¹ 耶和华的话临到我说：

² 人子啊，你要面向亚扪人说预言，攻击他们，

³ 说：你们当听主耶和华的话。主耶和华如此说：我的圣所被亵渎，以色列地变荒凉，犹大家被掳掠；那时，你便因这些事说：阿哈！

⁴ 所以我必将你的地交给东方人为业；他们必在你的地上安营居住，吃你的果子，喝你的奶。

⁵ 我必使拉巴为骆驼场，使亚扪人的地为羊群躺卧之处，你们就知道我是耶和华。

⁶ 主耶和华如此说：因你拍手顿足，以满心的恨恶向以色列地欢喜，

⁷ 所以我伸手攻击你，将你交给列国作为掳物。我必从万民中剪除你，使你从万国中败亡。我必除灭你，你就知道我是耶和华。

⁸ 主耶和华如此说：因摩押和西珥人说：看哪，犹大家与列国无异，

⁹ 所以我要破开摩押边界上的城邑，就是摩押人看为本国之荣耀的伯耶西末、巴力免、基列亭，

¹⁰ 好使东方人来攻击亚扪人。我必将亚扪人之地交给他们为业，使亚扪人在列国中不再被记念。

¹¹ 我必向摩押施行审判，他们就知道我是耶和华。

¹² 主耶和华如此说：因为以东报仇雪恨，攻击犹大家，向他们报仇，大大有罪，

¹³ 所以主耶和华如此说：我必伸手攻击以东，剪除人与牲畜，使以东从提幔起，人必倒在刀下，地要变为荒凉，直到底但。

¹⁴ 我必藉我民以色列的手报复以东；以色列民必照我的怒气，按我的忿怒在以东施报，以东人就知道是我施报。这是主耶和华说的。

¹⁵ 主耶和华如此说：因非利士人向犹大人报仇，就是以恨恶的心报仇雪恨，永怀仇恨，要毁灭他们，

¹⁶ 所以主耶和华如此说：我必伸手攻击非利士人，剪除基利提人，灭绝沿海剩下的居民。

¹⁷ 我向他们大施报应，发怒斥责他们。我报复他们的时候，他们就知道我是耶和华。

¹ Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

² The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

³ When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

⁴ When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [lay] cut off on the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him.

⁵ Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day.

⁶ But the hand of Yahweh was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders.

⁷ When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us; for his hand is severe on us, and on Dagon our God."

⁸ They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath." They carried the ark of the God of Israel [there].

⁹ It was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of Yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.

¹⁰ So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, "They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people."

¹¹ They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people." For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

¹² The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.