1 Samuel 6
1 The people of Philistia kept God’s sacred chest in their area for seven months.
Byla pak truhla Hospodinova v krajině Filistinské za sedm měsíců.
2 Then they summoned their priests and their (diviners/men who practice rituals to find out what would happen in the future). They asked them, “What should we do with the sacred chest of Yahweh? Tell us how we should send it back to its own land.”
Tedy Filistinští povolavše kněží a hadačů, řekli: Co učiníme s truhlou Hospodinovou? Oznamte nám, kterak bychom ji odeslali na místo její?
3 Those men replied, “Send with it an offering [to show Yahweh that you know that you are] guilty [for having captured the chest], in order that the plague will stop. If you do that, and then if you are healed, you will know that Yahweh is the one who caused you to experience the plague.”
Kteříž odpověděli: Jestliže odešlete truhlu Boha Izraelského, neodsílejte jí prázdné, ale všelijak dejte jí obět za provinění; tehdy uzdraveni budete, a poznáte, proč ruka jeho neodešla od vás.
4 The people of Philistia asked, “What kind of offering should we send?” The men replied, “Make five gold models of the tumors on your skin, and five gold models of rats. Make five of each because that is the same number as the number of your kings, and because the plague has struck both you people and your five kings.
I řekli: Jakáž jest to obět za hřích, kterouž jí dáti máme? Odpověděli: Vedlé počtu knížat Filistinských pět zadků zlatých a pět myší zlatých; nebo rána jednostejná jest na všechněch, i na knížatech vašich.
5 Make models that represent the rats and the tumors that are ruining your land. Make them in order to honor the god of the Israeli people. If you do that, perhaps he will stop punishing [IDM] you, and your gods, and your land.
Uděláte tedy podobenství zadků svých a podobenství myší svých, kteréž pokazily zemi, i dáte slávu Bohu Izraelskému; snad pozlehčí ruky své nad vámi, i nad bohy vašimi a nad zemí vaší.
6 Do not be [RHQ] stubborn [IDM] like the Egyptians and their king were. [They did not do what the Israelis’ god told them to do, so he punished them]. After the Israelis’ god finished punishing them very severely, they were glad to allow the Israelis to leave their country [RHQ].
A proč obtěžujete srdce svá, jako jsou obtížili Egyptští a Farao srdce své? Zdaliž, když divné věci prokázal při nich, nepropustili jich, a oni odešli?
7 “So you must build a new cart. Then get two cows that have very recently given birth to calves. They must be cows that have never been hitched to a cart [MTY]. Hitch those cows to the new cart, and take the calves away from their mothers.
A protož udělejte vůz nový jeden a vezměte dvě krávy otelené, na kteréž jha nebylo vzkládáno, a zapřáhněte ty krávy do vozu, a zavřete telata jejich doma, aby za nimi nešla.
8 Put the Israelis’ god’s sacred chest on the cart. Also put in the cart the five gold models of the tumors on your skin and the five gold models of rats. Put them in a small box alongside the sacred chest. They will be an offering to show that you know that you deserved to be punished [for capturing the sacred chest]. Then send [the cows] down the road, [pulling] the cart.
A vezmouce truhlu Hospodinovu, vstavte ji na vůz; nádoby pak zlaté, kteréž jste dali jí za provinění, položte v škřiňce po boku jejím, a propusťte ji, ať odejde.
9 [Watch the cart as the cows pull it]. If they pull it to Beth-Shemesh [town] in Israel, we will know that it was the Israelis’ god who caused us to experience this plague. But if they do not take it there, we will know that it was not the god [MTY] of the Israelis who has punished us. We will know that it just happened.”
A šetřte: Jestližeť cestou k cíli svému půjde do Betsemes, onť jest nám způsobil všecko toto zlé přenáramné; pakli nic, poznáme, že ne ruka jeho dotkla se nás, ale náhodou nám to přišlo.
10 So the people did what the priests and men who predicted what would happen in the future told them to do. They [made] a cart [and] hitched two cows to it. They took the calves from their mothers.
Učinili tedy ti muži tak, a vzavše dvě krávy otelené, zapřáhli je do toho vozu, a telata jejich zavřeli doma.
