2 Samuele (2 صموئيل) 24

SMITH VAN DYKE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 وعاد فحمي غضب الرب على اسرائيل فاهاج عليهم داود قائلا امض واحص اسرائيل ويهوذا.	1 And the fury of the Lord was again kindled against Israel, and he stirred up David among them, saying: “Go, number Israel and Judah.”
2 فقال الملك ليوآب رئيس الجيش الذي عنده طف في جميع اسباط اسرائيل من دان الى بئر سبع وعدّوا الشعب فاعلم عدد الشعب.	2 And the king said to Joab, the leader of his army, “Travel through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, so that I may know their number.”
3 فقال يوآب للملك ليزد الرب الهك الشعب امثالهم مئة ضعف وعينا سيدي الملك ناظرتان. ولكن لماذا يسر سيدي الملك بهذا الأمر.	3 And Joab said to the king: “May the Lord your God increase your people, who are already great in number, and may he again increase them, one hundredfold, in the sight of my lord the king. But what does my lord the king intend for himself by this kind of thing?”
4 فاشتدّ كلام الملك على يوآب وعلى رؤساء الجيش فخرج يوآب ورؤساء الجيش من عند الملك ليعدّوا الشعب اي اسرائيل.	4 But the words of the king prevailed over the words of Joab and the leaders of the army. And so Joab and the leaders of the military departed from the face of the king, so that they might number the people of Israel.
5 فعبروا الاردن ونزلوا في عروعير عن يمين المدينة التي في وسط وادي جاد وتجاه يعزير	5 And when they had passed across the Jordan, they arrived at Aroer, to the right of the city, which is in the Valley of Gad.
6 وأتوا الى جلعاد والى ارض تحتيم الى حدشي ثم أتوا الى دان يعن واستداروا الى صيدون	6 And they continued on through Jazer, into Gilead, and to the lower land of Hodsi. And they arrived in the woodlands of Dan. And going around beside Sidon,
7 ثم أتوا الى حصن صور وجميع مدن الحوّيين والكنعانيين ثم خرجوا الى جنوبي يهوذا الى بئر سبع	7 they passed near the walls of Tyre, and near all the land of the Hivite and the Canaanite. And they went into the south of Judah, to Beersheba.
8 وطافوا كل الارض وجاءوا في نهاية تسعة اشهر وعشرين يوما الى اورشليم.	8 And having inspected the entire land, after nine months and twenty days, they were present in Jerusalem.
9 فدفع يوآب جملة عدد الشعب الى الملك فكان اسرائيل ثمان مئة الف رجل ذي بأس مستل السيف ورجال يهوذا خمس مئة الف رجل	9 Then Joab gave the number of the description of the people to the king. And there were found of Israel eight hundred thousand able-bodied men, who might draw the sword; and of Judah, five hundred thousand fighting men.
10 وضرب داود قلبه بعدما عدّ الشعب. فقال داود للرب لقد اخطأت جدا في ما فعلت والآن يا رب ازل اثم عبدك لاني انحمقت جدا.	10 Then the heart of David struck him, after the people were numbered. And David said to the Lord: “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But I pray that you, O Lord, may take away the iniquity of your servant. For I have acted very foolishly.”
11 ولما قام داود صباحا كان كلام الرب الى جاد النبي رائي داود قائلا	11 And David rose up in the morning, and the word of the Lord went to Gad, the prophet and seer of David, saying:
12 اذهب وقل لداود هكذا قال الرب. ثلاثة انا عارض عليك فاختر لنفسك واحدا منها فافعله بك.	12 “Go, and say to David: ‘Thus says the Lord: I present to you a choice of three things. Choose one of these, whichever you will, so that I may do it to you.’ ”
13 فأتى جاد الى داود واخبره وقال له أتاتي عليك سبع سني جوع في ارضك ام تهرب ثلاثة اشهر امام اعدائك وهم يتبعونك ام يكون ثلاثة ايام وبأ في ارضك. فالآن اعرف وانظر ماذا ارد جوابا على مرسلي.	13 And when Gad had gone to David, he announced it to him, saying: “Either seven years of famine will come to you in your land; or you will flee for three months from your adversaries, and they will pursue you; or there will be a pestilence in your land for three days. Now then, deliberate, and see what word I may respond to him who sent me.”
