¹Zvino Dhavhidhi akarangana navakuru vechiuru chamazana navamazana, navatungamiriri vose,

¹And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.

²Dhavhidhi akati kuungano yose yaIsiraeri, Kana imwi muchiti zvakanaka, uye kana zvichibva kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu, ngatitume shoko kose kuhama dzedu dzakasara munyika yose yalsiraeri, nokuvapristi navaRevhi vari mumaguta avo anamafuro, kuti vaungane nesu;

²And David said unto all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us;

³tidzoserezve areka yaMwari wedu kwatiri, nekuti hatina kuirangarira pamazuva aSauro.

³and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.

⁴Ungano yose ikatenda kuzviita; nekuti vanhu vose vakati zvakanaka.

⁴And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

⁵Zvino Dhavhidhi akaunganidza vaIsiraeri vose, kubva paShihori irwo rukova rweEgipita, kusvikira pavanopinda paHamati, kuti vatore areka yaMwari paKiriatijearimi.

⁵So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor [the brook] of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

⁶Dhavhidhi akakwira, iye navaIsiraeri vose, vakaenda Bhaara, ndiro Kiriatijearimi raiva raJudha, kuzotorapo areka yaMwari, iye Jehovha agere pamakerubhi pamusoro pawo, pavanonamata Zita rake.

⁶And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth [above] the cherubim, that is called by the Name.

⁷Vakatakura areka yaMwari pangoro itsva, vakaibvisa paimba yaAbhinadhabhu; Uza naAhio vakafambisa ngoro.

⁷And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

⁸Dhavhidhi navaIsiraeri vose vakatamba pamberi paMwari nesimba ravo rose nenziyo, nembira, nemitengerangwa, nengoma, namakandira, nehwamanda.

⁸And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

⁹Zvino vakati vachisvika paburiro raKidhoni, Uza akatambanudza ruoko rwake kuti abate areka, nekuti nzombe dzakanga dzogumburwa.

⁹And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

¹⁰Kutsamwa kwaJehovha kukamukira Uza, akamuuraya, nekuti akatambanudza ruoko rwake kuti abate areka; akafirapo pamberi paMwari.

¹⁰And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.

¹¹Ipapo Dhavhidhi akaora moyo nekuti Jehovha akarova Uza; akatumidza nzvimbo iyo zita rinonzi Pereziuza kusvikira zuva ranhasi.

¹¹And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza, unto this day.

¹²Dhavhidhi akatya Mwari nomusi uyo, akati, Ndingaisa areka yaMwari kumusha kwangu seiko?

¹²And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

¹³Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi haana kuisa areka yaMwari kumusha kwaDhavhidhi, asi akaitsausira kumba kwaObhedhi-Edhomu muGiti.

¹³So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

¹⁴Areka yaMwari ikagara pamhuri yaObhedhi-Edhomu mumba make mwedzi mitatu; Jehovha akaropafadza imba yaObhedhi-Edhomu nezvose zvaakanga anazvo.

¹⁴And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months: and Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.