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وَكَانَ تَابُوتُ ٱللهِ فِي بِلَادِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ سَبْعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ. ١ 1
The ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
فَدَعَا ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱلْعَرَّافِينَ قَائِلِينَ: «مَاذَا نَعْمَلُ بِتَابُوتِ ٱلرَّبِّ؟ أَخْبِرُونَا بِمَاذَا نُرْسِلُهُ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ». ٢ 2
The Philistines called for the priests, and for the diviners, and for the magicians, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we should send it to its place."
فَقَالُوا: «إِذَا أَرْسَلْتُمْ تَابُوتَ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَلَا تُرْسِلُوهُ فَارِغًا، بَلْ رُدُّوا لَهُ قُرْبَانَ إِثْمٍ. حِينَئِذٍ تَشْفَوْنَ وَيُعْلَمُ عِنْدَكُمْ لِمَاذَا لَا تَرْتَفِعُ يَدُهُ عَنْكُمْ». ٣ 3
And they said, "If you are going to send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty. But return to him a reparation, then you shall be healed and he will be reconciled to you. Will not, then, his hand be removed from you?"
فَقَالُوا: «وَمَا هُوَ قُرْبَانُ ٱلْإِثْمِ ٱلَّذِي نَرُدُّهُ لَهُ؟» فَقَالُوا: «حَسَبَ عَدَدِ أَقْطَابِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ: خَمْسَةَ بَوَاسِيرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَخَمْسَةَ فِيرَانٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ. لِأَنَّ ٱلضَّرْبَةَ وَاحِدَةٌ عَلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا وَعَلَى أَقْطَابِكُمْ. ٤ 4
Then they said, "What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him?" They said, "Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, for the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
وَٱصْنَعُوا تَمَاثِيلَ بَوَاسِيرِكُمْ وَتَمَاثِيلَ فِيرَانِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي تُفْسِدُ ٱلْأَرْضَ، وَأَعْطُوا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَجْدًا لَعَلَّهُ يُخَفِّفُ يَدَهُ عَنْكُمْ وَعَنْ آلِهَتِكُمْ وَعَنْ أَرْضِكُمْ. ٥ 5
Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that ravage the land, and you shall 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.
وَلِمَاذَا تُغْلِظُونَ قُلُوبَكُمْ كَمَا أَغْلَظَ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ وَفِرْعَوْنُ قُلُوبَهُمْ؟ أَلَيْسَ عَلَى مَا فَعَلَ بِهِمْ أَطْلَقُوهُمْ فَذَهَبُوا؟ ٦ 6
Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
فَٱلْآنَ خُذُوا وَٱعْمَلُوا عَجَلَةً وَاحِدَةً جَدِيدَةً وَبَقَرَتَيْنِ مُرْضِعَتَيْنِ لَمْ يَعْلُهُمَا نِيرٌ، وَٱرْبِطُوا ٱلْبَقَرَتَيْنِ إِلَى ٱلْعَجَلَةِ، وَأَرْجِعُوا وَلَدَيْهِمَا عَنْهُمَا إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ. ٧ 7
"Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart, and two milk cows, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
وَخُذُوا تَابُوتَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَٱجْعَلُوهُ عَلَى ٱلْعَجَلَةِ، وَضَعُوا أَمْتِعَةَ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّتِي تَرُدُّونَهَا لَهُ قُرْبَانَ إِثْمٍ فِي صُنْدُوقٍ بِجَانِبِهِ وَأَطْلِقُوهُ فَيَذْهَبَ. ٨ 8
and take the ark of the LORD, and lay it on the cart; and put the figures of gold, which you return him for a trespass offering, in a box by its side; and send it away, that it may go.
وَٱنْظُرُوا، فَإِنْ صَعِدَ فِي طَرِيقِ تُخْمِهِ إِلَى بَيْتَشَمْسَ فَإِنَّهُ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي فَعَلَ بِنَا هَذَا ٱلشَّرَّ ٱلْعَظِيمَ. وَإِلَّا فَنَعْلَمُ أَنْ يَدَهُ لَمْ تَضْرِبْنَا. كَانَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْنَا عَرَضًا». ٩ 9
And watch; if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us."
