1 Chronicles 21
1 Satan interfered to cause trouble for Israel. He provoked David to do a census of Israel.
| وَتَآمَرَ الشَّيْطَانُ ضِدَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَغْرَى دَاوُدَ بِإِحْصَاءِ الشَّعْبِ. | ١ |
2 So David told Joab and the army commanders, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so I can have a total number.”
| فَأَمَرَ دَاوُدُ يُوآبَ وَرُؤَسَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «اذْهَبُوا وَعِدُّوا الشَّعْبَ، مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ إِلَى دَانَ، وَارْفَعُوا إِلَيَّ تَقْرِيرَكُمْ فَأَعْلَمَ كَمْ عَدَدُهُ». | ٢ |
3 But Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply his people a hundred times over. Your Majesty, aren't they all your subjects? Why do you want to do this? Why should you make Israel guilty?”
| فَأَجَابَ يُوآبُ مُعْتَرِضاً: «لِيَزِدِ الرَّبُّ شَعْبَهُ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ! أَلَيْسُوا جَمِيعاً رَعِيَّةَ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ؟ لِمَاذَا يَطْلُبُ سَيِّدِي هَذَا؟ وَلِمَاذَا يَجْلِبُ إِثْماً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» | ٣ |
4 But the king was adamant so Joab left and went all over Israel. Eventually he returned to Jerusalem,
| وَلَكِنَّ كَلِمَةَ الْمَلِكِ غَلَبَتْ عَلَى اعْتِرَاضِ يُوآبَ، فَانْطَلَقَ يُوآبُ يَطُوفُ أَرْجَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٤ |
5 and he gave David the number of people censused. In Israel there were 1,100,000 fighting men who could handle a sword, and 470,000 in Judah.
| فَرَفَعَ يُوآبُ تَقْرِيرَ إِحْصَاءِ الشَّعْبِ إِلَى دَاوُدَ. فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ عَدَدِ الصَّالِحِينَ لِلتَّجْنِيدِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِلْيُوناً وَمِئَةَ أَلْفٍ، وَفِي يَهُوذَا أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَسَبْعِينَ أَلَفاً وَجَمِيعُهُمْ مِنْ حَمَلَةِ السُّيُوفِ. | ٥ |
6 However, Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the census total, because he disagreed with what the king had ordered.
| وَلَمْ يُحْصِ يُوآبُ سِبْطَيْ لاوِي وَبَنْيَامِينَ لأَنَّ طَلَبَ الْمَلِكِ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَحْظَى بِرِضَاهُ. | ٦ |
7 The Lord considered the census a bad thing to do and he punished Israel for it.
| وَإِذْ كَانَ إِجْرَاءُ هَذَا الإِحْصَاءِ مَمْقُوتاً فِي عَيْنَيِ اللهِ، عَاقَبَ اللهُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ. | ٧ |
8 Then David said to God, “I have committed a terrible sin by doing this. Please take away the guilt of your servant, for I have been very stupid.”
| فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلهِ: «لَقَدِ ارْتَكَبْتُ إِثْماً عَظِيماً حِينَ أَقْدَمْتُ عَلَى هَذَا الْعَمَلِ، فَامْحُ الآنَ إِثْمَ عَبْدِكَ لأَنَّنِي حَمِقْتُ جِدّاً». | ٨ |
9 The Lord told Gad, David's seer,
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِجَادَ رَائِي دَاوُدَ: | ٩ |
10 “Go and tell David that this is what the Lord says: ‘I'm giving you three options. Choose one of them, and that's what I'll do to you.’”
| «اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِدَاوُدَ: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْكَ ثَلاثَةَ أُمُورٍ، اخْتَرْ وَاحِداً مِنْهَا فَأُجْرِيَهُ عَلَيْكَ». | ١٠ |
11 So Gad went and told David, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Make your choice:
| فَمَثَلَ جَادٌ أَمَامَ دَاوُدَ وَخَاطَبَهُ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَيَّا اخْتَرْ. | ١١ |
12 either three years of famine; or three months of devastation, running from the swords of your enemies; or three days of the Lord's sword—in other words three days of plague in the land, with an angel of the Lord causing destruction throughout the whole of Israel.’ Now you have to decide how I should reply to the one who sent me.”
