١ أخبار 15

١ 1 وَعَمِلَ دَاوُدُ لِنَفْسِهِ بُيُوتًا فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَأَعَدَّ مَكَانًا لِتَابُوتِ ٱللهِ وَنَصَبَ لَهُ خَيْمَةً.

And he makes houses for himself in the City of David, and prepares a place for the Ark of God, and stretches out a tent for it.

٢ 2 حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ إِلَّا لِلَّاوِيِّينَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِنَّمَا ٱخْتَارَهُمْ لِحَمْلِ تَابُوتِ ٱللهِ وَلِخِدْمَتِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ».

Then David said, “None [are] to carry the Ark of God, except the Levites, for YHWH has fixed on them to carry the Ark of God and to serve Him for all time.”

٣ 3 وَجَمَعَ دَاوُدُ كُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِأَجْلِ إِصْعَادِ تَابُوتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ ٱلَّذِي أَعَدَّهُ لَهُ.

And David assembles all Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the Ark of YHWH to its place that he had prepared for it.

٤ 4 فَجَمَعَ دَاوُدُ بَنِي هَارُونَ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ.

And David gathers the sons of Aaron and the Levites—

٥ 5 مِنْ بَنِي قَهَاتَ: أُورِيئِيلَ ٱلرَّئِيسَ، وَإِخْوَتَهُ مِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ.

of sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief and one hundred and twenty of his brothers;

٦ 6 مِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي: عَسَايَا ٱلرَّئِيسَ، وَإِخْوَتَهُ مِئَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ.

of sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief and two hundred and twenty of his brothers;

٧ 7 مِنْ بَنِي جَرْشُومَ: يُوئِيلَ ٱلرَّئِيسَ، وَإِخْوَتَهُ مِئَةً وَثَلَاثِينَ.

of sons of Gershom: Joel the chief and one hundred and thirty of his brothers;

٨ 8 مِنْ بَنِي أَلِيصَافَانَ: شَمَعْيَا ٱلرَّئِيسَ، وَإِخْوَتَهُ مِئَتَيْنِ.

of sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief and two hundred of his brothers;

٩ 9 مِنْ بَنِي حَبْرُونَ: إِيلِيئِيلَ ٱلرَّئِيسَ، وَإِخْوَتَهُ ثَمَانِينَ.

of sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief and eighty of his brothers;

١٠ 10 مِنْ بَنِي عُزِّيئِيلَ: عَمِّينَادَابَ، ٱلرَّئِيسَ، وَإِخْوَتَهُ مِئَةً وَٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ.

of sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief and one hundred and twelve of his brothers.

١١ 11 وَدَعَا دَاوُدُ صَادُوقَ وَأَبِيَاثَارَ ٱلْكَاهِنَيْنِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ: أُورِيئِيلَ وَعَسَايَا وَيُوئِيلَ وَشَمَعْيَا وَإِيلِيئِيلَ وَعَمِّينَادَابَ،

And David calls to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites, to Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

١٢ 12 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ رُؤُوسُ آبَاءِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ، فَتَقَدَّسُوا أَنْتُمْ وَإِخْوَتُكُمْ وَأَصْعِدُوا تَابُوتَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى حَيْثُ أَعْدَدْتُ لَهُ.

and says to them, “You [are] heads of the fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brothers, and you have brought up the Ark of YHWH, God of Israel, to [the place] I have prepared for it;

١٣ 13 لِأَنَّهُ إِذْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا فِي ٱلْمَرَّةِ ٱلْأُولَى، ٱقْتَحَمَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا، لِأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْأَلْهُ حَسَبَ ٱلْمَرْسُومِ».

because you [did] not [do it] at the first, our God YHWH made a breach on us, because we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.”

١٤ 14 فَتَقَدَّسَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ لِيُصْعِدُوا تَابُوتَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And the priests and the Levites sanctify themselves to bring up the Ark of YHWH, God of Israel;

١٥ 15 وَحَمَلَ بَنُو ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ كَمَا أَمَرَ مُوسَى حَسَبَ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِٱلْعِصِيِّ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْ.

and sons of the Levites carry the Ark of God, as Moses commanded, according to the word of YHWH, above them with poles on their shoulder.

١٦ 16 وَأَمَرَ دَاوُدُ رُؤَسَاءَ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ أَنْ يُوقِفُوا إِخْوَتَهُمُ ٱلْمُغَنِّينَ بِآلَاتِ غِنَاءٍ، بِعِيدَانٍ وَرَبَابٍ وَصُنُوجٍ، مُسَمِّعِينَ بِرَفْعِ ٱلصَّوْتِ بِفَرَحٍ.

And David says to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy.

