1 Samoela 6
1 Ary ny fiaran’ i Jehovah dia tany amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina fito volana.
Now the ark of the Lord was in the region of the Philistines for seven months.
2 Ary ny Filistina nampaka ny mpisorona sy ny mpanao fankatovana ka nanao hoe: Ahoana no hataontsika amin’ ny fiaran’ i Jehovah? Lazao aminay izay hanateranay azy ho any amin’ ny fitoerany.
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying: “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Reveal to us in what manner we should send it back to its place.” And they said:
3 Ary hoy ireo: Raha aterinareo ny fiaran’ ny Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, aza aterina foana izy, fa manatera fanati-panonerana ho Azy mihitsy, dia ho sitrana ianareo, ary ho fantatrareo koa izay tsy ialan’ ny tànany aminareo.
“If you send back the ark of the God of Israel, do not choose to release it empty. Instead, repay to him what you owe because of sin. And then you will be cured. And you will know why his hand did not withdraw from you.”
4 Dia hoy ny olona: Inona ary no fanati-panonerana haterinay ho Azy? Ary hoy kosa ireo: Vay volamena dimy sy totozy volamena dimy, araka ny isan’ ireo andrianan’ ny Filistina; fa aretina iray ihany no manjo anareo rehetra sy ny andriananareo.
And they said, “What is it that we ought to repay to him because of transgression?” And they responded:
5 Koa manaova sarin’ ny vainareo sy sarin’ ny totozinareo izay manimba ny tany; ary omeo voninahitra ny Andriamanitry ny Isiraely; angamba hanamaivana ny tanany hiala aminareo sy ny andriamanitrareo ary ny taninareo Izy.
“In accord with the number of the provinces of the Philistines, you shall fashion five gold cysts and five gold mice. For the same plague has been upon all of you and your princes. And you shall fashion a likeness of your cysts and a likeness of the mice, which have destroyed the land. And so shall you give glory to the God of Israel, so that perhaps he may lift off his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land.
6 Fa nahoana no manamafy ny fonareo ianareo, toy ny nanamafian’ ny Egyptiana sy Farao ny fony? Raha nanao fahagagana namelezany azy Izy, moa tsy nalefany handeha va ny olona, ka dia lasa?
Why have you hardened your hearts, just as Egypt and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he was struck, did he not then release them, and they went away?
7 Koa ankehitriny manaova sariety vaovao, ary mangalà ombivavy roa mitaiza, izay tsy mbola nasiana zioga, dia afehezo amin’ ny sariety ny ombivavy, ka ento mody ny zanany hiala aminy.
Now therefore, fashion and take a new cart, with two cows that have given birth, but on which no yoke has been imposed. And yoke them to the cart, but retain their calves at home.
8 Ary alao ny fiaran’ i Jehovah, ka apetraho eo ambonin’ ny sariety, dia ataovy ao anaty vata kely eo anilany ny fanaka volamena haterinareo ho Azy ho fanati-panonerana, ka ampandehano izany.
And you shall take the ark of the Lord, and you shall place it upon the cart, with the articles of gold that you have paid to him on behalf of transgression. You shall place these in a little box at its side. And release it, so that it may go.
9 Ary izahao, ka raha miakatra amin’ ny lalana mankany amin’ ny taniny ihany ho any Beti-semesy izany, dia Jehovah no nahatonga izao loza lehibe izao tamintsika; fa raha tsy izany, dia ho fantatsika fa tsy ny tanany no namely antsika, fa mby amin’ izay hanjo antsika.
And you shall watch. And if, indeed, it ascends by the way of his own parts, toward Beth-shemesh, then he has done this great evil to us. But if not, then we shall know that it is by no means his hand that has touched us, but instead it happened by chance.”
10 Dia nataon’ ny olona izany, ka naka ombivavy roa mitaiza izy, dia nafehiny tamin’ ny sariety ireo, fa ny zanany narindriny tao an-trano.
Therefore, they did it in this way. And taking two cows that were feeding calves, they yoked them to the cart, and they enclosed their calves at home.
11 Dia napetrany teo ambonin’ ny sariety ny fiaran’ i Jehovah sy ny vata kely ary ny totozy volamena sy ny sarin’ ny vay.
