¹A opät zahorel hnev Hospodinov na Izraela. Lebo satan naviedol Dávida na nich povediac: Idi, spočítaj Izraela i Júdu!

¹And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

²Preto povedal kráľ Joábovi, veliteľovi vojska, ktorý bol u neho: Nože pochoď po všetkých pokoleniach Izraelových od Dána až po Béršebu a spočítajte ľud, aby som vedel počet ľudu.

²And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.

³A Joáb povedal kráľovi: Ale nech pridá Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, k ľudu sto ráz toľko, koľko len koľvek ho je, a oči môjho pána kráľa nech to vidia. Ale prečo má môj pán kráľ záľubu v tejto veci?

³And Joab said unto the king, Now Jehovah thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

⁴Avšak slovo kráľovo bolo pevné voči Joábovi i proti iným veliteľom vojska. A tak vyšiel Joáb i velitelia vojska zpred kráľa, aby spočítali ľud, Izraela.

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

⁵A prepraviac sa cez Jordán položili sa táborom v Aroere po pravej strane mesta, ktoré leží prostred doliny potoka Gádovho a pri Jazere.

⁵And they 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 unto Jazer:

⁶Potom prišli do Gileáda a do zeme Tachtím-chodší, odkiaľ prišli do Dánjaana a naokolo k Sidonu.

⁶then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Sidon,

⁷A prišli k pevnosti Týru a do všetkých miest Hevejov a Kananejov a odtiaľ vyšli na juh do zeme Júdovej, do Bér-šeby.

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 Beer-sheba.

⁸A tak pochodili celú zem a prišli po deviatich mesiacoch a po dvadsiatich dňoch do Jeruzalema.

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

⁹A Joáb oddal počet sčítania ľudu kráľovi. A bolo Izraela osemsto tisíc silných mužov, súcich tasiť mečom, a mužov Júdových bolo päťsto tisíc mužov.

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

¹⁰Ale potom, keď už bol spočítal ľud, bilo srdce Dávidovo jeho, Dávida. A Dávid povedal Hospodinovi: Zhrešil som veľmi, že som to urobil. A tak teraz, ó, Hospodine, prosím, odním neprávosť svojho služobníka, lebo som urobil veľmi bláznivo.

¹⁰And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, O Jehovah, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

¹¹A keď vstal Dávid ráno, stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo k prorokovi Gádovi, vidiacemu Dávidovmu, povediac:

¹¹And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

¹²Iď a budeš hovoriť Dávidovi: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Troje ukladám na teba. Vyvoľ si jedno z nich, aby som ti ho učinil.

¹²Go and speak unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

¹³A tak prišiel Gád ku Dávidovi a oznámil mu a riekol mu: Či ti má prijsť sedem rokov hladu vo tvojej zemi, alebo či chceš za tri mesiace utekať pred svojimi protivníkmi, a on, protivník, aby ťa honil, a či aby bol za tri dni mor v tvojej zemi? Teraz si rozmysli a vidz, čo mám odpovedať tomu, ktorý ma poslal.

¹³So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise thee, and consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

¹⁴A Dávid povedal Gádovi: Úzko mi je veľmi. Nech upadneme, prosím, do ruky Hospodinovej, lebo jeho milosrdenstvo je mnohé a veľké, ale nech neupadnem do ruky človeka.

¹⁴And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.

¹⁵A tak dal Hospodin mor na Izraela od rána až do uloženého času. A zomrelo z ľudu od Dána až po Bér-šebu sedemdesiat tisíc mužov.

¹⁵So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.

¹⁶A keď vystrel anjel svoju ruku na Jeruzalem, aby ho hubil, ľutoval Hospodin toho zlého a riekol anjelovi, ktorý hubil medzi ľudom: Dosť je! Teraz už spusti svoju ruku. A anjel Hospodinov bol pri humne Aravnu Jebuzejského.

¹⁶And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁷A Dávid povedal Hospodinovi, keď uvidel anjela, ktorý bil medzi ľudom, a riekol: Hľa, ja som zhrešil a ja som sa dopustil neprávosti, ale tieto ovce, čo že tie urobily?! Nech je, prosím, tvoja ruka proti mne a proti domu môjho otca.

¹⁷And David spake unto Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

¹⁸A Gád prišiel k Dávidovi toho dňa a riekol mu: Iď hore a postav Hospodinovi oltár na humne Aravnu Jebuzejského.

¹⁸And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁹A tak odišiel Dávid hore podľa slova Gádovho, tak, ako prikázal Hospodin.

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

²⁰A Aravna hľadiac z domu videl kráľa a jeho služobníkov, že idú k nemu, a preto vyšiel Aravna a poklonil sa kráľovi svojou tvárou k zemi.

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

²¹Aravna povedal: Prečo prišiel môj pán kráľ k svojmu služobníkovi? A Dávid riekol: Kúpiť od teba humno a postaviť na ňom Hospodinovi oltár, aby bola zastavená rana a sňatá s ľudu.

²¹And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

²²A Aravna povedal Dávidovi: Nech vezme a nech obetuje môj pán kráľ to, čo sa mu vidí za dobré. Vidz, tu voly na zápalnú obeť a mlatidlá a správa pre voly na drevo.

²²And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:

²³To všetko dával kráľ Aravna kráľovi. A Aravna povedal kráľovi: Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, nech si ťa obľúbi!

²³all this, O king, doth Araunah give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, Jehovah thy God accept thee.

²⁴Ale kráľ riekol Aravnovi: Nie, ale iba kúpim od teba a zaplatím a nebudem obetovať Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, zápalných obetí, daných darom. A tak kúpil Dávid humno i voly za päťdesiat šeklov striebra.

²⁴And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price. Neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

²⁵A Dávid tam postavil Hospodinovi oltár a obetoval zápalné obeti i pokojné obeti. A Hospodin sa dal uprosiť zemi, a zastavená bola rana a sňatá s Izraela.

²⁵And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So Jehovah was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.