For David's sin in numbering the people, 11. three sorts of punishments are proposed to his election: 14. Which he chooseth the plague, and seventy thousand die in three days. 16. God sheweth mercy. 17. David prayeth. 18. buildeth an altar, 25. and the plague ceaseth.For Dauids sinne in numbering the people, 11. three sortes of punishments are proposed to his election: 14. Which he chooseth the plague, and seuentie thousand die in three dayes. 16. God sheweth mercie. 17. Dauid prayeth. 18. buildeth an altar, 25. and the plague ceaseth.✦
And the fury of our Lord addidit: grew angry yet again, the Hebraism "added to be angry" to be angry against Israel, and stirred up David among them saying: Go, number Israel and Juda.ANd the furie of our Lord added to be angrie agaynst Israel, and stirred vp Dauid among them saying: Goe, number Israel and Iuda.✦Et addidit furor Domini irasci contra Israël, commovitque David in eis dicentem : Vade, numera Israël et Judam.
2And the king said to Joab the general of his army: Walk through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Bersabee, and number ye the people, that I may know the number thereof.And the king sayd to Ioab the General of his armie: Walke through al the tribes of Israel from Dan to Bersabee, and number ye the people, that I may know the number therof.✦Dixitque rex ad Joab principem exercitus sui : Perambula omnes tribus Israël a Dan usque Bersabee, et numerate populum, ut sciam numerum ejus.
3And Joab said to the king: Our Lord thy God increase thy people, as much more as now it is, and again multiply in an hundred fold in the sight of my lord the king: but what meaneth my lord the king by this kind of thing?And Ioab sayd to the king: Our Lord thy God increase thy people, as much more as now it is, and agayne multiplie in an hundred fold in the sight of my lord the king: but what meaneth my lord the king by this kind of thing?Dixitque Joab regi : Adaugeat Dominus Deus tuus ad populum tuum, quantus nunc est, iterumque centuplicet in conspectu domini mei regis : sed quid sibi dominus meus rex vult in re hujuscemodi ?
4autem: nevertheless, yet the king's word more prevailed then the words of Joab, and of the chief of the army: and Joab went forth, and the captains of the soldiers from the face of the king, to number the people of Israel.How beit the kinges word more preuailed then the wordes of Ioab, and of the chiefe of the armie: and Ioab went forth, and the captaynes of the souldiars from the face of the king, to number the people of Israel.Obtinuit autem sermo regis verba Joab et principum exercitus : egressusque est Joab et principes militum a facie regis, ut numerarent populum Israël.
5And when they had passed Jordan, they came into Aroer to the right hand of the city, which is in the Vale of Gad:And when they had passed Iordan, they came into Aroer to the right hand of the citie, which is in the Vale of Gad:Cumque pertransissent Jordanem, venerunt in Aroër ad dexteram urbis, quæ est in valle Gad :
6And by Jazer they passed into Galaad, and into the lower country of Hodsi, and they came into the wood country of Dan. And going about near Sidon,And by Iazer they passed into Galaad, and into the lower countrie of Hodsi, and they came into the woodde countrie of Dan. And going about neere Sidon,et per Jazer transierunt in Galaad, et in terram inferiorem Hodsi, et venerunt in Dan silvestria. Circumeuntesque juxta Sidonem,
7they passed nigh to the walls of Tyre, and all the land of the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and they came to the south of Juda into Bersabee:they passed nigh to the walles of Tyre, and al the land of the Heueite, and the Chananeite, and they came to the south of Iuda into Bersabee:transierunt prope mœnia Tyri, et omnem terram Hevæi et Chananæi, veneruntque ad meridiem Juda in Bersabee :
8and having viewed the whole land, after nine months and twenty days, they were come to Jerusalem.and hauing viewed the whole land, after nine monethes and twentie dayes, they were come to Ierusalem.et lustrata universa terra, affuerunt post novem menses et viginti dies in Jerusalem.
9Joab therefore gave the number of the description of the people to the king, and there were found of Israel eight hundred thousand strong men, that could draw a sword: and of Juda five hundred thousand fighting men.Ioab therfore gaue the number of the description of the people to the king, and there were found of Israel eight hundred thousand strong men, that could drawe a sword: and of Iuda fiue hundred thousand fighting men.✦Dedit ergo Joab numerum descriptionis populi regi, et inventa sunt de Israël octingenta millia virorum fortium qui educerent gladium, et de Juda quingenta millia pugnatorum.
