1 Samyèl 6
1 Alò, lach SENYÈ a te nan peyi Filisten yo pandan sèt mwa.
When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
2 Konsa, Filisten yo te rele prèt yo avèk divinò yo, e te di yo: “Kisa pou nou fè avèk lach SENYÈ a? Di nou kijan nou dwe voye li nan plas li.”
the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
3 Yo te di: “Si ou voye lach Bondye Israël la ale, pa voye li vid, men ou va anverite, remèt Li yon ofrann koupab. Konsa nou va geri e li va vin konprann poukisa men L poko retire sou nou.”
They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
4 Yo te reponn: “Kisa nou dwe voye kòm ofrann koupab pou remèt Li a?” Epi yo te di: “Senk imaj boul bouton fèt an lò avèk senk imaj sourit fèt an lò nan non prens Filisten yo. Paske se te yon sèl fleyo ki te vini sou nou tout ak sou prens nou yo.
“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
5 Konsa nou va fè yo sanblab a boul bouton nou yo, e sanblab a sourit ki anvayi peyi nou an, epi nou va bay glwa a Bondye Israël la. Petèt Li kab lache men l sou nou.
Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
6 Poukisa nou fè kè di tankou Ejipsyen yo avèk Farawon te fè kè yo di a? Lè li te fin aji sevèman avèk yo, èske li pa t kite pèp la ale e yo te ale?
Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?
7 “Pou sa, ale fè yon kabwèt nèf avèk de vach nouris ki pa t janm rale chaj. Fè vach yo rale chaj sou kabwèt la e retire ti bèf yo mennen yo lakay, lwen yo.
Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
8 Pran lach SENYÈ a e mete li sou kabwèt la, epi mete bagay an lò ke nou ap retounen bay kòm ofrann koupab la nan yon bwat akote li. Alò, voye li ale pou li kapab ale.
Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,
9 Veye, si li monte pa chemen Béth-Schémesch. Konsa n a konnen se Li menm ki fè nou gwo malè sila a. Men si se pa konsa; alò, nou va konnen ke se pa men Li menm ki te frape nou an, men sa te vin rive pa aza.”
but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
10 Se konsa mesye yo te fè. Yo te pran de vach nouris, yo te fè yo rale chaj nan kabwèt la e te fèmen ti bèf yo lakay.
So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
11 Yo te mete lach SENYÈ a sou kabwèt la e bwat la avèk sourit an lò ak imaj gwo boul bouton yo.
Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.
12 Epi vach yo te pran wout dwat nan direksyon Beth-Schémesch. Yo te fè wout nan gran chemen an. Yo te rele fò pandan yo nan wout la, e yo pa t vire akote ni adwat, ni agoch. Prens Filisten yo te swiv yo jis rive nan lizyè Beth-Schémesch la.
And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
13 Alò, Beth-Schémesch t ap fè rekòlt ble pa yo nan vale a. Yo te leve zye yo, yo te wè lach la, e yo te kontan wè li.
Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.
14 Kabwèt la te vini nan chan Josué a, moun Beth-Schémech, e li te kanpe la kote ki te gen yon gwo wòch. Konsa, yo te fann bwa kabwèt la e yo te ofri vach yo kòm ofrann brile a SENYÈ a.
The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
15 Levit yo te desann lach SENYÈ a ak bwat ki te avèk li a. Andedan te gen tout bagay an lò yo e yo te mete yo sou gwo wòch la. Epi mesye Beth-Schémech yo te ofri ofrann brile e yo te fè sakrifis nan jou sa a bay SENYÈ a.
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
16 Lè senk prens Filisten yo te fin wè li, yo te retounen Ékron menm jou a.
And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
17 Sa yo se imaj gwo boul bouton an lò ke Filisten yo te remèt kòm yon ofrann koupab bay SENYÈ a: youn pou Asdod, youn pou Gaza, youn pou Askalon, youn pou Gath e youn pou Ékron;
As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
18 anplis ak sourit an lò yo, selon kantite a tout vil Filisten ki te pou senk prens yo, vil fòtifye yo ak bouk andeyò yo. Gwo wòch kote yo te mete lach SENYÈ a se yon temwen jis rive jodi a nan chan Josué a, moun Beth-Schémech la.
The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
19 Li te frape e fè mouri kèk mesye Beth-Schémech akoz yo te gade anndan lach SENYÈ a. Li te frape pami tout pèp la, senkant-mil-swasann-dis òm e pèp la te vin dezole akoz SENYÈ a te frape yo avèk yon gwo masak.
But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
20 Mesye Beth-Schémech yo te di: “Se kilès ki kab kanpe devan SENYÈ Bondye sen sila a? Epi a kilès pou Li ta monte kite nou?”
The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
21 Konsa, yo te voye mesaje yo vè moun Kirjath-Jearim yo e te di: “Filisten yo te pote lach SENYÈ a retounen. Vin desann pran li monte kote nou an.”
So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
