Kings I 5
1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Abenezer to Azotus.
Agora os filisteus haviam levado a arca de Deus, e a trouxeram de Ebenezer para Ashdod.
2 And the Philistines took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
Os filisteus pegaram a arca de Deus e a trouxeram para a casa de Dagon e a colocaram por Dagon.
3 And the people of Azotus rose early, and entered into the house of Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord: and they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Azotians, and he plagued them, and he smote them in their secret parts, Azotus and her coasts.
Quando o povo de Ashdod se levantou cedo no dia seguinte, eis que Dagon havia caído de cara no chão antes da arca de Yahweh. Eles pegaram Dagon e o colocaram em seu lugar novamente.
4 And it came to pass when they rose early in the morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [were] cut off each before the threshold, and both the wrists of his hands had fallen on the floor of the porch; only the stump of Dagon was left.
Quando se levantaram cedo na manhã seguinte, eis que Dagon havia caído com o rosto no chão antes da arca de Yahweh; e a cabeça de Dagon e ambas as palmas das mãos foram cortadas na soleira. Apenas o tronco de Dagon estava intacto.
5 Therefore the priests of Dagon, and every one that enters into the house of Dagon, do not tread upon the threshold of the house of Dagon in Azotus until this day, for they step over.
Portanto, nem os sacerdotes de Dagon nem nenhum dos que entram na casa de Dagon pisam na soleira de Dagon em Ashdod até os dias de hoje.
6 And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon Azotus, and he brought evil upon them, and it burst out upon them into the ships, and mice sprang up in the midst of their country, and there was a great and indiscriminate mortality in the city.
Mas a mão de Yahweh pesava sobre o povo de Ashdod, e ele os destruiu e os atingiu com tumores, até mesmo Ashdod e suas fronteiras.
7 And the men of Azotus saw that [it was] so, and they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us, for his hand [is] heavy upon us and upon Dagon our god.
Quando os homens de Ashdod viram que assim era, disseram: “A arca do Deus de Israel não ficará conosco, pois sua mão é severa sobre nós e sobre Dagon, nosso deus”.
8 And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines to them, and say, What shall we do to the ark of the God of Israel? and the Gittites say, Let the ark of God come over to us; and the ark of the God of Israel came to Geth.
Eles enviaram e reuniram todos os senhores dos filisteus, e disseram: “O que faremos com a arca do Deus de Israel”. Eles responderam: “Que a arca do Deus de Israel seja transportada para Gate”. Eles carregaram a arca do Deus de Israel para lá.
9 And it came to pass after it went about to Geth, that the hand of the Lord comes upon the city, a very great confusion; and he smote the men of the city small and great, and smote them in their secret parts: and the Gittites made to themselves images of emerods.
Foi assim, que depois de a terem levado para lá, a mão de Javé estava contra a cidade com uma grande confusão; e ele atingiu os homens da cidade, tanto pequenos como grandes, de modo que tumores irromperam sobre eles.
10 And they send away the ark of God to Ascalon; and it came to pass when the ark of God went into Ascalon, that the men of Ascalon cried out, saying, Why have ye brought back the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people?
Então eles enviaram a arca de Deus para Ekron. Quando a arca de Deus chegou a Ecron, os Ecronitas gritaram, dizendo: “Eles trouxeram a arca do Deus de Israel aqui para nós, para nos matar e ao nosso povo”.
11 And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it lodge in its place; and let it not slay us and our people.
Enviaram, portanto, e reuniram todos os senhores dos filisteus, e disseram: “Enviem a arca do Deus de Israel, e deixem-na ir novamente para seu próprio lugar, para que não nos mate a nós e a nosso povo”. Pois havia um pânico mortal em toda a cidade. A mão de Deus estava muito pesada lá.
12 For there was a very great confusion in all the city, when the ark of the God of Israel entered there; and those, who lived and died not were smitten with emerods; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
Os homens que não morreram foram atingidos com os tumores; e o grito da cidade subiu ao céu.