10But David's heart stroke him, after the people was numbered: and David said to our Lord: I have sinned very much in this fact: but I pray thee Lord to transfer the iniquity of thy servant, because I have done exceeding foolishly.But Dauids hart strooke him, after the people was numbred: and Dauid sayd to our Lord: I haue sinned very much in this fact: but I pray thee Lord to transferre the iniquitie of thy seruant, because I haue done exceeding folishly.✦Percussit autem cor David eum, postquam numeratus est populus : et dixit David ad Dominum : Peccavi valde in hoc facto : sed precor, Domine, ut transferas iniquitatem servi tui, quia stulte egi nimis.
11David therefore arose in the morning, and the word of our Lord was made to Gad the prophet and Seer of David, saying:Dauid therfore arose in the morning, and the word of our Lord was made to Gad the prophete and Seer of Dauid, saying:Surrexit itaque David mane, et sermo Domini factus est ad Gad prophetam et videntem David, dicens :
12Go, and speak to David: Thus saith our Lord: Choice is given thee of three things, choose one of them which thou wilt, that I may do it to thee.Goe, and speake to Dauid: Thus sayth our Lord: Choyse is geuen thee of three thinges, choose one of them which thou wilt, that I may do it to thee.✦Vade, et loquere ad David : Hæc dicit Dominus : Trium tibi datur optio : elige unum quod volueris ex his, ut faciam tibi.
13And when Gad was come to David, he told him, saying: Either famine shall come to thee seven years in thy land: or three months thou shalt flee thy adversaries, and they shall pursue thee: or certe: certainly, assuredly three days the pestilence shall be in thy land. Now therefore deliberate, and see what word I shall answer to him that sent me.And when Gad was come to Dauid, he told him, saying: Either famine shal come to thee seuen yeares in thy land: or three monethes thou shalt flee thy aduersaries, and they shal pursew thee: or certes three dayes the pestilence shal be in thy land. Now therfore deliberate, and see what word I shal answer to him that sent me.Cumque venisset Gad ad David, nuntiavit ei, dicens : Aut septem annis veniet tibi fames in terra tua : aut tribus mensibus fugies adversarios tuos, et illi te persequentur : aut certe tribus diebus erit pestilentia in terra tua. Nunc ergo delibera, et vide quem respondeam ei qui me misit sermonem.
14And David said to Gad: I am distressed exceedingly: but it is better that I fall into the hands of our Lord (for his mercies be many) then into the hands of men.And Dauid sayd to Gad: I am distressed exceedingly: but it is better that I fal into the handes of our Lord (for his mercies be manie) then into the handes of men.✦Dixit autem David ad Gad : Coarctor nimis : sed melius est ut incidam in manus Domini (multæ enim misericordiæ ejus sunt) quam in manus hominum.
15And our Lord sent the pestilence in Israel, from morning unto the time appointed, and there died of the people from Dan to Bersabee seventy thousand men.And our Lord sent the pestilence in Israel, from morning vnto the time appoynted, and there died of the people from Dan to Bersabee seuentie thousand men.✦Immisitque Dominus pestilentiam in Israël, de mane usque ad tempus constitutum, et mortui sunt ex populo a Dan usque ad Bersabee septuaginta millia virorum.
16And when the Angel of our Lord had stretched forth his hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, our Lord had pity upon the affliction, and said to the Angel that stroke the people: It is sufficient: now hold thy hand: and the Angel of our Lord was beside the floor of Areuna the Jebusite.And when the Angel of our Lord had stretched forth his hand ouer Ierusalem to destroy it, our Lord had pitie vpon the affliction, and sayd to the Angel that stroke the people: It is sufficient: now hold thy hand: and the Angel of our Lord was beside the floore of Areuna the Iebuseite.✦Cumque extendisset manum suam angelus Domini super Jerusalem ut disperderet eam, misertus est Dominus super afflictione, et ait angelo percutienti populum : Sufficit : nunc contine manum tuam. Erat autem angelus Domini juxta aream Areuna Jebusæi.
