Targum Jonathan on I Samuel Chapter 5
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וּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי שְׁבוֹ יַת אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ וְאַיְתוֹהִי מֵאֶבֶן סַעֲדָא לְאַשְׁדוֹד:
When the Philistines captured the ark of the LORD, they brought it from the Stone of Help to Ashdod.
וּנְסִיבוּ פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי יַת אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ וְאָעִילוּ יָתֵיהּ לְבֵית דָגוֹן וַאֲקִימוּ יָתֵיהּ בִּסְטַר דָגוֹן:
Then the Philistines took the ark of the LORD and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon.
וְאַקְדִימוּ אֱנָשֵׁי אַשְׁדוֹד בְּיוֹמָא דְבַתְרוֹהִי וְהָא דָגוֹן רָמֵי עַל אַפּוֹהִי עַל אַרְעָא קֳדָם אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ וּנְסִיבוּ יַת דָגוֹן וַאֲתִיבוּ יָתֵיהּ לְאַתְרֵיהּ:
And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.
וְאַקְדִימוּ בְצַפְרָא בְּיוֹמָא דְבַתְרוֹהִי וְהָא דָגוֹן רָמֵי עַל אַפּוֹהִי עַל אַרְעָא קֳדָם אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ וְרֵישׁ דָגוֹן וְתַרְתֵּין פִּיסַת יְדוֹהִי קְצִיצָן מַחְתָא עַל סְקוּפְתָּא לְחוֹד גוּפֵיהּ אִשְׁתָּאַר עֲלוֹהִי:
When they rose early in the morning the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. And the head of Dagon and the two palms of his hands were lying cut off upon the threshold; only his body was left to him.
עַל כֵּן לָא דָרְכִין כּוּמְרֵי דָגוֹן וְכָל דְעָלִין לְבֵית דָגוֹן עַל סְקוּפַת דָגוֹן בְּאַשְׁדוֹד עַד יוֹמָא הָדֵין:
Therefore the idol priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
וּתְקֵיפַת מָחָתָא דַייָ עַל אֱנַשׁ אַשְׁדוֹד וְאַצְדִינוּן וְאַלְקִי יַתְהוֹן בִּטְחוֹרִין יַת אַשְׁדוֹד וְיַת תְּחוּמָהָא:
And the stroke of the LORD was heavily upon the people of Ashdod, and He terrified and afflicted them with haemorrhoids, both Ashdod and its territory.
וַחֲזוֹ אֱנָשֵׁי אַשְׁדוֹד אֲרֵי שַׁוְיָא עֲלֵיהוֹן מְחָתָא וְאָמְרִין לָא יִשְׁרֵי אֲרוֹן אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל עִמָנָא אֲרֵי תְקִיפַת מְחָתֵיהּ עֲלָנָא וְעַל דָגוֹן טַעֲוָתָנָא:
And when the people of Ashdod saw that the stroke was equally upon them, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not dwell with us; for his stroke is heavily upon us and upon Dagon our idol.”
וּשְׁלָחוּ וּכְנָשׁוּ יַת כָּל טוּרְנֵי פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי לְוַתְהוֹן וַאֲמָרוּ מָה נַעְבֵּיד לַאֲרוֹן אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲמָרוּ לְגַת יִסְתַּחַר אֲרוֹן אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְאַסְחָרוּ יַת אֲרוֹן אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל:
So they sent and gathered together all the chiefs of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They said, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath.” So they brought the ark of the God of Israel around.
וַהֲוָה בָּתַר דְאַסְחָרוּ יָתֵיהּ וַהֲוַת מְחָתָא דַייָ בְּקַרְתָּא שִׁגוּשָׁא רַבָּא לַחֲדָא וּמְחָא יַת אֱנָשֵׁי קַרְתָּא מִזְעֵירָא וְעַד רַבָּא וּלְקוֹ לְהוֹן בִּטְחוֹרִין:
But after they had brought it around, the stroke of the LORD was on the city, a very great panic. And He struck the men of the city, great and small, so that they were afflicted with haemorrhoids.
וּשְׁלָחוּ יַת אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ לְעֶקְרוֹן וַהֲוָה כְּמֵיתֵי אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ לְעֶקְרוֹן וּזְעִיקוּ עֶקְרוֹנָאֵי לְמֵימָר אַסְחָרוּ לְוָתָנָא יַת אֲרוֹן אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְקַטָלוּתָנָא וְיַת עִמָנָא:
So they sent the ark of the LORD to Ekron. And when the ark of the LORD came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought around to me the ark of the God of Israel to kill us and our people.”
וּשְׁלַחוּ וּכְנָשׁוּ יַת כָּל טוּרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וַאֲמַרוּ שַׁלְחוּ יַת אֲרוֹן אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל וִיתוּב לְאַתְרֵיהּ וְלָא יִקְטוֹל יָתִי וְיַת עַמִי אֲרֵי הֲוַת שִׁיגוּשׁ קְטָלָא בְּכָל קַרְתָּא תְּקֵיפַת לַחֲדָא מֲחָתָא דַייָ תַּמָן:
Then they sent and gathered together all the chiefs of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill me and my people.” For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The stroke of the LORD was very heavy there.
וְגַבְרַיָא דִי לָא מִיתוּ לָקוּ בַּטְחוֹרִין וּסְלִיקַת צִוְחַת קַרְתָּא לְצֵית שְׁמַיָא:
The men who did not die were stricken with haemorrhoids, and the cry of the city went up toward heaven.