Chronicles I 21
1 And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Satan trådte op mod Israel og æggede David til at holde Mandtal over Israel.
2 And king David said to Joab and to the captains of the forces, Go, number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring me [the account], and I shall know their number.
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!"
3 And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a hundred-fold as many as they [are], and [let] the eyes of my lord the king see [it]: all [are] the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek this thing? [do it not], lest it become a sin to Israel.
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?"
4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab went out and passed through all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Men Joab måtte bøje sig for Kongens Ord, og Joab begav sig derfor bort, drog hele Israel rundt og kom tilbage til Jerusalem.
5 And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David: and all Israel was a million and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and the sons of Juda [were] four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.
Joab opgav derpå David Tallet, der var fundet ved Folketællingen, og hele Israel talte 1.100.000 kraftige Mænd, Juda 470.000.
6 But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin amongst them; for the word of the king was painful to Joab.
Men Levi og Benjamin havde han ikke talt med, thi Kongens Ord var Joab en Gru.
7 And [there was] evil in the sight of the Lord respecting this thing; and he struck Israel.
Dette var ondt i Guds Øjne, og han slog Israel.
8 And David said to God, I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done this thing: and now, I pray you, remove the sin of your servant; for I have been exceedingly foolish.
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!"
9 And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer, saying,
Men HERREN talede således til Gad, Davids Seer:
10 Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says the Lord, I bring three things upon you: choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.
"Gå hen og sig således til David: Så siger HERREN: Jeg forelægger dig tre Ting; vælg selv, hvilken jeg skal lade times dig!"
11 And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Choose for yourself,
Gad kom da til David og sagde til ham: "Så siger HERREN: Vælg!
12 either three years of famine, or that you should flee three months from the face of your enemies, and the sword of your enemies [shall be employed] to destroy you, or that the sword of the Lord and pestilence [should be] three days in the land, and the angel of the Lord [shall be] destroying in all the inheritance of Israel. And now consider what I shall answer to him that sent the message.
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!"
13 And David said to Gad, They are very hard for me, even [all] the three: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies [are] very abundant, and let me not fall by any means into the hands of man.
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!"
14 So the Lord brought pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
Så sendte HERREN Pest over Israel, og af Israel døde 70.000 Mennesker.
15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord saw, and repented for the evil, and said to the angel that was destroying, Let it suffice you; withhold your hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite.
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.
16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord, standing between the earth and the heaven, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem: and David and the elders clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
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;
17 And David said to God, [Was it] not I [that] gave orders to number the people? and I am the guilty one; I have greatly sinned: but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord God, let your hand be upon me, and upon my father's house, and not on your people for destruction, O Lord!
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!"
18 And the angel of the Lord told Gad to tell David, that he should go up to erect and altar to the Lord, in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite.
Da sagde HERRENs Engel til Gad, at han skulde byde David gå op og rejse HERREN et Alter på Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads.
19 And David went up according to the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the Lord.
Og David gik derop, efter det Ord Gad havde talt i HERRENs Navn.
20 And Orna turned and saw the king; and he hid himself and his four sons with him. Now Orna was threshing wheat.
Da Ornan vendte sig om, så han Kongen og hans fire Sønner, der var hos ham, komme gående. Ornan var ved at tærske Hvede.
21 And David came to Orna; and Orna came forth from the threshing floor, and did obeisance to David with his face to the ground.
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.
22 And David said to Orna, Give me your place of the threshing floor, and I will build upon it an altar to the Lord: give it me for its worth in money, and the plague shall cease from [amongst] the people.
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!"
23 And Orna said to David, Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do what is right in his eyes: see, I have given the calves for a whole burnt offering, and the plough for wood, and the corn for a meat-offering; I have given all.
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!"
24 And king David said to Orna, Nay; for I will surely buy it for its worth in money: for I will not take your property for the Lord, to offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord without cost [to myself].
- 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!"
25 And David gave to Orna for his place six hundred shekels of gold [by] weight.
Så gav David Ornan Guld til en Vægt af 600 Sekel for Pladsen;
26 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings: and he cried to the Lord, and he answered him by fire out of heaven on the altar of whole burnt offerings, and [it] consumed the whole burnt offering.
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,
27 And the Lord spoke to the angel; and he put up the sword into its sheath.
Og på HERRENs Bud stak Engelen sit Sværd i Balgen igen.
28 At that time when David saw that the Lord answered him in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite, he also sacrificed there.
På den Tid ofrede David på Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads, fordi han havde set, at HERREN havde svaret ham der;
29 And the tabernacle of the Lord which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of whole burnt offerings, [were] at that time in the high place at Gabaon.
men HERRENs Bolig, som Moses havde rejst i Ørkenen, og Brændofferalteret stod på den Tid på Offerhøjen i Gibeon.
30 And David could not go before it to enquire of God; for he hasted not because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
Men David kunde ikke gå hen og søge Gud foran Alteret, thi han var rædselsslagen over HERRENs Engels Sværd.
