1 Samuel 5
1 Filisterne tog da Guds Ark og bragte den fra Eben Ezer til Asdod.
Now the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
2 Og Filisterne tog Guds Ark og bragte den ind i Dagons Hus og stillede den ved Siden af Dagon.
They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.
3 Men tidligt næste Morgen, da Asdoditerne gik ind i Dagons Hus, se, da var Dagon faldet næsegrus til Jorden foran HERRENS Ark. De tog da Dagon og stillede ham paa Plads igen.
And when the people of Ashdod got up early on the morning after, they saw that Dagon had come down to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon up and put him in his place again.
4 Men da de kom tidligt næste Morgen, se, da var Dagon faldet næsegrus til Jorden foran HERRENS Ark; Hovedet og begge Hænder var slaaet af og laa paa Tærskelen; kun Kroppen var tilbage af ham.
And when they got up early on the morning after, Dagon had come down to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord; and his head and his hands were broken off on the doorstep; only the base was in its place.
5 Derfor undgaar Dagons Præster og alle, som gaar ind i Dagons Hus, endnu den Dag i Dag at træde paa Dagons Tærskel i Asdod.
So to this day no priest of Dagon, or any who come into Dagon's house, will put his foot on the doorstep of the house of Dagon in Ashdod.
6 Og HERRENS Haand laa tungt paa Asdoditerne; han bragte Fordærvelse over dem, og med Pestbylder slog han Asdod og Egnen der omkring.
But the hand of the Lord was hard on the people of Ashdod and he sent disease on them through all the country of Ashdod.
7 Da Asdoditerne skønnede, hvorledes det hang sammen, sagde de: »Israels Guds Ark maa ikke blive hos os, thi hans Haand tager haardt paa os og paa Dagon, vor Gud!«
And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, Let not the ark of the God of Israel be with us, for his hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god.
8 De sendte da Bud og kaldte alle Filisterfyrsterne sammen hos sig og sagde: »Hvad skal vi gøre med Israels Guds Ark?« De svarede: »Israels Guds Ark skal flyttes til Gat!« Saa flyttede de Israels Guds Ark;
So they sent for all the lords of the Philistines to come together there, and said, What are we to do with the ark of the God of Israel? And their answer was, Let the ark of the God of Israel be taken away to Gath. So they took the ark of the God of Israel away.
9 men efter at de havde flyttet den derhen, ramte HERRENS Haand Byen, saa de grebes af stor Rædsel; og han slog Indbyggerne i Byen, smaa og store, saa der brød Pestbylder ud paa dem.
But after they had taken it away, the hand of the Lord was stretched out against the town for its destruction: and the signs of disease came out on all the men of the town, small and great.
10 De sendte da Guds Ark til Ekron; men da Guds Ark kom til Ekron, raabte Ekroniterne: »De har flyttet Israels Guds Ark over til mig for at bringe Død over mig og mit Folk!«
So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of the town made an outcry, saying, They have sent the ark of the God of Israel to us for the destruction of us and of our people.
11 Og de sendte Bud og kaldte alle Filisterfyrsterne sammen og sagde: »Send Israels Guds Ark bort og lad den komme hen igen, hvor den har hjemme, for at den ikke skal bringe Død over mig og mit Folk!« Thi der var kommet Dødsangst over hele Byen, Guds Haand laa saare tungt paa den.
So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.
12 De Mænd, som ikke døde, blev slaaet med Pestbylder, saa at Klageraabet fra Byen naaede op til Himmelen.
And those men who were not overtaken by death were cruelly diseased: and the cry of the town went up to heaven.
