1 Samuel 6
1 Efter at HERREN Ark havde været i Filisternes Land syv Maaneder,
And the ark of the Lord was in the fields 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? let us know wherewith we shall send off 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 away empty; but ye must to a certainty return him a trespass-offering: then will ye be healed, and it will 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;
And they said, What shall be the trespass-offering that we shall return to him? And they answered, According to the number of the lords of the Philistines, five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice; for one plague affected them all, and 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.
Therefore make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice that devastate the land; and give glory unto the God of Israel: perhaps 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?
And why will ye harden your heart, just as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? Did not they, when he had wrought wonderful deeds among them, dismiss them, 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;
And now make a new wagon, and take two milch-cows, on which there hath come no yoke, and harness the cows to the wagon, and bring their calves home away 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 place it into the wagon; and the articles of gold, which ye return him as a trespass-offering, ye must put in a casket alongside of it; and then 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 then see, if it go up by the way to its own boundary, to Beth-shemesh, then hath he done us this great evil; but if not, then shall we know that not his hand hath smitten us; it is a chance which hath 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 they took two milch-cows, and harnessed them to the wagon, and their calves they shut up at home:
11 Derpaa satte de HERRENS Ark paa Vognen tillige med Skrinet med Guldmusene og Bylderne.
And they placed the ark of the Lord in the wagon, and the casket with the mice of gold and images of their hemorrhoids.
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 cows went straight forward on the way on the road to Beth-shemesh: on one highway they did go along, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as 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 when they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, they 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 wagon came to the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite, and stood still there; and there was a great stone; and they split the wood of the wagon, and the cows they offered as 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 casket that was with it, wherein were the articles of gold, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered bunt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices on 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 on 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 hemorrhoids which the Philistines returned as a trespass-offering unto the Lord: For Ashdod one, for Gazzah 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 were according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines under the five lords, from the fortified city, down to the open village, even unto the great stone whereon they had set down the ark of the Lord, and which is 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 among the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, namely, he smote among the people seventy men and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned because the Lord had caused among the people 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 away 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 Kiryath-ye'arim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord: come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
