1 Chronicles 21
1 Satan interfered to cause trouble for Israel. He provoked David to do a census of Israel.
Ɔbonsam sɔre tiaa Israel, ma Dawid kanee Israelfoɔ.
2 So David told Joab and the army commanders, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so I can have a total number.”
Dawid hyɛɛ Yoab ne nʼasahene sɛ, “Monkan nnipa a wɔwɔ asase yi so nyinaa firi Beer-Seba a ɛwɔ anafoɔ fam kɔsi Dan a ɛwɔ atifi fam, na momfa wɔn dodoɔ mmrɛ me, na ɛmma menhunu wɔn ano.”
3 But Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply his people a hundred times over. Your Majesty, aren't they all your subjects? Why do you want to do this? Why should you make Israel guilty?”
Na Yoab kaa sɛ, “Awurade mmɔ ne nkurɔfoɔ no dodoɔ ho mpɛn ɔha ɔha! Na me wura, adɛn enti na wopɛ sɛ woyɛ saa? Wɔn nyinaa nyɛ wʼasomfoɔ anaa? Adɛn enti na ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ ma Israel yɛ bɔne?”
4 But the king was adamant so Joab left and went all over Israel. Eventually he returned to Jerusalem,
Nanso, ɔhene no kaa sɛ, deɛ ɛteɛ biara ɛsɛ sɛ Yoab kan nnipa no. Enti, Yoab kyinkyinii Israel nyinaa kanee nnipa no. Na ɔsane baa Yerusalem
5 and he gave David the number of people censused. In Israel there were 1,100,000 fighting men who could handle a sword, and 470,000 in Judah.
bɛkaa nnipa no dodoɔ kyerɛɛ Dawid. Na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ mmarima ɔpepem baako ne ɔpeha a wɔaso ɔsa kɔ wɔ Israel ne ɔpehanan aduɔson wɔ Yuda.
6 However, Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the census total, because he disagreed with what the king had ordered.
Nanso, Yoab amfa Lewi ne Benyamin mmusuakuo anka nnipakan no ho, ɛfiri sɛ, na deɛ ɔhene ahyɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no yɛ no ahomete.
7 The Lord considered the census a bad thing to do and he punished Israel for it.
Onyankopɔn ampɛ nnipakan no koraa enti, ɔtwee Israel aso wɔ ho.
8 Then David said to God, “I have committed a terrible sin by doing this. Please take away the guilt of your servant, for I have been very stupid.”
Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ, “Mayɛ bɔne kɛseɛ. Anka ɛnsɛ sɛ mekan nnipa no. Mesrɛ wo, fa me nkwaseadeɛ a mayɛ no kyɛ me.”
9 The Lord told Gad, David's seer,
Na Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ Gad a ɔyɛ Dawid ɔdehunumuni no. Na nkra no nie:
10 “Go and tell David that this is what the Lord says: ‘I'm giving you three options. Choose one of them, and that's what I'll do to you.’”
“Kɔ na kɔka kyerɛ Dawid sɛ, ‘Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie: Merema wo nneɛma mmiɛnsa. Yi saa asotweɛ yi mu baako na menyɛ ntia wo.’”
11 So Gad went and told David, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Make your choice:
Enti, Gad baa Dawid nkyɛn bɛkaa sɛ, “Nneɛma mmiɛnsa a Awurade de ama wo no nie:
12 either three years of famine; or three months of devastation, running from the swords of your enemies; or three days of the Lord's sword—in other words three days of plague in the land, with an angel of the Lord causing destruction throughout the whole of Israel.’ Now you have to decide how I should reply to the one who sent me.”
Wopɛ a, yi mfeɛ mmiɛnsa a ɛkɔm kɛseɛ bɛba anaa abosome mmiɛnsa a wʼatamfoɔ bɛkunkum mo anaa nnansa a ɔyaredɔm a ano yɛ den yie a, Awurade ɔbɔfoɔ nam so de ɔsɛeɛ bɛba Israel asase so. Dwene yei ho, na ma menhunu mmuaeɛ ko a memfa nkɔma Awurade.”
13 David replied to Gad, “This is an awful situation for me! Please, let the Lord decide my punishment, for he is so merciful. Don't let me be punished by people.”
Dawid buaa Gad sɛ, “Yei yɛ ahohiahiasɛm. Ma ɛmfiri Awurade nsam, ɛfiri sɛ, nʼahummɔborɔ so. Mma ɛmfiri onipa nsam.”
14 So the Lord a plague on Israel, and 70,000 Israelites died.
Na Awurade maa ɔyaredɔm baa Israel so, maa nnipa ɔpeduɔson wuwuiɛ.
15 God also sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But just as the angel was about to destroy it, the Lord saw it, and he relented from causing such a disaster. He told the destroying angel, “That's enough. You can stop now.” Right then the angel of the Lord was standing beside the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Afei, Onyankopɔn somaa ɔsoro ɔbɔfoɔ sɛ ɔnkɔsɛe Yerusalem. Na ɔsoro ɔbɔfoɔ no reyɛ ahoboa asɛe no no, Awurade nyaa ahummɔborɔ ka kyerɛɛ owuo soro ɔbɔfoɔ no sɛ, “Gyae! Ɛno ara dɔɔso!” Saa ɛberɛ no na ɔsoro ɔbɔfoɔ no gyina Yebusini Arauna ayuporobea hɔ.