11 They put in the cart Yahweh’s sacred chest and the box with the models of the gold rats and the tumors.
A vstavili truhlu Hospodinovu na vůz, i škřiňku i myši zlaté, a podobizny zadků svých.
12 Then the cows started walking, and they went straight toward Beth-Shemesh. They stayed on the road, and were mooing all the time. They did not turn to the left or to the right. The five kings of the Philistia area followed the cows until they reached the edge of Beth-Shemesh.
I šly upřímo krávy cestou, kteráž vede do Betsemes, silnicí jednou předce jdouce a řičíce, aniž se uchýlily na pravo aneb na levo. Knížata také Filistinská šla za nimi až ku pomezí Betsemes.
13 At that time, the people of Beth-Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley [outside the city]. [When the cows came along the road], they looked up and saw the sacred chest. They were extremely happy to see it.
Betsemští pak žali tehdáž pšenici v údolí, a pozdvihše očí svých, uzřeli truhlu; i veselili se, vidouce ji.
14 The cows pulled the cart into the field of a man named Joshua, and they stopped alongside a large rock. Several men from the tribe of Levi lifted from the cart the sacred chest and the box containing the gold models of the rats and the tumors, and they put them all on the large rock. Then the people smashed the cart and kindled a fire with the wood [from which the cart had been made]. They slaughtered the cows and burned their bodies/carcasses on the fire to be an offering for Yahweh that would be completely burned. That day the people of Beth-Shemesh offered to Yahweh [many] sacrifices that were completely burned, and [other] sacrifices.
A když přijel vůz na pole Jozue Betsemského, tu se zastavil. I byl tu kámen veliký. Tedy zsekavše dříví vozu toho i ty krávy, obětovali je v obět zápalnou Hospodinu.
Levítové pak složili truhlu Hospodinovu i škřiňku, kteráž byla při ní, v níž byly nádoby zlaté, a postavili na ten kámen veliký. Muži pak Betsemští dodávali obětí zápalných, a obětovali oběti v ten den Hospodinu.
16 The five kings from the Philistia area watched all this, and then they returned to Ekron, that same day.
Což viděvše knížata Filistinská, navrátili se do Akaron téhož dne.
17 The five gold models of tumors that they sent to be an offering to Yahweh to show that they knew that they deserved to be punished were gifts from [those five kings who were rulers of] Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron [cities].
Tito jsou pak zadkové zlatí, kteréž dali Filistinští za své provinění Hospodinu, za Azot jeden, za Gázu jeden, za Aškalon jeden, za Gát jeden, za Akaron jeden.
18 The models of the five gold rats were gifts from the people of those five cities and the surrounding towns. The large rock at Beth-Shemesh, on which the [men of the tribe of Levi] set the sacred chest, is still there in the field that belonged to Joshua. When people see it, they remember [what happened there].
Myši také zlaté, vedlé počtu všech měst Filistinských, za patero knížetství, od města hrazeného až do vsi nehrazené, a až k kameni tomu velikému, na němž postavili truhlu Hospodinovu, kterýž jest až do tohoto dne na poli Jozue Betsemského.
19 But seventy men from Beth-Shemesh looked into Yahweh’s sacred chest, and because of that, Yahweh caused them to die. Then the people mourned very much because Yahweh punished [IDM] those men like that.
Pobil pak Hospodin z mužů Betsemských, kteříž hleděli do truhly Hospodinovy, pobil, pravím, z lidu padesát tisíců a sedmdesáte mužů. I kvílil lid, proto že učinil Hospodin v lidu porážku velikou.
20 They said, “No one [RHQ] can (resist the power of/stand in the presence of) Yahweh, our holy God, [and remain alive]! Where can we send the sacred chest?”
Protož řekli muži Betsemští: Kdož bude moci ostáti před Hospodinem Bohem svatým tímto? A k komu odejde od nás?
21 They sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-Jearim [city] to tell them, “The people of Philistia have returned Yahweh’s sacred chest to us! Come here and take it away!”
I poslali posly k obyvatelům Kariatjeharim, řkouce: Vrátili zase Filistinští truhlu Hospodinovu; přiďte, vezměte ji k sobě.
