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1 Og David holdt råd med høvedsmennene over tusen og over hundre, med alle høvdingene.
[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 Og David sa til hele Israels menighet: Dersom det tykkes eder godt, og det kommer fra Herren vår Gud, så la oss sende bud til alle kanter til våre andre brødre i alle Israels land, og dessuten til prestene og levittene i de byer de har med jorder omkring, at de skal samle sig hos oss,
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 og la oss så flytte vår Guds ark hit til oss! For i Sauls dager spurte vi ikke efter den.
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 Da sa hele menigheten at så burde gjøres; for hele folket syntes det var rett.
All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
5 Så samlet David hele Israel fra Sihor i Egypten til bortimot Hamat for å hente Guds ark fra Kirjat-Jearim.
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 Og David og hele Israel drog op til Ba'ala, til Kirjat-Jearim, som hører til Juda, for å føre op derfra Gud Herrens ark, han som troner på kjerubene, hvor hans navn nevnes.
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 Og de satte Guds ark på en ny vogn og førte den bort fra Abinadabs hus, og Ussa og Ahjo kjørte vognen.
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 Og David og hele Israel lekte for Guds åsyn av all makt både til sanger og citarer og harper og trommer og cymbler og trompeter.
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 Da de kom til Kidons treskeplass, rakte Ussa sin hånd ut for å ta fatt i arken; for oksene var blitt ustyrlige.
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 Da optendtes Herrens vrede mot Ussa, og han slo ham fordi han hadde rakt sin hånd ut mot arken, så han døde der for Guds åsyn.
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 Men David blev ille til mote fordi Herren hadde slått Ussa ned; derfor er dette sted blitt kalt Peres-Ussa like til denne dag.
David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
12 Den dag blev David opfylt av frykt for Gud og sa: Hvorledes skulde jeg kunne føre Guds ark inn til mig?
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 Og David flyttet ikke arken inn til sig i Davids stad, men lot den føre bort til gititten Obed-Edoms hus.
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 Guds ark blev stående hos Obed-Edoms familie i hans hus i tre måneder; og Herren velsignet Obed-Edoms hus og alt hvad hans var.
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.
