2 शमुवेल 24
1 १ इस्राएलवर परमेश्वराचा पुन्हा एकदा कोप झाला. आणि त्याने दावीदाला इस्राएलांविरुध्द चेतवले. दावीद म्हणाला, “आधी इस्राएल आणि यहूदा यांची शिरगणती करा.”
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.”
2 २ राजा दावीद सेनापती यवाबाला म्हणाला, “दानपासून बैर-शेबापर्यंत इस्राएलच्या झाडून सर्व वंशातील लोकांची मोजदाद करा, म्हणजे मग मला लोकसंख्या किती आहे ते कळेल.”
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].”
3 ३ पण यवाब राजाला म्हणाला, “आपले लोक कितीही असोत देव परमेश्वर त्यांना शतगुणित करो. तुम्हास हे सर्व पाहायला मिळो पण तुम्हास असे का करावेसे वाटते?”
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?”
4 ४ पण राजा दावीदाचे शब्द यवाबाच्या शब्दांपेक्षा प्रभावी ठरले. आणि त्यांनी यवाबाला आणि इतर सैन्याधिकाऱ्यांना इस्राएल प्रजेची मोजदाद करण्यास सांगितले. तेव्हा ते सर्व या कामाला लागले.
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.
5 ५ यार्देन ओलांडून त्यांनी अरोएर येथे तळ दिला. ही जागा नगराच्या उजवीकडे होती. (नगर याजेरच्या वाटेवर, गादच्या खोऱ्याच्या मध्यावर आहे.)
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]
6 ६ तेथून ते गिलादला आणि पुढे तहतीम होदशी या प्रदेशात गेले. दान्यान आणि तिथून वळसा घेऊन सीदोन येथे गेले.
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].
7 ७ सोर (तायर) हा गड आणि हिव्वी व कनानी यांची नगरे इकडे ते गेले. तेथून यहूदा देशाच्या दक्षिण दिशेला बैर-शेबा इथपर्यंत गेले.
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.
After nine months and 20 days, when they had finished going throughout the land [and counting the people], they returned to Jerusalem.
9 ९ यवाबाने प्रजेच्या मोजदादीची यादी राजाला दिली. इस्राएलमध्ये तलवारधारी पुरुष आठ लक्ष होते. यहूदात ही संख्या पाच लक्ष होती.
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].
10 १० हे काम पार पाडल्यावर मात्र दावीदाला मनोमन लाज वाटली. तो परमेश्वरास म्हणाला, “माझ्याहातून हे मोठे पाप घडले आहे. या माझ्या अपराधाबद्दल मला क्षमा कर. माझा हा मोठाच मूर्खपणा झाला आहे.
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.”
When David got up the next morning, Yahweh gave a message to the prophet Gad. He said to him,
12 १२ परमेश्वर त्यास म्हणाला, “दावीदाला जाऊन सांग, परमेश्वर म्हणतो, तुझ्यापुढे मी तीन गोष्टी ठेवतो त्यापैकी एकीची निवड कर.”
“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.’”
13 १३ गादने दावीदाकडे येऊन त्यास हे सर्व सांगितले. तो दावीदाला म्हणाला, “तिन्हीपैकी एकीची निवड कर. तुझ्या देशात सात वर्षे दुष्काळ पडावा, किंवा शत्रूंनी तीन महिने तुझा पाठलाग करावा, की तीन दिवस रोगराई पसरावी? विचार कर आणि मी परमेश्वरास काय सांगावे ते सांग.”
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.”
14 १४ दावीद गादला म्हणाला, “मी पेचात सापडलो आहे खरा! पण परमेश्वर दयाळू आहे. परमेश्वरच मला शिक्षा देवो लोकांच्या हाती मी पडू नये.”
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].”
15 १५ तेव्हा परमेश्वराने इस्राएलवर रोगराई ओढवू दिली. सकाळी तिची सुरुवात होऊन नेमलेल्या काळपर्यंत ती राहिली. दानपासून बैर-शेबापर्यंत सत्तर हजार माणसे मृत्युमुखी पडली.
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].
16 १६ यरूशलेमेच्या संहारासाठी देवदूताचा हात उंचावला. पण झाल्या गोष्टीबद्दल परमेश्वरास फार वाईट वाटले. लोकांचा संहार करणाऱ्या देवदूताला परमेश्वर म्हणाला, “आता पुरे तुझा हात खाली घे.” तेव्हा हा देवदूत अरवना यबूसी याच्या खळ्याजवळ होता.
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.
17 १७ लोकांस मारणाऱ्या देवदूताला दावीदाने पाहिले. दावीद परमेश्वरास म्हणाला, “माझे चुकले माझ्या हातून पाप घडले आहे. पण हे लोक मेंढरांसारखे माझ्या मागून आले. त्यांचे काहीच चुकले नाही. तेव्हा तू मला आणि माझ्या कुटुंबियांना शिक्षा कर.”
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]!”
18 १८ त्या दिवशी गाद दावीदाकडे आला. तो म्हणाला, “अरवना यबूसीच्या खळ्यावर परमेश्वराप्रीत्यर्थ एक वेदी बांध.”
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.”
So David did what Gad told him to do, which was what Yahweh had commanded, [and he went up there].
20 २० अरवनाने राजाला आणि त्याच्या सेवकांना येताना पाहिले. त्याने पुढे होऊन जमिनीपर्यंत लवून नमस्कार केला.
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.
21 २१ अरवना म्हणाला, “माझे स्वामी का बरे आले आहेत? दावीद म्हणाला, तुझे खळे विकत घ्यायला. म्हणजे मग मी परमेश्वरा प्रित्यर्थ इथे एक वेदी बांधीन. मग रोगराई संपुष्टात येईल.”
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.”
22 २२ अरवना म्हणाला, “स्वामींनी मनाला येईल ते अर्पण करण्यासाठी घ्यावे. होमबलीसाठी हे बैल आहेत. इंधनासाठी मळणीची औते आणि बैलांचे सामान आहे.
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.
23 २३ अरवना महाराज, हवे ते मी तुम्हास देईन, महराजांवर परमेश्वराची मर्जी असावी. अशीही कामना त्याने पुढे व्यक्त केली.”
I, Araunah, am giving all this to you, the king.” Then he said, “I desire/hope that Yahweh our God will accept your offering.”
24 २४ पण राजा अरवनाला म्हणाला नाही, “तुला मी खरे सांगतो, मी ही जमीन विकतच घेणार आहे फुकटात मिळालेले मी होमबली म्हणून परमेश्वर देवाला अर्पण करणार नाही.” तेव्हा दावीदाने खळे आणि बैल पन्नास शेकेल चांदी देऊन विकत घेतले.
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.
25 २५ मग तेथे परमेश्वराप्रीत्यर्थ वेदी बांधली, होमबली आणि शांत्यर्पणे केली. परमेश्वराने त्याची प्रार्थना ऐकली. इस्राएलवरील रोगराई परमेश्वराने संपुष्टात आणली.
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.
