1 Chronicles 21

1 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

1 وَتَآمَرَ الشَّيْطَانُ ضِدَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَغْرَى دَاوُدَ بِإِحْصَاءِ الشَّعْبِ.

2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”

2 فَأَمَرَ دَاوُدُ يُوآبَ وَرُؤَسَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: «اذْهَبُوا وَعِدُّوا الشَّعْبَ، مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ إِلَى دَانَ، وَارْفَعُوا إِلَيَّ تَقْرِيرَكُمْ فَأَعْلَمَ كَمْ عَدَدُهُ».

3 But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

3 فَأَجَابَ يُوآبُ مُعْتَرِضاً: «لِيَزِدِ الرَّبُّ شَعْبَهُ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ! أَلَيْسُوا جَمِيعاً رَعِيَّةَ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ؟ لِمَاذَا يَطْلُبُ سَيِّدِي هَذَا؟ وَلِمَاذَا يَجْلِبُ إِثْماً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ؟»

4 Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.

4 وَلَكِنَّ كَلِمَةَ الْمَلِكِ غَلَبَتْ عَلَى اعْتِرَاضِ يُوآبَ، فَانْطَلَقَ يُوآبُ يَطُوفُ أَرْجَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

5 And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.

5 فَرَفَعَ يُوآبُ تَقْرِيرَ إِحْصَاءِ الشَّعْبِ إِلَى دَاوُدَ. فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ عَدَدِ الصَّالِحِينَ لِلتَّجْنِيدِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِلْيُوناً وَمِئَةَ أَلْفٍ، وَفِي يَهُوذَا أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَسَبْعِينَ أَلَفاً وَجَمِيعُهُمْ مِنْ حَمَلَةِ السُّيُوفِ.

6 But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.

6 وَلَمْ يُحْصِ يُوآبُ سِبْطَيْ لاوِي وَبَنْيَامِينَ لأَنَّ طَلَبَ الْمَلِكِ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَحْظَى بِرِضَاهُ.

7 This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.

7 وَإِذْ كَانَ إِجْرَاءُ هَذَا الإِحْصَاءِ مَمْقُوتاً فِي عَيْنَيِ اللهِ، عَاقَبَ اللهُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ.

8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

8 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلهِ: «لَقَدِ ارْتَكَبْتُ إِثْماً عَظِيماً حِينَ أَقْدَمْتُ عَلَى هَذَا الْعَمَلِ، فَامْحُ الآنَ إِثْمَ عَبْدِكَ لأَنَّنِي حَمِقْتُ جِدّاً».

9 And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,

9 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِجَادَ رَائِي دَاوُدَ:

10 “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”

10 «اذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِدَاوُدَ: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْكَ ثَلاثَةَ أُمُورٍ، اخْتَرْ وَاحِداً مِنْهَا فَأُجْرِيَهُ عَلَيْكَ».

11 So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose

11 فَمَثَلَ جَادٌ أَمَامَ دَاوُدَ وَخَاطَبَهُ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: هَيَّا اخْتَرْ.

12 between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

12 إِمَّا ثَلاثَ سِنِينَ مَجَاعَةٌ، أَوْ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ يُطَارِدُكَ فِيهَا أَعْدَاؤُكَ، وَسَيْفُ أَعْدَائِكَ يُدْرِكُكَ وَإِمَّا ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ يَتَسَلَّطُ فِيهَا عَلَيْكَ سَيْفُ الرَّبِّ فَيَتَفَشَّى الْوَبَأُ فِي الأَرْضِ، إِذْ يَجُولُ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ يُدَمِّرُ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَكِّرْ مَلِيًّا فيِ الأَمْرِ لأَرُدَّ جَوَاباً عَلَى مَنْ أَرْسَلَنِي».

13 David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

13 فَأَجَابَ دَاوُدُ جَاداً: «إِنَّنِي وَاقِعٌ فِي كَرْبٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَلَكِنْ خَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَسْتَسْلِمَ لِقَبْضَةِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ وَاسِعُ الرَّحْمَةِ، مِنْ أَنْ أَقَعَ تَحْتَ رَحْمَةِ إِنْسَانٍ».

14 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.

14 فَأَرْسَلَ الرَّبُّ وَبَأً تَفَشَّى فِي أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مَاتَ فِيهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ.

15 Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

15 وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مَلاكَهُ بِإِهْلاكِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَقُومُ بِالْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهَا رَأَى الرَّبُّ مَا يُصِيبُهَا، فَأَشْفَقَ عَلَيْهَا بِسَبَبِ مَا حَلَّ بِها مِنْ شَرٍّ، وَقَالَ لِلْمَلاكِ الْمُهْلِكِ: «كُفَّ يَدَكَ عَنْهَا». وَكَانَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ وَاقِفاً آنَئِذٍ عِنْدَ بَيْدَرِ أُرْنَانَ الْيَبُوسِيِّ.

