2 Samuel 24

1 In ponovno je bila vžgana Gospodova jeza zoper Izrael in zoper njih je napeljal Davida, da reče: »Pojdite, preštejte Izraela in Juda.«

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them, saying: 'Go, number Israel and Judah.'

2 Kajti kralj je rekel Joábu, poveljniku vojske, ki je bila z njim: »Pojdite sedaj skozi vse Izraelove rodove, od Dana, celo do Beeršébe in preštejte ljudstvo, da bom lahko vedel število ljudstva.«

And the king said to Joab the captain of the host that was with him: 'Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.'

3 Joáb pa je rekel kralju: »Torej Gospod, tvoj Bog, [naj] doda ljudstvu, kolikokrat že, stokratno in da bodo oči mojega gospoda kralja lahko to videle, toda zakaj se moj gospod kralj razveseljuje v tej stvari?«

And Joab said unto the king: 'Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it; but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?'

4 Vendar je kraljeva beseda prevladala zoper Joába in zoper poveljnike vojske. In Joáb in poveljniki vojske so odšli izpred kraljeve prisotnosti, da preštejejo Izraelsko ljudstvo.

Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

5 Prečkali so Jordan in se utaborili v Aroêrju, na desni strani mesta, ki leži v sredi reke Gad in proti Jazêrju.

And they passed over the Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and unto Jazer;

6 Potem so prišli v Gileád in v deželo Tahtím Hodší; in prišli so v Dan Jáan in okoli k Sidónu

then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Zidon,

7 in prišli so k močnemu oporišču Tir in k vsem mestom Hivéjcev in Kánaancev in odšli so ven k južnemu Judu, celó do Beeršébe.

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 Beer-sheba.

8 Torej ko so šli skozi vso deželo, so ob koncu devetih mesecev in dvajsetih dni prišli v Jeruzalem.

So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

9 Joáb je kralju izročil vsoto števila ljudstva. Tam je bilo v Izraelu osemsto tisoč hrabrih mož, ki so izdirali meč in Judovih mož je bilo petsto tisoč mož.

And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

10 Davidovo srce pa ga je udarilo, potem ko je imel ljudstvo prešteto. David je rekel Gospodu: »Silno sem grešil v tem, kar sem storil in sedaj te rotim, oh Gospod, odvzemi krivičnost svojega služabnika, kajti postopal sem zelo nespametno.«

And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD: 'I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, O LORD, put away, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.'

11 Kajti ko je bil David zjutraj pokonci, je k Davidovemu vidcu, preroku Gadu, prišla beseda od Gospoda, rekoč:

And when David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying:

12 »Pojdi in reci Davidu: ›Tako govori Gospod, ponujam ti tri stvari. Izberi eno izmed njih, da ti jo lahko storim.‹«

'Go and speak unto David: Thus saith the LORD: I lay upon thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.'

13 Tako je Gad prišel k Davidu in mu povedal ter mu rekel: »Ali naj pride k tebi, v tvojo deželo, sedem let lakote? Ali hočeš tri mesece bežati pred svojimi sovražniki, medtem ko te zasledujejo? Ali, da bo v tvoji deželi tridnevna kužna bolezen? Sedaj se posvetuj in glej, kakšen odgovor naj vrnem tistemu, ki me je poslal.«

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him: 'Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise thee, and consider what answer I shall return to Him that sent Me.'

14 David je Gadu rekel: »V veliki stiski sem. Naj torej pademo v Gospodovo roko, kajti njegova usmiljenja so velika in naj ne padem v roko človeka.«

And David said unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for His mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.'

15 Tako je Gospod nad Izrael poslal kužno bolezen od jutra celo do določenega časa in tam je umrlo izmed ljudstva, od Dana, celo do Beeršébe, sedemdeset tisoč mož.

So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.

16 Ko je angel svojo roko iztegnil nad Jeruzalem, da ga uniči, se je Gospod pokesal od zla in rekel angelu, ki je uničeval ljudstvo: »Dovolj je. Zadrži sedaj svojo roko.« Gospodov angel pa je bil pri kraju mlatišča Jebusejca Arávna.

And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented Him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people: 'It is enough; now stay thy hand.' And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

17 David je spregovoril Gospodu, ko je videl angela, ki je udaril ljudstvo in rekel: »Glej! Grešil sem, storil sem zlobno. Toda te ovce, kaj so storile? Naj bo tvoja roka, prosim te, zoper mene in zoper hišo mojega očeta.«

And David spoke unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said: 'Lo, I have sinned, and I have done iniquitously; but these sheep, what have they done? let Thy hand, I pray Thee, be against me, and against my father's house.'

18 Gad je ta dan prišel k Davidu in mu rekel: »Pojdi gor, zgradi oltar Gospodu na mlatišču Jebusejca Arávna.«

And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him: 'Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.'

19 David je, glede na Gadovo izjavo, odšel gor, kakor je Gospod ukazal.

And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as the LORD commanded.

20 Arávna je pogledal in zagledal kralja ter njegove služabnike prihajati proti njemu. Arávna je odšel ven in se upognil pred kraljem na svoj obraz k tlom.

And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him; and Araunah went out, and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.

21 Arávna je rekel: »Čemu je moj gospod kralj prišel k svojemu služabniku?« David je rekel: »Da od tebe kupim mlatišče, da zgradim oltar Gospodu, da bo kuga lahko ustavljena pred ljudstvom.«

And Araunah said: 'Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?' And David said: 'To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.'

22 Arávna je rekel Davidu: »Naj moj gospod kralj vzame in daruje, kar se mu zdi dobro. Glej, tukaj so voli za žgalno daritev in mlatilne priprave in druge volovske priprave za drva.«

And Araunah said unto David: 'Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him; behold the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-instruments and the furniture of the oxen for the wood.'

23 Vse te stvari je Arávna, kakor kralj, dal kralju. In Arávna je rekel kralju: » Gospod, tvoj Bog, [naj] te sprejme.«

All this did Araunah the king give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king: 'The LORD thy God accept thee.'

24 Kralj pa je Arávnu rekel: »Ne; temveč bom to zagotovo kupil od tebe za ceno. Niti ne bom daroval žgalne daritve Gospodu, svojemu Bogu od tega, kar me nič ne stane.« Tako je David kupil mlatišče in vole za petdeset šeklov srebra.

And the king said unto Araunah: 'Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price; neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD my God which cost me nothing.' So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

25 David je tam zgradil oltar Gospodu in daroval žgalne daritve in mirovne daritve. Tako je bil Gospod izprošen za deželo in kuga se je ustavila pred Izraelom.

And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.