1 Chronicles 21
1 Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.
Iblis ingin mencelakakan orang Israel; karena itu ia membujuk Daud supaya mengadakan sensus.
2 And David said to Joab and the captains of the people, Now let all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, be numbered; and give me word so that I may be certain of their number.
Maka berkatalah Daud kepada Yoab dan para perwira tentaranya, "Adakanlah sensus di seluruh Israel sampai ke pelosok-pelosoknya, karena aku ingin tahu berapa jumlah rakyat Israel."
3 And Joab said, May the Lord make his people a hundred times more in number than they are; but, my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? why would my lord have this done? why will he become a cause of sin to Israel?
Jawab Yoab, "Semoga TUHAN melipatgandakan rakyat Israel sampai seratus kali dari jumlah mereka sekarang ini. Yang Mulia, bukankah sudah jelas bahwa mereka takluk kepada Baginda? Mengapa harus mengadakan sensus? Nanti, karena kesalahan itu, seluruh bangsa menanggung akibatnya!"
4 But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.
Tetapi raja tetap berpegang pada perintahnya itu, jadi Yoab pergi ke seluruh Israel, sampai ke pelosok-pelosoknya, kemudian kembali ke Yerusalem,
5 And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.
dan melaporkan kepada Raja Daud hasil sensus itu. Jumlah laki-laki yang memenuhi syarat untuk dinas tentara ada 1.100.000 orang di Israel dan 470.000 orang di Yehuda.
6 But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king's order.
Tetapi suku Lewi dan suku Benyamin tidak termasuk jumlah itu. Yoab tidak mengadakan sensus di antara mereka sebab ia tidak suka menjalankan perintah raja itu.
7 And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.
Allah tidak senang dengan sensus itu dan Ia menghukum orang Israel.
8 Then David said to God, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.
Lalu berdoalah Daud kepada Allah katanya, "Ya Allah, aku sangat berdosa! Ampunilah aku, sebab tindakanku itu sangat bodoh."
9 Then the word of the Lord came to Gad, David's seer, saying,
TUHAN berkata kepada Nabi Gad, yang menjadi penghubung antara Daud dan TUHAN,
10 Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, so that I may do it to you.
"Pergilah dan katakanlah kepada Daud bahwa Aku memberikan tiga pilihan kepadanya. Apa saja yang dipilihnya akan Kulakukan."
11 So Gad came to David and said to him, The Lord says, Take whichever you will:
Lalu pergilah Gad kepada Daud dan menyampaikan pesan TUHAN itu, katanya, "Mana yang Baginda pilih:
12 Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destruction through all the land of Israel. Now give thought to the answer I am to take back to him who sent me.
Negeri ini ditimpa bencana kelaparan selama tiga tahun, atau Baginda lari dikejar-kejar musuh selama tiga bulan, atau seluruh negeri ini tiga hari lamanya diserang TUHAN dengan pedang-Nya berupa wabah penyakit, dan malaikat-Nya membawa maut ke mana-mana. Putuskanlah sekarang apa yang harus kusampaikan kepada TUHAN."
13 And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let me come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.
Daud menjawab, "Aduh, celaka aku! Tetapi daripada dihukum manusia, lebih baik aku dihukum TUHAN, sebab besar kasih sayang-Nya."
14 So the Lord sent disease on Israel, causing the death of seventy thousand men.
Maka TUHAN mendatangkan wabah penyakit kepada orang Israel sehingga 70.000 orang di antara mereka meninggal.
15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Lalu TUHAN mengutus seorang malaikat untuk membinasakan Yerusalem. Tetapi waktu malaikat itu sudah sampai di dekat pengirikan gandum milik Arauna orang Yebus, TUHAN mengubah keputusan-Nya untuk menghukum bangsa itu. Ia berkata kepada malaikat itu, "Cukup! Berhenti!"
16 And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord there between earth and heaven, with an uncovered sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the responsible men, clothed in haircloth, went down on their faces.
Daud melihat malaikat itu melayang di antara langit dan bumi. Dengan pedang di tangan, malaikat itu siap untuk membinasakan Yerusalem. Maka Daud dan pemimpin-pemimpin rakyat, yang pada waktu itu sedang berpakaian karung tanda menyesal, sujud ke tanah.
