1 Samuel 6

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1 Siete meses estuvo el arca de Yahveh en territorio filisteo.	1 Now the ark of the Lord was in the region of the Philistines for seven months.
2 Llamaron los filisteos a los sacerdotes y adivinos y preguntaron: «¿Qué debemos hacer con el arca de Yahveh? Hacednos saber cómo la hemos de enviar a su sitio».	2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying: “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Reveal to us in what manner we should send it back to its place.” And they said:
3 Ellos respondieron: «Si queréis devolver el arca del Dios de Israel, no la devolváis de vacío, ofrecedle una reparación y entonces sanaréis y sabréis por qué no se ha apartado su mano de vosotros».	3 “If you send back the ark of the God of Israel, do not choose to release it empty. Instead, repay to him what you owe because of sin. And then you will be cured. And you will know why his hand did not withdraw from you.”
4 Preguntaron ellos: «¿Qué reparación hemos de ofrecer?» Y respondieron: «Conforme al número de los tiranos de los filisteos, cinco tumores de oro y cinco ratas de oro, porque el mismo castigo sufrís vosotros que vuestros tiranos.	4 And they said, “What is it that we ought to repay to him because of transgression?” And they responded:
5 Haced imágenes de vuestros tumores y de vuestras ratas que devastan el país y dad gloria al Dios de Israel. Acaso aligere su mano de sobre vosotros, vuestros dioses y vuestra tierra.	5 “In accord with the number of the provinces of the Philistines, you shall fashion five gold cysts and five gold mice. For the same plague has been upon all of you and your princes. And you shall fashion a likeness of your cysts and a likeness of the mice, which have destroyed the land. And so shall you give glory to the God of Israel, so that perhaps he may lift off his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land.
6 ¿Por qué habéis de endurecer vuestros corazones como endurecieron su corazón los egipcios y Faraón? ¿No los tuvieron que dejar partir después que Dios los hubo maltratado?	6 Why have you hardened your hearts, just as Egypt and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he was struck, did he not then release them, and they went away?
7 Ahora, pues tomad y preparad una carreta nueva y dos vacas que estén criando y que no hayan llevado yugo; unciréis las vacas a la carreta y haréis volver sus becerros al establo.	7 Now therefore, fashion and take a new cart, with two cows that have given birth, but on which no yoke has been imposed. And yoke them to the cart, but retain their calves at home.
8 Tomaréis el arca de Yahveh y la pondréis sobre la carreta. Cuanto a los objetos de oro que le habéis ofrecido como reparación, los meteréis en un cofre a su lado, y la dejaréis marchar.	8 And you shall take the ark of the Lord, and you shall place it upon the cart, with the articles of gold that you have paid to him on behalf of transgression. You shall place these in a little box at its side. And release it, so that it may go.
9 Y fijaos: si toma el camino de su país, hacia Bet Semes, es él el que nos ha causado esta gran calamidad; si no, sabremos que no ha sido su mano la que nos ha castigado y que todo esto nos ha sucedido por casualidad».	9 And you shall watch. And if, indeed, it ascends by the way of his own parts, toward Beth-shemesh, then he has done this great evil to us. But if not, then we shall know that it is by no means his hand that has touched us, but instead it happened by chance.”
10 Así lo hicieron aquellos hombres: tomaron dos vacas que estaban criando y las uncieron a la carreta, pero retuvieron las crías en el establo.	10 Therefore, they did it in this way. And taking two cows that were feeding calves, they yoked them to the cart, and they enclosed their calves at home.
11 Colocaron sobre la carreta el arca de Yahveh y el cofre con las ratas de oro y las imágenes de sus tumores.	11 And they placed the ark of God upon the cart, with the little box that held the gold mice and the likenesses of the cysts.
12 Tomaron las vacas en derechura por el camino de Bet Semes y mantuvieron la misma ruta; caminaban mugiendo, sin desviar ni a derecha ni a izquierda. Los tiranos de los filisteos las siguieron hasta los confines de Bet Semes.	12 But the cows went directly along the way that leads to Beth-shemesh. And they advanced only in one direction, lowing as they went. And they did not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left. Moreover, the princes of the Philistines followed them, as far as the borders of Beth-shemesh.
13 Estaban los de Bet Semes segando el trigo en el valle, y alzando la vista vieron el arca y fueron gozosos a su encuentro.	13 Now the Beth-shemeshites were harvesting wheat in the valley. And lifting up their eyes, they saw the ark, and they were glad when they had seen it.
14 Al llegar la carreta al campo de Josué de Bet Semes, se detuvo; había allí una gran piedra. Astillaron la madera de la carreta y ofrecieron las vacas en holocausto a Yahveh.	14 And the cart went into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemeshite, and it stood still there. Now in that place was a great stone, and so they cut up the wood of the cart, and they placed the cows upon it as a holocaust to the Lord.
15 Los levitas bajaron el arca de Yahveh y el cofre que estaba a su lado y que contenía los objetos de oro, y lo depositaron todo sobre la gran piedra. Los de Bet Semes ofrecieron aquel día holocaustos e hicieron sacrificios a Yahveh.	15 But the Levites took down the ark of God, and the little box that was at its side, in which were the articles of gold, and they placed them upon the great stone. Then the men of Beth-shemesh offered holocausts and immolated victims, on that day, to the Lord.
16 Cuando los cinco tiranos filisteos lo vieron, se tornaron a Ecrón el mismo día.	16 And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Ekron on the same day.
17 Estos son los tumores de oro que los filisteos ofrecieron en reparación a Yahveh: uno por Asdod, uno por Gaza, uno por Ascalón, uno por Gat, uno por Ecrón.	17 Now these are the gold cysts, which the Philistines repaid to the Lord for transgression: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one.
18 Y ratas de oro, tantas cuantas son las ciudades de los filisteos, las de los cinco tiranos, desde las ciudades fortificadas hasta las aldeas abiertas. Testigo, la gran piedra sobre la que se colocó el arca de Yahveh y que está en el campo de Josué de Bet Semes, hasta el día de hoy.	18 And there were gold mice, according to the number of the cities of the Philistines, of the five provinces, from the fortified city to the village that was without a wall, and even to the great stone upon which they placed the ark of the Lord, which was, at last in that day, in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemeshite.
19 De entre los habitantes de Bet Semes, los hijos de Jeconías no se alegraron cuando vieron el arca de Yahveh y castigo Yahveh a setenta de sus hombres. El pueblo hizo duelo porque Yahveh los había castigado duramente.	19 Then he struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had seen the ark of the Lord. And he struck down some of the people: seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.
20 Dijeron entonces las gentes de Bet Semes: «¿Quién podrá resistir delante de Yahveh, el Dios Santo? ¿A quién subirá, alejándose de nosotros?	20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said: “Who will be able to stand in the sight of the Lord, this holy God? And who will ascend to him from us?”
21 Enviaron mensajeros a los habitantes de Quiryat Yearim para decirles: «Los filisteos han devuelto el arca de Yahveh. Bajad y subidla con vosotros».	21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying: “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Descend and lead it back to you.”