Kings II 24

1 And the Lord caused his anger to burn forth again in Israel, and [Satan] stirred up David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Juda.

١ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَثَارَ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَائِلاً: «هَيَّا قُمْ بِإِحْصَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيهُوذَا».

2 And the king said to Joab commander of the host, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel and Juda, from Dan even to Bersabee, and number the people, and I will know the number of the people.

٢ فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِيُوآبَ رَئِيسِ جَيْشِهِ: «تَجَوَّلْ بَيْنَ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دَانَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، وَقُمْ بِإِحْصَاءِ الشَّعْبِ، فَأَعْرِفَ جُمْلَةَ عَدَدِهِمْ»

3 And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord add to the people a hundred-fold as many as they are, and [may] the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king desire this thing?

٣ فَأَجَابَ يُوآبُ: «لِيُضَاعِفِ الرَّبُّ الشَّعْبَ مِئَةَ مِثْلٍ وَأَنْتَ تَتَمَتَّعُ بِطُولِ الْعُمْرِ، وَلَكِنْ لِمَاذَا يَرْغَبُ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الأَمْرِ؟»

4 Nevertheless the word of the king prevailed against Joab an the captains of the host: And Joab and the captains of the host went out before the king to number the people of Israel.

٤ وَلَكِنَّ أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ غَلَبَ عَلَى رَأْيِ يُوآبَ وَعَلَى رُؤَسَاءِ الْجَيْشِ، فَانْصَرَفَ يُوآبُ وَكِبَارُ ضُبَّاطِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَلِكِ لإِحْصَاءِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

5 And they went over Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right of the city which is in the midst of the valley of Gad and Eliezer.

٥ فَاجْتَازُوا نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ وَأَقَامُوا جَنُوبِيَّ مَدِينَةِ عَرُوعِيرَ الوَاقِعَةِ وَسَطَ وَادِي جَادٍ مُقَابِلَ يَعْزِيرَ.

6 And they came to Galaad, and into the land of Thabason, which is Adasai, and they came to Danidan and Udan, and compassed Sidon.

٦ وَقَدِمُوا إِلَى جِلْعَادَ إِلَى أَرْضِ تَحْتِيمَ فِي حُدْشِي، ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهُوا نَحْوَ دَانِ يَعَنَ، وَاسْتَدَارُوا إِلَى صِيدُونَ.

7 And they came to Mapsar of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Evite and the Chananite: and they came by the South of Juda to Bersabee.

٧ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقُوا إِلَى حِصْنِ صُورٍ وَسَائِرِ مُدُنِ الْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ، وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ مَضَوْا إِلَى جَنُوبِيِّ يَهُوذَا إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ.

8 And they compassed the whole land; and they arrived at Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

٨ وَبعْدَ أَنْ طَافُوا فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، رَجَعُوا فِي نِهَايَةِ تِسْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْماً إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

9 And Joab gave in the number of the census of the people to the king: and Israel consisted of eight hundred thousand men of might that drew sword; and the men of Juda, five hundred thousand fighting men.

٩ وَرَفَعَ يُوآبُ تَقْرِيرَهُ الْمُتَضَمِّنَ جُمْلَةَ إِحْصَاءِ الشَّعْبِ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ، فَكَانَ عَدَدُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ الْقَادِرِينَ عَلَى حَمْلِ السِّلاحِ ثَمَانِي مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَخَمْسَ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنْ يَهُوذَا.

10 And the heart of David struck him after he had numbered the people; and David said to the Lord, I have sinned grievously, O Lord, [in] what I have now done: remove, I pray you, the iniquity of your servant, for I have been exceedingly foolish.

١٠ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ تَمَّ إِحْصَاءُ الشَّعْبِ اعْتَرَى النَّدَمُ قَلْبَ دَاوُدَ، فَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً: «أَخْطَأْتُ جِدّاً بِمَا ارْتَكَبْتُهُ، فَأَرْجُوكَ يَا رَبُّ أَنْ تُزِيلَ إِثْمَ عَبْدِكَ لأَنَّنِي تَصَرَّفْتُ تَصَرُّفاً أَحْمَقَ».

11 And David rose early in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, the seer, saying, Go, and speak to David, saying,

١١ وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْهَضَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ صَبَاحاً، قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِجَادٍ النَّبِيِّ، رَائِي دَاوُدَ:

12 Thus says the Lord, I bring [one of] three things upon you: now choose you one of them, and I will do [it] to you.

١٢ «اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِدَاوُدَ: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ، أَنَا أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْكَ ثَلاثَةَ أُمُورٍ، فَاخْتَرْ لِنَفْسِكَ وَاحِداً مِنْهَا فَأُجْرِيَهُ عَلَيْكَ».

13 And Gad went in to David, and told him, and said to him, Choose [one of these things] to befall you, whether there shall come upon you [for] three years famine in your land; or that you should flee three months before your enemies, and they should pursue you; or that there should be [for] three days mortality in your land. Now then decide, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

١٣ فَمَثَلَ جَادٌ أَمَامَ دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ: «اخْتَرْ إِمَّا أَنْ تَجْتَاحَ الْبِلادَ سَبْعُ سِنِي جُوعٍ، أَوْ تَهْرُبَ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِكَ وَهُمْ يَتَعَقَّبُونَكَ، أَوْ يَتَفَشَّى وَبَأٌ فِي أَرْضِكَ طَوَالَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ. فَفَكِّرْ فِي الأَمْرِ مَلِيًّا وَأَخْبِرْنِي عَمَّا اسْتَقَرَّ عَلَيْهِ رَدُّكَ عَلَى مَنْ أَرْسَلَنِي؟»

14 And David said to Gad, On every side I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions [are] very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man.

