II Samuel 24

وَعَادَ فَحَمِيَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَهَاجَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَاوُدَ قَائِلاً: «امْضِ وَأَحْصِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا».

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِيُوآبَ رَئِيسِ الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ: «طُفْ فِي جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دَانَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ وَعُدُّوا الشَّعْبَ، فَأَعْلَمَ عَدَدَ الشَّعْبِ».

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

فَقَالَ يُوآبُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «لِيَزِدِ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ الشَّعْبَ أَمْثَالَهُمْ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ، وَعَيْنَا سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ نَاظِرَتَانِ. وَلكِنْ لِمَاذَا يُسَرُّ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ بِهذَا الأَمْرِ؟»

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

فَاشْتَدَّ كَلاَمُ الْمَلِكِ عَلَى يُوآبَ وَعَلَى رُؤَسَاءِ الْجَيْشِ، فَخَرَجَ يُوآبُ وَرُؤَسَاءُ الْجَيْشِ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَلِكِ لِيَعُدُّوا الْشَعْبَ،أَيْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Notwithstanding 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.

فَعَبَرُوا الأُرْدُنَّ وَنَزَلُوا فِي عَرُوعِيرَ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي فِي وَسَطِ وَادِي جَادَ وَتُجَاهَ يَعْزِيرَ.

And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:

وَأَتَوْا إِلَى جِلْعَادَ وَإِلَى أَرْضِ تَحْتِيمَ إِلَى حُدْشِي، ثُمَّ أَتَوْا إِلَى دَانِ يَعَنَ، وَاسْتَدَارُوا إِلَى صِيْدُونَ.

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Zidon,

ثُمَّ أَتَوْا إِلَى حِصْنِ صُورٍ وَجَمِيعِ مُدُنِ الْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا إِلَى جَنُوبِيِّ يَهُوذَا، إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ.

And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer–sheba.

وَطَافُوا كُلَّ الأَرْضِ، وَجَاءُوا فِي نِهَايَةِ تِسْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

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

فَدَفَعَ يُوآبُ جُمْلَةَ عَدَدِ الشَّعْبِ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ، فَكَانَ إِسْرَائِيلُ ثَمَانَ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُل ذِي بَأْسٍ مُسْتَلِّ السَّيْفِ، وَرِجَالُ يَهُوذَا خَمْسَ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُل.

And Joab gave up the sum of the number 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.

وَضَرَبَ دَاوُدَ قَلْبُهُ بَعْدَمَا عَدَّ الشَّعْبَ. فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِلرَّبِّ: «لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ جِدًّا فِي مَا فَعَلْتُ، وَالآنَ يَا رَبُّ أَزِلْ إِثْمَ عَبْدِكَ لأَنِّي انْحَمَقْتُ جِدًّا».

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

وَلَمَّا قَامَ دَاوُدُ صَبَاحًا، كَانَ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى جَادٍ النَّبِيِّ رَائِي دَاوُدَ قَائِلاً:

For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

«اِذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِدَاوُدَ: هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: ثَلاَثَةً أَنَا عَارِضٌ عَلَيْكَ، فَاخْتَرْ لِنَفْسِكَ وَاحِدًا مِنْهَا فَأَفْعَلَهُ بِكَ».

Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

فَأَتَى جَادُ إِلَى دَاوُدَ وَأَخبَرهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَتَأْتِي عَلَيْكَ سَبْعُ سِنِي جُوعٍ فِي أَرْضِكَ، أَمْ تَهْرُبُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِكَ وَهُمْ يَتْبَعُونَكَ، أَمْ يَكُونُ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَبَأٌ فِي أَرْضِكَ؟ فَالآنَ اعْرِفْ وَانْظُرْ مَاذَا أَرُدُّ جَوَابًا عَلَى مُرْسِلِي».

So 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 thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ لِجَادٍ: «قَدْ ضَاقَ بِيَ الأَمْرُ جِدًّا. فَلْنَسْقُطْ فِي يَدِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّ مَرَاحِمَهُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَلاَ أَسْقُطْ فِي يَدِ إِنْسَانٍ».

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

فَجَعَلَ الرَّبُّ وَبَأً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ الصَّبَاحِ إِلَى الْمِيعَادِ، فَمَاتَ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ مِنْ دَانٍ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ رَجُل.

So the LORD 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.

وَبَسَطَ الْمَلاَكُ يَدَهُ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيُهْلِكَهَا، فَنَدِمَ الرَّبُّ عَنِ الشَّرِّ، وَقَالَ لِلْمَلاَكِ الْمُهْلِكِ الشَّعْبَ: «كَفَى! الآنَ رُدَّ يَدَكَ». وَكَانَ مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ عِنْدَ بَيْدَرِ أَرُونَةَ الْيَبُوسِيِّ.

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

فَكَلَّمَ دَاوُدُ الرَّبَّ عِنْدَمَا رَأَى الْمَلاَكَ الضَّارِبَ الشَّعْبَ وَقَالَ: «هَا أَنَا أَخْطَأْتُ، وَأَنَا أَذْنَبْتُ، وَأَمَّا هؤُلاَءِ الْخِرَافُ فَمَاذَا فَعَلُوا؟ فَلْتَكُنْ يَدُكَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي».

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

فَجَاءَ جَادُ فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ إِلَى دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «اصْعَدْ وَأَقِمْ لِلرَّبِّ مَذْبَحًا فِي بَيْدَرِ أَرُونَةَ الْيَبُوسِيِّ».

And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

فَصَعِدَ دَاوُدُ حَسَبَ كَلاَمِ جَادَ كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ.

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

فَتَطَلَّعَ أَرُونَةُ وَرَأَى الْمَلِكَ وَعَبِيدَهُ يُقْبِلُونَ إِلَيْهِ، فَخَرَجَ أَرُونَةُ وَسَجَدَ لِلْمَلِكِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

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

وَقَالَ أَرُونَةُ: «لِمَاذَا جَاءَ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ إِلَى عَبْدِهِ؟» فَقَالَ دَاوُدُ: «لأَشْتَرِيَ مِنْكَ الْبَيْدَرَ لأَبْنِيَ مَذْبَحًا لِلرَّبِّ فَتَكُفَّ الضَّرْبَةُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِ».

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

فَقَالَ أَرُونَةُ لِدَاوُدَ: «فَلْيَأْخُذْهُ سَيِّدِي الْمَلِكُ وَيُصْعِدْ مَا يَحْسُنُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ. اُنْظُرْ. اَلْبَقَرُ لِلْمُحْرَقَةِ، وَالنَّوَارِجُ وَأَدَوَاتُ الْبَقَرِ حَطَبًا».

And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.

اَلْكُلُّ دَفَعَهُ أَرُونَةُ الْمَالِكُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ. وَقَالَ أَرُونَةُ لِلْمَلِكِ: «الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ يَرْضَى عَنْكَ».

All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لأَرُونَةَ: «لاَ، بَلْ أَشْتَرِي مِنْكَ بِثَمَنٍ، وَلاَ أُصْعِدُ لِلرَّبِّ إِلهِي مُحْرَقَاتٍ مَجَّانِيَّةً». فَاشْتَرَى دَاوُدُ الْبَيْدَرَ وَالْبَقَرَ بِخَمْسِينَ شَاقِلاً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ.

And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

وَبَنَى دَاوُدُ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا لِلرَّبِّ وَأَصْعَدَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلاَمَةٍ، وَاسْتَجَابَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَجْلِ الأَرْضِ، فَكَفَّتِ الضَّرْبَةُ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.