撒母耳记上 5
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
约柜在非利士各城引起的灾害
5 非利士人抢去了 神的约柜，就把它从以便以谢运到亚实突。 2 非利士人抢去 神的约柜，把它抬进大衮庙，放在大衮神像的旁边。 3 第二天清早，亚实突人起来，看见大衮神像仆倒在地，俯伏在耶和华的约柜面前。他们就把大衮神像竖立起来，放回原处。 4 再次日早晨，他们起来的时候，看见大衮神像又仆倒在地，俯伏在耶和华的约柜面前，大衮的头和双手也都在门槛上折断了，只剩下大衮的身体。 5 因此大衮的祭司和所有进亚实突大衮庙的人，都不踏大衮庙的门槛，直到现在。
6 耶和华的手重重地压在亚实突人身上，败坏他们，用痔疮击打亚实突和亚实突四境的人。 7 亚实突人看见这种情形，就说：“以色列 神的约柜不可再留在我们这里，因为他的手重重地加在我们和我们的神大衮身上。” 8 他们就派人去召集非利士人各城的首领前来，问他们：“我们要怎样处理以色列 神的约柜呢？”他们回答：“把以色列 神的约柜运到迦特去吧。”他们就把它运到迦特去了。 9 运到那里以后，耶和华的手攻击那城，引起很大的恐慌。他击打全城的人，不分老幼，使痔疮在他们中间蔓延。 10 于是他们把 神的约柜送到以革伦。 神的约柜到了以革伦的时候，以革伦人就喊叫：“他们把以色列 神的约柜运到我们这里来，是要杀害我们和我们的人啊！” 11 于是他们派人去召集非利士人各城的首领前来，对他们说：“请把以色列 神的约柜送回原处，免得它杀害我们和我们的人民。”死亡的恐慌笼罩全城，因为 神的手重重地压在那里。 12 没有死的人都遭受痔疮的打击；那城的哀声，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
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 5
Devastation Follows the Ark. 1 The Philistines then took the Ark of God, transporting it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the Ark of God, they brought it into the temple of Dagon[a] and set it alongside of Dagon. 3 When the people of Ashdod got up the next morning, they found Dagon fallen down, with his face pressed to the earth, in front of the Ark of the Lord. So they picked Dagon up and put him back in his place.
4 When they rose again the next morning, they found him fallen down again, with his face pressed to the earth, in front of the Ark of the Lord. His head and both of his hands were cut off and lying in the threshold; all that was left of Dagon was his torso. 5 This is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor anyone who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod steps upon its threshold. 6 The hand of the Lord bore down upon Ashdod. He brought devastation to Ashdod and its environs, striking the people with tumors.[b]
7 [c]When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “We must not keep the Ark of the God of Israel here with us, for his hand bears down upon us and our god Dagon.” 8 They summoned the lords of the Philistines and said to them, “What are we to do with the Ark of the God of Israel?” They answered, “Let the Ark of God be taken to Gath.” So they moved the Ark of the God of Israel.
9 But after they moved it, the hand of the Lord rose against that city, causing great confusion there. He struck the people of that city, both the young and the old, with tumors. 10 They, therefore, sent the Ark of God to Ekron. When the Ark of God was approaching Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They are bringing the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us, too!”
11 So they summoned all of the lords of the Philistines and told them, “Send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its home, lest it kill all of us. There is death and panic all throughout the city, and the hand of God is bearing down upon us heavily.” 12 The men who did not die were stricken with tumors, and a cry rose up from the city to the heavens.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 5:2 Dagon: the chief god of the Philistines, who worshiped many gods and who thought that the Ark would bring blessings to them as it did to the Israelites. They discovered that the power of the Ark was beyond their control.
- 1 Samuel 5:6 Tumors: i.e., plague, spread by rats (see 6:4); see also Ps 78:66.
- 1 Samuel 5:7 The Philistine victory was short lived. Once they realized that the Ark was not helping them, they sought out ways to return it to the Israelites.
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