Primo libro delle Cronache 21

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1 Consurrexit autem Satan contra Israel et incitavit Da vid, ut numeraret Israel.	1 Satan took his stand against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
2 Dixitque David ad Ioab et ad principes populi: “ Ite et numerate Israel a Bersabee usque Dan et afferte mihi numerum, ut sciam ”.	2 David said to Joab and the people's princes, 'Go, and take a census of Israel, from Beersheba to Dan,then bring it back to me and let me know the total.'
3 Responditque Ioab: “ Augeat Dominus populum suum centuplum quam sunt. Nonne, domine mi rex, omnes servi tui sunt? Quare hoc quaerit dominus meus, quod in peccatum reputetur Israeli? ”.	3 Joab replied, 'May Yahweh multiply his people to a hundred times what they are today! But my lordking, are they not all my lord's servants in any case? Why should my lord insist on this? Why should he involveIsrael in guilt?'
4 Sed sermo regis magis praevaluit; egressusque est Ioab et circuivit universum Israel et reversus est Ierusalem.	4 But the king enforced his order on Joab, and Joab set out, travelled throughout al Israel, and thenreturned to Jerusalem.
5 Deditque David numerum census, et inventus est omnis Israel numerus mille milia et centum milia virorum educentium gladium; de Iuda autem quadringenta septuaginta milia bellatorum;	5 Joab gave David the census results for the people: al Israel had eleven hundred thousand men whocould wield a sword; Judah had four hundred and seventy thousand men who could wield a sword.
6 nam Levi et Beniamin non numeravit in medio eorum, eo quod invitus exequeretur regis imperium.	6 Joab had found the king's command so distasteful that he did not include Levi and Benjamin.
7 Displicuit autem Deo, quod iussum erat, et percussit Israel.	7 God looked with displeasure on this and punished Israel in consequence.
8 Dixitque David ad Deum: “ Peccavi nimis, ut hoc facerem; obsecro, aufer iniquitatem servi tui, quia valde insipienter egi ”.	8 David then said to God, 'I have committed a grave sin by doing this. But now I beg you to forgive yourservant for this fault, for I have acted very foolishly.'
9 Et locutus est Dominus ad Gad videntem David dicens:	9 Yahweh then spoke to Gad, David's seer,
10 “ Vade et loquere ad David et dic: Haec dicit Dominus: Trium tibi optionem do: unum, quod volueris, elige, et faciam tibi ”.	10 'Go and say to David, "Yahweh says this: I offer you three things; choose which one of them I am toinflict on you." '
11 Cumque venisset Gad ad David, dixit ei: “ Haec dicit Dominus: Elige, quod volueris:	11 So Gad went to David and said, 'Yahweh says this,
12 aut tribus annis famem aut tribus mensibus fugere te hostes tuos et gladium eorum non posse evadere aut tribus diebus gladium Domini et pestilentiam versari in terra et angelum Domini interficere in universis finibus Israel. Nunc igitur vide quid respondeam ei, qui misit me ”.	12 "Take your choice between three years of famine; or three months of disaster at the hands of yourenemies, with your enemies' sword overtaking you; or three days of Yahweh's sword, an epidemic in the country,while the angel of Yahweh wreaks havoc throughout the territory of Israel." Now decide how I am to answer himwho sends me.'
13 Et dixit David ad Gad: “ Ex omni parte me angustiae premunt, sed melius mihi est, ut incidam in manus Domini, quia multae sunt miserationes eius, quam in manus hominum ”.	13 David said to Gad, 'I am very apprehensive. Better for me to fal into Yahweh's hand, since hismercies are very great, than for me to fal into the hands of human enemies.'
14 Misit ergo Dominus pestilentiam in Israel, et ceciderunt de Israel septuaginta milia virorum.	14 So Yahweh unleashed an epidemic on Israel, and seventy thousand Israelites succumbed.
