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Ang Bayan ay Binilang(A)

21 Si Satanas ay tumayo laban sa Israel, at inudyukan si David na bilangin ang sambayanang Israel.

Kaya't sinabi ni David kay Joab at sa mga pinuno ng hukbo, “Humayo kayo, bilangin ninyo ang Israel mula sa Beer-seba hanggang sa Dan; dalhan ninyo ako ng ulat upang aking malaman ang bilang nila.”

Ngunit sinabi ni Joab, “Paramihin nawa ng Panginoon ang kanyang bayan nang makasandaang higit sa dami nila! Ngunit, panginoon kong hari, di ba silang lahat ay mga lingkod ng aking panginoon? Bakit kailangan pa ng panginoon ko ang bagay na ito? Bakit siya'y magiging sanhi ng pagkakasala ng Israel?”

Gayunma'y ang salita ng hari ay nanaig kay Joab. Kaya't si Joab ay humayo, at nilibot ang buong Israel, at bumalik sa Jerusalem.

Ibinigay ni Joab kay David ang kabuuang bilang ng bayan. Sa buong Israel ay isang milyon at isandaang libo na humahawak ng tabak, at sa Juda ay apatnaraan at pitumpung libong lalaki na humahawak ng tabak.

Ngunit ang Levi at ang Benjamin ay hindi niya binilang, sapagkat ang utos ng hari ay kasuklamsuklam para kay Joab.

Subalit hindi kinalugdan ng Diyos ang bagay na ito, kaya't kanyang sinaktan ang Israel.

Sinabi ni David sa Diyos, “Ako'y nagkasala nang mabigat sa paggawa ko ng bagay na ito. Ngunit ngayon, hinihiling ko sa iyo, pawiin mo ang kasamaan ng iyong lingkod, sapagkat nakagawa ako ng malaking kahangalan.”

Nagpadala ng Salot

Ang Panginoon ay nagsalita kay Gad na propeta[a] ni David,

10 “Humayo ka at sabihin mo kay David na ito ang sinasabi ng Panginoon, ‘Inaalok kita ng tatlong bagay; pumili ka ng isa sa mga ito upang iyon ang gagawin ko sa iyo.’”

11 Kaya't pumunta si Gad kay David, at sinabi sa kanya, “Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ‘Mamili ka:

12 tatlong taóng taggutom o tatlong buwang pananalanta ng iyong mga kaaway, habang ang tabak ng iyong mga kaaway ay umaabot sa iyo; o tatlong araw ng tabak ng Panginoon, salot sa lupain, at ang anghel ng Panginoon ay mamumuksa sa lahat ng nasasakupan ng Israel.’ Ngayon, isipin mo kung anong sagot ang ibabalik ko sa kanya na nagsugo sa akin.”

13 Sinabi ni David kay Gad, “Ako'y nasa malaking kagipitan, hayaan mo akong mahulog sa kamay ng Panginoon, sapagkat lubhang malaki ang kanyang awa, ngunit huwag mong hayaang mahulog ako sa kamay ng tao.”

14 Sa gayo'y nagpadala ang Panginoon ng salot sa Israel, at pitumpung libong katao ang namatay sa Israel.

15 Ang Diyos ay nagsugo ng isang anghel sa Jerusalem upang puksain ito, subalit nang kanyang pupuksain na ito, ang Panginoon ay tumingin, at iniurong niya ang pagpuksa. Sinabi niya sa mamumuksang anghel, “Tama na. Itigil mo na ang kamay mo.” Ang anghel ng Panginoon ay nakatayo noon sa tabi ng giikan ni Ornan na Jebuseo.

16 Tumingin si David sa itaas at nakita niya ang anghel ng Panginoon na nakatayo sa pagitan ng lupa at langit na may hawak na tabak sa kanyang kamay na nakatutok sa Jerusalem. Nang magkagayon, si David at ang matatanda na nakadamit-sako ay nagpatirapa.

