1 Samuel 6
1 Der Herrens Ark havde været i Filisternes Land i syv Maaneder,
And the ark was seven months in the country of the Philistines, and their land brought forth swarms of mice.
2 da kaldte Filisterne ad Præsterne og ad Spaamændene og sagde: Hvad skulle vi gøre ved Herrens Ark? lader os vide, hvormed vi skulle sende den til sit Sted.
And the Philistines call their priests, and their prophets, and their enchanters, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? teach us wherewith we shall send it away to its place.
3 Og de sagde: Dersom I sende Israels Guds Ark bort, da sender den ikke bort uden Gave; men I skulle give den et Skyldoffer med tilbage, da skulle I blive lægte, og det skal blive eder vitterligt, hvorfor hans Haand ikke vilde vige fra eder.
And they said, If you send away the ark of the covenant of the Lord God of Israel, do not on any account send it away empty, but by all means render to it an offering for the plague; and then shall you be healed, and an atonement shall be made for you: should not his hand be [thus] stayed from off you?
4 Da svarede de: Hvad er det for et Skyldoffer, som vi skulle give den med tilbage? Og de sagde: Efter Filisternes Fyrsters Tal, fem Guldbylder og fem Guldmus; thi der har været een Plage over dem alle og over eders Fyrster.
And they say, What [is] the offering for the plague [which] we shall return to it? and they said,
5 Og I skulle gøre Billeder af eders Bylder og Billeder af eders Mus, som have ødelagt Landet, og I skulle give Israels Gud Ære; maaske han letter sin Haand fra eder og fra eders Guder og fra eders Land.
According to the number of the lords of the Philistines, five golden tumours, for the plague was on you, and on your rulers, and on the people; and golden mice, the likeness of the mice that destroy your land: and you shall give glory to the Lord, that he may lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
6 Og hvorfor ville I forhærde eders Hjerte, ligesom Ægypterne og Farao forhærdede deres Hjerte? er det ikke saa, at der han havde ladet dem føle sin Magt, da lode de dem fare, og de gik.
And why do you harden your hearts, as Egypt and Pharao hardened their hearts? [was it] not [so] when he mocked them, [that] they let the people go, and they departed?
7 Saa tager nu og gører en ny Vogn og tager to nybære Køer, paa hvilke der ikke er kommen Aag; og I skulle spænde Køerne for Vognen og føre deres Kalve tilbage hjem fra dem.
And now take wood and make a new wagon, and take two cows, that have calved for the first time, without their calves; and do you yoke the cows to the wagon, and lead away the calves from behind them home.
8 Og I skulle tage Herrens Ark og sætte den paa Vognen, og Guldtøjet, som I give den med tilbage til Skyldoffer, skulle I lægge i et Skrin ved dens Side; og I skulle sende den hen og lade den fare.
And you shall take the ark and put it on the wagon; and you shall restore to it the golden articles for the trespass-offering in a coffer by the side of it: and you shall let it go, and sent it away, and you shall depart.
9 Og I skulle se til: Dersom den farer op ad Vejen til Landemærket imod Beth-Semes, da er det ham, som har gjort os dette store onde, og hvis ikke, da vide vi, at hans Haand ikke har rørt os, det har været os en Hændelse.
And you shall see, if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Baethsamys, he has brought upon us this great affliction; and if not, then shall we know that his hand has not touched us, but this [is a] chance [which] has happened to us.
10 Og Mændene gjorde saaledes og toge to nybære Køer og spændte dem for Vognen; og de lukkede deres Kalve inde hjemme.
And the Philistines did so; and they took two cows that had calved for the first time, and yoked them to the waggon, and shut up their calves at home.
11 Og de satte Herrens Ark paa Vognen og Skrinet og Guldmusene og deres Bylders Billeder.
And they set the ark of the Lord, and the coffer, and the golden mice, on the waggon.
12 Og Køerne gik ret frem paa Vejen, ad Vejen til Beth-Semes, paa den ene alfare Vej gik de stedse og bøgede og vege ikke til højre eller venstre Side; og Filisternes Fyrster gik efter dem indtil Beth-Semes' Landemærke.
And the cows went straight on the way to the way of Baethsamys, they went along one track; and laboured, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after it as far as the coasts of Baethsamys.
13 Og Bethsemiterne høstede Hvede i Dalen; og de løftede deres Øjne op og saa Arken, og de bleve glade, da de saa den.
And the men of Baethsamys were reaping the wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark of the Lord, and rejoiced to meet it.
14 Og Vognen kom paa Bethsemiteren Josvas Ager og blev staaende der, og der var en stor Sten; og de flakte Træet af Vognen og ofrede Køerne til Brændoffer for Herren.
And the waggon entered into the field of Osee, which was in Baethsamys, and they set there by it a great stone; and they split the wood of the waggon, and offered up the cows for a whole burnt offering to the Lord.
15 Og Leviterne løftede Herrens Ark ned tillige med Skrinet, som stod ved den, og i hvilket Guldtøjet var, og satte det alt paa den store Sten; og Mændene af Beth-Semes ofrede Brændofre og slagtede Slagtofre paa samme Dag for Herren.
And the Levites brought up the ark of the Lord, and the coffer with it, and the golden articles upon it, and placed them on the great stone, and the men of Baethsamys offered whole burnt offerings and meat offerings on that day to the Lord.
16 Og der de fem Filisters Fyrster havde set, det, da vendte de tilbage til Ekron paa samme Dag.
And the five lords of the Philistines saw, and returned to Ascalon in that day.
17 Disse ere de Guldbylder, som Filisterne gave med til Skyldoffer: For Asdod een, for Gaza een, for Askion een, for Gath een, for Ekron een;
And these [are] the golden tumours which the lords of the Philistines gave as a trespass-offering to the Lord; for Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for Geth one, for Accaron one.
18 og de Guldmus efter Tallet paa alle Filisternes Stæder, som tilhørte de fem Fyrster, saavel de befæstede Stæder, som de ubefæstede Landsbyer, indtil den store Sten Abel, som de satte Herrens Ark paa, og som er indtil denne Dag paa Bethsemiteren Josvas Ager.
And the golden mice according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines, belonging to the five lords, from the fenced city to the village of the Pherezite, and to the great stone, on which they placed the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that was in the field of Osee the Baethsamysite.
19 Og han slog blandt Mændene i Beth-Semes, fordi de saa i Herrens Ark, og han slog af Folket halvfjerdsindstyve Mænd, halvtredsindstyve Tusinde Mænd; da sørgede Folket, fordi Herren havde slaget blandt Folket med et stort Slag.
And the sons of Jechonias were not pleased with the men of Baethsamys, because they saw the ark of the Lord; and [the Lord] struck amongst them seventy men, and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned, because the Lord had inflicted on the people, a very great plague.
20 Og Mændene af Beth-Semes sagde: Hvo kan bestaa for Herrens, denne hellige Guds, Ansigt? og til hvem skal han drage op fra os?
And the men of Baethsamys said, Who shall be able to pass before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall the ark of the Lord go up from us?
21 Og de sendte Bud til Indbyggerne i Kirjath-Jearim og lode sige: Filisterne have ført Herrens Ark tilbage, kommer ned og henter den op til eder!
And they send messengers to the inhabitants of Cariathiarim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord, go down and take it home to yourselves.
