¹In srd GOSPODOV se je zopet vnel zoper Izraelce, in izpodbodel je Davida zoper nje, rekoč: Pojdi, seštej Izraela in Judo.

¹And the anger of Jehovah addeth to burn against Israel, and [an adversary] moveth David about them, saying, `Go, number Israel and Judah.`

²In kralj reče Joabu, poveljniku vojske, ki je bil pri njem: Prehodi, prosim, vse rodove Izraelove, od Dana do Bersebe, in preštejte ljudstvo, da bi vedel število ljudstva.

²And the king saith unto Joab, head of the host that [is] with him, `Go to and fro, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and inspect ye the people — and I have known the number of the people.`

³In Joab reče kralju: Naj prida GOSPOD, Bog tvoj, k ljudstvu, kolikorkoli ga je, še stokrat toliko, dokler to vidijo oči GOSPODA mojega, kralja! Ali zakaj to veseli gospoda mojega, kralja?

³And Joab saith unto the king, `Yea, Jehovah thy God doth add unto the people, as they are, a hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king are seeing; and my lord the king, why is he desirous of this thing?`

⁴Toda beseda kraljeva je obveljala zoper Joaba in zoper poveljnike vojske. In odidejo Joab in poveljniki vojske od obličja kraljevega, da preštejejo ljudstvo Izraelovo.

⁴And the word of the king is severe towards Joab, and against the heads of the force, and Joab goeth out, and the heads of the force, [from] before the king to inspect the people, even Israel;

⁵In šli so čez Jordan in se utaborili v Aroerju, na desno ob mestu, ki je sredi doline Gadove, in proti Jazerju.

⁵and they pass over the Jordan, and encamp in Aroer, on the right of the city that [is] in the midst of the brook of Gad, and unto Jazer,

⁶Potem so prišli v Gilead in v pokrajino Tahtim-hodši; in prišli so v Danjaan in v okolico Sidonsko,

⁶and they come in to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim-Hodshi, and they come in to Dan-Jaan, and round about unto Zidon,

⁷in dospeli so k utrjenemu mestu Tiru in k vsem mestom Hevejcev in Kanaancev ter šli potem v južno stran Judovo, proti Bersebi.

⁷and they come in to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, and of the Canaanite, and go out unto the south of Judah, to Beer-Sheba.

⁸In prehodili so vso deželo in prišli v Jeruzalem ob koncu devetih mesecev in dvajsetih dni.

⁸And they go to and fro through all the land, and come in at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem,

⁹In Joab je dal število preštetega ljudstva kralju; in bilo je v Izraelu osemsto tisoč vojakov, ki so izdirali meč, in v Judi petsto tisoč mož.

⁹and Joab giveth the account of the inspection of the people unto the king, and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing sword, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men.

¹⁰A Davidu je očitalo srce, potem ko je bil seštel ljudstvo. In reče David GOSPODU: Hudo sem grešil s tem, kar sem storil; ali sedaj, o GOSPOD, odpravi hlapca svojega krivico, kajti ravnal sem zelo nespametno.

¹⁰And the heart of David smiteth him, after that he hath numbered the people, and David saith unto Jehovah, `I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Jehovah, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.`

¹¹In ko vstane David zjutraj, pride beseda GOSPODOVA k proroku Gadu, vidcu Davidovemu, govoreč:

¹¹And David riseth in the morning, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,

¹²Pojdi in veli Davidu: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Troje ti ponujam, izberi si eno, da naj ti storim.

¹²`Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, Thus said Jehovah: Three — I am lifting up for thee, choose thee one of them, and I do [it] to thee.`

¹³Pride torej Gad k Davidu in mu pove ter mu reče: Ali naj ti pride sedem let lakote v deželo tvojo? Ali hočeš tri mesece bežati pred nasprotniki svojimi, da te oni podijo? Ali naj razsaja tri dni kuga v deželi tvoji? Sedaj pa premisli in poglej, kakšen odgovor naj dam njemu, ki me je poslal.

¹³And Gad cometh in unto David, and declareth to him, and saith to him, `Do seven years of famine come in to thee in thy land? or three months art thou fleeing before thine adversary — and he pursuing thee? or are three days` pestilence in thy land? now, know and see what word I take back to Him sending me.`

¹⁴In David reče Gadu: V stiski sem veliki! Naj rajši pademo v roko GOSPODOVO, kajti usmiljenje njegovo je veliko, in nikar naj ne padem v roko človeško!

