¹Tak tedy Filištíni vzali truhlu Božiu a dopravili ju z Ében-ézera do Ašdóda.

¹Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

²A Filištíni vezmúc truhlu Božiu dopravili ju do domu Dágonovho a postavili ju vedľa Dágona.

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

³No, keď na druhý deň vstali Ašdóďania skoro ráno, hľa, Dágon ležal padlý, tvárou obrátený k zemi, pred truhlou Hospodinovou. A vzali Dágona a postavili ho zpät na jeho miesto.

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

⁴Ale keď opät vstali skoro ráno, na druhý deň, hľa, Dágon zase ležal padlý, tvárou obrátený k zemi, pred truhlou Hospodinovou, a hlava Dágonova aj obe dlane jeho rúk boly odrazené na prahu, iba rybí driek Dágonov bol zostal na ňom.

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

⁵Preto nestúpajú kňazi Dágonovi ani nikto z tých, ktorí vchádzajú do domu Dágonovho, na prah Dágonov v Ašdóde až do tohoto dňa.

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

⁶A ruka Hospodinova ťažko doliehala na Ašdóďanov, a hubil ich a bil ich vredami, Ašdód a jeho okolie.

⁶But the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with tumors, even Ashdod and the borders thereof.

⁷Keď videli mužovia Ašdóda, že je tak, povedali: Nebude bývať truhla Boha Izraelovho u nás, lebo jeho ruka tvrdo dolieha na nás i na Dágona, nášho boha.

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 sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

⁸A poslali posolstvo a shromaždili k sebe všetky kniežatá Filištínov a povedali: Čo urobíme s truhlou Boha Izraelovho? A odpovedali: Nech sa prenesie truhla Boha Izraelovho do Gáta. A tak preniesli truhlu Boha Izraelovho ta.

⁸They sent therefore 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 answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel [thither].

⁹A stalo sa, keď ju preniesli, že ruka Hospodinova bola proti mestu a spôsobila veľmi veľké zdesenie, a Hospodin bil mužov toho mesta od malého až do veľkého a vyhadzovaly sa im aj vredy.

⁹And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great discomfiture: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors brake out upon them.

¹⁰Preto poslali truhlu Božiu do Ekróna. A stalo sa, ako prišla truhla Božia do Ekróna, že začali kričať Ekróňania a vraveli: Dopravili k nám truhlu Boha Izraelovho, aby nás usmrtil i náš ľud!

¹⁰So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as 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 slay us and our people.

¹¹Preto poslali poslov a shromaždili všetky kniežatá Filištínov a povedali: Odošlite truhlu Boha Izraelovho, nech sa navráti na svoje miesto, aby neusmrtila i nás i nášho ľudu; pretože bolo smrteľné zdesenie v celom meste; bola tam ruka Božia veľmi ťažká.

¹¹They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that is slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

¹²A mužovia, ktorí nepomreli, boli bití vredami, takže krik mesta vystupoval až do neba.

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