2 Samuel 24

1 Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

1 耶和华又向以色列人发怒，祂促使大卫来对付他们，让大卫统计以色列和犹大的人口。

2 So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”

2 大卫对统领军队的约押说：“你去走遍以色列各支派，从但到别示巴，统计以色列和犹大的人口，让我知道国民的数目。”

3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

3 约押说：“我主我王，愿你的上帝耶和华使国民的人数比现在增加百倍，让你亲眼看到。但我主我王为什么要做这事呢？”

4 Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.

4 但大卫不听约押和其他将领的规劝。他们只好去统计以色列的人数。

5 They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.

5 他们过了约旦河，在谷中亚罗珥城南面安营，又经过迦得前往雅谢。

6 Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

6 然后，他们到基列、他停·合示地区、但·雅安，绕到西顿，

7 They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.

7 再去泰尔的堡垒及希未人和迦南人的城邑。最后，他们到了犹大南部的别示巴。

8 At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.

8 他们花了九个月零二十天的时间，走遍全国，最后回到耶路撒冷。

9 And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.

9 约押把统计的人数奏告王：“以色列有八十万英勇的刀兵，犹大有五十万。”

10 After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

10 大卫统计了人口以后，内心不安，就对耶和华说：“我做这事犯了大罪。耶和华啊，求你赦免仆人的罪，我做了极其愚昧的事。”

11 When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

11 大卫第二天早上起来，耶和华对大卫的先见迦得先知说：

12 “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.’”

12 “你去告诉大卫，耶和华说，‘我有三样灾祸，你可以选择让我降哪一样给你。’”

13 So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

13 迦得就来见大卫，对他说：“你愿意国内有七年饥荒呢？还是被敌人追杀三个月呢？还是国内发生三天瘟疫呢？请你考虑好后告诉我，我好回复那差我来的。”

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

14 大卫说：“我实在为难！不过我宁愿落在耶和华的手中，也不愿落在人的手中，因为耶和华有极大的怜悯。”

15 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.

15 于是，耶和华在以色列降下瘟疫，从那天早晨一直持续到所定的时间，从但到别示巴共有七万人死亡。

16 But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

16 当天使准备伸手毁灭耶路撒冷的时候，耶和华心生怜悯，就对灭命天使说：“够了，住手吧！”当时，耶和华的天使正站在耶布斯人亚劳拿的麦场上。

17 When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”

17 大卫看见灭命天使，就对耶和华说：“是我犯了罪，做了恶事，这些百姓有什么过错呢？愿你的手惩罚我和我的家族。”

18 And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

18 就在那天，迦得来见大卫，对他说：“你要去耶布斯人亚劳拿的麦场，在那里为耶和华建一座坛。”

19 So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.

19 大卫就照耶和华借迦得所说的话去了麦场。

20 When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.

20 亚劳拿看见王及他的臣仆来了，就上前俯伏在地，向王下拜，

21 “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”

21 说：“我主我王到仆人这里有什么事？”大卫说：“我要买你的麦场，好在这里为耶和华筑一座坛，使民中的瘟疫止息。”

22 Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.

22 亚劳拿说：“我主我王喜欢什么，就拿去献祭吧。这里有牛可以作燔祭，还有打麦的器具和牛轭可以作柴。

23 O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

23 王啊，仆人亚劳拿愿意把这一切都献给你，愿你的上帝耶和华悦纳你。”

24 “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

24 王却说：“不可，我一定要出钱买，我不要用白白得来之物作为燔祭献给我的上帝耶和华。”大卫就用十两银子买了亚劳拿的麦场和牛。

25 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.

25 大卫在那里为耶和华建了一座坛，献上燔祭和平安祭，耶和华垂听了他的祷告，瘟疫就在以色列止住了。