Første Krønikebog 21
1 Og Satan stod Israel imod, og han tilskyndede David til at tælle Israel.
An adversary arose against Israel and incited David to count Israel.
2 Og David sagde til Joab og til Folkets Høvedsmænd: Gaar, tæller Israel fra Beersaba og indtil Dan, og bringer mig Besked, at jeg kan vide deres Tal.
David said to Joab and to the commanders of the army, “Go, count the people of Israel from Beersheba to Dan and report back to me, that I may know their number.”
3 Da sagde Joab: Herren lægge til sit Folk, som disse ere, hundrede Gange saa mange! ere de ikke, min Herre Konge, alle sammen min Herres Tjenere? hvorfor forlanger min Herre da dette? hvorfor skal dette være til en Skyld paa Israel?
Joab said, “May Yahweh make his army a hundred times greater than it is. But my master the king, do they not all serve my master? Why does my master want this? Why bring guilt on Israel?”
4 Men Kongens Ord fik Overhaand imod Joab; saa drog Joab ud og vandrede igennem hele Israel og kom til Jerusalem.
But the king's word was enforced against Joab. So Joab left and went throughout all Israel. Then he came back to Jerusalem.
5 Og Joab gav David Tallet paa Folket, som var talt; og det hele Israel var elleve Hundrede Tusinde Mænd, som kunde uddrage Sværd, og Juda fire Hundrede og halvfjerdsindstyve Tusinde Mænd, som kunde uddrage Sværd.
Then Joab reported the total of the count of the fighting men to David. There were in Israel 1,100,000 men who drew the sword. Judah alone had 470,000 soldiers.
6 Dog talte han ikke Levi og Benjamin med iblandt dem; thi Kongens Ord var Joab vederstyggeligt.
But Levi and Benjamin were not counted among them, for the king's command had disgusted Joab.
7 Men denne Gerning var ond for Guds Øjne, derfor slog han Israel.
God was offended by this action, so he attacked Israel.
8 Da sagde David til Gud: Jeg har syndet saare, at jeg har gjort denne Gerning; men nu, kære, borttag din Tjeners Misgerning, thi jeg handlede meget daarligt.
David said to God, “I have greatly sinned by doing this. Now take away your servant's guilt, for I have acted very foolishly.”
9 Og Herren talte til Gad, Davids Seer, og sagde:
Yahweh told Gad, David's prophet,
10 Gak og tal til David og sig: Saa sagde Herren: Jeg lægger dig tre Ting for, udvælg dig een af dem, og den vil jeg gøre dig.
“Go say to David, 'This is what Yahweh says: I am giving you three choices. Choose one of them.'”
11 Der Gad kom til David, da sagde han til ham: Saa sagde Herren: Tag du imod
So Gad went to David and said to him, “Yahweh says this, 'Choose one of these:
12 enten Hunger i tre Aar, eller imod Nederlag for dine Modstanderes Ansigt tre Maaneder, og at dine Fjenders Sværd naar dig, eller imod Herrens Sværd, det er Pest, tre Dage udi Landet, saa at Herrens Engel udbreder Ødelæggelse i hele Israels Landemærke; saa se nu til, hvad Svar jeg skal sige til den igen, som mig udsendte.
either three years of famine, three months being pursued by your enemies and being caught by their swords, or else three days of Yahweh's sword, that is, a plague in the land, with the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the land of Israel.' Now then, decide what answer I should take to the one who sent me.”
13 Da sagde David til Gad: Jeg er saare angst; kære, jeg vil falde i Herrens Haand, thi hans Barmhjertighed er saare stor, og jeg vil ikke falde i Menneskens Haand.
Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress! Let me fall into the hand of Yahweh rather than into the hand of man, for his merciful actions are very great.”
14 Saa lod Herren Pest komme i Israel, og der faldt af Israel halvfjerdsindstyve Tusinde Mænd.
So Yahweh sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand people died.
15 Og Gud sendte en Engel til Jerusalem for at ødelægge den, og der han ødelagde den, saa Herren til og angrede det onde og sagde til Engelen, som ødelagde: Det er nok, drag nu din Haand tilbage; og Herrens Engel stod ved Ornans, Jebusitens Tærskeplads.
