1 Samuel 5

1 After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,

1 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 carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.

2 把它抬进大衮庙，放在大衮神像旁边。

3 When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.

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 But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.

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 That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.

5 因此，大衮的祭司和所有进亚实突的大衮庙的人至今都不踏庙的门槛。

6 Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.

6 耶和华出手重重地惩罚亚实突及附近村庄的居民，使他们恐惧，都患上毒疮。

7 And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”

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 So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.

8 亚实突人派人召集非利士所有的首领，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 But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.

9 约柜抵达迦特后，耶和华出手攻击那城，使那里的男女老少都患了毒疮，全城惊恐不已。

10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”

10 于是，他们把约柜送往以革伦。以革伦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 Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.

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 Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

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。