Sie Samuel 5

1 Tukun mwet Philistia sruokya Tuptup in Wuleang elos usla liki acn Ebenezer nu Ashdod, siti selos sifacna.

Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

2 Elos usak nu in tempul lun god Dagon, ac filiya sisken ma sruloala se kacl sifacna.

The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

3 Ke mwet Ashdod elos toang tukakek in lutu tok ah, elos liye tuh ma sruloala kacl Dagon putatla oankiyuki ye mutun Tuptup in Wuleang lun LEUM GOD. Na elos srukak ma sruloala sac ac sifilpa folokonak nu yen se oan we ah.

When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again.

4 Toang in lutu tok ah, elos sifilpa liye tuh ma sruloala sac putatla ac oankiyuki ye mutun Tuptup in Wuleang. Pacl se inge sifa ac poun ma sruloala sac kipatla ac putatla oan ke mutunoa. Manol mukena oan sisken Tuptup in Wuleang.

When they arose early on the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the LORD’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.

5 (Ke sripa se inge, mwet tol lal Dagon, ku kutena mwet su utyak in alu nu sel in acn Ashdod, elos ac tupalot acn sac ac tia longya ye srungul uh. Ma inge orek na nwe misenge.)

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

6 LEUM GOD El akkeokye mwet Ashdod arulana upa ac aksangengyalos. El sang kai nu selos ac oayapa mwet su muta raunelosla. El oru tuh in oasr mahlap in manolos.

But the LORD’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and he destroyed them and struck them with tumours, even Ashdod and its borders.

7 Ac ke mwet Ashdod elos liye ma sikyak inge, elos fahk, “God lun Israel El akkeokye kut ac god lasr Dagon. Kut tia ku in lela Tuptup in Wuleang in oan paht yorosr.”

When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us, for his hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”

8 Ouinge elos supwalik mwet in pangoneni tokosra limekosr lun mwet Philistia ac siyuk selos, “Mea kut ac oru ke Tuptup in Wuleang lun God lun Israel?” Ac elos topuk ac fahk, “Usla nu Gath.” Na elos usla nu Gath, sie pac siti lun mwet Philistia.

They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath.” They carried the ark of the God of Israel there.

9 Ac tukun elos usla Tuptup sac nu Gath, LEUM GOD El kai pac siti sac ac oru tuh mwet we in arulana fohsak. El akkeokyalos ke mahlap in manolos — sikyak nu sin mwet nukewa in siti sac, mwet matu oayapa mwet fusr.

It was so, that after they had carried it there, the LORD’s hand was against the city with a very great confusion; and he struck the men of the city, both small and great, so that tumours broke out on them.

10 Ke ma inge elos supwala Tuptup in Wuleang nu Ekron, sie pac siti lun mwet Philistia. Na ke pacl se sun acn se inge, mwet we elos wowoyak ac fahk, “Elos use Tuptup in Wuleang lun God lun Israel in tuh unikutla!”

So they sent God’s ark to Ekron. As God’s ark came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here to us, to kill us and our people.”

11 Na mwet inge sifilpa supwala mwet in pangonma tokosra limekosr lun mwet Philistia ac fahk, “Folokunla Tuptup in Wuleang lun God lun Israel nu in acn se sifacna, tuh in tia unikutla ac sou lasr.” Mwet nukewa in siti sac arulana fohsak mweyen upana kaiyuk lun God nu selos.

They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, “Send the ark of the God of Israel away, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly panic throughout all the city. The hand of God was very heavy there.

12 Finne elos su tiana misa, oasr mahlap sikyak in manolos ac elos pang nu sin god lalos ac kwafe tuh elos in kasrelos.

The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumours; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.