< 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 ad Israele, ed incitò Davide ad annoverare 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 Ioab, ed a' capi del popolo: Andate, annoverate Israele da Beerseba, fino in Dan; e rapportatemene il numero, acciocchè io lo sappia.
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.”
E Ioab disse: Il Signore accresca il suo popolo per cento cotanti; non [sono] essi tutti, o re, mio signore, servitori del mio signore? perchè cerca il mio signore questa cosa? perchè sarebbe questo [imputato] a colpa ad Israele?
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 la parola del re prevalse a Ioab. Ioab adunque si partì, e andò attorno per tutto Israele; poi tornò in 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 diede a Davide la somma del popolo annoverato; e di tutto Israele vi erano undici volte centomila uomini che potevano trar la spada; e di Giuda, quattrocensettantamila uomini, che potevano trar la spada.
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 egli non annoverò Levi, nè Beniamino, fra gli altri; perciocchè il comandamento del re gli era abbominevole.
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.
Or questa cosa dispiacque a Dio; laonde egli percosse 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 d'aver fatta questa cosa; ma ora fa', ti prego, passar via l'iniquità del tuo servitore; perciocchè io ho fatta una gran follia.
9 Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
E il Signore parlò a Gad, veggente di Davide, dicendo:
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, dicendo: Così ha detto il Signore: Io ti propongo tre cose; eleggitene una, ed io te [la] farò.
11 So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
Gad adunque venne a Davide, e gli disse: Così ha detto il Signore: Prenditi:
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 la fame per tre anni; o di non poter durare davanti a' tuoi nemici per tre mesi, e che la spada de' tuoi nemici ti aggiunga; ovvero che la spada del Signore, e la pestilenza sia per tre giorni nel paese; e che l'Angelo del Signore faccia il guasto per tutte le contrade d'Israele. Ora dunque, vedi ciò che io ho da 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 rispose a Gad: Io son grandemente distretto: deh! che io caggia nelle mani del Signore; conciossiachè grandissime [sieno] le sue compassioni; e ch'io non caggia nelle mani degli uomini.
14 So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
Il Signore adunque mandò una pestilenza in Israele, e morirono settantamila uomini 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]!”
Or Iddio mandò l'Angelo in Gerusalemme, per farvi il guasto; ma, come egli era per fare il guasto, il Signore riguardò, e si pentì del male, e disse all'Angelo che distruggeva: Basta; ritrai ora la tua mano. Or l'Angelo del Signore stava in piè presso dell'aia di Ornan 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 alzò gli occhi, e vide l'Angelo del Signore che stava in piè fra terra e cielo, avendo in mano la spada tratta, vibrata contro a Gerusalemme. E Davide, e tutti gli Anziani, coperti di sacchi, caddero sopra le lor facce.
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 quello che ho comandato che si annoverasse il popolo? Io dunque [son] quello che ho peccato, ed ho del tutto mal fatto; ma queste pecore che cosa hanno fatto? deh! Signore Iddio mio, sia la tua mano contro a me, e contro alla casa di mio padre; e non [sia] contro al tuo popolo, per [percuoterlo] di piaga.
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 del Signore disse a Gad, che dicesse a Davide di salire all'aia di Ornan Gebuseo, per rizzar [quivi] un altare al Signore.
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 [là], secondo la parola di Gad, ch'egli avea detta a Nome del Signore.
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.
Or Ornan, trebbiando del grano, si era rivolto, ed avea veduto l'Angelo; e si era nascosto, co' suoi quattro figliuoli.
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 quando Davide fu giunto ad Ornan, Ornan riguardò; ed avendo veduto Davide, uscì fuor dell'aia, e s'inchinò a Davide con la faccia verso 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.”
E Davide disse ad Ornan: Dammi il luogo di quest'aia; acciocchè io vi edifichi un altare al Signore; dammelo per lo [suo] giusto prezzo; acciocchè questa piaga sia arrestata d'in 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.”
Ed Ornan disse a Davide: Prendite[lo], e faccia il re, mio signore, ciò che gli piace; vedi, io [ti] dono questi buoi per olocausti, e queste trebbie per legne, e questo grano per offerta; io [ti] dono il tutto.
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; anzi io del tutto comprerò [queste cose] per giusto prezzo; perciocchè io non voglio presentare al Signore ciò che [è] tuo, nè offerire olocausto che io abbia avuto in dono.
25 So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
Davide adunque diede ad Ornan per quel 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.
E Davide edificò quivi un altare al Signore, ed offerse olocausti, e sacrificii da render grazie, ed invocò il Signore, il quale gli rispose dal cielo col fuoco [ch'egli mandò] in su l'altar 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].
E per comandamento del Signore, l'Angelo rimise la sua 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 veggendo che il Signore gli avea risposto nell'aia di Ornan Gebuseo, vi sacrificò.
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].
Or il Tabernacolo del Signore che Mosè avea fatto nel deserto, e l'Altare degli olocausti, [era] in quel tempo nell'alto luogo in 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 potè andare davanti a quello, per ricercare Iddio; perciocchè egli era spaventato per la spada dell'Angelo del Signore.

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