2 Samuel 24

1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them, saying: 'Go, number Israel and Judah.'

١ وَعَادَ فَحَمِيَ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَهَاجَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَاوُدَ قَائِلًا: «ٱمْضِ وَأَحْصِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا».

2 And the king said to Joab the captain of the host that was with him: 'Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.'

٢ فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِيُوآبَ رَئِيسِ ٱلْجَيْشِ ٱلَّذِي عِنْدَهُ: «طُفْ فِي جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دَانَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ وَعُدُّوا ٱلشَّعْبَ، فَأَعْلَمَ عَدَدَ ٱلشَّعْبِ».

3 And Joab said unto the king: 'Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it; but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?'

٣ فَقَالَ يُوآبُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «لِيَزِدِ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ ٱلشَّعْبَ أَمْثَالَهُمْ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ، وَعَيْنَا سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكِ نَاظِرَتَانِ. وَلَكِنْ لِمَاذَا يُسَرُّ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ بِهَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ؟»

4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

٤ فَٱشْتَدَّ كَلَامُ ٱلْمَلِكِ عَلَى يُوآبَ وَعَلَى رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْجَيْشِ، فَخَرَجَ يُوآبُ وَرُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْجَيْشِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ لِيَعُدُّوا ٱلْشَّعْبَ،أَيْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

5 And they passed over the Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and unto Jazer;

٥ فَعَبَرُوا ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ وَنَزَلُوا فِي عَرُوعِيرَ عَنْ يَمِينِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي وَسَطِ وَادِي جَادَ وَتُجَاهَ يَعْزِيرَ.

6 then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Zidon,

٦ وَأَتَوْا إِلَى جِلْعَادَ وَإِلَى أَرْضِ تَحْتِيمَ إِلَى حُدْشِي، ثُمَّ أَتَوْا إِلَى دَانِ يَعَنَ، وَٱسْتَدَارُوا إِلَى صِيْدُونَ.

7 and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba.

٧ ثُمَّ أَتَوْا إِلَى حِصْنِ صُورٍ وَجَمِيعِ مُدُنِ ٱلْحِوِّيِّينَ وَٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا إِلَى جَنُوبِيِّ يَهُوذَا، إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ.

8 So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

٨ وَطَافُوا كُلَّ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَجَاءُوا فِي نِهَايَةِ تِسْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

9 And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

٩ فَدَفَعَ يُوآبُ جُمْلَةَ عَدَدِ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَكَانَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ثَمَانَ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ ذِي بَأْسٍ مُسْتَلِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ، وَرِجَالُ يَهُوذَا خَمْسَ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ.

10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD: 'I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, O LORD, put away, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.'

١٠ وَضَرَبَ دَاوُدَ قَلْبُهُ بَعْدَمَا عَدَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ. فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلرَّبِّ: «لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ جِدًّا فِي مَا فَعَلْتُ، وَٱلْآنَ يَارَبُّ أَزِلْ إِثْمَ عَبْدِكَ لِأَنِّي ٱنْحَمَقْتُ جِدًّا».

11 And when David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying:

١١ وَلَمَّا قَامَ دَاوُدُ صَبَاحًا، كَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى جَادٍ ٱلنَّبِيِّ رَائِي دَاوُدَ قَائِلًا:

12 'Go and speak unto David: Thus saith the LORD: I lay upon thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.'

١٢ «اِذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِدَاوُدَ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: ثَلَاثَةً أَنَا عَارِضٌ عَلَيْكَ، فَٱخْتَرْ لِنَفْسِكَ وَاحِدًا مِنْهَا فَأَفْعَلَهُ بِكَ».

13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him: 'Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise thee, and consider what answer I shall return to Him that sent Me.'

١٣ فَأَتَى جَادُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ وَأَخبَرهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَتَأْتِي عَلَيْكَ سَبْعُ سِنِي جُوعٍ فِي أَرْضِكَ، أَمْ تَهْرُبُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِكَ وَهُمْ يَتْبَعُونَكَ، أَمْ يَكُونُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَبَأٌ فِي أَرْضِكَ؟ فَٱلْآنَ ٱعْرِفْ وَٱنْظُرْ مَاذَا أَرُدُّ جَوَابًا عَلَى مُرْسِلِي».

14 And David said unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for His mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.'

