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

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

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!'

²And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

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?'

³And Joab said, Jehovah add to his people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold: are they not all, my lord O king, my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why should he become a trespass to Israel?

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

⁴But the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab departed, and went through all Israel, and came [again] to Jerusalem.

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

⁵And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. And all they of Israel were eleven hundred thousand men that drew sword; and of Judah, four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.

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

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

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

⁷And God was displeased on account of this thing, and he smote Israel.

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

⁸And David said to God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing; and now, I beseech thee, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

⁹Ja Issand kõneles Gaadiga, Taaveti nägijaga, öeldes:

⁹And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

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

¹⁰Go and speak to David saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I offer thee three [things]; choose one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

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

¹¹And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah:

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?'

¹²Choose thee, either three years of famine, or three months to be destroyed before thine adversaries while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, or three days the sword of Jehovah and the pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying through all the borders of Israel. And now consider what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

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!'

¹³And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are very great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.

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

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

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.

¹⁵And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was destroying, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough; withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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.

¹⁶And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah stand between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

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!'

¹⁷And David said to God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned and done evil; but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, Jehovah my God, be on me and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be smitten.

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

¹⁸And the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up and rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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

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

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

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

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

²¹And David came to Ornan, and Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with [his] face to the ground.

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!'

²²And David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of the threshing-floor, that I may build an altar in it to Jehovah: grant it to me for the full money, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

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!'

²³And Ornan said to David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his sight: see, I give the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-sledges for wood, and the wheat for the oblation; I give it all.

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.'

²⁴And king David said to Ornan, No; but I will in any case buy [them] for the full money; for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, to offer up a burnt-offering without cost.

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

²⁵And David gave to Ornan for the place in shekels of gold the weight of six hundred [shekels].

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

²⁶And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.

²⁷Ja Issand käskis inglit mõõga tuppe tagasi pista.

²⁷And Jehovah spoke to the angel; and he put up his sword again into its sheath.

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

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

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

²⁹And the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.

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

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