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.
Og David samrådde seg med dei øvste herførarane og underførarane, med alle hovdingarne.
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,
Og David sagde til heile Israels-lyden: «I fall de so finn fyre, og um dette er ifrå Herren, vår Gud, so lat oss senda bod til alle kantar åt dei andre brørne våre i alle Israels bygder, og dessutan åt prestarne og levitarne i dei byarne som dei hev bumark ikring, at dei skal koma saman hjå oss.
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.”
Og lat oss flytja kista åt vår Gud hit til oss! For i Sauls dagar spurde me ikkje etter henne.»
4 All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
Og heile lyden svara at dei skulde gjera det; for alt folket lika denne rådi.
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].
So samla då David heile Israel ifrå kvisli frammed Egyptarlandet og alt dit der vegen gjeng til Hamat, at dei skulde føra Guds kista frå Kirjat-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].
Og David for med heile Israel upp til Ba’ala, til Kirjat-Jearim, som høyrer til Juda, med den etlingi å føra upp kista åt Gud Herren, han som tronar yver kerubarne, og som ho hev fenge namnet sitt etter.
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].
Og dei sette Guds kista på ei ny vogn og førde henne burt frå huset hans Abinadab, og Uzza og Ahjo køyrde vogni.
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.
Og David og heile Israel leika for Gud av all si magt med song og med cithrar, harpor, trummor, cymblar og trompetar.
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.
Men då dei kom til treskjestaden hans Kidon, rette Uzza ut handi og vilde fata i kista; for uksarne snåva.
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].
Då vart Herren brennande harm på Uzza, og han slo honom for di han hadde rett ut handi si åt kista, so han døydde der for Guds åsyn.
11 David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
Men David vart ille ved, av di Herren soleis hadde slege ned Uzza, og han kalla den staden Peres-Uzza, som det heiter den dag i dag.
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]
Og David fekk ei slik rædsla for Gud den dagen, at han sagde: «Kor kann eg våga føra Guds kista til meg?»
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].
Difor flutte ikkje David kista til seg i Davidsbyen, men sette henne inn i huset åt gatiten Obed-Edom.
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.
Guds kista vart då verande ved huset hans Obed-Edom, der ho stod i sitt eige hus i tri månader; men Herren velsigna Obed-Edoms hus og alt det som høyrde honom til.
