< 1 Samoela 6 >

1 Ary ny fiaran’ i Jehovah dia tany amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina fito volana.
And it came to pass, that the ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines, 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.
Then called the Philistines for the priests and for the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Let us know, wherewith we shall send it to its own place.
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.
And they said—If ye are going to send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away, empty, but ye must, surely return, to him, a guilt-offering, —then, shall ye be healed, and it shall be known to you, wherefore his hand would not turn away 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 shall be the guilt-offering, that we shall return to him? And they said—By the number of the lords of the Philistines, five tumours of gold, and five mice of gold, —for, one plague, was on you all, and on your lords.
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.
Wherefore ye shall make likenesses of your turnouts, and likenesses of your mice that are laying waste the land, and shall, give unto the, God of Israel, glory, —Peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your god, and from off 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?
Wherefore, then, should ye make your heart dull, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh made their heart dull! When he had done his great doings upon them, did they not let them go, and they departed?
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, take and get ready, one new waggon, and two milch kine, whereon hath never come yoke, —then shall ye fasten the kine in the waggon, and withdraw their calves from them, into the shed;
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 ye shall take the ark of Yahweh, and place it in the waggon, also, the jewels of gold which ye send back to him as a guilt-offering, shall ye put into a coffer, at the side thereof, —so shall ye let it go, and it shall depart.
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.
Then shall ye look—if, by the way of its own boundary, it goeth up to Beth-shemesh, he, it was who caused us this great affliction, —but, if not, then shall we know that it was not, his hand, that smote us, a chance, it was, that befell us.
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.
The men, therefore, did so, and took two milch kine, and fastened them in the waggon, —but, their calves, shut they up in the shed.
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 put the ark of Yahweh, into the waggon, —also the coffer, with the mice of gold, and the likenesses of their tumours.
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.
And the kine went straight along the road, on the way to Beth-shemesh, yea, along the main highway, they went, lowing as they went, turning not aside, to the right hand or to the left. And, the lords of the Philistines, went along after them, as far as the bounds 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, they of Beth-shemesh, were reaping their wheat-harvest in the vale, —so they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to meet 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 waggon, entered into the field of Joshua, a man of Beth-shemesh, and stood still, there, where also, was a great stone, —so they clave into pieces the planks of the waggon, and, the kine, offered they up as an ascending-sacrifice, unto Yahweh.
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.
And, the Levites, took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, wherein were the jewels of gold, and put them upon the great stone, —and, the men of Beth-shemesh, caused to go up ascending-offerings and offered sacrifices, that day, unto Yahweh.
16 Ary raha hitan’ ireo andriana dimy tamin’ ny Filistina izany, dia niverina nankany Ekrona androtrizay ihany izy.
And, the five lords of the Philistines, saw it, —and returned unto Ekron, 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 golden boils which, the Philistines returned as a guilt-offering unto Yahweh, —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 the golden mice, by the number of all the cities of the Philistines, pertaining to the five lords, both fortified cities, and country villages, —yea, even the great meadow whereon they rested the ark of Yahweh, until this day, is in the field-land of Joshua, the man of Beth-shemesh.
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.
And, when he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked into the ark of Yahweh, yea smote of the people seventy men [and] fifty thousand men, the people mourned, for that Yahweh had smitten the people with a great smiting.
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?
Then said the men of Beth-shemesh, Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? and, unto whom, shall he go up 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 unto the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, —The Philistines have returned the ark of Yahweh, come down, fetch it up unto you.

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