1 Chronicles 21
1 Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number Israel.
Satan loh Israel a thoh thil tih Israel tae hamla David a vueh.
2 And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people: “Go, and number Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan. And bring me the number, so that I may know it.”
Te dongah David loh Joab taeng neh pilnam mangpa rhoek taengah, “Cet uh lamtah Israel he Beersheba lamloh Dan duela tae uh. Te phoeiah kai taengla ha puen uh lamtah a hlangmi te ka ming van eh,” a ti nah.
3 And Joab responded: “May the Lord increase his people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all your servants? Why would my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?”
Tedae Joab loh, “BOEIPA loh a pilnam te a pueh yakhat la a thap bitko. Ka boei manghai aw, amih boeih te ka boei taengah sal la a om uh moenih a? Ka boeipa loh balae tih he he a hue. Balae tih Israel soah dumlai la a om eh?” a ti.
4 But the word of the king prevailed instead. And Joab went away, and he traveled around, through all of Israel. And he returned to Jerusalem.
Tedae manghai kah ol loh Joab te a khum a la. Te dongah Joab te nong tih Israel tom te a pha phoeiah Jerusalem la pawk.
5 And he gave to David the number of those whom he had surveyed. And the entire number of Israel was found to be one million and one hundred thousand men who could draw the sword; but from Judah, there were four hundred and seventy thousand men of war.
Te phoeiah Joab loh pilnam hlangboel hlangmi te David taengla a paek. Te vaengah Israel boeih te cunghang aka pom thai hlang thawng thawng khat neh thawng yakhat om. Judah kah cunghang aka pom hlang he thawng ya li neh thawng sawmrhih lo.
6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not number. For Joab executed the orders of the king unwillingly.
Tedae manghai ol loh Joab te a tuei dongah Levi neh Benjamin tah amih lakli ah nuen sak pawh.
7 Then God was displeased with what had been ordered, and so he struck Israel.
He ol he Pathen mik ah a lolh dongah Israel te a ngawn.
8 And David said to God: “I have sinned exceedingly in doing this. I beg you take away the iniquity of your servant. For I have acted unwisely.”
David loh Pathen taengah, “He kah hno ka saii he bahoeng ka tholh coeng. Na sal kathaesainah he khuen mai laeh, ka pavai tangkik dongah ni,” a ti nah.
9 And the Lord spoke to Gad, the seer of David, saying:
Te vaengah BOEIPA loh David kah khohmu Gad te a voek tih,
10 “Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus says the Lord: I give to you the option of three things. Choose the one that you will want, and I will do it to you.”
Cet lamtah David te thui pah. BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Kai loh nang te pathum kan doe tih te khuikah pakhat te namah ham tuek lamtah nang taengah kan saii eh?,’ ti nah,” a ti nah.
11 And when Gad had gone to David, he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Choose what you will want:
Te phoeiah Gad te David taengla pawk tih amah te, “BOEIPA loh a thui he namah ham doe laeh.
12 Either three years of famine, or three months for you to flee from your enemies, unable to escape from their sword, or three days for the sword of the Lord and a pestilence to turn within the land, with the Angel of the Lord killing in every part of Israel. Now therefore, see what I should respond to him who sent me.”
Khokha kum thum nim, na rhal mikhmuh lamloh hla thum na khoengvoep uh tih na thunkha kah cunghang loh n'kae te nim? Hnin thum khuiah BOEIPA kah cunghang neh diklai ah duektahaw la BOEIPA puencawn loh Israel kah khorhi tom ah a phae te nim? Mebang khaw hmu lamtah kai taengla ol ham mael laeh,” a ti nah.
13 And David said to Gad: “There are difficulties pressing upon me from every side. But it is better for me to fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are many, than into the hands of men.”
David loh Gad taengah kai he puen ka cak tangkik coeng. A haidamnah he a len tangkik dongah BOEIPA kut ah ka tla mai eh. Tedae hlang kut ah tah ka tla boel eh?,” a ti nah.
14 Therefore, the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell from Israel seventy thousand men.
Te dongah BOEIPA loh Israel soah duektahaw a paek tih Israel hlang thawng sawmrhih cungku.
15 Also, he sent an Angel to Jerusalem, so that he might strike it. And while he was striking, the Lord saw and took pity over the magnitude of the harm. And he commanded the Angel who was striking: “It is enough. Now let your hand cease.” And the Angel of the Lord was standing beside the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Te phoeiah Pathen loh Jerusalem phae hamla puencawn a tueih. Tedae a phae te BOEIPA loh a hmuh tanglang vaengah tah boethae khaw damti. Te dongah khopuei aka phae puencawn te, “Temah laeh saeh, na kut yuek laeh,” a ti nah. Te vaengah BOEIPA kah puencawn te Jebusi Ornan kah cangtilhmuen ah pai.
16 And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the Angel of the Lord, standing between heaven and earth with a drawn sword in his hand, turned toward Jerusalem. And both he and those greater by birth, being clothed in haircloth, fell prone upon the ground.
