Pirmā Samuela 6
1 Un Tā Kunga šķirsts sabija septiņus mēnešus Fīlistu zemē.
The people of Philistia kept God’s sacred chest in their area for seven months.
2 Un Fīlisti sasauca priesterus un zīlniekus sacīdami: ko lai darām ar Tā Kunga šķirstu? Sakāt mums, kā lai to sūtam atpakaļ savā vietā.
Then they summoned their priests and their (diviners/men who practice rituals to find out what would happen in the future). They asked them, “What should we do with the sacred chest of Yahweh? Tell us how we should send it back to its own land.”
3 Un tie sacīja: ja jūs Israēla Dieva šķirstu gribat sūtīt, tad nesūtat viņu tukšā, bet atmaksājiet Viņam noziegumu upuri; tad jūs tapsiet dziedināti, un jums taps zināms, kādēļ Viņa roka no jums nav atstājusies.
Those men replied, “Send with it an offering [to show Yahweh that you know that you are] guilty [for having captured the chest], in order that the plague will stop. If you do that, and then if you are healed, you will know that Yahweh is the one who caused you to experience the plague.”
4 Tad tie sacīja: kāds ir tas nozieguma upuris, ko mums Viņam būs maksāt? Un tie sacīja: pieci zelta augoņi un piecas zelta peles pēc piecu Fīlistu lielkungu skaita; jo vienāda mocība ir pār jums visiem un pār jūsu lielkungiem.
The people of Philistia asked, “What kind of offering should we send?” The men replied, “Make five gold models of the tumors on your skin, and five gold models of rats. Make five of each because that is the same number as the number of your kings, and because the plague has struck both you people and your five kings.
5 Tad taisiet nu tādas zīmes tā kā jūsu augoņi ir, un tādu peļu zīmes, kas jūsu zemi samaitā, un dodiet Israēla Dievam godu, varbūt ka Viņš Savu roku atvieglinās pār jums un pār jūsu dievu un pār jūsu zemi.
Make models that represent the rats and the tumors that are ruining your land. Make them in order to honor the god of the Israeli people. If you do that, perhaps he will stop punishing [IDM] you, and your gods, and your land.
6 Kāpēc tad jūs savu sirdi gribat apcietināt, kā ēģiptieši un Faraons savu sirdi apcietinājuši? Vai tas tā nav, kad Viņš brīnišķi tiem bija parādījies, tad tie atlaiduši (Israēla ļaudis), ka tie aizgāja?
Do not be [RHQ] stubborn [IDM] like the Egyptians and their king were. [They did not do what the Israelis’ god told them to do, so he punished them]. After the Israelis’ god finished punishing them very severely, they were glad to allow the Israelis to leave their country [RHQ].
7 Nu tad ņemiet un taisiet jaunus ratus un ņemiet divas zīžamas govis, uz kurām vēl nekāds jūgs nav bijis, un iejūdziet tās govis ratos un vediet viņu teļus no tām atpakaļ uz mājām;
“So you must build a new cart. Then get two cows that have very recently given birth to calves. They must be cows that have never been hitched to a cart [MTY]. Hitch those cows to the new cart, and take the calves away from their mothers.
8 Tad ņemiet Tā Kunga šķirstu un uzlieciet to uz tiem ratiem, un tās zelta lietas, ko jūs Viņam par nozieguma upuri maksāsiet, nolieciet trauciņā viņam blakām un sūtat viņu projām, lai iet.
Put the Israelis’ god’s sacred chest on the cart. Also put in the cart the five gold models of the tumors on your skin and the five gold models of rats. Put them in a small box alongside the sacred chest. They will be an offering to show that you know that you deserved to be punished [for capturing the sacred chest]. Then send [the cows] down the road, [pulling] the cart.
9 Tad lūkojiet, ja tas uz savas robežas ceļu iet, uz Bet-Šemesu, tad Tas mums visu šo lielo ļaunumu darījis, bet ja ne, tad mēs nopratīsim, ka Viņa roka mūs nav aizskārusi, bet tas mums no nejauši noticis.
[Watch the cart as the cows pull it]. If they pull it to Beth-Shemesh [town] in Israel, we will know that it was the Israelis’ god who caused us to experience this plague. But if they do not take it there, we will know that it was not the god [MTY] of the Israelis who has punished us. We will know that it just happened.”
10 Un tie ļaudis tā darīja un ņēma divas zīžamas govis un tās iejūdza ratos, un viņu teļus tie paturēja mājās.
So the people did what the priests and men who predicted what would happen in the future told them to do. They [made] a cart [and] hitched two cows to it. They took the calves from their mothers.
