< 1 Chronicles 21 >
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Ekwensu biliri megide Izrel, mgbe ọ kpaliri Devid ka ọ gụọ Izrel ọnụ.
2 And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know the sum of them.
Ya mere, Devid gwara Joab na ndịisi agha okwu sị, “Gaa gụọ ụmụ Izrel niile ọnụ, site na Bịasheba ruo Dan. Emesịa, bịa gwa m ihe ị gụtara ka m mata ole ọnụọgụgụ ha dị.”
3 And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?
Ma Joab zaghachiri, “Ka Onyenwe anyị mee ka ndị agha ya mụbaa, otu onye narị ụzọ karịa. Ma onyenwe m eze, ọ bụ na ndị a niile abụghị ndị nọ nʼokpuru ọchịchị onyenwe m? Nʼihi gịnị ka onyenwe m ji na-achọ ime ihe a? Nʼihi gịnị ka ọ ga-eji wetara Izrel ikpe ọmụma?”
4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Ma okwu eze dị ike karịa nke Joab. Ya mere, Joab pụrụ gagharịa nʼIzrel niile, mechaa lọghachikwa na Jerusalem.
5 And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. And all those of Israel were a million and a hundred thousand men who drew a sword. And Judah was four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.
Joab nyere Devid ngụkọta ọnụọgụgụ nke ndị agha Izrel niile. NʼIzrel niile, ha dị otu nde, na narị puku ndị ikom ndị tozuru iji mma agha buo agha, tinyekwara narị puku ndị ikom anọ na iri asaa nʼala Juda ndị na-amịpụta mma agha.
6 But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
Ma Joab agụnyeghị ndị Livayị, na ndị Benjamin nʼọnụọgụgụ ahụ, nʼihi na iwu eze amasịghị ya nʼobi nʼụzọ ọbụla.
7 And God was displeased with this thing, therefore he smote Israel.
Iwu banyere ọnụọgụgụ a adịghịkwa Chineke mma nʼanya. Ya mere, ọ tara ndị Izrel ahụhụ nʼihi ya.
8 And David said to God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly.
Mgbe ahụ, Devid sịrị Chineke, “Emehiela m nke ukwuu site nʼihe a m mere. Ma ugbu a, biko, arịọ m gị, wezuga ikpe ọmụma dịịrị ohu gị; nʼihi na emeela m ihe nzuzu dị ukwuu.”
9 And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
Onyenwe anyị gwara Gad, onye ọhụ ụzọ Devid, sị,
10 Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says Jehovah, I offer thee three things. Choose thee one of them, that I may do it to thee.
“Gaa gwa Devid, ‘Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu: Ụzọ ihe atọ ka m na-eche gị nʼihu. Họrọ otu nʼime ha nke m ga-eme ka ọ bịakwasị gị.’”
11 So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says Jehovah, Take which thou will:
Ya mere Gad jekwuuru Devid sị ya, “Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, Họrọ nke dị gị mma.
12 either three years of famine, or three months to be consumed before thy foes while the sword of thine enemies overtakes thee, or else three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and the agent of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
Oke ụnwụ nke ga-adị afọ atọ, ka ọ bụ ọnwa atọ nke mkpochapụ nʼihu ndị iro unu, site na mma agha ha ga-eru unu ahụ, ka ọ bụ ụbọchị atọ nke mma agha Onyenwe anyị, bụ ajọ ọrịa na-efe efe ịda nʼala a, nke mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka ọ bịakwasị ala Izrel niile. Ugbu a, chee echiche, kpebie ọsịsa ị chọrọ ka m weghachiri onye ahụ zitere m.”
13 And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait. Let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are very great, and let me not fall into the hand of man.
Devid sịrị Gad, “Anọ m nʼoke nsogbu. Ọ ka mma ka m daba nʼaka Onyenwe anyị karịa ịdaba nʼaka mmadụ. Nʼihi na obi ebere ya bara ụba nke ukwuu.”
14 So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel, and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
Nʼihi ya, Onyenwe anyị zitere ajọ ọrịa na-efe efe nʼala Izrel, iri puku ndị ikom asaa dara nwụọ.
15 And God sent an agent to Jerusalem to destroy it. And as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he relented of the evil, and said to the destroying agent, It is enough. Now halt thy hand. And the agent of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Chineke zipụrụ mmụọ ozi ị ga bibie Jerusalem, ma dịka mmụọ ozi ahụ na-eme nke a, Onyenwe anyị hụrụ ya, o wutere ya nʼihi mbibi ahụ. Ọ sịrị mmụọ ozi ahụ nke na-ebibi ndị mmadụ, “O zuola! Seghachi aka gị.” Mgbe ahụ, mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị na-eguzo nʼebe ịzọcha ọka Arauna onye Jebus.
