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.
A Dawid odbył naradę z tysiącznikami i setnikami oraz ze wszystkimi dowódcami.
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,
Potem Dawid powiedział do całego zgromadzenia Izraela: [Jeśli] wam się to podoba i jeśli jest to od PANA, naszego Boga, roześlijmy wiadomość wszędzie do naszych braci, którzy pozostali we wszystkich krainach Izraela, a także do kapłanów i Lewitów – po miastach i ich pastwiskach – i niech się zgromadzą u nas;
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.”
Abyśmy sprowadzili do nas arkę naszego Boga. Nie pytaliśmy bowiem o nią za czasów Saula.
4 All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
I całe zgromadzenie powiedziało, aby tak czynić, bo ta rzecz podobała się całemu ludowi.
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].
Dawid więc zebrał cały Izrael od egipskiego Szichoru aż do wejścia do Chamat, aby sprowadzić arkę Boga z Kiriat-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].
Dawid wyruszył wraz z całym Izraelem do Baali, w Kiriat-Jearim, które [znajduje się] w Judzie, aby sprowadzić stamtąd arkę PANA Boga zasiadającego nad cherubinami, gdzie wzywane jest jego imię.
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].
I wywieźli arkę Boga na nowym wozie z domu Abinadaba, a Uzza i Achio prowadzili wóz.
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.
Dawid zaś i cały Izrael grali przed Bogiem ze wszystkich sił, śpiewając przy dźwiękach harf, cytr, bębnów, cymbałów i trąb.
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.
A gdy przyszli na klepisko Kidona, Uzza wyciągnął rękę, aby przytrzymać arkę, bo woły się potknęły.
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].
I zapłonął gniew PANA przeciwko Uzzie i [PAN] go zabił, dlatego że wyciągnął rękę do arki. I umarł tam przed Bogiem.
11 David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
I Dawid był wielce niezadowolony, że PAN tak srogo poraził Uzzę, dlatego nazwał to miejsce Peres-Uzza i tak [jest nazywane] do dziś.
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]
I Dawid zląkł się Boga tego dnia, i powiedział: Jak mam wprowadzić do siebie arkę Boga?
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].
Dlatego Dawid nie wprowadził arki do siebie, do miasta Dawida, lecz wprowadził ją do domu Obed-Edoma Gittyty.
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.
I arka Boga pozostała z domownikami Obed-Edoma w jego domu przez trzy miesiące. A PAN błogosławił domowi Obed-Edoma i wszystkiemu, co miał.
