1 Samuel 5

1 Setelah orang Filistin merebut Peti Perjanjian Allah, mereka membawanya dari Eben-Haezer ke kota mereka, Asdod.

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.

2 Di situ peti itu dibawa masuk ke kuil dewa mereka, Dagon, dan diletakkan di samping patung dewa itu.

When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

3 Ketika penduduk Asdod besoknya pagi-pagi datang ke kuil itu, mereka melihat bahwa patung Dagon telah jatuh tertelungkup di tanah, di depan Peti Perjanjian TUHAN! Mereka mengangkat patung itu dan mengembalikannya ke tempatnya.

And when they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

4 Tetapi keesokan harinya, pagi-pagi, mereka melihat bahwa patung itu sudah jatuh lagi di depan Peti Perjanjian itu. Kali ini kepala patung itu dan kedua lengannya terpenggal dan terletak di ambang pintu; hanya badan patung itu yang masih utuh.

And when they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

5 (Itulah sebabnya, sampai hari ini para imam dewa Dagon dan semua penyembahnya di Asdod melangkahi ambang pintu kuil Dagon itu dan tidak menginjaknya.)

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

6 Kemudian TUHAN menghukum penduduk Asdod dan daerah sekitarnya dengan benjol-benjol pada tubuh mereka.

But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and stroke them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

7 Ketika mereka melihat apa yang sedang terjadi pada mereka itu, mereka berkata, "Allah Israel menghukum kita dan dewa kita Dagon. Kita tidak boleh membiarkan Peti Perjanjian-Nya tinggal di sini lebih lama lagi."

And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

8 Sebab itu mereka mengundang kelima raja Filistin supaya berkumpul, lalu bertanya, "Peti Perjanjian Allah Israel itu harus kita apakan?" Jawab raja-raja itu, "Pindahkanlah ke kota Gat." Jadi, peti itu dipindahkan ke kota Gat, sebuah kota Filistin yang lain.

They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.

9 Tetapi setelah peti itu sampai di situ, TUHAN menghukum kota itu pula dan menimbulkan kegemparan yang sangat besar. Penduduk kota itu, baik yang muda maupun yang tua dihukum dengan benjol-benjol yang tumbuh pada tubuh mereka.

And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he stroke the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

10 Lalu Peti Perjanjian itu diantarkan ke Ekron, kota Filistin yang lain lagi. Setibanya peti itu di situ, penduduknya berteriak, katanya, "Peti Perjanjian Allah Israel itu dibawa ke mari untuk membunuh kita semua."

Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

11 Sebab itu mereka memanggil semua raja Filistin supaya berkumpul, lalu berkata, "Kembalikanlah Peti Perjanjian Allah Israel itu ke tempatnya semula supaya jangan dibunuhnya kita dan keluarga kita." Di seluruh kota terjadi kegemparan karena Allah menghukum penduduknya dengan sangat berat.

So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

12 Orang-orang yang tidak mati, ditimpa penyakit benjol-benjol itu, sehingga penduduk kota itu berteriak kepada dewa-dewa mereka, meminta tolong.

And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.