< 2 Samuel 24 >
1 And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.
Ọzọkwa, Onyenwe anyị were iwe dị ọkụ megide Izrel. Ọ kpaliri Devid imegide ha, sị, “Gaa gụọ Izrel na Juda ọnụ.”
2 And the king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.
Ya mere, eze gwara Joab na ndịisi ọchịagha ya ha so, “Jegharịa nʼebo niile nke Izrel, site na Dan ruo Bịasheba, gụkọtaa ndị tozuru ije agha nʼIzrel niile ka m nwee ike mata ole ọnụọgụgụ ha dị.”
3 And Joab said to the king, Now Jehovah thy God add to the people, however many they may be, a hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it, but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?
Joab zaghachiri eze, “Ka Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị, mee ka ndị agha mụbaa, otu onye narị ụzọ, otu onye narị ụzọ karịa. Ka anya onyenwe m, bụ eze, hụkwa ya. Ma nʼihi gịnị ka onyenwe m bụ eze ji chọọ ime ihe dị otu a?”
4 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.
Ma okwu eze dị ike karịa nke Joab na nke ndị ọchịagha ahụ. Ya mere, ha hapụrụ ihu eze pụọ ịgụ ndị agha Izrel ọnụ.
5 And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer.
Mgbe ha gabigachara Jọdan, ha manyere ụlọ ikwu ha na nso Aroea, nʼaka nri obodo ahụ dị nʼetiti ndagwurugwu Gad na-eru Jeza,
6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi. And they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Sidon,
ha gara Gilead ruokwa nʼala Taatim Hodshi, bịarukwaa Dan Jaan, jee gburugburu jeruo Saịdọn.
7 and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites. And they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.
Ha jere ruokwa nʼebe e wusiri ike nke Taịa, na obodo niile nke ndị Hiv, na nke ndị Kenan. Nʼikpeazụ, ha gaara ruo Bịasheba nʼime ndịda Juda.
8 So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
Mgbe ha jegharịchara nʼala ahụ niile; ha lọghachitere na Jerusalem na ngwụcha ọnwa nke itoolu na iri abalị abụọ ya.
9 And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
Joab nyere eze ngụkọta ọnụọgụgụ nke ndị agha Izrel. NʼIzrel, ha dị narị puku asatọ, bụ ndị ikom ndị tozuru iji mma agha buo agha, na Juda ha dị narị puku ise.
10 And David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, but now, O Jehovah, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly.
Ma obi Devid bidoro ịta ya ụta mgbe ọ gụchara ndị ikom na-alụ agha ọnụ. Ọ sịrị Onyenwe anyị, “Emehiela m nke ukwuu nʼihi ihe m mere. Ma ugbu a, Onyenwe anyị biko, arịọ m gị, wezuga ikpe ọmụma nke dịịrị ohu gị; nʼihi na emeela m ihe nzuzu dị ukwuu.”
11 And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
Nʼụtụtụ echi ya, tupu Devid na-eteta nʼụra, okwu Onyenwe anyị eruola Gad onye amụma, bụ onye ọhụ ụzọ Devid, sị,
12 Go and speak to David, 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.’”
13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to thee in thy land? Or will thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? Now decide, and see what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
Ya mere, Gad jekwuuru Devid sị ya, “Ọ bụ ka oke ụnwụ ịda nʼala gị afọ atọ? Ka ọ bụ na ị ga-agbalaga site nʼihu ndị iro gị ọnwa atọ, ka ha na-achụ gị ọsọ? Ka ọ bụ ka ajọ ọrịa na-efe efe daa nʼala gị mkpụrụ ụbọchị atọ? Ugbu a, chee echiche, kpebie ọsịsa ị chọrọ ka m weghachiri onye ahụ zitere m.”
14 And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait. Let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man.
Devid sịrị Gad, “Anọ m nʼoke nsogbu, ọ ka mma ka anyị daba nʼaka Onyenwe anyị karịa ịdaba nʼaka mmadụ, nʼihi na obi ebere ya bara ụba.”
