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

¹ Rabbi sundurko, handu iyye no a go Filistancey laabo ra.

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.

² Kala Filistancey na alfagey da gunakoy ce ka ne: «Ifo no iri ga te da Rabbi sundurko? Wa iri cabe nda mate kulu kaŋ cine no iri g'a samba d'a, a ma ye nga nango ra.»

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.

³ I ne: «Hala day araŋ ga Israyla Irikoyo sundurko sallama, araŋ ma s'a sallama kambe koonu. Amma mate kulu kaŋ cine no, araŋ ma sargay no a se, taali banayaŋ wane. Waato din gaa no araŋ ga te baani, araŋ ma du ka bay mo sabaabo kaŋ se a kamba mana hibi ka fun araŋ gaa.»

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.

⁴ Gaa no i ne: «Ifo ga ti taali se sargay kaŋ iri ga no a se?» I ne: «Wura jaŋ gu da wura caŋ gu, Filistancey koyey baayaŋ me. Zama balaaw folloŋ no go araŋ nda araŋ koyey kulu boŋ.

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.

⁵ Araŋ ma te araŋ jaŋey d'araŋ caŋey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga laabo sara himandi. Araŋ ma Israyla Irikoyo beerandi mo. Hambara a ga nga kamba dogonandi araŋ se, araŋ d'araŋ de-koyey d'araŋ laabo mo.

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?

⁶ Ifo se no araŋ g'araŋ biney sandandi binde, sanda mate kaŋ Misirancey da Firawna te, kaŋ yaŋ na ngey biney sandandi? Waato kaŋ a na goyey kaŋ ga dambarandi te i jine, manti i kokor ka borey taŋ, ngey mo tun ka dira?

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:

⁷ Sohõ binde, kal araŋ ma torko taji fo sambu. Araŋ m'a soola nda haw waari hinka kaŋ yaŋ i mana calu* haw i gaa baa ce fo, i ma torka din haw haw waari hinka din gaa. Day, i m'i handayzey gaay ka kaa i gaa k'i ye fu.

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.

⁸ I ma Rabbi sundurko sambu ka dake torka boŋ. I ma wura taalam jinay kaŋ yaŋ araŋ ga no a se daŋ a banda danga taali se sarga, sundurku kayna fo ra a carawey gaa. Day, araŋ m'a taŋ a ma koy.

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.

⁹ Amma araŋ ma guna bo. D'a na nga hirro me fonda gana ka koy Bayt-Semes, to, kulu nga no ka ilaalo beero wo te iri se. Amma da manti yaadin no, kulu iri ga bay kaŋ manti a kamba no k'iri kar, amma kasaara fo no kaŋ du iri.»

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

¹⁰ Borey binde te yaadin. I na haw waari hinka di ka torka haw i gaa, k'i handayzey gaay fu.

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.

¹¹ I na Rabbi sundurko dake torka boŋ, da sundurku kayna kaŋ gonda caŋey da jaŋ himandey a ra.

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.

¹² Hawey mo na Bayt-Semes fonda di, tururu, ka gana day fonda boŋ sap-sap. I ga dira, i ga borro! I mana kamba kambe ŋwaari wala kambe wow haray. Filistancey koyey mo n'i gana kala Bayt-Semes hirro gaa.

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.

¹³ Bayt-Semes borey binde goono ga ngey alkama wi heemar waate ngey goorey ra. I na ngey boŋey sambu. I na sundurko fonnay, i farhã nd'a diyaŋo mo.

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.

¹⁴ Torka binde furo Yasuwa, Bayt-Semes bora faro ra ka kay noodin, naŋ kaŋ tondi beeri fo go. Noodin no i na torka tuurey faara, i na hawey te sargay kaŋ i ga ton Rabbi se.

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.

¹⁵ Lawitey na Rabbi sundurko zumandi, nga nda sundurku kayna kaŋ go a banda din, nango kaŋ wura jinayey bara. I n'i dake tondi beero boŋ. Bayt-Semes borey mo na sargay kaŋ i ga ton salle. I na sargay fooyaŋ no mo han din Rabbi se.

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

¹⁶ Waato kaŋ Filistancey koy guwa din di woodin, han din i ye ka koy Ekron.

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;

¹⁷ Woone yaŋ no ga ti jaŋ himandey kaŋ yaŋ Filistancey no Rabbi se, taali banayaŋ sargay se: afo Asdod se, afo Gaza se, afo Askelon se, afo Gat se, afo mo Ekron se.

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.

¹⁸ Wura caŋey go mo kwaarey kulu lasaabo boŋ kaŋ yaŋ go Filistancey mayraykoy guwa din kambe ra, za kwaarey kaŋ yaŋ gonda cinari kulu ka koy kawyey, kal a ma kaa ka to tondi beero do kaŋ boŋ i na Rabbi sundurko dake. Tondo din binde go no hala ka kaa sohõ Yasuwa Bayt-Semes bora faro ra.

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.

¹⁹ Bayt-Semes borey ra mo Rabbi na boro zambar waygu nda boro wayye kar, zama i na Rabbi sundurko ra haray niigaw. Jama binde soobay ka baray zama Rabbi na jama kar da halaciyaŋ bambata.

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?

²⁰ Bayt-Semes borey mo ne: «May ka bara nda hina a ma kay Rabbi jine, Irikoy woone kaŋ ga hanan? May do no a ga koy ka fay da iri?»

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.

²¹ I na diyayaŋ donton i ma koy Ciriyat-Yeyarim gorokoy do. I ne: «Filistancey na Rabbi sundurko yeti koyne. Wa kaa k'a sambu ka kond'a araŋ do.»