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.
E teve David conselho com os capitães dos milhares, e dos centos, e com todos os príncipes.
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,
E disse David a toda a congregação de Israel: Se bem vos parece, e que vem do Senhor nosso Deus, enviemos depressa mensageiros a todos os nossos outros irmãos em todas as terras de Israel, e aos sacerdotes, e aos levitas com eles nas cidades e nos seus arrabaldes, para que se ajuntem conosco.
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.”
E tornemos a trazer para nós a arca do nosso Deus; porque não a buscamos nos dias de Saul.
4 All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
Então disse toda a congregação que assim se fizesse; porque este negócio pareceu reto aos olhos de todo o povo.
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].
Ajuntou pois David a todo o Israel desde Sihor do Egito até chegar a Hamath; para trazer a arca de Deus de 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].
E então David com todo o Israel subiu a Baala e dali a Kiriath-jearim, que está em Judá, para fazer subir dali a arca de Deus, o Senhor que habita entre os cherubins, sobre a qual é invocado o seu nome.
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].
E levaram a arca de Deus sobre um carro novo, da casa de Abinadab: e Uza e Ahio guiavam o carro.
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.
E David, e todo o Israel, tocava perante Deus com toda a sua força; em cânticos, e com harpas, e com alaúdes, e com tamboris, e com címbalos, e com trombetas.
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.
E, chegando à eira de Chidon, estendeu Uza a sua mão, para ter mão na arca; porque os bois tropeçavam.
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].
Então se acendeu a ira do Senhor contra Uza, e o feriu, por ter estendido a sua mão à arca: e morreu ali perante Deus.
11 David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
E David se encheu de tristeza de que o Senhor houvesse aberto brecha em Uza; pelo que chamou àquele lugar Perez-uza, até ao dia de hoje.
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]
E aquele dia temeu David ao Senhor, dizendo: Como trarei a mim a arca de Deus?
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].
Pelo que David não trouxe a arca a si, à cidade de David; porém a fez retirar à casa de Obed-edom, o getheu.
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.
Assim ficou a arca de Deus com a família de Obed-edom, três meses em sua casa: e o Senhor abençoou a casa de Obed-edom, e tudo quanto tinha.
