5. Ngenxa yoko ababingeleli bakaDagon, nabo bonke abangenayo endlwini kaDagon, àbanyatheli embundwini womnyango wendlu kaDagon eAshdode unanamhla.
6. Saba nzima isandla sikaYehova phezu kwabaseAshdode, sabaphanzisa, sababetha ngamathumba, iAshdode ke nemida yayo.
7. Akubona amadoda aseAshdode ukuba kunjalo, athi, Ityeya yoThixo kaSirayeli mayingahlali kuthi; ngokuba isandla sakhe sinzima phezu kwethu, naphezu koDagon uthixo wethu.
8. Athumela ahlanganisela kuwo zonke izikhulu zamaFilisti, athi, Síyithini na ityeya yoThixo kaSirayeli? Zathi, Mayijike iye eGati. Ayijika ke ityeya yoThixo kaSirayeli.