Første Krønikebog 13
1 Og David holdt et Raad med Høvedsmændene over tusinde og over hundrede og med alle Fyrsterne.
[One day] David talked with all his army officers. Some of them were commanders of 100 soldiers and some were commanders of 1,000 soldiers.
2 Og David sagde til hele Israels Forsamling: Dersom det synes godt for eder, og det er fra Herren, vor Gud, saa lader os hastelig sende Bud til dem af vore Brødre, som ere blevne tilbage i alle Israels Lande, og ligervis til Præsterne og Leviterne i Stæderne paa deres Marker, at de kunne forsamle sig med os.
Then he summoned the other Israeli leaders and said to all of them, “If it seems to you to be a good thing for us to do, and if it is what Yahweh our God wants, let’s send a message to our fellow Israelis in all the areas of our country, including the priests and [other] descendants of Levi who are living among them in their towns and in the nearby pasturelands, to come and join us,
3 Og lader os flytte vor Guds Ark over til os; thi vi søgte den ikke i Sauls Dage.
because we want to bring the Sacred Chest of our God back to us. While Saul [was the king], we did not go to God’s presence to ask him what we should do.”
4 Da sagde den hele Forsamling, at man skulde gøre saa; thi den Ting syntes at være ret for hele Folkets Øjne.
All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
5 Saa samlede David hele Israel fra Ægyptens Sihor og til Hamath for at føre Guds Ark fra Kirjath-Jearim.
So David gathered all the Israeli people, from the Shihor [River] in Egypt to Lebo-Hamath [town in the north, and told them that he wanted them] to [help] bring the Sacred Chest of God [back to Jerusalem] from Kiriath-Jearim [city].
6 Og David og hele Israel drog op til Baalath, til Kirjath-Jearim, som hører til Juda, for at hente Gud Herrens Ark op derfra, hans, som sidder paa Keruber, og hvis Navn paakaldes.
David went with all the Israeli people to Baalah [town], which is [another name for] Kiriath-Jearim, to get the Sacred Chest. [The people believed that] God ruled from between the statues of winged creatures that was above the lid of the Sacred Chest [MTY].
7 Og de førte Guds Ark paa en ny Vogn fra Abinadabs Hus, og Ussa og Ahio førte Vognen.
The people put the Sacred Chest on a new cart and transported it from Abinadab’s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding [the oxen that were pulling the cart].
8 Og David og hele Israel legede for Guds Ansigt af al Magt baade med Sange og med Harper og med Psaltre og med Trommer og med Cymbler og med Basuner.
David and all the Israeli people were celebrating in God’s presence with all their strength. They were singing and [playing] lyres, harps, tambourines, and cymbals, and [blowing] trumpets.
9 Og der de kom til Kidons Lade, da udrakte Ussa sin Haand for at gribe fat paa Arken, thi Øksnene vege ud af Sporet.
But when David’s men came to the place where Kidon threshed grain, the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out with his hand to prevent the Sacred Chest from falling off the cart.
10 Da optændtes Herrens Vrede imod Ussa, og han slog ham, fordi han udrakte sin Haand til Arken, og han døde der for Guds Ansigt.
Yahweh immediately became very angry with Uzzah, and he caused Uzzah to suddenly die there because he had put his hand on the Sacred Chest, [and Yahweh had commanded that only the descendants of Levi who help the priests should touch the Sacred Chest].
11 Da blev David ilde tilfreds, fordi Herren havde gjort et Skaar paa Ussa, og han kaldte det samme Sted Perez-Ussa indtil denne Dag.
David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
12 Og David frygtede for Gud paa den samme Dag og sagde: Hvorledes skal jeg lade Guds Ark komme til mig?
That day, David was afraid of God. He asked [himself], “(How can I bring God’s Sacred Chest to my [city]?/I am afraid to bring God’s Sacred Chest to my [city].)” [RHQ]
13 Og David vilde ikke føre Arken til sig i Davids Stad; men han lod den føre hen til Githiten Obed-Edoms Hus.
So the men with David did not take the Sacred Chest to Jerusalem. Instead, they took it to the house of Obed-Edom, who was from Gath [city].
14 Og Guds Ark blev ved Obed-Edoms Hus, i hans Hus, i tre Maaneder, og Herren velsignede Obed-Edoms Hus og alt det, han havde.
The Sacred Chest stayed with Obed-Edom’s family in his house for three months. And [during that time] Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that he owned.
