1 أخبار 15

١ 1 وَشَيَّدَ دَاوُدُ لِنَفْسِهِ قُصُوراً فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَجَهَّزَ خَيْمَةً لِيَضَعَ فِيهَا تَابُوتَ اللهِ.

David made him houses in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

٢ 2 ثُمَّ قَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لا يَحِقُّ لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ تَابُوتَ اللهِ سِوَى اللّاوِيِّينَ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدِ اخْتَارَهُمْ لِحَمْلِ التَّابُوتِ وَالْقِيَامِ عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

Then David said, "No one ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites. For YHWH has chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever."

٣ 3 وَاسْتَدْعَى دَاوُدُ كُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِلاحْتِفَالِ بِإِصْعَادِ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي أَعَدَّهُ لَهُ.

David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of YHWH to its place, which he had prepared for it.

٤ 4 فَجَمَعَ دَاوُدُ بَنِي هرُونَ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ،

David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

٥ 5 فَجَاءَ مِنْ بَنِي قَهَاتَ مِئَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ لاوِيًّا وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ أُورِيئِيلُ.

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

٦ 6 وَمِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي مِئَتَانِ وعِشْرُونَ لاوِيًّا وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ عَسَايَا.

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

٧ 7 وَمِنْ بَنِي جَرْشُومَ مِئَةٌ وَثَلاثُونَ لاوِيًّا وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ يُوئِيلُ.

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

٨ 8 وَمِنْ بَنِي أَلِيصَافَانَ مِئَتَا لاوِيٍّ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ شَمَعْيَا.

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

٩ 9 وَمِنْ بَنِي حَبْرُونَ ثَمَانُونَ لاوِيًّا وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ إِيلِيئِيلُ.

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

١٠ 10 وَمِنْ بَنِي عُزِّيئِيلَ مِئَةٌ وَاثْنَا عَشَرَ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِمْ عَمِّينَادَابُ.

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

١١ 11 وَاسْتَدْعَى دَاوُدُ أَيْضاً صَادُوقَ وَأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنَيْنِ وَرُؤَسَاءَ اللّاوِيِّينَ: أُورِيئِيلَ وَعَسَايَا وَيُوئِيلَ وَشَمَعْيَا وَإِيلِيئِيلَ وَعَمِّينَادَابَ.

David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

١٢ 12 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ رُؤَسَاءُ بُيُوتِ اللّاوِيِّينَ، فَتَطَهَّرُوا مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِكُمُ اللّاوِيِّينَ لِتَنْقُلُوا تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي جَهَّزْتُهُ لَهُ،

and said to them, "You are the heads of the ancestral houses of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of YHWH, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

١٣ 13 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَنَا قَدْ غَضِبَ عَلَيْنَا فِي الْمَرَّةِ السَّابِقَةِ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا مَوْجُودِينَ لِنَقْلِ التَّابُوتِ، وَلأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْتَشِرِ الرَّبَّ فِي كَيْفِيَّةِ الْقِيَامِ بِمَرَاسِيمِ نَقْلِهِ».

For because you were not prepared the first time, YHWH our God made an outbreak against us, because we did not seek him according to the ordinance."

١٤ 14 فَتَطَهَّرَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ اسْتِعْدَاداً لِنَقْلِ تَابُوتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of YHWH, the God of Israel.

١٥ 15 وَحَمَلَهُ اللّاوِيُّونَ بِعِصِيٍّ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْ، بِمُوْجِبِ مَا أَمَرَ مُوسَى كَمَا أَوْصَاهُ الرَّبُّ.

The descendants of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of YHWH.

١٦ 16 وَأَمَرَ دَاوُدُ رُؤَسَاءَ اللّاوِيِّينَ أَنْ يُعَيِّنُوا مِنْ بَيْنِهِمِ الْمُغَنِّينَ الْعَازِفِينَ عَلَى الْعِيدَانِ وَالرَّبَابِ وَالصُّنُوجِ لِيُرَتِّلُوا وَيَعْزِفُوا فَرِحِينَ بِأَصْوَاتٍ عَالِيَةٍ.

David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, stringed instruments and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

١٧ 17 فَعَيَّنَ رُؤَسَاءُ اللّاوِيِّينَ هَيْمَانَ بْنَ يُوئِيلَ وَقَرِيبَهُ آسَافَ بْنَ بَرَخْيَا، وَمِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي إِيثَانَ بْنَ قُوشِيَّا.

