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.
Och David höll ett råd med de höfvitsmän öfver tusende, och öfver hundrade, och med alla Förstar;
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,
Och sade till hela Israels menighet: Täckes eder, och är det af Herranom vårom Gud, så låt oss allestäds utsända till de andra våra bröder i all Israels land, och till Presterna och Leviterna i städerna, der de förstäder hafva, att de varda till oss församlade.
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.”
Och låt oss hem ta till oss igen vår Guds ark; ty i Sauls tid frågade vi intet efter honom.
4 All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
Då sade hela menigheten, att man skulle så göra; ty detta täcktes allo folkena väl.
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].
Alltså församlade David hela Israel allt ifrå Sihor vid Egypten, intilldess man kommer till Hamath, till att hemta Guds ark ifrå KiriathJearim.
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].
Och David drog upp med hela Israel till Baalath, det är KiriathJearim, som i Juda ligger, att han skulle dädan uppföra Herrans Guds ark, den på Cherubim sitter, der Namnet åkalladt varder.
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].
Och de läto föra Guds ark uppå en ny vagn, utur AbiNadabs hus. Men Ussa och Ahio drefvo vagnen.
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.
Och David med hela Israel spelade framför Gudi med all magt, med sånger, med harpor, med psaltare, med trummor, med cymbaler, och med basuner.
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.
Som de nu kommo uppå den platsen Chidon, räckte Ussa ut sina hand, till att hålla arken; förty oxarne gingo afsides.
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 förgrymmade sig Herrans vrede öfver Ussa, och slog honom, derföre att han hade räckt sina hand ut på arken, så att han der död blef för Gudi.
11 David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
Då vardt David bedröfvad, att Herren hade sönderrifvit Ussa, och kallade det rummet PerezUssa, allt intill denna 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]
Och David fruktade sig för Gud den dagen, och sade: Huru skall jag hafva Guds ark in till mig?
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].
Derföre lät han icke föra in till sig Guds ark uti Davids stad, utan förde honom in uti ObedEdoms hus, den Gitthitens.
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.
Alltså blef Guds ark när ObedEdom i hans huse i tre månader. Och Herren välsignade ObedEdoms hus, och all det han hade.
