Liber II Samuelis, 6

1. Congregavit autem rursum Da vid omnes electos ex Israel tri ginta milia.

1. David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

2. Surrexitque David et abiit, et universus populus, qui erat cum eo, in Baala Iudae, ut adducerent inde arcam Dei, super quam invocatum est nomen Domini exercituum sedentis in cherubim super eam.

2. And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Ba'ale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.

3. Et imposuerunt arcam Dei super plaustrum novum tuleruntque eam de domo Abinadab, qui erat in colle. Oza autem et Ahio filii Abinadab minabant plaustrum:

3. And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abin'adab which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahi'o, the sons of Abin'adab, were driving the new cart

4. Oza ambulabat iuxta arcam, et Ahio praecedebat eam.

4. with the ark of God; and Ahi'o went before the ark.

5. David autem et omnis Israel ludebant coram Domino omni virtute in canticis et citharis et lyris et tympanis et sistris et cymbalis.

5. And David and all the house of Israel were making merry before the LORD with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.

6. Postquam autem venerunt ad aream Nachon, extendit manum Oza ad arcam Dei et tenuit eam, quoniam boves lascivientes proruperunt.

6. And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.

7. Iratusque est indignatione Dominus contra Ozam et percussit eum super temeritate; qui mortuus est ibi iuxta arcam Dei.

7. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there because he put forth his hand to the ark; and he died there beside the ark of God.

8. Contristatus autem est David, eo quod diruptionem dirupisset Dominus in Ozam; et vocatum est nomen loci illius Pharesoza (id est Diruptio Ozae) usque in diem hanc.

8. And David was angry because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzzah; and that place is called Pe'rez-uz'zah, to this day.

9. Et extimuit David Dominum in die illa dicens: “Quomodo ingredietur ad me arca Domini?”.

9. And David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?"

10. Et noluit divertere ad se arcam Domini in civitate David, sed divertit eam in domum Obededom Getthaei.

10. So David was not willing to take the ark of the LORD into the city of David; but David took it aside to the house of O'bed-e'dom the Gittite.

11. Et habitavit arca Domini in domo Obededom Getthaei tribus mensibus, et benedixit Dominus Obededom et omnem domum eius.

11. And the ark of the LORD remained in the house of O'bed-e'dom the Gittite three months; and the LORD blessed O'bed-e'dom and all his household.

12. Nuntiatumque est regi David: “Benedixit Dominus Obededom et omnia eius propter arcam Dei”. Abiit ergo David et adduxit arcam Dei de domo Obededom in civitatem David cum gaudio.

12. And it was told King David, "The LORD has blessed the household of O'bed-e'dom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of O'bed-e'dom to the city of David with rejoicing;

13. Cumque progressi essent, qui portabant arcam Domini, sex passus, immolavit bovem et vitulum saginatum,

13. and when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

14. et David saltabat totis viribus ante Dominum. Porro David erat accinctus ephod lineo.

14. And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

15. Et David et omnis domus Israel ducebant arcam Domini in iubilo et in clangore bucinae.

15. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the horn.

16. Cumque intrasset arca Domini in civitatem David, Michol filia Saul prospiciens per fenestram vidit regem David subsilientem atque saltantem coram Domino et despexit eum in corde suo.

16. As the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

17. Et introduxerunt arcam Domini et posuerunt eam in loco suo in medio tabernaculi, quod tetenderat ei David; et obtulit David coram Domino holocausta et pacifica.

17. And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in its place, inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

18. Cumque complesset offerens holocaustum et pacifica, benedixit populo in nomine Domini exercituum.

18. And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts,

19. Et partitus est multitudini universae Israel tam viro quam mulieri singulis collyridam panis unam et laganum palmarum unum et palatham unam. Et abiit omnis populus unusquisque in domum suam.

19. and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, to each a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people departed, each to his house.

20. Reversusque est et David, ut benediceret domui suae, et egressa Michol filia Saul in occursum David ait: “Quam gloriosus fuit hodie rex Israel discooperiens se ante ancillas servorum suorum, quasi si nudetur unus de scurris!”.

20. And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, "How the king of Israel honored himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants' maids, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!"

21. Dixitque David ad Michol: “Ante Dominum salto. Benedictus Dominus, qui elegit me potius quam patrem tuum et quam omnem domum eius, ut constitueret me ducem super populum Domini, super Israel!

21. And David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me as prince over Israel, the people of the LORD -- and I will make merry before the LORD.

22. Ludam in conspectu Domini et vilior fiam plus quam factus sum et ero deiectus in oculis meis, sed apud ancillas, de quibus locuta es, gloriosior apparebo”.

22. I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes; but by the maids of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor."

23. Igitur Michol filiae Saul non est natus filius usque ad diem mortis suae.

23. And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.