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

١٨ 18 وَتَلاهُمْ فِي الْمَرْتَبَةِ مِنْ أَقرِبَائِهِمْ بَنِي مَرَارِي: زَكَرِيَّا وَبَيْنُ وَيَعْزِيئِيلُ وَشَمِيرَامُوثُ وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَعُنِّي وَأَلِيآبُ وَبَنَايَا وَمَعَسْيَا وَمَتَّثْيَا وَأَلِيفَلْيَا وَمَقَنْيَا وَعُوبِيدُ أَدُومَ وَيَعِيئِيلُ مِنْ حُرَّاسِ أَبْوَابِ الْخَيْمَةِ.

and with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah were doorkeepers.

١٩ 19 وَقَامَ هَيْمَانُ وَآسَافُ وَإِيثَانُ بِالْعَزْفِ عَلَى الصُّنُوجِ النُّحَاسِيَّةِ.

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;

٢٠ 20 كَمَا تَشَكَّلَتْ فِرْقَةٌ لِتَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ زَكَرِيَّا وَعُزِّيئِيلَ وَشَمِيرَامُوثَ وَيَحِيئِيلَ وَعُنِّي وَأَلِيَآبَ وَمَعَسْيَا وَبَنَايَا الْعَازِفِينَ عَلَى الرَّبَابِ.

and Zechariah, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;

٢١ 21 وَأَخَذَ كُلٌّ مِنْ مَتَّثْيَا وَأَلِيفَلْيَا وَمَقَنْيَا وَعُوِبيدَ أَدُومَ وَيَعِيئِيلَ وَعَزَرْيَا الْعَازِفِينَ عَلَى الْعِيدَانِ فِي الِقيَادَةِ عِنْدَ غِنَاءِ الْقَرَارِ.

and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.

٢٢ 22 وَكَانَ كَنَنْيَا رَئِيساً لِلْمُوسِيقِيِّينَ اللّاوِيِّينَ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ خَبِيراً فيِ الْمُوسِيقَى.

Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.

٢٣ 23 وَتَمَّ اخْتِيَارُ بَرَخْيَا وَأَلْقَانَةَ لِحِرَاسَةِ التَّابُوتِ.

Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

٢٤ 24 وَالْكَهَنَةِ شَبَنْيَا وَيُوشَافَاطَ وَنَثْنَئِيلَ وَعَمَاسَايَ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَبَنَايَا وَأَلِيعَزَرَ لِلنَّفْخِ بِالأَبْوَاقِ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ اللهِ. أَمَّا عُوبِيدُ أَدُومَ وَيَحَيَّى فَقَدْ عُيِّنَا أَيْضاً لِحِرَاسَةِ التَّابُوتِ.

Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

٢٥ 25 وَهَكَذَا تَوَجَّهَ دَاوُدُ وَشُيُوخُ وَرُؤَسَاءُ الأُلُوفِ لإِحْضَارِ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ بَيْتِ عُوبِيدَ أَدُومَ بِاحْتِفَالٍ بَهِيجٍ.

So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of YHWH out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.

٢٦ 26 وَإِذْ أَعَانَ اللهُ اللّاوِيِّينَ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ ذَبَحُوا سَبْعَةَ عُجُولٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ.

It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of YHWH, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

٢٧ 27 وَارْتَدَى دَاوُدُ وَكُلُّ اللّاوِيِّينَ حَامِلُو التَّابُوتِ وَالْمُغَنُّونَ وَكَنَنْيَا قَائِدُ الْغِنَاءِ وَالمُوسِيقِيُّونَ جُبَباً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ، كَمَا لَبِسَ دَاوُدُ أَيْضاً أَفُوداً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ.

David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and David had on him an ephod of linen.

٢٨ 28 وَهَكَذَا احْتَفَلَ جَمِيعُ الَّإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ بِإِحْضَارِ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ هَاتِفِينَ بِفَرَحٍ وَنَافِخِينَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ النُّحَاسِيَّةِ وَالأَصْوَارِ، وَعَازِفِينَ عَلَى الصُّنُوجِ وَالرَّبَابِ وَالْعِيدَانِ.

Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of YHWH with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with stringed instruments and harps.

٢٩ 29 وَعِنْدَمَا دَخَلَ تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مَدِينَةَ دَاوُدَ، أَطَلَّتْ مِيكَالُ ابْنَةُ شَاوُلَ مِنَ الْكَوَّةِ فَشَاهَدَتِ الْمَلِكَ دَاوُدَ يَرْقُصُ وَيَقْفِزُ، فَازْدَرَتْهُ فِي قَلْبِهَا.

It happened, as the ark of the covenant of YHWH came to the City of David, that Mikal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.