1 Samweli 6
1 Basi sanduku la BWANA lilikaa katika nchi ya Wafilisti kwa miezi saba.
And the ark of Jehovah was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
2 Ndipo Wafilisti wakawaita makuhani na waganga; wakawaambia, “Tulifanyie nini sanduku la BWANA? Twambieni jinsi ambavyo tunapaswa kulirudisha sanduku katika nchi yake.”
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? tell us wherewith we shall send it to its place.
3 Makuhani na waganga wakasema, “Kama mtalirudisha sanduku la Mungu wa Israeli, msilipeleke bila zawadi; kwa namna yoyote ile mpelekeeni sadakaa ya hatia. Hapo ndipo mtapona, na mtajua ni kwanini mkono wake hadi sasa haujaondoka juu yenu.”
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; ye must at any rate return him a trespass-offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
4 Ndipo wakawauliza, “Sadaka ya hatia itakuwa nini kwamba tunampelekea?” Wakawajibu, “Majipu matano ya dhahabu na panya watano wa dhahabu, Idadi hiyo ya watano ni sawa na idadi ya viongozi wa Wafilisti. Kwa sababu tauni ya aina moja iliwashambulia ninyi na viongozi wenu.
Then they said, What is the trespass-offering which we shall return to him? And they said, Five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice, the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague is upon them all, and upon your lords.
5 Kwa hiyo, nilazima mtengeneze mifano ya majipu yenu, na mifano ya panya wenu ambayo huiharibu nchi, na mpeni utukufu Mungu wa Israeli. Labda ataondoa mkono wake kutoka juu yenu, kutoka juu ya miungu yenu, na kutoka juu ya nchi yenu.
And ye shall make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice that destroy the land, and give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
6 Kwanini mfanye mioyo yenu kwa migumu, kama vile Wamisri na Farao walifanya mioyo yao kuwa migumu? Hicho ni kipindi ambacho Mungu wa Israeli aliwashughilikia sana; Je, Wamisri hawakuwaachilia watu, na wakaondoka?
And why will ye harden your heart, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? When he had wrought mightily among them, did they not let them go, and they departed?
7 Basi sasa, andaeni mkokoteni mpya pamoja na ng'ombe wawili wake wanaonyonyesha, ambao hawajawahi kufungwa nira. Wafungeni ng'ombe hao kwenye mkokoteni, lakini warudisheni wale ndama wao nyumbani.
And now make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there has come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
8 Kisha lichukueni sanduku la BWANA na kuliweka ndani ya mkokoteni. Wekeni ndani ya kasha yale maumbo ya dhahabu mnayompelekea ambyo ni sadaka ya hatia kando yake. Ndipo mlipeleke lipate kuondoka.
and take the ark of Jehovah, and lay it upon the cart, and the golden jewels, which ye return him as a trespass-offering, put in the coffer by the side thereof; and send it away that it may go.
9 Kisha muwe makini; kama litapanda kwenda kwa njia hadi nchini mwake hadi Beth Shemeshi, basi mjue kuwa BWANA ndiye aliyetenda pigo hili kubwa. Lakini kama halitakwenda, ndipo tutajua kwamba siyo mkono wake uliotupatia mateso; badala yake tutajua kuwa yaliyotupata ilikuwa ni kwa bahati mbaya tu.
And see, if it go up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, it is he who has done us this great evil; if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that touched us; it was a chance [that] happened to us.
10 Watu hao wakafanya kama walivyoambiwa, walichukuwa ng'ombe wawili wanaonyonyesha, wakawafunga kwenye mkokoteni, na kuwabakiza ndama wao nyumbani.
And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
11 Wakaliweka sanduku la BWANA juu ya mkokoteni, pamoja na lile kasha lililobeba panya wa dhahabu na yale maumbo ya majipu yao.
And they laid the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the golden mice and the images of their sores.
12 Hao ng'ombe waliondoka moja kwa moja kuelekea Beth Shemeshi. Walikwenda kwa kuifuata nija moja kuu, wakiteremka walipokuwa wakienda, na hwakugeuka upande wa kushoto au kulia. Viongozi wa Wafilisti walifuata kwa nyuma hadi mpaka wa Beth Shemeshi.
And the kine went straight forward on the way to Beth-shemesh; they went by the one high way, lowing as they went; and they turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.
13 Nao watu wa Beth Shemeshi walikuwa wakivuna ngano yao katika bonde. Waliponyanyua macho yao juu na kuliona sanduku, wakafurahi.
And [they of] Beth-shemesh were reaping the wheat-harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
14 Huo mkokoteni ulifikia ndani ya shamba la Yoshua wa Beth Shemeshi na ukasimama hapo. Kulikuapo jiwe kubwa mahali hapo, wakatayarisha kuni kutokana na mkokoteni huo, na wakawatoa ng'ombe hao kama sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa ajili ya BWANA.
And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemeshite, and stood there; and a great stone was there. And they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine as a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
15 Walawi walilitelemsha sanduku la BWANA chini pamoja na kasha lake lililoyatunza yale maumbo ya dhahabu, wakaweka vitu hivyo juu ya hilo jiwe kubwa. Watu wa Beth Shemeshi walitoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na kutoa dhabihu kwa BWANA siku iyo hiyo.
And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, in which were the golden jewels, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered up burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Jehovah.
16 Hao viongozi watano wa Wafilisti walipoona hayo, walirejea Ekroni siku iyo hiyo.
And the five lords of the Philistines saw [it], and returned to Ekron the same day.
17 Haya ndiyo majipu ya dhahabu ambayo Wafilisti walirudisha kama sadaka ya hatia kwa BWANA: moja kwa ajili ya Ashdodi, moja kwa Gaza, moja kwa Ashkeloni, moja kwa Gathi, na moja kwa Ekroni.
And these are the golden sores which the Philistines returned as a trespass-offering to Jehovah: for Ashdod one, for Gazah one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
18 Idadi ya wale panya wa dhahabu ilikuwa sawa na ile ya idadi ya miji yote ya Wafilisti inayomilikiwa na viongozi watano, kwa miji iliyojengewa maboma na vijiji vya mashambani. Lile jiwe kubwa, ambalo kando yake waliweka sanduku la BWANA, lipo kama ushuhuda hadi leo katika shamba la Yoshua Mbeth- Shemeshi.
and the golden mice, [according to] the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and villages of the peasantry; [and they brought them] as far as the great [stone of] Abel, whereon they set down the ark of Jehovah, [which] is to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemeshite.
19 BWANA akawashambulia baadhi ya watu wa Bethi Shemeshi kwa sababu walichungulia ndani ya sanduku lake. Aliwaua watu sabini. Watu wakaomboleza, kwa sababu BWANA aliwapa watu pigo kubwa mno.
And he smote among the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, and smote of the people seventy men; and the people lamented, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter.
20 Watu wa Bethi Shemeshi wakasema, “Ni nani mwenye uwezo wa kushindana na BWANA, huyu Mungu mtakatifu? Na atampandia nani akitoka kwetu.”” Je, ni nani awezaye kusimama mbele ya BWANA, huyu Mungu mtakatifu? Na ni kwa nani ambako sanduku litaenda likitoka hapa.”
And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
21 Wakawatuma wajumbe kwenda kwa wenyeji wa Kiriath Yearimu, wakisema, “Wafilisti wamelirudisha sanduku la BWANA; teremkeni na mkalipeleke kwenu.”
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of Jehovah; come down, fetch it up to you.
