15.於是,耶和華降瘟疫與以色列人,自早晨到所定的時候;從但直到別是巴,民間死了七萬人。
So the LORD sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
16.天使向耶路撒冷伸手要滅城的時候,耶和華後悔,就不降這災了,吩咐滅民的天使說:「夠了!住手吧!」那時耶和華的使者在耶布斯人亞勞拿的禾場那裏。
When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, 「Enough! Withdraw your hand.」 The angel of the LORD was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17.大衛看見滅民的天使,就禱告耶和華說:「我犯了罪,行了惡;但這群羊做了甚麼呢?願你的手攻擊我和我的父家。」
When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the LORD, 「I have sinned; I, the shepherd,[c] have done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? Let your hand fall on me and my family.」
Footnotes:
c. 2 Samuel 24:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have the shepherd.