¹Ary ny fiaran'i Jehovah dia tany amin'ny tanin'ny Filistina fito volana.

¹The ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

²Ary ny Filistina nampaka ny mpisorona sy ny mpanao fankatovana ka nanao hoe: Ahoana no hataontsika amin'ny fiaran'i Jehovah? Lazao aminay izay hanateranay azy ho any amin'ny fitoerany.

²The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we shall send it to its place.”

³Ary hoy ireo: Raha aterinareo ny fiaran'ny Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, aza aterina foana izy, fa manatera fanati-panonerana ho Azy mihitsy, dia ho sitrana ianareo, ary ho fantatrareo koa izay tsy ialan'ny tànany aminareo.

³They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don’t send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.”

⁴Dia hoy ny olona: Inona ary no fanati-panonerana haterinay ho Azy? Ary hoy kosa ireo: Vay volamena dimy sy totozy volamena dimy, araka ny isan'ireo andrianan'ny Filistina; fa aretina iray ihany no manjo anareo rehetra sy ny andriananareo.

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

⁵Koa manaova sarin'ny vainareo sy sarin'ny totozinareo izay manimba ny tany; ary omeo voninahitra ny Andriamanitry ny Isiraely; angamba hanamaivana ny tanany hiala aminareo sy ny andriamanitrareo ary ny taninareo Izy.

⁵Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

⁶Fa nahoana no manamafy ny fonareo ianareo, toy ny nanamafian'ny Egyptiana sy Farao ny fony? Raha nanao fahagagana namelezany azy Izy, moa tsy nalefany handeha va ny olona, ka dia lasa?

⁶Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, didn’t they let the people go, and they departed?

⁷Koa ankehitriny manaova sariety vaovao, ary mangalà ombivavy roa mitaiza, izay tsy mbola nasiana zioga, dia afehezo amin'ny sariety ny ombivavy, ka ento mody ny zanany hiala aminy.

⁷“Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart, and two milk cows, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;

⁸Ary alao ny fiaran'i Jehovah, ka apetraho eo ambonin'ny sariety, dia ataovy ao anaty vata kely eo anilany ny fanaka volamena haterinareo ho Azy ho fanati-panonerana, ka ampandehano izany.

⁸and take the ark of Yahweh, and lay it on the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by its side; and send it away, that it may go.

⁹Ary izahao, ka raha miakatra amin'ny lalana mankany amin'ny taniny ihany ho any Beti-semesy izany, dia Jehovah no nahatonga izao loza lehibe izao tamintsika; fa raha tsy izany, dia ho fantatsika fa tsy ny tanany no namely antsika, fa mby amin'izay hanjo antsika.

⁹Behold; if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us.”

¹⁰Dia nataon'ny olona izany, ka naka ombivavy roa mitaiza izy, dia nafehiny tamin'ny sariety ireo, fa ny zanany narindriny tao an-trano.

¹⁰The men did so, and took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;

¹¹Dia napetrany teo ambonin'ny sariety ny fiaran'i Jehovah sy ny vata kely ary ny totozy volamena sy ny sarin'ny vay.

¹¹and they put the ark of Yahweh on the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.

¹²Ary ny ombivavy nizotra mahitsy tamin'ny lalana mankany Beti-semesy, dia nandeha tamin'ny lalambe ka nimàmà teny am-pandehanana, ary tsy nania, na ho amin'ny ankavanana, na ho amin'ny ankavia, ary ireo andrianan'ny Filistina nanaraka azy hatramin'ny fari-tanin'i Beti-semesy.

¹²The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn’t turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.

¹³Ary ny Beti-semesita nijinja ny vary tritika teny an-dohasaha; ary nanopy ny masony izy ka nahita ny fiara, dia faly raha nahita izany.

¹³They of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

¹⁴Ary ny sariety tonga teo an-tanimbarin'i Josoa Beti-semesita, dia nijanona teo, ary nisy vato lehibe teo; dia namaky ny hazon'ny sariety ny olona ka nanatitra ny ombivavy ho fanatitra dorana ho an'i Jehovah.

¹⁴The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to Yahweh.

¹⁵Ary ny Levita nampidina ny fiaran'i Jehovah sy ny vata kely izay teo aminy, dia ilay nitoeran'ny fanaka volamena, ka nametraka azy teo ambonin'ny vato lehibe; ary tamin'izany andro izany ny mponina tao Beti-semesy nanatitra fanatitra dorana sy fanatitra hafa alatsa-drà ho an'i Jehovah.

¹⁵The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh.

¹⁶Ary raha hitan'ireo andriana dimy tamin'ny Filistina izany, dia niverina nankany Ekrona androtrizay ihany izy.

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

¹⁷Ary izao no sary volamenan'ny vay naterin'ny Filistina ho fanati-panonerana ho an'i Jehovah: an'i Asdoda iray, an'i Gaza iray, an'i Askelona iray, an'i Gata iray, an'i Ekrona iray;

¹⁷These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

¹⁸ary ny totozy volamena dia araka ny isan'ny tanàna rehetra an'ny Filistina, izay an'ireo andriana dimy, an'ny tanàna mimanda, na ny vohitra any ivelany, ka hatramin'ny vato lehibe izay nametrahany ny fiaran'i Jehovah; ary mbola any an-tanimbarin'i Josoa Beti-semesita mandraka androany izany.

¹⁸and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Yahweh. That stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

¹⁹Ary Jehovah namely ny mponina tao Beti-semesy noho ny nijerijeren'ireo ny fiarany, ka dia olona fito-polo amby dimy alina no maty; dia nisaona ny olona, satria nasian'i Jehovah, ka be dia be no maty.

¹⁹He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.

²⁰Ary hoy ny mponina tao Beti-semesy: Iza no mahajanona eo anoloan'izao Jehovah Andriamanitra masina izao? Ary ho amin'iza no hiakarany, rehefa miala amintsika?Dia naniraka olona nankany amin'ny mponina tao Kiriata-jearima izy hanao hoe: Efa naverin'ny Filistina ny fiaran'i Jehovah; koa midìna ianareo, dia ento miakatra ho any aminareo izy.

²⁰The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”

²¹Dia naniraka olona nankany amin'ny mponina tao Kiriata-jearima izy hanao hoe: Efa naverin'ny Filistina ny fiaran'i Jehovah; koa midìna ianareo, dia ento miakatra ho any aminareo izy.

²¹They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh; come down, and bring it up to yourselves.”