2 Samuel 24
1 Men HERRENS vrede blussede atter op mod Israel, så at han æggede David mod dem og sagde: "Gå hen og hold Mandtal over Israel og Juda!"
And the Lord caused his anger to burn forth again in Israel, and [Satan] stirred up David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Juda.
2 Kongen sagde da til Joab og Hærførerne, der var hos ham: "Drag rundt i alle Israels Stammer fra Dan til Be'ersjeba og hold Mønstring over Folket, for at jeg kan få Tallet på det at vide!"
And the king said to Joab commander of the host, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel and Juda, from Dan even to Bersabee, and number the people, and I will know the number of the people.
3 Men Joab svarede Kongen: "Måtte HERREN din Gud forøge Folket hundredfold, og måtte min Herre Kongen selv opleve det - men hvorfor har min Herre Kongen sat sig sligt for?"
And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord add to the people a hundred-fold as many as they are, and [may] the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king desire this thing?
4 Men Joab og Hærførerne måtte bøje sig for Kongens Ord. Joab og Hærførerne forlod derfor Kongen for at holde Mønstring over Israels Folk.
Nevertheless the word of the king prevailed against Joab an the captains of the host: And Joab and the captains of the host went out before the king to number the people of Israel.
5 De gik over Jordan og begyndte ved Aroer og Byen, der ligger midt i Dalen; drog ad Gad til og i Retning af Ja'zer;
And they went over Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right of the city which is in the midst of the valley of Gad and Eliezer.
6 så kom de til Gilead og til Hetiternes Land hen imod Kadesj, derpå til Dan, og fra Dan vendte de sig hen mod Zidon;
And they came to Galaad, and into the land of Thabason, which is Adasai, and they came to Danidan and Udan, and compassed Sidon.
7 så kom de til Fæstningen Tyrus og alle Hivviternes og Kana'anæernes Byer, hvorfra de gik til Be'ersjeba i det judæiske Sydland.
And they came to Mapsar of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Evite and the Chananite: and they came by the South of Juda to Bersabee.
8 Efter at de var draget hele Landet rundt i ni Måneder og tyve Dage, kom de tilbage til Jerusalem.
And they compassed the whole land; and they arrived at Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
9 Joab opgav derpå Kongen Tallet, der var fundet ved Folktællingen, og Israel talte 800000 kraftige, våbenføre Mænd, Juda 500000 Mænd.
And Joab gave in the number of the census of the people to the king: and Israel consisted of eight hundred thousand men of might that drew sword; and the men of Juda, five hundred thousand fighting men.
10 Men efter at David havde holdt Mandtal over Folket. slog Samvittigheden ham, og han sagde til HERREN: "Jeg har syndet svarlig i, hvad jeg har gjort! Men tilgiv nu, HERRE, din Tjeners Brøde, thi jeg har handlet som en stor Dåre!"
And the heart of David smote him after he had numbered the people; and David said to the Lord, I have sinned grievously, O Lord, [in] what I have now done: remove, I pray thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have been exceedingly foolish.
11 Da David stod op om Morgenen kom HERRENs Ord til Profeten Gad, Davids Seer, således:
And David rose early in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, the seer, saying, Go, and speak to David, saying,
12 "Gå hen og sig til David: Så siger HERREN; Jeg forelægger dig tre Ting; vælg selv, hvilken jeg skal lade times dig!"
Thus saith the Lord, I bring [one of] three things upon thee: now choose thee one of them, and I will do [it] to thee.
13 Gad kom da til David og kundgjorde ham det og sagde: "Skal der komme tre Hungersnødsår over dig i dit Land, eller vil du i tre Måneder jages på Flugt, forfulgt af din Fjende, eller skal der komme tre Dages Pest i dit Land? Overvej nu, hvad jeg skal svare ham, der har sendt mig!"
And Gad went in to David, and told him, and said to him, Choose [one of these things] to befall thee, whether there shall come upon thee [for] three years famine in thy land; or that thou shouldest flee three months before thine enemies, and they should pursue thee; or that there should be [for] three days mortality in thy land. Now then decide, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
14 David svarede Gad: "Jeg er i såre stor Vånde - lad os så falde i HERRENs Hånd, thi hans Barmhjertighed er stor; i Menneskehånd vil jeg ikke falde!"
And David said to Gad, On every side I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions [are] very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man.
15 Så valgte David da Pesten. Ved Hvedehøstens Tid begyndte Soten at ramme Folket; og der døde 70000 Mand af Folket fra Dan til Be'ersjeba.
So David chose for himself the mortality: and [they were] the days of wheat-harvest; and the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from morning till noon, and the plague began among the people; and there died of the people from Dan even to Bersabee seventy thousand men.
16 Da Engelen udrakte sin Hånd mod Jerusalem for at ødelægge det, angrede HERREN det onde, og han sagde til Engelen, som ødelagde Folket "Nu er det nok, drag din Hånd tilbage!" HERRENs Engel var da ved Jebusiten Aravnas Tærskeplads.
And the angel of the Lord stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, [It is] enough now, withhold thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.
17 Men da David så Engelen, som slog Folket, sagde han til HERREN: "Det er mig, der har syndet, mig, der har begået Brøden; men Fårene der, hvad har de gjort? Lad din Hånd dog ramme mig og mit Fædrenehus!"
And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel smiting the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, but these sheep what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be upon me, and upon my father's house.
18 Samme Dag kom Gad til David og sagde: "Gå op og rejs HERREN et Alter på Jebusiten Aravnas Tærskeplads!"
And Gad came to David in that day, and said to him, Go up, and set up to the Lord and altar in the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.
19 Og David gik derop efter Gads Ord, således som HERREN havde påbudt.
And David went up according to the word of Gad, as the Lord commanded him.
20 Da Aravna, der var ved at tærske Hvede, så ned og fik Øje på Kongen og hans Folk, som kom hen imod ham, gik han ud og kastede sig på sit Ansigt til Jorden for ham;
And Orna looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on before him: and Orna went forth, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the earth.
21 og Aravna sagde: "Hvorfor kommer min Herre Kongen til sin Træl?" David svarede: "For at købe Tærskepladsen af dig og bygge HERREN et Alter, at Folket må blive friet fra Plagen!"
And Orna said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? and David said, To buy of thee the threshing-floor, in order to build an altar to the Lord that the plague may be restrained from off the people.
22 Da sagde Aravna til David: "Min Herre Kongen tage den og ofre, hvad ham tykkes ret! Her er Okserne til Brændoffer og Tærskeslæderne og Oksernes Stavtøj til Brændsel!
And Orna said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer to the Lord that which is good in his eyes: behold, [here are] oxen for a whole-burnt-offering, and the wheels and furniture of the oxen for wood.
23 Min Herre Kongens Træl giver Kongen det hele!" Og Aravna sagde til Kongen: "Måtte HERREN din Gud have Behag i dig!"
Orna gave all to the king: and Orna said to the king, The Lord thy God bless thee.
24 Men Kongen svarede Aravna: "Nej, jeg vil købe det af dig for dets fulde Værdi; jeg vil ikke bringe HERREN min Gud Brændofre, som intet koster mig!" Så købte David Tærskepladsen og Okserne for halvtredsindstyve Sølvsekel;
And the king said to Orna, Nay, but I will surely buy it of thee at a fair price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God a whole-burnt-offering for nothing. So David purchased the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 og David byggede HERREN et Alter der og ofrede Brændofre og Takofre. Da forbarmede HERREN sig over Landet, og Israel blev friet fra Plagen.
And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and Solomon made an addition to the altar afterwards, for it was little at first. And the Lord hearkened to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
