1 Chronicles 21
1 Then Satan stands up against Israel, and persuades David to number Israel,
| وَتَآمَرَ الشَّيْطَانُ ضِدَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَغْرَى دَاوُدَ بِإِحْصَاءِ الشَّعْبِ. | ١ |
2 and David says to Joab and to the heads of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beer-Sheba even to Dan, and bring [the account] to me, and I know their number.”
| فَأَمَرَ دَاوُدُ يُوآبَ وَرُؤَسَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «اذْهَبُوا وَعِدُّوا الشَّعْبَ، مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ إِلَى دَانَ، وَارْفَعُوا إِلَيَّ تَقْرِيرَكُمْ فَأَعْلَمَ كَمْ عَدَدُهُ». | ٢ |
3 And Joab says, “YHWH adds to His people as they are one hundred times; are they not, my lord, O king, all of them for servants to my lord? Why does my lord seek this? Why is he for a cause of guilt to Israel?”
| فَأَجَابَ يُوآبُ مُعْتَرِضاً: «لِيَزِدِ الرَّبُّ شَعْبَهُ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ! أَلَيْسُوا جَمِيعاً رَعِيَّةَ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ؟ لِمَاذَا يَطْلُبُ سَيِّدِي هَذَا؟ وَلِمَاذَا يَجْلِبُ إِثْماً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» | ٣ |
4 And the word of the king [is] severe against Joab, and Joab goes out, and goes up and down in all Israel, and comes to Jerusalem.
| وَلَكِنَّ كَلِمَةَ الْمَلِكِ غَلَبَتْ عَلَى اعْتِرَاضِ يُوآبَ، فَانْطَلَقَ يُوآبُ يَطُوفُ أَرْجَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٤ |
5 And Joab gives the account of the numbering of the people to David, and all Israel is one million and one hundred thousand, each drawing sword, and Judah [is] four hundred and seventy thousand, each drawing sword.
| 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 And he has not numbered Levi and Benjamin in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.
| وَلَمْ يُحْصِ يُوآبُ سِبْطَيْ لاوِي وَبَنْيَامِينَ لأَنَّ طَلَبَ الْمَلِكِ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَحْظَى بِرِضَاهُ. | ٦ |
7 And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He strikes Israel,
| وَإِذْ كَانَ إِجْرَاءُ هَذَا الإِحْصَاءِ مَمْقُوتاً فِي عَيْنَيِ اللهِ، عَاقَبَ اللهُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ. | ٧ |
8 and David says to God, “I have sinned exceedingly in that I have done this thing; and now, please cause the iniquity of Your servant to pass away, for I have acted very foolishly.”
| فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلهِ: «لَقَدِ ارْتَكَبْتُ إِثْماً عَظِيماً حِينَ أَقْدَمْتُ عَلَى هَذَا الْعَمَلِ، فَامْحُ الآنَ إِثْمَ عَبْدِكَ لأَنَّنِي حَمِقْتُ جِدّاً». | ٨ |
9 And YHWH speaks to Gad, seer of David, saying,
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِجَادَ رَائِي دَاوُدَ: | ٩ |
10 “Go, and you have spoken to David, saying, Thus said YHWH: I am extending three [choices] to you; choose one of these for yourself, and I do [it] to you.”
| «اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِدَاوُدَ: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْكَ ثَلاثَةَ أُمُورٍ، اخْتَرْ وَاحِداً مِنْهَا فَأُجْرِيَهُ عَلَيْكَ». | ١٠ |
11 And Gad comes to David and says to him, “Thus said YHWH: Take for yourself—
| فَمَثَلَ جَادٌ أَمَامَ دَاوُدَ وَخَاطَبَهُ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَيَّا اخْتَرْ. | ١١ |
12 either famine for three years, or three months to be consumed from the face of your adversaries (even [for] the sword of your enemies to overtake), or three days of the sword of YHWH (even pestilence in the land, and a messenger of YHWH destroying in all the border of Israel); and now, see; what word do I return to Him who is sending 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 And David says to Gad, “I am greatly distressed, please let me fall into the hand of YHWH, for His mercies [are] very many, and do not let me fall into the hand of man.”
| 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 And YHWH gives a pestilence in Israel, and there falls from Israel seventy thousand men,
| فَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ وَبَأً تَفَشَّى فِي أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مَاتَ فِيهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ. | ١٤ |
15 and God sends a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he is destroying, YHWH has seen, and is comforted concerning the calamity, and says to the messenger who [is] destroying, “Enough now, cease your hand.” And the messenger of YHWH is standing by 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 and David lifts up his eyes, and sees the messenger of YHWH standing between the earth and the heavens, and his sword [is] drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, and David falls, and the elderly, covered with sackcloth, 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 And David says to God, “Did I not command to number the people? Indeed, it [is] I who have sinned, and done great evil: and these, the flock, what did they do? O YHWH, my God, please let Your hand be on me, and on the house of my father, and not on Your people—to be plagued.”
