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!"

Again the anger of Yahweh was ignited against Israel, and he moved David against them saying, “Go, count 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!"

The king said to Joab the commander of the army, who was with him, “Go throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count all the people, so that I may know the total number of men fit for battle.”

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?"

Joab said to the king, “May Yahweh your God multiply the number of people a hundred times, and may the eyes of my master the king see it take place. But why does my master the king want this?”

4 Men Joab og Hærførerne måtte bøje sig for Kongens Ord. Joab og Hærførerne forlod derfor Kongen for at holde Mønstring over Israels Folk.

Nevertheless, the king's word was final against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders went out from the king's presence to count the people 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 encamped near Aroer, south of the city in the valley. Then they traveled on through Gad 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;

They came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi, then on to Dan Jaan and around toward 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.

They reached the stronghold of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to the Negev in Judah at Beersheba.

8 Efter at de var draget hele Landet rundt i ni Måneder og tyve Dage, kom de tilbage til Jerusalem.

When they had gone throughout all the land, they came back 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.

Then Joab reported the total of the count of the fighting men to the king. There were in Israel 800,000 brave men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were 500,000 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!"

Then David's heart afflicted him after he had counted the men. So he said to Yahweh, “I have greatly sinned by doing this. Now, Yahweh, take away your servant's guilt, for I have acted 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 Yahweh came to the prophet 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 say to David: 'This is what Yahweh says: “I am giving you three choices. Choose one of them.”'”

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 went to David and said to him, “Will three years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months from your enemies while they pursue you? Or will there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide what answer I should 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!"

Then David said to Gad, “I am in deep trouble. Let us fall into Yahweh's hands rather than into the hand of man, for his merciful actions are very great.”

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 Yahweh sent a plague on Israel from the morning to a fixed time, and seventy thousand people died from Dan to Beersheba.

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 reached out with his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh changed his mind because of the harm it would cause, and he said to the angel who was destroying people, “Enough! Now draw back your hand.” At that time the angel of Yahweh was standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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 Yahweh when he saw the angel who had attacked the people, and said, “I have sinned, and I have acted perversely. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand punish me and my father's family!”

18 Samme Dag kom Gad til David og sagde: "Gå op og rejs HERREN et Alter på Jebusiten Aravnas Tærskeplads!"

Then Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar for Yahweh at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

19 Og David gik derop efter Gads Ord, således som HERREN havde påbudt.

So David went up as Gad instructed him to do, as Yahweh had 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;

Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching. So Araunah went out and bowed to 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!"

Then Araunah said, “Why has my master the king come to me, his servant?” David replied, “To buy your threshing floor, so I can build an altar for Yahweh, so that the plague may be removed 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!

Araunah said to David, “Take it as your own, my master the king. Do with it what is good in your sight. Look, here are oxen for the burnt offering and threshing sledges and ox yokes 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 this, my king, I, Araunah, will give to you.” Then he said to the king, “May Yahweh 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;

The king said to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it at a price. I will not offer as a burnt offering to Yahweh anything that costs 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.

David built an altar for Yahweh there and offered on it burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. So Yahweh answered the prayer on behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was confined.