1 Samuelsboken 6
1 Så var Herrans ark i sju månader uti de Philisteers land.
The people of Philistia kept God’s sacred chest in their area for seven months.
2 Och de Philisteer kallade sina Prester och spåmän, och sade: Hvad skole vi göra med Herrans ark? Säger oss före, hvarmed vi skole sända honom till sitt rum.
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 De sade: Viljen I sända Israels Guds ark, så sänder honom icke allstinges blottan, utan betaler honom ett skuldoffer; så varden I helbregda, och eder skall varda kunnigt, hvarföre hans hand icke återvänder af eder.
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 Men de sade: Hvilket är det skuldoffret, det vi honom gifva skole? De svarade: Fem gyldene ardsar, och fem gyldene möss, efter de fem Philisteers Förstars tal; förty det hafver varit allt enahanda plåga öfver eder alla, och öfver edra Förstar.
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 Så må I nu göra liknelse efter edra ardsar, och efter edra möss, som edart land förderfvat hafva, så att I hedren Israels Gud; tilläfventyrs hans hand varder lättare öfver eder, och öfver edar gud, och öfver edart land.
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 Hvi förhärden I edor hjerta, såsom de Egyptier och Pharao förhärde sin hjerta? Skedde det icke så, att då han beviste sig på dem, läto de fara dem, att de gingo sin väg?
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 Så tager nu till, och görer en ny vagn; och tager två unga däggande kor, på hvilka intet ok kommet är, och spänner dem för vagnen, och låter deras kalfvar blifva qvara hemma efter dem.
“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 Och tager Herrans ark, och sätter honom på vagnen; och de gyldene klenodier, som I honom till skuldoffer gifven, lägger i ett skrin utmed hans sido, och sänder honom åstad, och låter gån.
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 Och ser I till, går han upp den vägen åt sina gränsor emot BethSemes, så hafver han gjort oss allt detta stora onda; hvar ock icke, så måge vi veta, att hans hand icke hafver rört oss, utan det är oss eljest af en olycko påkommet.
[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 Folket gjorde ock så, och togo två unga däggande kor, och spände dem för en vagn, och behöllo deras kalfvar hemma;
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 Och satte Herrans ark på vagnen, och det skrinet med de gyldene möss, och med deras ardsars liknelse.
They put in the cart Yahweh’s sacred chest and the box with the models of the gold rats and the tumors.
12 Och korna gingo rättfram den vägen, som drog till BethSemes, på enom väg, och gingo och råmade, och veko hvarken på den högra sidona eller på den venstra; och de Philisteers Förstar gingo efter dem, allt intill BethSemes gränso.
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 Men de BethSemiter gingo och skåro i hveteandene i dalenom, och de hofvo sin ögon upp, och fingo se arken, och vordo glade att de fingo se honom.
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 Men vagnen kom uppå Josua den BethSemitens åker, och stadnade der. Och der var en stor sten; och de höggo sönder trät af vagnenom, och offrade de kor Herranom till bränneoffer.
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 Och Leviterna lyfte Herrans ark neder, och det skrinet, som der bredovid låg, der de gyldene klenodier uti voro, och satte på den stora stenen. Och det folket i BethSemes offrade på den dagen Herranom bränneoffer och annor offer.
16 När nu de fem Philisteers Förstar hade detta sett, foro de tillbaka igen på samma dagen till Ekron.
The five kings from the Philistia area watched all this, and then they returned to Ekron, that same day.
17 Och detta äro de gyldene ardsar, som de Philisteer offrade Herranom till skuldoffer: Asdod en, Gasa en, Askelon en, Gath en, och Ekron en;
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 Och gyldene möss efter talet af alla de Philisteers städer, under de fem Förstar, både murade städer och byar; och intill det stora sorgerummet, der de läto Herrans ark uppå, intill denna dag, på Josua den BethSemitens åker.
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 Och somlige af de BethSemiter vordo slagne, derföre att de hade sett Herrans ark; och han slog af folket femtiotusend och sjutio män. Då jämrade sig folket, att Herren hade med så stor plågo slagit folket.
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 Och det folket i BethSemes sade: Ho kan blifva ståndandes för Herranom, en sådana helig Gud? Och till hvem skall han fara ifrån oss?
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 Och de sände bådskap till de borgare af KiriathJearim, och läto säga dem: De Philisteer hafva fört igen Herrans ark; kommer hitneder, och hemter honom upp till eder.
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!”
