¹And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

¹A truhla Hospodinova bola sedem mesiacov v kraji Filištínov.

²And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.

²Vtedy povolali Filištíni kňazov a veštcov a povedali: Čo máme urobiť s truhlu Hospodinovou? Povedzte nám, ako ju pošleme zpät na jej miesto?

³And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise 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.

³A oni povedali: Ak odošlete truhlu Boha Izraelovho, neposielajte jej s prázdnym, ale na každý spôsob jej dáte obeť za previnenie, vtedy budete uzdravení, a tak poznáte, prečo neuhla jeho ruka od vás.

⁴Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

⁴A pýtali sa: Jaká to má byť obeť za previnenie, ktorú jej máme dať? A oni odpovedali: Podľa počtu kniežat Filištínov dáte päť zlatých vredov a päť zlatých myší. Lebo jedna a tá istá rana bola na nich na všetkých i na vašich kniežatách.

⁵Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

⁵A tak spravíte podoby svojich vredov a podoby svojich myší, ktoré kazia zem, a dáte Bohu Izraelovmu slávu; snáď uľahčí svoju ruku a odníme ju s vás i s vašich bohov i s vašej zeme.

⁶Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

⁶Prečo by ste mali zatvrdiť svoje srdce, jako zatvrdili Egypťania i faraon svoje srdce? Či azda nebolo tak, že keď vykonal na nich svoju moc, že ich prepustili a išli?

⁷Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:

⁷A tak teraz vezmite a pripravte jeden nový voz a vezmite dve kojné kravy, na ktoré ešte nebolo vzložené jarmo, zapriahnite kravy do voza, a ich teľce zavrátite domov, aby neišly za nimi.

⁸And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

⁸A vezmúc truhlu Hospodinovu dáte ju na voz i tie zlaté nádoby, ktoré ste jej dali obeťou za previnenie sa, položíte do skriňky po jej strane, a tak ju odošlete, a pojde.

⁹And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.

⁹A pozorujte: ak pojde cestou hore k svojmu územiu do Bét-šemeša, vtedy bude zrejmé, že on nám učinil to veľké zlo, a jestli nie, budeme vedieť, že nie jeho ruka sa nás dotkla; náhodou sa nám to stalo.

¹⁰And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:

¹⁰Vtedy mužovia urobili tak; vzali dve kojné kravy a zapriahli ich do voza a ich teľce zavreli doma.

¹¹And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.

¹¹A truhlu Hospodinovu položili na voz i skriňku i zlaté myši i podoby svojich prýšťov.

¹²And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

¹²A kravy išly priamo cestou, hore cestou do Bét-šemeša, jednou krajinskou cestou išly pozvoľna a ručaly ani sa neuhly ani napravo ani naľavo, a kniežatá Filištínov išly za nimi až po chotár Bét-šemeša.

¹³And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

¹³A Bét-šemešania práve žali pšenicu na doline. A keď pozdvihli svoje oči, videli truhlu a radovali sa tomu, že ju vidia.

¹⁴And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.

¹⁴A voz prišiel na pole Jozuu Bét-šemešského a zastál tam. A bol tam veľký kameň. A poštiepuc drevo z voza a zabijúc kravy obetovali zápalnú obeť Hospodinovi.

¹⁵And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.

¹⁵A Levitovia složili truhlu Hospodinovu i skriňku, ktorá bola pri nej, v ktorej boly zlaté nádoby, a postavili na ten veľký kameň. A mužovia mesta Bét-šemeša obetovali zápalné obeti a bitné obeti v ten deň Hospodinovi.

¹⁶And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

¹⁶A keď to videlo pätoro kniežat Filištínov, vrátili sa do Ekróna toho istého dňa.

¹⁷And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

¹⁷A toto boly tie zlaté prýšte, ktoré dali Filištíni obeťou za previnenie sa Hospodinovi: za Ašdód jeden, za Gazu jeden, za Aškalón jeden, za Gát jeden, za Ekrón jeden.

¹⁸And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.

¹⁸Zlatých myší bolo podľa počtu všetkých miest Filištínov, ktoré patrily tým piatim kniežatám, počnúc od ohradeného mesta až po otvorenú ves, až po ten veľký kameň Ábel, na ktorý boli položili truhlu Hospodinovu, a ktorý je tam až do tohoto dňa, na poli Jozuu Bét-šemešského.

¹⁹And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

¹⁹A Hospodin zabil niektorých mužov z Bét-šemeša, lebo nazerali do truhly Hospodinovej zo všetečnosti, a pobil z ľudu sedemdesiatich mužov z päťdesiat tisíc mužov. A preto smútil ľud, že Hospodin porazil tak mnohých z ľudu a spôsobil tak veľkú porážku.

²⁰And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

²⁰Vtedy povedali mužovia Bét-šemeša: Kto bude môcť obstáť pred Hospodinom, týmto svätým Bohom?! A kde ku komu má ísť od nás hore?

²¹And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

²¹A poslali poslov k obyvateľom Kirjat-jearíma s odkazom: Filištíni vrátili truhlu Hospodinovu; prijdite a odneste ju k sebe hore!