¹Dhavhidhi akazvivakira dzimba muguta raDhavhidhi; akagadzirira areka yaMwari nzvimbo, akaidzikira tende.

¹And [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.

²Zvino Dhavhidhi akati, Hakuna munhu anofanira kutakura areka yaMwari asi vaRevhi; nekuti ndivo vakatsaurwa naJehovha kutakura areka yaMwari, nokumushumira nokusingaperi.

²Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

³Dhavhidhi akaunganidza vaIsiraeri vose paJerusaremu kuti vaise areka yaJehovha kunzvimbo yayo, yaakanga aigadzirira.

³And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.

⁴Dhavhidhi akaunganidza vanakomana vaAroni navaRevhi;

⁴And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

⁵pakati pavanakomana vaKohati, Urieri mukuru, nehama dzake dzine zana namakumi maviri;

⁵of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty;

⁶pakati pavanakomana vaMerari: Asaya mukuru, nehama dzake dzina mazana maviri namakumi maviri;

⁶of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;

⁷pakati pavanakomana vaGerishomi: Joeri mukuru, nehama dzake dzine zana namakumi matatu.

⁷of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty;

⁸Pakati pavanakomana vaErizafani: Shemaya mukuru, nehama dzake dzina mazana maviri;

⁸of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;

⁹pakati pavanakomana vaHebhuroni: Erieri mukuru, nehama dzake dzina makumi masere;

⁹of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore;

¹⁰pakati pavanakomana vaUzieri. Aminadhabhu mukuru, nehama dzake dzine zana negumi navaviri.

¹⁰of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

¹¹Dhavhidhi akadana Zadhoki naAbhiyatari vapristi, navaRevhi vaiti Urieri, naAsaya, naJoeri, naShemaya, naErieri, naAminadhabhu.

¹¹And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

¹²Akati kwavari, Ndimi vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba avaRevhi; chizvinatsai imwi nehama dzenyu, kuti mukwire neareka yaJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, kunzvimbo yandakaigadzirira.

¹²and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto [the place] that I have prepared for it.

¹³nekuti nemhaka yokuti hamuna kuitakura pakutanga, Jehovha Mwari wedu akatirova. Nekuti hatina kumutsvaka sezvatakarairwa.

¹³For because ye [bare it] not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.

¹⁴Naizvozvo vapristi navaRevhi vakazvinatsa, kuti vakwire neareka yaJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri.

¹⁴So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

¹⁵Vana vaRevhi vakatakura areka yaMwari pamafudzi avo namatanda akanga aripo, sezvakarairwa naMozisi neshoko raJehovha.

¹⁵And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah.

¹⁶Dhavhidhi akataura navakuru vavaRevhi kuti vagadze hama dzavo vave vaimbi vane zvokuridza nazvo, zvaiti mitengeramwa, nembira, namakandira, vazviridze nesimba nokuimbisa nomufaro.

¹⁶And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

¹⁷Ipapo vaRevhi vakagadza Hemani mwanakomana waJoeri, napakati pehama dzake, Asafi mwanakomana waBherekia; napakati pavanakomana vaMerari, hama dzavo, Etani mwanakomana waKushaya;

¹⁷So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

¹⁸uye pamwechete navo hama dzavo dzeboka rechipiri, Zekariya, naBheni, naJaazieri, naShemiramoti, naJehieri, naUni, naEriabhi, naBhenaya, naMaaseya, naMatitia, naEriferehu, naMikineya, naObhedhi-Edhomu, naJeyieri, vatariri vemikova.

¹⁸and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.

¹⁹Saizvozvovo vaimbi vaiti Hemani, naAsafi, naEtani, vakagadzwa, vanamakandira endarira kuti vaaridze nesimba;

¹⁹So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

²⁰naZekariya, naAzieri, naShemiramoti, naJehieri, naUni, naEriabhi, naMaaseya, naBhenaya, vane mitengerangwa ina manzwi matete;

²⁰and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth;

²¹naMatitia, naEriferehu, naMikineya, naObhedhi-Edhomu, naJeyieri, naAzaziya, vane mbira dzina manzwi makobvu kutungamirira vamwe.

²¹and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.

²²Kanania mukuru wavaRevhi, ndiye waiimbisa vanhu; ndiye waidzidzisa vanhu kuimba, nekuti akanga ari nyanzvi.

²²And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

²³Bherekia naErikana vakanga vari vatariri vemikova yeareka.

²³And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

²⁴Shebhanaya, naJoshafati, naNetaneri, naAmasai, naZekariya, naBhenaya, naEriezeri, vapristi, ndivo vairidza hwamanda pamberi peareka yaMwari; Obhedhi-Edhomu naJehiya vakanga vari vatariri vemikova yeAreka.

²⁴And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

²⁵Zvino Dhavhidhi navakuru vaIsiraeri, navakuru vechiuru chamazana, vakandobvisa areka yesungano yaJehovha mumba maObhedhi-Edhomu nomufaro.

²⁵So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

²⁶Zvino Mwari akati achibatsira vaRevhi vakanga vachitakura areka yesungano yaJehovha, vakabayira Mwari nzombe nomwe namakondobwe manomwe.

²⁶And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.

²⁷Dhavhidhi akanga akafuka nguvo yomucheka wakanaka, navaRevhi vose vakanga vachitakura areka, navaimbi, naKanania, mudzidzisi wokuimba, pamwechete navaimbi; uye Dhavhidhi akanga akafuka efodhi yomucheka.

²⁷And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song [with] the singers: and David had upon him an ephod of linen.

²⁸Saizvozvo vaIsiraeri vose vakakwira neareka yesungano yaJehovha vachipururudza, nokuridza mimanzi, nehwamanda, namakandira, vachiridza zvikuru mitengeramwa nembira.

²⁸Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.

²⁹Zvino areka yesungano yaJehovha yakati ichisvika muguta raDhavhidhi, Mikaeri mukunda waSauro, akatarira napahwindo, akaona mambo Dhavhidhi achipembera nokutamba; akamushora mumoyo make.

²⁹And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.