1 صَمُوئيل 5

١ 1 وَأَخَذَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ اللهِ وَنَقَلُوهُ مِنْ حَجَرِ الْمَعُونَةِ إِلَى أَشْدُودَ،

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Abenezer to Azotus.

٢ 2 ثُمَّ أَدْخَلُوهُ إِلَى مَعْبَدِ دَاجُونَ إِلَهِهِمْ، وَوَضَعُوهُ إِلَى جِوَارِهِ.

And the Philistines took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

٣ 3 وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي وَجَدَ أَهْلُ أَشْدُودَ صَنَمَ إِلَهِهِمْ دَاجُونَ مَطْرُوحاً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ، فَرَفَعُوهُ وَأَقَامُوهُ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ.

And the people of Azotus rose early, and entered into the house of Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord: and they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Azotians, and he plagued them, and he struck them in their secret parts, Azotus and her coasts.

٤ 4 وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي عَثَرُوا عَلَى صَنَمِ دَاجُونَ مَطْرُوحاً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ، وَرَأْسُهُ وَيَدَاهُ مَقْطُوعَةٌ وَمُلْقَاةٌ عَلَى الْعَتَبَةِ، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُ سِوَى جِسْمِ السَّمَكَةِ.

And it came to pass when they rose early in the morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [were] cut off each before the threshold, and both the wrists of his hands had fallen on the floor of the porch; only the stump of Dagon was left.

٥ 5 لِذَلِكَ لَا يَطَأُ كَهَنَةُ دَاجُونَ وَسَائِرُ الدَّاخِلِينَ إِلَى مَعْبَدِ دَاجُونَ عَلَى عَتَبَةِ الْمَعْبَدِ فِي أَشْدُودَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

Therefore the priests of Dagon, and every one that enters into the house of Dagon, do not tread upon the threshold of the house of Dagon in Azotus until this day, for they step over.

٦ 6 ثُمَّ ثَقُلَتْ وَطْأَةُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى الأَشْدُودِيِّينَ وَالْقُرَى الْمُحِيطَةِ بِهِمْ، فَأَصَابَهُمُ الْخَرَابُ، وَبَلاهُمْ بِالْبَوَاسِيرِ.

And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon Azotus, and he brought evil upon them, and it burst out upon them into the ships, and mice sprang up in the midst of their country, and there was a great and indiscriminate mortality in the city.

٧ 7 وَعِنْدَمَا تَبَيَّنَ أَهْلُ أَشْدُودَ مَا يَجْرِي قَالُوا: «لا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَمْكُثَ تَابُوتُ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَنَا، لأَنَّ وَطْأَةَ يَدِهِ قَدْ قَسَتْ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى دَاجُونَ إِلَهِنَا».

And the men of Azotus saw that [it was] so, and they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us, for his hand [is] heavy upon us and upon Dagon our god.

٨ 8 فَاسْتَدْعَوْا أَقْطَابَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ جَمِيعَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: «مَاذَا نَصْنَعُ بِتَابُوتِ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» فَأَجَابُوهُمْ: «انْقُلُوهُ إِلَى جَتَّ». وَعِنْدَمَا نَقَلُوا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى جَتَّ،

And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines to them, and say, What shall we do to the ark of the God of Israel? and the Gittites say, Let the ark of God come over to us; and the ark of the God of Israel came to Geth.

٩ 9 عَاقَبَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَأَصَابَ أَهْلَهَا اضْطِرَابٌ عَظِيمٌ جِدّاً، وَتَفَشَّى فِي صَغِيرِهِمْ وَكَبِيرِهِمْ دَاءُ الْبَوَاسِيرِ.

And it came to pass after it went about to Geth, that the hand of the Lord comes upon the city, a very great confusion; and he struck the men of the city small and great, and struck them in their secret parts: and the Gittites made to themselves images of tumors.

١٠ 10 فَأَرْسَلُوا تَابُوتَ اللهِ إِلَى عَقْرُونَ. وَمَا إِنْ دَخَلَ الْمَدِينَةَ حَتَّى صَرَخَ أَهْلُ عَقْرُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ نَقَلُوا إِلَيْنَا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِكَيْ يَقْضُوا عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى شَعْبِنَا».

And they send away the ark of God to Ascalon; and it came to pass when the ark of God went into Ascalon, that the men of Ascalon cried out, saying, Why have you brought back the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people?

١١ 11 فَبَعَثُوا وَاسْتَدْعَوْا أَقْطَابَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَقَالُوا: «أَعِيدُوا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ وَلا يُفْنِيَنَا نَحْنُ وَشَعْبَنَا»؛ لأَنَّ الْمَوْتَ قَدْ مَلأَ الْمَدِينَةَ بِالرُّعْبِ، إذْ صَارَتْ وَطْأَةُ يَدِ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَقِيلَةً جِدّاً،

And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it lodge in its place; and let it not kill us and our people.

١٢ 12 وَمَنْ لَمْ يَمُتْ مِنَ النَّاسِ تَفَشَّتْ فِيهِمُ الْبَوَاسِيرُ، فَارْتَفَعَ صُرَاخُ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى عَنَانِ السَّمَاءِ.

For there was a very great confusion in all the city, when the ark of the God of Israel entered there; and those, who lived and died not were struck with tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.