< 1 Chronicles 21 >

1 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
इस्राएलको विरुद्ध एउटा दुश्‍मन खडा भयो र आफ्‍ना मानिसहरूको सङ्ख्‍या गन्‍नलाई दाऊदलाई सुर्‍यायो ।
2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
दाऊदले योआब र आफ्‍ना फौजका कमान्डरहरूलाई भने, “जाओ, बेर्शेबादेखि दानसम्‍मका इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको सङ्‍खया गन्‍ती गर र मलाई बताओ, ताकि म तिनीहरूको संख्‍या जान्‍न सकूँ ।”
3 But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
योआबले भने, “परमप्रभुले आफ्‍ना फौजलाई सय गुणा बढाउनुभएको होस् । तर हे मेरा मालिक राजा, के तिनीहरूले मेरा मालिकको सेवा गर्दैनन् र? इस्राएलमाथि किन दोष ल्‍याउनुहुन्‍छ?”
4 Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
तर राजाको वचन योआबको विरुद्धमा लागू भयो । त्यसैले योआब त्यहाँबाट हिंडे र सारा इस्राएलभरी गए । तब तिनी यरूशलेममा फर्केर आए ।
5 And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
त्यसपछि योआबले दाऊदलाई योद्धाहरूको जम्मा संख्या बताए । इस्राएलमा तरवार चलाउन सक्‍नेहरू इस्राएलमा ११ लाख थिए । यहूदामा मात्र ४ लाख ७० हजार सेना थिए ।
6 But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
तर लेवी र बेन्‍यामीनलाई तिनीहरूसँग गन्‍ती गरिएन, किनकि राजाको हुकुमले योआबलाई साह्रै खिन्‍न पारेको थियो ।
7 This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
यो कामबाट परमेश्‍वर अप्रसन्‍न हुनुभयो, अनि उहाँले इस्राएललाई आक्रमण गर्नुभयो ।
8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
दाऊदले परमेश्‍वरलाई भने, “मैले यसो गरेर ठुलो पाप गरेको छु । अब आफ्‍नो दासको दोषलाई हटाउनुहोस्, किनकि मैले धेरै मूर्खतापूर्ण काम गरेको छु ।”
9 And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
परमप्रभुले दाऊदका अगमवक्ता गादलाई भन्‍नुभयो,
10 “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
“गएर दाऊदलाई भन्, ‘परमप्रभु यसो भन्‍नुहुन्‍छः तँलाई म तिनवटा कुरा रोज्‍न दिन्‍छु । तिमध्ये एउटा रोज ।’”
11 So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
यसैले गाद दाऊदकहाँ गए र तिनलाई भने, “परमप्रभु यही भन्‍नुहुन्‍छ, ‘यिमध्ये एउटा रोज:
12 between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
तिन वर्षसम्‍मको अनिकालको कुरा, वा तेरा शत्रुहरूले तीन महिनासम्‍म खेद्‍ने र उनीहरूका तरवारले मारिने कुरा, वा तिन दिनको लागि परमप्रभुको तरवार, अर्थात् परमप्रभुका दूतले इस्राएलका सम्‍पूर्ण ठाउँमा विनाश ल्‍याउने एउटा विपत्तिको कुरा ।’ त्‍यसो हो भने, मलाई पठाउनुहुनेकहाँ मैले के जवाफ लानुपर्ने हो सो अब निर्णय गर्नुहोस् ।”
13 David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
तब दाऊदले गादलाई भने, “म साह्रै सङ्कष्‍टमा परेको छु! मानिसको हातमा पर्नुभन्दा मलाई परमप्रभुको हातमा नै पर्न देऊ, किनकि उहाँका करुणामय कामहरू धेरै महान् छन् ।”
14 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
त्यसैले परमप्रभुले इस्राएलमा एउटा विपत्ति पठाउनुभयो, र सत्तरी हजार मानिसहरू मरे ।
15 Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
परमेश्‍वरले यरूशलेम विनाश गर्न एउटा स्‍वर्गदूत पठाउनुभयो । तिनले त्‍यो नाश गर्न लाग्‍दा परमप्रभुले त्‍यो देखेर त्‍यस सर्वनाशदेखि मन बदल्‍नुभयो । ती नाश गर्ने स्‍वर्गदूतलाई उहाँले भन्‍नुभयो, “अब भयो! तिम्रो हात थाम ।” त्‍यस बेला ती स्‍वर्गदूत यबूसी अरौनाका खलाको छेउमा उभिरहेका थिए ।
16 When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