17 Sinabi ni David sa Diyos, “Hindi ba't ako ang nag-utos na bilangin ang bayan? Ako ang tanging nagkasala at gumawa ng malaking kasamaan. Ngunit ang mga tupang ito, ano ang kanilang nagawa? Idinadalangin ko sa iyo, O Panginoon kong Diyos, na ang iyong kamay ay maging laban sa akin at sa sambahayan ng aking ama; ngunit huwag mong bigyan ng salot ang iyong bayan.”

Si David ay Nagtayo ng Dambana sa Giikan ni Ornan

18 Pagkatapos ay inutusan ng anghel ng Panginoon si Gad upang sabihin kay David na siya'y umakyat, at magtayo ng isang dambana para sa Panginoon sa giikan ni Ornan na Jebuseo.

19 Kaya't si David ay pumunta ayon sa salita ni Gad na kanyang sinabi sa pangalan ng Panginoon.

20 Lumingon si Ornan at nakita ang anghel; samantalang ang kanyang apat na anak na kasama niya ay nagkukubli, si Ornan ay nagpatuloy sa paggiik ng trigo.

21 Samantalang si David ay papalapit kay Ornan, si Ornan ay tumanaw at nakita si David. Lumabas siya sa giikan, at yumukod kay David na ang kanyang mukha ay nasa lupa.

22 Sinabi ni David kay Ornan, “Ibigay mo sa akin ang lugar ng giikang ito upang aking mapagtayuan ng isang dambana para sa Panginoon. Ibigay mo ito sa akin sa kabuuang halaga nito upang ang salot ay tumigil sa bayan.”

23 Sinabi ni Ornan kay David, “Kunin mo na at gawin ng panginoon kong hari ang mabuti sa kanyang paningin. Ipinagkakaloob ko ang mga baka para sa handog na sinusunog, at ang mga kasangkapan ng giikan bilang panggatong, at ang trigo para sa handog na butil. Ibinibigay ko ang lahat ng ito.”

24 Ngunit sinabi ni Haring David kay Ornan, “Hindi. Bibilhin ko ito sa buong halaga, sapagkat hindi ako kukuha ng sa iyo para sa Panginoon, o maghahandog man ako ng handog na sinusunog nang wala akong ginugol.”

25 Kaya't binayaran ni David si Ornan para sa lugar na iyon ng animnaraang siklong ginto ayon sa timbang.

26 Nagtayo roon si David ng isang dambana para sa Panginoon, at naghandog ng mga handog na sinusunog, at ng mga handog pangkapayapaan. Tumawag siya sa Panginoon; at kanyang sinagot siya mula sa langit sa pamamagitan ng apoy sa ibabaw ng dambana ng handog na sinusunog.

27 Pagkatapos ay inutusan ng Panginoon ang anghel; at kanyang ibinalik sa kaluban ang kanyang tabak.

28 Nang panahong iyon, nang makita ni David na sinagot siya ng Panginoon sa giikan ni Ornan na Jebuseo, siya'y nag-alay ng handog doon.

29 Sapagkat ang tabernakulo ng Panginoon na ginawa ni Moises sa ilang at ang dambana ng handog na sinusunog, nang panahong iyon ay nasa mataas na dako sa Gibeon.

30 Ngunit si David ay hindi makapunta sa harap niyon upang sumangguni sa Diyos, sapagkat siya'y natatakot sa tabak ng anghel ng Panginoon.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Cronica 21:9 Sa Hebreo ay tagakita .

David’s Military Census

21 Satan[a](A) stood up against Israel and incited David(B) to count the people of Israel. So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan and bring a report to me so I can know their number.”(C)

Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply the number of His people a hundred times over!(D) My lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

Yet the king’s order prevailed over Joab. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel and then returned to Jerusalem. Joab gave the total troop registration to David. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 swordsmen and in Judah itself 470,000 swordsmen. But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count because the king’s command was detestable to him. This command was also evil in God’s sight, so He afflicted Israel.

David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now, please take away Your servant’s guilt, for I’ve been very foolish.”(E)

David’s Punishment

Then(F) the Lord instructed Gad,(G) David’s seer,(H) 10 “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am offering you three choices. Choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.’”

