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，就激动大卫，使他吩咐人去数点以色列人和犹大人。

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 大卫就吩咐跟随他的元帅约押说：「你去走遍以色列众支派，从但直到别是巴，数点百姓，我好知道他们的数目。」

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 约押对王说：「无论百姓多少，愿耶和华—你的 神再加增百倍，使我主我王亲眼得见。我主我王何必喜悦行这事呢？」

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 但王的命令胜过约押和众军长。约押和众军长就从王面前出去，数点以色列的百姓。

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，在迦得谷中、城的右边亚罗珥安营，与雅谢相对，

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

6 又到了基列和他停·合示地，又到了但·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 来到泰尔的保障，并希未人和迦南人的各城，又到犹大南方的别是巴。

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

8 他们走遍全地，过了九个月零二十天，就回到耶路撒冷。

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 约押将百姓的总数奏告于王：以色列拿刀的勇士有八十万；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 大卫数点百姓以后，就心中自责，祷告耶和华说：「我行这事大有罪了。耶和华啊，求你除掉仆人的罪孽，因我所行的甚是愚昧。」

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

11 大卫早晨起来，耶和华的话临到先知迦得，就是大卫的先见，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，说耶和华如此说：『我有三样灾，随你选择一样，我好降与你。』」

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 于是迦得来见大卫，对他说：「你愿意国中有七年的饥荒呢？是在你敌人面前逃跑，被追赶三个月呢？是在你国中有三日的瘟疫呢？现在你要揣摩思想，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 大卫对迦得说：「我甚为难！我愿落在耶和华的手里，因为他有丰盛的怜悯。我不愿落在人的手里。」

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，耶和华降瘟疫与以色列人，自早晨到所定的时候；从但直到别是巴，民间死了七万人。

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 天使向耶路撒冷伸手要灭城的时候，耶和华后悔，就不降这灾了，吩咐灭民的天使说：「够了！住手吧！」那时耶和华的使者在耶布斯人亚劳拿的禾场那里。

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 大卫看见灭民的天使，就祷告耶和华说：「我犯了罪，行了恶；但这群羊做了什么呢？愿你的手攻击我和我的父家。」

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 当日，迦得来见大卫，对他说：「你上去，在耶布斯人亚劳拿的禾场上为耶和华筑一座坛。」

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

19 大卫就照着迦得奉耶和华名所说的话上去了。

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 亚劳拿观看，见王和他臣仆前来，就迎接出去，脸伏于地，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：「我主我王为何来到仆人这里呢？」大卫说：「我要买你这禾场，为耶和华筑一座坛，使民间的瘟疫止住。」

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 亚劳拿对大卫说：「我主我王，你喜悦用什么，就拿去献祭。看哪，这里有牛可以作燔祭，有打粮的器具和套牛的轭可以当柴烧。

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，这一切，我亚劳拿都奉给你」；又对王说：「愿耶和华—你的 神悦纳你。」

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 王对亚劳拿说：「不然。我必要按着价值向你买；我不肯用白得之物作燔祭献给耶和华—我的 神。」大卫就用五十舍客勒银子买了那禾场与牛。

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筑了一座坛，献燔祭和平安祭。如此，耶和华垂听国民所求的，瘟疫在以色列人中就止住了。