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.
Daudi noporo wach kod jotende, jotend lweny alufe kod jotend lweny miche.
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,
Bangʼe nowachone riwruok duto mar jo-Israel niya, “Ka wachni bernu kendo ka en dwaro mar Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa, to waor wach ne jowetewa mamoko kamoro amora ma gintiere e kuonde mag Israel kaachiel gi jodolo gi jo-Lawi man kodgi e miechgi to gi lege mag kwath mondo gibi irwa.
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.”
Eka mondo waom Sandug Muma mar Nyasachwa ma wakel ka nikech ne ok wamanye e kinde loch Saulo.”
4 All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
Chokruokni duto noyie mondo otim mano nikech mano nonenore makare ni ji duto.
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].
Daudi nochoko jo-Israel duto chakre Aora Shihor man Misri nyaka Lebo Hamath mondo giom Sandug Muma mar Nyasaye Kiriath Jearim.
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].
Daudi kod jo-Israel duto mane ni kode nodhi Baala e piny Juda, ma bende iluongo ni Kiriath Jearim mondo giom Sandug Muma mar Jehova Nyasaye, mobet e kind kerubi, en sanduku mar muma miluongo gi nyinge.
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].
Negigolo Sandug Muma mar Nyasaye e od Abinadab ka otingʼe e gari manyien, to Uza gi Ahio ema ne chiko garino.
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.
Daudi kod jo-Israel duto ne miel gi tekregi duto e nyim Nyasaye ka gimor gi-ilo ka giwer gi thumbe gi nyatiti gi orutu gi oyieke gi kayamba kod turumbete.
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.
To kane gichopo ei kar dino mar Kidon, Uza norieyo bade mondo osir Sandug Muma mane dhi podho nikech rwedhi mane ywayo gari notangni.
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].
To Jehova Nyasaye nokecho gi Uza kendo ne ochwade nikech nomako Sandug Muma omiyo notho e nyim Nyasaye.
11 David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
Daudi nokecho nikech mirima mager mar Jehova Nyasaye nomwomore kuom Uza, omiyo nochak kanyo ni Perez Uza, nying ma pod iluongogo kanyo nyaka chil kawuono.
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]
Luoro nomako Daudi chiengʼno nikech Jehova Nyasaye mopenjo niya, “Ere kaka dakel Sandug Muma mar Jehova Nyasaye ka?”
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].
Omiyo ne ok okawo Sandug Muma mar Nyasaye mondo odhigo e Dala Maduongʼ mar Daudi, to nobaro otere e od Obed-Edom ja-Giti.
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.
Sandug Muma mar Nyasaye nosiko kuno gi jood Obed-Edom e ode kuom dweche adek kendo Jehova Nyasaye nogwedho gimoro amora e ode mane en-go.
