1 Chronicles 15:2

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Then 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.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Then 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 forever.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Then said David, It is not lawful for any to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him for ever.

Darby Translation ☆

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites, for them has Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to serve him for ever.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Then David said: No one ought to carry the ark of God, but the Levites, whom the Lord hath chosen to carry it, and to minister unto himself for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Then Dauid saide, None ought to carie the Arke of God, but the Leuites: for the Lord hath chosen them to beare the Arke of the Lord, and to minister vnto him for euer.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Then said David, None shall carry the ark of God but the Levites; for of them hath the Lord made choice to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Then David said: 'None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of the LORD, and to minister unto Him for ever.'

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Then said David, It is not lawful for any to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him for ever.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Then said David, It is not lawful for any to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him for ever.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Then said David, It is not lawful for any to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him forever.

World English Bible ☆

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For Yahweh has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

World Messianic Bible ☆

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Then said David, 'None [are] to carry the ark of God, except the Levites, for on them hath Jehovah fixed to carry the ark of God, and to serve Him — unto the age.'

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Then Dovid said, None may carry Aron HaElohim but the Levi'im; for them hath Hashem bachar (chosen) to carry the Aron HaElohim, and to minister unto Him ad olam.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ تَابُوتَ ٱللهِ إِلَّا لِلَّاوِيِّينَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِنَّمَا ٱخْتَارَهُمْ لِحَمْلِ تَابُوتِ ٱللهِ وَلِخِدْمَتِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ထို​နောက်​မင်း​ကြီး​က``ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​သည် မိ​မိ​၏​ပ​ဋိ​ညာဉ်​သေတ္တာ​တော်​ကို​ပင့်​ဆောင်​ရန် နှင့် အ​စဉ်​အ​မြဲ​ကိုယ်​တော်​၏​အ​မှု​တော်​ကို ထမ်း​ဆောင်​ရန် လေ​ဝိ​အ​နွယ်​ဝင်​တို့​ကို​သာ လျှင်​ရွေး​ချယ်​ခန့်​ထား​တော်​မူ​သည်​ဖြစ်​၍ ထို​သူ​တို့​သာ​လျှင်​ပ​ဋိ​ညာဉ်​သေတ္တာ​တော် ကို​ပင့်​ဆောင်​ရ​ကြ​ပေ​မည်'' ဟု​မိန့်​တော် မူ​လျက်၊-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဒါဝိဒ် က၊ ဘုရားသခင် ၏ သေတ္တာ တော်ကို ထမ်း ၍ ရှေ့တော်၌ အမှု တော်ကို အစဉ် စောင့်စေခြင်းငှါ ထာဝရဘုရား သည် လေဝိ သားတို့ကို ရွေးချယ် တော်မူသောကြောင့် ၊ အခြားတပါးသောသူတို့ သည် ဘုရားသခင် ၏ သေတ္တာ တော်ကို မ ထမ်း ရကြဟုဆို လျက်၊

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

To pacoengah David mah, Angraeng mah Sithaw thingkhong to aput moe, dungzan khoek to anih ih toksak hanah, Levi acaengnawk to qoih boeh pongah, Levi acaengnawk ai ah loe mi mah doeh apu thai mak ai, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

David loh, “Levi bueng pawt atah Pathen kah thingkawng te koh ham moenih. Amih tah BOEIPA kah thingkawng aka kawt ham neh kumhal due amah taengah aka thotat ham BOEIPA loh a coelh coeng,” a ti.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

David loh, “Levi bueng pawt atah Pathen kah thingkawng te koh ham moenih. Amih tah BOEIPA kah thingkawng aka kawt ham neh kumhal due amah taengah aka thotat ham BOEIPA loh a coelh coeng,” a ti.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

那时 大卫说：「除了 利未人之外，无人可抬 神的 约柜；因为耶和华拣选他们抬 神的 约柜，且永远事奉他。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

那時 大衛說：「除了 利未人之外，無人可抬上帝的 約櫃；因為耶和華揀選他們抬上帝的 約櫃，且永遠事奉他。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

那时大卫说：“除了利未人以外，没有人该抬上帝的约柜；因为耶和华拣选他们抬上帝的约柜，并永远事奉祂。”

