The Ark of the Lord
1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Basi Daudi akakusanya tena wateule wote wa Israeli, watu thelathini elfu.
2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
Akaondoka Daudi akaenda pamoja na watu wote waliokuwa naye, mpaka Baala wa Yuda, ili kulipandisha kutoka huko sanduku la Mungu lililoitwa kwa jina, naam, jina la Bwana wa majeshi akaaye juu ya makerubi.
3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
Wakaliweka sanduku la Mungu juu ya gari jipya, wakalitoa katika nyumba ya Abinadabu, iliyoko kilimani; nao Uza na Ahio wana wa Abinadabu wakaliendesha lile gari jipya.
4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
Wakalitoa katika nyumba ya Abinadabu iliyoko kilimani, pamoja na sanduku la Bwana; na huyo Ahio akatangulia mbele ya sanduku.
5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
Daudi na nyumba yote ya Israeli wakacheza mbele za Bwana kwa nguvu zao zote, kwa nyimbo, na kwa vinubi, na kwa vinanda, na kwa matari, na kwa kayamba, na kwa matoazi.
6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it .
Hata walipofika kwa uga ya Nakoni, Uza akalinyoshea mkono sanduku la Mungu, akalikamata kwa maana wale ng'ombe walikunguwaa.
7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
Ndipo hasira ya Bwana ikawaka juu ya Uza; naye Mungu akampiga huko kwa kosa lake; hata akafa pale pale penye sanduku la Mungu.
8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day.
Daudi akaona uchungu kwa kuwa Bwana amemfurikia Uza; akapaita mahali pale Peres-uza hata leo.
9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
Naye Daudi akamwogopa Bwana siku ile; akasema, Litanijiaje sanduku la Bwana?
10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Basi Daudi hakutaka kulileta sanduku la Bwana kwake mjini mwa Daudi; ila Daudi akalihamisha nyumbani kwa Obed-edomu, Mgiti.
11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household.
Sanduku la Bwana akalitia katika nyumba ya Obed-edomu, Mgiti, muda wa miezi mitatu; naye Bwana akambarikia Obed-edomu, na nyumba yake yote.
12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.
Kisha mfalme Daudi akaambiwa ya kwamba, Bwana ameibarikia nyumba ya Obed-edomu, na vitu vyote alivyo navyo kwa ajili ya sanduku la Mungu. Daudi akaenda, akalileta sanduku la Mungu, toka nyumba ya Obed-edomu mpaka mji wa Daudi, kwa shangwe.
13 And it was so , that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
Hata ikawa, watu waliolichukua sanduku la Bwana walipokwisha kwenda hatua sita, akachinja ng'ombe na kinono.
14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
Daudi akacheza mbele za Bwana kwa nguvu zake zote; na Daudi alikuwa amevaa naivera ya kitani.
15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
Basi Daudi na nyumba yote ya Israeli wakalileta sanduku la Bwana kwa shangwe, na kwa sauti ya tarumbeta.
16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
Ikawa, sanduku la Bwana lilipoingia mji wa Daudi Mikali, binti Sauli, akachungulia dirishani, akamwona mfalme Daudi akiruka-ruka na kucheza mbele za Bwana; akamdharau moyoni mwake.
17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
Wakaliingiza sanduku la Bwana, na kuliweka mahali pake, katikati ya hema aliyoipiga Daudi kwa ajili yake, naye Daudi akatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani mbele za Bwana.
18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
Kisha Daudi alipokwisha kutoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani akawabarikia watu kwa jina la Bwana wa majeshi.
19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh , and a flagon of wine . So all the people departed every one to his house.
Akawagawia watu wote, mkutano wote wa Israeli, wanaume kwa wanawake, kila mtu mkate wa ngano, na kipande cha nyama, na mkate wa zabibu. Basi watu wote wakaenda zao, kila mtu nyumbani kwake.
20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
Ndipo Daudi akarudi ili awabarikie watu wa nyumbani mwake. Na Mikali, binti Sauli, akatoka nje aende kumlaki Daudi, naye akasema, Mfalme wa Israeli alikuwa mtukufu leo namna gani, akijifunua mwili wake mbele ya vijakazi vya watumishi wake, mfano wa watu baradhuli mmojawapo, ajifunuavyo mwili wake mbele ya watu, asipokuwa na haya!
21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
Daudi akamwambia Mikali, Ilikuwa mbele za Bwana, aliyenichagua mimi juu ya baba yako, na juu ya nyumba yake, ili kuniweka niwe mkuu juu ya watu wa Bwana, juu ya Israeli; kwa hiyo mimi nitacheza mbele za Bwana.
22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
Kisha nitakuwa hafifu zaidi, nami nitakuwa mnyonge machoni pangu mimi mwenyewe; lakini kwa wale vijakazi uliowanena, kwao nitaheshimiwa.
23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
Basi Mikali, binti Sauli, hakuwa na mtoto hata siku ya kufa kwake.
