Og Satan reiste seg mot Israel og egget David til å telle Israel.

And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

David sa da til Joab og lederne for folket: Gå, tell Israel fra Beer-Sjeba til Dan, og bring meg rapport, så jeg kan vite tallet.

And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.

Men Joab sa: Måtte Herren gjøre sitt folk hundre ganger så mange som de er! Men, min herre kongen, er de ikke alle min herres tjenere? Hvorfor krever min herre dette? Hvorfor skal han bli en årsak til skyld for Israel?

And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel?

Likevel vant kongens ord over Joab. Derfor dro Joab, vandret gjennom hele Israel, og kom til Jerusalem.

Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

Joab ga David tallet på folketellingen. Hele Israel var en million og et hundre tusen menn som kunne trekke sverd, og Juda var fire hundre og sytti tusen menn som kunne trekke sverd.

And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

Men Levi og Benjamin telte han ikke blant dem, for kongens ord var avskyelig for Joab.

But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

Gud var misfornøyd med dette, derfor slo han Israel.

And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

David sa til Gud: Jeg har syndet stort ved å gjøre dette, men ta nå bort din tjeners misgjerning, for jeg har handlet veldig uklokt.

And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing: but now, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

Og Herren talte til Gad, Davids seer, og sa:

And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

Gå og tal til David: Så sier Herren: Jeg tilbyr deg tre ting; velg en av dem, så jeg kan gjøre det mot deg.

Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

Gad kom til David og sa til ham: Så sier Herren, velg hva du vil:

So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt:

enten tre år med hungersnød; eller tre måneder der du blir fortært av dine fiender mens deres sverd innhenter deg; eller tre dager med Herrens sverd, pest over landet, og Herrens engel ødeleggende gjennom hele Israels land. Tenk nå grundig over hva svar jeg skal gi ham som sendte meg.

either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before thy foes, while the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

David sa til Gad: Jeg er i stor nød; la meg da falle i Herrens hånd, for hans barmhjertighet er veldig stor; men la meg ikke falle i menneskers hender.

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

Så sendte Herren pest over Israel, og sytti tusen menn fra Israel døde.

So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge det. Men da han var i ferd med å ødelegge, så Herren dette, og han angret det onde og sa til engelen som ødela: Det er nok; hold tilbake din hånd. Herrens engel stod da ved treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten.

And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

David løftet øynene og så Herrens engel stå mellom himmel og jord, med et løftet sverd i hånden, rettet mot Jerusalem. Da falt David og de eldste, kledd i sekkestrie, på sine ansikter.

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

David sa til Gud: Det er jeg som har befalt at folket skulle telles. Det er jeg som har syndet og handlet veldig ondt; men disse sauene, hva har de gjort? Herre, min Gud, la din hånd komme over meg og min fars hus, men ikke mot ditt folk, så de skal bli rammet.

And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.

Herrens engel befalte Gad å si til David at han skulle reise et alter for Herren på treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten.

Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

David gikk opp som Gad hadde sagt i Herrens navn.

And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of Jehovah.

Ornan vendte seg om, så engelen, og hans fire sønner, som var med ham, gjemte seg. Ornan holdt da på å treske hvete.

And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

Da David kom til Ornan, så Ornan David, gikk ut fra treskeplassen og bøyde seg for David med ansiktet mot jorden.

And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

David sa til Ornan: Gi meg stedet for denne treskeplassen, så jeg kan bygge et alter for Herren der. Gi meg det for full pris, så plagen kan stanses blant folket.

Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: for the full price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

Ornan sa til David: Ta det, og la min herre kongen gjøre det som er godt i hans øyne. Se, jeg gir oksene for brennoffer, treskeverktøyet til ved, og hveten til matoffer; jeg gir alt det.

And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give `thee' the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all.

Men kong David sa til Ornan: Nei, jeg vil kjøpe det for full pris; for jeg vil ikke ta det som tilhører deg for Herren, og heller ikke ofre et brennoffer uten kostnad.

And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.

Så ga David Ornan seks hundre sekel gull i vekt for stedet.

So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

David bygde der et alter for Herren, og ofret brennoffer og fellesskapsoffer, og påkalte Herren; og han svarte ham fra himmelen med ild over brennofferalteret.

And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.

Herren befalte engelen, og han la sverdet tilbake i sliren.

And Jehovah commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

På den tiden, da David så at Herren hadde svart ham på treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten, ofret han der.

At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

Herrens tabernakel, som Moses hadde laget i ørkenen, og brennofferalteret, befant seg på den tiden på den høye plass ved Gibeon.

For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.

Men David kunne ikke gå dit for å søke Gud, for han var redd på grunn av Herrens engels sverd.

But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.