2 Samuel 24
1 Now again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, "Go, number Israel and Judah."
E a ira do Senhor se tornou a acender contra Israel: e incitou a David contra eles, dizendo: vai, numera a Israel e a Judá.
2 So the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, "Now go back and forth through all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people."
Disse pois o rei a Joab, chefe do exército, o qual tinha consigo: Agora rodeia por todas as tribos de Israel, desde Dan até Berseba, e numera o povo: para que eu saiba o número do povo.
3 But Joab said to the king, "Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?"
Então disse Joab ao rei: Ora, multiplique o Senhor teu Deus a este povo cem vezes tanto quanto agora é, e os olhos do rei meu senhor o vejam: mas porque deseja o rei meu senhor este negócio?
4 However, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the children of Israel.
Porém a palavra do rei prevaleceu contra Joab, e contra os chefes do exército: Joab pois saiu com os chefes do exército diante da face do rei, a numerar o povo de Israel.
5 They crossed over the Jordan and began from Aroer, and from the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad; then on to Jazer.
E passaram o Jordão: e puseram-se em campo junto a Aroer, à direita da cidade que está no meio do ribeiro de Gad, e junto a Jazer.
6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the region of the Hethites, to Kedesh; and they came to Dan. Then they skirted Sidon,
E vieram a Gilead, e à terra baixa de Hodsi: também vieram até Dan-jaan, e ao redor de Zidon.
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 Beersheba.
E vieram à fortaleza de Tiro, e a todas as cidades dos heveus e dos cananeus: e sairam para a banda do sul de Judá, a Berseba.
8 So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
Assim rodearam por toda a terra: e ao cabo de nove meses e vinte dias voltaram a Jerusalém.
9 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
E Joab deu ao rei a soma do número do povo contado: e havia em Israel oitocentos mil homens de guerra, que arrancavam espada; e os homens de Judá eram quinhentos mil homens.
10 David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, LORD, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly."
E o coração feriu a David, depois de haver numerado o povo: e disse David ao Senhor: Muito pequei no que fiz: porém agora, ó Senhor, peço-te que traspasses a iniquidade do teu servo; porque tenho feito mui loucamente.
11 When David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to Gad, David's seer, saying,
Levantando-se pois David pela manhã, veio a palavra do Senhor ao profeta Gad, vidente de David, dizendo:
12 "Go and speak to David, 'Thus says the LORD, "I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you."'
Vai, e dize a David: Assim diz o Senhor: três coisas te ofereço; escolhe uma delas, para que te a faça.
13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, "Shall three years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me."
Veio pois Gad a David, e fêz-lho saber; e disse-lhe: Queres que sete anos de fome te venham à tua terra; ou que por três meses fujas diante de teus inimigos, e eles te persigam; ou que por três dias haja peste na tua terra? Delibera agora, e vê que resposta hei de tornar ao que me enviou.
14 David said to Gad, "All of them are difficult for me. Only let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into the hand of man."
Então disse David a Gad: Estou em grande angústia: porém caiamos nas mãos do Senhor, porque muitas são as suas misericórdias; mas nas mãos dos homens não caia eu.
15 So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and the destruction began among the people. And there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
Então enviou o Senhor a peste a Israel, desde pela manhã até ao tempo determinado: e desde Dan até Berseba, morreram setenta mil homens do povo.
16 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, "It is enough. Now stay your hand." The angel of the LORD was standing near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell down on their faces.
Estendendo pois o anjo a sua mão sobre Jerusalém, para a destruir, o Senhor se arrependeu daquele mal; e disse ao anjo que fazia a destruição entre o povo: Basta, agora retira a tua mão. E o anjo do Senhor estava junto à eira de Arauna, o jebuseu.
17 Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, "Look, I have sinned, and I, the shepherd, have done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house."
E, vendo David ao anjo que feria o povo, falou ao Senhor, e disse: Eis que eu sou o que pequei, e eu o que iniquamente obrei; porém estas ovelhas que fizeram? seja pois a tua mão contra mim, e contra a casa de meu pai.
18 And Gad went to David that day and said, "Go up, build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."
E Gad veio naquele mesmo dia a David; e disse-lhe: Sobe, levanta ao Senhor um altar na eira de Arauna, o jebuseu.
19 So David went up and did what Gad had said, as the LORD commanded.
David subiu conforme à palavra de Gad, como o Senhor lhe tinha ordenado.
20 And Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him, so Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
E olhou Arauna, e viu que vinham para ele o rei e os seus servos: saiu pois Arauna, e inclinou-se diante do rei com o rosto em terra.
21 And Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" And David said, "To buy this threshing floor from you to build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague may be held back from the people."
E disse Arauna: Porque vem o rei meu Senhor ao seu servo? E disse David: Para comprar de ti esta eira, afim de edificar nela um altar ao Senhor, para que este castigo cesse de sobre o povo.
22 But Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Look, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.
Então disse Arauna a David: Tome, e ofereça o rei meu senhor o que bem parecer aos seus olhos; eis ai bois para o holocausto, e os trilhos, e o aparelho dos bois para a lenha.
23 All these Araunah gives to the king." And Araunah said to the king, "May the LORD your God accept you."
Tudo isto deu Arauna ao rei: disse mais Arauna ao rei: O Senhor teu Deus tome prazer em ti.
24 But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Porém o rei disse a Arauna: Não, porém por certo preço to comprarei, porque não oferecerei ao Senhor meu Deus holocaustos que me não custem nada. Assim David comprou a eira e os bois por cincoênta siclos de prata
25 Then David built an altar to the LORD there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was withdrawn from Israel.
E edificou ali David ao Senhor um altar, e ofereceu holocaustos, e ofertas pacíficas. Assim o Senhor se aplacou com a terra, e cessou aquele castigo de sobre Israel.