11 Un tie uzlika Tā Kunga šķirstu uz ratiem līdz ar trauciņu ar tām zelta pelēm un ar tām augoņu zīmēm.
They put in the cart Yahweh’s sacred chest and the box with the models of the gold rats and the tumors.
12 Tad tās govis gāja taisni pa ceļu uz Bet-Šemesu, vienu pašu ceļu tās gāja tikuši(nepārtraukti) bļaudamas, un neatkāpās ne pa labo, ne pa kreiso roku, un Fīlistu lielkungi tām gāja pakaļ līdz Bet-Šemesas robežai.
Then the cows started walking, and they went straight toward Beth-Shemesh. They stayed on the road, and were mooing all the time. They did not turn to the left or to the right. The five kings of the Philistia area followed the cows until they reached the edge of Beth-Shemesh.
13 Un Bet-Šemesas ļaudis pļāva kviešus ielejā, un kad tie savas acis pacēla un to šķirstu redzēja, tad tie priecājās, to redzēdami.
At that time, the people of Beth-Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley [outside the city]. [When the cows came along the road], they looked up and saw the sacred chest. They were extremely happy to see it.
14 Un tie rati nāca uz Jozuas, tā Bet-Šemieša, tīrumu un tur apstājās. Un tur bija liels akmens, un tie skaldīja to ratu malku un upurēja tās govis Tam Kungam par dedzināmo upuri.
The cows pulled the cart into the field of a man named Joshua, and they stopped alongside a large rock. Several men from the tribe of Levi lifted from the cart the sacred chest and the box containing the gold models of the rats and the tumors, and they put them all on the large rock. Then the people smashed the cart and kindled a fire with the wood [from which the cart had been made]. They slaughtered the cows and burned their bodies/carcasses on the fire to be an offering for Yahweh that would be completely burned. That day the people of Beth-Shemesh offered to Yahweh [many] sacrifices that were completely burned, and [other] sacrifices.
15 Un tie Leviti nocēla Tā Kunga šķirstu līdz ar to trauciņu, kas bija klāt, kur tās zelta lietas bija iekšā, un to uzlika uz to lielo akmeni, un Bet-Šemesas ļaudis upurēja tai dienā dedzināmos upurus un kāva Tam Kungam kaujamus upurus.
16 Un kad tie pieci Fīlistu lielkungi to bija redzējuši, tad tie tai pašā dienā griezās atpakaļ uz Ekronu.
The five kings from the Philistia area watched all this, and then they returned to Ekron, that same day.
17 Šie nu ir tie zelta augoņi, ko Fīlisti Tam Kungam deva par nozieguma upuri, vienu priekš Ašdodas, vienu priekš Gazas, vienu priekš Asklonas, vienu priekš Gatas, vienu priekš Ekronas.
The five gold models of tumors that they sent to be an offering to Yahweh to show that they knew that they deserved to be punished were gifts from [those five kings who were rulers of] Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron [cities].
18 Un tās zelta peles bija pēc visu Fīlistu pilsētu skaita, kas apakš tiem pieciem lielkungiem, gan no stiprajām pilsētām, gan no laucinieku ciemiem. Un par liecinieku ir tas lielais akmens, kur tie Tā Kunga šķirstu bija nocēluši, kas līdz šai dienai ir uz Jozuas, tā Bet-Šemieša, tīruma.
The models of the five gold rats were gifts from the people of those five cities and the surrounding towns. The large rock at Beth-Shemesh, on which the [men of the tribe of Levi] set the sacred chest, is still there in the field that belonged to Joshua. When people see it, they remember [what happened there].
19 Un Tas Kungs sita Bet-Šemesas ļaudis, tāpēc ka tie Tā Kunga šķirstu bija aplūkojuši, un Viņš sita no tiem ļaudīm septiņdesmit vīrus (piecdesmit no tūkstoša). Tad tie ļaudis bēdājās, ka Tas Kungs ar tādu lielu sišanu tos ļaudis bija sitis.
But seventy men from Beth-Shemesh looked into Yahweh’s sacred chest, and because of that, Yahweh caused them to die. Then the people mourned very much because Yahweh punished [IDM] those men like that.
20 Un tie ļaudis no Bet-Šemesas sacīja: kas var pastāvēt priekš Tā Kunga, šī svēta Dieva, vaiga? Un pie kā lai Viņš no mums aiziet.
They said, “No one [RHQ] can (resist the power of/stand in the presence of) Yahweh, our holy God, [and remain alive]! Where can we send the sacred chest?”
21 Tad tie sūtīja vēstnešus pie Kiriat-Jearimas iedzīvotājiem sacīdami: Fīlisti Tā Kunga šķirstu atkal ir atveduši; nāciet un novediet to pie sevis.
They sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-Jearim [city] to tell them, “The people of Philistia have returned Yahweh’s sacred chest to us! Come here and take it away!”
