صَمُوئِيلَ ٱلثَّانِي 24

١ 1 وَعَادَ فَحَمِيَ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَهَاجَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَاوُدَ قَائِلًا: «ٱمْضِ وَأَحْصِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا».

And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

٢ 2 فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِيُوآبَ رَئِيسِ ٱلْجَيْشِ ٱلَّذِي عِنْدَهُ: «طُفْ فِي جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دَانَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ وَعُدُّوا ٱلشَّعْبَ، فَأَعْلَمَ عَدَدَ ٱلشَّعْبِ».

And the king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ يُوآبُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «لِيَزِدِ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ ٱلشَّعْبَ أَمْثَالَهُمْ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ، وَعَيْنَا سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ نَاظِرَتَانِ. وَلَكِنْ لِمَاذَا يُسَرُّ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ بِهَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ؟»

And Joab said to the king, Now Jehovah thy God add to the people, however many they may be, a hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it, but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

٤ 4 فَٱشْتَدَّ كَلَامُ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَلَى يُوآبَ وَعَلَى رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجَيْشِ، فَخَرَجَ يُوآبُ وَرُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْجَيْشِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِيَعُدُّوا ٱلْشَّعْبَ،أَيْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel.

٥ 5 فَعَبَرُوا ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ وَنَزَلُوا فِي عَرُوعِيرَ عَنْ يَمِينِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي وَسَطِ وَادِي جَادَ وَتُجَاهَ يَعْزِيرَ.

And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer.

٦ 6 وَأَتَوْا إِلَى جِلْعَادَ وَإِلَى أَرْضِ تَحْتِيمَ إِلَى حُدْشِي، ثُمَّ أَتَوْا إِلَى دَانِ يَعَنَ، وَٱسْتَدَارُوا إِلَى صِيْدُونَ.

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi. And they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Sidon,

٧ 7 ثُمَّ أَتَوْا إِلَى حِصْنِ صُورٍ وَجَمِيعِ مُدُنِ ٱلْحِوِّيِّينَ وَٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا إِلَى جَنُوبِيِّ يَهُوذَا، إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ.

and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites. And they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.

٨ 8 وَطَافُوا كُلَّ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَجَاءُوا فِي نِهَايَةِ تِسْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

٩ 9 فَدَفَعَ يُوآبُ جُمْلَةَ عَدَدِ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَكَانَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ثَمَانَ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ ذِي بَأْسٍ مُسْتَلِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ، وَرِجَالُ يَهُوذَا خَمْسَ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ.

And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

١٠ 10 وَضَرَبَ دَاوُدَ قَلْبُهُ بَعْدَمَا عَدَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ. فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلرَّبِّ: «لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ جِدًّا فِي مَا فَعَلْتُ، وَٱلْآنَ يَارَبُّ أَزِلْ إِثْمَ عَبْدِكَ لِأَنِّي ٱنْحَمَقْتُ جِدًّا».

And David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, but now, O Jehovah, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly.

١١ 11 وَلَمَّا قَامَ دَاوُدُ صَبَاحًا، كَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى جَادٍ ٱلنَّبِيِّ رَائِي دَاوُدَ قَائِلًا:

And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

١٢ 12 «اِذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِدَاوُدَ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: ثَلَاثَةً أَنَا عَارِضٌ عَلَيْكَ، فَٱخْتَرْ لِنَفْسِكَ وَاحِدًا مِنْهَا فَأَفْعَلَهُ بِكَ».

Go and speak to David, Thus says Jehovah, I offer thee three things. Choose thee one of them, that I may do it to thee.

١٣ 13 فَأَتَى جَادُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ وَأَخبَرهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَتَأْتِي عَلَيْكَ سَبْعُ سِنِي جُوعٍ فِي أَرْضِكَ، أَمْ تَهْرُبُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِكَ وَهُمْ يَتْبَعُونَكَ، أَمْ يَكُونُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَبَأٌ فِي أَرْضِكَ؟ فَٱلْآنَ ٱعْرِفْ وَٱنْظُرْ مَاذَا أَرُدُّ جَوَابًا عَلَى مُرْسِلِي».

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to thee in thy land? Or will thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? Now decide, and see what answer I shall return to him who sent me.

