< 1 Samuel 5 >
1 And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,
非利士人將上帝的約櫃從以便以謝抬到亞實突。
2 and the Philistines take the ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.
非利士人將上帝的約櫃抬進大袞廟,放在大袞的旁邊。
3 And the Ashdodites rise early on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah; and they take Dagon, and put it back to its place.
次日清早,亞實突人起來,見大袞仆倒在耶和華的約櫃前,臉伏於地,就把大袞仍立在原處。
4 And they rise early in the morning on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands are cut off at the threshold, only the fishy part hath been left to him;
又次日清早起來,見大袞仆倒在耶和華的約櫃前,臉伏於地,並且大袞的頭和兩手都在門檻上折斷,只剩下大袞的殘體。(
5 therefore the priests of Dagon, and all those coming into the house of Dagon, tread not on the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod, till this day.
因此,大袞的祭司和一切進亞實突、大袞廟的人都不踏大袞廟的門檻,直到今日。)
6 And the hand of Jehovah is heavy on the Ashdodites, and He maketh them desolate, and smiteth them with emerods, Ashdod and its borders.
耶和華的手重重加在亞實突人身上,敗壞他們,使他們生痔瘡。亞實突和亞實突的四境都是如此。
7 And the men of Ashdod see that [it is] so, and have said, 'The ark of the God of Israel doth not abide with us, for hard hath been His hand upon us, and upon Dagon our god.'
亞實突人見這光景,就說:「以色列上帝的約櫃不可留在我們這裏,因為他的手重重加在我們和我們神大袞的身上」;
8 And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines unto them, and say, 'What do we do to the ark of the God of Israel?' and they say, 'To Gath let the ark of the God of Israel be brought round;' and they bring round the ark of the God of Israel;
就打發人去請非利士的眾首領來聚集,問他們說:「我們向以色列上帝的約櫃應當怎樣行呢?」他們回答說:「可以將以色列上帝的約櫃運到迦特去。」於是將以色列上帝的約櫃運到那裏去。
9 and it cometh to pass after they have brought it round, that the hand of Jehovah is against the city — a very great destruction; and He smiteth the men of the city, from small even unto great; and break forth on them do emerods.
運到之後,耶和華的手攻擊那城,使那城的人大大驚慌,無論大小都生痔瘡。
10 And they send the ark of God to Ekron, and it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of God to Ekron, that the Ekronites cry out, saying, 'They have brought round unto us the ark of the God of Israel, to put us to death — and our people.'
他們就把上帝的約櫃送到以革倫。上帝的約櫃到了,以革倫人就喊嚷起來說:「他們將以色列上帝的約櫃運到我們這裏,要害我們和我們的眾民!」
11 And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, 'Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and it turneth back to its place, and it doth not put us to death — and our people;' for there hath been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, very heavy hath the hand of God been there,
於是打發人去請非利士的眾首領來,說:「願你們將以色列上帝的約櫃送回原處,免得害了我們和我們的眾民!」原來上帝的手重重攻擊那城,城中的人有因驚慌而死的;
12 and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.
未曾死的人都生了痔瘡。合城呼號,聲音上達於天。