15 Misit quoque Deus angelum in Ierusalem, ut percuteret eam. Cumque percuteretur, vidit Dominus et misertus est super magnitudinem mali et imperavit angelo, qui percutiebat: “ Sufficit, iam cesset manus tua ”. Porro angelus Domini stabat iuxta aream Ornan Iebusaei.	15 Next, God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, Yahwehlooked down and felt sorry about the calamity; and he said to the destroying angel, 'Enough now! Hold yourhand!' The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 Levansque David oculos suos vidit angelum Domini stantem inter terram et caelum et evaginatum gladium in manu eius et versum contra Ierusalem; et ceciderunt tam ipse quam maiores natu vestiti ciliciis proni in terram.	16 David, raising his eyes, saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and heaven, a drawnsword in his hand stretched out towards Jerusalem. David and the elders then put on sackcloth and fel on theirfaces,
17 Dixitque David ad Deum: “ Nonne ego sum, qui iussi, ut numeraretur populus? Ego qui peccavi, ego qui malum feci; iste grex quid commeruit? Domine Deus meus, vertatur, obsecro, manus tua in me et in domum patris mei; populus autem tuus non percutiatur ”.	17 and David said to God, 'Did I not order the people to be counted? I was the one who sinned andactual y committed the wrong. But these, the flock, what have they done? Yahweh my God, let your hand lieheavy on me and on my family; but spare your people from the plague!'
18 Angelus autem Domini praecepit Gad dicere David, ut ascenderet exstrueretque altare Domino in area Ornan Iebusaei.	18 The angel of Yahweh then ordered Gad to tel David that David should go up and erect an altar toYahweh on the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Ascendit ergo David iuxta sermonem Gad, quem locutus fuerat ex nomine Domini.	19 So, at Gad's bidding, given in Yahweh's name, David went up.
20 Porro Ornan, cum conversus vidisset angelum, quattuorque filii eius cum eo absconderunt se; nam eo tempore terebat in area triticum.	20 Ornan had turned round and seen the angel, and he and his four sons with him had hidden.
21 Igitur, cum veniret David ad Ornan, conspexit eum Ornan et processit ei obviam de area et adoravit illum pronus in terram.	21 When David arrived Ornan was threshing wheat. He looked up and saw David and came off thethreshing-floor and prostrated himself on the ground at David's feet.
22 Dixitque ei David: “ Da mihi locum areae tuae, ut aedificem in ea altare Domino, ita ut quantum valet argenti accipias, et cesset plaga a populo ”.	22 David then said to Ornan, 'Let me have the site of the threshing-floor, so that I can build an altar toYahweh on it; let me have it at the ful price -- so that the plague may be lifted from the people.' Ornan said toDavid,
23 Dixit autem Ornan ad David: “ Tolle, et faciat dominus meus rex, quodcumque ei placet; sed et boves do in holocaustum et tribulas in ligna et triticum in sacrificium; omnia libens praebebo ”.	23 'Take it, and let my lord the king do what he thinks fit. Look, I shal give you the oxen for burntofferings, the threshing-sleds for the wood and the wheat for the oblation. I shal give everything.'
24 Dixitque ei rex David: “ Nequaquam ita fiet, sed argentum dabo quantum valet; neque enim tibi auferre debeo et sic offerre Domino holocausta gratuita ”.	24 'No,' said King David to Ornan, 'I insist on buying it at the ful price. I wil not offer Yahweh whatbelongs to you or bring burnt offerings which have cost me nothing.'
25 Dedit ergo David Ornan pro loco siclos auri iustissimi ponderis sescentos	25 So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site.
26 et aedificavit ibi altare Domino obtulitque holocausta et pacifica et invocavit Dominum. Et exaudivit eum in igne de caelo super altare holocausti,	26 There David built an altar to Yahweh and brought burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called onYahweh, and Yahweh answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
27 praecepitque Dominus angelo, et convertit gladium suum in vaginam.	27 Then Yahweh ordered the angel to sheathe his sword.
28 In illo ergo tempore David videns quod exaudisset eum Dominus in area Ornan Iebusaei immolavit ibi victimas.	28 Whereupon, seeing that Yahweh had answered him on the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,David offered sacrifice there.
29 Tabernaculum autem Domini, quod fecerat Moyses in deserto, et altare holocaustorum ea tempestate erat in excelso Gabaon;	29 The Dwel ing which Moses had made in the desert and the altar of burnt offering were at that time onthe high place at Gibeon,
30 et non praevaluit David ire, ut ibi obsecraret Deum; nimio enim fuerat timore perterritus videns gladium angeli Domini.	30 but David could not go there to consult God because he was terrified of the angel's sword.