1 Chronicles 21
1 Satan decided to cause the Israeli people to have trouble. So he incited David to find out how many men in Israel [were able to be in the army].
Entonces Satán se levantó contra Israel, e incitó a David a hacer un censo de Israel.
2 So David commanded Joab and the other army commanders, “Count all the men in Israel [who are able to be in the army]. Start at Beersheba [town in the south] and go all the way to Dan [city in the north]. Then come back and report to me, in order that I may know how many men there are.”
David dijo a Joab y a los jefes del ejército: Vayan, hagan un censo de Israel, desde Beerseba hasta Dan. Traíganme el resultado para que yo sepa el número de ellos.
3 But Joab replied, “Your majesty, even if Yahweh allowed us to have 100 times as many soldiers as we have now, you would [RHQ] still rule all of them. So why do you want us to do this? You will surely [RHQ] cause [all the people of] Israel to be guilty of sinning.”
Joab respondió: Añada Yavé a su pueblo 100 veces más, rey ʼadón mío. ¿No son todos éstos esclavos de mi ʼadón? ¿Por qué mi ʼadón procura esto? Porque debe ser causa de culpa para Israel.
4 But David would not change his mind. So Joab [and his soldiers] went everywhere in Israel and in Judah, and counted the people. Then they returned to Jerusalem,
Pero la palabra del rey prevaleció contra Joab, por lo cual Joab salió, recorrió todo Israel y regresó a Jerusalén.
5 and they reported to David that there were 1,100,000 men in Israel who could be in the army, and 470,000 in Judah.
Joab dio a David el total del censo de todo el ejército. En todo Israel había 1.100.000 hombres que sacaban espada, y en Judá, 470.000.
6 Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.
Entre éstos los levitas no fueron contados ni los hijos de Benjamín, porque la orden del rey era repugnante para Joab.
7 David’s command to count the people caused God to become angry, so he [told David that he had decided to] punish [the people of] Israel.
Esto también desagradó a ʼElohim, e hirió a Israel.
8 Then David prayed, saying, “Yahweh, what I did was very foolish. I have sinned greatly by what I have done. So now I plead with you, please forgive me.”
Entonces David confesó a ʼElohim: Pequé gravemente al hacer esto. Pero ahora te ruego que quites la iniquidad de tu esclavo, porque obré muy neciamente.
9 Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
Yavé habló a Gad, vidente de David:
10 “Go and tell this to David: I am allowing you to choose one of three things [to punish you]. I will do whichever one you choose.”
Vé y habla a David: Yavé dice: Tres cosas te propongo. Escoge una de ellas, y Yo te la aplicaré.
11 So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
Y Gad fue a David, y le dijo: Yavé dice:
12 three years of famine [in Israel], or three months during which your armies will run away from their enemies [who will attack them with] swords, or three days during which I will send my angel to cause many people in the country to die because of a (plague/very serious illness).’ So, you must decide what I will say to answer [Yahweh, ] the one who sent me.”
Escoge para ti: tres años de hambruna, o tres meses derrotado por tus enemigos y que la espada de tus adversarios te alcance, o tres días la espada de Yavé, es decir, la pestilencia en la tierra y que el Ángel de Yavé haga estragos en todo el territorio de Israel. Ahora pues, mira qué debo responder al que me envió.
13 David replied to Gad, “I am very distressed. But allow Yahweh to punish [MTY] me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, [because they will not be merciful].”
David respondió a Gad: Estoy en gran angustia. Ruego que yo caiga en la mano de Yavé, porque sus misericordias son muy grandes, pero que no caiga en la mano del hombre.
14 So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
Así que Yavé envió una pestilencia a Israel, y murieron 70.000 hombres de Israel.
15 And God sent an angel to destroy the people in Jerusalem by the plague. But when the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain, Yahweh saw all the suffering that the people had endured, and he was grieved. So he said to the angel, “Stop what you are doing [IDM]! That is enough [IDM]!”
ʼElohim envió al Ángel a Jerusalén para destruirla, pero cuando destruía, Yavé miró y sintió pesar por aquella calamidad. Dijo al Ángel que destruía: ¡Basta! ¡Detén tu mano! Y el Ángel de Yavé estaba junto a la era de Ornán jebuseo.
16 David looked up and saw the angel whom Yahweh had sent, standing between the sky and the ground. The angel had a sword in his hand that was pointed toward Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of the city], who were wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, prostrated themselves on the ground.
