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 to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his 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 all of you send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any way return him a trespass offering: then all of you 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 trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, 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 all of you shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that ruin the land; and all of you shall give glory unto the God of Israel: possibly 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 all of you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully 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 make a new cart, and take two milk giving cattle, on which there has come no yoke, and tie the cattle 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 all of you return him for a trespass 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 goes up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that stroke 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 milk giving cattle, 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 laid 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 cattle took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and 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 Bethshemesh.
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 Bethshemesh 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, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the cattle 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 Bethshemesh 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 trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon 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 fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remains unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
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 stroke the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he stroke of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of 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 Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he 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 Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come all of you 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.”
