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.