1 Nyakati 13
1 Daudi alishauriana na kila afisa wake, majemadari wa maelfu na majemadari wa mamia.
And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, [even with] every commander.
2 Ndipo Daudi akaliambia kusanyiko lote la Israeli, “Kama mkiona ni vyema, na kama ni mapenzi ya Bwana Mungu wetu, tupeleke ujumbe kwa ndugu zetu wengine walio mbali na walio karibu katika nchi yote ya Israeli, pia kwa makuhani na Walawi walio pamoja nao katika miji yao na katika sehemu zao za malisho yao, waje waungane na sisi.
And David said to the whole congregation of Israel, If it [seem] good to you, and it should be prospered by the Lord our God, let us send to our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and let the priests the Levites who are with them in the cities of their possession [come], and let them be gathered to us.
3 Sisi na tulirudishe Sanduku la Mungu wetu kwetu kwa maana hatukujali wakati wa utawala wa Sauli.”
And let us bring over to us the ark of our God; for men have not enquired [at] it since the days of Saul.
4 Kusanyiko lote likakubaliana kufanya hivyo, kwa sababu ilionekana vyema kwa watu wote.
And all the congregation said that they would do thus; for the saying was right in the eyes of all the people.
5 Basi Daudi akawakusanya Waisraeli wote, kuanzia Mto Shihori ulioko Misri hadi Lebo-Hamathi, ili kulileta Sanduku la Mungu kutoka Kiriath-Yearimu.
So David assembled all Israel, from the borders of Egypt even to the entering in of Hemath, to bring in the ark of God from the city of Jarim.
6 Daudi akiwa pamoja na Waisraeli wote wakaenda Baala ya Yuda (yaani Kiriath-Yearimu) kulipandisha Sanduku la Mungu Bwana, yeye anayeketi katika kiti cha enzi kati ya makerubi: Sanduku linaloitwa kwa Jina lake, kutoka huko.
And David brought it up: and all Israel went up to the city of David, which belonged to Juda, to bring up thence the ark of the Lord God who sits between the cherubim, whose name is called [on it].
7 Wakalisafirisha Sanduku la Mungu kwa gari jipya la kukokotwa na maksai kutoka nyumba ya Abinadabu, Uza na Ahio wakiliongoza gari hilo.
And they set the ark of God on a new waggon [brought] out of the house of Aminadab: and Oza and his brethren drove the waggon.
8 Daudi pamoja na Waisraeli wote walikuwa wanasifu kwa nguvu zao zote mbele za Mungu, kwa nyimbo na kwa vinubi, zeze, matari, matoazi na tarumbeta.
And David and all Israel [were] playing before the Lord with all their might, and [that] together with singers, and with harps, and with lutes, with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 Walipofika kwenye uwanja wa kupuria nafaka wa Kidoni, Uza akaunyoosha mkono wake ili kulizuia Sanduku, kwa sababu maksai walijikwaa.
And they came as far as the threshing floor: and Oza put forth his hand to hold the ark, because the bullock moved it from [its place].
10 Hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi ya Uza, akampiga kwa sababu aliuweka mkono wake kwenye Sanduku. Kwa hiyo akafa pale mbele za Mungu.
And the Lord was very angry with Oza, and struck him there, because of his stretching forth his hand upon the ark: and he died there before God.
11 Ndipo Daudi akakasirika kwa sababu ghadhabu ya Bwana ilifurika dhidi ya Uza, mahali pale pakaitwa Peres-Uza hadi leo.
And David was dispirited, because the Lord [had] made a breach on Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza until this day.
12 Siku ile Daudi akamwogopa Mungu naye akauliza. “Nitawezaje kulichukua Sanduku la Mungu kwangu?”
And David feared God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God in to myself?
13 Hakulichukua hilo Sanduku akae nalo katika Mji wa Daudi. Badala yake, akalipeleka nyumbani kwa Obed-Edomu, Mgiti.
So David brought not the ark home to himself into the city of David, but he turned it aside into the house of Abeddara the Gethite.
14 Sanduku la Mungu likabaki pamoja na jamaa ya Obed-Edomu, nyumbani kwake kwa miezi mitatu, naye Bwana akaibariki nyumba yake pamoja na kila kitu alichokuwa nacho.
And the ark of God abode in the house of Abeddara three months: and God blessed Abeddara and all that he had.
