1 Samuel 5
1 Now the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
Og Filisterne toge Guds Ark, og de førte den fra Eben-Ezer til Asdod.
2 They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.
Og Filisterne toge Guds Ark og førte den ind i Dagons Hus, og de satte den hos Dagon.
3 And when the people of Ashdod got up early on the morning after, they saw that Dagon had come down to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon up and put him in his place again.
Men Asdoditerne stode tidlig op den næste Dag, og se, Dagon var falden paa sit Ansigt til Jorden foran Herrens Ark; og de toge Dagon og satte ham paa sit Sted igen.
4 And when they got up early on the morning after, Dagon had come down to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord; and his head and his hands were broken off on the doorstep; only the base was in its place.
Og de stode den næste Dag tidlig op om Morgenen, og se, Dagon var falden paa sit Ansigt til Jorden foran Herrens Ark; og Dagons Hoved og begge hans Hænder laa afhugne paa Dørtærskelen, kun Dagons Krop stod der endnu.
5 So to this day no priest of Dagon, or any who come into Dagon's house, will put his foot on the doorstep of the house of Dagon in Ashdod.
Derfor træde hverken Dagons Præster eller nogen af dem, som gaa ind i Dagons Hus, paa Dagons Dørtærskel i Asdod indtil denne Dag.
6 But the hand of the Lord was hard on the people of Ashdod and he sent disease on them through all the country of Ashdod.
Og Herrens Haand blev svar over Asdoditerne, og han ødelagde dem; og han slog Folket i Asdod og i dens Landemærker med Bylder.
7 And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, Let not the ark of the God of Israel be with us, for his hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god.
Der Folket i Asdod saa, at det gik saaledes til, da sagde de: Israels Guds Ark skal ikke blive hos os; thi hans Haand er svar over os og over Dagon, vor Gud.
8 So they sent for all the lords of the Philistines to come together there, and said, What are we to do with the ark of the God of Israel? And their answer was, Let the ark of the God of Israel be taken away to Gath. So they took the ark of the God of Israel away.
Og de sendte hen og samlede alle Filisternes Fyrster til sig og sagde: Hvad skulle vi gøre med Israels Guds Ark? Og de sagde: Lader Israels Guds Ark flyttes om til Gath; og de bragte Israels Guds Ark om.
9 But after they had taken it away, the hand of the Lord was stretched out against the town for its destruction: and the signs of disease came out on all the men of the town, small and great.
Og det skete, efter at de havde bragt den om, da var Herrens Haand mod Staden med en saare stor Forstyrrelse, og han slog Folket i Staden, baade smaa og store, og der brød Bylder ud paa dem.
10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of the town made an outcry, saying, They have sent the ark of the God of Israel to us for the destruction of us and of our people.
Da sendte de Guds Ark til Ekron; og det skete, der Guds Ark kom til Ekron, da raabte Ekroniterne og sagde: De have baaret Israels Guds Ark om til mig for at slaa mig og mit Folk ihjel.
11 So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.
Saa sendte de hen og samlede alle Filisternes Fyrster og sagde: Sender Israels Guds Ark hen, at den kan komme igen til sit Sted og ikke slaa mig og mit Folk ihjel; thi der var en døds Forstyrrelse i hele Staden; Guds Haand var der meget svar.
12 And those men who were not overtaken by death were cruelly diseased: and the cry of the town went up to heaven.
Og de Mennesker, som ikke døde, bleve slagne med Bylder; og Skriget fra Staden steg op til Himmelen.
