Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli 5:1 AmaFilisti ayithabatha ityeya kaThixo, esuka nayo e-Ebhenezere ukuya eAshdode. 5:2 Ayithabatha ke amaFilisti ityeya kaThixo, ayingenisa endlwini; kaDagon, wayimisa ngakuDagon. 5:3 Bavuka kusasa ngengomso abaseAshdode, nanko uDagon ekhona wawa ngobuso emhlabeni phambi kwetyeya kaYehova. Kwaye bona wamthabatha uDagon, wammisa endaweni yakhe. 5:4 Bavuka kusasa ngengomso, nanko ekhona uDagon wawa ngobuso emhlabeni phambi kwetyeya kaYehova; kwaye i Intloko kaDagon nezandla zakhe zozibini zinqunyulwe phezu kwentloko yakhe umgubasi; UDagon wasala kuye kuphela isiphunzi. 5:5 ngenxa yoko ababingeleli bakaDagon, nabo bonke abangena kwaDagon embundwini womnyango kaDagon eAshdode unanamhla. 5:6 Saba nzima isandla sikaYehova phezu kwabaseAshdode, wabatshabalalisa wababetha ngamathumba, iAshdode nemida yayo. 5:7 Akubona amadoda aseAshdode ukuba kunjalo, athi, Ityeya yeNkosi Akayi kuhlala nathi uThixo kaSirayeli; ngokuba sinzima phezu kwethu isandla sakhe; phezu koDagon uthixo wethu. 5:8 Bathumela ke, bazihlanganisela ndawonye zonke izikhulu zamaFilisti bathi, Siyithini na ityeya yoThixo kaSirayeli? Kwaye bathi, Mayithwalwe ityeya yoThixo kaSirayeli eGati. Bayikhwelisa khona ityeya yoThixo kaSirayeli. 5:9 Kwathi ke, emva kokuyithwala, sasuka isandla somshumayeli UYehova wawufikela umzi lowo, wawutshabalalisa kakhulu, wawutshabalalisa amadoda aloo mzi, ethabathela komncinane esa komkhulu, anezilonda emathunjini iindawo ezifihlakeleyo. 5:10 Bayithumela ke ityeya kaThixo e-Ekron. Kwathi ke, kwanjengokuba kanye Yafika ityeya kaThixo e-Ekron, bakhala abase-Ekron, besithi, Benjenjalo nayizisa kuthi ityeya yoThixo kaSirayeli, ukuba isibulale, ize abantu bethu. 5:11 Ngoko bathumela bahlanganisela ndawonye zonke izikhulu zamaFilisti Wathi, Yisuse ityeya yoThixo kaSirayeli, ibuyele kweyakhe ukuba ungasibulali thina, nabantu bakowethu; imbuqo phakathi komzi wonke; Saye sinzima kunene isandla sikaThixo Pha. 5:12 Ke amadoda angafanga abethwa ngamathumba, kunye nesikhalo umzi wenyuka waya ezulwini.