2 Samuel 6 – NIV & JCB

New International Version

2 Samuel 6:1-23

The Ark Brought to Jerusalem

1David again brought together all the able young men of Israel—thirty thousand. 2He and all his men went to Baalah6:2 That is, Kiriath Jearim (see 1 Chron. 13:6) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name,6:2 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate do not have the Name. the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim on the ark. 3They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart 4with the ark of God on it,6:3,4 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text cart 4 and they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill and Ahio was walking in front of it. 5David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,6:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 13:8) songs harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.

6When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. 7The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.

8Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.6:8 Perez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.

9David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?” 10He was not willing 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 the Gittite. 11The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed him and his entire household.

12Now King David was told, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God.” So David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing. 13When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. 14Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, 15while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets.

16As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.

17They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the Lord. 18After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord Almighty. 19Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.

20When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”

21David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the Lord’s people Israel—I will celebrate before the Lord. 22I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.”

23And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

Japanese Contemporary Bible

サムエル記Ⅱ 6:1-23

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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。