1AmaFilisti athatha umphongolo kaNkulunkulu, awususa e-Ebenezeri, awusa e-Ashidodi.
2Lapho amaFilisti ewuthatha umphongolo kaNkulunkulu, awungenisa endlini kaDagoni, awubeka kuDagoni.
3Kwathi sebeqedile e-Ashidodi ekuseni kakhulu, bheka, uDagoni wawa ngobuso emhlabathini phambi komphongolo kaJehova. Basebemthatha uDagoni bambuyisela endaweni yakhe.
4Lapho bevuka ekuseni kakhulu, bheka, uDagoni wawa ngobuso emhlabathini phambi komphongolo kaJehova; ikhanda likaDagoni nezintende zezandla zakhe zombili zazinqunyiwe zisembundwini; kwasala isiphunzi sikaDagoni kuphela.
5Ngalokho abapristi bakaDagoni nabo bonke abangena endlini kaDagoni abanyatheli embundwini kaDagoni e-Ashidodi kuze kube namuhla.
6Kepha isandla sikaJehova saba nzima phezu kwabo kwase-Ashidodi, wabachitha, wababulala ngenkemba, i-Ashidodi nemikhawulo yalo.
7Lapho abantu base-Ashidodi bebona ukuthi kunjalo, bathi: “Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli awunakuhlala kithi, ngokuba isandla sakhe sinzima kithina nakunkulunkulu wethu uDagoni.”
8Basebethumela, babuthana kubo zonke iziphathamandla zamaFilisti, zathi: Sizakwenzani ngomphongolo kaNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli? Basebesithi: Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli kawususelwe eGathi. Bawuletha khona umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
9Kwathi sebewuzuzile, isandla sikaJehova saba phezu komuzi ngokuchitha okukhulu kakhulu; izingxenye.
10Ngakho bathumela umphongolo kaNkulunkulu e-Ekroni. Kwathi umphongolo kaNkulunkulu usufikile e-Ekroni, abase-Ekroni bakhala bathi: “Balethile umphongolo kaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli kithi ukuba basibulale thina nabantu bakithi.
11Basebethuma, babutha zonke iziphathamandla zamaFilisti, bathi: Thumani umphongolo kaNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ubuyele endaweni yawo, ukuze ungasibulali thina labantu bakithi; ngoba kwakukhona incithakalo ebulalayo kuwo wonke umuzi; isandla sikaNkulunkulu sasinzima kakhulu lapho.
12Abantu abangafanga bashaywa ngesijeziso, nokukhala komuzi kwenyukela ezulwini.
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