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Fyrri Kroníkubók 21
Icelandic Bible
Fyrri Kroníkubók 21
Icelandic Bible
21 Satan hófst í gegn Ísrael og egndi Davíð til þess að telja Ísrael.
2 Þá mælti Davíð við Jóab og höfðingja lýðsins: "Farið og teljið Ísrael frá Beerseba til Dan og látið mig vita það, svo að ég fái að vita tölu á þeim."
3 Jóab svaraði: "Drottinn margfaldi lýðinn _ hversu margir sem þeir nú kunna að vera _ hundrað sinnum. Þeir eru þó, minn herra konungur, allir þjónar herra míns. Hví æskir herra minn þessa? Hvers vegna á það að verða Ísrael til áfellis?"
4 En Jóab mátti eigi gjöra annað en það, sem konungur bauð. Lagði Jóab þá af stað og fór um allan Ísrael og kom síðan aftur til Jerúsalem.
5 Og Jóab sagði Davíð töluna, er komið hafði út við manntalið: Í öllum Ísrael voru ein milljón og hundrað þúsundir vopnaðra manna, og í Júda fjögur hundruð og sjötíu þúsundir vopnaðra manna.
6 En Leví og Benjamín taldi hann eigi, því að Jóab hraus hugur við skipun konungs.
7 En þetta verk var illt í augum Guðs, og laust hann Ísrael.
8 Þá sagði Davíð við Guð: "Mjög hefi ég syndgað, er ég framdi þetta verk, en nú, tak þú burt misgjörð þjóns þíns, því að mjög óviturlega hefir mér til tekist."
9 En Drottinn talaði til Gaðs, sjáanda Davíðs, á þessa leið:
10 "Far þú og mæl svo við Davíð: Svo segir Drottinn: Þrjá kosti set ég þér, kjós einn af þeim, og mun ég svo við þig gjöra."
11 Þá gekk Gað til Davíðs og sagði við hann: "Svo segir Drottinn: Kjós þér,
12 annaðhvort að hungur verði í þrjú ár, eða að þú verðir að flýja í þrjá mánuði fyrir óvinum þínum og sverð fjandmanna þinna nái þér, eða að sverð Drottins og drepsótt geisi í landinu í þrjá daga og engill Drottins valdi eyðingu í öllu Ísraelslandi. Hygg nú að, hverju ég eigi að svara þeim, er sendi mig."
13 Davíð svaraði Gað: "Ég er í miklum nauðum staddur. Falli ég þá í hendur Drottins, því að mikil er miskunn hans, en í manna hendur vil ég ekki falla."
14 Drottinn lét þá drepsótt koma í Ísrael, og féllu sjötíu þúsundir manns af Ísrael.
15 Og Guð sendi engil til Jerúsalem til þess að eyða hana, og er hann var að eyða hana, leit Drottinn til og hann iðraði hins illa, og sagði við engilinn, er eyddi fólkinu: "Nóg er að gjört! Drag nú að þér höndina!" En engill Drottins var þá hjá þreskivelli Ornans Jebúsíta.
16 Og Davíð hóf upp augu sín og sá engil Drottins standa milli himins og jarðar með brugðið sverð í hendi, er hann beindi gegn Jerúsalem. Þá féll Davíð og öldungarnir fram á andlit sér, klæddir hærusekkjum.
17 Og Davíð sagði við Guð: "Var það eigi ég, er bauð að telja fólkið? Það er ég, sem hefi syndgað og breytt mjög illa, en þetta er hjörð mín, _ hvað hefir hún gjört? Drottinn, Guð minn, lát hönd þína leggjast á mig og ættmenn mína, en eigi á lýð þinn til þess að valda mannhruni."
18 En engill Drottins bauð Gað að segja Davíð, að Davíð skyldi fara upp eftir til þess að reisa Drottni altari á þreskivelli Ornans Jebúsíta.
