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

¹A truhla Hospodinova bola sedem mesiacov v kraji Filištínov.

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.”

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

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.”

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