Croatian Bible ☆

Potom je rekao David: “Ne smije nositi Kovčeg Božji nitko osim levita, jer je njih izabrao Jahve da nose Kovčeg Jahvin i da mu služe dovijeka.”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Tehdy řekl David: Nemáť nositi žádný truhly Boží kromě Levítů, ty zajisté vyvolil Hospodin, aby nosili truhlu Boží, a aby přisluhovali jemu až na věky.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Ved den Lejlighed sagde David: “Ingen andre end Levitterne må bære Guds Ark, thi dem har HERREN udvalgt til at bære Guds Ark og til at gøre Tjeneste for ham til evig Tid.”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Toen zeide David: Niemand mag de ark Gods dragen, dan de Levieten; want die heeft de HEERE verkoren, om de ark Gods te dragen, en om Hem te dienen tot in der eeuwigheid.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Maar nu beval David, dat de ark van God alleen gedragen zou worden door de levieten, daar Jahweh hen had uitverkoren, om de ark van God te dragen en Hem voor altijd te dienen.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Tiam David diris: Neniu portu la keston de Dio krom la Levidoj; ĉar ilin la Eternulo elektis, por ke ili portu la keston de Dio kaj servu al Li eterne.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Alors David dit : Il ne convient pas que l’arche de Dieu soit portée par personne excepté les Lévites ; car l’ Éternel les a choisis pour porter l’arche de Dieu et pour en faire le service à toujours.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Alors David dit: L'arche de Dieu ne doit être portée que par les Lévites; car l'Éternel les a choisis pour porter l'arche de Dieu, et pour en faire le service à toujours.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Alors David dit: L’arche de Dieu ne doit être portée que par les Lévites, car l’Éternel les a choisis pour porter l’arche de Dieu et pour en faire le service à toujours.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Alors David dit : « Personne ne doit porter l’arche de Dieu, sinon les Lévites. Le SEIGNEUR les a choisis pour porter l’arche de Dieu et le servir pour toujours. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Damals sprach David: Die Lade Gottes soll niemand tragen als nur die Leviten; denn sie hat Jehova erwählt, um die Lade Gottes zu tragen und seinen Dienst zu verrichten ewiglich.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Dazumal sprach David: Die Lade Gottes soll niemand tragen außer den Leviten; denn diese hat der HERR erwählt, daß sie die Lade Gottes tragen und ihm dienen ewiglich.

German Textbibel ☆

Damals befahl David: Die Lade Gottes darf niemand tragen außer den Leviten; denn sie hat Jahwe erwählt, die Lade Gottes zu tragen und ihm immerdar zu dienen!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Damals sprach David: Niemand soll die Lade Gottes tragen als allein die Leviten; denn diese hat der HERR erwählt, die Lade Gottes zu tragen und ihm zu dienen ewiglich!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

τότε εἶπε Δαυίδ· οὐκ ἔστιν ἆραι τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ τοὺς Λευίτας, ὅτι αὐτοὺς ἐξελέξατο Κύριος αἴρειν τὴν κιβωτὸν Κυρίου καὶ λειτουργεῖν αὐτῷ ἕως αἰῶνος.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Τότε εἶπε Δαυὶδ, οὐκ ἔστιν ἆραι τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλʼ ἢ τοὺς Λευίτας, ὅτι αὐτοὺς ἐξελέξατο Κύριος αἴρειν τὴν κιβωτὸν Κυρίου, καὶ λειτουργεῖν αὐτῷ ἕως αἰῶνος.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Epi li di: -Se moun Levi yo ase ki pou pote Bwat Kontra Bondye a, paske se yo menm Seyè a te chwazi pou pote Bwat la, se yo li te chwazi pou sèvi l' pou tout tan.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Alaila, olelo mai la o Davida, Aohe mea e ae nana e amo i ka pahu o ke Akua, o na Levi wale; no: no ka mea, ua koho o Iehova ia lakou e amo i ka pahu o ke Akua, a e lawelawe nana a mau loa no.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אָ֚ז אָמַ֣ר דָּוִ֔יד לֹ֤א לָשֵׂאת֙ אֶת־אֲרֹ֣ון הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֖י אִם־הַלְוִיִּ֑ם כִּי־בָ֣ם ׀ בָּחַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לָשֵׂ֞את אֶת־אֲרֹ֧ון יְהוָ֛ה וּֽלְשָׁרְתֹ֖ו עַד־עֹולָֽם׃ ס

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אז אמר דויד לא לשאת את ארון האלהים כי אם הלוים כי בם בחר יהוה לשאת את ארון יהוה ולשרתו עד עולם׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Allora Davide disse: Ei non istà ad altri che a' Leviti di portar l'Arca di Dio; perciocchè il Signore li ha eletti per portar l'Arca di Dio, e per ministrargli in perpetuo .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Allora Davide disse: “Nessuno deve portare l’arca di Dio tranne i Leviti; perché l’Eterno ha scelti loro per portare l’arca di Dio, e per esser suoi ministri in perpetuo”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

そのとき、ダビデは言った。「レビ人以外はだれも神の箱を担いではならない。主が神の箱を担ぎ、とこしえに主に仕えるために彼らを選ばれたからである。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