15 So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed. And there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
Nʼihi ya, Onyenwe anyị zitere ajọ ọrịa na-efe efe nʼala Izrel, site nʼụtụtụ ahụ ruo oge akara aka. Ọ bụ iri puku mmadụ asaa nwụrụ site na Dan ruo Bịasheba.
16 And when the agent stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah relented of the evil, and said to the agent who destroyed the people, It is enough. Now stay thy hand. And the agent of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Mgbe mmụọ ozi ahụ setịpụrụ aka ya ibibi Jerusalem, o wutere Onyenwe anyị nʼihi oke mbibi ahụ. Ọ sịrị mmụọ ozi ahụ nke na-eweta nhụju anya nye ndị mmadụ, “O zuola. Seghachi aka gị.” Mgbe ahụ, mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị nọ nʼebe ịzọcha ọka Arauna onye Jebus.
17 And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the agent who smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely, but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
Mgbe Devid hụrụ mmụọ ozi ahụ na-etida ndị mmadụ, ọ sịrị Onyenwe anyị, “Ọ bụ mụ onwe m mehiere; mụ bụ onye ọzụzụ atụrụ, mere ajọ omume. Ma ndị a bụ naanị ụmụ atụrụ, gịnị kwanụ ka ha mere? Ka aka gị dịgide naanị nʼahụ m, dịgidekwa nʼahụ ndị ụlọ m.”
18 And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Nʼụbọchị ahụ, Gad bịara nʼụlọ Devid gwa ya sị, “Gaa, wuore Onyenwe anyị ebe ịchụ aja nʼebe ịzọcha ọka Arauna, onye Jebus.”
19 And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Jehovah commanded.
Ya mere, Devid rubere isi gaa mee dịka iwu Onyenwe anyị nyere site nʼọnụ Gad.
20 And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. And Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
Mgbe Arauna weliri anya hụ eze na ndị ọrụ ya ka ha na-abịa nʼebe ọ nọ, ọ pụtara kpọọ isiala nye eze. Kpudokwa ihu ya nʼala.
21 And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor from thee, to build an altar to Jehovah that the plague may be halted from the people.
Arauna sịrị, “Gịnị mere onyenwe m, bụ eze ji bịakwute ohu ya?” Devid zaghachiri, “Abịara m ịzụrụ ebe ịzọcha ọka gị, ka m nwee ike wuore Onyenwe anyị ebe ịchụ aja; ka akwụsị ọrịa a na-efe efe dakwasịrị ndị mmadụ.”
22 And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.
Arauna sịrị Devid, “Ka onyenwe m, bụ eze were ihe ọbụla ọ chọrọ, werekwa chụọ aja. Lee ehi maka iji chụọ aja nsure ọkụ, leekwa ihe igwe ịzọcha ọka niile, na osisi ndị ahụ niile a na-anyanye ehi nʼolu, ka ha bụrụ nkụ.
23 All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king. And Araunah said to the king, Jehovah thy God accept thee.
Eze, ihe ndị a niile ka mụ bụ Arauna na-enye eze, ka Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị nabatakwa gị.”
24 And the king said to Araunah, No, but I will truly buy it from thee at a price. Neither will I offer burnt offerings to Jehovah my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Ma eze zaghachiri Arauna, “Ee, aghaghị m ịkwụzu gị ụgwụ ya, nʼihi na agaghị m achụrụ Onyenwe anyị, bụ Chineke m aja nsure ọkụ nke na-agaghị efu m ihe ọbụla.” Ya mere, Devid zụrụ ebe ịzọcha ọka ahụ na ehi ahụ niile, kwụọ Arauna iri shekel ọlaọcha ise, nʼihi ha.
25 And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So Jehovah was entreated for the land, and the plague was halted from Israel.
Devid wuru ebe ịchụrụ Onyenwe anyị aja nʼebe ahụ. Chụọkwa aja nsure ọkụ na aja udo. Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị zara ekpere o kpere nʼihi ala ahụ. Nrịa nrịa ahụ na-efe efe nke dakwasịrị Izrel kwụsịkwara.