¹⁴And David saith unto Gad, `I have great distress, let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for many [are] His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.`

¹⁵In GOSPOD je poslal kugo nad Izraela od jutra do določenega časa; in pomrlo je iz ljudstva od Dana do Bersebe sedemdeset tisoč ljudi.

¹⁵And Jehovah giveth a pestilence on Israel from the morning even unto the time appointed, and there die of the people, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, seventy thousand men,

¹⁶In ko iztegne angel roko proti Jeruzalemu, da ga pogubi, je bilo žal GOSPODU hudega in veli angelu, ki je pokončeval ljudstvo: Dosti je, odtegni zdaj roko svojo! In angel GOSPODOV je bil pri gumnu Aravna Jebusejca.

¹⁶and the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people, `Enough, now, cease thy hand;` and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁷In David reče GOSPODU, ko je videl angela, ki je pobijal ljudstvo: Glej, jaz sem grešil in jaz sem ravnal popačeno, te ovce pa, kaj so storili? Roka tvoja bodi, prosim, zoper mene in zoper očeta mojega hišo!

¹⁷And David speaketh unto Jehovah, when he seeth the messenger who is smiting among the people, and saith, `Lo, I have sinned, yea, I have done perversely; and these — the flock — what have they done? Let, I pray Thee, Thy hand be on me, and on the house of my father.`

¹⁸In Gad pride tisti dan k Davidu in mu reče: Pojdi gori, zgradi oltar GOSPODU na gumnu Aravna Jebusejca.

¹⁸And Gad cometh in unto David on that day, and saith to him, `Go up, raise to Jehovah an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite;`

¹⁹In David je šel gori po besedi Gadovi, kakor je ukazal GOSPOD.

¹⁹and David goeth up, according to the word of Gad, as Jehovah commanded.

²⁰In Aravna se ozre in zagleda kralja in služabnike njegove, da gredo proti njemu; in Aravna izide in se prikloni kralju z obrazom do tal.

²⁰And Araunah looketh, and seeth the king and his servants passing over unto him, and Araunah goeth out and boweth himself to the king — his face to the earth.

²¹In Aravna reče: Zakaj je prišel gospod moj, kralj, k hlapcu svojemu? David pa reče: Kupiti hočem gumno od tebe, da zgradim oltar GOSPODU, da neha kuga med ljudstvom.

²¹And Araunah saith, `Wherefore hath my lord the king come unto his servant?` and David saith, `To buy from thee the threshing-floor, to build an altar to Jehovah, and the plague is restrained from the people.`

²²In Aravna reče Davidu: Vzame naj gospod moj, kralj, in daruje, kar se mu vidi dobro: glej, tu so voli za žgalno daritev in mlatilnice in oprava volovska za drva.

²²And Araunah saith unto David, `Let my lord the king take and cause to ascend that which is good in his eyes; see, the oxen for a burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments, and the instruments of the oxen, for wood;`

²³Vse to, o kralj, Aravna pokloni kralju. Še reče Aravna kralju: GOSPOD, Bog tvoj, te milo sprejmi!

²³the whole hath Araunah given, [as] a king to a king; and Araunah saith unto the king, `Jehovah thy God doth accept thee.`

²⁴A kralj reče Aravnu: Nikar, ampak res hočem to kupiti od tebe za ceno, ker nočem darovati žgalnih daritev GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu, ki bi jih brez stroškov imel. Kupil je torej David gumno in vole za petdeset seklov srebra.In David je ondi zgradil oltar GOSPODU ter daroval žgalne in mirovne daritve. In GOSPOD se je dal izprositi za deželo, in kuga je nehala med Izraelom.

²⁴And the king saith unto Araunah, `Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;` and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,

²⁵In David je ondi zgradil oltar GOSPODU ter daroval žgalne in mirovne daritve. In GOSPOD se je dal izprositi za deželo, in kuga je nehala med Izraelom.

²⁵and David buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and causeth to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and Jehovah is entreated for the land, and the plague is restrained from Israel.