Druga knjiga o Samuelu 24

Biblija Hrvatski	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Još je jednom srdžba Jahvina planula na Izraelce te potakla Davida protiv njih govoreći: »Idi, izbroj Izraelce i Judejce!«	1 Again, Yahweh's anger was aroused against Israel, and he incited David against them. 'Go,' he said,'take a census of Israel and Judah.'
2 I kralj zapovjedi Joabu i vojvodama koji bijahu s njim: »Obiđite sva Izraelova plemena od Dana do Beer Šebe i popišite narod da znam koliko ima naroda.«	2 The king said to Joab and the senior army officers who were with him, 'Now, go through al the tribesof Israel from Dan to Beersheba, and take a census of the people; I wish to know the size of the population.'
3 Joab odgovori kralju: »Neka Jahve, tvoj Bog, dade svome narodu još sto puta ovoliko koliko ga je sada i neka to još vidi svojim očima moj gospodar kralj, ali zašto moj gospodar kralj ima takvu želju?«	3 Joab said to the king, 'May Yahweh your God multiply the people a hundred times -- however manythere are -- while my lord the king stil has eyes to see it, but why should my lord the king be set on this?'
4 Ali kraljeva riječ bijaše jača od Joabove i od riječi vojvoda njegove vojske. Tako Joab i vojvode odoše ispred kralja da popišu izraelski narod.	4 The king nonetheless enforced his order on Joab and the senior officers, and Joab and the seniorofficers left the king's presence, to take a census of the people of Israel.
5 Prijeđoše oni preko Jordana i počeše kod Aroera i kod grada što leži usred doline i krenuše odande prema Gaditima i prema Jazeru.	5 They crossed the Jordan and made a start with Aroer and the town in the middle of the valley, thenmoved on to the Gadites and to Jazer.
6 Potom dođoše u Gilead i u zemlju Hetita, u Kadeš; zatim stigoše u Dan, a iz Dana skrenuše prema Sidonu.	6 They then went to Gilead and the territory of the Hittites, to Kadesh; they then went to Dan and fromDan cut across to Sidon.
7 Zatim dođoše do tvrđave Tira i u sve gradove Hivijaca i Kanaanaca i završiše svoj put u Negebu Judinu, u Beer Šebi.	7 They then went to the fortress of Tyre and to al the towns of the Hittites and Canaanites ending up inthe Negeb of Judah at Beersheba.
8 Prošavši svu zemlju, vratiše se poslije devet mjeseci i dvadeset dana u Jeruzalem.	8 Having travel ed throughout the country, after nine months and twenty days they returned toJerusalem.
9 Joab dade kralju popis naroda: Izraelaca bijaše osam stotina tisuća ratnika vičnih maču, a Judejaca pet stotina tisuća ljudi.	9 Joab gave the king the census results for the people; Israel had eight hundred thousand fighting menwho could wield a sword, and Judah five hundred thousand.
10 Poslije toga Davida zapeče savjest što je dao brojiti narod pa reče Jahvi: »Veoma sam sagriješio što sam to učinio! Ali, Jahve, oprosti tu krivicu sluzi svome, jer sam vrlo ludo radio.«	10 But afterwards David's heart misgave him for having taken a census of the people. David then said toYahweh, 'I have committed a grave sin by doing this. But now, Yahweh, I beg you to forgive your servant for thisfault, for I have acted very foolishly.'
11 Kad je David ujutro ustao, već je Jahvina riječ bila došla proroku Gadu, Davidovu vidiocu:	11 When, however, David got up next morning, the fol owing message had come from Yahweh to theprophet Gad, David's seer,
12 »Idi i kaži Davidu: Ovako govori Jahve: ‘Troje stavljam preda te, izaberi jedno od toga da ti učinim!’«	12 'Go and say to David, "Yahweh says this: I offer you three things; choose which one of them I am toinflict on you." '
13 Gad tako dođe Davidu i javi mu ovo: »Hoćeš li da dođu tri gladne godine na tvoju zemlju, ili da tri mjeseca bježiš pred svojim neprijateljem koji će te goniti, ili da bude tri dana kuga u tvojoj zemlji? Sada promisli i gledaj što da odgovorim onome koji me poslao!«	13 So Gad went to David and said, 'Which do you prefer: to have three years of famine befal yourcountry; to flee for three months before a pursuing army; or to have three days of epidemic in your country? Nowthink, and decide how I am to answer him who sends me.'
