1 Cronicas 21
1 Maysa a kabusor ti nangriribuk iti Israel ket sinugsuganna ni David a bilangenna dagiti Israelita.
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].
2 Kinuna ni David kenni Joab ken kadagiti pangulo iti armada, “Mapanyo bilangen dagiti tattao ti Israel manipud idiay Beerseba agingga iti Dan ket ipadamagyo kaniak, tapno maammoak ti bilangda.”
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.”
3 Kinuna ni Joab, “Paaduen koma ni Yahweh ti armadana iti mamingasut a kaadu ngem iti sigud. Ngem apok nga ari, saan kadi a nagserserbida amin iti apok? Apay a tarigagayan ti apok daytoy? Apay nga ipabaklaymo ti basol iti Israel?
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.”
4 Ngem naikeddengen ti sao ti ari nga imbagana kenni Joab. Pimmanaw ngarud ni Joab ket sinursorna ti entero nga Israel. Kalpasanna, nagsubli isuna idiay Jerusalem.
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,
5 Ket impadamag ni Joab kenni David ti kabuklan a bilang dagiti makirangranget a lallaki. Adda 1, 100, 000 a lallaki a nakakampilan idiay Israel. iti Juda laeng ket addaan iti 470, 000 a soldado.
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.
6 Ngem saan a naibilang ti tribu ti Levi ken Benjamin kadakuada, ta kinagura ni Joab ti bilin ti ari.
Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.
7 Nasaktan ti Dios gapu iti daytoy nga inaramid ni David, isu a dinusana ti Israel.
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.
8 Kinuna ni David iti Dios, “Nagbasolak iti nadagsen iti panangaramidko iti daytoy. Ita pakawanem ti nagbasolan toy adipenmo, ta nagtignayak iti minamaag.”
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.”
9 Kuna ni Yahweh kenni Gad a profeta ni David,
Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
10 “Mapanka ket ibagam kenni David: 'Kastoy ti kuna ni Yahweh: “Ikkanka iti tallo a pagpilian. Mangpilika iti maysa kadagitoy."”'
“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.”
11 Napan ngarud ni Gad kenni David ket kinunana kenkuana, “Kastoy ti kuna ni Yahweh: 'Mangpilika iti maysa kadagitoy:
So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
12 tallo a tawen ti panagbisin, tallo a bulan a kamkamatendaka dagiti kabusormo ken tiliwendakayo babaen kadagiti kampilanda, wenno saan, tallo nga aldaw a didigraen ni Yahweh ti daga babaen iti panangdadael ti anghel ni Yahweh iti entero a daga ti Israel.' Ita ngarud, ikeddengmo ti sungbat a rumbeng nga ibagak iti nangibaon kaniak.”
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.”
13 Ket kinuna ni David kenni Gad, “Mariribukanak iti kasta unay.” Bay-annak a mapasag kadagiti ima ni Yahweh ngem kadagiti ima dagiti tattao, ta dakkel unay ti kaasina.”
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].”
14 Nangiyeg ngarud ni Yahweh iti didigra iti Israel ket natay ti pitopulo a ribu a tattao.
So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
15 Nangibaon ti Dios iti maysa nga anghel iti Jerusalem tapno dadaelenna daytoy. Idi dadaelenna koman daytoy, kimmita ni Yahweh ket saanna nga intuloy ti pangngeddengna maipapan iti panangdangran. Kinunana iti anghel a mangdaddadael, “Huston! Saanmon a papatayen dagiti tattao.” Iti dayta a gundaway, agtaktakder ti anghel ni Yahweh iti pagirikan ni Ornan a Jebuseo.
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]!”
16 Timmangad ni David ket nakitana ti anghel ni Yahweh nga agtaktakder iti nagbaetan ti langit ken daga, a nakaiggem iti naasut a kampilan a nakalayat iti entero a Jerusalem. Ket nagpakleb iti daga ni David ken dagiti panglakayen a nakakawes iti nakersang a lupot.
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.
17 Kinuna ni David iti Dios, “Saan kadi a siak ti nangibilin a mabilang ti armada? Inaramidko daytoy a nadangkes a banag. Ngem dagitoy a karnero, ania ti inaramidda? Pangngaasim ta palubosam ti imam, O Yahweh a Diosko a dusaennak ken ti pamiliak, ngem saanmo a dusaen dagiti tattaom babaen iti daytoy a didigra.”
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].”
18 Isu a binilin ti anghel ni Yahweh ni Gad nga ibagana kenni David, a rumbeng a sumang-at ni David idiay pagirikan ni Ornan a Jebuseo ket mangipatakder iti maysa nga altar para kenni Yahweh.
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.
19 Simmang-at ngarud ni David a kas imbilin kenkuana ni Gad nga aramidenna iti nagan ni Yahweh.
So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
20 Kabayatan nga agir-irik ni Ornan iti trigo, timmaliaw isuna ket nakitana ti anghel. Naglemmeng isuna ken dagiti uppat nga annakna.
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.
21 Idi dimteng ni David iti ayan ni Ornan, kimmita ni Ornan ket nakitana ni David. Pinanawanna ti pagirikan ket nagpakleb iti daga iti sangoanan ni David.
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.
22 Ket kinuna ni David kenni Ornan, “Ilakom kaniak daytoy a pagirikan, tapno makaipatakderak iti maysa nga altar para kenni Yahweh. Bayadak ti kabuklan a gatad daytoy, tapno maikkat ti didigra kadagiti tattao”
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.”
23 Kinuna ni Ornan kenni David, “Alaem daytoy a kukuam, o apok nga ari. Aramidem iti daytoy ti aniaman a nasayaat iti panagkitam. Adtoy, ikkanka iti bulog a baka para kadagiti daton a maipuor, dagiti pagirik a tabla tapno pagsungrod ken trigo para iti daton a bukbukel; Itedkonto amin kenka dagitoy.”
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.”
24 Kinuna ni Ari David kenni Ornan, “Saan, bayadak ti kabuklan a gatad daytoy. Saanko nga alaen ti kukuam ket idatonko daytoy a kas daton a mapuoran para kenni Yahweh nga awan man laeng a pulos ti nagastok.
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.”
25 Isu a nagbayad ni David iti innem a gasut a siklo ti balitok para iti disso.
So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
26 Nangipatakder sadiay ni David iti maysa nga altar para kenni Yahweh ket nangidaton iti rabaw daytoy kadagiti daton a mapuoran ken kadagiti daton a pakikappia. Immawag isuna kenni Yahweh, a simmungbat kenkuana babaen iti apuy manipud iti langit a nangpuor kadagiti daton a mapuoran iti rabaw ti altar.
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.
27 Kalpasanna, binilin ni Yahweh ti anghel, ket insubli ti anghel ti kampilanna iti kalubanna.
Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
28 Idi nakita ni David a sinungbatan isuna ni Yahweh iti ayan ti pagirikan ni Ornan a Jebuseo, nangidaton pay isuna sadiay iti dadduma a daton iti dayta met laeng a tiempo.
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.
29 Kadagita a tiempo, ti tabernakulo ni Yahweh nga inaramid ni Moises idiay let-ang ken ti altar para kadagiti daton a naan-anay a mapuoran ket adda iti disso a pagdaydayawan idiay Gabaon.
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].
30 Nupay kasta, saan a makapan ni David sadiay tapno kiddawenna ti panangiturong ti Dios, gapu ta kabutengna ti kampilan ti anghel ni Yahweh.
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.
