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فَأَخَذَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ وَأتَوْا بِهِ مِنْ حَجَرِ ٱلْمَعُونَةِ إِلَى أَشْدُودَ. ١ 1
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Abenezer to Azotus.
وَأَخَذَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ وَأَدْخَلُوهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ دَاجُونَ، وَأَقَامُوهُ بِقُرْبِ دَاجُونَ. ٢ 2
And the Philistines took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
وَبَكَّرَ ٱلْأَشْدُودِيُّونَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ وَإِذَا بِدَاجُونَ سَاقِطٌ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَأَخَذُوا دَاجُونَ وَأَقَامُوهُ فِي مَكَانِهِ. ٣ 3
And the people of Azotus rose early, and entered into the house of Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord: and they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Azotians, and he plagued them, and he struck them in their secret parts, Azotus and her coasts.
وَبَكَّرُوا صَبَاحًا فِي ٱلْغَدِ وَإِذَا بِدَاجُونَ سَاقِطٌ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَرَأْسُ دَاجُونَ وَيَدَاهُ مَقْطُوعَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْعَتَبَةِ. بَقِيَ بَدَنُ ٱلسَّمَكَةِ فَقَطْ. ٤ 4
And it came to pass when they rose early in the morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [were] cut off each before the threshold, and both the wrists of his hands had fallen on the floor of the porch; only the stump of Dagon was left.
لِذَلِكَ لَا يَدُوسُ كَهَنَةُ دَاجُونَ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلدَّاخِلِينَ إِلَى بَيْتِ دَاجُونَ عَلَى عَتَبَةِ دَاجُونَ فِي أَشْدُودَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. ٥ 5
Therefore the priests of Dagon, and every one that enters into the house of Dagon, do not tread upon the threshold of the house of Dagon in Azotus until this day, for they step over.
فَثَقُلَتْ يَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى ٱلْأَشْدُودِيِّينَ، وَأَخْرَبَهُمْ وَضَرَبَهُمْ بِٱلْبَوَاسِيرِ فِي أَشْدُودَ وَتُخُومِهَا. ٦ 6
And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon Azotus, and he brought evil upon them, and it burst out upon them into the ships, and mice sprang up in the midst of their country, and there was a great and indiscriminate mortality in the city.
وَلَمَّا رَأَى أَهْلُ أَشْدُودَ ٱلْأَمْرَ كَذَلِكَ قَالُوا: «لَا يَمْكُثُ تَابُوتُ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَنَا لِأَنَّ يَدَهُ قَدْ قَسَتْ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى دَاجُونَ إِلَهِنَا». ٧ 7
And the men of Azotus saw that [it was] so, and they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us, for his hand [is] heavy upon us and upon Dagon our god.
فَأَرْسَلُوا وَجَمَعُوا جَمِيعَ أَقْطَابِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَقَالُوا: «مَاذَا نَصْنَعُ بِتَابُوتِ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» فَقَالُوا: «لِيُنْقَلْ تَابُوتُ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى جَتَّ». فَنَقَلُوا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٨ 8
And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines to them, and say, What shall we do to the ark of the God of Israel? and the Gittites say, Let the ark of God come over to us; and the ark of the God of Israel came to Geth.
وَكَانَ بَعْدَمَا نَقَلُوهُ أَنَّ يَدَ ٱلرَّبِّ كَانَتْ عَلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ بِٱضْطِرَابٍ عَظِيمٍ جِدًّا، وَضَرَبَ أَهْلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ مِنَ ٱلصَّغِيرِ إِلَى ٱلْكَبِيرِ، وَنَفَرَتْ لَهُمُ ٱلْبَوَاسِيرُ. ٩ 9
And it came to pass after it went about to Geth, that the hand of the Lord comes upon the city, a very great confusion; and he struck the men of the city small and great, and struck them in their secret parts: and the Gittites made to themselves images of tumours.
فَأَرْسَلُوا تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ إِلَى عَقْرُونَ. وَكَانَ لَمَّا دَخَلَ تَابُوتُ ٱللهِ إِلَى عَقْرُونَ أَنَّهُ صَرَخَ ٱلْعَقْرُونِيُّونَ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ نَقَلُوا إِلَيْنَا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِكَيْ يُمِيتُونَا نَحْنُ وَشَعْبَنَا». ١٠ 10
And they send away the ark of God to Ascalon; and it came to pass when the ark of God went into Ascalon, that the men of Ascalon cried out, saying, Why have you brought back the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people?
وَأَرْسَلُوا وَجَمَعُوا كُلَّ أَقْطَابِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَقَالُوا: «أَرْسِلُوا تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ وَلَا يُمِيتَنَا نَحْنُ وَشَعْبَنَا». لِأَنَّ ٱضْطِرَابَ ٱلْمَوْتِ كَانَ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. يَدُ ٱللهِ كَانَتْ ثَقِيلَةً جِدًّا هُنَاكَ. ١١ 11
And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it lodge in its place; and let it not kill us and our people.
وَٱلنَّاسُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَمُوتُوا ضُرِبُوا بِٱلْبَوَاسِيرِ، فَصَعِدَ صُرَاخُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ. ١٢ 12
For there was a very great confusion in all the city, when the ark of the God of Israel entered there; and those, who lived and died not were struck with tumours; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

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