가로되 레위 사람 외에는 하나님의 궤를 멜 수 없나니 이는 여호와께서 저희를 택하사 하나님의 궤를 메고 영원히 저를 섬기게 하셨음이니라 하고

Kosraean Bible ☆

Na David el fahk, “Mwet Levi mukena pa fal in us Tuptup in Wuleang, mweyen elos pa sulosolla sin LEUM GOD tuh elos in us, ac in kulansap nu sel nwe tok.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Tunc dixit David: Illicitum est ut a quocumque portetur arca Dei nisi a Levitis, quos elegit Dominus ad portandum eam, et ad ministrandum sibi usque in æternum.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

آنگاه داود فرمود که غير از لاويان کسي تابوت خدا را برندارد زيرا خداوند ايشان را برگزيده بود تا تابوت خدا بردارند و او را هميشه خدمت نمايند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Então Davi disse: “Ninguém deve carregar a arca de Deus além dos levitas. Pois o SENHOR os escolheu para carregar a arca de Deus e para ministrar a ele para sempre.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Então Davi disse: Ninguém pode trazer a arca de Deus, a não ser os levitas; porque o SENHOR os escolheu para que transportassem a arca do SENHOR, e para lhe servirem eternamente.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Atunci David a spus: Nimeni nu trebuie să poarte chivotul lui Dumnezeu ci doar leviții, fiindcă pe ei i-a ales DOMNUL să poarte chivotul lui Dumnezeu și să îi servească pentru totdeauna.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Атунч Давид а зис: „Кивотул луй Думнезеу ну требуе пуртат декыт де левиць, кэч пе ей й-а алес Домнул сэ дукэ кивотул луй Думнезеу ши сэ-Й служяскэ пе вечие.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Тогда сказал Давид: никто не должен носить ковчега Божия, кроме левитов, потому что их избрал Господь на то, чтобы носить ковчег Божий и служить Ему во веки.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Tada reče David: Ne valja da nosi kovčeg Božji niko osim Leviti, jer je njih izabrao Gospod da nose kovčeg Božji i da mu služe do veka.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Тада рече Давид: Не ваља да носи ковчег Божји нико осим Левити, јер је њих изабрао Господ да носе ковчег Божји и да му служе до века.

Mashi Bible ☆

Okubundi anaciderha, erhi: «Abaleviti bônene bayêmêrîrwe okubarhula omucîmba gwa Nyamuzinda; bulya bo Nyamuzinda àcîshozire kw’ogwo mukolo gw’okukazigubarhula n’okumurhumikira ensiku zoshi.»

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Entonces dijo David: El arca de Dios no debe ser traída sino por los Levitas; porque á ellos ha elegido Jehová para que lleven el arca de Jehová, y le sirvan perpetuamente.

Spanish BLL ☆

Entonces David dijo: “Nadie, excepto los levitas, debe cargar el arca de Dios. Yahvé los eligió a ellos para llevar el arca y para servirle siempre.”

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Entonces David dijo: «Nadie debe llevar el arca de Dios sino los levitas. Porque Yahvé los ha escogido para que lleven el arca de Dios y le sirvan para siempre.»

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Entonces David dijo: El cofre del pacto de Dios no puede ser movida por nadie más que los levitas, porque han sido escogidos por Dios para tomar el cofre del pacto de Dios y hacer su trabajo para siempre.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Entonces David dijo: El Arca de ʼElohim no debe ser llevada sino por los levitas, porque Yavé los eligió para que la lleven y le sirvan perpetuamente.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe Tevita, “ʻOku ʻikai lelei ke fua ʻae puha ʻoe fuakava ʻae ʻOtua ka ʻe he kau Livai pe: he ko kinautolu ia kuo fili ʻe Sihova ke fua ʻae puha ʻoe fuakava ʻae ʻOtua, pea ke tauhi kiate ia ʻo taʻengata.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Тодї сказав Давид: Нїхто не повинен носити Божої скринї, окрім левітів, бо їх вибрав Господь на те, щоб носити ковчег Божий й йому служити до віку.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Тодї сказав Давид: Нїхто не повинен носити Божої скринї, окрім левітів, бо їх вибрав Господь на те, щоб носити ковчег Божий й йому служити до віку.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Khi ấy Đa-vít bèn nói rằng: Ngoại trừ người Lê-vi, chẳng ai xứng đáng khiêng hòm của Đức Chúa Trời, và hầu việc Ngài luôn luôn.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אָ֚ז אָמַ֣ר דָּוִ֔יד לֹ֤א לָשֵׂאת֙ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֖י אִם־הַלְוִיִּ֑ם כִּי־בָ֣ם ׀ בָּחַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לָשֵׂ֞את אֶת־אֲר֧וֹן יְהוָ֛ה וּֽלְשָׁרְת֖וֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ ס