1 Samũeli 6
1 Na rĩrĩ, ithandũkũ rĩa Jehova rĩarĩkia gũikara bũrũri wa Afilisti mĩeri mũgwanja-rĩ,
And the ark of Jehovah is in the field of the Philistines seven months,
2 Afilisti magĩĩta athĩnjĩri-ngai na aragũri, makĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Tũgwĩka atĩa na ithandũkũ rĩĩrĩ rĩa Jehova? Twĩrei ũrĩa tũngĩrĩcookia kũrĩa rĩoimĩte.”
and the Philistines call for priests and for diviners, saying, 'What do we do to the ark of Jehovah? let us know wherewith we send it to its place?'
3 Nao magĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Mũngĩkorwo nĩ mũgũcookia ithandũkũ rĩa ngai ya Isiraeli, mũtikarĩcookie rĩrĩ itheri, no nginya mũrĩtũme na kĩndũ gĩa kũrutwo iruta rĩa mahĩtia. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmũkaahona, na mũmenye kĩrĩa gĩtũmĩte guoko gwake kwage kweherio igũrũ rĩanyu.”
And they say, 'If ye are sending away the ark of the God of Israel, ye do not send it away empty; for ye do certainly send back to Him a guilt-offering; then ye are healed, and it hath been known to you why His hand doth not turn aside from you.'
4 Afilisti makĩũria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ iruta rĩrĩkũ rĩa mahĩtia tũngĩmĩrutĩra?” Nao magĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Tũmĩhiano tũtano twa thahabu tũhaana mahũha, na tũtano twa thahabu tũhaana tũbĩa o ta ũrĩa aathani a Afilisti maigana, nĩ ũndũ inyuĩ na aathani anyu mũhũũrĩtwo na mũthiro mũthemba o ũmwe.
And they say, 'What [is] the guilt-offering which we send back to Him?' and they say, 'The number of the princes of the Philistines — five golden emerods, and five golden mice — for one plague [is] to you all, and to your princes,
5 Thondekai tũmĩhiano twa mahũha na twa tũbĩa iria irathũkia bũrũri, na mũtĩĩe ngai ya Isiraeli. No gũkorwo nĩakeheria guoko gwake kuume igũrũ rĩanyu, o na igũrũ rĩa ngai cianyu, o na bũrũri wanyu.
and ye have made images of your emerods, and images of your mice that are corrupting the land, and have given honour to the God of Israel; it may be He doth lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land;
6 Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte mũmie ngoro cianyu ta ũrĩa andũ a Misiri na Firaũni meekire? Rĩrĩa aamahinyĩrĩirie-rĩ, githĩ matiarekereirie andũ a Isiraeli nĩguo mathiĩ?
and why do ye harden your heart as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? do they not — when He hath rolled Himself upon them — send them away, and they go?
7 “Na rĩrĩ, haarĩriai ngaari njerũ, na ngʼombe igĩrĩ njiairĩ itarĩ ciohwo icooki. Muoherere ngʼombe icio ngaari-inĩ ĩyo, no mweherie njaũ ciacio mũcihingĩre kiugũ.
'And now, take and make one new cart, and two suckling kine, on which a yoke hath not gone up, and ye have bound the kine in the cart, and caused their young ones to turn back from after them to the house,
8 Oyai ithandũkũ rĩa Jehova mũrĩigĩrĩre igũrũ rĩa ngaari, na mũige gathandũkũ mwena-inĩ warĩo na mũgekĩre indo icio cia thahabu icio mũramĩcookeria irĩ cia iruta rĩa mahĩtia. Rekei rĩthiĩ,
and ye have taken the ark of Jehovah, and put it on the cart, and the vessels of gold which ye have returned to Him — a guilt-offering — ye put in a coffer on its side, and have sent it away, and it hath gone;
9 no mũikare mũrĩrorete. Rĩngĩambata rĩkinye bũrũri warĩo, rĩerekeire Bethi-Shemeshu-rĩ, nĩgũgatuĩka atĩ nĩ Jehova ũtũrehereire mũtino ũyũ mũnene ũũ. No kũngĩkorwo ti ũguo, nĩtũkamenya atĩ ti guoko gwake gwatũhũũrire, no nĩ ũndũ watũkorire o ũguo.”
and ye have seen, if the way of its own border it goeth up to Beth-Shemesh — He hath done to us this great evil; and if not, then we have known that His hand hath not come against us; an accident it hath been to us.'
10 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio magĩĩka ũguo. Makĩoya ngʼombe icio igĩrĩ magĩcioherera ngaari-inĩ, na makĩhingĩra njaũ ciacio kiugũ.
And the men do so, and take two suckling kine, and bind them in the cart, and their young ones they have shut up in the house;
11 Makĩigĩrĩra ithandũkũ rĩa Jehova igũrũ rĩa ngaari, na hamwe narĩo makĩigĩrĩra gathandũkũ karĩa kaarĩ na tũbĩa tũu twa thahabu na tũmĩhiano tũu twahaanaga mahũha.
and they place the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer, and the golden mice, and the images of their emerods.