Al levantar David sus ojos, vio al Ángel de Yavé, quien estaba entre la tierra y el cielo, con una espada desenvainada en su mano, extendida sobre Jerusalén. Entonces David y los ancianos se postraron sobre sus rostros, cubiertos de tela áspera.
17 David said to God, “I am [RHQ] the one who ordered the men who could be in the army to be counted. I am the one who has sinned and done what is very wrong, but these people are [as innocent as] [MET] sheep. They have certainly not [RHQ] done anything [that is wrong]. So Yahweh my God, punish [IDM] me and my family, but do not allow this plague to continue to [cause] your people [to become sick and die].”
David dijo a ʼElohim: ¿No soy yo quien ordenó contar el pueblo? Yo soy quien pecó y ciertamente obré mal. Pero estas ovejas, ¿qué hicieron? ¡Oh Yavé ʼElohim mío, levanta ahora tu mano contra mí y contra la casa de mi padre, pero no llegue la pestilencia sobre tu pueblo!
18 Then the angel who was sent by Yahweh told Gad to go up to the place where Araunah threshed grain and tell David to build an altar to [worship] Yahweh there.
Entonces el Ángel de Yavé ordenó a Gad que dijera a David que subiera y levantara un altar a Yavé en la era de Ornán jebuseo.
19 So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
David subió según la palabra que Gad le dijo en Nombre de Yavé.
20 While Araunah was threshing some wheat, he turned and saw the angel. His four sons who were with him [also saw the angel, and they] hid themselves.
Ornán trillaba trigo. Al voltearse Ornán vio al Ángel, por lo cual se escondieron sus cuatro hijos que estaban con él.
21 Then David approached. When Araunah saw him, he left the place where he was threshing grain and prostrated himself, with his face touching the ground.
Cuando David iba hacia Ornán, éste miró y vio a David. Al salir de la era se postró en tierra ante David.
22 David said to him, “Please sell me your threshing place in order that I can build an altar here to [worship] Yahweh. Then he will stop this plague. I will pay the full price.”
Entonces David dijo a Ornán: Dame este lugar de la era para que edifique un altar a Yavé. Dámelo por su justo precio para que cese la mortandad en el pueblo.
23 Araunah replied, “Take it! Your majesty, do whatever you want to. I will give you the oxen [that thresh the grain] for an offering to be completely burned [on the altar]. And I will give you the threshing boards to use as wood [on the altar], and I will give you grain for a grain offering. I will give all those things to you.”
Ornán respondió a David: Tómala para ti, y que mi ʼadón el rey haga lo que le parezca bien. Aun los becerros daré para el holocausto, los trillos para leña y trigo para la ofrenda. Yo lo doy todo.
24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, [I will not take these things as a gift]. I will pay you the full price for it. I will not take things that belong to you, things that have cost me nothing and offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.”
Pero el rey David dijo a Ornán: No, sino lo compraré por su justo precio, porque no tomaré para Yavé lo que es tuyo. No ofreceré holocausto que nada me cueste.
25 So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
David pagó a Ornán por aquel lugar el peso de 6,6 kilogramos de oro.
26 David built an altar to [worship] Yahweh there, and he offered sacrifices to be completely burned [on the altar] and sacrifices to restore fellowship [with Yahweh]. David prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered by sending a fire from heaven [to burn up the offerings] on the altar.
David edificó allí un altar a Yavé en el cual ofreció holocaustos y ofrendas de paz. Invocó a Yavé, Quien le respondió por medio de fuego desde el cielo sobre el altar del holocausto.
27 Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
Yavé dio orden al Ángel, y Éste envainó su espada.
28 And when David saw that Yahweh had answered him there at the place where Araunah threshed grain [and had ended the plague], he offered sacrifices there.
Al ver David que Yavé lo escuchó en la era de Ornán jebuseo, ofreció sacrificios allí.
29 Yahweh’s Sacred Tent, which Moses had commanded to be set up in the desert, and the altar for burning sacrifices completely, were at that time on a hill at Gibeon [city].
El Tabernáculo de Yavé que Moisés hizo en el desierto estaba en el lugar alto de Gabaón, y [dentro de él] estaba el altar del holocausto.
30 But David did not want to go there to request God to tell him what he wanted [him to do], because he was afraid that the angel sent from Yahweh [might strike him with] his sword.
Pero David no pudo ir allá a consultar a ʼElohim, porque estaba aterrorizado a causa de la espada del Ángel de Yavé.
