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エルサレムに運ばれた神の箱
1-2このあと、ダビデはえり抜きの兵三万を率いて、ユダのバアラへ出かけました。ケルビム（天使を象徴する像）の上に座す、天地の主なる神の契約の箱を持ち帰るためです。 3神の箱は真新しい牛車に載せられ、丘の中腹にあるアビナダブの家から運び出されました。御者はアビナダブの子ウザとアフヨでした。 4アフヨが先導を務め、 5ダビデをはじめイスラエルの指導者たちがあとに続きました。一行は木の枝を振りかざし、主の前で、竪琴、琴、タンバリン、カスタネット、シンバルなど、ありとあらゆる楽器を鳴らして喜び踊りました。
6ところが、ナコンの打ち場まで来た時、牛がつまずいたので、ウザはあわてて手を伸ばし、神の箱を手で押さえようとしました。 7とたんに、主の怒りがウザに向かって燃え上がりました。箱にさわったため、ウザは主に打たれ、箱のそばで息絶えました。 8この出来事にダビデは憤慨し、そこをペレツ・ウザ〔ウザへの怒り〕と呼びました。今もそう呼ばれています。
9ダビデはすっかり主を恐れ、「とても主の箱を私の所に持って帰ることはできない」と言って、 10それをダビデの町へ移すことを中断し、ガテ出身のオベデ・エドムの家に預けることにしました。 11こうして主の箱は、三か月間オベデ・エドムの家に置かれました。主は彼の家を祝福しました。
12そのことを聞いたダビデは、大いに祝って、神の箱をオベデ・エドムの家からダビデの町へ運ぶことにしました。 13主の箱をかつぐ者たちが六歩進んだ時、ダビデは太った牛と子羊をいけにえにささげました。 14ダビデは、主の前で力の限り踊りました。彼は祭司の服をまとっていました。 15全イスラエルは歓声を上げ、ラッパを吹き鳴らして、主の箱をダビデの町に運び込みました。
16しかし、行列が町に入って来るのを窓から眺めていたサウルの娘ミカルは、主の前で跳ねたり踊ったりしているダビデを見て、心の中で彼を軽蔑しました。
17主の箱は、ダビデが用意しておいた天幕に安置されました。ダビデは主に、焼き尽くすいけにえと和解のいけにえをささげました。 18それから、天地を支配しておられる主の名によって民を祝福し、 19男にも女にもすべての民にパン一個、ぶどう酒、干しぶどうの菓子一個をふるまいました。それが終わると、みな家に引き揚げ、 20ダビデも、家族を祝福するために戻って行きました。
ところが、ダビデを迎えに出たミカルは、うんざりした様子で言いました。「今日は、なんとまあごりっぱな王様ぶりでしたこと！ 道の真ん中、それも女たちの前で裸におなりになるなんて。」
21「私は、おまえの父やその一族にまさって、神の民イスラエルの指導者として選んでいただいた主の前で踊ったのだ。その主の前で喜びを表すためなら、たとえ気がおかしくなったと言われてもかまわない。 22いや、もっと愚か者のように思われてもよい。その女たちは、きっとわかって敬ってくれるだろう。」
23このミカルは、生涯、子どもが与えられませんでした。
David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem
1Again David brought together the best soldiers in Israel. The total number was 30,000. 2He and all his men went to Baalah in Judah. They wanted to bring the ark of God up to Jerusalem from there. The ark is named after the Lord. He is the Lord who rules over all. He sits on his throne between the cherubim that are on the ark. 3The ark of God was placed on a new cart. Then it was brought from Abinadab’s house, which was on a hill. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart. They were the sons of Abinadab. 4The ark of God was on the cart. Ahio was walking in front of it. 5David was celebrating with all his might in front of the Lord. So was the whole community of Israel. All of them were playing castanets, harps, lyres, tambourines, rattles and cymbals.
6They came to the threshing floor of Nakon. The oxen nearly fell there. So Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God. 7Then the Lord was very angry with Uzzah. That’s because what Uzzah did showed that he didn’t have any respect for the Lord. So God struck him down. He died there beside the ark of God.
8David was angry because the Lord’s great anger had broken out against Uzzah. That’s why the place is still called Perez Uzzah to this day.
9David was afraid of the Lord that day. He asked, “How can the ark of the Lord ever be brought to me?” 10He didn’t want to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom. Obed-Edom was from Gath. 11The ark of the Lord remained in Obed-Edom’s house for three months. And the Lord blessed him and his whole family.
12King David was told, “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom. He has also blessed everything that belongs to him. That’s because the ark of God is in Obed-Edom’s house.” So David went down there to bring up the ark. With great joy he brought it up from the house of Obed-Edom. He took it to the City of David. 13Those carrying the ark of the Lord took six steps forward. Then David sacrificed a bull and a fat calf. 14David was wearing a sacred linen apron. He danced in front of the Lord with all his might. 15He did it while he was bringing up the ark of the Lord. The whole community of Israel helped him bring it up. They shouted. They blew trumpets.
16The ark of the Lord was brought into the City of David. Saul’s daughter Michal was watching from a window. She saw King David leaping and dancing in front of the Lord. That made her hate him in her heart.
17The ark of the Lord was brought into Jerusalem. It was put in its place in the tent David had set up for it. David sacrificed burnt offerings and friendship offerings to the Lord. 18After he finished sacrificing those offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord who rules over all. 19He gave to each Israelite man and woman a loaf of bread. He also gave each one a date cake and a raisin cake. Then all the people went home.
20David returned home to bless his family. Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. She said, “You are the king of Israel. You have really brought honor to yourself today, haven’t you? You have gone around half-naked right in front of the female slaves of your officials. You acted like a fool!”
21David said to Michal, “I did it to honor the Lord. He chose me instead of your father or anyone else in Saul’s family. The Lord appointed me ruler over his people Israel. I will celebrate to honor the Lord. 22And that’s not all. I will bring even less honor to myself. I will bring even more shame on myself. But those female slaves you spoke about will honor me.”
23Saul’s daughter Michal didn’t have any children as long as she lived.