16 When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

16 وَتَلَفَّتَ دَاوُدُ حَوْلَهُ فَرَأَى مَلاكَ الرَّبِّ مُنْتَصِباً بَيْنَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ، وَقَدْ شَهَرَ سَيْفَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَمَدَّهُ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ. فارْتَدَى هُوَ وَالشُّيُوخُ الْمُسُوحَ وَسَجَدُوا بِوُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”

17 وَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلهِ: «أَلَسْتُ أَنَا الَّذِي أَمَرَ بِإِحْصَاءِ الرِّجَالِ الصَّالِحِينَ لِلتَّجْنِيدِ؟ إِنَّنِي أَنَا الَّذِي أَخْطَأَ وَأَسَاءَ، أَمَّا الرَّعِيَّةُ فَأَيَّ ذَنْبٍ جَنَتْ؟ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي عَاقِبْنِي وَعَاقِبْ بَيْتَ أَبِي وَاعْفُ عَنْ شَعْبِكَ».

18 Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

18 فَأَوْعَزَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ لِجَادٍ أَنْ يَطْلُبَ مِنْ دَاوُدَ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ لِيَبْنِيَ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ فِي بَيْدَرِ أُرْنَانَ الْيَبُوسِيِّ.

19 So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.

19 فَانْطَلَقَ دَاوُدُ يُنَفِّذُ مَا نَطَقَ بِهِ جَادٌ النَّبِيُّ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ.

20 Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

20 وَكَانَ أُرْنَانُ وَبَنُوهُ الأَرْبَعَةُ يَدْرُسُونَ الْقَمْحَ عِنْدَمَا شَاهَدُوا مَلاكَ الرَّبِّ، فَأَسْرَعُوا يَخْتَبِئُونَ.

21 David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.

21 وَلَكِنْ حِينَ جَاءَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى أُرْنَانَ خَرَجَ مِنْ مَخْبَئِهِ فِي الْبَيْدَرِ وَسَجَدَ بِوَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

22 Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”

22 فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لأُرْنَانَ: «بِعْنِي مَوْقِعَ الْبَيْدَرِ لأَبْنِيَ فِيهِ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ، وَأَدْفَعَ لَكَ فِضَّةً ثَمَناً لَهُ، فَتَكُفَّ الضَّرْبَةُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِ».

23 Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”

23 فَقَالَ أُرْنَانُ لِدَاوُدَ: «خُذْهُ لَكَ، وَلْيَصْنَعْ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ مَا يَحْلُو لَهُ. وَهَا أَنَا أُقَدِّمُ الْبَقَرَ لِتَكُونَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ، وَالنَّوَارِجَ لِلْوَقُودِ، وَالْحِنْطَةَ لِتَكُونَ قُرْبَانَ التَّقْدِمَةِ. إِنَّنِي أَتَبَرَّعُ بِها جَمِيعِهَا».

24 “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

24 فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «لا! بَلْ أَشْتَرِي ذَلِكَ بِفِضَّةٍ، إِذْ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ آخُذَ مَالَكَ فَأُقَدِّمَ لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَةً مَجَّانِيَّةً».

25 So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.

25 وَدَفَعَ دَاوُدُ لأُرْنَانَ ثَمَناً لِمَوْقِعِ الْبَيْدَرِ سِتَّ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ سَبْعَةِ آلافٍ وَمِئَتَيْ جِرَامٍ) مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.

26 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

26 وَبَنَى هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحاً لِلرَّبِّ أَصْعَدَ عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ، وَدَعَا الرَّبَّ فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُ بِإِنْزَالِ نَارٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ.

27 Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.

27 وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ الْمَلاكَ فَأَعَادَ السَّيْفَ إِلَى غِمْدِهِ.

28 At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.

28 وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى دَاوُدُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ تَقَبَّلَ تَضَرُّعَهُ فِي بَيْدَرِ أُرْنَانَ الْيَبُوسِيِّ، قَدَّمَ ذَبَائِحَ هُنَاكَ.

29 For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,

29 وَكَانَ مَسْكَنُ الرَّبِّ آنَئِذٍ وَمَذْبَحُ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، اللَّذَانِ صَنَعَهُمَا مُوسَى فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، فِي مُرْتَفَعَةِ جِبْعُونَ.

30 but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

30 وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ دَاوُدُ أَنْ يَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ لِيَسْتَشِيرَ الرَّبَّ لأَنَّهُ خَافَ مِنْ سَيْفِ مَلاكِ الرَّبِّ.