2 Samuel 24

1 Israel taengah lungoe hamla BOEIPA te a thintoek loh a koei. Te vaengah amih taengah David tea vueh pah tih, “Cet lamtah Israel neh Judah ke tae lah laeh,” a tinah.

And again the anger of Yhwh was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

2 Te dongah manghai loh amah taengkah tatthai mangpa Joab te, “Dan lamloh Beersheba duela Israel koca boeih taengah cet laeh. Pilnam te tae lamtah pilnam hlangmi te ka ming eh?,” a tinah.

For the king said to Joab the captain of the army, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

3 Tedae Joab loh manghai te, “Pilnam te BOEIPA na Pathen loh amah laa thap tih ka boei manghai kah mikhmuh ah amih te a pueh yakhat lam khaw hmu mai saw. Tedae ka boei manghai loh balae tih hebang hno hea ngaih,” a ti.

And Joab said unto the king, Now Yhwh thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

4 Tedae manghai kah olka loh Joab neh tatthai mangpa rhoek tea hut a tet. Te dongah Joab tah Israel pilnam te soep hamla caem neh mangpa rhoek neh manghai mikhmuh lamkah loh bituh.

Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

5 Jordana poeng uh tih Gad neh Jazer soklong khui kah khopuei bantang Aroer ah rhaehuh.

And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:

6 Te vaengah Gilead neh Tahtimhodshi kho tea paan uh tih Danjaan neh Sidon kaepvai khaw a phauh.

Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Sidon,

7 Tyre hmuencak, Khivee neh Kanaan khopuei boeih te khaw a pha uh tih Judah Beersheba tuithim la pawkuh.

And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer–sheba.

8 Kho tom tea hil uh tih hla ko phoeiah hnin kula thok daengah Jerusalem la pawk.

So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

9 Pilnam kah hlangboelTe Joab loh manghai taengah tuna paek vaengah IsraelTe cunghang aka pom tatthai hlang thawng ya rhet, Judah hlangTe hlang thawng ya nga om.

And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

10 Pilnam tea tae phoeiah DavidTe a lungbuei loh a ngawn. Te dongah David loh BOEIPA taengah, “Ka saii te muep ka tholh coeng. BOEIPA aw, ka pavai tangkik dongah ni, na sal kathaesainah he han hlah mai laeh,” a tinah.

And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto Yhwh, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Yhwh, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

11 Mincang ah DavidTe thoo. Te vaengah BOEIPA kah olTe David khohmu, tonghma Gad taenglaa pha tih,

For when David was up in the morning, the word of Yhwh came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

12 “Cet lamtah he he David taengah thui pah, BOEIPA loh, 'Kai loh nang taengah pathum ka tai he namah ham pakhat ah tuek lamtah nang ham kan saii eh?,’ ti nah,” a tinah.

Go and say unto David, Thus saith Yhwh, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

13 Te dongah GadTe David taengah cet tiha puenpah. Te vaengah David te, “Na khohmuen ah khokha kum rhih ha pai saeh a? Na rhal rhoek mikhmuh ah hla thum na rhaelrham vetih nang n'hloem saeh a? Na khohmuen he hnin thum khuiah duektahaw om koinih ta. Ming lamtah hmu laeh. Mebang kan tueih ham khaw kamah taengla ol ham voei,” a tinah.

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

14 David loh Gad taengah, “Kai puen ka cak tangkik coeng. A haidamnah tah aka len koek haidamnah la a om dongah BOEIPA kah kut dongah tla uh mai saeh lamtah hlang kut dongah ka tla boel mai eh,” a ti.

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Yhwh; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

15 Te dongah mincang lamloh khoning tue duela BOEIPA loh Israel soah duektahawa paek. Te vaengah pilnamTe Dan lamloh Beersheba duela hlang thawng sawmrhih duek.

So Yhwh sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba seventy thousand men.

16 JerusalemTe phae hamla puencawn loh a kuta thueng. Tedae yoethae kongah BOEIPA khaw damti coeng tih puencawn te, “Pilnam sokah kutcaihnah te temah laeh saeh, na kut yuek laeh,” a tinah. Te vaengah BOEIPA kah puencawn tah Jebusi Araunah cangtilhmuen ah om.

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, Yhwh repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of Yhwh was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

17 Pilnam aka ngawn puencawn tea hmuh vaengah David loh BOEIPA taengaha bih tih, “Kai ka tholh coeng tih ka paihaeh coeng he. Tu rhoek loh balaea saii. Na kut he kamah so neh a pa kah imkhui ah tla mai saeh,” a tinah.

And David spake unto Yhwh when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

18 Tekah khohnin ah GadTe David taengla pawk tih, “Cet lamtah, Jebusi Araunah kah cangtilhmuen ah BOEIPA ham hmueihtuk suem laeh,” a tinah.

And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto Yhwh in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

19 Te dongah BOEIPA loh a uen Gad kah ol vanbangla David khaw cet.

And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as Yhwh commanded.

20 Te vaengah Araunah loh a dan hatah manghai neh a sal rhoek loh amah taengla ham paan te a hmuh. Te dongah Araunah loh hlah uh tih manghai hmaiah a maelhmai neh diklai laa bakoppah.

And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

21 Te vaengah Araunah loh, “Ka boei manghai loh a sal taengah balae tih ha pawk co?,” a ti. Te dongah David loh, “BOEIPA kah hmueihtuk suem hamla cangtilhmuen he nang taeng lamkah lai ham ni. Te daengah ni lucik tah pilnam taeng lamloha paa eh?,” a tinah.

And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto Yhwh, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

22 Araunah loh David taengah, “Ka boei manghai loh a mikhmuh ah a mikdai aka thenTe lo saeh lamtah khuen pai saeh. Hmueihhlutnah vaito neh tloep khaw, thing hamla vaito dongkah hnopai khaw so lah he,” a tinah.

And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.

23 Soeprhaep boeih te Araunah loh manghai hut la manghai taengah a paek. Te vaengah Araunah loh manghai te, “BOEIPA na Pathen loh nang te m'moeithen nawn saeh,” a tinah.

All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, Yhwh thy God accept thee.

24 Tedae manghai loh Araunah taengah, “Pawh, nang taeng lamkah he a phu neh ka lai la ka lai eh. Hmueihhlutnah he BOEIPA ka Pathen taengaha yoeyup la ka khuen mahpawh,” a tinah. Te phoeiah David loh cangtilhmuen neh vaito te cak shekel sawmnga neha lai.

And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto Yhwh my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

25 Te phoeiah David loh BOEIPA ham hmueihtuk pahoia suem tih hmueihhlutnah neh rhoepnah hmueih te a khuen. Te daengahTe khohmuen ham BOEIPA taengah thangthui tih Israel sokah lucik te khaw cing van.

And David built there an altar unto Yhwh, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Yhwh was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.