1 Samuweli
5:1 AmaFilisti awuthatha umphongolo kaNkulunkulu, futhi wawuletha kusukela Ebenezeri
e-Ashidodi.
5:2 AmaFilisti athatha umphongolo kaNkulunkulu, awungenisa endlini
likaDagoni, walimisa ngakuDagoni.
5:3 Futhi lapho abase-Ashdodi bavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, bheka, uDagoni
wawa ngobuso emhlabathini phambi komphongolo kaJehova. Futhi bona
wamthatha uDagoni, wammisa esikhundleni sakhe futhi.
5:4 Futhi lapho bevuka ekuseni kakhulu, bheka, uDagoni
wawa ngobuso emhlabathini phambi komphongolo kaJehova; kanye ne
ikhanda likaDagoni nezintende zombili zezandla zakhe zazinqunyiwe phezu kwekhanda lakhe
umbundu; Kwasala isiphunzi sikaDagoni kuphela.
5:5 Ngakho-ke abapristi bakaDagoni, noma yimuphi ongena endlini kaDagoni
unyathele embundwini kaDagoni e-Ashidodi kuze kube namuhla.
5:6 Kodwa isandla sikaJehova sasinzima phezu kwabo base-Ashidodi, futhi wabhubhisa
wababulala, wababulala ngamathumba, i-Ashidodi nemikhawulo yalo.
5:7 Futhi lapho abantu base-Ashidodi ebona ukuthi kunjalo, bathi: "Umphongolo kaJehova."
UNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli akayikuhlala nathi, ngokuba isandla sakhe sinzima phezu kwethu, futhi
phezu kukaDagoni unkulunkulu wethu.
5:8 Ngakho bathumela futhi babuthela ndawonye zonke izikhulu zamaFilisti
bathi: “Siyakwenze njani ngomphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli na? Futhi
bathi: “Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli mawuyiswe kuwo
Gathi. Bawuthwala umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli lapho.
5:9 Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi, ngemva kokuba sebeyithwele, isandla somuntu
UJehova wawumelene nomuzi ngokuchitha okukhulu kakhulu, wawushaya
amadoda omuzi, kusukela komncane kuya komkhulu, ayenamathumba phakathi kwawo
izingxenye eziyimfihlo.
5:10 Ngakho bathumela umphongolo kaNkulunkulu e-Ekroni. Futhi kwenzeka, njengoba nje
umphongolo kaNkulunkulu wafika e-Ekroni, abase-Ekroni bamemeza, bathi:
silethe umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli kithi ukuba usibulale futhi
abantu bakithi.
5:11 Ngakho bathumela futhi wabutha zonke izikhulu zamaFilisti, futhi
wathi: "Susani umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, futhi niwubuyisele kowakhe."
indawo yethu, ukuze ingasibulali thina nabantu bakithi, ngokuba kwakukhona okubulalayo
ukubhujiswa emzini wonke; isandla sikaNkulunkulu sasinzima kakhulu
Lapho.
5:12 Futhi amadoda angafanga bashaywa ngamathumba, futhi ukukhala
umuzi wenyukela ezulwini.