14 فقال داود لجاد قد ضاق بي الأمر جدا. فلنسقط في يد الرب لان مراحمه كثيرة ولا اسقط في يد انسان.	14 Then David said to Gad: “I am in great anguish. But it is better that I should fall into the hands of the Lord (for his mercies are many) than into the hands of men.”
15 فجعل الرب وبأ في اسرائيل من الصباح الى الميعاد فمات من الشعب من دان الى بئر سبع سبعون الف رجل.	15 And the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people, from Dan to Beersheba, seventy thousand men.
16 وبسط الملاك يده على اورشليم ليهلكها فندم الرب عن الشر وقال للملاك المهلك الشعب كفى. الآن رد يدك. وكان ملاك الرب عند بيدر ارونة اليبوسي.	16 And when the Angel of the Lord had extended his hand over Jerusalem, so that he might destroy it, the Lord took pity on the affliction. And he said to the Angel who was striking the people: “It is enough. Hold back your hand now.” And the Angel of the Lord was beside the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17 فكلم داود الرب عندما رأى الملاك الضارب الشعب وقال ها انا اخطأت وانا اذنبت واما هؤلاء الخراف فماذا فعلوا. فلتكن يدك عليّ وعلى بيت ابي	17 And when he had seen the Angel cutting down the people, David said to the Lord: “I am the one who sinned. I have acted iniquitously. These ones who are the sheep, what have they done? I beg you that your hand may be turned against me and against my father’s house.”
18 فجاء جاد في ذلك اليوم الى داود وقال له اصعد واقم للرب مذبحا في بيدر ارونة اليبوسي.	18 Then Gad went to David on that day, and he said, “Ascend and construct an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19 فصعد داود حسب كلام جاد كما امر الرب.	19 And David ascended in accord with the word of Gad, which the Lord had commanded to him.
20 فتطلع ارونة ورأى الملك وعبيده يقبلون اليه فخرج ارونة وسجد للملك على وجهه الى الارض.	20 And looking out, Araunah turned his attention to the king and his servants, passing toward him.
21 وقال ارونة لماذا جاء سيدي الملك الى عبده. فقال داود لاشتري منك البيدر لكي ابني مذبحا للرب فتكفّ الضربة عن الشعب.	21 And going out, he adored the king, lying prone with his face to the ground, and he said, “What is the reason that my lord the king has come to his servant?” And David said to him, “So as to purchase the threshing floor from you, and to build an altar to the Lord, and to quiet the plague that rages among the people.”
22 فقال ارونة لداود فلياخذه سيدي الملك ويصعد ما يحسن في عينيه. انظر. البقر للمحرقة والنوارج وادوات البقر حطبا.	22 And Araunah said to David: “May my lord the king offer and accept whatever is pleasing to him. You have oxen for a holocaust, and the cart and the yokes of the oxen to use for wood.”
23 الكل دفعه ارونة المالك الى الملك. وقال ارونة للملك الرب الهك يرضى عنك.	23 All these things Araunah gave, as a king to a king. And Araunah said to the king, “May the Lord your God accept your vow.”
24 فقال الملك لارونة لا بل اشتري منك بثمن ولا اصعد للرب الهي محرقات مجانية. فاشترى داود البيدر والبقر بخمسين شاقلا من الفضة.	24 And in response, the king said to him: “It shall not be as you wish. Instead, I will purchase it from you at a price. For I will not offer to the Lord, my God, holocausts that cost nothing.” Therefore, David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 وبنى داود هناك مذبحا للرب واصعد محرقات وذبائح سلامة واستجاب الرب من اجل الارض فكفت الضربة عن اسرائيل	25 And in that place, David built an altar to the Lord. And he offered holocausts and peace offerings. And the Lord was gracious to the land, and the plague was held back from Israel.