दाऊदले मास्‍तिर हेरे र परमप्रभुका स्‍वर्गदूतले आफ्‍नो हातमा नाङ्गो तरवार लिएर यरूशलेममाथि ताकेर आकाश र पृथ्‍वीका बीचमा खडा भएको देखे । तब भाङ्‌ग्रा लागाएका दाऊद र धर्म-गुरुहरू भूइँमा घोप्‍टो परे ।
17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
दाऊदले परमेश्‍वरलाई भने, “सेनाको गन्‍ती गर् भनेर हुकुम दिने म होइनँ र? मैले यो दुष्‍ट काम गरें । तर बिचरा यी भेडाहरूले के नै पो गरेका छन् र? हे परमप्रभु मेरा परमेश्‍वर!, तपाईंको हातले म र मेरो घरानालाई प्रहार गरोस्, तर तर यो विपत्ति तपाईंका मानिसहरूमाथि नरहोस् ।”
18 Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
यसैले दाऊदलाई यबूसी अरौनाको खलामा गएर परमप्रभुको निम्‍ति एउटा वेदी बनाउन भन् भनी परमप्रभुका स्वर्गदूतले गादलाई भने ।
19 So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
यसैले परमप्रभुको नाउँमा गादले हुकुम गरेझैं गर्नलाइ दाऊद त्‍यहाँ उक्‍लेर गए ।
20 Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
अरौनाले आफ्‍नो गहूँ चुट्दै गरेका समयमा, तिनी पछि फर्के, र स्‍वर्गदूतलाई देखे । तिनी र तिनका चार जना छोराहरू आफूलाई लुकाए ।
21 David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.
दाऊद अरौनाकहाँ आउँदा, अरौनाले हेरे र दाऊदलाई देखे । तिनी खलाबाट बाहिर आए र आफ्‍नो अनुहार भुइँमा घोप्‍टो पारेर दाऊदको अघि घुँडा टेके ।
22 Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
तब दाऊदले अरौनालाई भने, “मलाई यो खला बेच ताकि यहाँ म परमप्रभुको निम्‍ति एउटा वेदी बनाउन सकूँ । म पुरै दाम तिर्नेछु, ताकि मानिसहरूबाट यो विपत्ति हटिजाओस् ।”
23 Ornan said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
अरौनाले दाऊदलाई भने, “त्‍यो तपाईंको आफ्नै ठानेर लिनुहोस्, मेरा मालिक महाराजा । हजुरो नजरमा जस्तो असल लाग्छ सो त्‍यहाँ गर्नुहोस् । हेर्नुहोस्, म तपाईंलाई होमबलिको निम्‍ति गोरुहरू, दाउराको निम्‍ति काठहरू र अन्‍नबलिको निम्‍ति गहूँ दिन्छु । यो सबै थोक म तपाईंलाई दिनेछु ।”
24 “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
दाऊद राजाले औरानलाई भने, “होइन, पुरै दाम तिरेर नै म यसलाई किन्छु । तिम्रो जे छ त्‍यो लिने अनि मेरो दाम नपरी त्‍यो सित्तैंमा परमप्रभुलाई होमबलीको रूपमा चढाउने काम म गर्दिन ।”
25 So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
यसैले त्‍यस जग्‍गाको निम्‍ति दाऊदले अरौनालाई छ सय सुनका सिक्‍का तिरे ।
26 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
दाऊदले त्‍यहाँ परमप्रभुको निम्‍ति एउटा वेदी बनाए र त्‍यसमाथि होमबलि र मेलबलि चढाए । तिनले परमप्रभुमा पुकारा गरे, जसले तिनलाई स्‍वर्गबाट होमबलिको वेदीमा आगो बर्साएर जवाफ दिनुभयो ।
27 Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.
तब परमप्रभुले त्‍यो स्‍वर्गदूतलाई आज्ञा दिनुभयो र स्‍वर्गदूतले आफ्नो तरवारलाई त्‍यसको म्‍यानमा राखे ।
28 At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
जब दाऊदले यबूसी अरौनाको खलामा परमप्रभुले जवाफ दिनुभएको देखे, तब तिनले त्यही बेला बलिदानहरू चढाए ।
29 For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
त्यस बेला, मोशाले उजाड-स्‍थानमा बनाएको परमप्रभुको पवित्र वासस्‍थान र होमबलिको वेदी गिबोनको डाँडाको उच्‍च स्‍थानमा नै थिए ।
30 but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
तापनि परमप्रभुको अगुवाइ माग्‍न दाऊद त्‍यहाँ जान सकेनन्, किनकि ती स्‍वर्गदूतको तरवारसँग तिनी साह्रै डराएका थिए ।

< 1 Chronicles 21 >