Primo libro delle Cronache 21

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Consurrexit autem Satan contra Israel et incitavit Da vid, ut numeraret Israel.	1 Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number 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 And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people: “Go, and number Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan. And bring me the number, so that I may know it.”
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 And Joab responded: “May the Lord increase his people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all your servants? Why would my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?”
4 Sed sermo regis magis praevaluit; egressusque est Ioab et circuivit universum Israel et reversus est Ierusalem.	4 But the word of the king prevailed instead. And Joab went away, and he traveled around, through all of Israel. And he returned 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 And he gave to David the number of those whom he had surveyed. And the entire number of Israel was found to be one million and one hundred thousand men who could draw the sword; but from Judah, there were four hundred and seventy thousand men of war.
6 nam Levi et Beniamin non numeravit in medio eorum, eo quod invitus exequeretur regis imperium.	6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not number. For Joab executed the orders of the king unwillingly.
7 Displicuit autem Deo, quod iussum erat, et percussit Israel.	7 Then God was displeased with what had been ordered, and so he struck Israel.
8 Dixitque David ad Deum: “ Peccavi nimis, ut hoc facerem; obsecro, aufer iniquitatem servi tui, quia valde insipienter egi ”.	8 And David said to God: “I have sinned exceedingly in doing this. I beg you take away the iniquity of your servant. For I have acted unwisely.”
9 Et locutus est Dominus ad Gad videntem David dicens:	9 And the Lord spoke to Gad, the seer of David, saying:
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 speak to David, and tell him: Thus says the Lord: I give to you the option of three things. Choose the one that you will want, and I will do it to you.”
11 Cumque venisset Gad ad David, dixit ei: “ Haec dicit Dominus: Elige, quod volueris:	11 And when Gad had gone to David, he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Choose what you will want:
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 Either three years of famine, or three months for you to flee from your enemies, unable to escape from their sword, or three days for the sword of the Lord and a pestilence to turn within the land, with the Angel of the Lord killing in every part of Israel. Now therefore, see what I should respond to him who sent 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 And David said to Gad: “There are difficulties pressing upon me from every side. But it is better for me to fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are many, than into the hands of men.”
14 Misit ergo Dominus pestilentiam in Israel, et ceciderunt de Israel septuaginta milia virorum.	14 Therefore, the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell from Israel seventy thousand men.
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 Also, he sent an Angel to Jerusalem, so that he might strike it. And while he was striking, the Lord saw and took pity over the magnitude of the harm. And he commanded the Angel who was striking: “It is enough. Now let your hand cease.” And the Angel of the Lord was standing beside 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 And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the Angel of the Lord, standing between heaven and earth with a drawn sword in his hand, turned toward Jerusalem. And both he and those greater by birth, being clothed in haircloth, fell prone upon the ground.
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: “Am I not the one who ordered that the people be numbered? It is I who sinned; it is I who did evil. This flock, what does it deserve? O Lord my God, I beg you to let your hand be turned against me and against the house of my father. But let not your people be struck down.”
18 Angelus autem Domini praecepit Gad dicere David, ut ascenderet exstrueretque altare Domino in area Ornan Iebusaei.	18 Then the Angel of the Lord instructed Gad to tell David that he should ascend and build an altar to the Lord God on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Ascendit ergo David iuxta sermonem Gad, quem locutus fuerat ex nomine Domini.	19 Therefore, David ascended, in accord with the word of Gad, which he had spoken to him in the name of the Lord.
20 Porro Ornan, cum conversus vidisset angelum, quattuorque filii eius cum eo absconderunt se; nam eo tempore terebat in area triticum.	20 Now when Ornan had looked up and seen the Angel, he and his four sons hid themselves. For at that time, he was threshing wheat upon the floor.
21 Igitur, cum veniret David ad Ornan, conspexit eum Ornan et processit ei obviam de area et adoravit illum pronus in terram.	21 Then, as David was approaching Ornan, Ornan saw him, and he went out from the threshing floor to meet him. And he reverenced him prone on the ground.
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 And David said to him: “Give this place of your threshing floor to me, so that I may build an altar to the Lord upon it. And you shall accept from me as much money as it is worth, so that the plague may cease from the people.”
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 But Ornan said to David: “Take it, and may my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Moreover, I give the oxen also as a holocaust, and the plow for wood, and the wheat for a sacrifice. I will offer all freely.”
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 And king David said to him: “By no means shall it be so. Instead, I will give money to you, as much as it is worth. For I must not take it from you, and thereby offer to the Lord holocausts that cost nothing.”
25 Dedit ergo David Ornan pro loco siclos auri iustissimi ponderis sescentos	25 Therefore, David gave Ornan, for the place, the very just weight of six hundred shekels of gold.
26 et aedificavit ibi altare Domino obtulitque holocausta et pacifica et invocavit Dominum. Et exaudivit eum in igne de caelo super altare holocausti,	26 And he built an altar to the Lord there. And he offered holocausts and peace offerings, and he called upon the Lord. And he heeded him by sending fire from heaven upon the altar of the holocaust.
27 praecepitque Dominus angelo, et convertit gladium suum in vaginam.	27 And the Lord instructed the Angel, and he turned his sword back into its sheath.
28 In illo ergo tempore David videns quod exaudisset eum Dominus in area Ornan Iebusaei immolavit ibi victimas.	28 Then, seeing that the Lord had heeded him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, David immediately immolated victims there.
29 Tabernaculum autem Domini, quod fecerat Moyses in deserto, et altare holocaustorum ea tempestate erat in excelso Gabaon;	29 But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, were at that time on the high place of Gibeon.
30 et non praevaluit David ire, ut ibi obsecraret Deum; nimio enim fuerat timore perterritus videns gladium angeli Domini.	30 And David was unable to go to the altar, so that he might pray to God there. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear, seeing the sword of the Angel of the Lord.