1 Crônicas 21
1 Satanás se levantou contra Israel, e levou David a fazer um censo de 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 David disse a Joab e aos príncipes do povo: “Vai, conta Israel de Beersheba até Dan; e traz-me notícias, para que eu possa saber quantos são”.
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 disse: “Que Yahweh faça de seu povo cem vezes mais pessoas do que elas são. Mas, meu senhor, o rei, não são todos eles servos de meu senhor? Por que meu senhor exige isto? Por que ele será uma causa de culpa para 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 Nevertheless a palavra do rei prevaleceu contra Joab. Portanto, Joabe partiu e foi por todo Israel, depois veio a 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 Joabe deu a David a soma do censo do povo. Todos aqueles de Israel eram um milhão e cem mil homens que desembainharam uma espada; e em Judá eram quatrocentos e setenta mil homens que desembainharam uma 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 Mas ele não contou Levi e Benjamim entre eles, pois a palavra do rei era abominável a Joabe.
Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.
7 Deus estava descontente com esta coisa; por isso, ele atingiu 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 David disse a Deus: “Eu pequei muito, porque fiz esta coisa. Mas agora ponha de lado, peço-lhe, a iniqüidade de seu servo, pois fiz muito 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 Yahweh falou com Gad, o vidente de David, dizendo:
Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
10 “Vá e fale com David, dizendo: 'Yahweh diz: “Eu lhe ofereço três coisas. Escolha uma delas, para que eu possa fazer isso com você”””.
“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 Então Gad veio a David e lhe disse: “Javé diz: 'Faça sua escolha:
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 três meses para ser consumido antes de seus inimigos, enquanto a espada de seus inimigos o domina; ou então três dias da espada de Javé, mesmo a pestilência na terra, e o anjo de Javé destruindo por todas as fronteiras de Israel. Agora, portanto, considere que resposta devo dar àquele que 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 David disse a Gad: “Estou em apuros. Deixe-me cair, eu rezo, nas mãos de Yahweh, pois suas misericórdias são muito grandes. Não me deixem cair nas mãos do homem”.
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 Então Javé enviou uma pestilência sobre Israel, e setenta mil homens de Israel caíram.
So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
15 Deus enviou um anjo a Jerusalém para destruí-lo. Quando ele estava prestes a destruir, Javé viu, e se arrependeu do desastre, e disse ao anjo destruidor: “Basta”. Agora retire sua mão”. O anjo de Javé estava parado junto à eira de Ornan, o 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 David levantou os olhos e viu o anjo de Javé de pé entre a terra e o céu, com uma espada desembainhada na mão estendida sobre Jerusalém. Então David e os anciãos, vestidos de pano de saco, caíram de cara.
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 David disse a Deus: “Não fui eu quem ordenou que o povo fosse contado? Fui eu mesmo que pequei e fiz muito mal; mas essas ovelhas, o que elas fizeram? Por favor, deixe sua mão, ó Yahweh meu Deus, estar contra mim e contra a casa de meu pai; mas não contra seu povo, que eles devem ser atormentados”.
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 de Yahweh ordenou a Gad que dissesse a David que David deveria subir e levantar um altar para Yahweh na eira de Ornan, o jebusita.
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 David subiu ao dizer de Gad, que ele falou em nome de Yahweh.
So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
20 Ornan voltou atrás e viu o anjo; e seus quatro filhos que estavam com ele se esconderam. Agora Ornan estava debulhando 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 Quando David chegou a Ornan, Ornan olhou e viu David, e saiu da eira, e se curvou diante de David com seu rosto no chão.
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 Então David disse a Ornan: “Venda-me o lugar desta eira, para que eu possa construir um altar para Yahweh sobre ela”. Vendê-lo-eis a mim pelo preço total, para que a praga possa ser impedida de afligir 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 Ornan disse a David: “Tome para si e deixe meu senhor, o rei, fazer o que é bom aos seus olhos”. Eis que eu dou os bois para as ofertas queimadas, e os instrumentos de debulha para a madeira, e o trigo para a oferta de farinha”. Eu dou tudo”.
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 O rei David disse a Ornan: “Não, mas certamente vou comprá-lo pelo preço total. Pois não aceitarei o que é seu por Yahweh, nem oferecerei uma oferta queimada que não me custa nada”.
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 Então David deu a Ornan seiscentos shekels de ouro em peso para o local.
So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
26 David construiu ali um altar para Yahweh, e ofereceu holocaustos e ofertas de paz, e chamou Yahweh; e respondeu-lhe do céu pelo fogo sobre o altar de holocaustos.
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 Então Yahweh comandou o anjo, e ele colocou sua espada de volta em sua bainha.
Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
28 Naquele tempo, quando David viu que Yahweh tinha respondido a ele na eira de Ornan, o jebusita, então ele se sacrificou lá.
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 Pois o tabernáculo de Iavé, que Moisés fez no deserto, e o altar de holocausto, estavam naquela época 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 Mas Davi não podia ir diante dele para perguntar a Deus, pois tinha medo por causa da espada do anjo de Iavé.
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.