David loh a mik a huel vaengah diklai laklo neh vaan laklo ah aka pai BOEIPA puencawn te a hmuh. Te long te a kut dongah a cunghang a muk tih Jerusalem te a nuen. Te dongah David neh a ham rhoek tah a maelhmai ah tlamhni neh a khuk uh tih bakop uh.
17 And David said to God: “Am I not the one who ordered that the people be numbered? It is I who sinned; it is I who did evil. This flock, what does it deserve? O Lord my God, I beg you to let your hand be turned against me and against the house of my father. But let not your people be struck down.”
David loh Pathen taengah, “Pilnam tae ham aka thui te kai moenih a? Anih te kai ka tholh sak dongah ka thae tah ka thae coeng. Tedae he boiva rhoek loh balae a saii uh? Ka Pathen BOEIPA aw, na kut te kamah so neh a pa kah imkhui soah tla mai saeh. Tedae na pilnam te lucik neh ben boel mai,” a ti nah.
18 Then the Angel of the Lord instructed Gad to tell David that he should ascend and build an altar to the Lord God on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Te daengah BOEIPA kah puencawn loh Gad te, “David te thui pah, David te BOEIPA kah hmueihtuk suem hamla Jebusi Ornan kah cangtilhmuen ah cet saeh,” a ti nah.
19 Therefore, David ascended, in accord with the word of Gad, which he had spoken to him in the name of the Lord.
Te dongah David khaw BOEIPA ming neh a thui Gad ol bangla cet.
20 Now when Ornan had looked up and seen the Angel, he and his four sons hid themselves. For at that time, he was threshing wheat upon the floor.
Ornan a mael vaengah puencawn te a hmuh. Te vaengah a taengkah a capa pali tah thuh uh dae Ornan tah cang a til.
21 Then, as David was approaching Ornan, Ornan saw him, and he went out from the threshing floor to meet him. And he reverenced him prone on the ground.
David te Ornan taengla pawk tih Ornan loh a paelki vaengah David te a hmuh. Te dongah cangtilhmuen lamloh thoeih tih David taengah a maelhmai te diklai la buluk.
22 And David said to him: “Give this place of your threshing floor to me, so that I may build an altar to the Lord upon it. And you shall accept from me as much money as it is worth, so that the plague may cease from the people.”
David loh Ornan te, “Cangtil hmuen he kai taengah m'pae mai lamtah a soah BOEIPA kah hmueihtuk ka suem mai eh. Te te tangka nen khaw kai he boeih m'pae mai. Te daengah ni lucik he pilnam dong lamloh a cing eh?,” a ti nah.
23 But Ornan said to David: “Take it, and may my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Moreover, I give the oxen also as a holocaust, and the plow for wood, and the wheat for a sacrifice. I will offer all freely.”
Ornan loh David taengah, “Namah ham lo lamtah ka boei manghai a mikhmuh ah a then la saii saeh. So lah he, Hmueihhlutnah ham vaito neh thing hamla tloep kam paek bitni. Cang he khaw khocang la boeih kam paek bitni,” a ti nah.
24 And king David said to him: “By no means shall it be so. Instead, I will give money to you, as much as it is worth. For I must not take it from you, and thereby offer to the Lord holocausts that cost nothing.”
Tedae manghai David loh Ornan te, “Moenih, tangka la boeih a lai la kan lai eh. Nang taengkah te BOEIPA ham akhaw, hmueihhlutnah nawn ham akhaw a yoe la ka lo mahpawh,” a ti nah.
25 Therefore, David gave Ornan, for the place, the very just weight of six hundred shekels of gold.
Te dongah David loh Ornan te a hmuen phu la sui shekel a khiing ya rhuk a paek.
26 And he built an altar to the Lord there. And he offered holocausts and peace offerings, and he called upon the Lord. And he heeded him by sending fire from heaven upon the altar of the holocaust.
Te phoeiah David loh BOEIPA ham hmueihtuk pahoi a suem tih hmueihhlutnah neh rhoepnah te a nawn. BOEIPA a khue vaengah anih te hmueihtuk sokah hmueihhlutnah dongah vaan lamkah hmai neh a voek.
27 And the Lord instructed the Angel, and he turned his sword back into its sheath.
Te daengah BOEIPA loh puencawn te a voek tih a cunghang te tuengim khuila a sang.
28 Then, seeing that the Lord had heeded him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, David immediately immolated victims there.
Te vaeng tue kah Jebusi Ornan cangtilhmuen ah BOEIPA loh anih a doo te David loh a hmuh van neh pahoi a nawn.
29 But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, were at that time on the high place of Gibeon.
Moses loh khosoek kah a saii BOEIPA kah dungtlungim neh te vaeng tue kah hmueihhlutnah hmueihtuk tah Gibeon hmuensang ah om pueng.
30 And David was unable to go to the altar, so that he might pray to God there. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear, seeing the sword of the Angel of the Lord.
Tedae BOEIPA puencawn kah cunghang ha loh a let sak coeng dongah David loh a mikhmuh la a caeh ham khaw, Pathen a toem ham coeng thai pawh.