16 When David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, holding his drawn sword extended over Jerusalem, David and the elders, wearing sackcloth, fell on their faces.
Dawid pagyaa nʼani hunuu sɛ Awurade ɔbɔfoɔ no gyina ɔsoro ne asase ntam a, watwe nʼakofena de akyerɛ Yerusalem so. Enti, Dawid ne Israel mpanimfoɔ firaa ayitoma de kyerɛɛ wɔn ahoyera, na wɔhwehwee fam de wɔn anim butubutuu hɔ.
17 David said to God, “Wasn't it me who ordered the census of the people? I'm the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Lord my God, please punish me and my family, but don't punish your people with this plague.”
Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ, “Me na mede nnipakan no ho asɛm baeɛ! Me ne obi a mayɛ bɔne na mafom. Saa nkurɔfoɔ yi deɛ, ɛso bi nna wɔn so. Ɛdeɛn na wɔayɛ? Ao Awurade me Onyankopɔn, ma wʼabufuo mmra me ne me fiefoɔ so, na nsɛe wo nkurɔfoɔ.”
18 Then the angel of the Lord told Gad to tell David to go and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Na Awurade ɔbɔfoɔ no ka kyerɛɛ Gad sɛ ɔnka nkyerɛ Dawid ma ɔnsi afɔrebukyia mma Awurade wɔ Yebusini Arauna ayuporobea hɔ.
19 So David went and did what Gad had told him in the name of the Lord.
Na Dawid yɛɛ deɛ Awurade nam Gad so ka kyerɛɛ no no.
20 Ornan was busy threshing wheat. He turned around and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him went and hid.
Arauna a saa ɛberɛ no nʼani abere repore nʼatokoɔ so no danee ne ho hunuu ɔbɔfoɔ no wɔ hɔ. Ne mmammarima baanan a na wɔka ne ho wɔ hɔ no dwane kɔtetɛeɛ.
21 When David arrived, Ornan looked out and saw David. He left the threshing floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.
Ɛberɛ a Arauna hunuu sɛ ɔhene Dawid reba ayuporobea hɔ no, ɔfiri hɔ kɔkotoo nʼanim.
22 David said to Ornan, “Please let me have the threshing floor. I'll buy it at its full price. Then I can build an altar to the Lord here so that the plague on the people may be stopped.”
Na Dawid ka kyerɛɛ Arauna sɛ, “Tɔn ayuporobea yi ma me sɛdeɛ ne boɔ teɛ. Na mɛsi afɔrebukyia ama Awurade wɔ hɔ sɛdeɛ ɔbɛsi ɔyaredɔm no ano.”
23 “Take it, and Your Majesty can do whatever you want with it,” Ornan told David. “You can have the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing boards for firewood, and the wheat for a grain offering. I'll give it all to you.”
Arauna ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ, “Fa, me wura, na fa yɛ deɛ wopɛ. Anantwie a wode bɛbɔ afɔdeɛ nie. Wobɛtumi de ayuporobea nnua yi ayɛ anyina de asɔ ogya wɔ afɔrebukyia no so. Fa atokoɔ no nso bɔ atokoɔ afɔdeɛ. Mede ne nyinaa bɛma wo.”
24 “No, I insist, I will pay the full price,” replied King David “I won't take for the Lord what is yours or present burnt offerings that didn't cost me anything.”
Na ɔhene no buaa Arauna sɛ, “Dabi! Mepɛ sɛ metua deɛ ɛfata ma wo. Merentumi nnye wʼagyapadeɛ mfa mma Awurade. Meremmɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ a memmɔɔ ho ka.”
25 So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the place.
Enti, Dawid tuaa sikakɔkɔɔ kilogram nson maa Arauna, de tɔɔ ayuporobea no.
26 David built an altar to the Lord there and presented burnt offerings and friendship offerings. He called on the Lord in prayer, and the Lord answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
Dawid sii afɔrebukyia wɔ hɔ maa Awurade, bɔɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ wɔ so. Na Dawid bɔɔ mpaeɛ no, Awurade tiee no, nam so de ogya firi soro bɛhyee afɔrebɔdeɛ a ɛwɔ afɔrebukyia no so no.
27 Then the Lord told the angel to put his sword back into its sheath.
Afei, Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ ɔbɔfoɔ no maa ɔsane de nʼakofena no hyɛɛ ne bɔha mu.
28 When David saw that the Lord had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
Ɛberɛ a Dawid hunuu sɛ Awurade atie ne mpaeɛbɔ no, ɔbɔɔ afɔdeɛ pii wɔ Yebusini Arauna ayuporobea hɔ.
29 At that time the tent of the Lord that Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at the high place in Gibeon.
Saa ɛberɛ no na Awurade Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan ne afɔrebukyia a Mose sii wɔ ɛserɛ so hɔ no sisi Gibeon sorɔnsorɔmmea hɔ.
30 But David did not want to go there to ask God's will, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
Nanso, Dawid antumi ankɔ hɔ ankɔbisa Onyankopɔn ase, ɛfiri sɛ, akofena a Awurade ɔbɔfoɔ no tweeɛ no bɔɔ no hu.
