1 Krønikebok 21
1 Men Satan stod upp imot Israel og eggja David til å telja Israel.
Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number Israel.
2 Då sagde David til Joab og dei andre hovdingarne for folket: «Gakk av stad og tak tal på Israels-folket frå Be’erseba og alt til Dan, og gjev meg so grein, so eg fær vita kor mykje folk det er.»
And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people: “Go, and number Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan. And bring me the number, so that I may know it.”
3 Joab svara: «Gjev Herren vilde auka folket sitt hundrad gonger! Er dei då ikkje, herre konge, tenarar åt herren min alle saman? Kvifor krev du då herren min slikt? Kvifor skal ein på slik måte draga skuld yver Israel?»
And Joab responded: “May the Lord increase his people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all your servants? Why would my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?”
4 Men kongens bod vart standane ved lag med alt det Joab var imot. So tok då Joab ut, og for um i heile Israel og kom so heim att til Jerusalem.
But the word of the king prevailed instead. And Joab went away, and he traveled around, through all of Israel. And he returned to Jerusalem.
5 Og Joab sagde David talet som var kome ut ved folketeljingi. I heile Israel var det ein million og hundrad tusund våpnføre mann, og i Juda fire hundrad og sytti tusund.
And he gave to David the number of those whom he had surveyed. And the entire number of Israel was found to be one million and one hundred thousand men who could draw the sword; but from Judah, there were four hundred and seventy thousand men of war.
6 Men Levi og Benjamin hadde han ikkje mynstra i lag med hine; for kongens ord var ei styggja for Joab.
But Levi and Benjamin he did not number. For Joab executed the orders of the king unwillingly.
7 Og Gud mislika dette verket, og han slo Israel.
Then God was displeased with what had been ordered, and so he struck Israel.
8 Då sagde David til Gud: «Eg hev synda storleg med at eg hev gjort dette. Men forlat no tenaren din misgjerningi hans; for eg hev gjort ein stor dårskap.»
And David said to God: “I have sinned exceedingly in doing this. I beg you take away the iniquity of your servant. For I have acted unwisely.”
9 Men Herren tala til Gad, sjåaren åt David, og sagde:
And the Lord spoke to Gad, the seer of David, saying:
10 «Gakk av stad og tala til David og seg: «So segjer Herren: Tri ting legg eg fram fyre deg; vel deg ein av deim, som du vil eg skal gjera imot deg!»»
“Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus says the Lord: I give to you the option of three things. Choose the one that you will want, and I will do it to you.”
11 Då gjekk Gad inn til David og sagde til honom: «So segjer Herren: «Vel kva for eit du vil:
And when Gad had gone to David, he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Choose what you will want:
12 anten svolt i tri år, eller manneøyding i tri månader, av di fiendarne dine søkjer åt, og du ikkje kann koma undan sverdet deira - eller Herrens sverd og drepsott i landet i tri dagar, med di Herrens engel gjer eit tjon i heile Israels land.» Tenk no etter kva svar eg skal gjeva honom som hev sendt meg!»
Either three years of famine, or three months for you to flee from your enemies, unable to escape from their sword, or three days for the sword of the Lord and a pestilence to turn within the land, with the Angel of the Lord killing in every part of Israel. Now therefore, see what I should respond to him who sent me.”
13 David svara Gad: «Eg er stadd i stor våde. Men lat meg då falla i Herrens hand; for hans miskunn er stor; men i mannehand vil eg ikkje falla.»
And David said to Gad: “There are difficulties pressing upon me from every side. But it is better for me to fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are many, than into the hands of men.”
14 Då let Herren det koma ei drepsott i Israel, og det fall sytti tusund mann av Israel.
Therefore, the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell from Israel seventy thousand men.
15 Og Gud sende ein engel mot Jerusalem til å tyna byen. Men då han heldt på med tyningi, såg Herren på det og han angra det vonde, og han sagde til engelen, tynaren: «No fær det vera nok. Tak no åt deg handi att!» Og Herrens engel stod då attmed treskjevollen hans Ornan, jebusiten.
Also, he sent an Angel to Jerusalem, so that he might strike it. And while he was striking, the Lord saw and took pity over the magnitude of the harm. And he commanded the Angel who was striking: “It is enough. Now let your hand cease.” And the Angel of the Lord was standing beside the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 So såg David upp og vart var Herrens engel, som stod millom jord og himmel med eit drege sverd i handi, og rette det ut yver Jerusalem. David og styresmennerne kasta seg å gruve, sveipte i sekk.