And they placed the ark of God upon the cart, with the little box that held the gold mice and the likenesses of the cysts.
12 Ary ny ombivavy nizotra mahitsy tamin’ ny lalana mankany Beti-semesy, dia nandeha tamin’ ny lalambe ka nimàmà teny am-pandehanana, ary tsy nania, na ho amin’ ny ankavanana, na ho amin’ ny ankavia, ary ireo andrianan’ ny Filistina nanaraka azy hatramin’ ny fari-tanin’ i Beti-semesy.
But the cows went directly along the way that leads to Beth-shemesh. And they advanced only in one direction, lowing as they went. And they did not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left. Moreover, the princes of the Philistines followed them, as far as the borders of Beth-shemesh.
13 Ary ny Beti-semesita nijinja ny vary tritika teny an-dohasaha; ary nanopy ny masony izy ka nahita ny fiara, dia faly raha nahita izany.
Now the Beth-shemeshites were harvesting wheat in the valley. And lifting up their eyes, they saw the ark, and they were glad when they had seen it.
14 Ary ny sariety tonga teo an-tanimbarin’ i Josoa Beti-semesita, dia nijanona teo, ary nisy vato lehibe teo; dia namaky ny hazon’ ny sariety ny olona ka nanatitra ny ombivavy ho fanatitra dorana ho an’ i Jehovah.
And the cart went into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemeshite, and it stood still there. Now in that place was a great stone, and so they cut up the wood of the cart, and they placed the cows upon it as a holocaust to the Lord.
15 Ary ny Levita nampidina ny fiaran’ i Jehovah sy ny vata kely izay teo aminy, dia ilay nitoeran’ ny fanaka volamena, ka nametraka azy teo ambonin’ ny vato lehibe; ary tamin’ izany andro izany ny mponina tao Beti-semesy nanatitra fanatitra dorana sy fanatitra hafa alatsa-drà ho an’ i Jehovah.
But the Levites took down the ark of God, and the little box that was at its side, in which were the articles of gold, and they placed them upon the great stone. Then the men of Beth-shemesh offered holocausts and immolated victims, on that day, to the Lord.
16 Ary raha hitan’ ireo andriana dimy tamin’ ny Filistina izany, dia niverina nankany Ekrona androtrizay ihany izy.
And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Ekron on the same day.
17 Ary izao no sary volamenan’ ny vay naterin’ ny Filistina ho fanati-panonerana ho an’ i Jehovah: an’ i Asdoda iray, an’ i Gaza iray, an’ i Askelona iray, an’ i Gata iray, an’ i Ekrona iray;
Now these are the gold cysts, which the Philistines repaid to the Lord for transgression: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one.
18 ary ny totozy volamena dia araka ny isan’ ny tanàna rehetra an’ ny Filistina, izay an’ ireo andriana dimy, an’ ny tanàna mimanda, na ny vohitra any ivelany, ka hatramin’ ny vato lehibe izay nametrahany ny fiaran’ i Jehovah; ary mbola any an-tanimbarin’ i Josoa Beti-semesita mandraka androany izany.
And there were gold mice, according to the number of the cities of the Philistines, of the five provinces, from the fortified city to the village that was without a wall, and even to the great stone upon which they placed the ark of the Lord, which was, at last in that day, in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemeshite.
19 Ary Jehovah namely ny mponina tao Beti-semesy noho ny nijerijeren’ ireo ny fiarany, ka dia olona fito-polo amby dimy alina no maty; dia nisaona ny olona, satria nasian’ i Jehovah, ka be dia be no maty.
Then he struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had seen the ark of the Lord. And he struck down some of the people: seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.
20 Ary hoy ny mponina tao Beti-semesy: Iza no mahajanona eo anoloan’ izao Jehovah Andriamanitra masìna izao? Ary ho amin’ iza no hiakarany, rehefa miala amintsika?
And the men of Beth-shemesh said: “Who will be able to stand in the sight of the Lord, this holy God? And who will ascend to him from us?”
21 Dia naniraka olona nankany amin’ ny mponina tao Kiriata-jearima izy hanao hoe: Efa naverin’ ny Filistina ny fiaran’ i Jehovah; koa midìna ianareo, dia ento miakatra ho any aminareo izy.
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying: “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Descend and lead it back to you.”
