1 Krönikeboken 21
1 Och Satan hof sig upp emot Israel, och gaf David in, att han lät räkna 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 Och David sade till Joab, och till folkens öfverstar: Går bort, och räkner Israel, allt ifrå BerSeba intill Dan; och bärer till mig, att jag må veta talet.
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 sade: Herren föröke till sitt folk hundrade sinom så mycket som det nu är: Min herre Konung, äro de icke alle mins herras tjenare? Hvi frågar då min herre derefter? Hvi skulle en skuld komma på 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 Men Konungens ord gick fram emot Joab; och Joab drog ut, och for omkring all Israel, och kom till Jerusalem;
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 Och fick David talet på det räknade folket; och det var af hela Israel ellofva sinom hundrade tusend män, som svärd utdrogo; och Juda fyrahundrade sinom tusend, och sjutiotusend män, som svärd utdrogo.
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 Men Levi och BenJamin räknade han intet ibland dessa; förty Konungens ord var Joab en styggelse.
Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.
7 Men Gudi misshagade detta; och han slog 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 Och David sade till Gud: Jag hafver svårliga syndat, att jag detta gjort hafver; men nu tag dins tjenares missgerning bort; förty jag hafver fast dårliga gjort.
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 Och Herren talade med Gad, Davids Siare, och sade:
Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
10 Gack, tala med David, och säg: Detta säger Herren: Treggehanda sätter jag dig före; utvälj dig der ett af, det jag dig göra skall.
“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 Då Gad kom till David, sade han till honom: Detta säger Herren:
So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
12 Utvälj dig, antingen tre hård år, eller tre månaders flykt för dina ovänner, och för dina fiendars svärd, det du icke undkomma kan; eller tre dagar Herrans svärd och pestilentie i landena, så att Herrans Ängel förderfvar i alla Israels gränsor; så se nu till, hvad jag skall svara honom, som mig utsändt hafver.
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 sade till Gad: Mig är fast ångest; dock vill jag falla i Herrans hand; ty hans barmhertighet är ganska stor; och icke falla i menniskohand.
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 Då lät Herren komma pestilentie i Israel, så att sjutiotusend män föllo af Israel.
So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
15 Och Gud sände Ängelen till Jerusalem till att slå det; och när han förderfvade, såg Herren dertill, och ångrade det onda, och sade till Ängelen, som förderfvade: Det är nog, håll dina hand tillbaka. Men Herrans Ängel stod vid Arnans, den Jebuseens lado.
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 Och David hof upp sin ögon, och fick se Herrans Ängel stå emellan himmelen och jordena, och ett draget svärd i hans hand, uträckt öfver Jerusalem. Då föll David och de äldste på sin ansigte, klädde i säcker.
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 Och David sade till Gud: Är icke jag den som lät räkna folket? Jag är den som syndade och det onda gjort hafver; dessa far, hvad hafva de gjort? Herre, min Gud, låt dina hand vara emot mig och mins faders hus, och icke emot ditt folk, till plågo.
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 Och Herrans Ängel sade till Gad, att han skulle säga David, att David skulle gå upp, och resa Herranom ett altare i Arnans, den Jebuseens, lado.
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 Alltså gick David upp efter Gads ord, som han i Herrans Namn talat hade.
So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
20 Men då Arnan vände sig, och såg Ängelen, han och hans fyra söner med honom, gömde de sig bort; ty Arnan tröskade vete.
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 Som nu David gick till Arnan, såg Arnan och vardt varse David, och gick utaf ladone, och tillbad David på sitt ansigte till jordena.
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 Och David sade till Arnan: Gif mig ladones rum, att jag må bygga Herranom ett altare deruppå; för fulla penningar skall du få mig det, att plågan på folket må återvända.
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 Arnan sade till David: Tag dig det, och gör, min herre Konung, såsom dig täckes. Si, jag gifver också oxarna till bränneoffret, och redskapen till ved, och hvete till spisoffer; alltsamman gifver jag det.
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 Men Konung David sade till Arnan: Icke så, utan för fulla penningar vill jag köpat; ty jag vill icke taga det ditt är för Herranom, och göra bränneoffer till gifvins.
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 Alltså gaf David Arnan, för rummet, gyldene siktar till vigt sexhundrad.
So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
26 Och David byggde dersammastäds Herranom ett altare, och offrade bränneoffer och tackoffer; och då han åkallade Herran, hörde han honom genom eld af himmelen uppå bränneoffrets altare.
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 Och Herren sade till Ängelen, att han skulle sticka sitt svärd i skidona.
Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
28 På samma tiden, då David såg, att Herren hade hört honom uppå Arnans den Jebuseens plats, offrade han der.
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 Ty Herrans tabernakel, som Mose i öknene gjort hade, och bränneoffrets altare, var i den tiden på höjdene i 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 Men David kunde icke gå ditin för det, till att söka Gud; så var han förskräckt för Herrans Ängels svärd.
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.