١٤ 14 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِجَادٍ: «قَدْ ضَاقَ بِيَ ٱلْأَمْرُ جِدًّا. فَلْنَسْقُطْ فِي يَدِ ٱلرَّبِّ، لِأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَلَا أَسْقُطْ فِي يَدِ إِنْسَانٍ».

And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait. Let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man.

١٥ 15 فَجَعَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ وَبَأً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ ٱلصَّبَاحِ إِلَى ٱلْمِيعَادِ، فَمَاتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنْ دَانٍ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ.

So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed. And there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.

١٦ 16 وَبَسَطَ ٱلْمَلَاكُ يَدَهُ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيُهْلِكَهَا، فَنَدِمَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَقَالَ لِلْمَلَاكِ ٱلْمُهْلِكِ ٱلشَّعْبَ: «كَفَى! ٱلْآنَ رُدَّ يَدَكَ». وَكَانَ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ عِنْدَ بَيْدَرِ أَرُونَةَ ٱلْيَبُوسِيِّ.

And when the agent stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah relented of the evil, and said to the agent who destroyed the people, It is enough. Now stay thy hand. And the agent of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

١٧ 17 فَكَلَّمَ دَاوُدُ ٱلرَّبَّ عِنْدَمَا رَأَى ٱلْمَلَاكَ ٱلضَّارِبَ ٱلشَّعْبَ وَقَالَ: «هَا أَنَا أَخْطَأْتُ، وَأَنَا أَذْنَبْتُ، وَأَمَّا هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْخِرَافُ فَمَاذَا فَعَلُوا؟ فَلْتَكُنْ يَدُكَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي».

And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the agent who smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely, but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

١٨ 18 فَجَاءَ جَادُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ إِلَى دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱصْعَدْ وَأَقِمْ لِلرَّبِّ مَذْبَحًا فِي بَيْدَرِ أَرُونَةَ ٱلْيَبُوسِيِّ».

And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

١٩ 19 فَصَعِدَ دَاوُدُ حَسَبَ كَلَامِ جَادَ كَمَا أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ.

And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Jehovah commanded.

٢٠ 20 فَتَطَلَّعَ أَرُونَةُ وَرَأَى ٱلْمَلِكَ وَعَبِيدَهُ يُقْبِلُونَ إِلَيْهِ، فَخَرَجَ أَرُونَةُ وَسَجَدَ لِلْمَلِكِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. And Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

٢١ 21 وَقَالَ أَرُونَةُ: «لِمَاذَا جَاءَ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى عَبْدِهِ؟» فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لِأَشْتَرِيَ مِنْكَ ٱلْبَيْدَرَ لِكَيْ أَبْنِيَ مَذْبَحًا لِلرَّبِّ فَتَكُفَّ ٱلضَّرْبَةُ عَنِ ٱلشَّعْبِ».

And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor from thee, to build an altar to Jehovah that the plague may be halted from the people.

٢٢ 22 فَقَالَ أَرُونَةُ لِدَاوُدَ: «فَلْيَأْخُذْهُ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ وَيُصْعِدْ مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ. اُنْظُرْ. اَلْبَقَرُ لِلْمُحْرَقَةِ، وَٱلنَّوَارِجُ وَأَدَوَاتُ ٱلْبَقَرِ حَطَبًا».

And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.

٢٣ 23 اَلْكُلُّ دَفَعَهُ أَرُونَةُ ٱلْمَالِكُ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ. وَقَالَ أَرُونَةُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ يَرْضَى عَنْكَ».

All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king. And Araunah said to the king, Jehovah thy God accept thee.

٢٤ 24 فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِأَرُونَةَ: «لَا، بَلْ أَشْتَرِي مِنْكَ بِثَمَنٍ، وَلَا أُصْعِدُ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِي مُحْرَقَاتٍ مَجَّانِيَّةً». فَٱشْتَرَى دَاوُدُ ٱلْبَيْدَرَ وَٱلْبَقَرَ بِخَمْسِينَ شَاقِلًا مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ.

And the king said to Araunah, No, but I will truly buy it from thee at a price. Neither will I offer burnt offerings to Jehovah my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

٢٥ 25 وَبَنَى دَاوُدُ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا لِلرَّبِّ وَأَصْعَدَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ، وَٱسْتَجَابَ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَكَفَّتِ ٱلضَّرْبَةُ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Jehovah was entreated for the land, and the plague was halted from Israel.