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 wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David against them, he said, Go, take the number 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 ।”

And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.

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?”

And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this 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 ।

But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.

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

And they went over Jordan, and starting from Aroer, from the town which is in the middle of the valley, they went in the direction of the Gadites, and on to Jazer;

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

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of the Hittites under Hermon; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they came round to Zidon,

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

And to the walled town of Tyre, and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites: and they went out to the South of Judah at Beer-sheba.

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

So after going through all the land in every direction, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

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 gave the king the number of all the people: there were in Israel eight hundred thousand fighting men able to take up arms; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.

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 ।”

And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly

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

And David got up in the morning; now the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

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

Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, and I will do it to 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 came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give 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 ।”

And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

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

So David made selection of the disease; and the time was the days of the grain-cutting, when the disease came among the people, causing the death of seventy thousand men from Dan as far as Beer-sheba.

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 ।

And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord was by the grain-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 ।”

And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.

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 put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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

So David went up, as Gad had said and as the Lord had given orders.

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

And Araunah, looking out, saw the king and his servants coming to him: and Araunah went out, and went down on his face to the earth 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 ।”

And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To give you a price for your grain-floor, so that I may put up an altar to the Lord, and the disease may be stopped among the people.

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 ।

And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take whatever seems right to him, and make an offering of it: see, here are the oxen for the burned offering, and the grain-cleaning instruments and the ox-yokes for wood:

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

All this does the servant of my lord the king give to the king. And Araunah said, May the Lord your God be pleased with your offering!

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 ।

And the king said to Araunah, No, but I will give you a price for it; I will not give to the Lord my God burned offerings for which I have given nothing. So David got the grain-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 David put up an altar to the Lord, making burned offerings and peace-offerings. So the Lord gave ear to his prayer for the land, and the disease came to an end in Israel.