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1 Men Satan stod upp imot Israel og eggja David til å telja Israel.
Satan decided to cause the Israeli people to have trouble. So he incited David to find out how many men in Israel [were able to be in the army].
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.»
So David commanded Joab and the other army commanders, “Count all the men in Israel [who are able to be in the army]. Start at Beersheba [town in the south] and go all the way to Dan [city in the north]. Then come back and report to me, in order that I may know how many men there are.”
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?»
But Joab replied, “Your majesty, even if Yahweh allowed us to have 100 times as many soldiers as we have now, you would [RHQ] still rule all of them. So why do you want us to do this? You will surely [RHQ] cause [all the people of] Israel to be guilty of sinning.”
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 David would not change his mind. So Joab [and his soldiers] went everywhere in Israel and in Judah, and counted the people. Then they 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 they reported to David that there were 1,100,000 men in Israel who could be in the army, and 470,000 in Judah.
6 Men Levi og Benjamin hadde han ikkje mynstra i lag med hine; for kongens ord var ei styggja for Joab.
Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.
7 Og Gud mislika dette verket, og han slo Israel.
David’s command to count the people caused God to become angry, so he [told David that he had decided to] punish [the people of] 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.»
Then David prayed, saying, “Yahweh, what I did was very foolish. I have sinned greatly by what I have done. So now I plead with you, please forgive me.”
9 Men Herren tala til Gad, sjåaren åt David, og sagde:
Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
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 tell this to David: I am allowing you to choose one of three things [to punish you]. I will do whichever one you choose.”
11 Då gjekk Gad inn til David og sagde til honom: «So segjer Herren: «Vel kva for eit du vil:
So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
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!»
three years of famine [in Israel], or three months during which your armies will run away from their enemies [who will attack them with] swords, or three days during which I will send my angel to cause many people in the country to die because of a (plague/very serious illness).’ So, you must decide what I will say to answer [Yahweh, ] the one 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.»
David replied to Gad, “I am very distressed. 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].”
14 Då let Herren det koma ei drepsott i Israel, og det fall sytti tusund mann av Israel.
So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
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.
And God sent an angel to destroy the people in Jerusalem by the plague. But when the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain, Yahweh saw all the suffering that the people had endured, and he was grieved. So he said to the angel, “Stop what you are doing [IDM]! That is enough [IDM]!”
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.
David looked up and saw the angel whom Yahweh had sent, standing between the sky and the ground. The angel had a sword in his hand that was pointed toward Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of the city], who were wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, prostrated themselves on 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!»
David said to God, “I am [RHQ] the one who ordered the men who could be in the army to be counted. I am the one who has sinned and done what is very wrong, but these people are [as innocent as] [MET] sheep. They have certainly not [RHQ] done anything [that is wrong]. So Yahweh my God, punish [IDM] me and my family, but do not allow this plague to continue to [cause] your people [to become sick and die].”
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 who was sent by Yahweh told Gad to go up to the place where Araunah threshed grain and tell David to build an altar to [worship] Yahweh there.
19 Og David gjekk upp etter det ordet som Gad hadde tala i Herrens namn.
So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
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.
While Araunah was threshing some wheat, he turned and saw the angel. His four sons who were with him [also saw the angel, and they] hid themselves.
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 David approached. When Araunah saw him, he left the place where he was threshing grain and prostrated himself, with his face touching 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.»
David said to him, “Please sell me your threshing place in order that I can build an altar here to [worship] Yahweh. Then he will stop this plague. I will pay the full price.”
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.»
Araunah replied, “Take it! Your majesty, do whatever you want to. I will give you the oxen [that thresh the grain] for an offering to be completely burned [on the altar]. And I will give you the threshing boards to use as wood [on the altar], and I will give you grain for a grain offering. I will give all those things to you.”
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.»
But the king said to Araunah, “No, [I will not take these things as a gift]. I will pay you the full price for it. I will not take things that belong to you, things that have cost me nothing and offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.”
25 So greide David åt Ornan seks hundrad lodd gull i god vegt.
So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
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.
David built an altar to [worship] Yahweh there, and he offered sacrifices to be completely burned [on the altar] and sacrifices to restore fellowship [with Yahweh]. David prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered by sending a fire from heaven [to burn up the offerings] on the altar.
27 Og Herren baud engelen, og han stakk sverdet sitt i slira att.
Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
28 Då David såg at Herren hadde høyrt bøni hans på treskjarvollen åt jebusiten Ornan, so ofra han der i den tidi.
And when David saw that Yahweh had answered him there at the place where Araunah threshed grain [and had ended the plague], he offered sacrifices there.
29 Men Herrens hus som Moses hadde late gjera i øydemarki, og brennofferaltaret stod den tidi på offerhaugen i Gibeon.
Yahweh’s Sacred Tent, which Moses had commanded to be set up in the desert, and the altar for burning sacrifices completely, were at that time on a hill at Gibeon [city].
30 Men David våga ikkje å ganga dit og søkja Gud, so forfærd var han for sverdet åt Herrens engel.
But David did not want to go there to request God to tell him what he wanted [him to do], because he was afraid that the angel sent from Yahweh [might strike him with] his sword.
