2 Samuel 24
1 Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
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.
2 So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
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.
3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
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.
4 Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel.
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.
5 They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
Jordana poeng uh tih Gad neh Jazer soklong khui kah khopuei bantang Aroer ah rhaehuh.
6 Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
Te vaengah Gilead neh Tahtimhodshi kho tea paan uh tih Danjaan neh Sidon kaepvai khaw a phauh.
7 They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
Tyre hmuencak, Khivee neh Kanaan khopuei boeih te khaw a pha uh tih Judah Beersheba tuithim la pawkuh.
8 At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.
Kho tom tea hil uh tih hla ko phoeiah hnin kula thok daengah Jerusalem la pawk.
9 And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
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.
10 After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
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.
11 When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
Mincang ah DavidTe thoo. Te vaengah BOEIPA kah olTe David khohmu, tonghma Gad taenglaa pha tih,
12 “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
“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.
13 So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
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.
14 David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
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.
15 So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
Te dongah mincang lamloh khoning tue duela BOEIPA loh Israel soah duektahawa paek. Te vaengah pilnamTe Dan lamloh Beersheba duela hlang thawng sawmrhih duek.
16 But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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.
17 When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
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.
18 And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
Tekah khohnin ah GadTe David taengla pawk tih, “Cet lamtah, Jebusi Araunah kah cangtilhmuen ah BOEIPA ham hmueihtuk suem laeh,” a tinah.
19 So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
Te dongah BOEIPA loh a uen Gad kah ol vanbangla David khaw cet.
20 When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
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.
21 “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
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.
22 Araunah said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
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.
23 O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
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.
24 “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
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.
25 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
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.