God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy it, Yahweh watched and changed his mind about the harm. He said to the destroying angel, “Enough! Now draw back your hand.” At that time the angel of Yahweh was standing at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 Der David opløftede sine Øjne og saa Herrens Engel staa imellem Jorden og imellem Himmelen og det dragne Sværd i hans Haand udrakt over Jerusalem, da faldt David og de Ældste, skjulte med Sæk, paa deres Ansigt.
David looked up and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand raised over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, lay facedown on the ground.
17 Og David sagde til Gud: Har jeg ikke sagt, at man skulde tælle Folket? ja jeg, jeg er den, som syndede og gjorde meget ilde, men disse Faar, hvad have de gjort? Herre, min Gud! kære, lad din Haand være imod mig og imod min Faders Hus, og ikke imod dit Folk til Plage.
David said to God, “Is it not I that commanded that the army be numbered? I did this wicked thing. But these sheep, what have they done? Yahweh my God! Let your hand strike me and my family, but do not let the plague remain on your people.”
18 Da sagde Herrens Engel til Gad, at han skulde sige til David, at David skulde gaa op for at rejse Herren et Alter paa Ornans, Jebusitens, Tærskeplads.
So the angel of Yahweh commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up and build an altar for Yahweh at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Saa gik David op efter Gads Ord, som denne talte i Herrens Navn.
So David went up as Gad instructed him to do in the name of Yahweh.
20 Der Oman vendte sig om, da saa han Engelen, og hans fire Sønner, som vare hos ham, skjulte sig; men Ornan tærskede Hvede.
While Ornan was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the angel. He and his four sons with him hid themselves.
21 Og David kom til Ornan, og Ornan saa sig om og saa David, og han gik frem fra Tærskepladsen og bøjede sig ned for David med Ansigtet til Jorden.
When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David. He left the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face to the ground.
22 Og David sagde til Ornan: Giv mig den Tærskeplads, saa vil jeg bygge Herren et Alter derpaa; giv mig den for fuld Betaling, at Plagen maa holde op for Folket.
Then David said to Ornan, “Sell me this threshing floor, so I can build an altar for Yahweh. I will pay the full price, so that the plague may be removed from the people.”
23 Da sagde Ornan til David: Tag du den og gør, min Herre Konge! det, som er godt for dine Øjne; se, jeg giver Okserne til Brændoffer og Tærskeslæderne til Veddet, og Hveden til Madofferet, jeg giver det alt.
Ornan said to David, “Take it as your own, my master the king. Do with it what is good in your sight. Look, I will give you oxen for burnt offerings, threshing sledges for wood, and wheat for the grain offering; I will give it all to you.”
24 Og Kong David sagde til Ornan: Ikke saa, men jeg vil visselig købe det for fuld Betaling; thi jeg vil ikke tage det, som tilhører dig, til Herren og til at ofre Brændoffer for intet.
King David said to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for the full price. I will not take what is yours and offer it as a burnt offering to Yahweh if it costs me nothing.”
25 Saa gav David Ornan for Stedet seks Hundrede Sekel Guld efter Vægt.
So David paid six hundred shekels of gold for the place.
26 Og David byggede Herren der et Alter og ofrede Brændofre og Takofre; og der han kaldte paa Herren, da bønhørte han ham ved Ild fra Himmelen paa Brændofferets Alter.
David built an altar for Yahweh there and offered on it burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on Yahweh, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar for burnt offerings.
27 Og Herren sagde til Engelen, at han skulde stikke sit Sværd i Skeden igen.
Then Yahweh gave an order to the angel, and the angel put his sword back into its sheath.
28 Samme Tid, der David saa, at Herren bønhørte ham paa Ornans, Jebusitens, Tærskeplads, da ofrede han der.
When David saw that Yahweh had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he performed the sacrifice there at that same time.
29 Thi Herrens Tabernakel, som Mose havde ladet gøre i Ørken, og Brændofferets Alter var paa den samme Tid paa Højen udi Gibeon.
Now at that time, Yahweh's tabernacle, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar for burnt offerings, were at the high place at Gibeon.
30 Og David kunde ikke gaa hen foran den for at søge Gud; thi han var forfærdet for Herrens Engels Sværd.
However, David could not go there to ask for God's direction, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.
