1 Crônicas 21
1 Então Satanás se levantou contra Israel, e incitou David a numerar a 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 E disse David a Joab e aos maiorais do povo: Ide, numerai a Israel, desde Berseba até Dan; e trazei-me a conta, para que saiba o número deles.
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 Então disse Joab: O Senhor acrescente ao seu povo cem vezes tanto como é; porventura, ó rei meu senhor, não são todos servos de meu senhor? Porque procura isto o meu senhor? Porque seria causa de delito para com 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 Porém a palavra do rei prevaleceu contra Joab; pelo que saiu Joab, e passou por todo o Israel; então voltou para Jerusalém.
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 E Joab deu a David a soma do número do povo: e era todo o Israel um milhão e cem mil homens, dos que arrancavam espada; e de Judá quatrocentos e setenta mil homens, dos que arrancavam espada.
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 Porém os de Levi e Benjamin não contou entre eles, porque a palavra do rei foi abominável a 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 E este negócio também pareceu mal aos olhos de Deus: pelo que feriu a 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 Então disse David a Deus: Gravemente pequei em fazer este negócio; porém agora sê servido tirar a iniquidade de teu servo, porque obrei mui loucamente.
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 Falou pois o Senhor a Gad, o vidente de David, dizendo:
Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
10 Vai, e fala a David, dizendo: Assim diz o Senhor: três coisas te proponho: escolhe uma delas, para que eu t'a faça.
“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 E Gad veio a David, e lhe disse: Assim diz o Senhor: Escolhe para ti,
So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
12 Ou três anos de fome, ou que três meses te consumas diante de teus adversários, e a espada de teus inimigos te alcance, ou que três dias a espada do Senhor, isto é, a peste na terra, e o anjo do Senhor destruam todos os termos de Israel: vê pois agora que resposta hei de levar a quem me enviou.
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 Então disse David a Gad: Estou em grande angústia; caia eu pois nas mãos do Senhor, porque são muitíssimas as suas misericórdias; mas que eu não caia nas mãos dos homens.
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 Mandou pois o Senhor a peste a Israel: e cairam de Israel setenta mil homens.
So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
15 E o Senhor mandou um anjo a Jerusalém para a destruir; e, destruindo-a ele, o Senhor o viu, e se arrependeu daquele mal, e disse ao anjo destruidor: Basta, agora retira a tua mão. E o anjo do Senhor estava junto à eira de Ornan, jebuseu.
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 E, levantando David os seus olhos, viu o anjo do Senhor, que estava entre a terra e o céu, com a sua espada desembainhada na sua mão estendida contra Jerusalém: então David e os anciãos, cobertos de sacos, se prostraram sobre os seus rostos.
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 E disse David a Deus: Não sou eu o que disse que se contasse o povo? E eu mesmo sou o que pequei, e fiz muito mal; mas estas ovelhas que fizeram? Ah! Senhor, meu Deus, seja a tua mão contra mim, e contra a casa de meu pai, e não para castigo de teu povo.
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 Então o anjo do Senhor disse a Gad que dissesse a David que subisse David para levantar um altar ao Senhor na eira d'Ornan, jebuseu.
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 Subiu pois David, conforme a palavra de Gad, que falara em nome do Senhor.
So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
20 E, virando-se Ornan, viu o anjo, e se esconderam com ele seus quatro filhos: e Ornan estava trilhando o trigo.
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 E David veio a Ornan: e olhou Ornan, e viu a David, e saiu da eira, e se prostrou perante David com o rosto em terra.
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 E disse David a Ornan: Dá-me este lugar da eira, para edificar nele um altar ao Senhor; dá-mo pelo seu valor, para que cesse este castigo sobre o povo.
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 Então disse Ornan a David: Toma-a para ti, e faça o rei meu Senhor dela o que parecer bem aos seus olhos: eis que dou os bois para holocaustos, e os trilhos para lenha, e o trigo para oferta de manjares: tudo dou.
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 E disse o rei David a Ornan: Não, antes pelo seu valor a quero comprar: porque não tomarei o que é teu, para o Senhor; para que não ofereça holocausto sem custo.
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 E David deu a Ornan por aquele lugar o peso de seiscentos siclos de ouro.
So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
26 Então David edificou ali um altar ao Senhor, e ofereceu nele holocaustos e sacrifícios pacíficos: e invocou o Senhor, o qual lhe respondeu com fogo do céu sobre o altar do holocausto.
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 E o Senhor deu ordem ao anjo, e ele tornou a sua espada à bainha.
Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
28 Vendo David, no mesmo tempo, que o Senhor lhe respondera na eira de Ornan, jebuseu, sacrificou ali.
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 Porque o tabernáculo do Senhor, que Moisés fizera no deserto, e o altar do holocausto, estavam naquele tempo no alto de 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 E não podia David ir perante ele buscar ao Senhor; porque estava aterrorisado por causa da espada do anjo do Senhor.
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.