And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the Angel of the Lord, standing between heaven and earth with a drawn sword in his hand, turned toward Jerusalem. And both he and those greater by birth, being clothed in haircloth, fell prone upon the ground.
17 Og David sagde til Gud: «Det var då eg som baud at folket skulde teljast. Det er eg som hev synda og gjort det som gale er; men desse sauerne, kva hev dei gjort? Herre, min Gud, snu då handi di imot meg og huset åt far min, men ikkje mot folket ditt til heimsøkjing!»
And David said to God: “Am I not the one who ordered that the people be numbered? It is I who sinned; it is I who did evil. This flock, what does it deserve? O Lord my God, I beg you to let your hand be turned against me and against the house of my father. But let not your people be struck down.”
18 Men Herrens engel bad Gad segja til David, at han skulde ganga upp og reisa eit altar åt Herren på treskjarvollen hans Ornan, jebusiten.
Then the Angel of the Lord instructed Gad to tell David that he should ascend and build an altar to the Lord God on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Og David gjekk upp etter det ordet som Gad hadde tala i Herrens namn.
Therefore, David ascended, in accord with the word of Gad, which he had spoken to him in the name of the Lord.
20 Då so Ornan snudde seg ikring, fekk han sjå engelen; og dei fire sønerne hans som var hjå honom, dei gøymde seg. Men Ornan heldt just på og treskte kveite.
Now when Ornan had looked up and seen the Angel, he and his four sons hid themselves. For at that time, he was threshing wheat upon the floor.
21 Og David kom til Ornan, og då Ornan såg upp og vart var honom, gjekk han fram av treskjarvollen og kasta seg å gruve på jordi for David.
Then, as David was approaching Ornan, Ornan saw him, and he went out from the threshing floor to meet him. And he reverenced him prone on the ground.
22 Og David sagde til Ornan: «Gjev meg få den staden der du hev treskjarvollen, so eg der kann byggja eit altar for Herren. Lat meg få det mot fullt vederlag, so sotti kann stana og ikkje lenger herja folket.»
And David said to him: “Give this place of your threshing floor to me, so that I may build an altar to the Lord upon it. And you shall accept from me as much money as it is worth, so that the plague may cease from the people.”
23 Då sagde Ornan til David: «Tak vollen, og so gjere min herre kongen det som han tykkjer er best. Sjå her gjev eg deg uksane til brennofferi og treskjesledane til ved og kveiten til grjonofferet; det gjev eg alt i hop.»
But Ornan said to David: “Take it, and may my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Moreover, I give the oxen also as a holocaust, and the plow for wood, and the wheat for a sacrifice. I will offer all freely.”
24 Men kong David svara Ornan: «Nei, eg vil kjøpa det for fullt vederlag; for eg vil ikkje taka åt Herren det som er ditt, og ofra brennoffer som eg hev fenge for inkje.»
And king David said to him: “By no means shall it be so. Instead, I will give money to you, as much as it is worth. For I must not take it from you, and thereby offer to the Lord holocausts that cost nothing.”
25 So greide David åt Ornan seks hundrad lodd gull i god vegt.
Therefore, David gave Ornan, for the place, the very just weight of six hundred shekels of gold.
26 Og David bygde der eit altar for Herren og ofra brennoffer og takkoffer. Og han ropa til Herren, og han svara honom med eld frå himmelen på brennofferaltaret.
And he built an altar to the Lord there. And he offered holocausts and peace offerings, and he called upon the Lord. And he heeded him by sending fire from heaven upon the altar of the holocaust.
27 Og Herren baud engelen, og han stakk sverdet sitt i slira att.
And the Lord instructed the Angel, and he turned his sword back into its sheath.
28 Då David såg at Herren hadde høyrt bøni hans på treskjarvollen åt jebusiten Ornan, so ofra han der i den tidi.
Then, seeing that the Lord had heeded him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, David immediately immolated victims there.
29 Men Herrens hus som Moses hadde late gjera i øydemarki, og brennofferaltaret stod den tidi på offerhaugen i Gibeon.
But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, were at that time on the high place of Gibeon.
30 Men David våga ikkje å ganga dit og søkja Gud, so forfærd var han for sverdet åt Herrens engel.
And David was unable to go to the altar, so that he might pray to God there. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear, seeing the sword of the Angel of the Lord.
