2 Samweli 6
1 Basi kwa mara nyingine Daudi akawakusanya wateuli wa Israeli, elfu thelathini.
Now David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 Daudi akainuka na akaenda na watu wake wote waliokuwa pamoja naye kutoka Baala ulioko Yuda ili alilete sanduku la Mungu, liitwalo kwa jina la Yahwe wa majeshi, akaaye juu ya makerubi.
David arose and went with all his men who were with him from Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of Yahweh of hosts, who sits enthroned over the cherubim.
3 Wakaliweka sanduku la Mungu juu ya mkokoteni mpya. Wakalitoa katika nyumba ya Abinadabu, iliyokuwa juu ya kilima. Uza na Ahio, wanawe, wakauongoza mkokoteni.
They set the ark of God on a new cart. They brought it out of Abinadab's house, which was on a hill. Uzzah and Ahio, his sons, were guiding the new cart.
4 Wakautoa mkokoteni na sanduku la Mungu juu yake nyumbani mwa Abinadabu juu ya kilima. Ahio alikuwa ametangulia mbele ya sanduku.
They brought the cart out of Abinadab's house on the hill with the ark of God on it. Ahio was walking in front of the ark.
5 Kisha Daudi na nyumba yote ya Israeli wakaanza kucheza mbele ya Yahwe, wakishangilia kwa vyombo vya mziki, vinubi, vinanda, matari, kayamba na matowazi.
Then David and all the house of Israel began to play before Yahweh, celebrating with wooden instruments, harps, lyres, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.
6 Hata walipofika katika shinikizo la Nasoni, wale ng'ombe wakakwama, Uza akanyosha mkono wake na kulikumbatia sanduku la Mungu, naye akalishikilia.
When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out with his hand to grab the ark of God, and he took hold of it.
7 Kisha asira ya Yahweh ikawaka dhidi ya Uza. Mungu akampiga kwa ajili ya dhambi yake. Uza akafa pale pale kando ya sandaku la Mungu.
Then the anger of Yahweh burned against Uzzah. God attacked him there for his sin. Uzzah died there by the ark of God.
8 Daudi akakasirika kwa kuwa Yahwe alimpiga Uza, naye akapaita mahali pale Peresi Uza. Eneo hilo linaitwa Peres Uza hata leo.
David was angry because Yahweh had attacked Uzzah, and he called the name of that place Perez Uzzah. That place is called Perez Uzza to this day.
9 Daudi akamwogopa Yahweh siku hiyo. Akasema, “Sanduku la Yahwe lawezaje kuja kwangu?”
David was afraid of Yahweh that day. He said, “How can the ark of Yahweh come to me?”
10 Hivyo Daudi hakuwatayari tena kulichukua sanduku la Yahwe katika mji wa Daudi. Badala yake, akaliweka kando katika nyumba ya Obedi Edomu Mgiti.
So David was not willing to take the ark of Yahweh with him into the city of David. Instead, he put it aside in the house of Obed Edom the Gittite.
11 Sanduku la Yahwe likakaa katika nyumba ya Obedi Edomu Mgiti kwa miezi mitatu. Kwa hiyo Yahwe akambariki yeye na nyumba yake yote.
The ark of Yahweh remained in the house of Obed Edom the Gittite for three months. So Yahweh blessed him and all his household.
12 Kisha mfalme Daudi akaambiwa, “Yahwe ameibariki nyumba ya Obedi Edomu na kila kitu alichonacho kwa sababu ya sanduku la Mungu.” Hivyo Daudi akaenda na kulipandisha sanduku la Mungu kutoka katika nyumba ya Obedi Edomu hadi mji wa Daudi kwa furaha.
Now King David was told, “Yahweh has blessed Obed Edom's house and everything that belongs to him because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from Obed Edom's house to the city of David with joy.
13 Ikawa waliolibeba sanduku la Yahwe walipochukua hatua sita, akatoa sadaka ng'ombe na ndama aliyenona.
When those who were carrying the ark of Yahweh had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
14 Daudi akacheza mbele ya Yahwe kwa nguvu zake zote; alikuwa amevaa naivera ya kitani pekee.
David danced before Yahweh with all his might; he was wearing only a linen ephod.
15 Hivyo Daudi na nyumba yote ya Israeli wakalipandisha sanduku la Yahwe kwa vifijo na sauti za tarumbeta.
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Yahweh with shouting and the sound of trumpets.
16 Hata ikawa sanduku la Yahwe lilipofika mjini mwa Daudi, Mikali, binti Sauli, alichungulia dirishani. Akamwona mfalme Daudi akiruka na kucheza mbele ya Yahwe. Akamdharau moyoni mwake.
Now as the ark of Yahweh came into the city of David, Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out the window. She saw King David leaping and dancing before Yahweh. Then she despised him in her heart.
17 Wakaliingiza sanduku la Yahwe na kuliweka mahali pake, katikati ya hema ambayo Daudi alikuwa ameliwekea. Kisha Daudi akatoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa na matoleo ya amani mbele za Yahwe.
They brought in the ark of Yahweh and put it in its place, in the middle of the tent that David had set up for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before Yahweh.
18 Ikawa Daudi alipomaliza kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani, akawabariki watu kwa jina la Yahwe wa majeshi.
When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of hosts.
19 Kisha akawagawia watu wote, umati wote wa Israeli, wanaume kwa wanawake, kipande cha mkate, nyama na keki ya zabibu. Kisha watu wote wakaondoka; kila mmoja akarudi kwake.
Then he distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people left; each one returned to his own house.
20 Kisha Daudi akarudi ili aibariki familia yake. Mikali, binti Sauli, akatoka ili akutane na Daudi naye akasema, “Jinsi gani mtukufu mfalme wa Israeli alivyokuwa leo, aliyejiacha uchi mbele ya macho ya vijakazi miongoni mwa watumishi wake, kama mmoja wa wapumbavu ambaye bila aibu hujifunua yeye mwenyewe!”
Then David returned to bless his family. Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet David and said, “How honored the king of Israel was today, who undressed himself today before the eyes of the slave girls among his servants, like one of the crude fellows who shamelessly undresses himself!”
21 Daudi akamjibu Mikali, “Nilifanya hivyo mbele ya Yahwe, aliyenichagua juu ya baba yako na juu ya familia yake yote, aliyeniweka kuwa kiongozi juu ya watu wa Yahwe, juu ya Israeli. Mbele ya Yahwe nitafurahi!
David responded to Michal, “I did that before Yahweh, who chose me above your father and above all his family, who appointed me leader over the people of Yahweh, over Israel. Before Yahweh I will be joyful!
22 Nitakuwa nisiye na heshima hata zaidi ya hapa, na nitajishusha mbele za macho yangu mwenyewe. Lakini kwa hawa vijakazi uliowasema, nitaheshimiwa.”
I will be even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you have spoken about, I will be honored.”
23 Hivyo Mikali, binti Sauli, hakuwa na watato hata alipokufa.
So Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no children to the day of her death.
