1 Tawarikh 21
1 Iblis ingin mencelakakan orang Israel; karena itu ia membujuk Daud supaya mengadakan sensus.
Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number Israel.
2 Maka berkatalah Daud kepada Yoab dan para perwira tentaranya, "Adakanlah sensus di seluruh Israel sampai ke pelosok-pelosoknya, karena aku ingin tahu berapa jumlah rakyat Israel."
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 Jawab Yoab, "Semoga TUHAN melipatgandakan rakyat Israel sampai seratus kali dari jumlah mereka sekarang ini. Yang Mulia, bukankah sudah jelas bahwa mereka takluk kepada Baginda? Mengapa harus mengadakan sensus? Nanti, karena kesalahan itu, seluruh bangsa menanggung akibatnya!"
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 Tetapi raja tetap berpegang pada perintahnya itu, jadi Yoab pergi ke seluruh Israel, sampai ke pelosok-pelosoknya, kemudian kembali ke Yerusalem,
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 dan melaporkan kepada Raja Daud hasil sensus itu. Jumlah laki-laki yang memenuhi syarat untuk dinas tentara ada 1.100.000 orang di Israel dan 470.000 orang di Yehuda.
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 Tetapi suku Lewi dan suku Benyamin tidak termasuk jumlah itu. Yoab tidak mengadakan sensus di antara mereka sebab ia tidak suka menjalankan perintah raja itu.
But Levi and Benjamin he did not number. For Joab executed the orders of the king unwillingly.
7 Allah tidak senang dengan sensus itu dan Ia menghukum orang Israel.
Then God was displeased with what had been ordered, and so he struck Israel.
8 Lalu berdoalah Daud kepada Allah katanya, "Ya Allah, aku sangat berdosa! Ampunilah aku, sebab tindakanku itu sangat bodoh."
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 TUHAN berkata kepada Nabi Gad, yang menjadi penghubung antara Daud dan TUHAN,
And the Lord spoke to Gad, the seer of David, saying:
10 "Pergilah dan katakanlah kepada Daud bahwa Aku memberikan tiga pilihan kepadanya. Apa saja yang dipilihnya akan Kulakukan."
“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 Lalu pergilah Gad kepada Daud dan menyampaikan pesan TUHAN itu, katanya, "Mana yang Baginda pilih:
And when Gad had gone to David, he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Choose what you will want:
12 Negeri ini ditimpa bencana kelaparan selama tiga tahun, atau Baginda lari dikejar-kejar musuh selama tiga bulan, atau seluruh negeri ini tiga hari lamanya diserang TUHAN dengan pedang-Nya berupa wabah penyakit, dan malaikat-Nya membawa maut ke mana-mana. Putuskanlah sekarang apa yang harus kusampaikan kepada TUHAN."
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 Daud menjawab, "Aduh, celaka aku! Tetapi daripada dihukum manusia, lebih baik aku dihukum TUHAN, sebab besar kasih sayang-Nya."
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 Maka TUHAN mendatangkan wabah penyakit kepada orang Israel sehingga 70.000 orang di antara mereka meninggal.
Therefore, the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell from Israel seventy thousand men.
15 Lalu TUHAN mengutus seorang malaikat untuk membinasakan Yerusalem. Tetapi waktu malaikat itu sudah sampai di dekat pengirikan gandum milik Arauna orang Yebus, TUHAN mengubah keputusan-Nya untuk menghukum bangsa itu. Ia berkata kepada malaikat itu, "Cukup! Berhenti!"
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 Daud melihat malaikat itu melayang di antara langit dan bumi. Dengan pedang di tangan, malaikat itu siap untuk membinasakan Yerusalem. Maka Daud dan pemimpin-pemimpin rakyat, yang pada waktu itu sedang berpakaian karung tanda menyesal, sujud ke tanah.
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 Daud berdoa, katanya, "Ya Allah, akulah yang bersalah. Akulah yang menyuruh mengadakan sensus itu. Bangsa ini sama sekali tidak bersalah! Ya TUHAN, Allahku, hukumlah aku dan keluargaku, tapi jauhkanlah malapetaka ini dari umat-Mu."
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 Lalu malaikat TUHAN menyuruh Gad mengatakan kepada Daud bahwa ia harus naik ke tempat pengirikan gandum milik Arauna dan mendirikan mezbah bagi TUHAN di situ.
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 Maka berangkatlah Daud sesuai dengan perintah TUHAN yang disampaikan kepadanya melalui Gad.
Therefore, David ascended, in accord with the word of Gad, which he had spoken to him in the name of the Lord.
20 Di tempat pengirikan gandum itu Arauna dan empat orang anaknya yang laki-laki sedang mengirik gandum. Melihat malaikat itu, keempat anak Arauna itu lari bersembunyi.
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 Ketika Arauna melihat Raja Daud datang, ia mendapatkan Daud dan sujud di depannya.
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 Kata Daud kepadanya, "Aku mau membangun mezbah di tempat ini untuk TUHAN, supaya wabah ini berhenti. Karena itu juallah tanah ini kepadaku. Katakanlah berapa harganya, aku akan membayarnya."
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 "Ah, ambil saja, Baginda," jawab Arauna, "dan lakukanlah apa-apa yang Baginda rasa baik. Ini sapi-sapi untuk kurban bakaran, dan untuk kayu bakarnya Baginda dapat memakai papan-papan pengirikan ini. Silahkan juga mengambil gandum untuk persembahan. Aku memberikan semuanya itu, tak usah Tuanku membayarnya."
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 Tetapi raja menjawab, "Jangan! Aku mau membelinya dengan harga penuh. Aku tak mau mempersembahkan kepada TUHAN apa yang engkau punya atau sesuatu yang kudapat dengan cuma-cuma."
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 Maka Daud membayar kepada Arauna 600 uang emas untuk tempat itu.
Therefore, David gave Ornan, for the place, the very just weight of six hundred shekels of gold.
26 Lalu Daud mendirikan sebuah mezbah di situ bagi TUHAN, dan mempersembahkan kurban bakaran serta kurban perdamaian. Kemudian ia berdoa dan TUHAN menjawab doanya itu dengan menurunkan api dari langit yang membakar kurban-kurban di atas mezbah itu.
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 Lalu TUHAN menyuruh malaikat itu menyarungkan kembali pedangnya, maka malaikat itu melaksanakan perintah TUHAN itu.
And the Lord instructed the Angel, and he turned his sword back into its sheath.
28 Ketika Daud melihat bahwa TUHAN menjawab doanya karena persembahannya itu, maka ia mempersembahkan lagi kurban pada mezbah itu.
Then, seeing that the Lord had heeded him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, David immediately immolated victims there.
29 Pada waktu itu Kemah TUHAN yang dibuat oleh Musa di padang gurun, dan mezbah untuk kurban bakaran masih berada di tempat ibadat di Gibeon.
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 Tetapi Daud tidak berani ke sana untuk berbicara dengan Allah, sebab ia takut kepada pedang malaikat TUHAN.
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.
