< Chronicles I 21 >

1 And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Satana atelemelaki Isalaele mpe atindikaki Davidi na kotanga motango ya bato ya Isalaele.
2 And king David said to Joab and to the captains of the forces, Go, number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring me [the account], and I shall know their number.
Boye, Davidi apesaki mitindo na Joabi mpe na bakambi ya bato: — Bokende kotanga bato ya Isalaele, longwa na Beri-Sheba kino na Dani, mpe boyebisa ngai motango na bango mpo ete nayeba.
3 And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a hundred-fold as many as they [are], and [let] the eyes of my lord the king see [it]: all [are] the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek this thing? [do it not], lest it become a sin to Israel.
Kasi Joabi azongisaki: — Tika ete Yawe akomisa bato na Ye ebele koleka mbala nkama! Oh mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, bango nyonso bazali te basali ya nkolo na ngai? Mpo na nini nkolo na ngai alingi kosala bongo? Mpo na nini komemisa Isalaele ngambo?
4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab went out and passed through all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Kasi mokonzi atingamaki kaka na mitindo oyo apesaki na Joabi. Boye, Joabi abimaki, atambolaki kati na Isalaele mobimba mpe azongaki na Yelusalemi.
5 And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David: and all Israel was a million and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and the sons of Juda [were] four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.
Joabi ayebisaki Davidi motango ya bato oyo atangaki, bato oyo bakoki kosalela mopanga na bitumba: bato monkoko moko na nkoto nkama moko kati na Isalaele mobimba, mpe nkoto nkama minei na tuku sambo kati na Yuda.
6 But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin among them; for the word of the king was painful to Joab.
Kasi kati na bango, Joabi atangaki te ekolo ya Levi mpe ya Benjame; pamba te etinda ya mokonzi esepelisaki ye te.
7 And [there was] evil in the sight of the Lord respecting this thing; and he struck Israel.
Etinda yango esepelisaki Nzambe te mpe Nzambe apesaki Isalaele etumbu.
8 And David said to God, I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done this thing: and now, I pray you, remove the sin of your servant; for I have been exceedingly foolish.
Davidi alobaki na Nzambe: — Nasali lisumu monene na kotanga bato. Sik’oyo, nabondeli Yo, limbisa mabe ya mosali na Yo; pamba te nasali makambo lokola moto ya liboma.
9 And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer, saying,
Yawe alobaki na mosakoli Gadi, mopesi toli ya Davidi:
10 Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says the Lord, I bring three things upon you: choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.
— Kende koyebisa Davidi: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Nazali kotalisa yo bitumbu misato; pona moko kati na yango mpo ete Ngai nakokisa yango lokola etumbu mpo na yo. › »
11 And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Choose for yourself,
Gadi akendeki koyebisa Davidi makambo oyo Yawe alobaki na ye: — Tala makambo oyo Yawe alobi: « Oponi etumbu nini:
12 either three years of famine, or that you should flee three months from the face of your enemies, and the sword of your enemies [shall be employed] to destroy you, or that the sword of the Lord and pestilence [should be] three days in the land, and the angel of the Lord [shall be] destroying in all the inheritance of Israel. And now consider what I shall answer to him that sent the message.
mibu misato ya nzala makasi; sanza misato oyo banguna na yo bakolonga yo mpe mipanga na bango ekoboma basoda na yo; to mikolo misato elongo na mopanga ya Yawe mpe bokono oyo ebomaka, mikolo oyo anjelu ya Yawe akobebisa etuka nyonso ya Isalaele? Kanisa sik’oyo malamu mpe yebisa ngai eyano oyo ngai nasengeli komema epai na Ye oyo atindi ngai. »
13 And David said to Gad, They are very hard for me, even [all] the three: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies [are] very abundant, and let me not fall by any means into the hands of man.
Davidi azongiselaki Gadi: — Nazali na pasi makasi kati na motema. Eleki malamu mpo na ngai kokweya na maboko ya Yawe, pamba te mawa na Ye ezali solo monene; kasi tika ete nakweya te na maboko ya bato!
14 So the Lord brought pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
Boye, Yawe atindaki kati na Isalaele bokono oyo ebomaka, mpe bato ya Isalaele nkoto tuku sambo bakufaki.
15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord saw, and repented for the evil, and said to the angel that was destroying, Let it suffice you; withhold your hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite.
Nzambe atindaki anjelu na Yelusalemi mpo na kobebisa yango; kasi wana anjelu azalaki kobebisa, Yawe atalaki mpe ayokaki mawa mpo na pasi wana. Alobaki na anjelu oyo azalaki kobebisa: « Ekoki! Longola loboko na yo! » Anjelu na Yawe atelemaki pembeni ya etando ya Orinani, moto ya Yebusi.
16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord, standing between the earth and the heaven, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem: and David and the elders clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
Davidi atombolaki miso mpe amonaki anjelu ya Yawe atelemi kati ya likolo mpe mabele, bongo na loboko na ye oyo asembolaki likolo ya Yelusalemi, asimbaki mopanga ezanga ebombelo. Davidi mpe bampaka balataki basaki mpe bakweyaki bilongi kino na mabele.
