1 Tantara 21
1 Ary Satana nitsangana hampidi-doza tamin’ ny Isiraely ka nanome saina an’ i Davida hanisa ny Isiraely.
An adversary arose against Israel and incited David to count Israel.
2 Dia hoy Davida tamin’ i Joaba sy tamin’ ireo lehiben’ ny vahoaka: Mandehana, isao ny Isiraely hatrany Beri-sheba ka hatrany Dana; ary ento atỳ amiko ny isany mba ho fantatro.
David said to Joab and to the commanders of the army, “Go, count the people of Israel from Beersheba to Dan and report back to me, that I may know their number.”
3 Fa hoy Joaba: Jehovah anie hampitombo ny olony ho injato toy izao na firy na firy izy; fa moa tsy mpanompon’ ny tompoko izy rehetra, ry mpanjaka tompoko? Koa inona indray no itadiavan’ ny tompoko izany zavatra izany? Nahoana no dia hampahadiso ny Isiraely?
Joab said, “May Yahweh make his army a hundred times greater than it is. But my master the king, do they not all serve my master? Why does my master want this? Why bring guilt on Israel?”
4 Nefa tsy azon’ i Joaba nolavina ny tenin’ ny mpanjaka; ka dia niainga izy ka nitety ny Isiraely rehetra; dia tonga tany Jerosalema indray izy.
But the king's word was enforced against Joab. So Joab left and went throughout all Israel. Then he came back to Jerusalem.
5 Ary natolotr’ i Joaba an’ i Davida ny isan’ ny olona voalamina, ka nisy iray hetsy sy iray tapitrisa ny lehilahy mahatan-tsabatra teo amin’ ny Isiraely; ary fito alina sy efatra hetsy ny lehilahy mahatan-tsabatra teo amin’ ny Joda.
Then Joab reported the total of the count of the fighting men to David. There were in Israel 1,100,000 men who drew the sword. Judah alone had 470,000 soldiers.
6 Fa ny Levy sy ny Benjamina tsy mba nalaminy, satria fahavetavetana tamin’ i Joaba ny tenin’ ny mpanjaka.
But Levi and Benjamin were not counted among them, for the king's command had disgusted Joab.
7 Ary tsy sitrak’ Andriamanitra izany zavatra izany; ka dia namely ny Isiraely Izy.
God was offended by this action, so he attacked Israel.
8 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ Andriamanitra; Efa nanota indrindra aho tamin’ izao nataoko izao; koa ankehitriny, mifona aminao aho, esory ny heloky ny mpanomponao, fa efa nanao fahadalana lehibe tokoa aho.
David said to God, “I have greatly sinned by doing this. Now take away your servant's guilt, for I have acted very foolishly.”
9 Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Gada mpahitan’ i Davida:
Yahweh told Gad, David's prophet,
10 Mandehana, ka lazao amin’ i Davida hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Zavatra telo loha no apetrako eto anoloanao, koa fidio izay iray hataoko aminao.
“Go say to David, 'This is what Yahweh says: I am giving you three choices. Choose one of them.'”
11 Ary Gada nankany amin’ i Davida ka nanao taminy hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah: Mifidia:
So Gad went to David and said to him, “Yahweh says this, 'Choose one of these:
12 Mosary telo taona va? Sa fandringanana eo alohan’ ny fahavalonao telo volana, raha tratry ny sabatry ny fahavalonao ianao? Sa ny sabatr’ i Jehovah, dia areti-mandringana, no hamely ny tany hateloana, ka Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah handringana eran’ ny tanin’ ny Isiraely rehetra? Koa hevero tsara izay valiny ho entiko miverina any amin’ Izay naniraka ahy.
either three years of famine, three months being pursued by your enemies and being caught by their swords, or else three days of Yahweh's sword, that is, a plague in the land, with the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the land of Israel.' Now then, decide what answer I should take to the one who sent me.”
13 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Gada: Indrisy! poritra loatra aho! nefa aleoko ho azon’ ny tànan’ i Jehovah, fa lehibe ny famindram-pony toy izay ho azon’ izay tànan’ olona.
Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress! Let me fall into the hand of Yahweh rather than into the hand of man, for his merciful actions are very great.”
14 Dia nasian’ i Jehovah areti-mandringana ny Isiraely ka nahafatesana fito alina izy.
So Yahweh sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand people died.
15 Ary Andriamanitra naniraka Anjely hankany Jerosalema handrava azy; ary raha ilay mbola nandrava iny Izy, dia nijery Jehovah ka nanenina ny amin’ ny loza ka nanao tamin’ Ilay Anjely nandrava hoe: Aoka izay! Atsaharo ny tananao ankehitriny. Ary Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah nitsangana teo anilan’ ny famoloan’ i Araona Jebosita.
