1 Mbiri
13 Tsopano Davide anakambirana ndi mkulu aliyense wa anthu 1,000, wa anthu 100 ndiponso mtsogoleri aliyense.+ 2 Iye anauza mpingo wonse wa Isiraeli kuti: “Ngati mukuona kuti ndi bwino ndiponso ngati zili zovomerezeka kwa Yehova Mulungu wathu, tiyeni titumize uthenga kupita kwa abale athu ena m’madera onse a Isiraeli.+ Uthengawu upitenso kwa ansembe,+ ndi kwa Alevi,+ m’mizinda yawo+ yonse yokhala ndi malo odyetserako ziweto, kuti abwere kuno. 3 Kenako tikatenge likasa+ la Mulungu wathu n’kubwera nalo mpaka kwathu kuno.” Anatero chifukwa chakuti m’masiku a Sauli likasalo sanali kulisamala.+ 4 Choncho mpingo wonse unagwirizana nazo, chifukwa anthu onse anaona kuti ndi bwino kutero.+ 5 Chotero, Davide anasonkhanitsa+ Aisiraeli onse kuchokera kumtsinje wa Iguputo+ mpaka kukafika polowera ku Hamati,+ kuti akatenge likasa+ la Mulungu woona ku Kiriyati-yearimu.+
6 Atatero, Davide ndi Aisiraeli onse ananyamuka kupita ku Baala,+ ku Kiriyati-yearimu, amene ali m’dera la Yuda. Anapita kumeneko kukatenga likasa la Mulungu woona, Yehova, wokhala pa akerubi.+ Palikasa limeneli, amaitanirapo dzina lake. 7 Koma iwo ananyamulira likasa la Mulungu woonalo pangolo yatsopano+ kuchokera kunyumba ya Abinadabu. Uza ndi Ahiyo+ anali kutsogolera ngoloyo. 8 Ndipo Davide ndi Aisiraeli onse anali kusangalala kwadzaoneni+ pamaso pa Mulungu woona. Anali kuimba nyimbo+ ndi azeze,+ zoimbira za zingwe,+ maseche,+ zinganga ndi malipenga.+ 9 Kenako anafika kumalo opunthira mbewu a Kidoni,+ ndipo Uza anatambasulira dzanja lake pa Likasa+ n’kuligwira, chifukwa ng’ombe zinatsala pang’ono kuligwetsa. 10 Pamenepo mkwiyo wa Yehova unayakira Uza, ndipo anamupha chifukwa anatambasula dzanja lake n’kugwira Likasa,+ moti Uza anafera pomwepo pamaso pa Mulungu.+ 11 Zitatero, Davide anakwiya+ chifukwa mkwiyo wa Yehova unaphulikira Uza modzidzimutsa. Chotero malo amenewo amatchedwa dzina lakuti Perezi-uza* kufikira lero.
12 Tsiku limenelo, Davide anachita mantha kwambiri chifukwa cha Mulungu woona,+ ndipo anati: “Kodi ndibweretsa bwanji likasa la Mulungu woona kumene ine ndikukhala?”+ 13 Pamenepo Davide sanatenge Likasa kupita nalo kumene anali kukhala ku Mzinda wa Davide. M’malomwake, analipatutsira kunyumba ya Obedi-edomu+ Mgiti.+ 14 Likasa la Mulungu woona linakhalabe ndi banja la Obedi-edomu kunyumba kwake+ kwa miyezi itatu, ndipo Yehova anapitiriza kudalitsa+ banja la Obedi-edomu, ndi zinthu zake zonse.