11 So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Take your choice: 12 three years of famine, or three months of devastation by your foes with the sword of your enemy overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the Lord—a plague on the land, the angel of the Lord bringing destruction to the whole territory of Israel.’ Now decide what answer I should take back to the One who sent me.”

13 David answered Gad, “I’m in anguish. Please, let me fall into the Lord’s hands because His mercies are very great,(I) but don’t let me fall into human hands.”

14 So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and 70,000 Israelite men died. 15 Then God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but when the angel was about to destroy the city,[b] the Lord looked, relented concerning the destruction,(J) and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough, withdraw your hand now!” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Ornan[c] the Jebusite.

16 When David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth,(K) fell down with their faces to the ground. 17 David said to God, “Wasn’t I the one who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? My Lord God, please let Your hand be against me and against my father’s family, but don’t let the plague be against Your people.”

David’s Altar

18 So the angel of the Lord ordered Gad(L) to tell David to go and set up an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.(M) 19 David went up at Gad’s command spoken in the name of the Lord.

20 Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel. His four sons, who were with him, hid themselves. 21 David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face to the ground.

22 Then David said to Ornan, “Give me this threshing-floor plot so that I may build an altar to the Lord on it. Give it to me for the full price, so the plague on the people may be stopped.”

23 Ornan said to David, “Take it! My lord the king may do whatever he wants.[d] See, I give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I give it all.”

24 King David answered Ornan, “No, I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the Lord what belongs to you or offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

25 So David gave Ornan 15 pounds of gold[e] for the plot. 26 He built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.(N)

27 Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. 28 At that time, David offered sacrifices there when he saw that the Lord answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 29 The tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of burnt offering were at the high place in Gibeon,(O) 30 but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was terrified of the sword of the Lord’s angel.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:1 Or An adversary; Jb 1:6; Zch 3:1-2
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:15 Lit but as he was destroying
  3. 1 Chronicles 21:15 = Araunah in 2Sm 24:16-24
  4. 1 Chronicles 21:23 Lit do what is good in his eyes
  5. 1 Chronicles 21:25 Lit 600 shekels of gold by weight

David Counts the Fighting Men(A)

21 Satan(B) rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census(C) of Israel. So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count(D) the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.”

But Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply his troops a hundred times over.(E) My lord the king, are they not all my lord’s subjects? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

The king’s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem. Joab reported the number of the fighting men to David: In all Israel(F) there were one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.

But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him. This command was also evil in the sight of God; so he punished Israel.

Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.”

The Lord said to Gad,(G) David’s seer,(H) 10 “Go and tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.’”

11 So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Take your choice: 12 three years of famine,(I) three months of being swept away[a] before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword(J) of the Lord(K)—days of plague in the land, with the angel of the Lord ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”

13 David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy(L) is very great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”

14 So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.(M) 15 And God sent an angel(N) to destroy Jerusalem.(O) But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented(P) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying(Q) the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah[b] the Jebusite.

16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.(R)

17 David said to God, “Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I, the shepherd,[c] have sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep.(S) What have they done? Lord my God, let your hand fall on me and my family,(T) but do not let this plague remain on your people.”

David Builds an Altar

18 Then the angel of the Lord ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor(U) of Araunah the Jebusite. 19 So David went up in obedience to the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the Lord.

20 While Araunah was threshing wheat,(V) he turned and saw the angel; his four sons who were with him hid themselves. 21 Then David approached, and when Araunah looked and saw him, he left the threshing floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.

22 David said to him, “Let me have the site of your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the Lord, that the plague on the people may be stopped. Sell it to me at the full price.”

23 Araunah said to David, “Take it! Let my lord the king do whatever pleases him. 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 all this.”

24 But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”

25 So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels[d] of gold for the site. 26 David built an altar to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and the Lord answered him with fire(W) from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

27 Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. 28 At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. 29 The tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time on the high place at Gibeon.(X) 30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:12 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 24:13) of fleeing
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:15 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah; also in verses 18-28
  3. 1 Chronicles 21:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see 2 Samuel 24:17 and note); Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.
  4. 1 Chronicles 21:25 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms