1 Crônicas 13
1 Então Davi teve conselho com os capitães de milhares e de centenas, [e] com todos os chefes.
[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 Davi disse a todo a congregação de Israel: Se bem vos parece, e se vem do SENHOR nosso Deus, enviemos depressa [mensageiros] aos nossos irmãos que restaram em todas as terras de Israel, aos sacerdotes e aos levitas que estão com eles em suas cidades e em seus arredores, para que se ajuntem conosco.
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 tragamos de volta a nós a arca de nosso Deus, porque não a buscamos desde o tempo de Saul.
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 Então toda a congregação disse que assim se fizesse, porque isso pareceu correto aos olhos de todo o povo.
All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
5 Assim Davi ajuntou a todo Israel, desde Sior do Egito, até chegar a Hamate, para que trouxessem a arca de Deus de Quriate-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 Então Davi subiu com todo Israel a Baalá, [que é] Quriate-Jearim, em Judá, para dali trazerem acima a arca de Deus, o SENHOR, que habita entre os querubins, a qual é chamada pelo seu nome.
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 levaram a arca de Deus da casa de Abinadabe sobre uma carruagem nova, e Uzá e seu irmão guiavam o 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 Davi e todo Israel celebravam diante de Deus com toda força; e com canções, harpas, saltérios, tamboris, címbalos e com trombetas.
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 E quando chegaram à eira de Quidom, Uzá estendeu sua mão para segurar a arca, pois os bois tropeçaram.
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 Então a ira do SENHOR se acendeu contra Uzá, e o feriu, por ele ter estendido sua mão à arca; e morreu ali diante de Deus.
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 Davi teve desgosto, porque o SENHOR havia atingido Uzá; por isso ele chamou aquele lugar Perez-Uzá, até hoje.
David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
12 E Davi temeu a Deus naquele dia, dizendo: Como trarei a mim a arca de Deus?
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 Por isso Davi não trouxe a arca a si, à cidade de Davi; em vez disso ele a trouxe à casa de Obede-Edom, o geteu.
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 Assim a arca de Deus ficou na casa de Obede-Edom, em sua casa, por três meses; e o SENHOR abençoou a casa de Obede-Edom, e tudo quanto ele tinha.
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.