God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy it, Yahweh watched and changed his mind about the harm. He said to the destroying angel, “Enough! Now draw back your hand.” At that time the angel of Yahweh was standing at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 Ary Davida nanopy ny masony ka nahita Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah nitsangana teo anelanelan’ ny tany sy ny lanitra sady nitana sabatra voatsoaka teny an-tanany, izay natondrony manandrify an’ i Jerosalema. Dia niankohoka Davida sy ny loholon’ ny Isiraely, izay efa samy nitafy lamba fisaonana.
David looked up and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand raised over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, lay facedown on the ground.
17 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ Andriamanitra: Tsy izaho va no nandidy hanisa ny vahoaka? Izaho no nanota sy nanao ratsy tokoa; fa ireo ondry ireo kosa, inona moa no mba nataony? Eny, Jehovah Andriamanitro ô, mifona aminao re aho, aoka ny tananao hamely ahy sy ny mpianakavin’ ny raiko, fa aza ny olonao no asianao amin’ ny areti-mandringana.
David said to God, “Is it not I that commanded that the army be numbered? I did this wicked thing. But these sheep, what have they done? Yahweh my God! Let your hand strike me and my family, but do not let the plague remain on your people.”
18 Ary Gada nasain’ Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah hilaza amin’ i Davida mba hiakatra hanangana alitara ho an’ i Jehovah ao amin’ ny famoloan’ i Araona Jebosita.
So the angel of Yahweh commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up and build an altar for Yahweh at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Koa dia niakatra Davida araka ny tenin’ i Gada, izay nolazainy tamin’ ny anaran’ i Jehovah.
So David went up as Gad instructed him to do in the name of Yahweh.
20 Ary Araona niherika ka nahita Ilay Anjely; ary ny zanany efa-dahy izay teo aminy dia niery. Ary Araona nively vary tao tamin’ izay.
While Ornan was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the angel. He and his four sons with him hid themselves.
21 Ary nony tonga teo amin’ i Araona Davida, dia nijery Araona ka nahita an’ i Davida, ary dia niala avy teo amin’ ny famoloana izy ka niankohoka tamin’ ny tany teo anatrehan’ i Davida.
When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David. He left the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face to the ground.
22 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Araona: Mba omeo ahy amin’ izay tokom-bidiny ity famoloana ity hanorenako alitara ho an’ i Jehovah; omeo ahy izy, mba hitsaharan’ ny areti-mandringana tsy hamely ny vahoaka.
Then David said to Ornan, “Sell me this threshing floor, so I can build an altar for Yahweh. I will pay the full price, so that the plague may be removed from the people.”
23 Fa hoy Araona tamin’ i Davida: Ento ary ho anao, ary aoka ny mpanjaka tompoko hanao izay sitrany; indro, omeko koa ny omby ho fanatitra dorana ary ny fivelezam-bary ho kitay ary ny vary tritika ho fanatitra hohanina; foiko avokoa izy rehetra.
Ornan said to David, “Take it as your own, my master the king. Do with it what is good in your sight. Look, I will give you oxen for burnt offerings, threshing sledges for wood, and wheat for the grain offering; I will give it all to you.”
24 Fa hoy Davida mpanjaka tamin’ i Araona: Tsia, fa hovidiko mihitsy araka izay tokom-bidiny; fa tsy haka izay anao ho an’ i Jehovah aho ary tsy hanatitra fanatitra dorana amin’ izay azoko fotsiny.
King David said to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for the full price. I will not take what is yours and offer it as a burnt offering to Yahweh if it costs me nothing.”
25 Dia nomen’ i Davida sekely volamena lanjan’ enin-jato Araona ho vidin’ ny tany.
So David paid six hundred shekels of gold for the place.
26 Ary Davida nanorina alitara teo ho an’ i Jehovah ka nanatitra fanatitra dorana sy fanati-pihavanana; dia niantso an’ i Jehovah izy ka novaliany tamin’ ny afo avy tany an-danitra, izay latsaka teo amin’ ny alitara fandoroana ny fanatitra dorana.
David built an altar for Yahweh there and offered on it burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on Yahweh, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar for burnt offerings.
27 Ary Jehovah nandidy Ilay Anjely, ka dia nampidiriny tamin’ ny tranony ny sabany.
Then Yahweh gave an order to the angel, and the angel put his sword back into its sheath.
28 Tamin’ izany andro izany, nony hitan’ i Davida fa novalian’ i Jehovah teo amin’ ny famoloan’ i Araona Jebosita izy, dia namono zavatra hatao fanatitra teo izy.
When David saw that Yahweh had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he performed the sacrifice there at that same time.
29 Fa ny tabernakelin’ i Jehovah izay nataon’ i Mosesy tany an-efitra sy ny alitara fandoroana ny fanatitra dorana kosa dia teo amin’ ny fitoerana avo tao Gibeona fahizay;
Now at that time, Yahweh's tabernacle, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar for burnt offerings, were at the high place at Gibeon.
30 nefa Davida tsy nahazo nankeo anoloan’ izany hanontany amin’ Andriamanitra; fa raiki-tahotra izy noho ny sabatr’ Ilay Anjelin’ i Jehovah.
However, David could not go there to ask for God's direction, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.
