Første Krønikebog 21
1 Satan traadte op mod Israel og æggede David til at holde Mandtal over Israel.
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to 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 princes of the people: 'Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.'
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 said: 'The LORD make His people a hundred times so many more as they are; but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto 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. Wherefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, and 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.
And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword; and Judah was four hundred three-score and ten thousand men that drew sword.
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 among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
7 Dette var ondt i Guds Øjne, og han slog Israel.
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He smote 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 unto God: 'I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing; but now, put away, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.'
9 Men HERREN talede saaledes til Gad, Davids Seer:
And the LORD spoke unto 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 unto David, saying: Thus saith the LORD: I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.'
11 Gad kom da til David og sagde til ham: »Saa siger HERREN: Vælg!
So Gad came to David, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD: Take which thou wilt:
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 swept away before thy foes, while the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to Him that 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 unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, for very great are His mercies; and let me not fall into the hand of man.'
14 Saa sendte HERREN Pest over Israel, og af Israel døde 70 000 Mennesker.
So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of 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.
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was about to destroy, the LORD beheld, and He repented Him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel: 'It is enough; now stay thy hand.' And the angel of the LORD 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;
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD standing between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon 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!«
And David said unto God: 'Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let Thy hand, I pray Thee, O LORD my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against Thy 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 angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Og David gik derop, efter det Ord Gad havde talt i HERRENS Navn.
And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke 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.
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that 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.
And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed down 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: 'Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto the LORD; for the full price shalt thou give it me; that the plague may be stayed 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!«
And Ornan said unto David: 'Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes; lo, I give thee 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!«
And king David said to Ornan: 'Nay, but I will verily buy it for the full price; for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.'
25 Saa gav David Ornan Guld til en Vægt af 600 Sekel for Pladsen;
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
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 David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon the LORD; and He answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.
27 Og paa HERRENS Bud stak Engelen sit Sværd i Balgen igen.
And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword back into the sheath thereof.
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 tabernacle of the LORD, 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 terrified because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
