I Livro das Crônicas 21

SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Levantou-se Satã contra Israel, e excitou Davi a fazer o recenseamento de Israel.	1 Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number Israel.
2 Disse Davi a Joab e aos chefes do povo: Ide, fazei o recenseamento dos israelitas desde Bersabéia até Dã e fazei-me um relatório, para que eu saiba o número deles.	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 Respondeu Joab: O Senhor multiplique seu povo cem vezes mais! Não são todos eles, ó rei, meu senhor, os servos de meu senhor? Por que, no entanto, exige meu senhor isso? Por que sobrecarregar Israel de um pecado?	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 Mas o rei persistiu na ordem que dera a Joab. Joab partiu e percorreu todo o Israel, depois retornou a Jerusalém.	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 E entregou a Davi a lista do recenseamento do povo: havia em todo o Israel um milhão e cem mil homens aptos para o manejo da espada, e, em Judá, quatrocentos e setenta mil.	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 Não fez o recenseamento da tribo de Levi nem de Benjamim, porque a ordem do rei lhe repugnava.	6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not number. For Joab executed the orders of the king unwillingly.
7 Deus não viu isso com bons olhos e feriu Israel.	7 Then God was displeased with what had been ordered, and so he struck Israel.
8 Davi disse a Deus: Pequei gravemente agindo de tal maneira. Agora dignai-vos perdoar a iniqüidade de vosso servo, porque agi em completa insensatez.	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 Então o Senhor dirigiu-se a Gad, vidente de Davi, nesses termos:	9 And the Lord spoke to Gad, the seer of David, saying:
10 Vai dizer a Davi: Eis o que diz o Senhor: Eu te proponho três coisas; escolhe uma delas e eu ta farei.	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 Gad foi ao encontro de Davi e lhe disse: Eis o que disse o Senhor:	11 And when Gad had gone to David, he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Choose what you will want:
12 Escolhe: ou três anos de fome, ou três meses durante os quais fugirás de teus inimigos e serás atingido por sua espada, ou ainda três dias em que a espada do Senhor ou a peste maltratarão a terra, e o anjo do Senhor devastará todo o território de Israel. A ti compete ver agora que resposta devo dar àquele que me enviou.	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 Estou, respondeu Davi, numa cruel angústia. Ah! Caia eu nas mãos do Senhor, porque imensa é sua misericórdia; mas que eu não caia nas mãos dos homens!	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 E o Senhor mandou a peste a Israel. Em Israel tombaram setenta mil homens.	14 Therefore, the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell from Israel seventy thousand men.
15 Deus enviou a Jerusalém um anjo para destruí-la. Enquanto ele a assolava, o Senhor, que olhava, compadeceu-se desse mal, e disse ao anjo destruidor: Basta! Retira agora tua mão! Ora, o anjo do Senhor achava-se perto da eira de Ornã, o jebuseu.	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 Davi, tendo levantado os olhos, viu o anjo do Senhor que estava entre o céu e a terra, com uma espada desembainhada em sua mão, dirigida contra Jerusalém. Então Davi e os anciãos, cobertos de sacos, prostraram-se com o rosto por terra.	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 E Davi disse a Deus: Não fui eu que mandei fazer o recenseamento do povo? Fui eu que pequei, fui eu que fiz esse mal. Mas essas ovelhas, que fizeram elas? Senhor, meu Deus, que vossa mão caia, portanto, sobre mim e sobre a casa de meu pai para castigar, mas não sobre vosso povo.	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 O anjo do Senhor mandou Gad dizer a Davi que subisse à eira de Ornã, o jebuseu, para lá levantar um altar ao Senhor.	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 Davi lá subiu, de acordo com a ordem dada por Gad da parte do Senhor.	19 Therefore, David ascended, in accord with the word of Gad, which he had spoken to him in the name of the Lord.
20 Ornã, voltando-se, viu o anjo, e ele com seus quatro filhos esconderam-se: estava, naquela ocasião, debulhando trigo.	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 Quando Davi chegou perto de Ornã, este o viu; saiu da eira e se prosternou diante de Davi, com o rosto contra a terra.	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 Davi disse-lhe: Cede-me o terreno de tua eira, para nela construir um altar ao Senhor; cede-o a mim pelo seu valor em dinheiro, para que o flagelo se retire de cima do povo.	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 Ornã respondeu: Toma-o; que meu senhor, o rei, faça o que lhe parecer bom. Vê: dou os bois para o holocausto, os carros para lenha, e o trigo para a oblação; tudo te dou.	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 Não, respondeu Davi, quero comprá-lo pelo seu inteiro valor em dinheiro; não tomarei o que te pertence para dar ao Senhor, e não oferecerei um holocausto que não me custe nada.	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 Davi deu a Ornã um peso de seiscentos siclos de ouro pelo terreno.	25 Therefore, David gave Ornan, for the place, the very just weight of six hundred shekels of gold.
26 E Davi construiu lá um altar ao Senhor; ofereceu holocausto e sacrifícios pacíficos. Invocou o Senhor que lhe respondeu enviando o fogo do céu sobre o altar de holocusto.	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 Então o Senhor falou ao anjo, e este meteu a espada na bainha.	27 And the Lord instructed the Angel, and he turned his sword back into its sheath.
28 Nesse momento, vendo Davi que o Senhor o tinha ouvido na eira de Ornã, o jebuseu, ofereceu ali sacrifícios.	28 Then, seeing that the Lord had heeded him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, David immediately immolated victims there.
29 O tabernáculo do Senhor que Moisés construíra no deserto e o altar dos holocaustos se encontravam, nesse tempo, no lugar alto de 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 Mas Davi não pôde dirigir-se a esse altar, para rogar a Deus, tão aterrado ficara ao ver a espada do anjo do Senhor.	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.