Første Krønikebog 21
1 Satan trådte op mod Israel og æggede David til at holde Mandtal over Israel.
And Satan rose 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 få Tallet på dem at vide!"
And David said to Joab, and to the rulers of the people: Go, and number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring me the number of them that I may know it.
3 Men Joab svarede: "Måtte 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 answered: The Lord make his people a hundred times more than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all thy servants: why doth my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?
4 Men Joab måtte bøje sig for Kongens Ord, og Joab begav sig derfor bort, drog hele Israel rundt og kom tilbage til Jerusalem.
But the king’s word rather prevailed: and Joab departed, and went through all Israel: and returned to Jerusalem.
5 Joab opgav derpå David Tallet, der var fundet ved Folketællingen, og hele Israel talte 1.100.000 kraftige Mænd, Juda 470.000.
And he gave David the number of them, whom he had surveyed: and all the number of Israel was found to be eleven hundred thousand men that drew the sword: and of Juda four hundred and seventy thousand fighting men.
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 unwillingly executed the king’s orders.
7 Dette var ondt i Guds Øjne, og han slog Israel.
And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded: and 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 Dåre!"
And David said to God: I have sinned exceedingly in doing this: I beseech thee take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done foolishly.
9 Men HERREN talede således til Gad, Davids Seer:
And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying:
10 "Gå hen og sig således til David: Så siger HERREN: Jeg forelægger dig tre Ting; vælg selv, hvilken jeg skal lade times dig!"
Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee the choice of three things: choose one which thou wilt, and I will do it to thee.
11 Gad kom da til David og sagde til ham: "Så siger HERREN: Vælg!
And when Gad was come to David, he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: choose which thou wilt:
12 Vælger du tre Hungersnødsår, eller vil du i tre Måneder 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 Område? Se nu til, hvad jeg skal svare ham, der har sendt mig!"
Either three years’ famine: or three months to flee from thy enemies, and not to be able to escape their sword: or three days to have the sword of the Lord, and pestilence in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying in all the coasts of Israel: now therefore see what I shall answer him who sent me.
13 David svarede Gad: "Jeg er i såre stor Vånde - lad mig så falde i HERRENs Hånd, thi hans Barmhjertighed er såre stor; i Menneskehånd vil jeg ikke falde!"
And David said to Gad: I am on every side in a great strait: 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 Så 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, så HERREN til og angrede det onde; og han sagde til Engelen, som var ved at ødelægge: "Nu er det nok, drag din Hånd tilbage!" HERRENs Engel stod da ved Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads.
And he sent an angel to Jerusalem, to strike it: and as he was striking it, the Lord beheld, and took pity for the greatness of the evil: and said to the angel that destroyed: It is enough, now stop thy hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the thrashing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 Da David løftede sit Blik og så HERRENs Engel stå mellem Himmel og Jord med draget Sværd i Hånd, rettet mod Jerusalem, faldt han og de Ældste, der var klædt i Sæk, på 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 against Jerusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat 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 såre ilde har jeg handlet; men Fårene der, hvad har de gjort? HERRE min Gud, lad din Hånd dog ramme mig og mit Fædrenehus, men lad Plagen ikke ramme dit Folk!"
And David said to God: Am not I he that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned: it is I that have done the evil: but as for this flock, what hath it deserved? O Lord my God, let thy hand be turned, I beseech thee, upon me, and upon my father’s house: and let not thy people be destroyed.
18 Da sagde HERRENs Engel til Gad, at han skulde byde David gå op og rejse HERREN et Alter på Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads.
And the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to tell David, to go up, and build an altar to the Lord God in the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Og David gik derop, efter det Ord Gad havde talt i HERRENs Navn.
And David went up, according to the word of Gad, which he spoke to him in the name of the Lord.
20 Da Ornan vendte sig om, så han Kongen og hans fire Sønner, der var hos ham, komme gående. Ornan var ved at tærske Hvede.
Now when Ornan looked up, and saw the angel, he and his four sons hid themselves: for at that time he was thrashing wheat in the floor.
21 Og David nåede hen til Ornan, og da Ornan så op og fik Øje på David, forlodhanTærskepladsen og kastede sig på sit Ansigt til Jorden for ham.
And as David was coming to Ornan, Ornan saw him, and went out of the thrashingfloor to meet him, and bowed down to him with his face to the ground.
22 Da sagde David til Oroan: "Overlad mig din Tærskeplads, for at jeg der kan bygge HERREN et Alter! For fuld betaling skal du overlade mig den, at Folkett må blive friet fra Plagen!"
And David said to him: Give me this place of thy thrashingfloor, that I may build therein an altar to the Lord: but thou shalt take of me as much money as it is worth, 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!"
And Ornan said to David: Take it, and let my lord the king do all that pleaseth him: and moreover the oxen also I give for a holocaust, and the drays for wood, and the wheat for the sacrifice: I will give it all willingly.
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: It shall not be so, but I will give thee money as much as it is worth: for I must not take it from thee, and so offer to the Lord holocausts free cost.
25 Så gav David Ornan Guld til en Vægt af 600 Sekel for Pladsen;
So David gave to Ornan for the place, six hundred sicles of gold of just weight.
26 og David byggede HERREN et Alter der og ofrede Brændofre og Takofre; og da han råbte til HERREN, svarede HERREN ham ved at lade Ild falde ned fra Himmelen på Brændofferalteret,
And he built there an altar to the Lord: and he offered holocausts, and peace offerings, and he called upon the Lord, and he heard him by sending Are from heaven upon the altar of the holocaust.
27 Og på HERRENs Bud stak Engelen sit Sværd i Balgen igen.
And the Lord commanded the angel: and he put up his sword again into the sheath.
28 På den Tid ofrede David på Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads, fordi han havde set, at HERREN havde svaret ham der;
And David seeing that the Lord had heard him in the thrashingfloor of Oman the Jebusite, forthwith offered victims there.
29 men HERRENs Bolig, som Moses havde rejst i Ørkenen, og Brændofferalteret stod på den Tid på Offerhøjen i Gibeon.
But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, was at that time in the high place of Gabaon.
30 Men David kunde ikke gå hen og søge Gud foran Alteret, thi han var rædselsslagen over HERRENs Engels Sværd.
And David could not go to the altar there to pray to God: for he was seized with an exceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the angel of the Lord.
