1 Crónicas 13
1 Entonces David tomó consejo con los jefes de millares y de centenas, los oficiales de la casa y todos los jefes.
[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 Y David dijo a toda la congregación de Israel: Si les parece bien y si es la voluntad de Yavé nuestro ʼElohim, enviemos mensajeros a todas partes [a llamar a] nuestros hermanos que quedaron en todas las tierras de Israel y a los sacerdotes y levitas que están con ellos en sus ciudades y campos de alrededor, para que se reúnan con nosotros.
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 Traigamos hasta nosotros el Arca de nuestro ʼElohim, porque no la buscamos en el tiempo de Saúl.
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 Toda la congregación dijo que se hiciera así, porque el asunto pareció bien a todo el pueblo.
All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
5 Entonces David reunió a todo Israel, desde Sihor de Egipto hasta la entrada de Hamat, para traer el Arca de ʼElohim desde Quiriat-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 David subió con todo Israel a Baala de Quiriat-jearim, en Judá, para traer de allí el Arca de ʼElohim, Yavé, Quien mora entre los querubines, sobre la cual es invocado su Nombre.
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 Trajeron el Arca de ʼElohim de la casa de Abinadab en una carroza nueva. Uza y Ahío guiaban la carroza.
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 David y todo Israel se regocijaban delante de ʼElohim con todas sus fuerzas, con cánticos, arpas, salterios, panderos, címbalos y trompetas.
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 Cuando llegaron a la era de Quidón, Uza extendió su mano al Arca para sostenerla, porque los bueyes tropezaban.
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 La ira de Yavé se encendió contra Uza y lo hirió, porque extendió su mano al Arca. Murió allí delante de ʼElohim.
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 David se disgustó porque Yavé quebrantó a Uza, por lo cual llamó aquel lugar Perez-uza hasta hoy.
David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
12 Aquel día David tuvo temor a ʼElohim y preguntó: ¿Cómo podrá el Arca de ʼElohim ir a mí?
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 Así que David no llevó consigo el Arca a la Ciudad de David, más bien la desvió a la casa de Obed-edom geteo.
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 El Arca de ʼElohim estuvo en la casa con la familia de Obed-edom tres meses. Y Yavé bendijo la casa de Obed-edom, y todo lo que tenía.
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.
