२ शमूएल 24
1 फेरि इस्राएलको विरुद्धमा परमप्रभुको क्रोध पर्यो र उहाँले दाऊदलाई यसो भनेर उत्तेजित गर्नुभयो, “जा, इस्राएल र यहूदाको गणना गर् ।”
And again was the anger of the Lord kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them to say, Go, number 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 the captain of the army, who was with him, Traverse, I pray thee, all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba', and number ye the people, that I may know 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?”
Then said Joab unto the king, Now may the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundred-fold more, and may the eyes of my Lord the king see it; but why doth my Lord the king find delight in 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 ।
Nevertheless the king's word remained firm against Joab, and against the captains of the army: and Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
5 तिनीहरू यर्दन नदी तरे र बेसीमा सहरको दक्षिणतिर अरोएरनेर छाउनी हाले । अनि तिनीहरू गाददेख याजेरसम्म हिंडे ।
And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in 'Aro'er, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the valley of Gad, and toward Ya'zer:
6 तिनीहरू गिलाद र तातीम-हदोशीमा आए अनि दान-यान र सीदोनको सेरोफेरोसम्म पुगे ।
Then they came to Gil'ad, and to the land of Tachtimchodshi; and they came to Dan-ya'an, and about to Zidon;
7 तिनीहरू टुरोस अनि हिव्वीहरू र कनानीहरूका सबै सहरका किल्लासम्म पुगे । अनि तिनीहरू यहूदाको बर्शेबामा भएको नेगेवतिर गए ।
And they came to the strong-hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, up to Beer-sheba'.
8 जब तिनीहरू देशमा सबैतिर गए, तब तिनीहरू नौ महिना बिस दिनको अन्तमा यरूशलेममा फर्केर आए ।
And so they traversed all the land, and they came at the end of nine months and twenty days 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 gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
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 David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, cause the iniquity of thy servant to pass away; for I have acted very foolishly.
11 जब दाऊद बिहान उठे, दाऊदका दर्शी गाद अगमवक्ताकहाँ परमेश्वरको वचन यसो भनेर आयो,
And when David was arisen in the morning, The word of the Lord came unto Gad the prophet, David's seer, saying,
12 “जा र दाऊदलाई भन्, 'परमप्रभु यसो भन्नुहुन्छ, “म तँलाई तीन वटा विकल्प रोज्न दिन्छु । तिमध्ये एउटा रोज ।”
Go and speak unto David, Thus hath said the Lord, Three things do I offer thee: choose for thyself one of them, and I will do it unto thee.
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 told it unto him; and he said unto him, Shall there come unto thee seven years of famine in thy land? or three months, that thou flee before thy enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be for three days a pestilence in thy land? now consider and see what word I shall bring back to him that hath 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 unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall then into the hand of the Lord, —for his mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.
15 त्यसैले परमप्रभुले बिहानदेखि तोकिएको समयसम्म इस्राएलमा रुढी पठाउनुभयो र दानदेखि बेर्शेबासम्म सत्तरी हजार मानिसहरू मरे ।
And the Lord sent a pestilence in Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba' seventy thousand men.
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 angel stretched out his hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord bethought himself of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed among the people, It is enough: now stay thy hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingfloor of Aravnah 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 David spoke unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote among the people, and said, Lo, I have indeed sinned, and I have truly done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against 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 Gad came to David on that day, and said unto him, Go up, erect an altar unto the Lord on the threshing-floor of Aravnah the Jebusite.
19 जसरी परमप्रभुले गादलाई गर्ने आज्ञा गर्नुभयो, त्यसरी नै दाऊद माथि गए ।
And David went up, according to the word of Gad, 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 ।
And Aravnah looked up, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Aravnah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
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 Aravnah said, Wherefore is my Lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy from thee the threshingfloor, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from 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 Aravnah said unto David, Let my Lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good in his eyes: behold, the oxen are here for burnt-offerings, and the threshing rollers and the harness of the oxen for wood.
23 यी सबै म अरौनाले मेरो महाराजालाई दिने छु ।” तब तिनले राजालाई भने, “परमप्रभु तपाईंका परमेश्वरले तपाईंलाई स्वीकार गर्नुभएको होस् ।”
All these things did Aravnah, [for] the king, give unto the king. And Aravnah said unto the king, May the Lord thy God receive thee favorably.
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 unto Aravnah, No; but I will surely buy it from thee at the value; for I will not offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord my God without paying therefor. 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 David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and the Lord was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