١٧ 17 فَأَوْقَفَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ هَيْمَانَ بْنَ يُوئِيلَ، وَمِنْ إِخْوَتِهِ آسَافَ بْنَ بَرَخْيَا، وَمِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي إِخْوَتِهِمْ إِيثَانَ بْنَ قُوشِيَّا،

And the Levites appoint Heman son of Joel, and of his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah, and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

١٨ 18 وَمَعَهُمْ إِخْوَتَهُمْ ٱلثَّوَانِيَ: زَكَرِيَّا وَبَيْنَ وَيَعْزِئِيلَ وَشَمِيرَامُوثَ وَيَحِيئِيلَ وَعُنِّيَ وَأَلِيآبَ وَبَنَايَا وَمَعَسْيَا وَمَتَّثْيَا وَأَلِيفَلْيَا وَمَقَنْيَا وَعُوبِيدَ أَدُومَ وَيَعِيئِيلَ ٱلْبَوَّابِينَ.

and with them their brothers, the seconds [in rank]: Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah; and Obed-Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers;

١٩ 19 وَٱلْمُغَنُّونَ: هَيْمَانُ وَآسَافُ وَإِيثَانُ بِصُنُوجِ نُحَاسٍ لِلتَّسْمِيعِ.

and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [are] to sound with cymbals of bronze;

٢٠ 20 وَزَكَرِيَّا وَعُزِّيئِيلُ وَشَمِيرَامُوثُ وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَعُنِّي وَأَلِيَابُ وَمَعَسْيَا وَبَنَايَا بِٱلرَّبَابِ عَلَى ٱلْجَوَابِ.

and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jeheil, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries over the girls’ [voices],

٢١ 21 وَمَتَّثْيَا وَأَلِيفَلْيَا وَمَقَنْيَا وَعُوبِيدُ أَدُومَ وَيَعِيئِيلُ وَعَزَزْيَا بِٱلْعِيدَانِ عَلَى ٱلْقَرَارِ لِلْإِمَامَةِ.

and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, to oversee with harps on the eighth.

٢٢ 22 وَكَنَنْيَا رَئِيسُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ عَلَى ٱلْحَمْلِ مُرْشِدًا فِي ٱلْحَمْلِ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ خَبِيرًا.

And Chenaniah, head of the Levites, [is] over the burden; he instructs about the burden, for he [is] intelligent.

٢٣ 23 وَبَرَخْيَا وَأَلْقَانَةُ بَوَّابَانِ لِلتَّابُوتِ.

And Berechiah and Elkanah [are] gatekeepers for the Ark.

٢٤ 24 وَشَبَنْيَا وَيُوشَافَاطُ وَنَثْنَئِيلُ وَعَمَاسَايُ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَبَنَايَا وَأَلِيعَزَرُ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ يَنْفُخُونَ بِٱلْأَبْوَاقِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ ٱللهِ، وَعُوبِيدُ أَدُومَ وَيَحِيَّى بَوَّابَانِ لِلتَّابُوتِ.

And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests, are blowing with trumpets before the Ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah [are] gatekeepers for the Ark.

٢٥ 25 وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ وَشُيُوخُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَرُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْأُلُوفِ هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا لِإِصْعَادِ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ، مِنْ بَيْتِ عُوبِيدَ أَدُومَ بِفَرَحٍ.

And it is David, and [the] elderly of Israel, and the heads of the thousands, who are going to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH from the house of Obed-Edom with joy;

٢٦ 26 وَلَمَّا أَعَانَ ٱللهُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ، ذَبَحُوا سَبْعَةَ عُجُولٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ.

and it comes to pass, in God’s helping the Levites carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, that they sacrifice seven bullocks and seven rams.

٢٧ 27 وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ لَابِسًا جُبَّةً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ حَامِلِينَ ٱلتَّابُوتَ، وَٱلْمُغَنُّونَ وَكَنَنْيَا رَئِيسُ ٱلْحَمْلِ مَعَ ٱلْمُغَنِّينَ. وَكَانَ عَلَى دَاوُدَ أَفُودٌ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ.

And David is wrapped in an upper robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who are carrying the Ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah head of the burden of the singers; and an Ephod of linen [is] on David.

٢٨ 28 فَكَانَ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ يُصْعِدُونَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِهُتَافٍ، وَبِصَوْتِ ٱلْأَصْوَارِ وَٱلْأَبْوَاقِ وَٱلصُّنُوجِ، يُصَوِّتُونَ بِٱلرَّبَابِ وَٱلْعِيدَانِ.

And all of Israel is bringing up the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH with shouting, and with the sound of a horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding with psalteries and harps,

٢٩ 29 وَلَمَّا دَخَلَ تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ مَدِينَةَ دَاوُدَ، أَشْرَفَتْ مِيكَالُ بِنْتُ شَاوُلَ مِنَ ٱلْكُوَّةِ فَرَأَتِ ٱلْمَلِكَ دَاوُدَ يَرْقُصُ وَيَلْعَبُ، فَٱحْتَقَرَتْهُ فِي قَلْبِهَا.

and it comes to pass, the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH is entering into the City of David, and Michal daughter of Saul is looking through the window, and sees King David dancing and playing, and despises him in her heart.