17 And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my family, but not against your people to send disease on them.
Daud berdoa, katanya, "Ya Allah, akulah yang bersalah. Akulah yang menyuruh mengadakan sensus itu. Bangsa ini sama sekali tidak bersalah! Ya TUHAN, Allahku, hukumlah aku dan keluargaku, tapi jauhkanlah malapetaka ini dari umat-Mu."
18 Then the angel of the Lord gave orders to Gad to say to David that he was to go and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Lalu malaikat TUHAN menyuruh Gad mengatakan kepada Daud bahwa ia harus naik ke tempat pengirikan gandum milik Arauna dan mendirikan mezbah bagi TUHAN di situ.
19 And David went up, as Gad had said in the name of the Lord.
Maka berangkatlah Daud sesuai dengan perintah TUHAN yang disampaikan kepadanya melalui Gad.
20 And Ornan, turning back, saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him went to a secret place. Now Ornan was crushing his grain.
Di tempat pengirikan gandum itu Arauna dan empat orang anaknya yang laki-laki sedang mengirik gandum. Melihat malaikat itu, keempat anak Arauna itu lari bersembunyi.
21 And when David came, Ornan, looking, saw him, and came out from the grain-floor and went down on his face to the earth before him.
Ketika Arauna melihat Raja Daud datang, ia mendapatkan Daud dan sujud di depannya.
22 Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place where this grain-floor is, so that I may put up an altar here to the Lord: let me have it for its full price; so that this disease may be stopped among the people.
Kata Daud kepadanya, "Aku mau membangun mezbah di tempat ini untuk TUHAN, supaya wabah ini berhenti. Karena itu juallah tanah ini kepadaku. Katakanlah berapa harganya, aku akan membayarnya."
23 And Ornan said to David, Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems right to him. See, I give you the oxen for burned offerings and the grain-cleaning instruments for fire-wood, and the grain for the meal offering; I give it all.
"Ah, ambil saja, Baginda," jawab Arauna, "dan lakukanlah apa-apa yang Baginda rasa baik. Ini sapi-sapi untuk kurban bakaran, dan untuk kayu bakarnya Baginda dapat memakai papan-papan pengirikan ini. Silahkan juga mengambil gandum untuk persembahan. Aku memberikan semuanya itu, tak usah Tuanku membayarnya."
24 And King David said to Ornan, No; I will certainly give you the full price for it, because I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or give a burned offering without payment.
Tetapi raja menjawab, "Jangan! Aku mau membelinya dengan harga penuh. Aku tak mau mempersembahkan kepada TUHAN apa yang engkau punya atau sesuatu yang kudapat dengan cuma-cuma."
25 So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
Maka Daud membayar kepada Arauna 600 uang emas untuk tempat itu.
26 And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.
Lalu Daud mendirikan sebuah mezbah di situ bagi TUHAN, dan mempersembahkan kurban bakaran serta kurban perdamaian. Kemudian ia berdoa dan TUHAN menjawab doanya itu dengan menurunkan api dari langit yang membakar kurban-kurban di atas mezbah itu.
27 Then the Lord gave orders to the angel, and he put back his sword into its cover.
Lalu TUHAN menyuruh malaikat itu menyarungkan kembali pedangnya, maka malaikat itu melaksanakan perintah TUHAN itu.
28 At that time, when David saw that the Lord had given him an answer on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he made an offering there.
Ketika Daud melihat bahwa TUHAN menjawab doanya karena persembahannya itu, maka ia mempersembahkan lagi kurban pada mezbah itu.
29 For the House of the Lord, which Moses had made in the waste land, and the altar of burned offerings, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
Pada waktu itu Kemah TUHAN yang dibuat oleh Musa di padang gurun, dan mezbah untuk kurban bakaran masih berada di tempat ibadat di Gibeon.
30 But David was not able to go before it to get directions from the Lord, so great was his fear of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
Tetapi Daud tidak berani ke sana untuk berbicara dengan Allah, sebab ia takut kepada pedang malaikat TUHAN.
