Første Krønikebog 21
1 Satan traadte op mod Israel og æggede David til at holde Mandtal over Israel.
Satan decided to cause the Israeli people to have trouble. So he incited David to find out how many men in Israel [were able to be in the army].
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!«
So David commanded Joab and the other army commanders, “Count all the men in Israel [who are able to be in the army]. Start at Beersheba [town in the south] and go all the way to Dan [city in the north]. Then come back and report to me, in order that I may know how many men 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?«
But Joab replied, “Your majesty, even if Yahweh allowed us to have 100 times as many soldiers as we have now, you would [RHQ] still rule all of them. So why do you want us to do this? You will surely [RHQ] cause [all the people of] Israel to be guilty of sinning.”
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 David would not change his mind. So Joab [and his soldiers] went everywhere in Israel and in Judah, and counted the people. Then they 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 they reported to David that there were 1,100,000 men in Israel who could be in the army, and 470,000 in Judah.
6 Men Levi og Benjamin havde han ikke talt med, thi Kongens Ord var Joab en Gru.
Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.
7 Dette var ondt i Guds Øjne, og han slog Israel.
David’s command to count the people caused God to become angry, so he [told David that he had decided to] punish [the people of] 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!«
Then David prayed, saying, “Yahweh, what I did was very foolish. I have sinned greatly by what I have done. So now I plead with you, please forgive me.”
9 Men HERREN talede saaledes til Gad, Davids Seer:
Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
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 tell this to David: I am allowing you to choose one of three things [to punish you]. I will do whichever one you choose.”
11 Gad kom da til David og sagde til ham: »Saa siger HERREN: Vælg!
So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
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!«
three years of famine [in Israel], or three months during which your armies will run away from their enemies [who will attack them with] swords, or three days during which I will send my angel to cause many people in the country to die because of a (plague/very serious illness).’ So, you must decide what I will say to answer [Yahweh, ] the one 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 replied to Gad, “I am very distressed. But allow Yahweh to punish [MTY] me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, [because they will not be merciful].”
14 Saa sendte HERREN Pest over Israel, og af Israel døde 70 000 Mennesker.
So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
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 to destroy the people in Jerusalem by the plague. But when the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain, Yahweh saw all the suffering that the people had endured, and he was grieved. So he said to the angel, “Stop what you are doing [IDM]! That is enough [IDM]!”
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 looked up and saw the angel whom Yahweh had sent, standing between the sky and the ground. The angel had a sword in his hand that was pointed toward Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of the city], who were wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, prostrated themselves on 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!«
David said to God, “I am [RHQ] the one who ordered the men who could be in the army to be counted. I am the one who has sinned and done what is very wrong, but these people are [as innocent as] [MET] sheep. They have certainly not [RHQ] done anything [that is wrong]. So Yahweh my God, punish [IDM] me and my family, but do not allow this plague to continue to [cause] your people [to become sick and die].”
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 who was sent by Yahweh told Gad to go up to the place where Araunah threshed grain and tell David to build an altar to [worship] Yahweh there.
19 Og David gik derop, efter det Ord Gad havde talt i HERRENS Navn.
So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
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.
While Araunah was threshing some wheat, he turned and saw the angel. His four sons who were with him [also saw the angel, and they] hid themselves.
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 David approached. When Araunah saw him, he left the place where he was threshing grain and prostrated himself, with his face touching 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!«
David said to him, “Please sell me your threshing place in order that I can build an altar here to [worship] Yahweh. Then he will stop this plague. I will pay the full price.”
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!«
Araunah replied, “Take it! Your majesty, do whatever you want to. I will give you the oxen [that thresh the grain] for an offering to be completely burned [on the altar]. And I will give you the threshing boards to use as wood [on the altar], and I will give you grain for a grain offering. I will give all those things to you.”
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!«
But the king said to Araunah, “No, [I will not take these things as a gift]. I will pay you the full price for it. I will not take things that belong to you, things that have cost me nothing and offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.”
25 Saa gav David Ornan Guld til en Vægt af 600 Sekel for Pladsen;
So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
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 [worship] Yahweh there, and he offered sacrifices to be completely burned [on the altar] and sacrifices to restore fellowship [with Yahweh]. David prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered by sending a fire from heaven [to burn up the offerings] on the altar.
27 Og paa HERRENS Bud stak Engelen sit Sværd i Balgen igen.
Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
28 Paa den Tid ofrede David paa Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads, fordi han havde set, at HERREN havde svaret ham der;
And when David saw that Yahweh had answered him there at the place where Araunah threshed grain [and had ended the plague], he offered sacrifices there.
29 men HERRENS Bolig, som Moses havde rejst i Ørkenen, og Brændofferalteret stod paa den Tid paa Offerhøjen i Gibeon.
Yahweh’s Sacred Tent, which Moses had commanded to be set up in the desert, and the altar for burning sacrifices completely, were at that time on a hill at Gibeon [city].
30 Men David kunde ikke gaa hen og søge Gud foran Alteret, thi han var rædselsslagen over HERRENS Engels Sværd.
But David did not want to go there to request God to tell him what he wanted [him to do], because he was afraid that the angel sent from Yahweh [might strike him with] his sword.
