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.