1 Samuel 6
1 Kane Sandug Muma mar Jehova Nyasaye osebet e piny jo-Filistia kuom dweche abiriyo,
When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
2 jo-Filistia noluongo jodolo gi ajuoke mi giwacho niya, “Wabiro timo angʼo gi Sandug Muma mar Jehova Nyasaye? Nyiswauru kaka onego wadwoke kare.”
the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
3 Negidwoko niya, “Ka udwoko Sandug Muma mar Nyasach jo-Israel, to kik udwoke nono, nyaka une ni udwoke gi misango mar pwodhruok e ketho, eka nochangu, bende ubiro ngʼeyo gima omiyo lwete ok oseweyo sandou.”
They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
4 Jo-Filistia nopenjo niya, “En misango machal nade mar pwodhruok e ketho monego wakowne?” Negidwoko niya, “Dhahabu abich molos machal gi buche gi dhahabu abich molos machal gi oyieyo ma kwan-gi rom gi ruodhi mag jo-Filistia, nikech masich tuo nomakou kaachiel gi ruodhiu.
“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
5 Losuru gik machal gi buche kod machal gi oyieyo maketho pinyu, kendo miuru Nyasach jo-Israel duongʼ. Dipo ka ongʼwononu moweyo sandou kaachiel gi nyisecheu gi pinyu.
Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
6 Angʼo momiyo chunyu pek kaka jo-Misri gi Farao notimo? Kane osandogi, donge negiweyo jo-Israel odhi kuma ne onego gidhiye?
Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?
7 “Omiyo sani ikuru gari manyien, gi dwesni ariyo ma osenywol to pok otwe e jok. Tweuru dwesnigi e gari, nyiroye to tweuru e loch.
Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
8 Kawuru Sandug Muma mar Jehova Nyasaye mondo uket e gari, keturu Sanduku machielo bute mondo uketie gik molos gi dhahabu muterone kaka misango mipwodhruokgo e ketho, kendo uweye odhi,
Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,
9 to sikuru ka ungʼiye. Ka odhi mochomo thurgi nyaka, Beth Shemesh, to kara Jehova Nyasaye ema osekelo sand maduongʼni kuomwa. To ka ok otimore kamano to wabiro ngʼeyo ni lwete ok ema osesandowa to ni mani obironwa abira.”
but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
10 Omiyo negitimo kamano. Negikawo dwesni ariyo machal kamano mi gitweyo e gari kendo gitweyo nyiroye e loch.
So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
11 Negiketo Sandug Muma mar Jehova Nyasaye e gari bende negiketo Sanduku motingʼo dhahabu molos ka oyieyo gi dhahabu molos ka buche.
Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.
12 To dwesni nowuok kochiko Beth Shemesh tir, negiluwo yo ka gidhi to giywak, ne ok gibaro korachwich kata koracham. Ruodhi mag jo-Filistia ne luwogi nyaka negichopo e tongʼ man Beth Shemesh.
And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
13 E kindeno jo-Beth Shemesh ne kayo ngano e holo, kane gitingʼo wangʼ-gi malo mi gineno Sandug Muma, negimor ka ginene.
Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.
14 Gari nobiro nyaka e puoth Joshua ma ja-Beth Shemesh, modhi mochungʼ but lwanda maduongʼ. Ji nobaro yiend gari mi gichiwo dwesnigo ka misango miwangʼo pep ne Jehova Nyasaye.
The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
15 Jo-Lawi noloro Sandug Muma mar Jehova Nyasaye kaachiel gi Sanduku manotingʼo gik molos gi dhahabu, mine giketogi ewi lwanda maduongʼ. Odiechiengʼno jo-Beth Shemesh nochiwo misango miwangʼo pep gi misengini mamoko ni Jehova Nyasaye.
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
16 Ruodhi abich mag jo-Filistia noneno gik manotimore duto mine gidok odiechiengno nyaka Ekron.
And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
17 Magi e dhahabu molos ka buche mane jo-Filistia oorone Jehova Nyasaye ka misango mipwodhruokgo e ketho ka moro ka moro ochungʼ kar Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath kod Ekron.
As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
18 To kwan mar dhahabu molos ka oyieyo ne chal gi kwan dalane mag jo-Filistia mag Ruodhi abich, ne gin mier matindo mochiel motegno man-gi mieregi. Lwanda maduongʼ, mane giketoe Sandug Muma mar Jehova Nyasaye, pod ochungʼ kanyo ka ranyisi e puoth Joshua ja-Beth Shemesh nyaka chil kawuono.
The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
19 To Nyasaye nogoyo jo-Beth Shemesh moko, monego ji piero abiriyo nikech negingʼiyo ii Sandug Muma mar Jehova Nyasaye. Ji noywak malit nikech sand mane Jehova Nyasaye osekelonegi,
But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
20 kendo jo-Beth Shemesh nopenjo niya, “En ngʼa manyalo chungʼ e nyim Jehova Nyasaye, Nyasaye malerni? Ngʼatno ma Sandugni nodhine koa ka?”
The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
21 Eka negioro joote ne jo-Kiriath Jearim, kagiwacho niya, “Jo-Filistia osedwogo Sandug Muma mar Jehova Nyasaye. Biuru mondo ukawe udhi kode.”
So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
