撒母耳记上 5
1 非利士人将 神的约柜从以便以谢抬到亚实突。
Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
2 非利士人将 神的约柜抬进大衮庙，放在大衮的旁边。
The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.
3 次日清早，亚实突人起来，见大衮仆倒在耶和华的约柜前，脸伏于地，就把大衮仍立在原处。
When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again.
4 又次日清早起来，见大衮仆倒在耶和华的约柜前，脸伏于地，并且大衮的头和两手都在门槛上折断，只剩下大衮的残体。（
When they arose early on the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.
5 因此，大衮的祭司和一切进亚实突、大衮庙的人都不踏大衮庙的门槛，直到今日。）
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
6 耶和华的手重重加在亚实突人身上，败坏他们，使他们生痔疮。亚实突和亚实突的四境都是如此。
But the LORD’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and he destroyed them and struck them with tumours, even Ashdod and its borders.
7 亚实突人见这光景，就说：“以色列 神的约柜不可留在我们这里，因为他的手重重加在我们和我们神大衮的身上”；
When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us, for his hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”
8 就打发人去请非利士的众首领来聚集，问他们说：“我们向以色列 神的约柜应当怎样行呢？”他们回答说：“可以将以色列 神的约柜运到迦特去。”于是将以色列 神的约柜运到那里去。
They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath.” They carried the ark of the God of Israel there.
9 运到之后，耶和华的手攻击那城，使那城的人大大惊慌，无论大小都生痔疮。
It was so, that after they had carried it there, the LORD’s hand was against the city with a very great confusion; and he struck the men of the city, both small and great, so that tumours broke out on them.
10 他们就把 神的约柜送到以革伦。 神的约柜到了，以革伦人就喊嚷起来说：“他们将以色列 神的约柜运到我们这里，要害我们和我们的众民！”
So they sent God’s ark to Ekron. As God’s ark came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here to us, to kill us and our people.”
11 于是打发人去请非利士的众首领来，说：“愿你们将以色列 神的约柜送回原处，免得害了我们和我们的众民！”原来 神的手重重攻击那城，城中的人有因惊慌而死的；
They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, “Send the ark of the God of Israel away, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly panic throughout all the city. The hand of God was very heavy there.
12 未曾死的人都生了痔疮。合城呼号，声音上达于天。
The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumours; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
