1 Samuel 6
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ibinalik ang Kahon ng Kasunduan sa Israel
6 Nanatili ang Kahon ng Panginoon sa mga Filisteo sa loob ng pitong buwan. Noong naroon pa ang Kahon, 2 ipinatawag ng mga Filisteo ang kanilang mga pari at manghuhula at nagtanong, “Ano ang gagawin namin sa Kahon ng Panginoon. Sabihin ninyo sa amin kung paano namin ito ibabalik sa kanyang lugar?” 3 Sumagot sila, “Kung ibabalik ninyo ang Kahon ng Dios ng Israel, dapat samahan ninyo ito ng handog na pambayad ng kasalanan, sa pamamagitan nito, gagaling kayo at ihihinto na ng Dios ang pagpaparusa sa inyo.”
4-5 Nagtanong ang mga Filisteo, “Ano ang ipapadala namin bilang handog na pambayad ng kasalanan?” Sumagot ang mga pari at manghuhula, “Gumawa kayo ng limang gintong estatwa na hugis tumor at limang gintong estatwa na hugis daga, ayon sa dami ng mga pinuno natin, dahil dumating sa atin at sa mga pinuno natin ang salot ng mga tumor at daga na naminsala sa ating lupain. Ihandog ninyo ito bilang pagpaparangal sa Dios ng Israel, baka sakaling itigil na niya ang pagpaparusa sa atin sa mga dios natin, at sa ating lupain. 6 Huwag na ninyong patigasin ang mga puso ninyo gaya ng ginawa ng mga Egipcio at ng kanilang Faraon. Pinayagan lang nilang makaalis ang mga Israelita nang matindi na ang pagpapahirap sa kanila ng Dios. 7 Kaya ngayon, gumawa kayo ng bagong kariton at kumuha ng dalawang inahing baka na hindi pa napapahila ng kariton. Ikabit ninyo ang kariton sa mga baka pero ihiwalay ninyo ang kanilang mga bisiro at ikulong sa kwadra. 8 Pagkatapos, kunin ninyo ang Kahon ng Panginoon at ilagay sa kariton. Ilagay din ninyo sa tabi nito ang isang Kahon na may lamang mga gintong handog na mga tumor at daga na ipapadala ninyo bilang handog na pambayad ng kasalanan. Palakarin ninyo ang mga baka nang walang umaakay at pabayaan silang pumunta kahit saan. 9 Pero tingnan ninyo kung saan sila pupunta. Kung lalakad sila paakyat sa Bet Shemesh, na isa sa mga bayan ng mga Israelita, malalaman natin na ang Panginoon ang nagpadala ng matinding pinsalang ito sa atin. Pero kung hindi ito tutuloy sa Bet Shemesh, malalaman natin na hindi ang Panginoon ang nagpaparusa sa atin. Kundi nagkataon lang ito.”
10 Kaya sinunod nila ito. Kumuha sila ng dalawang inahing baka at ikinabit sa kariton. Ikinulong naman sa kwadra ang mga bisiro nito. 11 Isinakay nila ang Kahon ng Panginoon sa kariton at ang kahon na may lamang mga ginto na hugis tumor at daga. 12 Pagkatapos, lumakad ang mga baka patungo sa Bet Shemesh na hindi man lang lumilihis ng daan habang patuloy na umuunga. Sumusunod sa kanila ang mga pinuno ng mga Filisteo hanggang sa hangganan ng Bet Shemesh.
13 Nang mga panahong iyon, nag-aani ang mga taga-Bet Shemesh ng trigo sa lambak. Nang makita nila ang Kahon ng Kasunduan, tuwang-tuwa sila. 14-15 Dumating ang kariton sa bukid ni Josue na taga-Bet Shemesh, at tumigil sa tabi ng isang malaking bato. Kinuha ng mga Levita ang Kahon ng Panginoon at ang kahon na may lamang mga gintong estatwa, at ipinatong sa malaking bato. Pagkatapos, sinibak nila ang kariton at inialay ang mga baka sa Panginoon bilang handog na sinusunog, at nag-alay sila ng iba pang mga handog. 16 Nakita ng limang pinuno ng mga Filisteo ang lahat ng ito at pagkatapos ay umuwi sila sa Ekron nang araw ding iyon.
17 Ang limang gintong hugis tumor na ipinadala ng mga Filisteo bilang handog na pambayad ng kasalanan ay galing sa mga pinuno ng Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gat at Ekron. 18 Kasama ng limang gintong hugis daga, ayon na rin sa bilang ng limang bayan ng mga Filisteo. Itong mga napapaderang bayan at ang mga baryo na walang pader ay sakop ng limang pinunong iyon. Ang malaking bato sa bukid ni Josue ng Bet Shemesh na pinagpatungan nila ng Kahon ng Panginoon ay naroon pa hanggang ngayon bilang alaala sa nangyari roon.
