1 Chronicles 13

1 [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.

١ وَتَدَاوَلَ دَاوُدُ مَعَ كُلِّ قَادَةِ الأُلُوفِ وَالْمِئَاتِ وَسَائِرِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ،

2 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,

٢ وَقَالَ لِكُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «إِنْ طَابَ لَكُمْ وَكَانَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ مِنَ الرَّبِّ، فَلْنَبْعَثْ إِلَى بَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِنَا الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَإِلَى الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ الْقَاطِنِينَ مَعَهُمْ فِي مُدُنِهِمْ وَمَرَاعِيهِمْ لِيَجْتَمِعُوا هُنَا،

3 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.”

٣ حَتَّى نُرْجِعَ تَابُوتَ إِلَهِنَا، لأَنَّنَا أَهْمَلْنَا طَلَبَ الْمَشُورَةِ بِوَاسِطَتِهِ مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ شَاوُلَ».

4 All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.

٤ فَقَالَتْ كُلُّ الْجَمَاعَةِ: «لِنَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ». لأَنَّ الأَمْرَ لاقَى اسْتِحْسَاناً لَدَيْهِمْ.

5 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].

٥ وَحَشَدَ دَاوُدُ كُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ حُدُودِ نَهْرِ شِيحُورِ مِصْرَ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ حَمَاةَ لِيَنْقُلُوا تَابُوتَ اللهِ مِنْ قَرْيَةِ يَعَارِيمَ.

6 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].

٦ وَانْطَلَقَ دَاوُدُ فِي طَلِيعَةِ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى بَعْلَةَ، إِلَى قَرْيَةِ يَعَارِيمَ الْوَاقِعَةِ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، لِيُحْضِرُوا مِنْ هُنَاكَ التَّابُوتَ الَّذِي دُعِيَ عَلَيْهِ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ الْجَالِسِ عَلَى الْكَرُوبِيمِ.

7 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].

٧ وَأَخَذُوا التَّابُوتَ مِنْ بَيْتِ أَبِينَادَابَ وَوَضَعُوهُ عَلَى عَرَبَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ يَسُوقُهَا عُزَّا وَأَخِيُو.

8 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.

٨ وَرَاحَ دَاوُدُ وَسَائِرُ الشَّعْبِ يَحْتَفِلُونَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ بِكُلِّ اعْتِزَازٍ رَاقِصِينَ وَمُغَنِّينَ وَعَازِفِينَ عَلَى عِيدَانٍ وَرَبَابٍ وَدُفُوفٍ وَصُنُوجٍ وَأَبْوَاقٍ.

9 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.

٩ وَعِنْدَمَا بَلَغُوا بَيْدَرَ كِيدُونَ تَعَثَّرَتِ الثِّيرَانُ، فَمَدَّ عُزَّةُ يَدَهُ وَأَمْسَكَ بِالتَّابُوتِ لِيَمْنَعَهُ مِنَ السُّقُوطِ،

10 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].

١٠ فَاحْتَدَمَ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ وَأَمَاتَهُ لأَنَّهُ مَدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَى التَّابُوتِ، وَهَكَذَا هَلَكَ هُنَاكَ أَمَامَ اللهِ.

11 David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.

١١ فَاغْتَاظَ دَاوُدُ لأَنَّ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ انْصَبَّ عَلَى عُزَّةَ، وَسَمَّى ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعَ فَارَصَ عُزَّةَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: اقْتِحَامُ عُزَّةَ) إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

12 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]

١٢ وَاعْتَرَى دَاوُدَ الْخَوْفُ مِنَ اللهِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَقَالَ: «كَيْفَ أُحْضِرُ تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَيَّ؟»

13 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].

١٣ وَلَمْ يَنْقُلْ دَاوُدُ تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَيْهِ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، بَلْ أَوْدَعَهُ بَيْتَ عُوبِيدَ أَدُومَ الْجَتِّيِّ.

14 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.

١٤ وَمَكَثَ التَّابُوتُ فِي بَيْتِ عُوبِيدَ أَدُومَ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ، بَارَكَ الرَّبُّ فيِ أَثْنَائِهَا بَيْتَ عُوبِيدَ أَدُومَ وَكُلَّ مَالَهُ.