19 Og Davíð fór upp eftir að boði Gaðs, því er hann hafði talað í nafni Drottins.
20 Og er Ornan sneri sér við, sá hann konung koma og fjóra sonu hans með honum, en Ornan var að þreskja hveiti.
21 Og er Davíð kom til Ornans, leit Ornan upp og sá Davíð. Gekk hann þá út af þreskivellinum og laut á ásjónu sína til jarðar fyrir Davíð.
22 Þá mælti Davíð við Ornan: "Lát þú þreskivöllinn af hendi við mig, svo að ég geti reist Drottni þar altari _ skalt þú selja mér það fullu verði _ og plágunni megi létta af lýðnum."
23 Ornan svaraði Davíð: "Tak þú það. Minn herra konungurinn gjöri sem honum þóknast. Sjá, ég gef nautin til brennifórnar og þreskisleðana til eldiviðar og hveitið til matfórnar, allt gef ég það."
24 En Davíð konungur sagði við Ornan: "Eigi svo, en kaupa vil ég það fullu verði, því að eigi vil ég taka það sem þitt er Drottni til handa og færa brennifórn, er ég hefi kauplaust þegið."
25 Síðan greiddi Davíð Ornan sex hundruð sikla gulls fyrir völlinn.
26 Og Davíð reisti Drottni þar altari og fórnaði brennifórnum og heillafórnum, og er hann ákallaði Drottin, svaraði hann honum með því að senda eld af himnum á brennifórnaraltarið.
27 Og Drottinn bauð englinum að slíðra sverð sitt.
28 Þá er Davíð sá, að Drottinn svaraði honum á þreskivelli Ornans Jebúsíta, þá færði hann þar fórnir.
29 En bústaður Drottins, er Móse hafði gjört í eyðimörkinni, og brennifórnaraltarið voru um það leyti á hæðinni í Gíbeon.
30 En Davíð gat eigi gengið fram fyrir það til þess að leita Guðs, því að hann var hræddur við sverð engils Drottins.
1 Chronicles 21
New International Version
1 Chronicles 21
New International Version
David Counts the Fighting Men(A)
21 Satan(B) rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census(C) of Israel. 2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count(D) the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.”
3 But Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply his troops a hundred times over.(E) My lord the king, are they not all my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
4 The king’s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem. 5 Joab reported the number of the fighting men to David: In all Israel(F) there were one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.
6 But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him. 7 This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.
8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.”
9 The Lord said to Gad,(G) David’s seer,(H) 10 “Go and tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.’”
11 So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Take your choice: 12 three years of famine,(I) three months of being swept away[a] before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword(J) of the Lord(K)—days of plague in the land, with the angel of the Lord ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”
13 David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy(L) is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”
14 So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.(M) 15 And God sent an angel(N) to destroy Jerusalem.(O) But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented(P) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying(Q) the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah[b] the Jebusite.
16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.(R)
17 David said to God, “Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I, the shepherd,[c] have sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep.(S) What have they done? Lord my God, let your hand fall on me and my family,(T) but do not let this plague remain on your people.”
David Builds an Altar
18 Then the angel of the Lord ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor(U) of Araunah the Jebusite. 19 So David went up in obedience to the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the Lord.
20 While Araunah was threshing wheat,(V) he turned and saw the angel; his four sons who were with him hid themselves. 21 Then David approached, and when Araunah looked and saw him, he left the threshing floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.
22 David said to him, “Let me have the site of your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the Lord, that the plague on the people may be stopped. Sell it to me at the full price.”
23 Araunah said to David, “Take it! Let my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering. I will give all this.”
24 But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”
25 So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels[d] of gold for the site. 26 David built an altar to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and the Lord answered him with fire(W) from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
27 Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. 28 At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. 29 The tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon.(X) 30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 24:13) of fleeing
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah; also in verses 18-28
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see 2 Samuel 24:17 and note); Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.
- 1 Chronicles 21:25 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
1 Chronicles 21
King James Version
1 Chronicles 21
King James Version
21 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
3 And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
9 And the Lord spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee
12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
14 So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
18 Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord.
20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
26 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
27 And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
28 At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
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