19 Ngunit may pinatay ang Dios na 70 tao na taga-Bet Shemesh dahil tiningnan nila ang laman ng Kahon ng Panginoon. Nagluksa ang mga tao dahil sa matinding dagok na ito ng Panginoon sa kanila. 20 Nagtanong sila, “Sino ba ang makakaharap sa presensya ng Panginoon, ang banal na Dios? Saan ba natin ipapadala ang Kahon ng Panginoon para mailayo ito sa atin?” 21 Pagkatapos, nagsugo sila ng mga mensahero sa mga taga-Kiriat Jearim at sinabi roon, “Ibinalik ng mga Filisteo ang Kahon ng Panginoon. Pumunta kayo rito at dalhin ninyo ito sa lugar ninyo.”
1 Samuel 6
New International Version
The Ark Returned to Israel
6 When the ark of the Lord had been in Philistine territory seven months, 2 the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners(A) and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send it back to its place.”
3 They answered, “If you return the ark of the god of Israel, do not send it back to him without a gift;(B) by all means send a guilt offering(C) to him. Then you will be healed, and you will know why his hand(D) has not been lifted from you.”
4 The Philistines asked, “What guilt offering should we send to him?”
They replied, “Five gold tumors and five gold rats, according to the number(E) of the Philistine rulers, because the same plague(F) has struck both you and your rulers. 5 Make models of the tumors(G) and of the rats that are destroying the country, and give glory(H) to Israel’s god. Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land. 6 Why do you harden(I) your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When Israel’s god dealt harshly with them,(J) did they(K) not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way?
7 “Now then, get a new cart(L) ready, with two cows that have calved and have never been yoked.(M) Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up. 8 Take the ark of the Lord and put it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to him as a guilt offering. Send it on its way, 9 but keep watching it. If it goes up to its own territory, toward Beth Shemesh,(N) then the Lord has brought this great disaster on us. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us but that it happened to us by chance.”
10 So they did this. They took two such cows and hitched them to the cart and penned up their calves. 11 They placed the ark of the Lord on the cart and along with it the chest containing the gold rats and the models of the tumors. 12 Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.
13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat(O) in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they rejoiced at the sight. 14 The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and there it stopped beside a large rock. The people chopped up the wood of the cart and sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering(P) to the Lord. 15 The Levites(Q) took down the ark of the Lord, together with the chest containing the gold objects, and placed them on the large rock.(R) On that day the people of Beth Shemesh(S) offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord. 16 The five rulers of the Philistines saw all this and then returned that same day to Ekron.
17 These are the gold tumors the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the Lord—one each(T) for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. 18 And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of Philistine towns belonging to the five rulers—the fortified towns with their country villages. The large rock on which the Levites set the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
19 But God struck down(U) some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy[a] of them to death because they looked(V) into the ark of the Lord. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had dealt them. 20 And the people of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who can stand(W) in the presence of the Lord, this holy(X) God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”
21 Then they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath Jearim,(Y) saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to your town.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 6:19 A few Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint 50,070
1 Samuel 6
New King James Version
The Ark Returned to Israel
6 Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines (A)called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send it to its place.”
3 So they said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it (B)empty; but by all means return it to Him with (C)a trespass offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.”
4 Then they said, “What is the trespass offering which we shall return to Him?”
They answered, (D)“Five golden tumors and five golden rats, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines. For the same plague was on all of [a]you and on your lords. 5 Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your rats that (E)ravage the land, and you shall (F)give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will (G)lighten[b] His hand from you, from (H)your gods, and from your land. 6 Why then do you harden your hearts (I)as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He did mighty things among them, (J)did they not let the people go, that they might depart? 7 Now therefore, make (K)a new cart, take two milk cows (L)which have never been yoked, and hitch the cows to the cart; and take their calves home, away from them. 8 Then take the ark of the Lord and set it on the cart; and put (M)the articles of gold which you are returning to Him as a trespass offering in a chest by its side. Then send it away, and let it go. 9 And watch: if it goes up the road to its own territory, to (N)Beth Shemesh, then He has done [c]us this great evil. But if not, then (O)we shall know that it is not His hand that struck us—it happened to us by chance.”
10 Then the men did so; they took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. 11 And they set the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the chest with the gold rats and the images of their tumors. 12 Then the cows headed straight for the road to Beth Shemesh, and went along the (P)highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or the left. And the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.
13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were reaping their (Q)wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 Then the cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there; a large stone was there. So they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord. 15 The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large stone. Then the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices the same day to the Lord. 16 So when (R)the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
17 (S)These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for (T)Gath, one for Ekron; 18 and the golden rats, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages, even as far as the large stone of Abel on which they set the ark of the Lord, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
19 Then (U)He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. [d]He (V)struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people lamented because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.
The Ark at Kirjath Jearim
20 And the men of Beth Shemesh said, (W)“Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And to whom shall it go up from us?” 21 So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of (X)Kirjath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord; come down and take it up with you.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 6:4 Lit. them
- 1 Samuel 6:5 ease
- 1 Samuel 6:9 this calamity to us
- 1 Samuel 6:19 Or He struck seventy men of the people and fifty oxen of a man
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible) Copyright © 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 by Biblica, Inc. ®
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version, Copyright © Philippine Bible Society 2009.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


