You have four wires, two black and two white in the ceiling box. These wires are in two cables, one black and one white wire in each cable. One cable (one black and one white wire) brings power to the ceiling box. The other takes power to the switch, through the switch when it is in the on position, and brings it back to the actual light.
You must first determine which cable brings power to the ceiling box and which goes to the switch. If one of the white wires has a piece of black tape on the end, or otherwise been colored black, that is the cable that goes to the switch. After determining which cable goes to the switch, connect the white wire in that cable to the black wire in the power cable. Then connect the white wire of the chandelier to the white of the power cable. Connect the black wire of the chandelier to the black wire of the switch cable.
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