1 Chronicles 21
1 Satan decided to cause the Israeli people to have trouble. So he incited David to find out how many men in Israel [were able to be in the army].
Or Satana si levò contro Israele, e incitò Davide a fare il censimento d’Israele.
2 So David commanded Joab and the other army commanders, “Count all the men in Israel [who are able to be in the army]. Start at Beersheba [town in the south] and go all the way to Dan [city in the north]. Then come back and report to me, in order that I may know how many men there are.”
E Davide disse a Joab e ai capi del popolo: “Andate, fate il censimento degl’Israeliti da Beer-Sceba fino a Dan; e venite a riferirmene il risultato, perch’io ne sappia il numero”.
3 But Joab replied, “Your majesty, even if Yahweh allowed us to have 100 times as many soldiers as we have now, you would [RHQ] still rule all of them. So why do you want us to do this? You will surely [RHQ] cause [all the people of] Israel to be guilty of sinning.”
Joab rispose: “L’Eterno renda il suo popolo cento volte più numeroso di quello che è! Ma, o re, mio signore, non sono eglino tutti servi del mio signore? Perché il mio signore domanda egli questo? Perché render così Israele colpevole?”
4 But David would not change his mind. So Joab [and his soldiers] went everywhere in Israel and in Judah, and counted the people. Then they returned to Jerusalem,
Ma l’ordine del re prevalse contro Joab. Joab dunque partì, percorse tutto Israele, poi tornò a Gerusalemme.
5 and they reported to David that there were 1,100,000 men in Israel who could be in the army, and 470,000 in Judah.
E Joab rimise a Davide la cifra del censimento del popolo: c’erano in tutto Israele un milione e centomila uomini atti a portare le armi; e in Giuda quattrocento settantamila uomini atti a portar le armi.
6 Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.
Or Joab non avea fatto il censimento di Levi e di Beniamino come degli altri, perché l’ordine del re era per lui abominevole.
7 David’s command to count the people caused God to become angry, so he [told David that he had decided to] punish [the people of] Israel.
Questa cosa dispiacque a Dio, che perciò colpì Israele.
8 Then David prayed, saying, “Yahweh, what I did was very foolish. I have sinned greatly by what I have done. So now I plead with you, please forgive me.”
E Davide disse a Dio: “Io ho gravemente peccato in questo che ho fatto; ma ora, ti prego, perdona l’iniquità del tuo servo, perché io ho agito con grande stoltezza”.
9 Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
E l’Eterno parlò così a Gad, il veggente di Davide:
10 “Go and tell this to David: I am allowing you to choose one of three things [to punish you]. I will do whichever one you choose.”
“Va’, e parla a Davide in questo modo: Così dice l’Eterno: Io ti propongo tre cose; sceglitene una, e quella ti farò”.
11 So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
Gad andò dunque da Davide, e gli disse: “Così dice l’Eterno: Scegli quello che vuoi:
12 three years of famine [in Israel], or three months during which your armies will run away from their enemies [who will attack them with] swords, or three days during which I will send my angel to cause many people in the country to die because of a (plague/very serious illness).’ So, you must decide what I will say to answer [Yahweh, ] the one who sent me.”
o tre anni di carestia, o tre mesi durante i quali i tuoi avversari facciano scempio di te e ti raggiunga la spada dei tuoi nemici, ovvero tre giorni di spada dell’Eterno, ossia di peste nel paese, durante i quali l’angelo dell’Eterno porterà la distruzione in tutto il territorio d’Israele. Or dunque vedi che cosa io debba rispondere a colui che mi ha mandato”.
13 David replied to Gad, “I am very distressed. But allow Yahweh to punish [MTY] me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, [because they will not be merciful].”
E Davide disse a Gad: “Io sono in una grande angoscia! Ebbene, ch’io cada nelle mani dell’Eterno, giacché le sue compassioni sono immense; ma ch’io non cada nelle mani degli uomini!”
14 So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
Così l’Eterno mandò la peste in Israele; e caddero settantamila persone d’Israele.
15 And God sent an angel to destroy the people in Jerusalem by the plague. But when the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain, Yahweh saw all the suffering that the people had endured, and he was grieved. So he said to the angel, “Stop what you are doing [IDM]! That is enough [IDM]!”
E Dio mandò un angelo a Gerusalemme per distruggerla; e come questi si disponeva a distruggerla, l’Eterno gettò su di lei lo sguardo, si pentì della calamità che avea inflitta, e disse all’angelo distruttore: “Basta; ritieni ora la tua mano!” Or l’angelo dell’Eterno si trovava presso l’aia di Ornan, il Gebuseo.
16 David looked up and saw the angel whom Yahweh had sent, standing between the sky and the ground. The angel had a sword in his hand that was pointed toward Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of the city], who were wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, prostrated themselves on the ground.