| إِمَّا ثَلاثَ سِنِينَ مَجَاعَةٌ، أَوْ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ يُطَارِدُكَ فِيهَا أَعْدَاؤُكَ، وَسَيْفُ أَعْدَائِكَ يُدْرِكُكَ وَإِمَّا ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ يَتَسَلَّطُ فِيهَا عَلَيْكَ سَيْفُ الرَّبِّ فَيَتَفَشَّى الْوَبَأُ فِي الأَرْضِ، إِذْ يَجُولُ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ يُدَمِّرُ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَكِّرْ مَلِيًّا فيِ الأَمْرِ لأَرُدَّ جَوَاباً عَلَى مَنْ أَرْسَلَنِي». | ١٢ |
13 David replied to Gad, “This is an awful situation for me! Please, let the Lord decide my punishment, for he is so merciful. Don't let me be punished by people.”
| فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ جَاداً: «إِنَّنِي وَاقِعٌ فِي كَرْبٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَلَكِنْ خَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَسْتَسْلِمَ لِقَبْضَةِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ وَاسِعُ الرَّحْمَةِ، مِنْ أَنْ أَقَعَ تَحْتَ رَحْمَةِ إِنْسَانٍ». | ١٣ |
14 So the Lord a plague on Israel, and 70,000 Israelites died.
| فَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ وَبَأً تَفَشَّى فِي أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مَاتَ فِيهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ. | ١٤ |
15 God also sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But just as the angel was about to destroy it, the Lord saw it, and he relented from causing such a disaster. He told the destroying angel, “That's enough. You can stop now.” Right then the angel of the Lord was standing beside the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
| وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مَلاكَهُ بِإِهْلاكِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَقُومُ بِالْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهَا رَأَى الرَّبُّ مَا يُصِيبُهَا، فَأَشْفَقَ عَلَيْهَا بِسَبَبِ مَا حَلَّ بِها مِنْ شَرٍّ، وَقَالَ لِلْمَلاكِ الْمُهْلِكِ: «كُفَّ يَدَكَ عَنْهَا». وَكَانَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ وَاقِفاً آنَئِذٍ عِنْدَ بَيْدَرِ أُرْنَانَ الْيَبُوسِيِّ. | ١٥ |
16 When David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, holding his drawn sword extended over Jerusalem, David and the elders, wearing sackcloth, fell on their faces.
| وَتَلَفَّتَ دَاوُدُ حَوْلَهُ فَرَأَى مَلاكَ الرَّبِّ مُنْتَصِباً بَيْنَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ، وَقَدْ شَهَرَ سَيْفَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَمَدَّهُ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. فارْتَدَى هُوَ وَالشُّيُوخُ الْمُسُوحَ وَسَجَدُوا بِوُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ. | ١٦ |
17 David said to God, “Wasn't it me who ordered the census of the people? I'm the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Lord my God, please punish me and my family, but don't punish your people with this plague.”
| وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلهِ: «أَلَسْتُ أَنَا الَّذِي أَمَرَ بِإِحْصَاءِ الرِّجَالِ الصَّالِحِينَ لِلتَّجْنِيدِ؟ إِنَّنِي أَنَا الَّذِي أَخْطَأَ وَأَسَاءَ، أَمَّا الرَّعِيَّةُ فَأَيَّ ذَنْبٍ جَنَتْ؟ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي عَاقِبْنِي وَعَاقِبْ بَيْتَ أَبِي وَاعْفُ عَنْ شَعْبِكَ». | ١٧ |
18 Then the angel of the Lord told Gad to tell David to go and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
| فَأَوْعَزَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ لِجَادٍ أَنْ يَطْلُبَ مِنْ دَاوُدَ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ لِيَبْنِيَ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ فِي بَيْدَرِ أُرْنَانَ الْيَبُوسِيِّ. | ١٨ |
19 So David went and did what Gad had told him in the name of the Lord.
| فَانْطَلَقَ دَاوُدُ يُنَفِّذُ مَا نَطَقَ بِهِ جَادٌ النَّبِيُّ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ. | ١٩ |
20 Ornan was busy threshing wheat. He turned around and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him went and hid.
