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1 Entonces David tomó consejo con los capitanes de los millares y de los cientos, y con todos los príncipes.
[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 dijo David a toda la congregación de Israel: Si os parece bien, y de Jehová nuestro Dios, enviaremos a todas partes a nuestros hermanos que han quedado en todas las tierras de Israel, y con ellos a los sacerdotes y Levitas en sus ciudades y ejidos, que se junten 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 Y traigamos el arca de nuestro Dios a nosotros; porque desde el tiempo de Saul no la hemos buscado.
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 Y dijeron toda la congregación, que se hiciese así: porque la cosa parecía 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 juntó a todo Israel, desde Sihor de Egipto hasta entrar en Emat, para que trajesen el arca de Dios de Cariat-jarim.
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 Y subió David, y todo Israel a Baalata de Cariat-jarim, que es en Judá, para pasar de allí el arca de Jehová Dios que habita entre los querubines, sobre la cual su nombre es invocado.
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 Y llevaron el arca de Dios sobre un carro nuevo de la casa de Abinadab: y Oza y su hermano guiaban el 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 Y David, y todo Israel hacían alegrías delante de Dios con todas sus fuerzas, con canciones, arpas, salterios, tamborinos, 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 Y como llegaron a la era de Quidón, Oza extendió su mano al arca, para tenerla; porque los bueyes se apartaban.
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 Y el furor de Jehová se encendió contra Oza, e hirióle, porque había extendido su mano al arca: y murió allí delante de Dios.
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 Y David tuvo pesar, porque Jehová había hecho rotura en Oza: y llamó a aquel lugar Perez-oza 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 Y David temió a Dios aquel día, y dijo: ¿Cómo meteré yo conmigo el arca de Dios?
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 Y no trajo David a su casa el arca en la ciudad de David, sino llevóla a 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 Y el arca de Dios estuvo en casa de Obed-edom, en su casa, tres meses: y bendijo Jehová la casa de Obed-edom, y todas las cosas 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.