فَفَعَلَ ٱلرِّجَالُ كَذَلِكَ، وَأَخَذُوا بَقَرَتَيْنِ مُرْضِعَتَيْنِ وَرَبَطُوهُمَا إِلَى ٱلْعَجَلَةِ، وَحَبَسُوا وَلَدَيْهِمَا فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ، ١٠ 10
The men did so, and took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
وَوَضَعُوا تَابُوتَ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى ٱلْعَجَلَةِ مَعَ ٱلصُّنْدُوقِ وَفِيرَانِ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَتَمَاثِيلِ بَوَاسِيرِهِمْ. ١١ 11
and they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the box with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
فَٱسْتَقَامَتِ ٱلْبَقَرَتَانِ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ إِلَى طَرِيقِ بَيْتَشَمْسَ، وَكَانَتَا تَسِيرَانِ فِي سِكَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَتَجْأَرَانِ، وَلَمْ تَمِيلَا يَمِينًا وَلَا شِمَالًا، وَأَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ يَسِيرُونَ وَرَاءَهُمَا إِلَى تُخْمِ بَيْتَشَمْسَ. ١٢ 12
The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh; they went along the highway, mooing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. And the lords of the Philistines followed them to the territory of Beth Shemesh.
وَكَانَ أَهْلُ بَيْتَشَمْسَ يَحْصُدُونَ حَصَادَ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ فِي ٱلْوَادِي، فَرَفَعُوا أَعْيُنَهُمْ وَرَأَوْا ٱلتَّابُوتَ وَفَرِحُوا بِرُؤْيَتِهِ. ١٣ 13
And those of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
فَأَتَتِ ٱلْعَجَلَةُ إِلَى حَقْلِ يَهُوشَعَ ٱلْبَيْتَشَمْسِيِّ وَوَقَفَتْ هُنَاكَ. وَهُنَاكَ حَجَرٌ كَبِيرٌ. فَشَقَّقُوا خَشَبَ ٱلْعَجَلَةِ وَأَصْعَدُوا ٱلْبَقَرَتَيْنِ مُحْرَقَةً لِلرَّبِّ. ١٤ 14
The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there, where there was a great stone. And they split the wood of the cart, and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to the LORD.
فَأَنْزَلَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَٱلصُّنْدُوقَ ٱلَّذِي مَعَهُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ أَمْتِعَةُ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَوَضَعُوهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْحَجَرِ ٱلْكَبِيرِ. وَأَصْعَدَ أَهْلُ بَيْتَشَمْسَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَحُوا ذَبَائِحَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ لِلرَّبِّ. ١٥ 15
The Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the chest that was with it, in which the articles of gold were, and put them on the great stone. And the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to the LORD.
فَرَأَى أَقْطَابُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ ٱلْخَمْسَةُ وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى عَقْرُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ. ١٦ 16
When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
وَهَذِهِ هِيَ بَوَاسِيرُ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّتِي رَدَّهَا ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ قُرْبَانَ إِثْمٍ لِلرَّبِّ: وَاحِدٌ لِأَشْدُودَ، وَوَاحِدٌ لِغَزَّةَ، وَوَاحِدٌ لِأَشْقَلُونَ، وَوَاحِدٌ لِجَتَّ، وَوَاحِدٌ لِعَقْرُونَ. ١٧ 17
These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to the LORD: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
وَفِيرَانُ ٱلذَّهَبِ بِعَدَدِ جَمِيعِ مُدُنِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ لِلْخَمْسَةِ ٱلْأَقْطَابِ مِنَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلْمُحَصَّنَةِ إِلَى قَرْيَةِ ٱلصَّحْرَاءِ. وَشَاهِدٌ هُوَ ٱلْحَجَرُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ٱلَّذِي وَضَعُوا عَلَيْهِ تَابُوتَ ٱلرَّبِّ. هُوَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ فِي حَقْلِ يَهُوشَعَ ٱلْبَيْتِشَمْسِيِّ. ١٨ 18
and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD. That stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
وَضَرَبَ أَهْلَ بَيْتَشَمْسَ لِأَنَّهُمْ نَظَرُوا إِلَى تَابُوتِ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَضَرَبَ مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ وَسَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا. فَنَاحَ ٱلشَّعْبُ لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ ضَرَبَ ٱلشَّعْبَ ضَرْبَةً عَظِيمَةً. ١٩ 19
But the sons of Jeconiah did not rejoice with the people of Beth Shemesh when they saw the ark of the LORD. So he struck seventy men of them, and the people mourned, because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter.
وَقَالَ أَهْلُ بَيْتَشَمْسَ: «مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَقِفَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْإِلَهِ ٱلْقُدُّوسِ هَذَا؟ وَإِلَى مَنْ يَصْعَدُ عَنَّا؟» ٢٠ 20
And the men of Beth Shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before this holy thing? And to whom should he go up from us?"
وَأَرْسَلُوا رُسُلًا إِلَى سُكَّانِ قَرْيَةِ يَعَارِيمَ قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ رَدَّ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَٱنْزِلُوا وَأَصْعِدُوهُ إِلَيْكُمْ». ٢١ 21
They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, "The Philistines have brought back the ark of the LORD; come down, and bring it up to yourselves."

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