撒母耳记上 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
约柜在非利士人手中
5 非利士人将掳来的上帝的约柜从以便以谢抬到亚实突城， 2 把它抬进大衮庙，放在大衮神像旁边。 3 第二天早上，亚实突人起来，发现大衮神像倒在耶和华的约柜前，面伏于地，他们就把大衮神像扶起来，放回原处。 4 次日早上起来，他们又发现大衮神像倒在耶和华的约柜前，面伏于地，头和双手都在门槛处折断了，只剩下躯干。 5 因此，大衮的祭司和所有进亚实突 大衮庙的人至今都不踏庙的门槛。 6 耶和华重重地惩罚亚实突及附近村庄的居民，使他们都患上毒疮。 7 亚实突人见此情形，就说：“以色列上帝的约柜不能留在我们这里，因为上帝重重地惩罚我们和我们的大衮神。” 8 亚实突人召集了非利士所有的首领，问他们：“我们如何处理以色列上帝的约柜？”他们答道：“把它送到迦特去。”于是，众人把以色列上帝的约柜送到迦特。 9 约柜抵达迦特的时候，耶和华攻击那城，使那里的男女老少都患了毒疮，全城惊恐不已。 10 于是，他们把约柜送往以革伦。以革伦的人看见上帝的约柜到了，就惊叫道：“他们把以色列上帝的约柜带来是要害死我们和我们的人民！” 11 他们派人召集非利士的首领，说：“把以色列上帝的约柜送回原处吧，免得它杀害我们和我们的人民。”因为上帝重重地惩罚他们，全城都笼罩在死亡的恐惧中。 12 那些没有死的人都饱受毒疮的折磨，城中的哭喊声上达于天。
撒母耳記上 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
約櫃在非利士人手中
5 非利士人將擄來的上帝的約櫃從以便以謝抬到亞實突城， 2 把它抬進大袞廟，放在大袞神像旁邊。 3 第二天早上，亞實突人起來，發現大袞神像倒在耶和華的約櫃前，面伏於地，他們就把大袞神像扶起來，放回原處。 4 次日早上起來，他們又發現大袞神像倒在耶和華的約櫃前，面伏於地，頭和雙手都在門檻處折斷了，只剩下軀幹。 5 因此，大袞的祭司和所有進亞實突 大袞廟的人至今都不踏廟的門檻。 6 耶和華重重地懲罰亞實突及附近村莊的居民，使他們都患上毒瘡。 7 亞實突人見此情形，就說：「以色列上帝的約櫃不能留在我們這裡，因為上帝重重地懲罰我們和我們的大袞神。」 8 亞實突人召集了非利士所有的首領，問他們：「我們如何處理以色列上帝的約櫃？」他們答道：「把它送到迦特去。」於是，眾人把以色列上帝的約櫃送到迦特。 9 約櫃抵達迦特的時候，耶和華攻擊那城，使那裡的男女老少都患了毒瘡，全城驚恐不已。 10 於是，他們把約櫃送往以革倫。以革倫的人看見上帝的約櫃到了，就驚叫道：「他們把以色列上帝的約櫃帶來是要害死我們和我們的人民！」 11 他們派人召集非利士的首領，說：「把以色列上帝的約櫃送回原處吧，免得它殺害我們和我們的人民。」因為上帝重重地懲罰他們，全城都籠罩在死亡的恐懼中。 12 那些沒有死的人都飽受毒瘡的折磨，城中的哭喊聲上達於天。
1 Samuel 5
Good News Translation
The Covenant Box among the Philistines
5 After the Philistines captured the Covenant Box, they carried it from Ebenezer to their city of Ashdod, 2 took it into the temple of their god Dagon, and set it up beside his statue. 3 Early the next morning the people of Ashdod saw that the statue of Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground in front of the Lord's Covenant Box. So they lifted it up and put it back in its place. 4 Early the following morning they saw that the statue had again fallen down in front of the Covenant Box. This time its head and both its arms were broken off and were lying in the doorway; only the body was left. (5 That is why even today the priests of Dagon and all his worshipers in Ashdod step over that place and do not walk on it.)
6 The Lord punished the people of Ashdod severely and terrified them. He punished them and the people in the surrounding territory by causing them to have tumors.[a] 7 When they saw what was happening, they said, “The God of Israel is punishing us and our god Dagon. We can't let the Covenant Box stay here any longer.” 8 So they sent messengers and called together all five of the Philistine kings and asked them, “What shall we do with the Covenant Box of the God of Israel?”
“Take it over to Gath,” they answered; so they took it to Gath, another Philistine city. 9 But after it arrived there, the Lord punished that city too and caused a great panic. He punished them with tumors which developed in all the people of the city, young and old alike. 10 So they sent the Covenant Box to Ekron, another Philistine city; but when it arrived there, the people cried out, “They have brought the Covenant Box of the God of Israel here, in order to kill us all!” 11 So again they sent for all the Philistine kings and said, “Send the Covenant Box of Israel back to its own place, so that it won't kill us and our families.” There was panic throughout the city because God was punishing them so severely. 12 Even those who did not die developed tumors and the people cried out to their gods for help.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 5:6 The association of tumors with an abundance of mice suggests that this was a case of bubonic plague (see 6.5).
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