२ शमूएल 24

1 फेरि इस्राएलको विरुद्धमा परमप्रभुको क्रोध पर्‍यो र उहाँले दाऊदलाई यसो भनेर उत्तेजित गर्नुभयो, “जा, इस्राएल र यहूदाको गणना गर् ।”

Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

2 राजाले आफूसँग भएका फौजका कमाण्‍डर योआबलाई भने, “दानदेखि बेर्शेबासम्मका इस्राएलका सबै कुलमा जाऊ र सबै मानिसको गणना गर ताकि युद्धको निम्ति योग्य मानिसहरूका जम्माजम्मी सङ्ख्या मलाई थाहा होस् ।”

So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”

3 योआबले राजालाई भने, “परमप्रभु तपाईंका परमेश्‍वरले मानिसहरूका सङ्ख्‍यामा सय गुणा वृद्धि गर्नुभएको होस् र मेरा मालिक महाराजाले यसो भएको आफ्नै आँखाले देखून् । तर मेरा मालिक महाराजालाई यो किन चाहियो?”

But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

4 तापनि, योआब र फौजका कमाण्‍डरहरूका विरुद्धमा राजाको बोली नै अन्तिम भयो । त्यसैले योआब र कमाण्‍डरहरू इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको सङ्ख्‍या गणना गर्न राजाको उपस्थितिबाट निस्‍केर गए ।

Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel.

5 तिनीहरू यर्दन नदी तरे र बेसीमा सहरको दक्षिणतिर अरोएरनेर छाउनी हाले । अनि तिनीहरू गाददेख याजेरसम्म हिंडे ।

They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.

6 तिनीहरू गिलाद र तातीम-हदोशीमा आए अनि दान-यान र सीदोनको सेरोफेरोसम्म पुगे ।

Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

7 तिनीहरू टुरोस अनि हिव्वीहरू र कनानीहरूका सबै सहरका किल्‍लासम्म पुगे । अनि तिनीहरू यहूदाको बर्शेबामा भएको नेगेवतिर गए ।

They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.

8 जब तिनीहरू देशमा सबैतिर गए, तब तिनीहरू नौ महिना बिस दिनको अन्तमा यरूशलेममा फर्केर आए ।

At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.

9 त्यसपछि योआबले लडाकु मानिसका जम्‍मा सङ्ख्या राजालाई बताइदिए । इस्राएलमा तरवार चलाउन सक्‍ने साहसी मानिसहरू ८,००,००० थिए र यहूदामा ५,००,००० मानिसहरू थिए ।

And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.

10 दाऊदले गणना गरेपछि तिनको हृदय दुःखी भयो । त्यसैले तिनले परमप्रभुलाई भने, “मैले यसो गरेर ठुलो पाप गरेको छु । अब हे परमप्रभु, आफ्नो सेवकको दोष हटाइदिनुहोस्, किनकि मैले धेरै मूर्ख भएर काम गरेको छु ।”

After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

11 जब दाऊद बिहान उठे, दाऊदका दर्शी गाद अगमवक्‍ताकहाँ परमेश्‍वरको वचन यसो भनेर आयो,

When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

12 “जा र दाऊदलाई भन्, 'परमप्रभु यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छ, “म तँलाई तीन वटा विकल्प रोज्‍न दिन्छु । तिमध्ये एउटा रोज ।”

“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”

13 त्यसैले गाद दाऊदकहाँ गए र तिनलाई भने, “तपाईंको देशमा तीन वर्षको अनकाल आउने छ? वा तपाईंका शत्रुहरूले तपाईंलाई खेद्दा तीन महिनासम्म तपाईं भाग्‍नुहुने छ? वा तपाईंको देशमा तीन दिन रुढी हुने छ? मलाई पठाउनुहुनेलाई मैले के जवाफ दिऊँ अब निर्णय गर्नुहोस् ।”

So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

14 त्यसपछि दाऊदले गादलाई भने, “म ठुलो कष्‍टमा परेको छु । मानिसको हातमा पर्नुभन्दा परमप्रभुको हातमा नै हामी परौं, किनकि उहाँका दयापूर्ण कामहरू धेरै महान् छन् ।”

David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

15 त्यसैले परमप्रभुले बिहानदेखि तोकिएको समयसम्म इस्राएलमा रुढी पठाउनुभयो र दानदेखि बेर्शेबासम्म सत्तरी हजार मानिसहरू मरे ।

So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.

