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].
| و شيطان بر ضد اسرائيل برخاسته، داود را اغوا نمود که اسرائيل را بشمارد. | ۱ |
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.”
| و داود به يوآب و سروران قوم گفت: « برويد و عدد اسرائيل را از بئرشَبَع تا دان گرفته، نزد من بياوريد تا آن را بدانم.» | ۲ |
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.”
| يوآب گفت: « خداوند بر قوم خود هر قدر که باشند صد چندان مزيد کند؛ و اي آقايم پادشاه آيا جميع ايشان بندگان آقايم نيستند؟ ليکن چرا آقايم خواهش اين عمل دارد و چرا بايد باعث گناه اسرائيل بشود؟» | ۳ |
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,
| اما کلام پادشاه بر يوآب غالب آمد و يوآب در ميان تمامي اسرائيل گردش کرده، باز به اورشليم مراجعت نمود. | ۴ |
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.
| و يوآب عدد شمرده شدگان قوم را به داود داد و جمله اسرائيليان هزار هزار و يکصد هزار مرد شمشير زن و از يهودا چهارصد و هفتاد و چهار هزار مرد شمشير زن بودند. | ۵ |
6 Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.
| ليکن لاويان و بنيامينيان را در ميان ايشان نشمرد زيرا که فرمان پادشاه نزد يوآب مکروه بود. | ۶ |
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.
| و اين امر به نظر خدا ناپسند آمد، پس اسرائيل را مبتلا ساخت. | ۷ |
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.”
| و داود به خدا گفت: « در اين کاري که کردم، گناه عظيمي ورزيدم. و حال گناه بنده خود را عفو فرما زيرا که بسيار احمقانه رفتار نمودم.» | ۸ |
9 Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
| و خداوند جاد را که رايي داود بود خطاب کرده، گفت: | ۹ |
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.”
| « برو و داود را اعلام کرده، بگو خداوند چنين مي فرمايد: من سه چيز پيش تو مي گذارم؛ پس يکي از آنها را براي خود اختيار کن تا برايت به عمل آورم.» | ۱۰ |
11 So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
| پس جاد نزد داود آمده، وي را گفت: « خداوند چنين مي فرمايد براي خود اختيار کن: | ۱۱ |
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.”
| يا سه سال قحط بشود، يا سه ماه پيش روي خصمانت تلف شوي و شمشير دشمنانت تو را درگيرد، يا سه روز شمشير خداوند و وبا در زمين تو واقع شود، و فرشته خداوند تمامي حدود اسرائيل را ويران سازد. پس الآن ببين که نزد فرستنده خود چه جواب برم.» | ۱۲ |
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].”
| داود به جاد گفت: « در شدت تنگي هستم. تمنا اينکه به دست خداوند بيفتم زيرا که رحمت هاي او بسيار عظيم است و به دست انسان نيفتم.» | ۱۳ |
14 So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
| پس خداوند وبا بر اسرائيل فرستاد و هفتاد هزار نفر از اسرائيل مردند. | ۱۴ |
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]!”
| و خدا فرشته اي به اورشليم فرستاد تا آن را هلاک سازد. و چون مي خواست آن را هلاک کند، خداوند ملاحظه نمود و از آن بلا پشيمان شد و به فرشته اي که (قوم را) هلاک مي ساخت گفت: «کافي است، حال دست خود را باز دار.» و فرشته خداوند نزد خرمنگاه اَرنانِ يبُوسي ايستاده بود. | ۱۵ |
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.
| و داود چشمان خود را بالا انداخته، فرشته خداوند را ديد که در ميان زمين و آسمان ايستاده است و شمشيري برهنه در دستش بر اورشليم برافراشته؛ پس داود و مشايخ به پلاس ملبس شده، به روي خود درافتادند. | ۱۶ |
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].”
| و داود به خدا گفت: «آيا من براي شمردن قوم امر نفرمودم و آيا من آن نيستم که گناه ورزيده، مرتکب شرارت زشت شدم؟ اما اين گوسفندان چه کرده اند؟ پس اي يهُوَه خدايم، مستدعي اينکه دست تو بر من و خاندان پدرم باشد و به قوم خود بلا مرساني.» | ۱۷ |
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.
| و فرشته خداوند جاد را امر فرمود که به داود بگويد که داود برود و مذبحي به جهت خداوند در خرمنگاه اُرنان يبُوسي برپا کند. | ۱۸ |
19 So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
| پس داود بر حسب کلامي که جاد به اسم خداوند گفت برفت. | ۱۹ |
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.
| و اُرنان روگردانيده، فرشته را ديد و چهار پسرش که همراهش بودند، خويشتن را پنهان کردند؛ و اُرنان گندم مي کوبيد. | ۲۰ |
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.
| و چون داود نزد اُرنان آمد، اُرنان نگريسته، داود را ديد و از خرونگاه بيرون آمده، به حضور داود رو به زمين افتاد. | ۲۱ |
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.”
| و داود به اُرنان گفت: « جاي خرمنگاه را به من بده تا مذبحي به جهت خداوند برپا نمايم؛ آن را به قيمت تمام به من بده تا وبا از قوم رفع شود.» | ۲۲ |
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.”
| اُرنان به داود عرض کرد: « آن را براي خود بگير و آقايم پادشاه آنچه که در نظرش پسند آيد به عمل آورد؛ ببين گاوان را به جهت قرباني سوختني و چومها را براي هيزم و گندم را به جهت هديه آردي دادم و همه را به تو بخشيدم.» | ۲۳ |
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.”
| اما داود پادشاه به اُرنان گفت: «ني، بلکه آن را البته به قيمت تمام از تو خواهم خريد، زيرا که از اموال تو براي خداوند نخواهم گرفت و قرباني سوختني مجاناً نخواهم گذرانيد.» | ۲۴ |
25 So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
| پس داود براي آن موضع ششصد مثقال طلا به وزن، به اُرنان داد. | ۲۵ |
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.
| و داود در آنجا مذبحي به جهت خداوند بنا نموده، قرباني هاي سوختني و ذبايح سلامتي گذرانيد و نزد خداوند استدعا نمود؛ و او آتشي از آسمان بر مذبح قرباني سوختني (نازل کرده،) او را مستجاب فرمود. | ۲۶ |
27 Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
| و خداوند فرشته را حکم داد تا شمشير خود را در غلافش برگردانيد. | ۲۷ |
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.
| در آن زمان چون داود ديد که خداوند او را در خرمنگاه اُرنان يبُوسي مستجاب فرموده است، در آنجا قرباني ها گزرانيد. | ۲۸ |
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].
| اما مسکن خداوند که موسي در بيابان ساخته بود و مذبح قرباني سوختني، در آن ايام در مکان بلند جِبعون بود. | ۲۹ |
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.
| ليکن داود نتوانست نزد آن برود تا از خدا مسألت نمايد، چونکه از شمشير فرشته خداوند مي ترسيد. | ۳۰ |
