歷代志上 21
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1撒但起來攻擊 以色列 人，激動 大衛 數點他們。
1Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
2大衛 就吩咐 約押 和民中的首領說：「你們去數點 以色列 人，從 別是巴 直到 但 ，回來告訴我，我好知道他們的數目。」
2So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
3約押 說：「願耶和華使他的百姓比現在加增百倍。我主我王啊，他們不都是你的僕人嗎？我主為何吩咐行這事，為何使 以色列 人陷在罪裏呢？」
3But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
4但王的命令勝過 約押 。 約押 就出去，走遍 以色列 地，回到 耶路撒冷 ，
4Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and traveled throughout Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
5將百姓的總數奏告 大衛 ： 以色列 人拿刀的有一百一十萬； 猶大 人拿刀的有四十七萬。
5And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
6惟有 利未 人和 便雅憫 人沒有數在其中，因為 約押 厭惡王的這命令。
6But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
7上帝不喜悅這數點百姓的事，便降災給 以色列 人。
7This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
8大衛 禱告上帝說：「我行這事大有罪了！現在求你除掉僕人的罪孽，因我所行的甚是愚昧。」
8Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
9耶和華吩咐 大衛 的先見 迦得 說：
9And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
10「你去告訴 大衛 說，耶和華如此說：我有三樣災，隨你選擇一樣，我好降與你。」
10“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
11於是， 迦得 來見 大衛 ，對他說：「耶和華如此說：『你可以隨意選擇：
11So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
12或三年的饑荒；或敗在你敵人面前，被敵人的刀追殺三個月；或在你國中有耶和華的刀，就是三日的瘟疫，耶和華的使者在 以色列 的四境施行毀滅。』現在你要想一想，我好回覆那差我來的。」
12between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
13大衛 對 迦得 說：「我甚為難。我願落在耶和華的手裏，因為他有豐盛的憐憫；我不願落在人的手裏。」
13David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
14於是，耶和華降瘟疫與 以色列 人， 以色列 人就死了七萬。
14So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
15上帝差遣使者去滅 耶路撒冷 ，剛要滅的時候，耶和華看見後悔，就不降這災了，吩咐滅城的天使說：「夠了，住手吧！」那時，耶和華的使者站在 耶布斯 人 阿珥楠 的禾場那裏。
15Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16大衛 舉目，看見耶和華的使者站在天地間，手裏有拔出來的刀，伸在 耶路撒冷 以上。 大衛 和長老都身穿麻衣，面伏於地。
16When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
17大衛 禱告上帝說：「吩咐數點百姓的不是我嗎？我犯了罪，行了惡，但這群羊做了甚麼呢？願耶和華－我上帝的手攻擊我和我的父家，不要攻擊你的民，降瘟疫與他們。」
17And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
18耶和華的使者吩咐 迦得 去告訴 大衛 ，叫他上去，在 耶布斯 人 阿珥楠 的禾場上為耶和華築一座壇；
18Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19大衛 就照着 迦得 奉耶和華名所說的話上去了。
19So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
20那時 阿珥楠 正打麥子，回頭看見天使，就和他四個兒子都藏起來了。
20Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
21大衛 到了 阿珥楠 那裏， 阿珥楠 看見 大衛 ，就從禾場上出去，臉伏於地，向他下拜。
21David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.
22大衛 對 阿珥楠 說：「你將這禾場與相連之地賣給我，我必給你足價，我好在其上為耶和華築一座壇，使民間的瘟疫止住。」
22Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
23阿珥楠 對 大衛 說：「你可以用這禾場，願我主我王照你所喜悅的去行。我也將牛給你作燔祭，把打糧的器具當柴燒，拿麥子作素祭。這些我都送給你。」
23Ornan said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
24大衛 王對 阿珥楠 說：「不然！我必要用足價向你買。我不用你的物獻給耶和華，也不用白得之物獻為燔祭。」
24“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
25於是 大衛 為那塊地平了六百舍客勒金子給 阿珥楠 。
25So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
26大衛 在那裏為耶和華築了一座壇，獻燔祭和平安祭，求告耶和華。耶和華就應允他，使火從天降在燔祭壇上。
26And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
27耶和華吩咐使者，他就收刀入鞘。
27Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.
28那時， 大衛 見耶和華在 耶布斯 人 阿珥楠 的禾場上應允了他，就在那裏獻祭。
28At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
29摩西 在曠野所造之耶和華的帳幕和燔祭壇都在 基遍 的高處；
29For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
30只是 大衛 不敢前去求問上帝，因為懼怕耶和華使者的刀。
30but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
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