1 Samuel 5
Magandang Balita Biblia
Dinala ang Kaban sa Templo ni Dagon
5 Mula sa Ebenezer, ang Kaban ng Diyos ay dinala ng mga Filisteo sa Asdod. 2 Ipinasok nila ito sa templo ng kanilang diyos na si Dagon at inilagay sa tabi nito. 3 Kinaumagahan, nakita ng mga taga-Asdod na nakasubsob ang rebulto ni Dagon sa harap ng Kaban ng Tipan ni Yahweh. Kaya, binuhat nila ito at ibinalik sa dating lugar. 4 Nang magbalik sila kinabukasan, nakita nilang nakasubsob na naman si Dagon sa harap ng Kaban ng Tipan. Ang ulo at mga kamay nito ay putul-putol at nagkalat sa may pintuan; walang natirang buo kundi ang katawan. (5 Ito ang dahilan kung bakit hanggang ngayon, ang mga pari ni Dagon at ang lahat ng sumasamba sa Asdod ay hindi tumutuntong kahit sa may pintuan ng templo nito.)
Pinarusahan ang mga Filisteo
6 Pinarusahan ni Yahweh ang mga mamamayan ng Asdod at kanilang karatig-bayan. Sila'y natadtad ng bukol bilang parusa ni Yahweh. 7 Dahil dito'y sinabi nila, “Kailangang alisin natin dito ang Kaban ng Diyos ng mga Israelita sapagkat pinaparusahan niya tayo at ang diyos nating si Dagon.” 8 Kaya ipinatawag nila ang mga pinuno ng mga Filisteo at pinag-usapan nila kung ano ang dapat gawin sa Kaban ng Diyos ng Israel.
Nagkaisa silang dalhin iyon sa Lunsod ng Gat, at ganoon nga ang kanilang ginawa. 9 Ngunit ang lunsod na iyon ay pinarusahan din ni Yahweh. Nagulo ang buong bayan sapagkat natadtad rin ng bukol ang mga tagaroon, bata man o matanda. 10 Dahil dito, dinala nila sa Ekron ang Kaban, ngunit tumutol ang mga tagaroon. Sinabi nila, “Dinala nila rito ang Kabang ito para tayo naman ang ipapatay sa Diyos ng Israel.” 11 Kaya, nakipagpulong sila sa mga Filisteo at kanilang sinabi, “Alisin ninyo rito ang Kaban ng Diyos ng Israel. Ibalik ninyo ito sa pinanggalingan bago tayo mamatay lahat.” Gulung-gulo ang lahat dahil sa takot sa parusa ng Diyos. 12 Ang mga natirang buháy ay natadtad ng bukol. Abot hanggang langit ang paghingi nila ng saklolo.
1 Samuel 5
Amplified Bible
Capture of the Ark Provokes God
5 Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to [a]Ashdod. 2 They took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it beside [the image of] Dagon [their chief idol]. 3 When the people of Ashdod got up early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place. 4 But when they got up early the next morning, behold, Dagon had [again] fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and his head and both palms of his hands were [lying] cut off on the threshold; only the trunk [portion] of [the idol of] Dagon was left on him. 5 This is the reason neither the priests of Dagon nor any who enter Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
6 Then the hand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He caused them to be dumbfounded and struck them with [b]tumors, both Ashdod and its territory. 7 When the men of Ashdod saw what had happened, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is heavy on us and on Dagon our god.” 8 So they sent word and gathered all the lords (governors) 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 brought around to [c]Gath.” So they took the ark of the God of Israel there. 9 But it happened that after they had taken it to Gath, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing an extremely great panic [because of the deaths from the plague], for He struck the people of the city, both young and old, and tumors broke out on them. 10 So they sent the ark of God to [d]Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel [from Gath] to [e]us, to kill us and [f]our people.” 11 So they sent word and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel; let it be returned to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly panic throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy (severe) there. 12 The men who had not died were stricken with tumors and the cry of the city [for help] went up to heaven.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 5:1 One of the five major Philistine cities.
- 1 Samuel 5:6 It is possible that this was a type of bubonic plague or infection spread by rats (or fleas hosted by rats), as intimated in 6:4f.
- 1 Samuel 5:8 Gath was another major Philistine city and the home of their giant warrior, Goliath. Faced with the humiliation of surrendering the ark to Israel, the Philistine governors decided instead to treat it like a dangerous “hot potato” and simply get rid of it by sending it to another city.
- 1 Samuel 5:10 A major Philistine city north of Ashdod and near the territory of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 5:10 Lit me.
- 1 Samuel 5:10 Lit my.
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