II Samuel 24

vayyosef af-Adonai lakharot beyisra'el vayyaset et-david bahem lemor lekh meneh et-yisra'el ve'et-yehudah

GOD’s anger again flared up against Israel; and [God] incited David against them, saying, “Go and number Israel and Judah.”

vayyomer hammelekh el-yo'av sar-hakhayil asher-itto shut-na bekhol-shivte yisra'el middan ve'ad-be'er sheva ufiqdu et-ha'am veyadati et mispar ha'am

The king said to Joab, his army commander, “Make the rounds of all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and take a census of the people, so that I may know the size of the population.”

vayyomer yo'av el-hammelekh veyosef Adonai elohekha el-ha'am kahem vekhahem me'ah fe'amim ve'ene adoni-hammelekh ro'ot vadoni hammelekh lammah khafets baddavar hazzeh

Joab answered the king, “May the ETERNAL your God increase the number of the people a hundredfold, while your own eyes see it! But why should my lord king want this?”

vayyekhezaq devar-hammelekh el-yo'av ve'al sare hekhayil vayyetse yo'av vesare hakhayil lifne hammelekh lifqod et-ha'am et-yisra'el

However, the king’s command to Joab and to the officers of the army remained firm; and Joab and the officers of the army set out, at the king’s behest, to take a census of the people of Israel.

vayya'avru et-hayyarden vayyakhanu va'aro'er yemin ha'ir asher betokh-hannakhal haggad ve'el-yazer

They crossed the Jordan and encamped at Aroer, on the right side of the town, which is in the middle of the wadi of Gad, and [went on] to Jazer.

vayyavo'u haggiladah ve'el-erets takhtim khodshi vayyavo'u danah ya'an vesaviv el-tsidon

They continued to Gilead and to the region of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

vayyavo'u mivtsar-tsor vekhol-are hakhivvi vehakkena'ani vayyetse'u el-negev yehudah be'er shava

They went onto the fortress of Tyre and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites, and finished at Beer-sheba in southern Judah.

vayyashutu bekhol-ha'arets vayyavo'u miqtseh tishah khodashim ve'esrim yom yerushalai͏m

They traversed the whole country, and then they came back to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

vayyitten yo'av et-mispar mifqad-ha'am el-hammelekh vattehi yisra'el shemoneh me'ot elef ish-khayil sholef kherev ve'ish yehudah khamesh-me'ot elef ish

Joab reported to the king the number of the people that had been recorded: in Israel there were 800,000 soldiers ready to draw the sword, and Judah’s contingent numbered 500,000.

vayyakh lev-david oto akhare-khen safar et-ha'am vayyomer david el-Adonai khatati me'od asher asiti ve'attah Adonai ha'aver-na et-avon avdekha ki niskalti me'od

But afterward David reproached himself for having numbered the people. And David said to GOD, “I have sinned grievously in what I have done. Please, O GOD, remit the guilt of Your servant, for I have acted foolishly.”

vayyaqom david babboqer udevar-Adonai hayah el-gad hannavi khozeh david lemor

When David rose in the morning, the word of GOD had come to the prophet Gad, David’s seer:

halokh vedibbarta el-david koh amar Adonai shalosh anokhi notel alekha bekhar-lekha akhat-mehem ve'e'eseh-llakh

“Go and tell David, ‘Thus said GOD: I hold three things over you; choose one of them, and I will bring it upon you.’”

vayyavo-gad el-david vayyagged-lo vayyomer lo hatavo lekha sheva-shanim ra'av be'artsekha im-sheloshah khodashim nuskha lifne-tsarekha vehu rodefekha ve'im-heyot sheloshet yamim dever be'artsekha attah da ure'eh mah-ashiv sholekhi davar

Gad came to David and told him; he asked, “Shall a seven-year famine come upon you in the land, or shall you be in flight from your adversaries for three months while they pursue you, or shall there be three days of pestilence in your land? Now consider carefully what reply I shall take back to the One who sent me.”

vayyomer david el-gad tsar-li me'od nippelah-nna veyad-Adonai ki-rabbim rakhamav uveyad-adam al-eppolah

David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hands of GOD, whose compassion is great; and let me not fall into human hands.”

vayyitten Adonai dever beyisra'el mehabboqer ve'ad-et mo'ed vayyamot min-ha'am middan ve'ad-be'er sheva shivim elef ish

GOD sent a pestilence upon Israel from morning until the set time; and 70,000 of the people died, from Dan to Beer-sheba.

vayyishlakh yado hammalakh yerushalai͏m leshakhatah vayyinnakhem Adonai el-hara'ah vayyomer lammalakh hammashkhit ba'am rav attah heref yadekha umalakh Adonai hayah im-goren (hvrnh) [ha'aravnah] hayevusi

But when the angel extended a hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, GOD renounced further punishment and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Stay your hand!” The angel of GOD was then by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

vayyomer david el-Adonai biroto et-hammalakh hammakkeh va'am vayyomer hinneh anokhi khatati ve'anokhi he'eveti ve'elleh hatson meh asu tehi na yadekha bi uvevet avi

When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to GOD, “I alone am guilty, I alone have done wrong; but these poor sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house!”

vayyavo-gad el-david bayyom hahu vayyomer lo aleh haqem la-Adonai mizbeakh begoren (rnyh) [aravnah] hayevusi

Gad came to David the same day and said to him, “Go and set up an altar to GOD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

vayya'al david kidvar-gad ka'asher tsivvah Adonai

David went up, following Gad’s instructions, as GOD had commanded.

vayyashqef aravnah vayyar et-hammelekh ve'et-avadayw overim alayw vayyetse aravnah vayyishtakhu lammelekh appayw aretsah

Araunah looked out and saw the king and his courtiers approaching him. So Araunah went out and bowed low to the king, with his face to the ground.

vayyomer aravnah maddua ba adoni-hammelekh el-avdo vayyomer david liqnot me'immekha et-haggoren livnot mizbeakh la-Adonai vete'atsar hammaggefah me'al ha'am

And Araunah asked, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied, “To buy the threshing floor from you, that I may build an altar to GOD and that the plague against the people may be checked.”

vayyomer aravnah el-david yiqqakh veya'al adoni hammelekh hattov be'enav re'eh habbaqar la'olah vehammoriggim ukhele habbaqar la'etsim

And Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take it and offer up whatever he sees fit. Here are oxen for a burnt offering, and the threshing boards and the gear of the oxen for wood.

hakkol natan aravnah hammelekh lammelekh vayyomer aravnah el-hammelekh Adonai elohekha yirtsekha

All this, O king, Araunah gives to Your Majesty. And may the ETERNAL your God,” Araunah added, “respond to you with favor!”

vayyomer hammelekh el-aravnah lo ki-qano eqneh me'otekha bimkhir velo a'aleh la-Adonai elohay olot khinnam vayyiqen david et-haggoren ve'et-habbaqar bekhesef sheqalim khamishim

But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I will buy them from you at a price. I cannot sacrifice to the ETERNAL my God burnt offerings that have cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

vayyiven sham david mizbeakh la-Adonai vayya'al olot ushelamim vayye'ater Adonai la'arets vatte'atsar hammaggefah me'al yisra'el

And David built there an altar to GOD and sacrificed burnt offerings and offerings of well-being. GOD responded to the plea for the land, and the plague against Israel was checked.