¹A truhla Hospodinova bola sedem mesiacov v kraji Filištínov.

¹And the ark of Jehovah was in the country 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 called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? show us wherewith we shall sent 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 said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed 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.

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

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.

⁵Wherefore ye shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will 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?

⁶Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

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.

⁷Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke; and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;

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 take the ark of Jehovah, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

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 see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

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

¹⁰And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;

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

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

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 took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went 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 they 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.

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 came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt-offering unto 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 took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, wherein 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 unto Jehovah.

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

¹⁶And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same 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 tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass-offering unto 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, 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 unto the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Jehovah, [which stone remaineth] unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.

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 smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, [and] fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter.

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 said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall 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 sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Jehovah; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.