| وَكَانَ أُرْنَانُ وَبَنُوهُ الأَرْبَعَةُ يَدْرُسُونَ الْقَمْحَ عِنْدَمَا شَاهَدُوا مَلاكَ الرَّبِّ، فَأَسْرَعُوا يَخْتَبِئُونَ. | ٢٠ |
21 When David arrived, Ornan looked out and saw David. He left the threshing floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.
| وَلَكِنْ حِينَ جَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى أُرْنَانَ خَرَجَ مِنْ مَخْبَئِهِ فِي الْبَيْدَرِ وَسَجَدَ بِوَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ. | ٢١ |
22 David said to Ornan, “Please let me have the threshing floor. I'll buy it at its full price. Then I can build an altar to the Lord here so that the plague on the people may be stopped.”
| فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُرْنَانَ: «بِعْنِي مَوْقِعَ الْبَيْدَرِ لأَبْنِيَ فِيهِ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ، وَأَدْفَعَ لَكَ فِضَّةً ثَمَناً لَهُ، فَتَكُفَّ الضَّرْبَةُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِ». | ٢٢ |
23 “Take it, and Your Majesty can do whatever you want with it,” Ornan told David. “You can have the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing boards for firewood, and the wheat for a grain offering. I'll give it all to you.”
| فَقَالَ أُرْنَانُ لِدَاوُدَ: «خُذْهُ لَكَ، وَلْيَصْنَعْ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ مَا يَحْلُو لَهُ. وَهَا أَنَا أُقَدِّمُ الْبَقَرَ لِتَكُونَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ، وَالنَّوَارِجَ لِلْوَقُودِ، وَالْحِنْطَةَ لِتَكُونَ قُرْبَانَ التَّقْدِمَةِ. إِنَّنِي أَتَبَرَّعُ بِها جَمِيعِهَا». | ٢٣ |
24 “No, I insist, I will pay the full price,” replied King David “I won't take for the Lord what is yours or present burnt offerings that didn't cost me anything.”
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «لا! بَلْ أَشْتَرِي ذَلِكَ بِفِضَّةٍ، إِذْ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ آخُذَ مَالَكَ فَأُقَدِّمَ لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَةً مَجَّانِيَّةً». | ٢٤ |
25 So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the place.
| وَدَفَعَ دَاوُدُ لأُرْنَانَ ثَمَناً لِمَوْقِعِ الْبَيْدَرِ سِتَّ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ سَبْعَةِ آلافٍ وَمِئَتَيْ جِرَامٍ) مِنَ الذَّهَبِ. | ٢٥ |
26 David built an altar to the Lord there and presented burnt offerings and friendship offerings. He called on the Lord in prayer, and the Lord answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
| وَبَنَى هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ أَصْعَدَ عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ، وَدَعَا الرَّبَّ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ بِإِنْزَالِ نَارٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ. | ٢٦ |
27 Then the Lord told the angel to put his sword back into its sheath.
| وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ الْمَلاكَ فَأَعَادَ السَّيْفَ إِلَى غِمْدِهِ. | ٢٧ |
28 When David saw that the Lord had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
| وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى دَاوُدُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ تَقَبَّلَ تَضَرُّعَهُ فِي بَيْدَرِ أُرْنَانَ الْيَبُوسِيِّ، قَدَّمَ ذَبَائِحَ هُنَاكَ. | ٢٨ |
29 At that time the tent of the Lord that Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at the high place in Gibeon.
| وَكَانَ مَسْكَنُ الرَّبِّ آنَئِذٍ وَمَذْبَحُ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، اللَّذَانِ صَنَعَهُمَا مُوسَى فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، فِي مُرْتَفَعَةِ جِبْعُونَ. | ٢٩ |
30 But David did not want to go there to ask God's will, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
| وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ دَاوُدُ أَنْ يَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ لِيَسْتَشِيرَ الرَّبَّ لأَنَّهُ خَافَ مِنْ سَيْفِ مَلاكِ الرَّبِّ. | ٣٠ |
