1 E a ira do SENHOR se tornou a acender contra Israel; e incitou a Davi contra eles, dizendo: Vai, numera a Israel e a Judá.
2 Disse, pois, o rei a Joabe, capitão do exército, o qual tinha consigo: Agora percorre todas as tribos de Israel, desde Dã até Berseba, e numera o povo, para que eu saiba o número do povo.
3 Então disse Joabe ao rei: Ora, multiplique o SENHOR teu Deus a este povo cem vezes tanto quanto agora é, e os olhos do rei meu senhor o vejam; mas, por que deseja o rei meu senhor este negócio?
4 Porém a palavra do rei prevaleceu contra Joabe, e contra os capitães do exército; Joabe, pois, saiu com os capitães do exército da presença do rei, para numerar o povo de Israel.
5 E passaram o Jordão; e acamparam-se em Aroer, à direita da cidade que está no meio do ribeiro de Gade, junto a Jazer.
6 E foram a Gileade, e à terra baixa de Hodsi; também foram até Dã-Jaã, e ao redor de Sidom.
7 E foram à fortaleza de Tiro, e a todas as cidades dos heveus e dos cananeus; e saíram para o lado do sul de Judá, a Berseba.
8 Assim percorreram toda a terra; e ao cabo de nove meses e vinte dias voltaram a Jerusalém.
9 E Joabe deu ao rei a soma do número do povo contado; e havia em Israel oitocentos mil homens de guerra, que arrancavam da espada; e os homens de Judá eram quinhentos mil homens.
10 E pesou o coração de Davi, depois de haver numerado o povo; e disse Davi ao Senhor: Muito pequei no que fiz; porém agora ó Senhor, peço-te que perdoes a iniqüidade do teu servo; porque tenho procedido mui loucamente.
11 Levantando-se, pois, Davi pela manhã, veio a palavra do Senhor ao profeta Gade, vidente de Davi, dizendo:
12 Vai, e dize a Davi: Assim diz o Senhor: Três coisas te ofereço; escolhe uma delas, para que ta faça.
13 Foi, pois, Gade a Davi, e fez-lho saber; e disse-lhe: Queres que sete anos de fome te venham à tua terra; ou que por três meses fujas de teus inimigos, e eles te persigam; ou que por três dias haja peste na tua terra? Delibera agora, e vê que resposta hei de dar ao que me enviou.
14 Então disse Davi a Gade: Estou em grande angústia; porém caiamos nas mãos do Senhor, porque muitas são as suas misericórdias; mas nas mãos dos homens não caia eu.
15 Então enviou o Senhor a peste a Israel, desde a manhã até ao tempo determinado; e desde Dã até Berseba, morreram setenta mil homens do povo.
16 Estendendo, pois, o anjo a sua mão sobre Jerusalém, para a destruir, o Senhor se arrependeu daquele mal; e disse ao anjo que fazia a destruição entre o povo: Basta, agora retira a tua mão. E o anjo do Senhor estava junto à eira de Araúna, o jebuseu.
17 E, vendo Davi ao anjo que feria o povo, falou ao Senhor, dizendo: Eis que eu sou o que pequei, e eu que iniquamente procedi; porém estas ovelhas que fizeram? Seja, pois, a tua mão contra mim, e contra a casa de meu pai.
18 E Gade veio naquele mesmo dia a Davi, e disse-lhe: Sobe, levanta ao Senhor um altar na eira de Araúna, o jebuseu.
19 Davi subiu conforme à palavra de Gade, como o Senhor lhe tinha ordenado.
20 E olhou Araúna, e viu que vinham para ele o rei e os seus servos; saiu, pois, Araúna e inclinou-se diante do rei com o rosto em terra.
21 E disse Araúna: Por que vem o rei meu Senhor ao seu servo? E disse Davi: Para comprar de ti esta eira, a fim de edificar nela um altar ao Senhor, para que este castigo cesse de sobre o povo.
22 Então disse Araúna a Davi: Tome, e ofereça o rei meu senhor o que bem parecer aos seus olhos; eis aí bois para o holocausto, e os trilhos, e o aparelho dos bois para a lenha.
23 Tudo isto deu Araúna ao rei; disse mais Araúna ao rei: O Senhor teu Deus tome prazer em ti.
24 Porém o rei disse a Araúna: Não, mas por preço justo to comprarei, porque não oferecerei ao Senhor meu Deus holocaustos que não me custem nada. Assim Davi comprou a eira e os bois por cinqüenta siclos de prata.
25 E edificou ali Davi ao Senhor um altar, e ofereceu holocaustos, e ofertas pacíficas. Assim o Senhor se aplacou para com a terra e cessou aquele castigo de sobre Israel.
1 Again the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David against them, he said, Go, take the number of Israel and Judah.
2 And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.
3 And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?
4 But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.
5 And they went over Jordan, and starting from Aroer, from the town which is in the middle of the valley, they went in the direction of the Gadites, and on to Jazer;
6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of the Hittites under Hermon; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they came round to Zidon,
7 And to the walled town of Tyre, and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites: and they went out to the South of Judah at Beer-sheba.
8 So after going through all the land in every direction, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
9 And Joab gave the king the number of all the people: there were in Israel eight hundred thousand fighting men able to take up arms; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.
10 And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly
11 And David got up in the morning; now the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
12 Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, and I will do it to you.
13 So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give to him who sent me.
14 And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.
15 So David made selection of the disease; and the time was the days of the grain-cutting, when the disease came among the people, causing the death of seventy thousand men from Dan as far as Beer-sheba.
16 And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17 And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.
18 And that day Gad came to David and said to him, Go up, and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
19 So David went up, as Gad had said and as the Lord had given orders.
20 And Araunah, looking out, saw the king and his servants coming to him: and Araunah went out, and went down on his face to the earth before the king.
21 And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To give you a price for your grain-floor, so that I may put up an altar to the Lord, and the disease may be stopped among the people.
22 And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take whatever seems right to him, and make an offering of it: see, here are the oxen for the burned offering, and the grain-cleaning instruments and the ox-yokes for wood:
23 All this does the servant of my lord the king give to the king. And Araunah said, May the Lord your God be pleased with your offering!
24 And the king said to Araunah, No, but I will give you a price for it; I will not give to the Lord my God burned offerings for which I have given nothing. So David got the grain-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 And there David put up an altar to the Lord, making burned offerings and peace-offerings. So the Lord gave ear to his prayer for the land, and the disease came to an end in Israel.