1 Samuel 5

1 And the Philistines have taken the Ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,

Filistifo no faa Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no akyi, wɔmaa so fii Ebeneser akono hɔ kɔɔ kuropɔn Asdod mu.

2 and the Philistines take the Ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.

Wɔsoaa Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no kɔɔ Dagon abosonnan mu. Wɔde kosii ohoni Dagon nkyɛn.

3 And the Ashdodites rise early on the next day, and behold, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the Ark of YHWH; and they take Dagon, and put it back in its place.

Nanso ade kyee a Asdod kurowmma no kɔhwɛe no, na Dagon ahwe fam wɔ Awurade Apam Adaka no anim a nʼanim butuw fam. Enti wɔmaa ohoni no so gyinaa hɔ bio.

4 And they rise early in the morning on the next day, and behold, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the Ark of YHWH, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands are cut off at the threshold, only Dagon’s [body] has been left of him;

Nanso ade kyee anɔpa no, na asɛm koro no ara asi bio. Na Dagon no ahwe fam wɔ Awurade Apam Adaka no anim a nʼanim butuw fam. Saa bere yi de, na ne ti ne ne nsa abubu afi so deda ɔpon ano. Ne sin no na na aka da hɔ a ammubu.

5 therefore the priests of Dagon, and all those coming into the house of Dagon, do not tread on the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod, until this day.

Ɛno nti na ebesi nnɛ yi, Dagon asɔfo anaa obiara a obewura abosonnan mu hɔ no ntia aponnua no so no.

6 And the hand of YHWH is heavy on the Ashdodites, and He makes them desolate, and strikes them with lumps, Ashdod and its borders.

Na Awurade maa pɔmpɔ bobɔɔ Asdodfo ne ne mpɔtam hɔfo no.

7 And the men of Ashdod see that [it is] so, and have said, “The Ark of the God of Israel does not abide with us, for His hand has been hard on us, and on our god Dagon.”

Bere a Asdodfo huu asɛm a aba no, wɔkae se, “Yɛrentumi mma Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no ntena yɛn nkyɛn. Otia yɛn! Ɔbɛsɛe yɛn ne yɛn nyame, Dagon nyinaa.”

8 And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines to them, and say, “What do we do to the Ark of the God of Israel?” And they say, “Let the Ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath”; and they bring around the Ark of the God of Israel;

Enti wɔfrɛɛ Filistifo nkuropɔn anum mu asodifo nyinaa bisaa wɔn se, “Dɛn na yɛnyɛ Israel Nyankopɔn Apam Adaka yi?” Asodifo no susuw asɛm no ho na wobuae se, “Momfa Israel Nyankopɔn Apam Adaka no nkɔ Gat.” Enti wɔde Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no kɔɔ Gat.

9 and it comes to pass after they have brought it around, that the hand of YHWH is against the city—a very great destruction; and He strikes the men of the city, from small and to great; and lumps break forth on them.

Nanso Bere a Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no duu Gat no, Awurade maa pɔmpɔ bobɔɔ kurow no mufo, mpanyin ne mmofra, na wosuroo yiye.

10 And they send the Ark of God to Ekron, and it comes to pass, at the coming in of the Ark of God to Ekron, that the Ekronites cry out, saying, “They have brought around the Ark of the God of Israel to us, to put us and our people to death.”

Enti wɔde Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no kɔɔ Ekron kuropɔn mu, na wɔde rewura hɔ no, Ekronfo no suu se, “Wɔde Israel Nyankopɔn Apam Adaka no reba yɛn nkyɛn de abekunkum yɛn nso.”

11 And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, “Send the Ark of the God of Israel away, and it turns back to its place, and it does not put us and our people to death”; for there has been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, the hand of God has been very heavy there,

Enti nnipa no frɛɛ Filistifo asodifo no nyinaa, srɛɛ wɔn se, “Monsan mfa Onyankopɔn Apam Adaka no mfi ha nkɔ ne man mu, anyɛ saa a, ebekunkum yɛn nyinaa.” Saa bere no na ɔyaredɔm a efi Onyankopɔn nkyɛn no afi ase dedaw ama huboa abɛtɔ kuropɔn no so.

12 and the men who have not died have been struck with lumps, and the cry of the city goes up into the heavens.

Wɔn a wɔanwuwu no, wɔmaa pɔmpɔ bobɔɔ wɔn. Na agyaadwotwa baa baabiara.