ታቦቱ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጣ
6፥1-11 ተጓ ምብ – 1ዜና 13፥1-14
6፥12-19 ተጓ ምብ – 1ዜና 15፥25–16፥3
1ዳዊት እንደ ገና ከእስራኤል የተመረጡ በአጠቃላይ ሠላሳ ሺሕ ሰዎች ሰበሰበ። 2እርሱና አብረውት ያሉት ሰዎች ሁሉ በታቦቱ ላይ ባለው ኪሩቤል ላይ በተቀመጠው በሰራዊት ጌታ በእግዚአብሔርም ስም6፥2 ዕብራይስጡ ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማል፤ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጕም ግን፣ ስም የሚለውን አይጨምርም። የተጠራውን የእግዚአብሔርን ታቦት ከዚያ ለማምጣት በይሁዳ ወዳለችው ወደ በኣል ሄዱ። 3የእግዚአብሔርንም ታቦት በአዲስ ሠረገላ ላይ አኑረው፣ በኰረብታ ላይ ካለው ከአሚናዳብ ቤት አውጥተው አመጡ፤ ሠረገላውን ይነዱ የነበሩትም የአሚናዳብ ልጆች ዖዛና አሒዮ ሲሆኑ፣ 4የእግዚአብሔርም ታቦት በሠረገላው ላይ ሆኖ6፥4 የሙት ባሕር ጥቅልልና አንዳንድ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጕሞች ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማሉ፤ የማሶሬቲኩ ቅጅ ግን፣ ኰረብታው ላይ ካለው ከአቢናዳብ ቤት ከእግዚአብሔር ታቦት ጋር አመጡት ይላል።፣ አሒዮ ፊት ፊት ይሄድ ነበር። 5ዳዊትና የእስራኤል ቤት በሙሉ በዝማሬ፣ በበገና፣ በመሰንቆ፣ በከበሮ፣ በጸናጽልና በቃጭል ባለ ኀይላቸው ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ያሸበሽቡ ነበር።
6ወደ ናኮን ዐውድማ ሲደርሱም በሬዎቹ ስለ ተደናቀፉ፣ ዖዛ እጁን ዘርግቶ የእግዚአብሔርን ታቦት ያዘ። 7ዖዛ በድፍረት ይህን ስላደረገ፣ የእግዚአብሔር ቍጣ በላዩ ላይ ነደደ፤ ስለዚህም እግዚአብሔር ቀሠፈው፤ እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ታቦት አጠገብ እዚያው ሞተ።
8የእግዚአብሔር ቍጣ ዖዛንን ስለ ሰበረው፣ ዳዊት ተከፋ፤ ያም ቦታ እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ ፔሬዝ ዖዛ6፥8 ፔሬዝ ዖዛ ማለት ዑዛንን መሰባበር ማለት ነው ተብሎ ይጠራል።
9ዳዊት በዚያን ቀን እግዚአብሔርን ስለ ፈራ “የእግዚአብሔር ታቦት እንዴት ወደ እኔ ይመጣል?” አለ። 10ስለዚህ ዳዊት የእግዚአብሔር ታቦት አብሮት እንዲሆን ወደ ዳዊት ከተማ ይዞት ለመሄድ አልፈለገም፤ በዚህ ፈንታ አቅጣጫ ለውጦ የጌት ሰው ወደ ሆነው ወደ አቢዳራ ቤት ወሰደው። 11የእግዚአብሔርም ታቦት የጌት ሰው በሆነው በአቢዳራ ቤት ሦስት ወር ተቀመጠ፤ እግዚአብሔርም አቢዳራንና ቤተ ሰቡን ሁሉ ባረከ።
12በዚህ ጊዜ፣ “በእግዚአብሔር ታቦት ምክንያት የአቢዳራን ቤተ ሰውና ያለውን ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር ባረከለት” ብለው ለዳዊት ነገሩት። ስለዚህ ዳዊት ወደዚያው ወርዶ፣ የእግዚአብሔርን ታቦት ከአቢዳራ ቤት ወደ ዳዊት ከተማ በታላቅ ደስታ አመጣው። 13እነዚያ የእግዚአብሔርን ታቦት ተሸክመው የነበሩት ሰዎች ስድስት ርምጃ በሄዱ ቍጥር፣ አንድ በሬና አንድ የሠባ ጥጃ ይሠዋ ነበር። 14ዳዊትም የበፍታ ኤፉድ በወገቡ ታጥቆ በሙሉ ኀይሉ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ይጨፍር ነበር። 15እንዲህ ባለ ሁኔታም ዳዊትና መላው የእስራኤል ቤት ሆይ እያሉና ቀንደ መለከቱን እየነፉ የእግዚአብሔርን ታቦት አመጡ።
16የእግዚአብሔር ታቦት ወደ ዳዊት ከተማ ሲገባ፣ የሳኦል ልጅ ሜልኮል በመስኮት ሆና ትመለከት ነበር፤ ንጉሥ ዳዊት በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሲዘልልና ሲያሸበሽብ ባየችው ጊዜ በልቧ ናቀችው።
17ከዚያም የእግዚአብሔርን ታቦት አምጥተው፣ ዳዊት በተከለለት ድንኳን ውስጥ አግብተው በተዘጋጀለት ስፍራ አኖሩት፤ ዳዊትም የሚቃጠል መሥዋዕትና የኅብረት መሥዋዕት6፥17 በትውፊት የሰላም መሥዋዕት ይባላል። በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አቀረበ። 18ዳዊት የሚቃጠለውን መሥዋዕትና የኅብረቱን መሥዋዕት ካቀረበ በኋላ ሕዝቡን በሰራዊት ጌታ በእግዚአብሔር ስም ባረከ። 19የእስራኤል ወገን ለሆነው ለሕዝቡ ሁሉ፣ ለወንዱም ለሴቱም ለእያንዳንዱ ሰው አንዳንድ እንጀራ፣ አንዳንድ ሙዳ ሥጋና አንዳንድ የዘቢብ ጥፍጥፍ ሰጠ፤ ከዚህ በኋላ ሁሉም ወደየቤቱ ሄደ።
20ዳዊት ቤተ ሰቡን ለመመረቅ ወደ ቤቱ በተመለሰ ጊዜ፣ የሳኦል ልጅ ሜልኮል ልትቀበለው ወጥታ፣ “ዛሬ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ በመኳንንቱ ገረዶች ፊት እንደ አንድ ተራ ሰው ዕራቍቱን መታየቱ ክብሩ ሆኖ ነው!” አለችው።
21ዳዊትም እንዲህ አላት፤ “አዎን ከአባትሽና በቤቱ ካሉት ሁሉ አስበልጦ በእግዚአብሔር ሕዝብ በእስራኤል ላይ ገዥ አድርጎ በመረጠኝ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አሸብሽቤአለሁ፤ አሁንም አሸበሽባለሁ። 22እንዲያውም ከዚህ ይልቅ ራሴን በፊቱ ዝቅ አደርጋለሁ፤ ከዚህም የባሰ የተናቅሁ እሆናለሁ፤ ነገር ግን በጠቀስሻቸው ገረዶች ፊት እከብራለሁ።”
23የሳኦልም ልጅ ሜልኮል እስከሞተችበት ጊዜ ድረስ ልጅ አልወለደችም ነበር።
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.
