¹Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

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

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

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

³When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

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

⁴When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.

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.

⁵Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day.

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

⁶But the hand of Yahweh was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders.

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

⁷When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us; for his hand is severe on us, and on Dagon our god.”

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!'

⁸They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath.” They carried the ark of the God of Israel there.

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.

⁹It was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of Yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.

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.

¹⁰So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, 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 kill us and our people.”

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!'

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 it not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

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.

¹²The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

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