1 Samuel 5
1 After the army of the Philistia people-group captured God’s sacred chest in Ebenezer [town], they took it to Ashdod [which is one of their biggest cities].
| وَأَخَذَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ اللهِ وَنَقَلُوهُ مِنْ حَجَرِ الْمَعُونَةِ إِلَى أَشْدُودَ، | ١ |
2 They carried it into the temple of [their god] Dagon, and placed it alongside a statue of Dagon.
| ثُمَّ أَدْخَلُوهُ إِلَى مَعْبَدِ دَاجُونَ إِلَهِهِمْ، وَوَضَعُوهُ إِلَى جِوَارِهِ. | ٢ |
3 But early the next morning, when the people of Ashdod [went to see it, they saw that] the statue had fallen on its face in front of Yahweh’s sacred chest! So they set the statue up in its place again.
| وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي وَجَدَ أَهْلُ أَشْدُودَ صَنَمَ إِلَهِهِمْ دَاجُونَ مَطْرُوحاً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ، فَرَفَعُوهُ وَأَقَامُوهُ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ. | ٣ |
4 But the following morning, [they saw that] it had fallen down in front of the sacred chest again. But this time, the statue’s head and hands had broken off, and were lying in the doorway. Only its body remained intact/unbroken.
| وَفِي صَبَاحِ الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي عَثَرُوا عَلَى صَنَمِ دَاجُونَ مَطْرُوحاً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ، وَرَأْسُهُ وَيَدَاهُ مَقْطُوعَةٌ وَمُلْقَاةٌ عَلَى الْعَتَبَةِ، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُ سِوَى جِسْمِ السَّمَكَةِ. | ٤ |
5 That is the reason that since that time, the priests of Dagon and everyone else who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the doorsill [where the hands and head of Dagon fell].
| لِذَلِكَ لَا يَطَأُ كَهَنَةُ دَاجُونَ وَسَائِرُ الدَّاخِلِينَ إِلَى مَعْبَدِ دَاجُونَ عَلَى عَتَبَةِ الْمَعْبَدِ فِي أَشْدُودَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٥ |
6 Then Yahweh [SYN] powerfully caused the people of Ashdod and the people who lived in nearby villages to have (a very great plague/serious illness) of tumors.
| ثُمَّ ثَقُلَتْ وَطْأَةُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى الأَشْدُودِيِّينَ وَالْقُرَى الْمُحِيطَةِ بِهِمْ، فَأَصَابَهُمُ الْخَرَابُ، وَبَلاهُمْ بِالْبَوَاسِيرِ. | ٦ |
7 The men of Ashdod realized why this was happening, and they cried out, “The god of the Israeli people is punishing us and is also punishing our god Dagon. So we cannot allow the sacred chest of the god of the Israelis to remain here!”
| وَعِنْدَمَا تَبَيَّنَ أَهْلُ أَشْدُودَ مَا يَجْرِي قَالُوا: «لا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَمْكُثَ تَابُوتُ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَنَا، لأَنَّ وَطْأَةَ يَدِهِ قَدْ قَسَتْ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى دَاجُونَ إِلَهِنَا». | ٧ |
8 They summoned the five kings of the Philistia people-group, and asked them, “What should we do with the sacred chest of the god of the Israelis?” The kings replied, “Take the sacred chest to Gath [city].” So they moved it to Gath.
| فَاسْتَدْعَوْا أَقْطَابَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ جَمِيعَهُمْ قَائِلِينَ: «مَاذَا نَصْنَعُ بِتَابُوتِ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» فَأَجَابُوهُمْ: «انْقُلُوهُ إِلَى جَتَّ». وَعِنْدَمَا نَقَلُوا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى جَتَّ، | ٨ |
9 But after they took it to Gath, Yahweh powerfully struck the people of that city also, with the result that many men, including young men and old men, got tumors on their skin. Then the people became very afraid.
| عَاقَبَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَأَصَابَ أَهْلَهَا اضْطِرَابٌ عَظِيمٌ جِدّاً، وَتَفَشَّى فِي صَغِيرِهِمْ وَكَبِيرِهِمْ دَاءُ الْبَوَاسِيرِ. | ٩ |
10 So they took the sacred chest to Ekron [city]. But when the men carried the sacred chest into Ekron, the people there cried out, “Why are you bringing the sacred chest of the God of the Israelis into our city [RHQ]? [By doing that] you will cause us and the rest of our people to die!”
| فَأَرْسَلُوا تَابُوتَ اللهِ إِلَى عَقْرُونَ. وَمَا إِنْ دَخَلَ الْمَدِينَةَ حَتَّى صَرَخَ أَهْلُ عَقْرُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ نَقَلُوا إِلَيْنَا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِكَيْ يَقْضُوا عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى شَعْبِنَا». | ١٠ |
11 The people were terrified/in panic because [they knew that] God was starting to punish them severely. So they summoned the [five] kings of the Philistia people-group again, and [pleaded with them], saying, “Take this sacred chest of the god of the Israelis back to its own place! If you do not do that quickly, we will all die!”
| فَبَعَثُوا وَاسْتَدْعَوْا أَقْطَابَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَقَالُوا: «أَعِيدُوا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ وَلا يُفْنِيَنَا نَحْنُ وَشَعْبَنَا»؛ لأَنَّ الْمَوْتَ قَدْ مَلأَ الْمَدِينَةَ بِالرُّعْبِ، إذْ صَارَتْ وَطْأَةُ يَدِ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَقِيلَةً جِدّاً، | ١١ |
12 Some of the people in Ekron had already died, and the rest of the people were suffering because of tumors on their skin. So they all cried out to their gods [MTY] [to help them].
| وَمَنْ لَمْ يَمُتْ مِنَ النَّاسِ تَفَشَّتْ فِيهِمُ الْبَوَاسِيرُ، فَارْتَفَعَ صُرَاخُ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى عَنَانِ السَّمَاءِ. | ١٢ |
