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

¹Satan trådte op mod Israel og æggede David til at holde Mandtal over Israel.

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.”

²David sagde da til Joab og Hærførerne: "Drag ud og tæl Israel fra Be'ersjeba til Dan og bring mig Efterretning, for at jeg kan få Tallet på dem at vide!"

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?”

³Men Joab svarede: "Måtte HERREN forøge sit Folk hundredfold! Er de ikke, Herre Konge, min Herres Trælle alle sammen? Hvorfor vil min Herre det? Hvorfor skal det blive Israel til Skyld?"

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

⁴Men Joab måtte bøje sig for Kongens Ord, og Joab begav sig derfor bort, drog hele Israel rundt og kom tilbage til Jerusalem.

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.

⁵Joab opgav derpå David Tallet, der var fundet ved Folketællingen, og hele Israel talte 1.100.000 kraftige Mænd, Juda 470.000.

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

⁶Men Levi og Benjamin havde han ikke talt med, thi Kongens Ord var Joab en Gru.

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

⁷Dette var ondt i Guds Øjne, og han slog Israel.

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.”

⁸Da sagde David til Gud: "Jeg har syndet svarlig i, hvad jeg har gjort. Men tilgiv nu din Tjeners Brøde, thi jeg har handlet som en stor Dåre!"

⁹Yahweh spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,

⁹Men HERREN talede således til Gad, Davids Seer:

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.”’”

¹⁰"Gå hen og sig således til David: Så siger HERREN: Jeg forelægger dig tre Ting; vælg selv, hvilken jeg skal lade times dig!"

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

¹¹Gad kom da til David og sagde til ham: "Så siger HERREN: Vælg!

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.’”

¹²Vælger du tre Hungersnødsår, eller vil du i tre Måneder flygte for dine Fjender og dine Avindsmænds Sværd, eller skal der komme tre Dage med HERRENs Sværd og Pest i Landet, i hvilke HERRENs Engel spreder Ødelæggelse i hele Israels Område? Se nu til, hvad jeg skal svare ham, der har sendt mig!"

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.”

¹³David svarede Gad: "Jeg er i såre stor Vånde - lad mig så falde i HERRENs Hånd, thi hans Barmhjertighed er såre stor; i Menneskehånd vil jeg ikke falde!"

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

¹⁴Så sendte HERREN Pest over Israel, og af Israel døde 70.000 Mennesker.

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.

¹⁵Og Gud sendte en Engel til Jerusalem for at ødelægge det. Men lige som han skulde til at ødelægge Byen, så HERREN til og angrede det onde; og han sagde til Engelen, som var ved at ødelægge: "Nu er det nok, drag din Hånd tilbage!" HERRENs Engel stod da ved Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads.

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.

¹⁶Da David løftede sit Blik og så HERRENs Engel stå mellem Himmel og Jord med draget Sværd i Hånd, rettet mod Jerusalem, faldt han og de Ældste, der var klædt i Sæk, på deres Ansigt;

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.”

¹⁷og David sagde til Gud: "Var det ikke mig, der sagde, at Folket skulde tælles? Det er mig, der har syndet, og såre ilde har jeg handlet; men Fårene der, hvad har de gjort? HERRE min Gud, lad din Hånd dog ramme mig og mit Fædrenehus, men lad Plagen ikke ramme dit Folk!"

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.

¹⁸Da sagde HERRENs Engel til Gad, at han skulde byde David gå op og rejse HERREN et Alter på Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads.

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

¹⁹Og David gik derop, efter det Ord Gad havde talt i HERRENs Navn.

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

²⁰Da Ornan vendte sig om, så han Kongen og hans fire Sønner, der var hos ham, komme gående. Ornan var ved at tærske Hvede.

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.

²¹Og David nåede hen til Ornan, og da Ornan så op og fik Øje på David,forlodhanTærskepladsen og kastede sig på sit Ansigt til Jorden for ham.

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.”

²²Da sagde David til Oroan: "Overlad mig din Tærskeplads, for at jeg der kan bygge HERREN et Alter! For fuld betaling skal du overlade mig den, at Folkett må blive friet fra Plagen!"

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.”

²³Da sagde Ornan til David: "Min Herre Kongen tage den og gøre, hvad ham tykkes ret; se, jeg giver Okserne til Brændofre, Tærskeslæderne til Brændsel og Hveden til Afgrødeoffer; jeg giver det hele!"

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.”

²⁴- Men Kong David svarede Ornan: "Nej, jeg vil købe det for fuld Betaling, thi til HERREN vil jeg ikke tage, hvad dit er, eller bringe et Brændoffer, som intet koster mig!"

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

²⁵Så gav David Ornan Guld til en Vægt af 600 Sekel for Pladsen;

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.

²⁶og David byggede HERREN et Alter der og ofrede Brændofre og Takofre; og da han råbte til HERREN, svarede HERREN ham ved at lade Ild falde ned fra Himmelen på Brændofferalteret,

²⁷Yahweh commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into its sheath.

²⁷Og på HERRENs Bud stak Engelen sit Sværd i Balgen igen.

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

²⁸På den Tid ofrede David på Jebusiten Ornans Tærskeplads, fordi han havde set, at HERREN havde svaret ham der;

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.

²⁹men HERRENs Bolig, som Moses havde rejst i Ørkenen, og Brændofferalteret stod på den Tid på Offerhøjen i Gibeon.

³⁰But David couldn’t go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.

³⁰Men David kunde ikke gå hen og søge Gud foran Alteret, thi han var rædselsslagen over HERRENs Engels Sværd.