدُودَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

(That's why the priests of Dagon, and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod, don't tread on the doorstep, even up to now.)

٦ 6 فَثَقُلَتْ يَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى ٱلْأَشْدُودِيِّينَ، وَأَخْرَبَهُمْ وَضَرَبَهُمْ بِٱلْبَوَاسِيرِ فِي أَشْدُودَ وَتُخُومِهَا.

The Lord punished the people of Ashdod and its surrounding area, devastating them and plaguing them with swellings.

٧ 7 وَلَمَّا رَأَى أَهْلُ أَشْدُودَ ٱلْأَمْرَ كَذَلِكَ قَالُوا: «لَا يَمْكُثُ تَابُوتُ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَنَا لِأَنَّ يَدَهُ قَدْ قَسَتْ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى دَاجُونَ إِلَهِنَا».

When the people of Ashdod saw what was going on, they said, “We can't let the Ark of the God of Israel remain here with us, because he is punishing us and Dagon our god.”

٨ 8 فَأَرْسَلُوا وَجَمَعُوا جَمِيعَ أَقْطَابِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَقَالُوا: «مَاذَا نَصْنَعُ بِتَابُوتِ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» فَقَالُوا: «لِيُنْقَلْ تَابُوتُ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى جَتَّ». فَنَقَلُوا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

So they sent for all the Philistine rulers and asked them, “What should we do with the Ark of the God of Israel?” “Take the Ark of the God of Israel to Gath,” they replied. So they moved it to Gath.

٩ 9 وَكَانَ بَعْدَمَا نَقَلُوهُ أَنَّ يَدَ ٱلرَّبِّ كَانَتْ عَلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ بِٱضْطِرَابٍ عَظِيمٍ جِدًّا، وَضَرَبَ أَهْلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مِنَ ٱلصَّغِيرِ إِلَى ٱلْكَبِيرِ، وَنَفَرَتْ لَهُمُ ٱلْبَوَاسِيرُ.

But once they'd moved the Ark to Gath, the Lord also took action against that town, throwing it into great confusion and attacking the people of the town, young and old, with a plague of swellings.

١٠ 10 فَأَرْسَلُوا تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ إِلَى عَقْرُونَ. وَكَانَ لَمَّا دَخَلَ تَابُوتُ ٱللهِ إِلَى عَقْرُونَ أَنَّهُ صَرَخَ ٱلْعَقْرُونِيُّونَ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ نَقَلُوا إِلَيْنَا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِكَيْ يُمِيتُونَا نَحْنُ وَشَعْبَنَا».

So they sent the Ark of God to Ekron, but as soon as it arrived, the leaders of Ekron shouted, “They've moved the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us and our people!”

١١ 11 وَأَرْسَلُوا وَجَمَعُوا كُلَّ أَقْطَابِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَقَالُوا: «أَرْسِلُوا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ وَلَا يُمِيتَنَا نَحْنُ وَشَعْبَنَا». لِأَنَّ ٱضْطِرَابَ ٱلْمَوْتِ كَانَ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. يَدُ ٱللهِ كَانَتْ ثَقِيلَةً جِدًّا هُنَاكَ.

So they sent for all the Philistine rulers and said, “Send the Ark of the God of Israel away, back to where it came from, otherwise it's going to kill us and our people.” People were dying throughout the town, creating terrible panic, for God's punishment was very hard.

١٢ 12 وَٱلنَّاسُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَمُوتُوا ضُرِبُوا بِٱلْبَوَاسِيرِ، فَصَعِدَ صُرَاخُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

Those who didn't die were plagued with swellings, and the cry for help from the town reached up to heaven.