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

¹Satan 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!'

²David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.”

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?'

³Joab said, “May Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”

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

⁴Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came 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.

⁵Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.

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

⁶But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

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

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

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

⁸David said to God, “I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”

⁹Ja Issand kõneles Gaadiga, Taaveti nägijaga, öeldes:

⁹Yahweh 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!'

¹⁰“Go and speak to David, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’”

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

¹¹So Gad came to David, and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Take your choice:

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?'

¹²either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who 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!'

¹³David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are very great. Let me not fall into the hand of man.”

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

¹⁴So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel; and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.

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.

¹⁵God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” The angel of Yahweh was standing 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.

¹⁶David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then 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!'

¹⁷David said to God, “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me, and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.”

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

¹⁸Then the angel of Yahweh commanded Gad to tell David that David should go up, and raise an altar to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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

¹⁹David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of Yahweh.

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

²⁰Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons who were 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.

²¹As 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.

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!'

²²Then David said to Ornan, “Give me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build thereon an altar to Yahweh. You shall sell it to me for the full price, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting 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!'

²³Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes. Behold, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering. 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.'

²⁴King David said to Ornan, “No; but I will most certainly buy it for the full price. For I will not take that which is yours for Yahweh, nor offer a burnt offering without cost.”

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

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

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

²⁶David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.

²⁷Ja Issand käskis inglit mõõga tuppe tagasi pista.

²⁷Yahweh commanded 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 Yahweh 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.

²⁹For the tabernacle of Yahweh, which Moses 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 couldn’t go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.