| 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 And the messenger of YHWH commanded to Gad to say to David, “Surely David goes up to raise an altar to YHWH in 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 And David goes up by the word of Gad, that he spoke in the Name of YHWH.
| فَانْطَلَقَ دَاوُدُ يُنَفِّذُ مَا نَطَقَ بِهِ جَادٌ النَّبِيُّ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ. | ١٩ |
20 And Ornan turns back and sees the messenger, and his four sons [are] with him hiding themselves, and Ornan is threshing wheat.
| وَكَانَ أُرْنَانُ وَبَنُوهُ الأَرْبَعَةُ يَدْرُسُونَ الْقَمْحَ عِنْدَمَا شَاهَدُوا مَلاكَ الرَّبِّ، فَأَسْرَعُوا يَخْتَبِئُونَ. | ٢٠ |
21 And David comes to Ornan, and Ornan looks attentively and sees David, and goes out from the threshing-floor, and bows himself to David—face to the earth.
| وَلَكِنْ حِينَ جَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى أُرْنَانَ خَرَجَ مِنْ مَخْبَئِهِ فِي الْبَيْدَرِ وَسَجَدَ بِوَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ. | ٢١ |
22 And David says to Ornan, “Give the place of the threshing-floor to me, and I build an altar to YHWH in it; give it to me for full price, and the plague is restrained from the people.”
| فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُرْنَانَ: «بِعْنِي مَوْقِعَ الْبَيْدَرِ لأَبْنِيَ فِيهِ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ، وَأَدْفَعَ لَكَ فِضَّةً ثَمَناً لَهُ، فَتَكُفَّ الضَّرْبَةُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِ». | ٢٢ |
23 And Ornan says to David, “Take [it] to yourself, and my lord the king does that which is good in his eyes; see, I have given the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for a present; I have given the whole.”
| 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 And King David says to Ornan, “No, for I surely buy [it] for full price; for I do not lift up that which is yours to YHWH, so as to offer a burnt-offering without cost.”
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «لا! بَلْ أَشْتَرِي ذَلِكَ بِفِضَّةٍ، إِذْ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ آخُذَ مَالَكَ فَأُقَدِّمَ لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَةً مَجَّانِيَّةً». | ٢٤ |
25 And David gives to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold [in] weight for the place;
| وَدَفَعَ دَاوُدُ لأُرْنَانَ ثَمَناً لِمَوْقِعِ الْبَيْدَرِ سِتَّ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ سَبْعَةِ آلافٍ وَمِئَتَيْ جِرَامٍ) مِنَ الذَّهَبِ. | ٢٥ |
26 and David builds an altar to YHWH there, and offers burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and calls to YHWH, and He answers him from the heavens with fire on the altar of the burnt-offering.
| وَبَنَى هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ أَصْعَدَ عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ، وَدَعَا الرَّبَّ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ بِإِنْزَالِ نَارٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ. | ٢٦ |
27 And YHWH speaks to the messenger, and he turns back his sword to its sheath.
| وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ الْمَلاكَ فَأَعَادَ السَّيْفَ إِلَى غِمْدِهِ. | ٢٧ |
28 At that time, when David sees that YHWH has answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrifices there;
| وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى دَاوُدُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ تَقَبَّلَ تَضَرُّعَهُ فِي بَيْدَرِ أُرْنَانَ الْيَبُوسِيِّ، قَدَّمَ ذَبَائِحَ هُنَاكَ. | ٢٨ |
29 and the Dwelling Place of YHWH that Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, [are] at that time at a high place in Gibeon;
| وَكَانَ مَسْكَنُ الرَّبِّ آنَئِذٍ وَمَذْبَحُ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، اللَّذَانِ صَنَعَهُمَا مُوسَى فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، فِي مُرْتَفَعَةِ جِبْعُونَ. | ٢٩ |
30 and David is not able to go before it to seek God, for he has been afraid because of the sword of the messenger of YHWH.
| وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ دَاوُدُ أَنْ يَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ لِيَسْتَشِيرَ الرَّبَّ لأَنَّهُ خَافَ مِنْ سَيْفِ مَلاكِ الرَّبِّ. | ٣٠ |
