Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 5:6-12

6 Yēhéhuá de shǒu chóngchóng jiā zaì Yàshítū rénshēn shàng , baìhuaì tāmen , shǐ tāmen shēng zhì chuāng . Yàshítū hé Yàshítū de sì jìng dōu shì rúcǐ .

7 Yà shí tū rén jiàn zhè guāngjǐng , jiù shuō , Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì bùkĕ liú zaì wǒmen zhèlǐ , yīnwei tāde shǒu chóngchóng jiā zaì wǒmen hé wǒmen shén dà gún de shēnshang .

8 Jiù dǎfa rén qù qǐng Fēilìshì de zhòng shǒulǐng lái jùjí , wèn tāmen shuō , wǒmen xiàng Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì yīngdāng zĕnyàng xíng ne . tāmen huídá shuō , kĕyǐ jiāng Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì yùn dào Jiātè qù . yúshì jiāng Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì yùn dào nàli qù .

9 Yùn dào zhī hòu , Yēhéhuá de shǒu gōngjī nà chéng , shǐ nà chéng de rén dàdà jīnghuāng , wúlùn dà xiǎo dōu shēng zhì chuāng .

10 Tāmen jiù bǎ shén de yuē guì sòng dào Yǐgélún . shén de yuē guì dào le , Yǐgélún rén jiù hǎn nāng qǐlai shuō , tāmen jiāng Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì yùn dào wǒmen zhèlǐ , yào haì wǒmen hé wǒmen de zhòng mín .

11 Yúshì dǎfa rén qù qǐng Fēilìshì de zhòng shǒulǐng lái , shuō , yuàn nǐmen jiāng Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì sòng huí yuán chù , miǎndé haì le wǒmen hé wǒmen de zhòng mín . yuánlái shén de shǒu chóngchóng gōngjī nà chéng , chéng zhōng de rén yǒu yīn jīnghuāng ér sǐ de .

12 Wèicéng sǐ de rén dōu shēng le zhì chuāng . hé chéng hū hào , shēngyīn shàngdá yú tiān .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 5:6-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 5

This chapter relates how that the ark being brought by the Philistines to Ashdod, and placed in the temple of their idol, that fell down before it, 1Sa 5:1-5, that the hand of the Lord was upon the men of Ashdod, and smote them with emerods, 1Sa 5:6,7 and being carried to Gath, the men of Gath were smitten likewise with the same, 1Sa 5:8,9, and after that the men of Ekron, whither it also was carried, 1Sa 5:10-12.