1 Samuel 5

1 Filisterne tog da Guds Ark og bragte den fra Eben Ezer til Asdod.

And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in 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.

and the Philistines take the ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near 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 the Ashdodites rise early on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah; and they take Dagon, and put it back to its place.

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 they rise early in the morning on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands are cut off at the threshold, only the fishy part hath been left to him;

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.

therefore the priests of Dagon, and all those coming into the house of Dagon, tread not on the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod, till this day.

6 Og HERRENS Haand laa tungt paa Asdoditerne; han bragte Fordærvelse over dem, og med Pestbylder slog han Asdod og Egnen der omkring.

And the hand of Jehovah is heavy on the Ashdodites, and He maketh them desolate, and smiteth them with emerods, Ashdod and its borders.

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 the men of Ashdod see that [it is] so, and have said, 'The ark of the God of Israel doth not abide with us, for hard hath been His hand upon us, and upon 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;

And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines unto them, and say, 'What do we do to the ark of the God of Israel?' and they say, 'To Gath let the ark of the God of Israel be brought round;' and they bring round the ark of the God of Israel;

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.

and it cometh to pass after they have brought it round, that the hand of Jehovah is against the city — a very great destruction; and He smiteth the men of the city, from small even unto great; and break forth on them do emerods.

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!«

And they send the ark of God to Ekron, and it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of God to Ekron, that the Ekronites cry out, saying, 'They have brought round unto us the ark of the God of Israel, to put us to death — and 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.

And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, 'Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and it turneth back to its place, and it doth not put us to death — and our people;' for there hath been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, very heavy hath the hand of God been there,

12 De Mænd, som ikke døde, blev slaaet med Pestbylder, saa at Klageraabet fra Byen naaede op til Himmelen.

and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.