1 Samuel 5
1 And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,
Na rĩrĩ, Afilisti maarĩkia gũtaha ithandũkũ rĩa Ngai, makĩrĩruta kũu Ebeni-Ezeri, makĩrĩtwara Ashidodi.
2 and the Philistines take the ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.
Magĩcooka magĩtwara ithandũkũ rĩu thĩinĩ wa hekarũ ya ngai yao ĩrĩa yetagwo Dagoni, na makĩrĩiga rĩriganĩtie na Dagoni.
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.
Rĩrĩa andũ a Ashidodi mookĩrire rũciinĩ tene mũthenya ũyũ ũngĩ-rĩ, magĩkora Dagoni ĩgũĩte ĩgakoma na nda hau mbere ya ithandũkũ rĩa Jehova! Makĩoya Dagoni makĩmĩcookia handũ hayo.
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;
No mookĩra rũciinĩ rũrũ rũngĩ-rĩ, magĩkora Dagoni ĩgũĩte ĩgakoma na nda hau mbere ya ithandũkũ rĩa Jehova! Mũtwe na moko mayo meerĩ nĩcioinĩkĩte, ikagũa hau hingĩro-inĩ ya mũrango wa nyũmba; no mwĩrĩ wayo watigarĩte.
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.
Nĩkĩo nginya ũmũthĩ gũtirĩ athĩnjĩri-ngai a Dagoni kana andũ angĩ matoonyaga hekarũ ya Dagoni kũu Ashidodi magereire hingĩro-inĩ ĩyo ya mũrango.
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.
Nakuo guoko kwa Jehova gũkĩũmĩra andũ a Ashidodi na kũndũ kũrĩa kwariganĩtie nakuo; akĩmarehere mwanangĩko na akĩmahũũra na mĩrimũ ya mahũha.
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.'
Na rĩrĩa andũ a Ashidodi moonire ũrĩa gwekĩka, makiuga atĩrĩ, “Ithandũkũ rĩa ngai ya Isiraeli rĩtigũikara na ithuĩ gũkũ gwitũ, nĩgũkorwo guoko gwake nĩgũtũũmĩire mũno hamwe na ngai iitũ Dagoni.”
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;
Nĩ ũndũ wa ũguo magĩcookanĩrĩria aathani othe a Afilisti, makĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Tũgwĩka atĩa na ithandũkũ rĩĩrĩ rĩa ngai ya Isiraeli?” Nao magĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Rekei ithandũkũ rĩĩrĩ rĩa ngai ya Isiraeli rĩthaamĩrio Gathu.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio magĩthaamia ithandũkũ rĩu rĩa Ngai wa Isiraeli.
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.
No rĩrĩ, maarĩkia kũrĩthaamĩria kuo, guoko kwa Jehova gũgĩũkĩrĩra itũũra rĩu inene, gũkĩgĩa kĩmako kĩnene. Akĩhũũra andũ a itũũra rĩu inene, arĩa ethĩ na arĩa akũrũ, akĩmarehere mĩrimũ ya mahũha.
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.'
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio magĩtwara ithandũkũ rĩu rĩa Ngai Ekironi. Na rĩrĩa ithandũkũ rĩu rĩatoonyaga Ekironi-rĩ, andũ a Ekironi makĩanĩrĩra na mũgambo makiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩmaarehe ithandũkũ rĩa ngai ya Isiraeli gũkũ gwitũ nĩguo matũũrage ithuĩ hamwe na andũ aitũ.”
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,
Nĩ ũndũ wa ũguo magĩcookanĩrĩria aathani othe a Afilisti makĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Cookiai ithandũkũ rĩĩrĩ rĩa ngai ya Isiraeli rĩehere gũkũ; nĩrĩcookio kũrĩa riumĩte kana rĩtũũrage hamwe na andũ aitũ.” Nĩgũkorwo gĩkuũ nĩkĩaiyũrĩtie itũũra rĩu inene kĩmako; guoko kwa Ngai nĩ kwarĩũmĩire mũno.
12 and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.
Nao arĩa mataakuire makĩhũũrwo na mĩrimũ ya mahũha, nakĩo kĩrĩro gĩa itũũra rĩu inene gĩgĩkinya o igũrũ kwa Ngai.
