1 Crónicas 21
1 Ahora Satanás, planeando el mal contra Israel, pone en la mente de David el impulso de tomar el número 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 Entonces David dijo a Joab y a los capitanes del pueblo: Ahora, cuenten a todo Israel, desde Beerseba hasta Dan; y dame una palabra para estar seguro de su número.
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 Joab dijo: Que el Señor haga a su pueblo cien veces más en número que ellos; pero, mi señor rey, ¿no son todos los siervos de mi señor? ¿Por qué mi señor habría hecho esto? ¿Por qué se convertirá en una causa de pecado 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 Pero la palabra del rey era más fuerte que la de Joab. Entonces Joab salió, pasó por todo Israel y vino a Jerusalén.
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 Joab dio a David el número de todas las personas; Todos los hombres de Israel, que sacaban la espada, eran un millón, cien mil hombres; y los de Judá fueron cuatrocientos setenta mil hombres, que sacaban la 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 Pero Leví y Benjamín no fueron contados entre ellos, porque Joab estaba disgustado con la orden 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 Y a Dios no le agradó esto; Así envió castigo 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 Entonces David dijo a Dios: Grande ha sido mi pecado al hacer esto; Pero ahora, ahora te ruego que quites la iniquidad de tu siervo, porque lo he hecho muy tontamente.
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 Entonces vino la palabra del Señor a Gad, vidente de David, diciendo:
Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
10 Ve y dile a David: El Señor dice: Se te ofrecen tres cosas: di cuál de ellas tendrás para que yo te lo haga.
“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 Entonces Gad se acercó a David y le dijo: El Señor dice: Escoge lo que quieras:
So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
12 Tres años cuando no habrá suficiente comida; o tres meses de guerra, cuando huirás en vuelo ante tus enemigos, estando en gran peligro de la espada; o tres días de la espada del Señor, enfermedad en la tierra, y el ángel del Señor llevando la destrucción por toda la tierra de Israel. Ahora piense en la respuesta que debo llevarle al que me envió.
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 Y David dijo a Gad: Esta es una decisión difícil para mí: déjame entrar en las manos del Señor, porque grandes son sus misericordias: no permitas que yo entre en manos de los 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 Entonces el Señor envió enfermedades a Israel, causando la muerte de setenta mil hombres.
So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
15 Y Dios envió un ángel a Jerusalén para su destrucción: y cuando estaba a punto de hacerlo, el Señor vio, y se arrepintió del mal, y dijo al ángel de la destrucción, Basta; no hagas mas Ahora el ángel del Señor estaba junto al piso donde se trilla el grano de Ornán el 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 del Señor entre la tierra y el cielo, con una espada desenvainada en su mano extendida sobre Jerusalén. Entonces David y los hombres responsables, vestidos con un ropas ásperas, se postraron al suelo.
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 Entonces David dijo a Dios: ¿No fui yo quien dio la orden para que la gente fuera contada? Soy yo el que cometió el pecado y el gran error pero estas son sólo ovejas; ¿qué han hecho? que tu mano, oh Señor Dios, se levante contra mí y contra mi familia, pero no contra tu pueblo para enviarles enfermedades.
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 Entonces el ángel del Señor le ordenó a Gad que le dijera a David que debía ir y colocar un altar al Señor en el piso de grano de Ornán el 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 Y subió David, como Gad había dicho en el nombre del Señor.
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 sus cuatro hijos que estaban con él fueron a esconderse. Ahora Ornan estaba trillando el grano.
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 cuando David llegó, Ornan, mirándolo, lo vio, salió de trillar el grano y se postró al suelo.
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 Entonces David dijo a Ornán: Véndeme el lugar para trillar el grano, para que pueda poner un altar aquí al Señor: déjame tenerlo por su precio completo; Para que esta enfermedad pueda ser detenida entre la gente.
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 Entonces Ornan dijo a David: Tómalo y deja que mi señor el rey haga lo que le parezca correcto. Mira, te doy los bueyes para las ofrendas quemadas y los instrumentos de limpieza de grano para la leña, y el grano para la ofrenda de cereales; 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 Y el rey David dijo a Ornán: No; Ciertamente le daré el precio completo, porque no aceptaré para el Señor lo que es suyo, ni le daré una ofrenda quemada sin pagar.
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 Entonces David le dio a Ornán seiscientos siclos de oro por el lugar.
So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
26 Entonces David puso allí un altar al Señor, ofreciendo ofrendas quemadas y ofrendas de paz con oraciones al Señor; y le dio una respuesta del cielo, enviando fuego sobre el altar de la ofrenda quemada.
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 Entonces el Señor le dio órdenes al ángel, y él volvió a poner su espada en su cubierta.
Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
28 En ese momento, cuando David vio que el Señor le había dado una respuesta en el piso de trillar de Ornán el Jebuseo, hizo una ofrenda 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 Porque él templo del Señor, que Moisés había hecho en el desierto, y el altar de las ofrendas quemadas, estaban en ese momento en el lugar 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 Pero David no pudo ir antes para obtener instrucciones del Señor, tan grande era su temor a la espada del ángel del Señor.
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.