16 जब स्वर्गदूतले यरूशलेमलाई नाश गर्न आफ्‍नो हात त्‍यता पसारे, तब त्‍यसले ल्याउने हानिको कारणले परमप्रभुले आफ्‍नो मन बदल्नुभयो र उहाँले मानिसहरूलाई नाश पारिरहेका स्वर्गदूतलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “पुग्यो! अब तिम्रो हात थाम ।” त्यस बेला स्वर्गदूत यबूसी अरौनाको खलामा खडा भएका थिए ।

But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

17 अनि जब दाऊदले मानिसहरूलाई आक्रमण गर्ने स्वर्गदूत देखे तब तिनले भने, “मैले पाप गरेको छु, र मैले भ्रष्‍ट किसिमले काम गरेको छु । तर यी भेडाहरू, तिनीहरूले के गरेका छन् र? कृपया, तपाईंको हातले मलाई र मेरो बुबाको परिवारलाई दण्ड दिनुहोस् ।”

When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”

18 अनि त्यस दिन गाद दाऊदकहाँ आए र तिनलाई भने, “माथि जानुहोस् र यबूसी अरौनाको खलामा परमप्रभुको निम्‍ति एउटा वेदी बनाउनुहोस् ।”

And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

19 जसरी परमप्रभुले गादलाई गर्ने आज्ञा गर्नुभयो, त्‍यसरी नै दाऊद माथि गए ।

So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.

20 अरौनाले बाहिर हेरे र राजा र तिनका सेवकहरू आइरहेको देखे । त्यसैले अरौना बाहिर गएर आफ्‍नो अनुहार भुईंमा घोप्टो पारेर राजालाई दण्डवत् गरे ।

When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.

21 तब अरौनाले भने, “मेरो मालिक महाराजा आफ्नो सेवककहाँ किन आउनुभएको छ?” दाऊदले जवाफ दिए, “तिम्रो खला किन्‍नलाई ताकि म परमप्रभुको निम्ति एउटा वेदी बनाउन सकौं, जसले गर्दा मानिसहरूबाट रुढी हटाइयोस् ।”

“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”

22 अरौनाले दाऊदलाई भने, “ए मेरो मालिक महाराजा, त्‍यो आफ्नैझैं लिनुहोस् । तपाईंको दृष्‍टिमा जे असल छ सो त्‍यसमा गर्नुहोस् । हेर्नुहोस्, होमबलिको निम्ति गोरूहरू अनि दाउराको निम्ति दाइँ गर्ने काठहरू र जुवाहरू छन् ।

Araunah said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.

23 यी सबै म अरौनाले मेरो महाराजालाई दिने छु ।” तब तिनले राजालाई भने, “परमप्रभु तपाईंका परमेश्‍वरले तपाईंलाई स्वीकार गर्नुभएको होस् ।”

O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

24 राजाले अरौनालाई भने, “होइन, मैले मूल्य दिएर किन्‍नमा नै जोड दिन्छु । मलाई कुनै मूल्य नपर्ने कुनै पनि कुरा म परमप्रभुलाई होमबलि चढाउँदिनँ ।” त्यसैले दाऊदले खला र गोरुहरूलाई चाँदीका पचास सिक्‍कामा किने ।

“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

25 दाऊदले त्यहाँ परमप्रभुको निम्ति एउटा वेदी बनाए र त्‍यसमा होमबलि र मेलबलि चढाए । त्यसैले परमप्रभुले देशको निम्‍ति गरिएको प्रार्थनाको जवाफ दिनुभयो र इस्राएलमाथिको रुढी थामियो ।

And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.