1 Cronache 13
1 POI Davide si consigliò con tutti i conduttori, capi delle migliaia, e delle centinaia.
[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.
2 E disse a tutta la raunanza d'Israele: Se vi par bene, e [se ciò procede] dal Signore Iddio nostro, mandiamo in qua ed in là agli altri nostri fratelli, [che sono] per tutte le contrade d'Israele, appo i quali [sono] i sacerdoti e i Leviti, nelle terre, i cui contadi sono loro assegnati, a dir loro che si raunino appresso a noi.
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,
3 E riduciamo appresso di noi l'Arca dell'Iddio nostro; perciocchè noi non l'abbiamo ricercata al tempo di Saulle.
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.”
4 E tutta la raunanza disse che si facesse così; perciocchè la cosa piacque a tutto il popolo.
All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
5 Davide adunque adunò tutto Israele, da Sihor di Egitto, fino all'entrata di Hamat, per condurre l'Arca di Dio da Chiriat-iearim.
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].
6 E Davide salì con tutto Israele, verso Baala, in Chiriat-iearim, [terra] di Giuda, per trasportar di là l'Arca del Signore Iddio, che siede sopra i Cherubini, del cui nome [ella] è nominata.
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].
7 E l'Arca di Dio fu posta sopra un carro nuovo[per condurla via] dalla casa di Abinadab. Ed Uzza, ed Ahio guidavano il carro.
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].
8 E Davide, e tutto Israele, festeggiavano a tutto potere davanti a Dio, con canti, e con cetere, e con salteri, e con tamburi, e con cembali, e con trombe.
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.
9 Ora, quando furono giunti infino all'aia di Chidon, Uzza stese la mano per rattener l'Arca; perciocchè i buoi l'aveano smossa.
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.
10 E l'ira del Signore si accese contro ad Uzza, ed egli lo percosse, perchè avea stesa la mano sopra l'Arca; ed egli morì quivi davanti a Dio.
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].
11 E Davide si attristò che il Signore avesse fatta rottura in Uzza; perciò chiamò quel luogo Peres-Uzza; [il quale nome dura] infino ad oggi.
David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
12 E Davide ebbe in quel dì paura di Dio, e disse: Come condurrei io appresso di me l'Arca di Dio?
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]
13 E Davide non ritrasse l'Arca appresso di sè, nella Città di Davide; ma la fece ridurre dentro alla casa di Obed-Edom Ghitteo.
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].
14 E l'Arca di Dio dimorò in casa di Obed-Edom, con la famiglia di esso, lo spazio di tre mesi. E il Signore benedisse la casa di Obed-Edom, e tutto ciò ch'[era] suo.
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.
