¹Kad su Filistejci osvojili Kovčeg Božji, prenesoše ga iz Eben Haezera u Ašdod.

¹And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.

²Nato Filistejci uzeše Kovčeg Božji, unesoše ga u hram Dagonov i smjestiše pokraj Dagona.

²And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

³Sutradan ujutro, kad su žitelji Ašdoda došli u hram Dagonov, gle, Dagon ležaše ničice na zemlji pred Kovčegom Jahvinim. Oni digoše Dagona i metnuše ga natrag na njegovo mjesto.

³And when they of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

⁴Ali kad su ujutro uranili, gle, Dagon opet ležaše ničice na zemlji pred Kovčegom Jahvinim; glava Dagona i obje njegove ruke ležahu odsječene na pragu: na mjestu je stajao samo Dagonov trup.

⁴And when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the fish-stump was left to him.

⁵Zato Dagonovi svećenici i svi koji ulaze u Dagonov hram ne staju nogom na prag Dagonov u Ašdodu sve do današnjeg dana.

⁵Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any that come into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

⁶Tada ruka Jahvina teško pritisnu žitelje Ašdoda i natjera ih u silan strah: udari ih čirevima, Ašdod i njegovo područje.

⁶And the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he laid them waste, and smote them with hemorrhoids, -- Ashdod and its borders.

⁷Kad su ljudi u Ašdodu vidjeli što se dogodilo, rekoše: "Kovčeg Boga Izraelova ne smije ostati kod nas jer se ruka njegova ispriječila protiv nas i protiv našega boga Dagona."

⁷And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is severe upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

⁸Oni sazvaše i okupiše sve knezove filistejske k sebi i rekoše: "Što da radimo s Kovčegom Boga Izraelova?" A oni odgovoriše: "U Gat neka se prenese Kovčeg Boga Izraelova." I prenesoše Kovčeg Boga Izraelova onamo.

⁸And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they said, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about [thither].

⁹Ali kad su ga prenijeli, ruka se Jahvina spusti na grad i nasta silna strava: udari građane, od najmanjega do najvećega, tako da im se pojaviše čirevi.

⁹And it came to pass that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with very great panic; and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and hemorrhoids broke out upon them.

¹⁰Oni tada poslaše Kovčeg Božji u Ekron. Ali kad je Kovčeg Božji stigao u Ekron, povikaše Ekronjani: "Donesoše Kovčeg Boga Izraelova k meni da pomori mene i sav moj narod!"

¹⁰And they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, when the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.

¹¹Zato sazvaše i okupiše sve knezove filistejske i rekoše: "Pošaljite natrag Kovčeg Boga Izraelova, neka se vrati na svoje mjesto da ne pomori mene i moj narod!" Jer vladaše smrtna strava u svemu gradu, toliko ondje bijaše pritisnula ruka Božja.

¹¹And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it kill us not, and our people. For there was deadly alarm throughout the city: the hand of God was very heavy there;

¹²Ljudi koji nisu pomrli bili su udareni čirevima i bolni se vapaj grada dizao do neba.

¹²and the men that died not were smitten with the hemorrhoids; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.