12 Ningĩ ngʼombe icio ikĩambata irũngĩrĩirie irorete Bethi-Shemeshu, igĩthiĩ na njĩra yothe ikĩanagia; itiakerũrire na mwena wa ũrĩo kana wa ũmotho. Nao aathani a Afilisti magĩcirũmĩrĩra o nginya mũhaka-inĩ wa Bethi-Shemeshu.
And the kine go straight in the way, on the way to Beth-Shemesh, in one highway they have gone, going and lowing, and have not turned aside right or left; and the princes of the Philistines are going after them unto the border of Beth-Shemesh.
13 Hĩndĩ ĩyo andũ a Bethi-Shemeshu nĩ kũgetha maagethaga ngano yao kĩanda-inĩ, na rĩrĩa maatiirire maitho makĩona ithandũkũ rĩa Ngai, magĩkena nĩkũrĩona.
And the Beth-Shemeshites are reaping their wheat-harvest in the valley, and they lift up their eyes, and see the ark, and rejoice to see [it].
14 Nayo ngaari ĩgĩkinya mũgũnda-inĩ wa Joshua wa kũu Bethi-Shemeshu, nayo ĩkĩrũgama hakuhĩ na ihiga inene. Andũ acio magĩatũranga mĩtĩ ya ngaari ĩyo, na makĩrutĩra Jehova ngʼombe icio igongona rĩa njino.
And the cart hath come in unto the field of Joshua the Beth-Shemeshite, and standeth there, and there [is] a great stone, and they cleave the wood of the cart, and the kine they have caused to ascend — a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
15 Nao Alawii makĩruta ithandũkũ rĩa Jehova hamwe na gathandũkũ ka mĩhiano ĩyo ya thahabu, makĩmĩigĩrĩra igũrũ rĩa ihiga rĩu inene. Mũthenya ũcio andũ a Bethi-Shemeshu makĩruta ngʼombe icio irĩ igongona rĩa njino harĩ Jehova.
And the Levites have taken down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer which [is] with it, in which [are] the vessels of gold, and place [them] on the great stone; and the men of Beth-Shemesh have caused to ascend burnt-offerings and sacrifice sacrifices in that day to Jehovah;
16 Aathani acio atano a Afilisti makĩĩonera maũndũ macio mothe, na magĩcooka Ekironi mũthenya o ro ũcio.
and the five princes of the Philistines have seen [it], and turn back [to] Ekron, on that day.
17 Ĩno nĩyo mĩhiano ya mahũha ma thahabu ĩrĩa Afilisti maatũmire ĩrĩ igongona rĩa mahĩtia rĩa kũrutĩrwo Jehova: Mũhiano o ũmwe warutagwo nĩ ũndũ wa o itũũra: Ashidodi, na Gaza, na Ashikeloni, na Gathu, na Ekironi.
And these [are] the golden emerods which the Philistines have sent back — a guilt-offering to Jehovah: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
18 Naguo mũigana wa mbĩa cia thahabu waiganaga o ta matũũra ma Afilisti ma aathani acio atano, matũũra macio maairigĩirwo na thingo cia hinya hamwe na tũtũũra twa bũrũri wao. Narĩo ihiga rĩu inene harĩa maigĩrĩire ithandũkũ rĩa Jehova, nĩ mũira nginya ũmũthĩ rĩrĩ kũu mũgũnda-inĩ ũcio wa Joshua wa kũu Bethi-Shemeshu.
and the golden mice — the number of all the cities of the Philistines — for the five princes, from the fenced city even unto the hamlet of the villages, even unto the great meadow on which they placed the ark of Jehovah — [are] unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-Shemeshite.
19 No Ngai akĩũraga andũ amwe a kũu Bethi-Shemeshu, akĩũraga andũ mĩrongo mũgwanja nĩ ũndũ nĩmarorire ithandũkũ rĩa Jehova thĩinĩ. Andũ makĩrĩra nĩ ũndũ wa ihũũra rĩu inene Jehova aamahũũrĩte narĩo,
And He smiteth among the men of Beth-Shemesh, for they looked into the ark of Jehovah, yea, He smiteth among the people seventy men — fifty chief men; and the people mourn, because Jehovah smote among the people — a great smiting.
20 nao andũ a Bethi-Shemeshu makĩũria atĩrĩ, “Nũũ ũngĩkĩrũgama mbere ya Jehova, Ngai ũyũ mũtheru? Ithandũkũ rĩkwambatio kũrĩ ũ rĩoima haha?”
And the men of Beth-Shemesh say, 'Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and unto whom doth He go up from us?'
21 Ningĩ magĩtũmana kũrĩ andũ a Kiriathu-Jearimu, makĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Afilisti nĩmacookia ithandũkũ rĩa Jehova. Ikũrũkai mũrĩgĩĩre mũrĩambatie kwanyu.”
And they send messengers unto the inhabitants of Kirjath-Jearim, saying, 'The Philistines have sent back the ark of Jehovah; come down, take it up unto you.'