16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the agent of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
Mgbe Devid leliri anya elu hụ mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị ka o guzo nʼetiti mbara eluigwe na ụwa, hụkwa mma agha o ji, nke o chere ihu ya na Jerusalem, ya na ndị okenye Izrel yi akwa mkpe, dara nʼala kpuo ihu nʼala.
17 And David said to God, Is it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? Even I it is who have sinned and done very badly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father's house, but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.
Devid sịrị Chineke, “Ọ bụghị m nyere iwu ka a gụọ ndị tozuru ibu agha ọnụ? Ọ bụ mụ onwe m, mụ bụ onye ọzụzụ atụrụ, mehiere mee ajọ omume. Ma ndị a bụ naanị ụmụ atụrụ, gịnị kwanụ ka ha mere? Onyenwe anyị Chineke m, biko ekwela ka ọrịa a na-efe efe nọgide nʼahụ ndị gị, ka aka gị dịgide naanị nʼahụ m, dịgidekwa nʼahụ ndị ụlọ m.”
18 Then the agent of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up, and rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Mgbe ahụ, mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị nyere Gad iwu ka ọ gwa Devid, ka ọ gaa wuore Onyenwe anyị ebe ịchụ aja nʼebe ịzọcha ọka Arauna, onye Jebus.
19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of Jehovah.
Ya mere, Devid rubere isi gaa dịka okwu ahụ Gad kwuru nʼaha Onyenwe anyị.
20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the agent, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
Mgbe Arauna nọ nʼebe ịzọcha ọka, ọ tụgharịrị hụ mmụọ ozi ahụ, ụmụ ya ndị ikom anọ ndị so ya guzo nʼebe ahụ zoro onwe ha.
21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
Mgbe Devid bịakwutere Arauna, Arauna weliri anya hụ ya, ọ hapụrụ ebe ịzọcha ọka ahụ, bịa kpọọ isiala nye Devid, kpudokwa ihu ya nʼala.
22 Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar to Jehovah. For the full price thou shall give it me, that the plague may be stopped from the people.
Devid sịrị ya, “Nye m ebe a, bụ ala ebe ịzọcha ọka gị, ka m nwee ike wuore Onyenwe anyị ebe ịchụ aja, ka akwụsị ọrịa a na-efe efe dakwasịrị ndị mmadụ. Resi m ya nʼọnụ ahịa o ruru.”
23 And Ornan said to David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes. Lo, I give thee the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering. I give it all.
Ma Arauna zara sị Devid, “Were ya ka onyenwe m eze mee ihe ọbụla dị ya nʼobi. Aga m enye ehi maka iji chụọ aja nsure ọkụ, ihe nzọcha ọka niile ka ha bụrụ nkụ na ọka wiiti maka ịchụ aja mkpụrụ ọka. Aga m enye ha niile.”
24 And king David said to Ornan, No, but I will truly buy it for the full price. For I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt offering without cost.
Ma eze Devid zaghachiri Arauna, “ee, aghaghị m ịkwụzu gị ọnụahịa ya. Nʼihi na agaghị m ewere ihe bụ nke gị nye ya Onyenwe anyị, maọbụ chụọ aja nsure ọkụ nke na-agaghị efu m ihe ọbụla.”
25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
Ya mere, Devid kwụrụ Arauna narị shekel ọlaedo isii iji zụrụ ebe ahụ.
26 And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon Jehovah. And he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
Devid wuru ebe ịchụrụ Onyenwe anyị aja nʼebe ahụ, chụọkwa aja nsure ọkụ na aja udo. Ọ kpọkuru Onyenwe anyị, Onyenwe anyị zakwara ya, site nʼọkụ nke si nʼeluigwe daa nʼelu ebe ịchụ aja nke aja nsure ọkụ ahụ.
27 And Jehovah commanded the agent, and he put up his sword again into the sheath of it.
Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị nyere mmụọ ozi ahụ iwu ka o tinyekwa mma agha ya nʼọbọ ya.
28 At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
Mgbe Devid hụrụ na Onyenwe anyị azala ekpere ya nʼebe ịzọcha ọka nke Arauna onye Jebus, ọ chụkwara aja ọzọ nye Onyenwe anyị.
29 For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
Ụlọ ikwu Onyenwe anyị na ebe ịchụ aja nke aja nsure ọkụ ahụ Mosis wuru nʼọzara dị nʼebe dị elu Gibiọn, nʼoge ahụ.
30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid because of the sword of the agent of Jehovah.
Ma Devid ejerughị ebe ahụ ịjụta Chineke ase, nʼihi na ụjọ tụrụ ya mgbe ọ hụrụ mma agha ahụ dị nʼaka mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị.