2 Samuel 24
1 Yahweh was angry with the Israeli people again, so he incited David to cause trouble for them. He said to David, “Send [some men] to count the people of Israel and Judah.”
| بار دیگر خشم خداوند بر قوم اسرائیل شعله‌ور شد، پس او برای تنبیه ایشان داوود را بر آن داشت تا اسرائیل و یهودا را سرشماری کند. |
2 So the king said to Joab, the commander of his army, “Go [with your officers] through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan [city in the far north] to Beersheba [town in the far south], and count the people, in order that I may know how many people [there are who are able to be soldiers in the army].”
| پادشاه به یوآب فرماندهٔ سپاه خود گفت: «از مردان جنگی سراسر کشور، یعنی از دان تا بئرشبع، سرشماری به عمل آور تا بدانم تعدادشان چقدر است.» |
3 But Joab replied to the king, “Your Majesty, I wish/desire that Yahweh our God will cause there to be 100 times as many people [in Israel] as there are now, and I wish/desire that you would see that happen [before you die]. But why do you want us to do this?”
| اما یوآب جواب داد: «خداوند، خدایت به تو عمر طولانی دهد تا آن روزی را به چشم ببینی که او سپاهت را به صد برابر افزایش داده باشد. چرا سرورم می‌خواهد دست به سرشماری بزند؟» |
4 But the king commanded Joab and his officers to do it. So they left the king and went out to count the people of Israel.
| اما پادشاه نظرش را عوض نکرد و یوآب و سایر فرماندهان سپاه را واداشت تا بروند و مردان جنگی را بشمارند. |
5 They crossed the Jordan [River] and set up their tents south of Aroer [town], in the middle of the valley, in the territory [that was given to the tribe] of Gad. From there they went [north] to Jazer [city]
| پس، آنها از رود اردن عبور کردند و در عروعیر واقع در جنوب شهری که در میان دره جاد، نزدیک یعزیر است، اردو زدند. |
6 Then they went [north] to [the] Gilead [region] and to Kadesh [city], in the land where the Heth people-group lived. Then they went to Dan [city in the far north of Israel], and then further west, to Sidon [city near the Mediterranean Sea].
| آنگاه به جلعاد و تَحتیم حُدشی رفتند و از آنجا به دان یَعَن رفته، به طرف صیدون دور زدند. |
7 Then they went [south] to Tyre, a city with high walls around it, and to all the cities where the Hiv and Canaan people-groups live. Then they went [east] to Beersheba, in the southern part of Judah.
| پس از آن به قلعه صور رفتند و سپس تمام شهرهای حوی‌ها و کنعانی‌ها و جنوب یهودا تا بئرشبع را سرکشی کردند. |
8 After nine months and 20 days, when they had finished going throughout the land [and counting the people], they returned to Jerusalem.
| آنها در عرض نه ماه و بیست روز سراسر مملکت را پیمودند و به اورشلیم بازگشتند. |
9 They reported to the king the number of people that they had counted. There were 800,000 men in Israel and 500,000 men in Judah who were able to become soldiers in the army [MTY].
| یوآب گزارش کار را تقدیم پادشاه کرد. تعداد مردان جنگی اسرائیل هشتصد هزار و مردان جنگی یهودا پانصد هزار نفر بودند. |
10 But after David’s men had counted the people, David regretted [IDM] that he had told them to do that. [One night] he said to Yahweh, “I have committed a very big sin. Please forgive me, because what I have done is very foolish.”
| ولی بعد از این سرشماری، وجدان داوود ناراحت شد. پس به خداوند گفت: «با این کاری که کردم گناه بزرگی مرتکب شده‌ام. التماس می‌کنم این حماقت مرا ببخش.» |
11 When David got up the next morning, Yahweh gave a message to the prophet Gad. He said to him,
| صبح روز بعد، قبل از اینکه داوود از خواب بیدار شود، کلام خداوند به جاد، نبی داوود نازل شد. |
12 “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.’”
| خداوند به جاد فرمود: «به داوود بگو که من سه چیز پیش او می‌گذارم و او می‌تواند یکی را انتخاب کند.» |
13 So Gad went to David and told him [what Yahweh had said]. He said to David, “You can choose whether there will be three years of famine in your land, or three months of your [army] running away from your enemies, or three days when there will be a (plague/very severe illness) in your land. You think about it and choose [which one you want, and tell me], and I will return to Yahweh and tell him what your answer is.”
| پس جاد نزد داوود آمده، پیام خداوند را به او رساند و گفت: «بین این سه، یکی را انتخاب کن: سه سال قحطی در کشور، سه ماه فرار از دست دشمنانت یا سه روز مرض مهلک در سرزمینت؟ در این باره فکر کن و به من بگو که به خدا چه جوابی بدهم.» |
14 David said to Gad, “All those are very terrible things for me to choose between! 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].”
| داوود گفت: «در تنگنا هستم. بهتر است به دست خداوند بیفتم تا به دست انسان، زیرا رحمت خداوند عظیم است.» |
15 So Yahweh sent a plague on the Israeli people. It started that morning and did not stop until the time that he had chosen/set. All over the land, from Dan to Beersheba, there were 70,000 Israelis who died [because of the plague].
| بنابراین خداوند آن صبح بیماری مهلک طاعون بر اسرائیل فرستاد که تا سه روز ادامه داشت و هفتاد هزار نفر در سراسر کشور، یعنی از دان تا بئرشبع، مردند. |
16 When [Yahweh’s] angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy [the people by this plague], Yahweh changed his mind about punishing [any more] people. He said to the angel who was killing them [with the plague], “Stop what you are doing [IDM]! That is enough!” [When he said that, ] the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain.
| ولی وقتی فرشته به پایتخت نزدیک می‌شد، خداوند منصرف شد و به فرشته فرمود: «کافی است! دست نگه دار.» در این موقع فرشته به زمین خرمنکوبی ارونهٔ یبوسی رسیده بود. |
17 When David saw the angel who was causing the people to become sick and die, he said to Yahweh, “Truly, I am the one who has committed the sin. I have done a very wicked thing, but these people are [as innocent as] sheep [MET]. They have certainly not [RHQ] done anything [that is wrong]. So you should punish [IDM] me and my family, [not these people]!”
| داوود وقتی فرشته را دید، به خداوند گفت: «من مقصر و گناهکار هستم، اما این مردم بیچاره چه کرده‌اند؟ مرا و خاندان مرا مجازات کن!» |
18 That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up to the place where Araunah threshes grain, and build an altar to [worship] Yahweh there.”
| آن روز جاد نبی نزد داوود آمد و گفت: «برو، برای خداوند مذبحی در خرمنگاه ارونهٔ یبوسی بنا کن.» |
19 So David did what Gad told him to do, which was what Yahweh had commanded, [and he went up there].
| پس داوود رفت تا به دستور خداوند عمل کند. |
20 When Araunah looked down and saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he prostrated himself on the ground in front of the king, with his face touching the ground.
| وقتی ارونه، پادشاه و همراهانش را دید که به طرف او می‌آیند، جلو رفت و به خاک افتاده، |
21 Araunah said, “Your Majesty, why have you come to me?” David replied, “[I have come] to buy this ground where you thresh grain, in order to build an altar to Yahweh [and offer sacrifices on it], in order that he will stop the plague.”
| از پادشاه پرسید: «قربان برای چه به اینجا آمده‌اید؟» داوود جواب داد: «آمده‌ام خرمنگاه تو را بخرم و در آن مذبحی برای خداوند بسازم تا مرض رفع شود.» |
22 Araunah replied to David, “Your Majesty, offer to Yahweh whatever you wish/want. Here, take my oxen to use for the offering that will be completely burned on the altar. And here, take their yokes and the boards [that I use] for the threshing, [and use them] for the wood that you will burn.
| ارونه به پادشاه گفت: «همه چیز در اختیار شماست: گاو برای قربانی، و خرمنکوب و یوغ گاوها برای روشن کردن آتش قربانی. |
23 I, Araunah, am giving all this to you, the king.” Then he said, “I desire/hope that Yahweh our God will accept your offering.”
| همه را به پادشاه تقدیم می‌کنم. خداوند قربانی شما را قبول کند.» |
24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, [I will not take these things as a gift.] I will pay you for it. I will not take sacrifices that have cost me nothing, and offer them to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.” So he paid 50 pieces of silver to Araunah for the oxen and the ground.
| اما پادشاه به ارونه گفت: «نه، من پیشکش قبول نمی‌کنم، آنها را می‌خرم؛ چون نمی‌خواهم برای خداوند، خدای خود چیزی قربانی کنم که برایم مفت تمام شده باشد.» پس داوود آن زمین و گاوها را به پنجاه مثقال نقره خرید. |
25 Then David built an altar to Yahweh, and he offered [the oxen] to be completely burned on the altar, and he also offered sacrifices to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then, Yahweh answered David’s prayers, and he caused the plague in Israel to end.
| سپس داوود در آنجا مذبحی برای خداوند ساخت و قربانیهای سوختنی و قربانیهای سلامتی به او تقدیم کرد. آنگاه خداوند دعای داوود را مستجاب فرمود و مرض قطع شد. |
