Secondo libro di Samuele 24

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et addidit furor Domini ira sci contra Israel; commovit que David contra eos dicens: “ Vade, numera Israel et Iudam ”.	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 Dixitque rex ad Ioab et ad principes exercitus sui, qui erant cum eo: “ Perambula omnes tribus Israel a Dan usque Bersabee, et numerate populum, ut sciam numerum eius ”.	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 Dixitque Ioab regi: “ Adaugeat Dominus Deus tuus ad populum, quantus nunc est, centuplum in conspectu domini mei regis! Sed quid sibi dominus meus rex vult in re huiuscemodi? ”.	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 Praevaluit autem sermo regis contra Ioab et principes exercitus; egressusque est Ioab et principes militum a facie regis, ut numerarent populum Israel.	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 Cumque pertransissent Iordanem, inceperunt ab Aroer et ab urbe, quae est in media valle, transeuntes ad Gaditas et ad Iazer.	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 Et pervenerunt in Galaad et in terram Hetthaeorum in Cades et venerunt in Dan. Et a Dan converterunt se ad Sidonem	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 et pervenerunt ad arcem Tyri et omnes urbes Hevaei et Chananaei exieruntque ad Nageb Iudae in Bersabee.	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 Et, lustrata universa terra, affuerunt post novem menses et viginti dies in Ierusalem.	8 Having travel ed throughout the country, after nine months and twenty days they returned toJerusalem.
9 Dedit ergo Ioab numerum descriptionis populi regi; et inventa sunt de Israel octingenta milia virorum fortium, qui educerent gladium, et de Iuda quingenta milia pugnatorum.	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 Percussit autem cor David eum, postquam numeratus est populus, et dixit David ad Dominum: “ Peccavi valde in hoc facto; nunc vero precor, Domine, ut transferas iniquitatem servi tui, quia stulte egi nimis ”.	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 Surrexit itaque David mane, et sermo Domini factus est ad Gad propheten, videntem David, dicens:	11 When, however, David got up next morning, the fol owing message had come from Yahweh to theprophet Gad, David's seer,
12 “ Vade et loquere ad David: Haec dicit Dominus: Trium tibi datur optio; elige unum, quod volueris ex his, ut faciam tibi ”.	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 Cumque venisset Gad ad David, nuntiavit ei dicens: “ Aut tribus annis veniet tibi fames in terra tua, aut tribus mensibus fugies adversarios tuos, et illi te persequentur, aut certe tribus diebus erit pestilentia in terra tua. Nunc ergo delibera et vide quem respondeam ei, qui me misit, sermonem ”.	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 Dixit autem David ad Gad: “ Artor nimis; sed melius est, ut incidamus in manu Domini — multae enim misericordiae eius sunt — quam in manu hominum! ”.	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 Et elegit sibi David pestilentiam; et erant dies messis tritici. Immisitque Dominus pestilentiam in Israel de mane usque ad tempus constitutum, et mortui sunt ex populo a Dan usque Bersabee septuaginta milia virorum.	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 Cumque extendisset manum suam angelus super Ierusalem, ut disperderet eam, misertus est Dominus super afflictione et ait angelo percutienti populum: “ Sufficit; nunc contine manum tuam! ”. Erat autem angelus Domini iuxta aream Areuna Iebusaei.	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 Dixitque David ad Dominum, cum vidisset angelum caedentem populum: “ Ego sum qui peccavi, ego inique egi; isti, qui oves sunt, quid fecerunt? Vertatur, obsecro, manus tua contra me et contra domum patris mei ”.	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 Venit autem Gad ad David in die illa et dixit ei: “ Ascende, constitue Domino altare in area Areuna Iebusaei ”.	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 Et ascendit David iuxta sermonem Gad, quem praeceperat ei Dominus.	19 So, at Gad's bidding, David went up, as Yahweh had ordered.
20 Conspiciensque Areuna animadvertit regem et servos eius transire ad se	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 et egressus adoravit regem prono vultu in terra et ait: “ Quid causae est, ut veniat dominus meus rex ad servum suum? ”. Cui David ait: “ Ut emam a te aream et aedificem altare Domino, et cesset interfectio, quae grassatur in populo ”.	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 Et ait Areuna ad David: “ Accipiat et offerat dominus meus rex, sicut ei placet. Ecce boves in holocaustum et plaustrum et iuga boum in usum lignorum.	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 Omnia dat Areuna, o rex, regi ”. Dixitque Areuna ad regem: “ Dominus Deus tuus suscipiat votum tuum! ”.	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 Cui respondens rex ait: “ Nequaquam; sed emam pretio a te et non offeram Domino Deo meo holocausta gratuita ”. Emit ergo David aream et boves argenti siclis quinquaginta.	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 Et aedificavit ibi David altare Domino et obtulit holocausta et pacifica. Et repropitiatus est Dominus terrae, et cohibita est plaga ab Israel.	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.