1 Samuel 5

1 Setelah orang Filistin merebut Peti Perjanjian Allah, mereka membawanya dari Eben-Haezer ke kota mereka, Asdod.

Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

2 Di situ peti itu dibawa masuk ke kuil dewa mereka, Dagon, dan diletakkan di samping patung dewa itu.

The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

3 Ketika penduduk Asdod besoknya pagi-pagi datang ke kuil itu, mereka melihat bahwa patung Dagon telah jatuh tertelungkup di tanah, di depan Peti Perjanjian TUHAN! Mereka mengangkat patung itu dan mengembalikannya ke tempatnya.

And the Ashdodites rose early on the next day, and look, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they raised up Dagon and set him in his place again.

4 Tetapi keesokan harinya, pagi-pagi, mereka melihat bahwa patung itu sudah jatuh lagi di depan Peti Perjanjian itu. Kali ini kepala patung itu dan kedua lengannya terpenggal dan terletak di ambang pintu; hanya badan patung itu yang masih utuh.

And it happened when they arose early the next morning, look, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon's torso was intact.

5 (Itulah sebabnya, sampai hari ini para imam dewa Dagon dan semua penyembahnya di Asdod melangkahi ambang pintu kuil Dagon itu dan tidak menginjaknya.)

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon's house, step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day.

6 Kemudian TUHAN menghukum penduduk Asdod dan daerah sekitarnya dengan benjol-benjol pada tubuh mereka.

But the hand of the LORD was heavy on the Ashdodites, and he ravaged them and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory. And he brought up against them mice, and they burst out in their ships, and mice sprang up in the midst of their land, and there was a great terror of death in the city.

7 Ketika mereka melihat apa yang sedang terjadi pada mereka itu, mereka berkata, "Allah Israel menghukum kita dan dewa kita Dagon. Kita tidak boleh membiarkan Peti Perjanjian-Nya tinggal di sini lebih lama lagi."

When the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us; for his hand is severe on us, and on Dagon our god."

8 Sebab itu mereka mengundang kelima raja Filistin supaya berkumpul, lalu bertanya, "Peti Perjanjian Allah Israel itu harus kita apakan?" Jawab raja-raja itu, "Pindahkanlah ke kota Gat." Jadi, peti itu dipindahkan ke kota Gat, sebuah kota Filistin yang lain.

So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" Then the Gittites answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to us." So they brought the ark of God to Gath.

9 Tetapi setelah peti itu sampai di situ, TUHAN menghukum kota itu pula dan menimbulkan kegemparan yang sangat besar. Penduduk kota itu, baik yang muda maupun yang tua dihukum dengan benjol-benjol yang tumbuh pada tubuh mereka.

And it happened after they had brought it around, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.

10 Lalu Peti Perjanjian itu diantarkan ke Ekron, kota Filistin yang lain lagi. Setibanya peti itu di situ, penduduknya berteriak, katanya, "Peti Perjanjian Allah Israel itu dibawa ke mari untuk membunuh kita semua."

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, "Why have you brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people?"

11 Sebab itu mereka memanggil semua raja Filistin supaya berkumpul, lalu berkata, "Kembalikanlah Peti Perjanjian Allah Israel itu ke tempatnya semula supaya jangan dibunuhnya kita dan keluarga kita." Di seluruh kota terjadi kegemparan karena Allah menghukum penduduknya dengan sangat berat.

And they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people." For there was a very heavy terror of death throughout all the city when the ark of God arrived there.

12 Orang-orang yang tidak mati, ditimpa penyakit benjol-benjol itu, sehingga penduduk kota itu berteriak kepada dewa-dewa mereka, meminta tolong.

The men who did not die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.