2 Samuel 24
1 Men HERRENS vrede blussede atter op mod Israel, så at han æggede David mod dem og sagde: "Gå hen og hold Mandtal over Israel og Juda!"
Now again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, "Go, number Israel and Judah."
2 Kongen sagde da til Joab og Hærførerne, der var hos ham: "Drag rundt i alle Israels Stammer fra Dan til Be'ersjeba og hold Mønstring over Folket, for at jeg kan få Tallet på det at vide!"
So the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, "Now go back and forth through all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people."
3 Men Joab svarede Kongen: "Måtte HERREN din Gud forøge Folket hundredfold, og måtte min Herre Kongen selv opleve det - men hvorfor har min Herre Kongen sat sig sligt for?"
But Joab said to the king, "Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?"
4 Men Joab og Hærførerne måtte bøje sig for Kongens Ord. Joab og Hærførerne forlod derfor Kongen for at holde Mønstring over Israels Folk.
However, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the children of Israel.
5 De gik over Jordan og begyndte ved Aroer og Byen, der ligger midt i Dalen; drog ad Gad til og i Retning af Ja'zer;
They crossed over the Jordan and began from Aroer, and from the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad; then on to Jazer.
6 så kom de til Gilead og til Hetiternes Land hen imod Kadesj, derpå til Dan, og fra Dan vendte de sig hen mod Zidon;
Then they came to Gilead, and to the region of the Hethites, to Kedesh; and they came to Dan. Then they skirted Sidon,
7 så kom de til Fæstningen Tyrus og alle Hivviternes og Kana'anæernes Byer, hvorfra de gik til Be'ersjeba i det judæiske Sydland.
and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.
8 Efter at de var draget hele Landet rundt i ni Måneder og tyve Dage, kom de tilbage til Jerusalem.
So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
9 Joab opgav derpå Kongen Tallet, der var fundet ved Folktællingen, og Israel talte 800000 kraftige, våbenføre Mænd, Juda 500000 Mænd.
Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
10 Men efter at David havde holdt Mandtal over Folket. slog Samvittigheden ham, og han sagde til HERREN: "Jeg har syndet svarlig i, hvad jeg har gjort! Men tilgiv nu, HERRE, din Tjeners Brøde, thi jeg har handlet som en stor Dåre!"
David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, LORD, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly."
11 Da David stod op om Morgenen kom HERRENs Ord til Profeten Gad, Davids Seer, således:
When David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to Gad, David's seer, saying,
12 "Gå hen og sig til David: Så siger HERREN; Jeg forelægger dig tre Ting; vælg selv, hvilken jeg skal lade times dig!"
"Go and speak to David, 'Thus says the LORD, "I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you."'
13 Gad kom da til David og kundgjorde ham det og sagde: "Skal der komme tre Hungersnødsår over dig i dit Land, eller vil du i tre Måneder jages på Flugt, forfulgt af din Fjende, eller skal der komme tre Dages Pest i dit Land? Overvej nu, hvad jeg skal svare ham, der har sendt mig!"
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, "Shall three years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me."
14 David svarede Gad: "Jeg er i såre stor Vånde - lad os så falde i HERRENs Hånd, thi hans Barmhjertighed er stor; i Menneskehånd vil jeg ikke falde!"
David said to Gad, "All of them are difficult for me. Only let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into the hand of man."
15 Så valgte David da Pesten. Ved Hvedehøstens Tid begyndte Soten at ramme Folket; og der døde 70000 Mand af Folket fra Dan til Be'ersjeba.
So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and the destruction began among the people. And there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
16 Da Engelen udrakte sin Hånd mod Jerusalem for at ødelægge det, angrede HERREN det onde, og han sagde til Engelen, som ødelagde Folket "Nu er det nok, drag din Hånd tilbage!" HERRENs Engel var da ved Jebusiten Aravnas Tærskeplads.
When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, "It is enough. Now stay your hand." The angel of the LORD was standing near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD 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 down on their faces.
17 Men da David så Engelen, som slog Folket, sagde han til HERREN: "Det er mig, der har syndet, mig, der har begået Brøden; men Fårene der, hvad har de gjort? Lad din Hånd dog ramme mig og mit Fædrenehus!"
Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, "Look, I have sinned, and I, the shepherd, have done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house."
18 Samme Dag kom Gad til David og sagde: "Gå op og rejs HERREN et Alter på Jebusiten Aravnas Tærskeplads!"
And Gad went to David that day and said, "Go up, build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."
19 Og David gik derop efter Gads Ord, således som HERREN havde påbudt.
So David went up and did what Gad had said, as the LORD commanded.
20 Da Aravna, der var ved at tærske Hvede, så ned og fik Øje på Kongen og hans Folk, som kom hen imod ham, gik han ud og kastede sig på sit Ansigt til Jorden for ham;
And Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him, so Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
21 og Aravna sagde: "Hvorfor kommer min Herre Kongen til sin Træl?" David svarede: "For at købe Tærskepladsen af dig og bygge HERREN et Alter, at Folket må blive friet fra Plagen!"
And Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" And David said, "To buy this threshing floor from you to build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague may be held back from the people."
22 Da sagde Aravna til David: "Min Herre Kongen tage den og ofre, hvad ham tykkes ret! Her er Okserne til Brændoffer og Tærskeslæderne og Oksernes Stavtøj til Brændsel!
But Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Look, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.
23 Min Herre Kongens Træl giver Kongen det hele!" Og Aravna sagde til Kongen: "Måtte HERREN din Gud have Behag i dig!"
All these Araunah gives to the king." And Araunah said to the king, "May the LORD your God accept you."
24 Men Kongen svarede Aravna: "Nej, jeg vil købe det af dig for dets fulde Værdi; jeg vil ikke bringe HERREN min Gud Brændofre, som intet koster mig!" Så købte David Tærskepladsen og Okserne for halvtredsindstyve Sølvsekel;
But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 og David byggede HERREN et Alter der og ofrede Brændofre og Takofre. Da forbarmede HERREN sig over Landet, og Israel blev friet fra Plagen.
Then David built an altar to the LORD there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was withdrawn from Israel.
