1 Saamuʼeel 5

1 Filisxeemonni erga taabota Waaqaa boojiʼanii booddee Ebeenezerii fuudhanii Ashdooditti geessan.

And the Philistines have taken the Ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,

2 Ergasiis taabota sana gara galma Daagonitti geessanii Daagon bira kaaʼan.

and the Philistines take the Ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.

3 Namoonni Ashdood yommuu guyyaa itti aanu ganamaan kaʼanitti Daagon taabota Waaqayyoo duratti addaan lafatti gombifamee argan! Isaanis lafaa kaasanii iddoo isaatti isa deebisan.

And the Ashdodites rise early on the next day, and behold, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the Ark of YHWH; and they take Dagon, and put it back in its place.

4 Garuu yommuu isaan guyyaa itti aanu ganama kaʼanitti Daagon taabota Waaqayyoo duratti addaan lafatti gombifamee ture! Mataa fi harki isaas irraa caccabee gulantaa balbalaa irra bubbuʼee ture; dhagna isaa qofatu hafe.

And they rise early in the morning on the next day, and behold, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the Ark of YHWH, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands are cut off at the threshold, only Dagon’s [body] has been left of him;

5 Wanni luboonni Daagon yookaan namni galma Daagon kan Ashdood jiru sana ol seenu kam iyyuu hamma harʼaatti gulantaa balbalaa irra hin ejjenneef kanuma.

therefore the priests of Dagon, and all those coming into the house of Dagon, do not tread on the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod, until this day.

6 Harki Waaqayyoo saba Ashdoodii fi naannoo ishee irratti jabaate; badiisa isaanitti fide; iitoos isaanitti naqe.

And the hand of YHWH is heavy on the Ashdodites, and He makes them desolate, and strikes them with lumps, Ashdod and its borders.

7 Namoonni Ashdoodis yeroo waan taʼaa ture arganitti, “Sababii harki isaa nuu fi Waaqa keenya Daagon irratti jabaateef taabonni Waaqa Israaʼel as turuu hin qabu” jedhan.

And the men of Ashdod see that [it is] so, and have said, “The Ark of the God of Israel does not abide with us, for His hand has been hard on us, and on our god Dagon.”

8 Kanaaf bulchitoota Filisxeem hunda walitti waamanii, “Taabota Waaqa Israaʼel maal gochuu qabna?” jedhanii isaan gaafatan. Isaanis, “Taabota Waaqa Israaʼel gara Gaati geessaa!” jedhanii deebisan. Kanaaf taabota Waaqa Israaʼel achii baasan.

And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines to them, and say, “What do we do to the Ark of the God of Israel?” And they say, “Let the Ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath”; and they bring around the Ark of the God of Israel;

9 Erga taabota sana achii baasanii booddee harki Waaqayyoo magaalaa sanatti jabaatee badiisa guddaa fide. Namoota magaalaa sana jiraatanis xinnaadhaa hamma guddaatti dhaʼe; akka dhiitoon isaanitti yaaʼus godhe.

and it comes to pass after they have brought it around, that the hand of YHWH is against the city—a very great destruction; and He strikes the men of the city, from small and to great; and lumps break forth on them.

10 Kanaafuu taabota Waaqaa gara Eqroonitti ergan. Akkuma taabonni Waaqaa Eqroon seeneenis namoonni Eqroon, “Isin nuu fi namoota keenya fixuudhaaf taabota Waaqaa nutti fiddan” jedhanii iyyan.

And they send the Ark of God to Ekron, and it comes to pass, at the coming in of the Ark of God to Ekron, that the Ekronites cry out, saying, “They have brought around the Ark of the God of Israel to us, to put us and our people to death.”

11 Kanaafuu bulchitoota Filisxeem hunda walitti waamanii, “Taabota Waaqa Israaʼel asii fageessaa; iddoo isaatti haa deebiʼu; yoo kanaa achii inni nuu fi saba keenya fixa” jedhaniin. Sodaan duʼaa magaalaa sana guutee tureetii; harki Waaqaas akka malee itti jabaatee ture.

And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, “Send the Ark of the God of Israel away, and it turns back to its place, and it does not put us and our people to death”; for there has been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, the hand of God has been very heavy there,

12 Warri hin duʼinis waan dhiitoon isaanitti yaaʼeef iyyi isaanii samiitti ol baʼe.

and the men who have not died have been struck with lumps, and the cry of the city goes up into the heavens.