1 Samuel 6
1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
Kovčeg Jahvin bijaše sedam mjeseci u zemlji Filistejaca.
2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying: 'What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? declare unto us wherewith we shall send it to its place.'
Tada Filistejci sazvaše svećenike i vrače i zapitaše ih: “Što da radimo s Kovčegom Jahvinim? Poučite nas kako da ga pošaljemo natrag na njegovo mjesto.”
3 And they said: 'If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return Him a guilt-offering; then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.'
Oni odgovoriše: “Ako hoćete vratiti Kovčeg Boga Izraelova, ne šaljite ga natrag prazna nego uza nj pošaljite i naknadnicu. Tada ćete se izliječiti i znat ćete zašto se njegova ruka nije okrenula od vas.”
4 Then said they: 'What shall be the guilt-offering which we shall return to Him?' And they said: 'Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
Oni zapitaše: “Kakvu naknadnicu treba da mu pošaljemo?” Oni odgovoriše: “Prema broju filistejskih knezova, pet zlatnih čireva i pet zlatnih štakora, jer je ista nevolja na vama i na vašim knezovima.
5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel; peradventure He will lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
Načinite, dakle, likove svojih čireva i likove svojh štakora, koji vam zatiru zemlju, i dajte slavu Bogu Izraelovu. Možda će dignuti ruku svoju od vas, od vaših bogova i od vaše zemlje.
6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when He had wrought among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
Zašto hoćete da vam srce otvrdne kao što je bilo otvrdnulo Egipćanima i faraonu? Kad ih je Bog pritisnuo, nisu li ih onda pustili da odu?
7 Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them.
Pripremite sada jedna nova kola i uzmite dvije krave dojilice koje još nisu nosile jarma: upregnite krave u kola, a njihovu telad odvedite natrag u staju.
8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return Him for a guilt-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
Tada ćete uzeti Kovčeg Jahvin i staviti ga na kola. Zlatne predmete koje mu prinosite kao žrtvu naknadnicu stavit ćete u kovčežić kraj njega i tako neka pođe.
9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then He hath done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.'
Zatim gledajte: ako krene prema svome kraju, put Bet Šemeša, onda je sigurno da nam je on zadao ovo veliko zlo; ako li ne krene tako, znat ćemo da nas nije udarila njegova ruka, nego da nam se to dogodilo slučajno.”
10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
Ljudi učiniše tako: uzeše dvije krave dojilice i upregoše ih u kola, a njihovu telad zadržaše u staji.
11 And they put the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
Kovčeg Jahvin staviše na kola i kovčežić sa zlatnim štakorima i s likovima svojih čireva.
12 And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
Krave udariše ravno cestom prema Bet Šemešu i jednako su išle istim putem, mukale su idući, a nisu skretale ni desno ni lijevo. Filistejski knezovi pratili su ih do granice Bet Šemeša.
13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
Stanovnici Bet Šemeša upravo su bili zabavljeni žetvom pšenice u dolini. Digavši oči, ugledaše Kovčeg i potrčaše mu s veseljem u susret.
14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone; and they cleaved the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt-offering unto the LORD.
Kad su kola stigla na polje Jošue iz Bet Šemeša, zaustaviše se. Ondje bijaše velik kamen. Tada iscijepaše drvo od kola i prinesoše krave kao žrtvu paljenicu Jahvi.
15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
Leviti bijahu skinuli Kovčeg Jahvin i kovčežić što je bio kraj njega i u kojem su bili zlatni predmeti i sve bijahu stavili na onaj veliki kamen. Stanovnici Bet Šemeša prinosili su toga dana žrtve paljenice i klali žrtve klanice Jahvi.
16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
Kad je to vidjelo pet filistejskih knezova, vratiše se u Ekron isti dan.
17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a guilt-offering unto the LORD: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
A ovo je pet zlatnih čireva što su ih Filistejci poslali kao žrtvu naknadnicu Jahvi: za Ašdod jedan, za Gazu jedan, za Aškelon jedan, za Gat jedan, za Ekron jedan.
18 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto Abel by the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
A zlatnih je štakora bilo toliko koliko svih gradova filistejskih, u svih pet kneževina, od utvrđenih gradova do otvorenih sela. Svjedok je veliki kamen na koji su položili Kovčeg Jahvin i koji još i danas stoji na polju Jošue iz Bet Šemeša.
19 And He smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had gazed upon the ark of the LORD, even He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because the LORD had smitten the people with a great slaughter.
Sinovi Jekonijini nisu se radovali sa stanovnicima Bet Šemeša kad su vidjeli Kovčeg Jahvin. Zato je Jahve pobio sedamdeset ljudi među njima. Narod je tugovao zbog toga što ga je Jahve tako teško iskušao.
20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said: 'Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? and to whom shall it go up from us?'
Tada ljudi u Bet Šemešu rekoše: “Tko bi mogao opstati pred Jahvom, ovim Svetim Bogom? Kome će otići sada od nas?”
21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying: 'The Philistines have brought back the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.'
I poslaše poslanike stanovnicima Kirjat Jearima i poručiše im: “Filistejci su vratili Kovčeg Jahvin. Dođite i odnesite ga sebi.”
