¹And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

¹Aga saatan tõusis Iisraeli vastu ja kehutas Taavetit, et ta Iisraeli ära loeks.

²And 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.

²Ja Taavet ütles Joabile ja rahva vürstidele: 'Minge tehke kindlaks Iisraeli arv Beer-Sebast kuni Daanini ja teatage see mulle, et saaksin teada nende arvu!'

³And 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?

³Aga Joab ütles: 'Issand andku lisa oma rahvale sajakordselt enam, kui neid on! Eks nad kõik ju ole, mu isand kuningas, mu isanda sulased? Miks mu isand seda nõuab? Miks peaks see Iisraelile süüks saama?'

⁴Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

⁴Kuid kuninga sõna Joabile jäi kindlaks; ja Joab läks välja ning käis kogu Iisraeli läbi ja tuli tagasi Jeruusalemma.

⁵And 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.

⁵Ja Joab andis äraloetud rahva arvu Taavetile: kogu Iisraelis oli miljon ükssada tuhat mõõgatõmbajat meest, ja Juudas oli nelisada seitsekümmend tuhat mõõgatõmbajat meest.

⁶But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

⁶Aga Leevit ja Benjamini ta nende hulka ei lugenud, sest kuninga käsk oli Joabile vastumeelt.

⁷And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

⁷See asi oli aga Jumala silmis paha, seepärast ta lõi Iisraeli.

⁸And 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.

⁸Siis ütles Taavet Jumalale: 'Ma olen seda tehes suurt pattu teinud! Anna nüüd siiski andeks oma sulase süü, sest ma tegin väga rumalasti!'

⁹And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

⁹Ja Issand kõneles Gaadiga, Taaveti nägijaga, öeldes:

¹⁰Go 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.

¹⁰'Mine ja kõnele Taavetiga ja ütle: Nõnda ütleb Issand: Ma annan sulle kolm võimalust, vali neist enesele üks, mis ma sinule peaksin tegema!'

¹¹So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt:

¹¹Ja Gaad tuli Taaveti juurde ning ütles temale: 'Nõnda ütleb Issand: Vali enesele

¹²either 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.

¹²kas kolm nälja-aastat või kolm kuud põgenemist oma vihameeste eest, kusjuures su vaenlaste mõõk saab sind kätte, või kolm päeva Issanda mõõka ja katku maal, et Issanda ingel kõigis Iisraeli paigus saaks hävituse täide viia. Ja nüüd, vaata, mida ma vastan temale, kes mind läkitas?'

¹³And 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.

¹³Ja Taavet ütles Gaadile: 'Mul on väga kitsas käes. Siiski tahan ma langeda Issanda kätte, sest tema halastus on väga suur, aga inimeste kätte ei tahaks ma langeda!'

¹⁴So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

¹⁴Siis Issand saatis Iisraelisse katku ja Iisraelist langes seitsekümmend tuhat meest.

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁵Ja Jumal läkitas ingli Jeruusalemma, et seda hävitada; aga kui ta parajasti hävitas, siis Issand vaatas ja kahetses seda kurja ning ütles hävitusinglile: 'Küllalt! Lase nüüd oma käsi alla!' Ja Issanda ingel seisis siis jebuuslase Ornani rehealuse juures.

¹⁶And 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.

¹⁶Kui Taavet oma silmad üles tõstis ja nägi Issanda inglit seismas maa ja taeva vahel, käes paljastatud mõõk, mis oli sirutatud Jeruusalemma kohale, siis heitsid Taavet ja vanemad silmili maha, kotiriided seljas.

¹⁷And 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.

¹⁷Ja Taavet ütles Jumalale: 'Kas mitte mina ei käskinud rahvast lugeda? Jah, see olin mina, kes tegi pattu ja suurt kurja. Aga mida need lambad on teinud? Issand, mu Jumal! Olgu seepärast su käsi minu ja mu isakoja vastu, aga mitte su rahvale nuhtluseks!'

¹⁸Then 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.

¹⁸Siis Issanda ingel käskis Gaadi Taavetile öelda, et Taavet läheks püstitama altarit Issandale jebuuslase Ornani rehealuse paika.

¹⁹And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of Jehovah.

¹⁹Ja Taavet läks üles Gaadi sõna peale, mille see Issanda nimel oli öelnud.

²⁰And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

²⁰Kui Ornan pöördus, siis ta nägi inglit, aga tema neli poega, kes ta juures olid, pugesid peitu; Ornan oli nisu peksmas.

²¹And 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.

²¹Kui siis Taavet Ornani juurde jõudis, vaatas Ornan ja nägi Taavetit; ta läks rehealusest välja ning kummardas Taaveti ees silmili maha.

²²Then 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.

²²Ja Taavet ütles Ornanile: 'Anna mulle see rehealuse paik, et ma saaksin sinna ehitada altari Issandale! Anna see mulle täie hinna eest, et nuhtlus võetaks rahva pealt!'

²³And 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.

²³Ja Ornan ütles Taavetile: 'Võta see enesele ja mu isand kuningas tehku, mis tema silmis hea on! Vaata, ma annan veised põletusohvriks ja pahmareed puudeks ja nisu roaohvriks. Ma annetan selle kõik!'

²⁴And 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.

²⁴Aga kuningas Taavet ütles Ornanile: 'Ei, vaid ma ostan tõesti täie hinna eest, sest ma ei taha võtta Issandale seda, mis on sinu oma, ega ohverdada põletusohvriks niisama saadut.'

²⁵So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

²⁵Ja Taavet andis Ornanile selle paiga eest kulda, mis vaagis kuussada seeklit.

²⁶And 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.

²⁶Ja Taavet ehitas sinna altari Issandale ning ohverdas põletus- ja tänuohvreid; ja kui ta hüüdis Issanda poole, siis Issand vastas temale tulega taevast põletusohvrialtarile.

²⁷And Jehovah commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

²⁷Ja Issand käskis inglit mõõga tuppe tagasi pista.

²⁸At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

²⁸Sel ajal, kui Taavet nägi, et Issand oli talle vastanud jebuuslase Ornani rehealuse paigas, ohverdas ta seal.

²⁹For 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.

²⁹Aga Issanda elamu, mille Mooses kõrbes oli teinud, ja põletusohvrialtar olid sel ajal Gibeoni ohvrikünkal.

³⁰But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.

³⁰Kuid Taavet ei julgenud selle ette minna Jumalat otsima, sest ta oli hirmunud Issanda ingli mõõga pärast.