1 Samuel 5

1 Forsothe Filisteis token the arke of God, and baren awey it fro the stoon of help in to Azotus.

and Philistine to take: take [obj] ark [the] God and to come (in): bring him from Ebenezer [the] Ebenezer Ashdod [to]

2 And Filisteis tokun the arke of God, and brouyten it to the temple of Dagon, and settiden it bisidis Dagon.

and to take: take Philistine [obj] ark [the] God and to come (in): bring [obj] him house: temple Dagon and to set [obj] him beside Dagon

3 And whanne men of Azotus hadden rise eerli in the todir dai, lo! Dagon lay low in the erthe bifor the arke of the Lord. And thei token Dagon, and restoriden hym in his place.

and to rise Ashdod from morrow and behold Dagon to fall: fall to/for face his land: soil [to] to/for face: before ark LORD and to take: take [obj] Dagon and to return: return [obj] him to/for place his

4 And eft thei risiden eerli in the tothir day, and founden Dagon liggynge on his face on the erthe bifor the arke of the Lord. Forsothe the heed of Dagon, and twei pawmes of his hondis weren kit of on the threisfold;

and to rise in/on/with morning from morrow and behold Dagon to fall: fall to/for face his land: soil [to] to/for face: before ark LORD and head Dagon and two palm hand his to cut: eliminate to(wards) [the] threshold except Dagon to remain upon him

5 certis the stok aloone of Dagon lefte in his place. For this cause the preestis of Dagon, and alle that entren in to his temple, treden not on the threisfold of Dagon in Azotus til in to this dai.

upon so not to tread priest Dagon and all [the] to come (in): come house: temple Dagon upon threshold Dagon in/on/with Ashdod till [the] day [the] this

6 Forsothe the hond of the Lord was maad greuouse on men of Azotus, and he distriede hem, and he smoot Azotus and the coostis therof in the priuyere part of buttokis; and townes and feeldis in the myddis of that cuntrey buyliden out, and myis camen forth; and greet confusioun of deth was maad in the citee.

and to honor: heavy hand: power LORD to(wards) [the] Ashdod and be desolate: appalled them and to smite [obj] them (in/on/with tumor *Q(K)*) [obj] Ashdod and [obj] border: area her

7 Sotheli men of Azotus sien siche a veniaunce, and seiden, The arke of God of Israel dwelle not at vs; for his hond is hard on vs, and on Dagon oure god.

and to see: see human Ashdod for so and to say not to dwell ark God Israel with us for to harden hand: power his upon us and upon Dagon God our

8 And thei senten, and gaderiden alle the wise men, `ether princes, of Filisteis `to hem, and seiden, What schulen we do of the arke of God of Israel? And men of Geth answeriden, The arke of God of Israel be led aboute; and thei ledden aboute the arke of God of Israel.

and to send: depart and to gather [obj] all lord Philistine to(wards) them and to say what? to make: do to/for ark God Israel and to say Gath to turn: turn ark God Israel and to turn: turn [obj] ark God Israel

9 Forsothe while thei ledden it aboute, the hond of the Lord `of ful greet sleyng was maad on alle citees; and he smoot men of ech citee fro a litil man til to `the more, and the lowere entraylis `of hem wexiden rotun, and camen forth; and men of Geth token counsel, and maden to hem seetis of skynnes, ethir cuyschuns.

and to be after to turn: turn [obj] him and to be hand: power LORD in/on/with city tumult great: large much and to smite [obj] human [the] city from small: young and till great: old and to burst to/for them (tumor *Q(K)*)

10 Therfor thei senten the arke of the Lord in to Accoron. And whanne the arke of the Lord hadde come in to Accoron, men of Accoron crieden, and seiden, Thei han brought to vs the arke of God of Israel, that he sle vs and oure puple.

and to send: depart [obj] ark [the] God Ekron and to be like/as to come (in): come ark [the] God Ekron and to cry out [the] Ekron to/for to say to turn: turn to(wards) me [obj] ark God Israel to/for to die me and [obj] people my

11 Therfor thei senten, and gaderiden alle the wise men, `ethir princes, of Filisteis; whiche seiden, Delyuere ye the arke of God of Israel, and turne it ayen in to his place, and sle not vs with oure puple.

and to send: depart and to gather [obj] all lord Philistine and to say to send: depart [obj] ark God Israel and to return: return to/for place his and not to die [obj] me and [obj] people my for to be tumult death in/on/with all [the] city to honor: heavy much hand: power [the] God there

12 For dreed of deeth was maad in alle citees, and the hond of the Lord was `greuouse greetli. Also the men, that weren not deed, weren smytun in the priuy part of buttokis, and the yelling of ech citee stiede in to heuene.

and [the] human which not to die to smite (in/on/with tumor *Q(K)*) and to ascend: rise cry [the] city [the] heaven