The Covenant Box Is Moved from Kiriath Jearim
(2 Samuel 6.1-11)1 King David consulted with all the officers in command of units of a thousand men and units of a hundred men. 2 Then he announced to all the people of Israel, “If you give your approval and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send messengers to the rest of our people and to the priests and Levites in their towns, and tell them to assemble here with us. 3 Then we will go and get God's Covenant Box, which was ignored while Saul was king.” 4 The people were pleased with the suggestion and agreed to it.
5 So David assembled the people of Israel from all over the country, from the Egyptian border in the south to Hamath Pass in the north, in order to bring the Covenant Box from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem. 6 David and the people went to the city of Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, in the territory of Judah, to get the Covenant Box of God, which bears the name of the Lord enthroned above the winged creatures. 7 At Abinadab's house they brought out the Covenant Box and put it on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio guided the cart, 8 while David and all the people danced with all their might to honor God. They sang and played musical instruments—harps, drums, cymbals, and trumpets.
9 As they came to the threshing place of Chidon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out and took hold of the Covenant Box. 10 At once the Lord became angry with Uzzah and killed him for touching the Box. He died there in God's presence, 11 and so that place has been called Perez Uzzah ever since. David was furious because the Lord had punished Uzzah in anger.
12 Then David was afraid of God and said, “How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?” 13 So David did not take it with him to Jerusalem. Instead, he left it at the house of a man named Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath. 14 It stayed there three months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom's family and everything that belonged to him.
Bhokisi le Tjidumano lodusiwa mu Kiriatijearimu
(2 Samuele 6:1-11)1 Dafite kalebesana ne balauli be bali zwiwulu (1 000) ne be mazana (100) ne batungamili bose. 2 Ngono Dafite kadwa gubungano lose le Iziraela kati, “Ha kwaka mululwamila kakale ha kuli kuda kwa Yahwe Ndzimu wedu ngati tumileni ndaidzo ku zwikamu zwedu mu mituthu yose ye Iziraela ne bapirisiti ne Balevi mu mizi yabo ngono tibadwe bashangane naswi ipapa. 3 Kudwapo ngati buzeni Bhokisi le Ndzimu wedu ku tili ngobe takalilashilila mu misi ya Saulo.” 4 Gubungano lose likaduma kuthama saikoko ngobe kwakabe kwakalulwama mbeli kwe bathu bose.
5 Ndizo Dafite kakubunganya Iziraela yose kudwa pa Gwizi gwe Shihori ye Egipiti kunoti ku nkoba we Hamati kuzhisa Bhokisi le Ndzimu kudwa mu Kiriatijearimu. 6 Dafite ne Iziraela yose bakayenda ku Bhaala hwuti Kiriatijearimu ye Juda kunotola Bhokisi le Ndzimu linodang'wa nge zina la Yahwe ibo bagele pezhugwi kwe dzikherubhu. 7 Bakasenga Bhokisi le Ndzimu nge kara tshwa kudwa pa ng'umba ya Abinadabu, Uza na Ahio bakabe beyendisa kara, 8 ha Dafite ne Iziraela yose bakabe bezana mbeli kwe Ndzimu nge mimoyo yabo yose bemba belidza zwilidzo zwe matende ne nyele ne zwe thamborini ne dzisimbali ne manyanga.
9 Bakati beswika pa libuwa gwe Khidoni ngabe dzikabe dzitshatsharika ngono Uza katambunudza luboko gugwe kubhata Bhokisi. 10 Ngono bushongola gwa Yahwe gukadelukila muna Uza bakanligila pasi ngobe aabilila Bhokisi ngono kafa ipapo mbeli kwe Ndzimu. 11 Koga Dafite kagwadza moyo ngobe Yahwe baloba Uza ngono kadana pathu ipapo Pereziuza kuswikila nasi. 12 Ngono Dafite katja Ndzimu tjose zhuba ilelo ngono kabe eti, “Ndowoyisa Bhokisi le Ndzimu ku nzi wangu tjini wali?” 13 Ndizo Dafite kasitjayise Bhokisi ku nzi nkulu wa Dafite koga kaliyisa ntome ku ng'umba ya Obediedomu we N'giti. 14 Ngono Bhokisi le Ndzimu likagala mu nsha wa Obediedomu mu ng'umba iye mimwedzi ili mitatu ngono Yahwe bakakombolela nsha wa Obediedomu ne tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaakabe anatjo.