¹Aga Issanda viha süttis taas põlema Iisraeli vastu ja ta kihutas Taavetit nende vastu, öeldes: 'Mine loe ära Iisrael ja Juuda!'

¹Again the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”

²Siis ütles kuningas Joabile, sõjaväepealikule, kes oli tema juures: 'Käi nüüd läbi kõik Iisraeli suguharud Daanist kuni Beer-Sebani, ja loe ära rahvas, et ma saaksin teada rahva arvu!'

²The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people.”

³Aga Joab ütles kuningale: 'Issand, su Jumal, andku rahvale lisa sajakordselt enam, kui neid on, ja mu isand kuningas saagu seda näha oma silmaga! Aga miks mu isand kuningas peab seda vajalikuks?'

³Joab said to the king, “Now may Yahweh your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”

⁴Kuid kuninga sõna Joabile ja väepealikuile jäi kindlaks, ja Joab ja väepealikud läksid kuninga eest Iisraeli rahvast lugema.

⁴Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

⁵Nad läksid üle Jordani ja jäid leeri Aroeri, paremale poole linna, mis on keset orgu Gaadi ja Jaaseri suunas.

⁵They passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer:

⁶Siis tulid nad Gileadi ja alumisele Hodsimaale; seejärel tulid nad Daani, Jaani ja ringiga Siidoni juurde.

⁶then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon,

⁷Siis tulid nad Tüürose kindlusesse ja kõigisse hiivlaste ja kaananlaste linnadesse ning läksid Juuda Lõunamaale Beer-Sebasse.

⁷and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.

⁸Ja nõnda käisid nad läbi kogu maa ning tulid Jeruusalemma üheksa kuu ja kahekümne päeva pärast.

⁸So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

⁹Ja Joab andis äraloetud rahva arvu kuningale: Iisraelis oli kaheksasada tuhat vahvat meest, mõõgatõmbajat; ja Juuda mehi oli viissada tuhat meest.

⁹Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

¹⁰Aga Taaveti südametunnistus vaevas teda pärast seda, kui ta oli rahva ära lugenud, ja Taavet ütles Issandale: 'Seda tehes olen ma teinud suure patu. Aga nüüd, Issand, anna siiski andeks oma sulase süü, sest ma tegin väga rumalasti!'

¹⁰David’s heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to Yahweh, “I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”

¹¹Ja kui Taavet hommikul tõusis, oli Issanda sõna tulnud prohvet Gaadile, Taaveti nägijale; ta oli öelnud:

¹¹When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

¹²'Mine ja ütle Taavetile: Nõnda ütleb Issand: Ma annan sulle kolm võimalust, vali enesele neist üks, mis ma sinule peaksin tegema!'

¹²“Go and speak to David, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’”

¹³Ja Gaad tuli Taaveti juurde, kuulutas seda ning ütles temale: 'Kas peaks su maale tulema seitsmeks aastaks nälg? Või kas tahaksid kolm kuud põgeneda oma vaenlaste eest, kes sind taga ajavad? Või peaks su maal olema kolm päeva katk? Mõtle nüüd järele ja vaata, mida ma vastan temale, kes mind läkitas!'

¹³So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.”

¹⁴Ja Taavet ütles Gaadile: 'Mul on väga kitsas käes. Langegem siiski Issanda kätte, sest tema halastus on suur, aga inimeste kätte ma ei tahaks langeda!'

¹⁴David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into the hand of man.”

¹⁵Siis saatis Issand Iisraelisse katku, alates hommikust kuni määratud ajani; ja rahvast suri Daanist kuni Beer-Sebani seitsekümmend tuhat meest.

¹⁵So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.

¹⁶Aga kui ingel sirutas oma käe Jeruusalemma kohale, et seda hävitada, siis kahetses Issand seda kurja ja ütles inglile, kes tegi rahva hulgas hävitustööd: 'Küllalt! Lase nüüd oma käsi alla!' Ja Issanda ingel oli siis jebuuslase Arauna rehealuse juures.

¹⁶When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now stay your hand.” The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁷Ja Taavet kõneles Issandaga, nähes inglit rahvast maha löövat, ja ütles: 'Vaata, mina tegin pattu ja mina olen süüdi. Aga mida on need lambad teinud? Olgu seepärast su käsi minu ja mu isakoja vastu!'

¹⁷David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house.”

¹⁸Ja Gaad tuli Taaveti juurde selsamal päeval ning ütles temale: 'Mine ja püstita Issandale altar jebuuslase Arauna rehealuse paika!'

¹⁸Gad came that day to David, and said to him, “Go up, build an altar to Yahweh on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

¹⁹Ja Taavet läks Gaadi sõna peale, nagu Issand oli käskinud.

¹⁹David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded.

²⁰Ja kui Arauna välja vaatas ja nägi kuningat ja tema sulaseid tulevat tema juurde, siis läks Arauna välja, kummardas kuninga ees ja heitis silmili maha.

²⁰Araunah looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. Then Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

²¹Ja Arauna küsis: 'Mispärast mu isand kuningas tuleb oma sulase juurde?' Ja Taavet vastas: 'Et osta sinult rehealust ja ehitada Issandale altarit, et nuhtlus võetaks rahva pealt.'

²¹Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy your threshing floor, to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people.”

²²Ja Arauna ütles Taavetile: 'Võtku ja ohverdagu mu isand kuningas, nagu ta silmis hea on! Näe, siin on veised põletusohvriks, pahmareed ja veiste ikked puudeks.

²²Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, the cattle for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:

²³Selle kõik, kuningas, annetab Arauna kuningale.' Ja Arauna ütles kuningale: 'Issand, su Jumal, olgu sulle armuline!'

²³all this, king, does Araunah give to the king.” Araunah said to the king, “May Yahweh your God accept you.”

²⁴Aga kuningas ütles Araunale: 'Ei, vaid ma ostan need tõesti sinult täie hinna eest. Ma ei taha ohverdada Issandale, oma Jumalale, põletusohvreid, mis ilma on saadud!' Ja Taavet ostis rehealuse ja veised viiekümne hõbeseekli eest.

²⁴The king said to Araunah, “No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

²⁵Ja Taavet ehitas sinna altari Issandale ning ohverdas põletus- ja tänuohvreid. Ja Issand kuulis maa palvet ning Iisraelilt võeti nuhtlus.

²⁵David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.