1 Samuel 6
1 Efter at HERREN Ark havde været i Filisternes Land syv Maaneder,
And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
2 lod Filisterne Præsterne og Sandsigerne kalde og sagde: »Hvad skal vi gøre med HERRENS Ark? Lad os faa at vide, hvorledes vi skal bære os ad, naar vi sender den hen, hvor den har hjemme!«
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying: 'What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? declare unto us wherewith we shall send it to its place.'
3 De svarede: »Naar I sender Israels Guds Ark tilbage, maa I ikke sende den bort uden Gave; men I skal give den en Sonegave med tilbage; saa bliver I raske og skal faa at vide, hvorfor hans Haand ikke vil vige fra eder!«
And they said: 'If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return Him a guilt-offering; then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.'
4 De spurgte da: »Hvilken Sonegave skal vi give den med tilbage?« Og de sagde: »Fem Guldbylder og fem Guldmus svarende til Tallet paa Filisterfyrsterne; thi det er en og samme Plage, der har ramt eder og eders Fyrster;
Then said they: 'What shall be the guilt-offering which we shall return to Him?' And they said: 'Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
5 I skal eftergøre eders Bylder og Musene, som hærger eders Land, og saaledes give Israels Gud Æren; maaske vil han da tage sin Haand bort fra eder, eders Gud og eders Land.
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel; peradventure He will lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
6 Hvorfor vil I forhærde eders Hjerte, som Ægypterne og Farao forhærdede deres Hjerte? Da han viste dem sin Magt, maatte de da ikke lade dem rejse, saa de kunde drage af Sted?
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when He had wrought among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
7 Tag derfor og lav en ny Vogn og tag to diegivende Køer, som ikke har baaret Aag, spænd Køerne for Vognen og tag Kalvene fra dem og driv dem hjem;
Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them.
8 tag saa HERRENS Ark og sæt den paa Vognen, læg de Guldting, I giver den med i Sonegave, i et Skrin ved Siden af og send den saa af Sted.
And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return Him for a guilt-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
9 Læg siden Mærke til, om den tager Vejen hjem ad Bet-Sjemesj til, thi saa er det ham, som har voldt os denne store Ulykke; i modsat Fald ved vi, at det ikke var hans Haand, som ramte os, men at det var en Hændelse!«
And see, if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then He hath done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.'
10 Mændene gjorde da saaledes; de tog to diegivende Køer og spændte dem for Vognen, men Kalvene lukkede de inde i Stalden.
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
11 Derpaa satte de HERRENS Ark paa Vognen tillige med Skrinet med Guldmusene og Bylderne.
And they put the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
12 Men Køerne gik den slagne Vej ad Bet-Sjemesj til; under ustandselig Brølen fulgte de stadig den samme Vej uden at bøje af til højre eller venstre, og Filisterfyrsterne fulgte med dem til Bet-Sjemesj's Landemærke.
And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
13 Da Bet-Sjemesjiterne, der var ved at høste Hvede i Dalen, saa op og fik Øje paa Arken, løb de den glade i Møde;
And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
14 og da Vognen var kommet til Bet-Sjemesjiten Jehosjuas Mark, standsede den. Der laa en stor Sten; de huggede da Træet af Vognen i Stykker og ofrede Køerne som Brændoffer til HERREN.
And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone; and they cleaved the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt-offering unto the LORD.
15 Og Leviterne løftede HERRENS Ark ned tillige med Skrinet med Guldtingene, der stod ved Siden af, og satte den paa den store Sten, og Mændene i Bet-Sjemesj bragte den Dag Brændofre og ofrede Slagtofre til HERREN.
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
16 Da de fem Filisterfyrster havde set det, vendte de ufortøvet tilbage til Ekron.
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
17 Dette er de Guldbylder, Filisterne lod følge med i Sonegave til HERREN: For Asdod een, for Gaza een, for Askalon een, for Gat een og for Ekron een.
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a guilt-offering unto the LORD: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
18 Guldmusene svarede til Tallet paa alle Filisterbyerne, der tilhørte de fem Fyrster, baade de befæstede Byer og Landsbyerne. Vidne derom er den Dag i Dag den store Sten paa Bet-Sjemesjiten Jehosjuas Mark, hvorpaa de satte HERRENS Ark.
and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto Abel by the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
19 Men Jekonjas Efterkommere havde ikke taget Del i Bet-Sjemesjiternes Glæde over at se HERRENS Ark; derfor ihjelslog han halvfjerdsindstyve Mænd iblandt dem. Da sørgede Folket, fordi HERREN havde slaaet saa mange af dem ihjel;
And He smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had gazed upon the ark of the LORD, even He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because the LORD had smitten the people with a great slaughter.
20 og Bet-Sjemesjiterne sagde: »Hvem kan bestaa for HERRENS, denne hellige Guds, Aasyn? Og hvor vil han drage hen fra os?«
And the men of Beth-shemesh said: 'Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? and to whom shall it go up from us?'
21 Og de sendte Bud til Indbyggerne i Kirjat-Jearim og lod sige: »Filisterne har sendt HERRENS Ark tilbage. Kom herned og hent den op til eder!«
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying: 'The Philistines have brought back the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.'
