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Then the Philistims tooke the Arke of God and caried it from Eben-ezer vnto Ashdod,
2 非利士人將上帝的約櫃抬進大袞廟,放在大袞的旁邊。
Euen the Philistims tooke ye Arke of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3 次日清早,亞實突人起來,見大袞仆倒在耶和華的約櫃前,臉伏於地,就把大袞仍立在原處。
And when they of Ashdod rose the next day in the morning, beholde, Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the ground before the Arke of the Lord, and they tooke vp Dagon, and set him in his place againe.
4 又次日清早起來,見大袞仆倒在耶和華的約櫃前,臉伏於地,並且大袞的頭和兩手都在門檻上折斷,只剩下大袞的殘體。(
Also they rose vp earely in the morning the next day, and beholde, Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the ground before the Arke of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and the two palmes of his hands were cut off vpon the thresholde: onely the stumpe of Dagon was left to him.
5 因此,大袞的祭司和一切進亞實突、大袞廟的人都不踏大袞廟的門檻,直到今日。)
Therefore the Priests of Dagon, and all that come into Dagons house tread not on the thresholde of Dagon in Ashdod, vnto this day.
6 耶和華的手重重加在亞實突人身上,敗壞他們,使他們生痔瘡。亞實突和亞實突的四境都是如此。
But the hand of the Lord was heauie vpon them of Ashdod, and destroyed them, and smote them with the emerods, both Ashdod, and the coastes thereof.
7 亞實突人見這光景,就說:「以色列上帝的約櫃不可留在我們這裏,因為他的手重重加在我們和我們神大袞的身上」;
And when the men of Ashdod sawe this, they sayd, Let not the Arke of the God of Israel abide with vs: for his hand is sore vpon vs and vpon Dagon our god.
8 就打發人去請非利士的眾首領來聚集,問他們說:「我們向以色列上帝的約櫃應當怎樣行呢?」他們回答說:「可以將以色列上帝的約櫃運到迦特去。」於是將以色列上帝的約櫃運到那裏去。
They sent therefore and gathered all the princes of the Philistims vnto them, and sayde, What shall we doe with the Arke of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the Arke of the God of Israel be caried about vnto Gath: and they caried the Arke of the God of Israel about.
9 運到之後,耶和華的手攻擊那城,使那城的人大大驚慌,無論大小都生痔瘡。
And when they had caried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the citie with a very great destruction, and he smote the men of the citie both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret partes.
10 他們就把上帝的約櫃送到以革倫。上帝的約櫃到了,以革倫人就喊嚷起來說:「他們將以色列上帝的約櫃運到我們這裏,要害我們和我們的眾民!」
Therefore they sent the Arke of God to Ekron: and assoone as the Arke of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cryed out, saying, They haue brought the Arke of the God of Israel to vs to slay vs and our people.
11 於是打發人去請非利士的眾首領來,說:「願你們將以色列上帝的約櫃送回原處,免得害了我們和我們的眾民!」原來上帝的手重重攻擊那城,城中的人有因驚慌而死的;
Therefore they sent, and gathered together all the princes of the Philistims and sayd, Sende away the Arke of the God of Israel, and let it returne to his owne place, that it slay vs not and our people: for there was a destruction and death throughout all the citie, and the hand of God was very sore there.
12 未曾死的人都生了痔瘡。合城呼號,聲音上達於天。
And the men that dyed not, were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the citie went vp to heauen.