Paralipomenon I 21

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1 Consurrexit autem Satan contra Israël, et concitavit David ut numeraret Israël.	1 A satan rose up against Israel, and he enticed David into taking a census of Israel.
2 Dixitque David ad Joab et ad principes populi : Ite, et numerate Israël a Bersabee usque Dan : et afferte mihi numerum ut sciam.	2 David therefore said to Joab and to the other generals of the army, "Go, find out the number of the Israelites from Beer-sheba to Dan, and report back to me that I may know their number."
3 Responditque Joab : Augeat Dominus populum suum centuplum quam sunt : nonne, domine mi rex, omnes servi tui sunt ? quare hoc quærit dominus meus, quod in peccatum reputetur Israëli ?	3 But Joab replied: "May the LORD increase his people a hundredfold! My lord king, are not all of them my lord's subjects? Why does my lord seek to do this thing? Why will he bring guilt upon Israel?"
4 Sed sermo regis magis prævaluit : egressusque est Joab, et circuivit universum Israël : et reversus est Jerusalem,	4 However, the king's command prevailed over Joab, who departed and traversed all of Israel, and then returned to Jerusalem.
5 deditque David numerum eorum quos circuierat : et inventus est omnis numerus Israël, mille millia et centum millia virorum educentium gladium : de Juda autem quadringenta septuaginta millia bellatorum.	5 Joab reported the result of the census to David: of men capable of wielding a sword, there were in all Israel one million one hundred thousand, and in Judah four hundred and seventy thousand.
6 Nam Levi et Benjamin non numeravit : eo quod Joab invitus exsequeretur regis imperium.	6 Levi and Benjamin, however, he did not include in the census, for the king's command was repugnant to Joab.
7 Displicuit autem Deo quod jussum erat : et percussit Israël.	7 This command displeased God, who began to punish Israel.
8 Dixitque David ad Deum : Peccavi nimis ut hoc facerem : obsecro, aufer iniquitatem servi tui, quia insipienter egi.	8 Then David said to God, "I have sinned greatly in doing this thing. Take away your servant's guilt, for I have acted very foolishly."
9 Et locutus est Dominus ad Gad videntem Davidis, dicens :	9 Then the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, in these words:
10 Vade, et loquere ad David, et dic ei : Hæc dicit Dominus : Trium tibi optionem do : unum, quod volueris, elige, et faciam tibi.	10 "Go, tell David: Thus says the LORD: I offer you three alternatives; choose one of them, and I will inflict it on you."
11 Cumque venisset Gad ad David, dixit ei : Hæc dicit Dominus : Elige, quod volueris :	11 Accordingly, Gad went to David and said to him; "Thus says the LORD: Decide now--
12 aut tribus annis famem ; aut tribus mensibus te fugere 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 Israël : nunc igitur vide quid respondeam ei qui misit me.	12 will it be three years of famine; or three months of fleeing your enemies, with the sword of your foes ever at your back; or three days of the LORD'S own sword, a pestilence in the land, with the LORD'S destroying angel in every part of Israel? Therefore choose: What answer am I to give him who sent me?"
13 Et dixit David ad Gad : Ex omni parte me angustiæ premunt : sed melius mihi est ut incidam in manus Domini, quia multæ sunt miserationes ejus, quam in manus hominum.	13 Then David said to Gad: "I am in dire straits. But I prefer to fall into the hand of the LORD, whose mercy is very great, than into the hands of men."
14 Misit ergo Dominus pestilentiam in Israël : et ceciderunt de Israël septuaginta millia virorum.	14 Therefore the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel died.
15 Misit quoque angelum in Jerusalem ut percuteret eam : cumque percuteretur, vidit Dominus, et misertus est super magnitudine mali : et imperavit angelo qui percutiebat : Sufficit, jam cesset manus tua. Porro angelus Domini stabat juxta aream Ornan Jebusæi.	15 God also sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem; but as he was on the point of destroying it, the LORD saw and decided against the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, "Enough now! Stay your hand!"The angel of the LORD was then standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 Levansque David oculos suos, vidit angelum Domini stantem inter cælum et terram, et evaginatum gladium in manu ejus, et versum contra Jerusalem : et ceciderunt tam ipse quam majores natu, vestiti ciliciis, proni in terram.	16 When David raised his eyes, he saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, with a naked sword in his hand stretched out against Jerusalem. David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, prostrated themselves face to the ground,
17 Dixitque David ad Deum : Nonne ego sum, qui jussi 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 prayed to God: "Was it not I who ordered the census of the people? I am the one who sinned, I did this wicked thing. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD, my God, strike me and my father's family, but do not afflict your people with this plague!"
18 Angelus autem Domini præcepit Gad ut diceret Davidi ut ascenderet, exstrueretque altare Domino Deo in area Ornan Jebusæi.	18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to tell David to go up and erect an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Ascendit ergo David juxta sermonem Gad, quem locutus ei fuerat ex nomine Domini.	19 David went up at Gad's command, given in the name of the LORD.
20 Porro Ornan cum suspexisset et vidisset angelum, quatuorque filii ejus cum eo, absconderunt se : nam eo tempore terebat in area triticum.	20 While Ornan was threshing wheat, he turned around and saw the king, and his four sons who were with him, without recognizing them.
21 Igitur cum veniret David ad Ornan, conspexit eum Ornan, et processit ei obviam de area, et adoravit eum pronus in terram.	21 But as David came on toward him, he looked up and saw that it was David. Then he left the threshing floor and bowed down before David, his face to the ground.
22 Dixitque ei David : Da mihi locum areæ tuæ, ut ædificem in ea altare Domino : ita ut quantum valet argenti accipias, et cesset plaga a populo.	22 David said to Ornan: "Sell me the ground of this threshing floor, that I may build on it an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me at its full price, that the plague may be stayed 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 præbebo.	23 But Ornan said to David: "Take it as your own, and let my lord the king do what seems best to him. See, I also give you the oxen for the holocausts, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the cereal offering. I give it all to you."
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 But King David replied to Ornan: "No! I will buy it from you properly, at its full price. I will not take what is yours for the LORD, nor offer up holocausts that cost me nothing."
25 Dedit ergo David Ornan pro loco siclos auri justissimi ponderis sexcentos.	25 So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the place.
26 Et ædificavit ibi altare Domino, obtulitque holocausta et pacifica, et invocavit Dominum ; et exaudivit eum in igne de cælo super altare holocausti.	26 David then built an altar there to the LORD, and offered up holocausts and peace offerings. When he called upon the LORD, he answered him by sending down fire from heaven upon the altar of holocausts.
27 Præcepitque Dominus angelo, et convertit gladium suum in vaginam.	27 Then the LORD gave orders to the angel to return his sword to its sheath.
28 Protinus ergo David, videns quod exaudisset eum Dominus in area Ornan Jebusæi, immolavit ibi victimas.	28 Once David saw that the LORD had heard him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he continued to offer sacrifices there.
29 Tabernaculum autem Domini, quod fecerat Moyses in deserto, et altare holocaustorum, ea tempestate erat in excelso Gabaon.	29 The Dwelling of the LORD, which Moses had built in the desert, and the altar of holocausts were at that time on the high place at Gibeon.
30 Et non prævaluit David ire ad altare ut ibi obsecraret Deum : nimio enim fuerat in timore perterritus, videns gladium angeli Domini.	30 But David could not go there to worship God, for he was fearful of the sword of the angel of the LORD.