< Kings I 5 >

1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Abenezer to Azotus.
و فلسطینیان تابوت خدا را گرفته، آن را ازابن عزر به اشدود آوردند.۱
2 And the Philistines took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
و فلسطینیان تابوت خدا را گرفته، آن را به خانه داجون درآورده، نزدیک داجون گذاشتند.۲
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 struck them in their secret parts, Azotus and her coasts.
و بامدادان چون اشدودیان برخاستند، اینک داجون به حضور تابوت خداوند رو به زمین افتاده بود. وداجون را برداشته، باز در جایش برپا داشتند.۳
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.
ودر فردای آن روز چون صبح برخاستند، اینک داجون به حضور تابوت خداوند رو به زمین افتاده، و سر داجون و دو دستش بر آستانه قطع شده، و تن داجون فقط از او باقی‌مانده بود.۴
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.
ازاین جهت کاهنان داجون و هر‌که داخل خانه داجون می‌شود تا امروز بر آستانه داجون دراشدود پا نمی گذرد.۵
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.
و دست خداوند بر اهل اشدود سنگین شده، ایشان را تباه ساخت و ایشان را هم اشدود و هم نواحی آن را به خراجها مبتلا ساخت.۶
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.
و چون مردان اشدود دیدند که چنین است گفتند تابوت خدای اسرائیل با ما نخواهد ماند، زیرا که دست او بر ما و بر خدای ما، داجون سنگین است.۷
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.
پس فرستاده، جمیع سروران فلسطینیان را نزد خودجمع کرده، گفتند: «با تابوت خدای اسرائیل چه کنیم؟» گفتند: «تابوت خدای اسرائیل به جت منتقل شود.» پس تابوت خدای اسرائیل را به آنجا بردند.۸
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 struck the men of the city small and great, and struck them in their secret parts: and the Gittites made to themselves images of tumors.
و واقع شد بعد از نقل کردن آن که دست خداوند بر آن شهر به اضطراب بسیارعظیمی دراز شده، مردمان شهر را از خرد و بزرگ مبتلا ساخته، خراجها بر ایشان منتفخ شد.۹
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 you brought back the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people?
پس تابوت خدا را به عقرون بردند و به مجرد ورودتابوت خدا به عقرون، اهل عقرون فریاد کرده، گفتند: «تابوت خدای اسرائیل را نزد ما آوردند تاما را و قوم ما را بکشند.»۱۰
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 kill us and our people.
پس فرستاده، جیمع سروران فلسطینیان را جمع کرده، گفتند: «تابوت خدای اسرائیل را روانه کنید تا به‌جای خودبرگردد و ما را و قوم ما را نکشد زیرا که در تمام شهر هنگامه مهلک بود، و دست خدا در آنجابسیار سنگین شده بود.۱۱
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 struck with tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
و آنانی که نمردند به خراجها مبتلا شدند، و فریاد شهر تا به آسمان بالارفت.۱۲

< Kings I 5 >