2 Sa:miuele 24
1 Eso afaega, Hina Gode da bu Isala: ili fi ilima ougi galu. E da Da: ibidi ilima bidi hamosu doaga: ma: ne hamoi. Hina Gode da ema amane sia: i, “Masa! Isala: ili amola Yuda fi dunu idima.”
Yahweh was angry with the Israeli people again, so he incited David to cause trouble for them. He said to David, “Send [some men] to count the people of Israel and Judah.”
2 Amaiba: le, Da: ibidi da dadi gagui wa: i ouligisudafa amo Youa: be, ema amane sia: i, “Di amola dia afoha ouligisu dunu huluane amo Isala: ili fi huluane fodomane fasisa asili muni na: iyado soge bega: asili na: iyado bega: doaga: le amola dunu huluane idima. Na da ili idi dawa: mu hanai gala.”
So the king said to Joab, the commander of his army, “Go [with your officers] through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan [city in the far north] to Beersheba [town in the far south], and count the people, in order that I may know how many people [there are who are able to be soldiers in the army].”
3 Be Youa: be da amane adole i, “Hina noga: idafa! Dia Hina Gode da Isala: ili dunu ilia idi amo bagalesili, bu afae da 100 ba: ma: ne hamomu da defea. Amola amo dafawane ba: ma: ne, di da esalumu da defea. Be di, hina noga: idafa, abuliba: le amo hamomusa: hanabela: ?”
But Joab replied to the king, “Your Majesty, I wish/desire that Yahweh our God will cause there to be 100 times as many people [in Israel] as there are now, and I wish/desire that you would see that happen [before you die]. But why do you want us to do this?”
4 Be Da: ibidi da Youa: be amola ea afoha ouligisu dunu ea sia: i nabawane hamoma: ne logei. Ilia da e fisili, Isala: ili dunu idimusa: asi.
But the king commanded Joab and his officers to do it. So they left the king and went out to count the people of Israel.
5 Ilia da Yoda: ne Hano degele, Aloua moilai ga (south) la: idi amoga fi dialu. (Aloua da Ga: de soge ganodini, fago dogoa dialebe ba: i). Amogainini asili, ilia ga (north) Ya: isa moilai bai bagadega asi.
They crossed the Jordan [River] and set up their tents south of Aroer [town], in the middle of the valley, in the territory [that was given to the tribe] of Gad. From there they went [north] to Jazer [city]
6 Amo yolesili, ilia da Gilia: de baligili, Ga: idese soge (Hidaide fi soge amo ganodini dialebe) amoga doaga: i. Amalalu, ilia da Da: ne moilaiga asili, amola bu guma: dini, Saidone moilai bai bagadega asi.
Then they went [north] to [the] Gilead [region] and to Kadesh [city], in the land where the Heth people-group lived. Then they went to Dan [city in the far north of Israel], and then further west, to Sidon [city near the Mediterranean Sea].
7 Amalalu, ilia da bu ga (south) asili, gagili sali moilai bai bagade Daia amoga doaga: i. Amalalu, ilia da Haifaide dunu amola Ga: ina: ne dunu ilia moilai huluane amoga asili, amola ilia ahoabe dagomusa: , Biasiba moilai bai bagade (Yuda ga [south] soge ganodini diala) amoga doaga: i.
Then they went [south] to Tyre, a city with high walls around it, and to all the cities where the Hiv and Canaan people-groups live. Then they went [east] to Beersheba, in the southern part of Judah.
8 Ilia da oubi sesegeyale amola eso 20 amoga ahoanu, ilia da Yelusalemega buhagi. Ilia da soge huluanedafa amo ganodini ahoanu dagoi ba: i.
After nine months and 20 days, when they had finished going throughout the land [and counting the people], they returned to Jerusalem.
9 Ilia da hina bagadema amo dunu huluane amo da gegemusa: defele esalu, amo ilia idi ema sia: ne iasu. Ilia idi da Isala: ili dunu 800,000 amola Yuda dunu 500,000.
They reported to the king the number of people that they had counted. There were 800,000 men in Israel and 500,000 men in Judah who were able to become soldiers in the army [MTY].
10 Be Da: ibidi da amo dunu fi idisu lai dagobeba: le, e da ea asigi dawa: su ganodini se nabalu, Hina Godema amane sia: i, “Na da amo hamobeba: le, wadela: le bagadedafa hamoi. Dafawane! Na da gagaoui agoane hamoi dagoi. Na gogolema: ne olofoma.”
But after David’s men had counted the people, David regretted [IDM] that he had told them to do that. [One night] he said to Yahweh, “I have committed a very big sin. Please forgive me, because what I have done is very foolish.”
When David got up the next morning, Yahweh gave a message to the prophet Gad. He said to him,
12 Hina Gode da Ga: de (Da: ibidi ea balofede dunu) ema amane sia: i, “Di Da: ibidima asili, amola ema Na da ilegesu udiana ema olelemu. Amo ilegesu hi da ilegesea, amo Na da ema hamomu.” Golale hahabe, Da: ibidi da wa: legadole, amola amogalu,
“Go and tell this to David: ‘I am allowing you to choose one of three things [to punish you]. I will do whichever one you choose.’”
13 Ga: de da ema asili, Hina Gode Ea sia: i ema alofele i. E da Da: ibidima amane adole ba: i, “Di da adi ilegesala: ? Dia soge amo ganodini ode udiana ha: mu ilegema: bela: ? O oubi udiana amoga dia ha lai da di hasalabeba: le, di sefasimu, amo ilegema: bela: ? O eso udiana olo bagade di dia sogega ba: mu, amo ilegema: bela: ? Di dawa: lalu, nama adole ima. Amasea, na da Hina Godema alofele adole imunu.”