14 David odgovori Gadu: »Na velikoj sam muci! Ali neka padnemo u ruke Jahvine, jer je veliko njegovo milosrđe, a u ljudske ruke neka ne zapadnem!«	14 David said to Gad, 'I am very apprehensive . . . Better to fal into Yahweh's hands, since his merciesare great, than to fal into the hands of men!'
15 David, dakle, izabra kugu. Bilo je upravo vrijeme pšenične žetve. Jahve pusti kugu na Izraela od jutra pa do određenoga vremena; i pomor udari na narod i pomrije sedamdeset tisuća ljudi od Dana do Beer Šebe.	15 So David chose the epidemic. It was the time of the wheat harvest. So Yahweh unleashed anepidemic on Israel from that morning until the time determined; plague ravaged the people and, of the peoplefrom Dan to Beersheba, seventy thousand died.
16 Kad je anđeo pružio svoju ruku na Jeruzalem da ga uništi, sažali se Jahvi zbog toga zla, pa reče anđelu koji je ubijao narod: »Dosta je sada! Povuci svoju ruku!« A Jahvin je anđeo bio upravo kod gumna Araune Jebusejca.	16 But when the angel stretched his hand towards Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh felt sorry about thecalamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, 'Enough now! Hold your hand!' The angel ofYahweh was standing by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17 Kad David vidje anđela koji je ubijao narod, zavapi Jahvi: »Evo, ja sam sagriješio, ja sam učinio zlo! A oni, ovce, što su skrivili? Neka tvoja ruka padne na mene i na moju obitelj!«	17 When David saw the angel who was ravaging the people, he said to Yahweh, 'I was the one whosinned. I was the one who acted wrongly. But these, the flock, what have they done? Let your hand lie heavy onme and on my family!'
18 Istoga dana dođe Gad k Davidu i reče mu: »Idi i podigni Jahvi žrtvenik na gumnu Araune Jebusejca!«	18 Gad went to David that day and said, 'Go up and raise an altar to Yahweh on the threshing-floor ofAraunah the Jebusite.'
19 I ode David po Gadovoj riječi, kako mu je zapovjedio Jahve.	19 So, at Gad's bidding, David went up, as Yahweh had ordered.
20 Kad Arauna pogleda, opazi kralja i njegove dvorane gdje idu prema njemu. Arauna iziđe i pokloni se kralju licem do zemlje.	20 When Araunah looked up and saw the king and his retinue advancing towards him-Araunah wasthreshing the wheat -- Araunah came forward and prostrated himself on the ground at the king's feet.
21 Arauna upita: »Zašto je moj gospodar kralj došao svome sluzi?« A David odgovori: »Da kupi od tebe ovo gumno, da sagradi žrtvenik Jahvi, kako bi prestao pomor u narodu.«	21 'Why has my lord the king come to his servant?' Araunah asked. David replied, 'To buy the threshing-floor from you, to build an altar to Yahweh, so that the plague may be lifted from the people.'
22 Arauna reče Davidu: »Neka ga uzme moj gospodar kralj i neka žrtvuje ono što je u njegovim očima dobro! Evo goveda za paljenicu, mlatilice, i volujske opreme za drvo!	22 Araunah said to David, 'Let my lord the king take it and make what offerings he thinks fit. Here arethe oxen for the burnt offering, the threshing-sleds and the oxen's yokes for the wood.
23 Sve to sluga moga gospodara kralja poklanja kralju!« Još reče Arauna kralju: »Jahve, Bog tvoj, neka ti bude milostiv!«	23 My lord the king's servant wil give the king everything. And', Araunah said to the king, 'may Yahwehyour God accept what you offer!'
24 Ali kralj odgovori Arauni: »Ne, nego hoću da kupim od tebe i da platim; neću prinositi Jahvi, svome Bogu, paljenica koje su mi poklonjene.« I tako David kupi ono gumno i goveda za pedeset srebrnih šekela.	24 'No,' said the king to Araunah, 'I shal give you a price for it; I will not offer Yahweh my God burntofferings which have cost me nothing.' David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 Ondje David sagradi žrtvenik Jahvi i prinese paljenice i pričesnice. Tada se Jahve smilova zemlji i presta pomor u Izraelu.	25 David built an altar to Yahweh and offered burnt offerings and communion sacrifices. Yahweh thentook pity on the country and the plague was lifted from Israel.