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

¹Ja Issanda laegas oli vilistite väljadel seitse kuud.

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.”

²Ja vilistid kutsusid kokku preestrid ja ennustajad, öeldes: 'Mida peaksime tegema Issanda laekaga? Õpetage meid, kuidas saaksime selle koju läkitada?'

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.”

³Ja need ütlesid: 'Kui te Iisraeli Jumala laeka ära saadate, siis ärge saatke seda tühjalt, sest te peate temale kindlasti tasuma süüohvri; siis te saate terveks ja saate teada, miks tema käsi ei lahku!'

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.

⁴Kui vilistid küsisid: 'Milline on see süüohver, mida me temale peame tasuma?', siis nad vastasid: 'Vilistite vürstide arvu järgi viis kuldpaiset ja viis kuldhiirt, sest sama nuhtlus on olnud kõigil, ka teie vürstidel.

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.

⁵Valmistage siis kujud oma veripaisetest ja kujud hiirtest, kes maad hävitavad, ja andke au Iisraeli Jumalale! Vahest ta kergendab oma kätt, mis on teie peal, ja teie jumalate ja teie maa peal!

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?

⁶Sest miks teete oma südamed kõvaks, nagu egiptlased ja vaarao tegid oma südamed kõvaks? Eks olnud nõnda, et kui ta näitas neile oma jõudu, siis nad lasksid Iisraeli lapsed minema ja need tulid ära?

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;

⁷Võtke ja seadke nüüd valmis üks uus vanker ja võtke kaks imetajat lehma, kelle peal veel iket ei ole olnud, ja rakendage lehmad vankri ette, aga vasikad nende järelt viige koju!

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.

⁸Siis võtke Issanda laegas ja pange see vankrile; need kuldasjad, mis te temale süüohvriks tasute, asetage selle kõrvale karpi; siis saatke see minema, et see ära läheks!

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.”

⁹Seejärel vaadake: kui ta läheb oma kodukandi poole, üles Beet-Semesisse, siis on tema meile seda suurt kurja teinud; aga kui mitte, siis teame, et tema käsi pole meisse puutunud, vaid see oli juhus, mis meid tabas.'

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

¹⁰Ja mehed tegid nõnda: võtsid kaks imetajat lehma ja rakendasid vankri ette, aga nende vasikad nad sulgesid koju.

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

¹¹Ja nad asetasid vankrile Issanda laeka, karbi, kuldhiired ja oma paisete kujud.

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.

¹²Siis läksid lehmad otseteed Beet-Semesi poole, käies üha sedasama maanteed, ise ammudes; nad ei pöördunud ei paremale ega vasakule, ja vilistite vürstid käisid nende järel kuni Beet-Semesini.

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.

¹³Beet-Semesis oldi parajasti orus nisu lõikamas. Kui nad oma silmad üles tõstsid, siis nägid nad laegast ja rõõmustasid seda nähes.

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.

¹⁴Vanker tuli aga beetsemeslase Joosua põllule ja jäi sinna seisma; ja seal oli suur kivi. Siis nad lõhkusid vankripuud ja ohverdasid lehmad Issandale põletusohvriks.

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.

¹⁵Leviidid olid maha tõstnud Issanda laeka ja selle juures oleva karbi, milles olid kuldasjad, ja pannud suure kivi peale. Ja Beet-Semesi mehed ohverdasid sel päeval Issandale põletusohvreid ja tapsid tapaohvreid.

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

¹⁶Ja kui need viis vilistite vürsti olid seda näinud, siis nad läksid selsamal päeval tagasi Ekronisse.

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;

¹⁷Ja need olid need kuldpaised, mis vilistid tasusid Issandale süüohvriks: Asdodi eest üks, Assa eest üks, Askeloni eest üks, Gati eest üks, Ekroni eest üks.

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.

¹⁸Ja kuldhiiri oli vastavalt nende viie vürsti kõigi vilistite linnade arvule, kindlustatud linnadest kuni lahtiste küladeni ja kuni suure kivini, mille peale nad asetasid Issanda laeka; see on tänapäevani alles beetsemeslase Joosua põllul.

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.

¹⁹Aga Beet-Semesi mehi löödi maha, sest nad olid vaadanud Issanda laekasse; ja ta lõi rahvast maha viiskümmend tuhat ja seitsekümmend meest. Ja rahvas leinas, et Issand oli löönud rahvast nii suure löögiga.

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

²⁰Ja Beet-Semesi mehed ütlesid: 'Kes suudaks seista Issanda, selle püha Jumala ees? Kelle juurde peaks ta meie juurest minema?'

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.”

²¹Ja nad läkitasid käskjalad ütlema Kirjat-Jearimi elanikele: 'Vilistid on Issanda laeka tagasi toonud, tulge alla ja viige see eneste juurde!'