E Davide, alzando gli occhi, vide l’angelo dell’Eterno che stava fra terra e cielo, avendo in mano una spada sguainata, vòlta contro Gerusalemme. Allora Davide e gli anziani, coperti di sacchi, si gettarono con la faccia a terra.
17 David said to God, “I am [RHQ] the one who ordered the men who could be in the army to be counted. I am the one who has sinned and done what is very wrong, but these people are [as innocent as] [MET] sheep. They have certainly not [RHQ] done anything [that is wrong]. So Yahweh my God, punish [IDM] me and my family, but do not allow this plague to continue to [cause] your people [to become sick and die].”
E Davide disse a Dio: “Non sono io quegli che ordinai il censimento del popolo? Son io che ho peccato, e che ho agito con tanta malvagità; ma queste pecore che hanno fatto? Ti prego, o Eterno, o mio Dio, si volga la tua mano contro di me e contro la casa di mio padre, ma non contro il tuo popolo, per colpirlo col flagello!”
18 Then the angel who was sent by Yahweh told Gad to go up to the place where Araunah threshed grain and tell David to build an altar to [worship] Yahweh there.
Allora l’angelo dell’Eterno ordinò a Gad di dire a Davide che salisse ad erigere un altare all’Eterno nell’aia di Ornan, il Gebuseo.
19 So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
E Davide salì, secondo la parola che Gad avea pronunziata nel nome dell’Eterno.
20 While Araunah was threshing some wheat, he turned and saw the angel. His four sons who were with him [also saw the angel, and they] hid themselves.
Ornan, voltandosi, vide l’angelo; e i suoi quattro figliuoli ch’eran con lui si nascosero. Ornan stava battendo il grano.
21 Then David approached. When Araunah saw him, he left the place where he was threshing grain and prostrated himself, with his face touching the ground.
E come Davide giunse presso Ornan, Ornan guardò, e vide Davide; e, uscito dall’aia, si prostrò dinanzi a Davide, con la faccia a terra.
22 David said to him, “Please sell me your threshing place in order that I can build an altar here to [worship] Yahweh. Then he will stop this plague. I will pay the full price.”
Allora Davide disse ad Ornan: “Dammi il sito di quest’aia, perch’io vi eriga un altare all’Eterno; dammelo per tutto il prezzo che vale, affinché la piaga cessi d’infierire sul popolo”.
23 Araunah replied, “Take it! Your majesty, do whatever you want to. I will give you the oxen [that thresh the grain] for an offering to be completely burned [on the altar]. And I will give you the threshing boards to use as wood [on the altar], and I will give you grain for a grain offering. I will give all those things to you.”
Ornan disse a Davide: “Prenditelo; e il re, mio signore, faccia quello che par bene agli occhi suoi; guarda, io ti do i buoi per gli olocausti, le macchine da trebbiare per legna, e il grano per l’oblazione; tutto ti do”.
24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, [I will not take these things as a gift]. I will pay you the full price for it. I will not take things that belong to you, things that have cost me nothing and offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.”
Ma il re Davide disse ad Ornan: “No, io comprerò da te queste cose per il loro intero prezzo; giacché io non prenderò per l’Eterno ciò ch’è tuo, né offrirò un olocausto che non mi costi nulla”.
25 So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
E Davide diede ad Ornan come prezzo del luogo il peso di seicento sicli d’oro;
26 David built an altar to [worship] Yahweh there, and he offered sacrifices to be completely burned [on the altar] and sacrifices to restore fellowship [with Yahweh]. David prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered by sending a fire from heaven [to burn up the offerings] on the altar.
poi edificò quivi un altare all’Eterno, offrì olocausti e sacrifizi di azioni di grazie, e invocò l’Eterno, il quale gli rispose mediante il fuoco, che discese dal cielo sull’altare dell’olocausto.
27 Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
Poi l’Eterno comandò all’angelo di rimettere la spada nel fodero.
28 And when David saw that Yahweh had answered him there at the place where Araunah threshed grain [and had ended the plague], he offered sacrifices there.
In quel tempo Davide, vedendo che l’Eterno lo aveva esaudito nell’aia d’Ornan, il Gebuseo, vi offriva dei sacrifizi.
29 Yahweh’s Sacred Tent, which Moses had commanded to be set up in the desert, and the altar for burning sacrifices completely, were at that time on a hill at Gibeon [city].
Il tabernacolo dell’Eterno che Mosè avea costruito nel deserto e l’altare degli olocausti si trovavano allora sull’alto luogo di Gabaon.
30 But David did not want to go there to request God to tell him what he wanted [him to do], because he was afraid that the angel sent from Yahweh [might strike him with] his sword.
E Davide non poteva andare davanti a quell’altare a cercare Iddio, per lo spavento che gli avea cagionato la spada dell’angelo dell’Eterno.
