1 Samuel 6
1 Now the ark of God was in the land of the Philistines seven months.
Efter at HERREN Ark havde været i Filisternes Land syv Måneder,
2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying: What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? tell us how we are to send it back to its place? And they said:
lod Filisterne Præsterne og Sandsigerne kalde og sagde: "Hvad skal vi gøre med HERRENs Ark? Lad os få at vide, hvorledes vi skal bære os ad, når vi sender den hen, hvor den har hjemme!"
3 If you send back the ark of the God of Israel, send it not away empty, but render unto him what you owe for sin, and then you shall be healed: and you shall know why his hand departeth not from you.
De svarede: "Når I sender Israels Guds Ark tilbage, må I ikke sende den bort uden Gave; men I skal give den en Sonegave med tilbage; så bliver I raske og skal få at vide, hvorfor hans Hånd ikke vil vige fra eder!"
4 They answered: What is it we ought to render unto him for sin? and they answered:
De spurgte da: "Hvilken Sonegave skal vi give den med tilbage?" Og de sagde: "Fem Guldbylder og fem Guldmus svarende til Tallet på Filisterfyrsterne; thi det er en og samme Plage, der har ramt eder og eders Fyrster;
5 According to the number of the provinces of the Philistines you shall make five golden emerods, and five golden mice: for the same plague hath been upon you all, and upon your lords. And you shall make the likeness of your emerods, and the likeness of the mice that have destroyed the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: to see if he will take off his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land.
I skal eftergøre eders Bylder og Musene, som hærger eders Land, og således give Israels Gud Æren; måske vil han da tage sin Hånd bort fra eder, eders Gud og eders Land.
6 Why do you harden your hearts, as Egypt and Pharao hardened their hearts? did not he, after he was struck, then let them go, and they departed?
Hvorfor vil I forhærde eders Hjerte, som Ægypterne og Farao forhærdede deres Hjerte? Da han viste dem sin Magt, måtte de da ikke lade dem rejse, så de kunde drage af Sted?
7 Now therefore take and make a new cart: and two kine that have calved, on which there hath come no yoke, tie to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
Tag derfor og lav en ny Vogn og tag to diegivende Køer, som ikke har båret Åg, spænd Køerne for Vognen og tag Kalvene fra dem og driv dem hjem;
8 And you shall take the ark of the Lord, and lay it on the cart, and the vessels of gold, which you have paid him for sin, you shall put into a little box, at the side thereof: and send it away that it may go.
tag så HERRENs Ark og sæt den på Vognen, læg de Guldting, I giver den med i Sonegave, i et Skrin ved Siden af og send den så af Sted.
9 And you shall look: and if it go up by the way of his own coasts towards Bethsames, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, we shall know that it is not his hand hath touched us, but it hath happened by chance.
Læg siden Mærke til, om den tager Vejen hjem ad Bet-Sjemesj til, thi så er det ham, som har voldt os denne store Ulykke; i modsat Fald ved vi, at det ikke var hans Hånd, som ramte os, men at det var en Hændelse!"
10 They did therefore in this manner: and taking two kine, that had suckling calves, they yoked them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
Mændene gjorde da således; de tog to diegivende Køer og spændte dem for Vognen, men Kalvene lukkede de inde i Stalden.
11 And they laid the ark of God upon the cart, and the little box that had in it the golden mice and the likeness of the emerods.
Derpå satte de HERRENs Ark på Vognen tillige med Skrinet med Guldmusene og Bylderne.
12 And the kine took the straight way that leadeth to Bethsames, and they went along the way, lowing as they went: and turned not aside neither to the right hand nor to the left: and the lords of the Philistines followed them as far as the borders of Bethsames.
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.
13 Now the Bethsamites were reaping wheat in the valley: and lifting up their eyes they saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
Da Bet-Sjemesjiterne, der var ved at høste Hvede i Dalen, så op og fik Øje på Arken, løb de den glade i Møde;
14 And the cart came into the field of Josue a Bethsamite, and stood there. And there was a great stone, and they cut in pieces the wood of the cart, and laid the kine upon it a holocaust to the Lord.
og da Vognen var kommet til Bet-Sjemesjiten Jehosjuas Mark, standsede den. Der lå en stor Sten; de huggede da Træet af Vognen i Stykker og ofrede Køerne som Brændoffer til HERREN.
15 And the Levites took down the ark of God, and the little box that was at the side of it, wherein were the vessels of gold, and they put them upon the great stone. The men also of Bethsames offered holocausts and sacrificed victims that day to the Lord.
Og Leviterne løftede HERRENs Ark ned tillige med Skrinet med Guldtingene, der stod ved Siden af, og satte den på den store Sten, og Mændene i Bet-Sjemesj bragte den Dag Brændofre og ofrede Slagtofre til HERREN.
16 And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Accaron the same day.
Da de fem Filisterfyrster havde set det, vendte de ufortøvet tilbage til Ekron.
17 And these are the golden emerods, which the Philistines returned for sin to the Lord: For Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for Geth one, for Accaron one:
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.
18 And the golden mice according to the number of the cities of the Philistines, of the five provinces, from the fenced city to the village that was without wall, and to the great Abel (the stone) whereon they set down the ark of the Lord, which was till that day in the field of Josue the Bethsamite.
Guldmusene svarede til Tallet på alle Filisterbyerne, der tilhørte de fem Fyrster, både de befæstede Byer og Landsbyerne. Vidne derom er den Dag i Dag den store Sten på Bet-Sjemesjifen Jehosjuas Mark, hvorpå de satte HERRENs Ark.
19 But he slew of the men of Bethsames, because they had seen the ark of the Lord: and he slew of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten the people with a great slaughter.
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 slået så mange af dem ihjel;
20 And the men of Bethsames said: Who shall be able to stand before the Lord this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
og Bet-Sjemesjiterne sagde:"Hvem kan bestå for HERRENs, denne hellige Guds, Åsyn? Og hvor vil han drage hen fra os?"
21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Cariathiarim, saying: The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord, come ye down and fetch it up to you.
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!"