١٤ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِجَادٍ: «قَدْ ضَاقَ بِيَ ٱلْأَمْرُ جِدًّا. فَلْنَسْقُطْ فِي يَدِ ٱلرَّبِّ، لِأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَلَا أَسْقُطْ فِي يَدِ إِنْسَانٍ».

15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.

١٥ فَجَعَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ وَبَأً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ ٱلصَّبَاحِ إِلَى ٱلْمِيعَادِ، فَمَاتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنْ دَانٍ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ.

16 And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented Him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people: 'It is enough; now stay thy hand.' And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

١٦ وَبَسَطَ ٱلْمَلَاكُ يَدَهُ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيُهْلِكَهَا، فَنَدِمَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَقَالَ لِلْمَلَاكِ ٱلْمُهْلِكِ ٱلشَّعْبَ: «كَفَى! ٱلْآنَ رُدَّ يَدَكَ». وَكَانَ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ عِنْدَ بَيْدَرِ أَرُونَةَ ٱلْيَبُوسِيِّ.

17 And David spoke unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said: 'Lo, I have sinned, and I have done iniquitously; but these sheep, what have they done? let Thy hand, I pray Thee, be against me, and against my father's house.'

١٧ فَكَلَّمَ دَاوُدُ ٱلرَّبَّ عِنْدَمَا رَأَى ٱلْمَلَاكَ ٱلضَّارِبَ ٱلشَّعْبَ وَقَالَ: «هَا أَنَا أَخْطَأْتُ، وَأَنَا أَذْنَبْتُ، وَأَمَّا هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْخِرَافُ فَمَاذَا فَعَلُوا؟ فَلْتَكُنْ يَدُكَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي».

18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him: 'Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.'

١٨ فَجَاءَ جَادُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ إِلَى دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱصْعَدْ وَأَقِمْ لِلرَّبِّ مَذْبَحًا فِي بَيْدَرِ أَرُونَةَ ٱلْيَبُوسِيِّ».

19 And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as the LORD commanded.

١٩ فَصَعِدَ دَاوُدُ حَسَبَ كَلَامِ جَادَ كَمَا أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ.

20 And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him; and Araunah went out, and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.

٢٠ فَتَطَلَّعَ أَرُونَةُ وَرَأَى ٱلْمَلِكَ وَعَبِيدَهُ يُقْبِلُونَ إِلَيْهِ، فَخَرَجَ أَرُونَةُ وَسَجَدَ لِلْمَلِكِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

21 And Araunah said: 'Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?' And David said: 'To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.'

٢١ وَقَالَ أَرُونَةُ: «لِمَاذَا جَاءَ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى عَبْدِهِ؟» فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لِأَشْتَرِيَ مِنْكَ ٱلْبَيْدَرَ لِكَيْ أَبْنِيَ مَذْبَحًا لِلرَّبِّ فَتَكُفَّ ٱلضَّرْبَةُ عَنِ ٱلشَّعْبِ».

22 And Araunah said unto David: 'Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him; behold the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-instruments and the furniture of the oxen for the wood.'

٢٢ فَقَالَ أَرُونَةُ لِدَاوُدَ: «فَلْيَأْخُذْهُ سَيِّدِي ٱلْمَلِكُ وَيُصْعِدْ مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ. اُنْظُرْ. اَلْبَقَرُ لِلْمُحْرَقَةِ، وَٱلنَّوَارِجُ وَأَدَوَاتُ ٱلْبَقَرِ حَطَبًا».

23 All this did Araunah the king give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king: 'The LORD thy God accept thee.'

٢٣ اَلْكُلُّ دَفَعَهُ أَرُونَةُ ٱلْمَالِكُ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ. وَقَالَ أَرُونَةُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ يَرْضَى عَنْكَ».

24 And the king said unto Araunah: 'Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price; neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD my God which cost me nothing.' So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

٢٤ فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِأَرُونَةَ: «لَا، بَلْ أَشْتَرِي مِنْكَ بِثَمَنٍ، وَلَا أُصْعِدُ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِي مُحْرَقَاتٍ مَجَّانِيَّةً». فَٱشْتَرَى دَاوُدُ ٱلْبَيْدَرَ وَٱلْبَقَرَ بِخَمْسِينَ شَاقِلًا مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ.

25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

٢٥ وَبَنَى دَاوُدُ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا لِلرَّبِّ وَأَصْعَدَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ، وَٱسْتَجَابَ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَكَفَّتِ ٱلضَّرْبَةُ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.