١٤ فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ: «قَدْ ضَاقَ بِي الأَمْرُ، وَلَكِنْ خَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَقَعَ فِي يَدِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ كَثِيرَةٌ مِنْ أَنْ أَقَعَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ إِنْسَانٍ».

15 So David chose for himself the mortality: and [they were] the days of wheat harvest; and the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from morning till noon, and the plague began among the people; and there died of the people from Dan even to Bersabee seventy thousand men.

١٥ فَأَفْشَى الرَّبُّ وَبَأٌ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الصَّبَاحِ حَتَّى نِهَايَةِ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، فَمَاتَ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ مِنْ دَانٍ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعَ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ.

16 And the angel of the Lord stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, [It is] enough now, withhold your hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite.

١٦ وَمَدَّ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ يَدَهُ فَوْقَ أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيُهْلِكَهَا وَلَكِنْ أَخَذَتِ الرَّبَّ رَأْفَةٌ عَلَى مَا أَصَابَ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ شَرٍّ وَقَالَ لِلْمَلاكِ الْمُهْلِكِ: «كَفَى، رُدَّ يَدَكَ». وَكَانَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ عِنْدَئِذٍ قَدْ بَلَغَ بَيْدَرَ أَرُونَةَ الْيَبُوسِيِّ.

17 And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel striking the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, but these sheep what have they done? Let your hand, I pray you, be upon me, and upon my father's house.

١٧ فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلرَّبِّ عِنْدَمَا شَاهَدَ الْمَلاكَ الْمُهْلِكَ «أَنَا هُوَ الْمُخْطِئُ وَالْمُذْنِبُ، وَأَمَّا هَؤُلاءِ الْخِرَافُ فَمَاذَا جَنَوْا؟ لِيَحُلَّ عِقَابُكَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي».

18 And Gad came to David in that day, and said to him, Go up, and set up to the Lord and altar in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite.

١٨ فَجَاءَ جَادٌ إِلَى دَاوُدَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ إِلَى بَيْدَرِ أَرُونَةَ الْيَبُوسِيِّ وَشَيِّدْ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ فِيهِ».

19 And David went up according to the word of Gad, as the Lord commanded him.

١٩ فَانْطَلَقَ دَاوُدُ حَسَبَ كَلامِ جَادٍ الَّذِي أَمَرَهُ بِهِ الرَّبُّ.

20 And Orna looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on before him: and Orna went forth, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the earth.

٢٠ وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى أَرُونَةُ الْمَلِكَ وَرِجَالَهُ قَاِدمِينَ نَحْوَهُ، خَرَجَ لِلِقَائِهِ وَخَرَّ سَاجِداً بِوَجْهِهِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ،

21 And Orna said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? and David said, To buy of you the threshing floor, in order to build an altar to the Lord that the plague may be restrained from off the people.

٢١ وَسَأَلَ: «لِمَاذَا جَاءَ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ إِلَى بَيْتِ عَبْدِهِ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ دَاوُدُ: «لأَشْتَرِيَ مِنْكَ الْبَيْدَرَ حَتَّى أَبْنِيَ لِلرَّبِّ مَذْبَحاً فَتَكُفَّ الضَّرْبَةُ عَنِ النَّاسِ».

22 And Orna said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer to the Lord that which is good in his eyes: behold, [here are] oxen for a whole burnt offering, and the wheels and furniture of the oxen for wood.

٢٢ فَقَالَ أَرُونَةُ لِدَاوُدَ: «لِيَأْخُذْهُ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ وَيُقَرِّبْ عَلَيْهِ مَا يَرُوقُ لَهُ. انْظُرْ! هَا هِيَ الْبَقَرُ لِلْمُحْرَقَاتِ، وَالنَّوَارِجُ وَأَنْيَارُ الْبَقَرِ لِتَكُونَ حَطَباً؛

23 Orna gave all to the king: and Orna said to the king, The Lord your God bless you.

٢٣ إِنَّ أَرُونَةَ يُقَدِّمُ كُلَّ هَذَا لِلْمَلِكِ». ثُمَّ أَضَافَ: «لِيَرْضَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ عَنْكَ».

24 And the king said to Orna, Nay, but I will surely buy it of you at a fair price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God a whole burnt offering for nothing. So David purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

٢٤ فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «لا، بَلْ أَشْتَرِي مِنْكَ كُلَّ هَذَا بِثَمَنٍ، إِذْ لَنْ أُصْعِدَ لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَاتٍ مَجَّانِيَّةً». فَاشْتَرَى دَاوُدُ الْبَيْدَرَ وَالْبَقَرَ بِخَمْسِينَ شَاقِلاً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ (نَحْوِ سِتِّ مِئَةِ جِرَامٍ).

25 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings: and Solomon made an addition to the altar afterwards, for it was little at first. And the Lord listened to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

٢٥ وَشَيَّدَ دَاوُدُ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ قَرَّبَ عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ، فَاسْتَجَابَ الرَّبُّ الصَّلاةَ مِنْ أَجْلِ الأَرْضِ وَكَفَّ الْوَبَأُ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.