17And David said to our Lord when he saw the Angel striking the people: I am he that have sinned, I have done wickedly: these that are the sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I beseech thee, be turned against me, and against my father's house.And Dauid sayd to our Lord when he saw the Angel striking the people: I am he that haue sinned, I haue done wickedly: these that are the sheepe, what haue they done? let thy hand, I beseeche thee, be turned agaynst me, and agaynst my fathers house.✦Dixitque David ad Dominum cum vidisset angelum cædentem populum : Ego sum qui peccavi, ego inique egi : isti qui oves sunt, quid fecerunt ? vertatur, obsecro, manus tua contra me, et contra domum patris mei.
18And Gad came to David in that day, and said to him: Go up, and build an altar to our Lord in the floor of Areuna the Jebusite.And Gad came to Dauid in that day, and sayd to him: Goe vp, and build an altar to our Lord in the floore of Areuna the Iebuseite.✦Venit autem Gad ad David in die illa, et dixit ei : Ascende, et constitue altare Domino in area Areuna Jebusæi.
19And David went up according to the word of Gad, which our Lord commanded him.And Dauid went vp according to the word of Gad, which our Lord commanded him.Et ascendit David juxta sermonem Gad, quem præceperat ei Dominus.
20And Areuna looking, perceived the king and his servants to come towards him:And Areuna looking, perceiued the king and his seruantes to come towards him:Conspiciensque Areuna, animadvertit regem et servos ejus transire ad se :
21And going forth he adored the king with his face bowing to the earth, and said: What is the cause that my lord the king cometh to his servant? To whom David said: That I may buy of thee the floor, and build an altar to our Lord, and the slaughter may cease which rageth among the people.And going forth he adored the king with his face bowing to the earth, and sayd: What is the cause that my lord the king cometh to his seruant? To whom Dauid sayd: That I may bye of thee the floore, and build an altar to our Lord, and the slaughter may cease which rageth among the people.et egressus adoravit regem prono vultu in terram, et ait : Quid causæ est ut veniat dominus meus rex ad servum suum ? Cui David ait : Ut emam a te aream, et ædificem altare Domino, et cesset interfectio quæ grassatur in populo.
22And Areuna said to David: Let my lord the king take, and offer, as it pleaseth him: thou hast the oxen for holocaustum: a whole burnt offering, and the plaustrum: a wagon, cart, and the yokes of the oxen for provision of wood.And Areuna sayd to Dauid: Let my lord the king take, and offer, as it pleaseth him: thou hast the oxen for holocauste, and the wayne, and the yokes of the oxen for prouision of wood.Et ait Areuna ad David : Accipiat, et offerat dominus meus rex sicut placet ei : habes boves in holocaustum, et plaustrum, et juga boum in usum lignorum.
23Areuna gave all things to the king: and Areuna said to the king: The Lord thy God receive thy vow.Areuna gaue al thinges to the king: and Areuna sayd to the king: The Lord thy God receiue thy vowe.Omnia dedit Areuna rex regi : dixitque Areuna ad regem : Dominus Deus tuus suscipiat votum tuum.
24To whom the king answering, said: Not so as thou wilt, but I will buy it of thee at a price, and I will not offer to our Lord my God holocausts given gratuita: free of charge, for nothing. David therefore bought the floor, and the oxen, for fifty siclis: shekels, a silver weight of silver:To whom the king answering, sayd: Not so as thou wilt, but I wil bye it of thee at a price, and I wil not offer to our Lord my God holocaustes geuen gratis. Dauid therfore bought the floore, and the oxen, for fiftie sicles of siluer:✦Cui respondens rex, ait : Nequaquam ut vis, sed emam pretio a te, et non offeram Domino Deo meo holocausta gratuita. Emit ergo David aream, et boves, argenti siclis quinquaginta :
25and David built there an altar to our Lord, and offered holocausts and pacifica: peace offerings: and our Lord became merciful to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.and Dauid built there an altar to our Lord, & offered holocaustes and pacifiques: and our Lord became merciful to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.✦et ædificavit ibi David altare Domino, et obtulit holocausta et pacifica : et propitiatus est Dominus terræ, et cohibita est plaga ab Israël.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.