1 Samuel 5

1 Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

Filisterne tog da Guds Ark og bragte den fra Eben Ezer til Asdod.

2 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

Og Filisterne tog Guds Ark og bragte den ind i Dagons Hus og stillede den ved Siden af Dagon.

3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

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.

4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left to him.

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.

5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

Derfor undgår Dagons Præster og alle, som går ind i dagons Hus, endnu den Dag i Dag at træde på Dagons Tærskel i Asdod.

6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and He destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the borders thereof.

Og HERRENs Hånd lå tungt på Asdoditerne; han bragte Fordærvelse over dem, og med Pestbylder slog han Asdod og Egnen der omkring.

7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said: 'The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for His hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.'

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!"

8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said: 'What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?' And they answered: 'Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath.' And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.

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;

9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great discomfiture; and He smote the men of the city, both small and great, and emerods broke out upon them.

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.

10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying: 'They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.'

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!"

11 They sent therefore 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 back to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people'; for there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

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.

12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

De Mænd, som ikke døde, blev slået med Pestbylder, så at Klageråbet fra Byen nåede op til Himmelen.