2 Samuel 24
1 Novamente a raiva de Javé queimou contra Israel, e ele moveu Davi contra eles, dizendo: “Vá, conte Israel e Judá”.
Now again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, "Go, number Israel and Judah."
2 O rei disse a Joab, o capitão do exército, que estava com ele: “Agora vai e vem por todas as tribos de Israel, desde Dan até Berseba, e conta o povo, para que eu possa conhecer a soma do povo”.
So the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, "Now go back and forth through all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people."
3 Joab disse ao rei: “Agora que Yahweh seu Deus acrescente ao povo, por muitos que sejam, cem vezes; e que os olhos de meu senhor, o rei, o vejam. Mas por que meu senhor, o rei, se deleita com isto”?
But Joab said to the king, "Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?"
4 Notwithstanding, a palavra do rei prevaleceu contra Joab e contra os capitães do exército. Joab e os capitães do exército saíram da presença do rei para contar o povo de Israel.
However, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the children of Israel.
5 Passaram o Jordão e acamparam em Aroer, no lado direito da cidade que está no meio do vale de Gad, e para Jazer;
They crossed over the Jordan and began from Aroer, and from the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad; then on to Jazer.
6 depois vieram para Gilead e para a terra de Tahtim Hodshi; e vieram para Dan Jaan e em torno de Sidon,
Then they came to Gilead, and to the region of the Hethites, to Kedesh; and they came to Dan. Then they skirted Sidon,
7 e vieram para a fortaleza de Tiro, e para todas as cidades dos hivitas e dos cananeus; e saíram para o sul de Judá, em Beersheba.
and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.
8 Assim, ao final de nove meses e vinte dias, quando eles tinham ido e voltado por toda a terra, eles chegaram a Jerusalém.
So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
9 Joabe entregou ao rei a soma da contagem do povo; e havia em Israel oitocentos mil homens valentes que desembainharam a espada, e os homens de Judá eram quinhentos mil homens.
Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
10 O coração de David bateu nele depois que ele contou o povo. David disse a Javé: “Eu pequei muito naquilo que fiz. Mas agora, Javé, ponha de lado, eu lhe imploro, a iniqüidade de seu servo; pois fiz muito loucamente”.
David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, LORD, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly."
11 Quando David levantou-se pela manhã, a palavra de Javé veio ao profeta Gad, o vidente de David, dizendo:
When David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to Gad, David's seer, saying,
12 “Vá e fale com David, 'Javé diz: “Eu lhe ofereço três coisas. Escolha uma delas, para que eu possa fazer isso com você”””.
"Go and speak to David, 'Thus says the LORD, "I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you."'
13 Então Gad veio até David e disse a ele, dizendo: “Será que sete anos de fome virão até você em sua terra? Ou você vai fugir três meses antes de seus inimigos enquanto eles o perseguem? Ou haverá três dias de pestilência em sua terra? Agora responda, e considere que resposta devo devolver àquele que me enviou”.
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, "Shall three years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me."
14 David disse a Gad: “Estou em apuros. Vamos cair agora nas mãos de Javé, pois suas misericórdias são grandes. Que eu não caia na mão do homem”.
David said to Gad, "All of them are difficult for me. Only let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into the hand of man."
15 Então Yahweh enviou uma pestilência sobre Israel desde a manhã até a hora marcada; e setenta mil homens morreram do povo de Dan até mesmo para Beersheba.
So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and the destruction began among the people. And there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
16 Quando o anjo estendeu sua mão em direção a Jerusalém para destruí-la, Javé se arrependeu do desastre, e disse ao anjo que destruiu o povo: “Basta”. Agora retire sua mão”. O anjo de Javé estava junto à eira de Araunah, o jebusita.
When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, "It is enough. Now stay your hand." The angel of the LORD was standing near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell down on their faces.
17 David falou com Yahweh quando viu o anjo que atingiu o povo, e disse: “Eis que pequei, e fiz perversamente; mas estas ovelhas, o que fizeram elas? Por favor, que sua mão esteja contra mim, e contra a casa de meu pai”.
Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, "Look, I have sinned, and I, the shepherd, have done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house."
18 Gad veio naquele dia a David e lhe disse: “Suba, construa um altar para Yahweh na eira de Araunah, o jebusita”.
And Gad went to David that day and said, "Go up, build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."
19 David subiu de acordo com o ditado de Gad, como Yahweh ordenou.
So David went up and did what Gad had said, as the LORD commanded.
20 Araunah olhou para fora, e viu o rei e seus servos se aproximando dele. Então Araunah saiu e se curvou diante do rei com o rosto no chão.
And Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him, so Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
21 Araunah disse: “Por que meu senhor, o rei, veio ao seu servo”? David disse: “Para comprar sua eira, para construir um altar para Yahweh, que a praga possa ser impedida de afligir o povo”.
And Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" And David said, "To buy this threshing floor from you to build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague may be held back from the people."
22 Araunah disse a David: “Que meu senhor, o rei, aceite e ofereça o que lhe parece bom”. Eis o gado para o holocausto, e as debulhadoras e os jugos dos bois para a madeira”.
But Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Look, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.
23 Tudo isto, ó rei, o Araúna dá ao rei”. Araúna disse ao rei: “Que Yahweh, teu Deus, te aceite”.
All these Araunah gives to the king." And Araunah said to the king, "May the LORD your God accept you."
24 O rei disse a Araunah: “Não, mas certamente vou comprá-lo de você por um preço. Não oferecerei holocaustos a Javé, meu Deus, que não me custaram nada”. Então David comprou a eira e os bois por cinqüenta siclos de prata.
But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 David construiu ali um altar para Iavé e ofereceu holocaustos e ofertas de paz. Então Javé foi tratado pela terra, e a peste foi removida de Israel.
Then David built an altar to the LORD there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was withdrawn from Israel.
