1 Samuel 5
1 Filisterne tog da Guds Ark og bragte den fra Eben Ezer til Asdod.
Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
2 Og Filisterne tog Guds Ark og bragte den ind i Dagons Hus og stillede den ved Siden af Dagon.
The Philistines took it, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by 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 på Plads igen.
And the Ashdodites rose early on the next day, and look, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they raised up Dagon and set 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 slået af og lå på Tærskelen; kun Kroppen var tilbage af ham.
And it happened when they arose early the next morning, look, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon's torso was intact.
5 Derfor undgår Dagons Præster og alle, som går ind i dagons Hus, endnu den Dag i Dag at træde på Dagons Tærskel i Asdod.
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon's house, step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day.
6 Og HERRENs Hånd lå tungt på Asdoditerne; han bragte Fordærvelse over dem, og med Pestbylder slog han Asdod og Egnen der omkring.
But the hand of the LORD was heavy on the Ashdodites, and he ravaged them and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory. And he brought up against them mice, and they burst out in their ships, and mice sprang up in the midst of their land, and there was a great terror of death in the city.
7 Da Asdoditerne skønnede, hvorledes det hang sammen, sagde de: "Israels Guds Ark må ikke blive hos os, thi hans Hånd tager hårdt på os og på Dagon, vor Gud!"
When the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, "The ark of God shall not stay with us; for his hand is severe 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!" Så flyttede de Israels Guds Ark;
So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, "What shall we do with the ark of God?" Then the Gittites answered, "Let the ark of God be carried over to us." So they brought the ark of God to Gath.
9 men efter at de havde flyttet den derhen, ramte HERRENs Hånd Byen, så de grebes af stor Rædsel; og han slog Indbyggerne i Byen, små og store, så der brød Pestbylder ud på dem.
And it came about that after they had brought it around, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.
10 De sendte da Guds Ark til Ekron; men da Guds Ark kom til Ekron, råbte 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. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, "Why have you brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us 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 Hånd lå såre tungt på den.
And they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people." For there was a panic throughout all the city when the ark of God arrived there.
12 De Mænd, som ikke døde, blev slået med Pestbylder, så at Klageråbet fra Byen nåede op til Himmelen.
The men who did not die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
