نقل تابوت العهد
(2صم 6:1-11)1 وتَشاوَرَ داوُدُ معَ جميعِ قادةِ المِئاتِ والألوفِ 2 ثُمَّ قالَ لِكُلِّ المُجتمعينَ مِنْ بَني إِسرائيلَ: «إنْ كُنتُم تُوافِقونَ وكانَت هذِهِ هيَ مَشيئةُ الرّبِّ إلهِنا، فلنُرسِلْ إلى سائِرِ بَني قَومِنا في أرضِ إِسرائيلَ كُلِّها، وإلى الكهَنةِ واللاَّويِّينَ في مُدُنِهِم، ليَجتَمِعوا إلينا، 3 فنُرجِـعَ تابوتَ عَهدِ إلهِنا الّذي أهمَلْناهُ في أيّامِ شاوُلَ». 4 فحَسُنَ ذلِكَ في عيونِ المُجتمِعينَ كُلِّهِمِ ووافَقوا علَيهِ.
5 وجمَعَ داوُدُ كُلَّ رجالِ إِسرائيلَ مِنْ حدودِ مِصْرَ إلى ليـبو حَماةَ لِنَقْلِ تابوتِ عَهدِ الرّبِّ مِنْ قريَةِ يعاريمَ إلى أورُشليمَ 6 وسارَ بِهِم إلى بَعلَةَ أي قريةِ يَعاريمَ في يَهوذا ليَحمِلوا مِنْ هُناكَ تابوتَ عَهدِ اللهِ الجالِس على الكروبـيمِ. 7 فحَمَلوهُ على مَركبةٍ جديدةٍ وجاؤوا بهِ مِنْ بَيتِ أبـينادابَ وكانَ عُزَّةُ وأخيو، ابنا أبـينادابَ، يَسوقانِ المَركبةَ. 8 وكانَ داوُدُ وجميعُ بَني إِسرائيلَ يَرقُصونَ بِكُلِّ قِواهُم ويُنشِدونَ على أنغامِ القيثاراتِ والرَّبابِ والدُّفوفِ والجنّوكِ والصُّنوجِ. 9 فلمَّا وصَلوا إلى بَيدَرِ كيدونَ عثَرَتِ الثِّيرانُ، فمَدَّ عُزَّةُ يَدَهُ إلى تابوتِ عَهدِ اللهِ وأمسَكَهُ. 10 فاشتَدَ غضَبُ الرّبِّ على عُزَّةَ وضرَبَهُ لأنَّهُ مَدَّ يَدَهُ إلى التَّابوتِ، فماتَ هُناكَ أمامَ اللهِ. 11 فاغتاظَ داوُدُ لأنَّ الرّبَّ ضرَبَ عُزَّةَ، ولِذلِكَ دُعي ذلِكَ المَوضِعُ فارَصَ عُزَّةَ إلى هذا اليومِ. 12 وخافَ داوُدُ مِنَ الرّبِّ في ذلِكَ اليوم وقالَ: «كيفَ أُبقي تابوتَ عَهدِ الرّبِّ عِندي؟» 13 ولم يشَأْ داوُدُ أنْ يأخُذَهُ معَهُ إلى أورُشليمَ، فوَضَعَهُ في بَيتِ عُوبـيدَ آدومَ الجِتِّيِّ. 14 فبَقيَ تابوتُ عَهدِ الرّبِّ هُناكَ ثَلاثةَ أشهُرٍ، فبارَكَ الرّبُّ بَيتَ عوبـيدَ أدومَ وكُلَّ ما لَه.
1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. 2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: 3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul. 4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is , to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it . 7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 ¶ And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. 11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.