Første Krønikebog 21
1 Satan traadte op mod Israel og æggede David til at holde Mandtal over Israel.
Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.
2 David sagde da til Joab og Hærførerne: »Drag ud og tæl Israel fra Be'ersjeba til Dan og bring mig Efterretning, for at jeg kan faa Tallet paa dem at vide!«
David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know how many there are.”
3 Men Joab svarede: »Maatte HERREN forøge sit Folk hundredfold! Er de ikke, Herre Konge, min Herres Trælle alle sammen? Hvorfor vil min Herre det? Hvorfor skal det blive Israel til Skyld?«
Joab said, “May the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, are not they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”
4 Men Joab maatte bøje sig for Kongens Ord, og Joab begav sig derfor bort, drog hele Israel rundt og kom tilbage til Jerusalem.
Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem.
5 Joab opgav derpaa David Tallet, der var fundet ved Folketællingen, og hele Israel talte 1 100 000 kraftige Mænd, Juda 470 000.
Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.
6 Men Levi og Benjamin havde han ikke talt med, thi Kongens Ord var Joab en Gru.
But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
7 Dette var ondt i Guds Øjne, og han slog Israel.
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
8 Da sagde David til Gud: »Jeg har syndet svarlig i, hvad jeg har gjort. Men tilgiv nu din Tjeners Brøde, thi jeg har handlet som en stor Daare!«
David said to God, “I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”
9 Men HERREN talede saaledes til Gad, Davids Seer:
The LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
10 »Gaa hen og sig saaledes til David: Saa siger HERREN: Jeg forelægger dig tre Ting; vælg selv, hvilken jeg skal lade times dig!«
“Go and speak to David, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’”
11 Gad kom da til David og sagde til ham: »Saa siger HERREN: Vælg!
So Gad came to David and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Take your choice:
12 Vælger du tre Hungersnødsaar, eller vil du i tre Maaneder flygte for dine Fjender og dine Avindsmænds Sværd, eller skal der komme tre Dage med HERRENS Sværd og Pest i Landet, i hvilke HERRENS Engel spreder Ødelæggelse i hele Israels Omraade? Se nu til, hvad jeg skal svare ham, der har sendt mig!«
either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days of the sword of the LORD, even pestilence in the land, and the LORD’s angel destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.’”
13 David svarede Gad: »Jeg er i saare stor Vaande — lad mig saa falde i HERRENS Haand, thi hans Barmhjertighed er saare stor; i Menneskehaand vil jeg ikke falde!«
David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into the LORD’s hand, for his mercies are very great. Do not let me fall into man’s hand.”
14 Saa sendte HERREN Pest over Israel, og af Israel døde 70 000 Mennesker.
So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.
15 Og Gud sendte en Engel til Jerusalem for at ødelægge det. Men lige som han skulde til at ødelægge Byen, saa HERREN til og angrede det onde; og han sagde til Engelen, som var ved at ødelægge: »Nu er det nok, drag din Haand tilbage!« HERRENS Engel stod da ved Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads.
God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, the LORD saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” the LORD’s angel was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 Da David løftede sit Blik og saa HERRENS Engel staa mellem Himmel og Jord med draget Sværd i Haand, rettet mod Jerusalem, faldt han og de Ældste, der var klædt i Sæk, paa deres Ansigt;
David lifted up his eyes, and saw the LORD’s angel standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
17 og David sagde til Gud: »Var det ikke mig, der sagde, at Folket skulde tælles? Det er mig, der har syndet, og saare ilde har jeg handlet; men Faarene der, hvad har de gjort? HERRE min Gud, lad din Haand dog ramme mig og mit Fædrenehus, men lad Plagen ikke ramme dit Folk!«
David said to God, “Is not it I who commanded the people to be counted? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O LORD my God, be against me and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.”
18 Da sagde HERRENS Engel til Gad, at han skulde byde David gaa op og rejse HERREN et Alter paa Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads.
Then the LORD’s angel commanded Gad to tell David that David should go up and raise an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Og David gik derop, efter det Ord Gad havde talt i HERRENS Navn.
David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the LORD’s name.
20 Da Ornan vendte sig om, saa han Kongen og hans fire Sønner, der var hos ham, komme gaaende. Ornan var ved at tærske Hvede.
Ornan turned back and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
21 Og David naaede hen til Ornan, og da Ornan saa op og fik Øje paa David, forlod han Tærskepladsen og kastede sig paa sit Ansigt til Jorden for ham.
As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
22 Da sagde David til Ornan: »Overlad mig din Tærskeplads, for at jeg der kan bygge HERREN et Alter! For fuld betaling skal du overlade mig den, at Folket maa blive friet fra Plagen!«
Then David said to Ornan, “Sell me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD on it. You shall sell it to me for the full price, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people.”
23 Da sagde Ornan til David: »Min Herre Kongen tage den og gøre, hvad ham tykkes ret; se, jeg giver Okserne til Brændofre, Tærskeslæderne til Brændsel og Hveden til Afgrødeoffer; jeg giver det hele!«
Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes. Behold, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering. I give it all.”
24 Men Kong David svarede Ornan: »Nej, jeg vil købe det for fuld Betaling, thi til HERREN vil jeg ikke tage, hvad dit er, eller bringe et Brændoffer, som intet koster mig!«
King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will most certainly buy it for the full price. For I will not take that which is yours for the LORD, nor offer a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”
25 Saa gav David Ornan Guld til en Vægt af 600 Sekel for Pladsen;
So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
26 og David byggede HERREN et Alter der og ofrede Brændofre og Takofre; og da han raabte til HERREN, svarede HERREN ham ved at lade Ild falde ned fra Himmelen paa Brændofferalteret,
David built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the LORD; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
27 Og paa HERRENS Bud stak Engelen sit Sværd i Balgen igen.
Then the LORD commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
28 Paa den Tid ofrede David paa Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads, fordi han havde set, at HERREN havde svaret ham der;
At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
29 men HERRENS Bolig, som Moses havde rejst i Ørkenen, og Brændofferalteret stod paa den Tid paa Offerhøjen i Gibeon.
For the LORD’s tabernacle, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
30 Men David kunde ikke gaa hen og søge Gud foran Alteret, thi han var rædselsslagen over HERRENS Engels Sværd.
But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid because of the sword of the LORD’s angel.
