Første Krønikebog 21
1 Satan traadte op mod Israel og æggede David til at holde Mandtal over Israel.
Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number 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!«
And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people: “Go, and number Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan. And bring me the number, so that I may know it.”
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?«
And Joab responded: “May the Lord increase his people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all your servants? Why would my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin 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.
But the word of the king prevailed instead. And Joab went away, and he traveled around, through all of Israel. And he returned 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.
And he gave to David the number of those whom he had surveyed. And the entire number of Israel was found to be one million and one hundred thousand men who could draw the sword; but from Judah, there were four hundred and seventy thousand men of war.
6 Men Levi og Benjamin havde han ikke talt med, thi Kongens Ord var Joab en Gru.
But Levi and Benjamin he did not number. For Joab executed the orders of the king unwillingly.
7 Dette var ondt i Guds Øjne, og han slog Israel.
Then God was displeased with what had been ordered, and so 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!«
And David said to God: “I have sinned exceedingly in doing this. I beg you take away the iniquity of your servant. For I have acted unwisely.”
9 Men HERREN talede saaledes til Gad, Davids Seer:
And the Lord spoke to Gad, the seer of David, 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, and tell him: Thus says the Lord: I give to you the option of three things. Choose the one that you will want, and I will do it to you.”
11 Gad kom da til David og sagde til ham: »Saa siger HERREN: Vælg!
And when Gad had gone to David, he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Choose what you will want:
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 for you to flee from your enemies, unable to escape from their sword, or three days for the sword of the Lord and a pestilence to turn within the land, with the Angel of the Lord killing in every part of Israel. Now therefore, see what I should respond 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!«
And David said to Gad: “There are difficulties pressing upon me from every side. But it is better for me to fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are many, than into the hands of men.”
14 Saa sendte HERREN Pest over Israel, og af Israel døde 70 000 Mennesker.
Therefore, the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell from Israel seventy thousand men.
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.
Also, he sent an Angel to Jerusalem, so that he might strike it. And while he was striking, the Lord saw and took pity over the magnitude of the harm. And he commanded the Angel who was striking: “It is enough. Now let your hand cease.” And the Angel of the Lord was standing beside 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;
And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the Angel of the Lord, standing between heaven and earth with a drawn sword in his hand, turned toward Jerusalem. And both he and those greater by birth, being clothed in haircloth, fell prone upon the ground.
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!«
And David said to God: “Am I not the one who ordered that the people be numbered? It is I who sinned; it is I who did evil. This flock, what does it deserve? O Lord my God, I beg you to let your hand be turned against me and against the house of my father. But let not your people be struck down.”
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 Angel of the Lord instructed Gad to tell David that he should ascend and build an altar to the Lord God on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Og David gik derop, efter det Ord Gad havde talt i HERRENS Navn.
Therefore, David ascended, in accord with the word of Gad, which he had spoken to him in the name of the Lord.
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.
Now when Ornan had looked up and seen the Angel, he and his four sons hid themselves. For at that time, he was threshing wheat upon the floor.
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.
Then, as David was approaching Ornan, Ornan saw him, and he went out from the threshing floor to meet him. And he reverenced him prone on 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!«
And David said to him: “Give this place of your threshing floor to me, so that I may build an altar to the Lord upon it. And you shall accept from me as much money as it is worth, so that the plague may cease from 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!«
But Ornan said to David: “Take it, and may my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Moreover, I give the oxen also as a holocaust, and the plow for wood, and the wheat for a sacrifice. I will offer all freely.”
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!«
And king David said to him: “By no means shall it be so. Instead, I will give money to you, as much as it is worth. For I must not take it from you, and thereby offer to the Lord holocausts that cost nothing.”
25 Saa gav David Ornan Guld til en Vægt af 600 Sekel for Pladsen;
Therefore, David gave Ornan, for the place, the very just weight of six hundred shekels of gold.
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,
And he built an altar to the Lord there. And he offered holocausts and peace offerings, and he called upon the Lord. And he heeded him by sending fire from heaven upon the altar of the holocaust.
27 Og paa HERRENS Bud stak Engelen sit Sværd i Balgen igen.
And the Lord instructed the Angel, and he turned 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;
Then, seeing that the Lord had heeded him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, David immediately immolated victims there.
29 men HERRENS Bolig, som Moses havde rejst i Ørkenen, og Brændofferalteret stod paa den Tid paa Offerhøjen i Gibeon.
But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, were at that time on the high place of Gibeon.
30 Men David kunde ikke gaa hen og søge Gud foran Alteret, thi han var rædselsslagen over HERRENS Engels Sværd.
And David was unable to go to the altar, so that he might pray to God there. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear, seeing the sword of the Angel of the Lord.
