¹A truhla Hospodinova bola sedem mesiacov v kraji Filištínov.

¹And the ark of Jehovah is in the field of the Philistines seven months,

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

²and the Philistines call for priests and for diviners, saying, `What do we do to the ark of Jehovah? let us know wherewith we send it to its place?`

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.

³And they say, `If ye are sending away the ark of the God of Israel, ye do not send it away empty; for ye do certainly send back to Him a guilt-offering; then ye are healed, and it hath been known to you why His hand doth not turn aside from you.`

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.

⁴And they say, `What [is] the guilt-offering which we send back to Him?` and they say, `The number of the princes of the Philistines — five golden emerods, and five golden mice — for one plague [is] to you all, and to your princes,

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.

⁵and ye have made images of your emerods, and images of your mice that are corrupting the land, and have given honour to the God of Israel; it may be He doth lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land;

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?

⁶and why do ye harden your heart as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? do they not — when He hath rolled Himself upon them — send them away, and they go?

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.

⁷`And now, take and make one new cart, and two suckling kine, on which a yoke hath not gone up, and ye have bound the kine in the cart, and caused their young ones to turn back from after them to the house,

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.

⁸and ye have taken the ark of Jehovah, and put it on the cart, and the vessels of gold which ye have returned to Him — a guilt-offering — ye put in a coffer on its side, and have sent it away, and it hath gone;

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.

⁹and ye have seen, if the way of its own border it goeth up to Beth-Shemesh — He hath done to us this great evil; and if not, then we have known that His hand hath not come against us; an accident it hath been to us.`

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

¹⁰And the men do so, and take two suckling kine, and bind them in the cart, and their young ones they have shut up in the house;

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

¹¹and they place the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer, and the golden mice, and the images of their emerods.

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.

¹²And the kine go straight in the way, on the way to Beth-Shemesh, in one highway they have gone, going and lowing, and have not turned aside right or left; and the princes of the Philistines are going after them unto the border of Beth-Shemesh.

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

¹³And the Beth-Shemeshites are reaping their wheat-harvest in the valley, and they lift up their eyes, and see the ark, and rejoice to see [it].

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.

¹⁴And the cart hath come in unto the field of Joshua the Beth-Shemeshite, and standeth there, and there [is] a great stone, and they cleave the wood of the cart, and the kine they have caused to ascend — a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

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.

¹⁵And the Levites have taken down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer which [is] with it, in which [are] the vessels of gold, and place [them] on the great stone; and the men of Beth-Shemesh have caused to ascend burnt-offerings and sacrifice sacrifices in that day to Jehovah;

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

¹⁶and the five princes of the Philistines have seen [it], and turn back [to] Ekron, on that day.

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.

¹⁷And these [are] the golden emerods which the Philistines have sent back — a guilt-offering to Jehovah: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

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.

¹⁸and the golden mice — the number of all the cities of the Philistines — for the five princes, from the fenced city even unto the hamlet of the villages, even unto the great meadow on which they placed the ark of Jehovah — [are] unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-Shemeshite.

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.

¹⁹And He smiteth among the men of Beth-Shemesh, for they looked into the ark of Jehovah, yea, He smiteth among the people seventy men — fifty chief men; and the people mourn, because Jehovah smote among the people — a great smiting.

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

²⁰And the men of Beth-Shemesh say, `Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and unto whom doth He go up from us?`

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

²¹And they send messengers unto the inhabitants of Kirjath-Jearim, saying, `The Philistines have sent back the ark of Jehovah; come down, take it up unto you.`