So Gad went to David and told him [what Yahweh had said]. He said to David, “You can choose whether there will be three years of famine in your land, or three months of your [army] running away from your enemies, or three days when there will be a (plague/very severe illness) in your land. You think about it and choose [which one you want, and tell me], and I will return to Yahweh and tell him what your answer is.”
14 Da: ibidi da bu adole i, “Na da bidi hamosu bagadedafa amoga sisiga: i. Be na da osobo bagade dunuga se nabimu higa: i. Hina Gode Hisu da ninima se imunu da defea. Bai e da asigisa, amola gogolema: ne olofosu dawa:”
David said to Gad, “All those are very terrible things for me to choose between! But allow Yahweh to punish [MTY] me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, [because they will not be merciful].”
15 Amaiba: le, Hina Gode da olo bagade Isala: ili dunuma iasi. Olo da amogala hahabe muni, Gode ea ilegei eso idi ganodini ba: i. Olo da Isala: ili soge bega: asili, la: idi bega: doaga: le, amola Isala: ili dunu 70,000 da bogogia: i ba: i.
So Yahweh sent a plague on the Israeli people. It started that morning and did not stop until the time that he had chosen/set. All over the land, from Dan to Beersheba, there were 70,000 Israelis who died [because of the plague].
16 Hina Gode Ea a: igele dunu da Yelusaleme wadela: lesimu amo galuwane, Hina Gode da da: i dione, a:igele dunuma sia: i, “Aligima! Bu mae wadela: lesima.” Amogalu, a:igele dunu da Yebiusaide dunu ea dio amo Alona ea widi dabasu sogebi amoga lelebe ba: i.
When [Yahweh’s] angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy [the people by this plague], Yahweh changed his mind about punishing [any more] people. He said to the angel who was killing them [with the plague], “Stop what you are doing [IDM]! That is enough!” [When he said that, ] the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain.
17 Da: ibidi da a: igele amo da Isala: ili dunuma se ianabe amo ba: i. E da Hina Godema amane sia: i, “Na fawane da wadela: le hamoi. Amo hahani dunu da adi hamobela: ? Di da na amola na sosogo ninima se imunu da defea galu.”
When David saw the angel who was causing the people to become sick and die, he said to Yahweh, “Truly, I am the one who has committed the sin. I have done a very wicked thing, but these people are [as innocent as] sheep [MET]. They have certainly not [RHQ] done anything [that is wrong]. So you should punish [IDM] me and my family, [not these people]!”
18 Amo eso amagalawane, Ga: de da Da: ibidima asili, amane sia: i, “Dia Alona ea widi dabasu amoga asili, Hina Godema gobele salimusa: , oloda gaguma.”
That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up to the place where Araunah threshes grain, and build an altar to [worship] Yahweh there.”
19 Da: ibidi da Hina Gode Ea sia: Ga: demadi misi, amo nababeba: le, asi.
So David did what Gad told him to do, which was what Yahweh had commanded, [and he went up there].
20 Alona da ba: le guduli, hina bagade amola ea ouligisu dunu ema manebe ba: i. E da Da: ibidi midadi amoga hi gobele osoba gala: la sa: ili,
When Araunah looked down and saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he prostrated himself on the ground in front of the king, with his face touching the ground.
21 amane adole ba: i, “Hina noga: idafa! Dia abuliba: le guiguda: misibala: ?” Da: ibidi da bu adole i, “Na da dia widi dabasu sogebi amogawi amo olo hedofama: ne, Hina Godema oloda hamomusa: , amo bidi lama: ne misi.”
Araunah said, “Your Majesty, why have you come to me?” David replied, “[I have come] to buy this ground where you thresh grain, in order to build an altar to Yahweh [and offer sacrifices on it], in order that he will stop the plague.”
22 Alona da amane sia: i, “Defea, hina noga: idafa! Lama! Amola dia hanaiga Hina Godema gobele salima. Amola na bulamagau di oloda da: iya gobele salimusa: lama. Ilia `youge’ amola dabasu ifa amo lalu didima: ne lama.”
Araunah replied to David, “Your Majesty, offer to Yahweh whatever you wish/want. Here, take my oxen to use for the offering that will be completely burned on the altar. And here, take their yokes and the boards [that I use] for the threshing, [and use them] for the wood that you will burn.
23 Alona da amo liligi huluane amo hina bagadema udigili i. E da ema amane sia: i, “Dia Hina Gode da dia iasu hahawane lamu da defea.”
I, Araunah, am giving all this to you, the king.” Then he said, “I desire/hope that Yahweh our God will accept your offering.”
24 Be hina bagade da bu adole i, “Hame mabu! Na da amo liligi ea bidi defele dima imunu. Liligi amo na da bidi mae iawene udigili lai, amo na da na Hina Godema hame gobele salimu.” Amola, e da widi dabasu sogebi amola bulamagau, amo silifa fage 50amoga bidi lai.
But the king said to Araunah, “No, [I will not take these things as a gift.] I will pay you for it. I will not take sacrifices that have cost me nothing, and offer them to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.” So he paid 50 pieces of silver to Araunah for the oxen and the ground.
25 Amalalu, e da Hina Godema oloda gaguli, amola amo da: iya Wadela: i Hou Dabe Ima: ne Iasu amola Hahawane Olofosu Gobele Salasu hamosu. Hina Gode da Da: ibidi ea sia: ne gadosu nababeba: le, dabe adole i. Amola olo bagade Isala: ili sogega dialu da hedofai dagoi ba: i. Sia: ama dagoi
Then David built an altar to Yahweh, and he offered [the oxen] to be completely burned on the altar, and he also offered sacrifices to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then, Yahweh answered David’s prayers, and he caused the plague in Israel to end.