17 And David said to God, [Was it] not I [that] gave orders to number the people? and I am the guilty one; I have greatly sinned: but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord God, let your hand be upon me, and upon my father's house, and not on your people for destruction, O Lord!
Davidi alobaki na Nzambe: — Boni, ezali ngai nde napesaki mitindo ete batanga motango ya bato? Ngai moko nde nasalaki masumu, ngai moko nde nasalaki mbeba oyo eleki mabe. Bango, bato ya ekolo na ngai, basali mabe moko te. Oh Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, ebongi nde opesa ngai mpe libota na ngai etumbu; kasi tika ete bokono oyo ebomaka ekweyela te bato na Yo!
18 And the angel of the Lord told Gad to tell David, that he should go up to erect and altar to the Lord, in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite.
Anjelu na Yawe atindaki Gadi koloba na Davidi: — Kende kotonga etumbelo mpo na Yawe, na etando ya Orinani, moto ya Yebusi.
19 And David went up according to the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the Lord.
Davidi akendeki kuna kolanda liloba oyo Gadi alobaki na Kombo na Yawe.
20 And Orna turned and saw the king; and he hid himself and his four sons with him. Now Orna was threshing wheat.
Bongo, wana Orinani azalaki kotuta ble, abalukaki mpe amonaki anjelu. Boye bana na ye ya mibali minei oyo bazalaki na ye elongo babombamaki.
21 And David came to Orna; and Orna came forth from the threshing floor, and did obeisance to David with his face to the ground.
Davidi apusanaki pembeni ya Orinani; mpe tango Orinani atalaki mpe amonaki Davidi, abimaki na etando mpe agumbamaki liboso ya Davidi, elongi kino na mabele.
22 And David said to Orna, Give me your place of the threshing floor, and I will build upon it an altar to the Lord: give it me for its worth in money, and the plague shall cease from [among] the people.
Davidi alobaki na Orinani: — Pesa ngai etando na yo, tekela ngai yango na motuya ya mbongo oyo ekoki na yango, mpo ete natonga etumbelo mpo na Yawe; tekela ngai yango mpo ete etumbu ya bokono oyo ezali koboma bato esila.
23 And Orna said to David, Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do what is right in his eyes: see, I have given the calves for a whole burnt offering, and the plow for wood, and the corn for a meat-offering; I have given all.
Orinani azongiselaki Davidi: — Kamata yango; mpe tika ete mokonzi, nkolo na ngai, asala na yango nyonso oyo amoni ete ezali malamu mpo na ye. Tala, ngai, nakopesa bangombe ya mibali lokola mbeka ya kotumba, banzete oyo babetelaka ble lokola koni, mpe ble lokola mbeka ya bambuma. Nakopesa nyonso wana.
24 And king David said to Orna, Nay; for I will surely buy it for its worth in money: for I will not take your property for the Lord, to offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord without cost [to myself].
Kasi mokonzi Davidi alobaki na Orinani: — Te! Nasengeli kaka kosomba yango mpe kopesa yo motuya oyo ekoki na yango; nakomema te epai na Yawe eloko oyo ezali ya yo, nakobonzela Yawe te bambeka ya kotumba oyo nazwi na ofele.
25 And David gave to Orna for his place six hundred shekels of gold [by] weight.
Boye, Davidi asombaki etando yango epai ya Orinani, na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende ya wolo, nkama motoba.
26 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings: and he cried to the Lord, and he answered him by fire out of heaven on the altar of whole burnt offerings, and [it] consumed the whole burnt offering.
Davidi atongaki kuna etumbelo mpo na Yawe mpe abonzaki bambeka ya kotumba mpe bambeka ya boyokani. Abelelaki Yawe, mpe Yawe ayanolaki ye na moto oyo ewutaki likolo mpe ekweyaki na etumbelo ya bambeka.
27 And the Lord spoke to the angel; and he put up the sword into its sheath.
Boye Yawe alobaki na anjelu, mpe anjelu azongisaki mopanga na ye na ebombelo na yango.
28 At that time when David saw that the Lord answered him in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite, he also sacrificed there.
Banda na tango wana, lokola Davidi amonaki ete Yawe ayanolaki ye na etando ya Orinani, moto ya Yebusi, akomaki kobonza bambeka tango nyonso na esika wana.
29 And the tabernacle of the Lord which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of whole burnt offerings, [were] at that time in the high place at Gabaon.
Mongombo na Yawe oyo Moyize atongaki na esobe mpe etumbelo ya bambeka ya kotumba ezalaki na tango wana, na esambelo ya likolo ya ngomba ya Gabaoni.
30 And David could not go before it to enquire of God; for he hasted not because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
Nzokande Davidi azalaki kokoka te kozwa mokano ya kokende kotuna Nzambe liboso ya Mongombo, pamba te azalaki kobanga mopanga na Yawe.

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