1 Crónicas 21
1 Mas Satanás se levantó contra Israel, e incitó a David a que contase 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 Y dijo David a Joab y a los príncipes del pueblo: Id, contád a Israel desde Beer-seba hasta Dan, y traédme el número de ellos, para que yo lo sepa.
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 Y dijo Joab: Añada Jehová a su pueblo cien veces otros tantos. Rey señor mío: ¿no son todos estos siervos de mi señor? ¿Para qué procura esto mi señor? ¿Para qué sea por pecado a 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 Mas el mandamiento del rey pudo más que Joab: y salió Joab, y fue por todo Israel; y volvió a Jerusalem, y dio Joab la cuenta del número del pueblo a David.
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 Y fue todo Israel que sacaban espada once veces cien mil: y de Judá cuatrocientos y setenta mil hombres que sacaban 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 Entre estos no fueron contados los Levitas, ni los hijos de Ben-jamín, porque Joab abominaba el mandamiento del rey.
Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.
7 Este negocio desplugo en los ojos de Dios; e hirió 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 Y dijo David a Dios: Yo he pecado gravemente en hacer esto, ruégote que hagas pasar la iniquidad de tu siervo; porque yo he obrado con grandísima insensatez.
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 Y habló Jehová a Gad, vidente de David, diciendo:
Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
10 Vé, y habla a David, y díle: Así dijo Jehová: Tres cosas te propongo: de estas escoge una que yo haga contigo.
“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 Y viniendo Gad a David díjole: Así dijo Jehová:
So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
12 Tómate, o tres años de hambre; o que tres meses seas consumido delante de tus enemigos, y que la espada de tus adversarios te comprenda; o tres días la espada de Jehová, y pestilencia en la tierra, y que el ángel de Jehová destruya en todo el término de Israel: mira pues que responderé, al que me ha enviado.
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 Entonces David dijo a Gad: Yo estoy en grande angustia: ruego que yo caiga en la mano de Jehová, porque sus miseraciones son muchas en gran manera, y que yo no caiga en mano de hombres.
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 Así Jehová dio pestilencia en Israel, y cayeron de Israel setenta mil hombres.
So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
15 Y envió Jehová el ángel en Jerusalem para destruirla: y destruyendo él, miró Jehová, y arrepintióse de aquel mal, y dijo al ángel que destruía: Basta ya: detén tu mano. Y el ángel de Jehová estaba junto a la era de Ornán Jebuseo.
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 Y alzando David sus ojos vio al ángel de Jehová, que estaba entre el cielo y la tierra, teniendo una espada desnuda en su mano, extendida contra Jerusalem. Entonces David y los ancianos se postraron sobre sus rostros cubiertos de sacos.
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 Y dijo David a Dios: ¿No soy yo el que hice contar el pueblo? Yo mismo soy el que pequé, y haciendo mal, hice mal: ¿estas ovejas que hicieron? Jehová Dios mío, sea ahora tu mano contra mí, y contra la casa de mi padre, y no haya plaga en tu pueblo.
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 Y dijo el ángel de Jehová a Gad, que dijese a David, que subiese, y compusiese un altar a Jehová en la era de Ornán Jebuseo.
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 Entonces David subió conforme a la palabra de Gad, que le había dicho en nombre de Jehová.
So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
20 Y volviéndose Ornán vio al ángel, y estaban con él cuatro hijos suyos, los cuales se escondieron. Y Ornán trillaba el 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 Y viniendo David a Ornán, miró Ornán, y vio a David, y saliendo de la era postróse en tierra a 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 Y David dijo a Ornán: Dáme este lugar de la era en que edifique un altar a Jehová, y dámelo por dinero cumplido, para que cese la plaga del pueblo.
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 Y Ornán respondió a David: Tómate lo, y haga mi señor el rey lo que bien le pareciere: y aun los bueyes daré para el holocausto, y los trillos para leña, y trigo para el presente: yo lo doy todo.
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 Entonces el rey David dijo a Ornán: No, sino comprando lo compraré por dinero cumplido: porque no tomaré para Jehová lo que es tuyo, ni sacrificaré holocausto de gracia.
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 Y dio David a Ornán por el lugar seiscientos siclos de oro de peso.
So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
26 Y edificó allí David un altar a Jehová, en el cual sacrificó holocaustos y sacrificios pacíficos, e invocó a Jehová, el cual le respondió por fuego de los cielos en el altar del 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 Y como Jehová habló al ángel, él volvió su espada en su vaina.
Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
28 Entonces viendo David que Jehová le había oído en la era de Ornán Jebuseo, sacrificó allí.
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 Y el tabernáculo de Jehová, que Moisés había hecho en el desierto, y el altar del holocausto, estaban entonces en el alto de Gabaón.
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 Y David no pudo ir allá a consultar a Dios; porque estaba espantado a causa de la espada del ángel de Jehová.
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.
