¹Kui vilistid olid võtnud Jumala laeka, viisid nad selle Eben-Eeserist Asdodisse.

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

²Ja vilistid võtsid Jumala laeka ning viisid selle Daagoni kotta ja asetasid Daagoni kõrvale.

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

³Kui asdodlased teisel päeval vara üles tõusid, vaata, siis lamas Daagon silmili maas Issanda laeka ees. Nad võtsid Daagoni ja panid selle ta paika.

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.

⁴Kui nad järgmisel päeval hommikul vara üles tõusid, vaata, siis lamas Daagon silmili maas Issanda laeka ees, ja Daagoni pea ja mõlemad käelabad olid äraraiutuina lävel, üksnes Daagoni keha oli järele jäänud.

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.

⁵Sellepärast ei astu Asdodis kuni tänapäevani Daagoni preestrid ega ükski Daagoni kotta mineja Daagoni koja lävele.

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.

⁶Ja Issanda käsi oli raskesti asdodlaste peal, ta laastas neid ja lõi pärasoolepaisetega Asdodit ja selle maa-alasid.

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.

⁷Kui Asdodi mehed nägid, kuidas lugu oli, siis nad ütlesid: 'Ärgu jäägu Iisraeli Jumala laegas meie juurde, sest tema käsi on meie ja meie jumala Daagoni vastu vali!'

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.

⁸Ja nad läkitasid sõna ning kogusid kõik vilistite vürstid eneste juurde ja küsisid: 'Mida peaksime tegema Iisraeli Jumala laekaga?' Ja nad vastasid: 'Viidagu Iisraeli Jumala laegas Gatti!' Ja nad viisid Iisraeli Jumala laeka sinna.

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].

⁹Aga pärast seda, kui nad selle olid sinna viinud, tabas Issanda käsi linna väga suure jahmatusega: ta lõi linna inimesi, niihästi pisikesi kui suuri, nõnda et neile tekkisid pärasoolepaised.

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.

¹⁰Siis nad läkitasid Jumala laeka Ekronisse; aga kui Jumala laegas jõudis Ekronisse, kisendasid ekronlased, öeldes: 'Nad on toonud Iisraeli Jumala laeka minu juurde, surmama mind ja mu rahvast!'

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.

¹¹Ja nad läkitasid sõna ning kogusid kõik vilistite vürstid ja ütlesid: 'Saatke ära Iisraeli Jumala laegas, et see saaks tagasi oma paika ega tapaks mind ja mu rahvast!' Sest kogu linnas oli surmahirm, Jumala käsi oli seal väga ränk.

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;

¹²Neid inimesi, kes ei surnud, löödi pärasoolepaisetega; linna hädakisa aga tõusis taevani.

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