1 Samuelova 5
1 Kad su Filistejci osvojili Kovčeg Božji, prenesoše ga iz Eben Haezera u Ašdod.
Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
2 Nato Filistejci uzeše Kovčeg Božji, unesoše ga u hram Dagonov i smjestiše pokraj Dagona.
The Philistines took it, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3 Sutradan ujutro, kad su žitelji Ašdoda došli u hram Dagonov, gle, Dagon ležaše ničice na zemlji pred Kovčegom Jahvinim. Oni digoše Dagona i metnuše ga natrag na njegovo mjesto.
And the Ashdodites rose early on the next day, and look, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of Jehovah. So they raised up Dagon and set him in his place again.
4 Ali kad su ujutro uranili, gle, Dagon opet ležaše ničice na zemlji pred Kovčegom Jahvinim; glava Dagona i obje njegove ruke ležahu odsječene na pragu: na mjestu je stajao samo Dagonov trup.
And it happened when they arose early the next morning, look, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of Jehovah; 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 Zato Dagonovi svećenici i svi koji ulaze u Dagonov hram ne staju nogom na prag Dagonov u Ašdodu sve do današnjeg dana.
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 Tada ruka Jahvina teško pritisnu žitelje Ašdoda i natjera ih u silan strah: udari ih čirevima, Ašdod i njegovo područje.
But the hand of Jehovah was heavy on the Ashdodites, and he ravaged them and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory. And he brought up against them mice, and they burst out in their ships, and mice sprang up in the midst of their land, and there was a great terror of death in the city.
7 Kad su ljudi u Ašdodu vidjeli što se dogodilo, rekoše: “Kovčeg Boga Izraelova ne smije ostati kod nas jer se ruka njegova ispriječila protiv nas i protiv našega boga Dagona.”
When the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, "The ark of God shall not stay with us; for his hand is severe on us, and on Dagon our god."
8 Oni sazvaše i okupiše sve knezove filistejske k sebi i rekoše: “Što da radimo s Kovčegom Boga Izraelova?” A oni odgovoriše: “U Gat neka se prenese Kovčeg Boga Izraelova.” I prenesoše Kovčeg Boga Izraelova onamo.
So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, "What shall we do with the ark of God?" Then the Gittites answered, "Let the ark of God be carried over to us." So they brought the ark of God to Gath.
9 Ali kad su ga prenijeli, ruka se Jahvina spusti na grad i nasta silna strava: udari građane, od najmanjega do najvećega, tako da im se pojaviše čirevi.
And it came about that after they had brought it around, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.
10 Oni tada poslaše Kovčeg Božji u Ekron. Ali kad je Kovčeg Božji stigao u Ekron, povikaše Ekronjani: “Donesoše Kovčeg Boga Izraelova k meni da pomori mene i sav moj narod!”
So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, "Why have you brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people?"
11 Zato sazvaše i okupiše sve knezove filistejske i rekoše: “Pošaljite natrag Kovčeg Boga Izraelova, neka se vrati na svoje mjesto da ne pomori mene i moj narod!” Jer vladaše smrtna strava u svemu gradu, toliko ondje bijaše pritisnula ruka Božja.
And they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people." For there was a panic throughout all the city when the ark of God arrived there.
12 Ljudi koji nisu pomrli bili su udareni čirevima i bolni se vapaj grada dizao do neba.
The men who did not die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
