1 Chronicles 21
1 Then the accuser stood up, against Israel, —and moved David, to number Israel.
Adui akainuka dhidi ya Israeli na kumchochea Daudi kuhesabu Israeli.
2 And David said unto Joab and unto the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel, from Beer-sheba even unto Dan, —and bring [the report] unto me, that I may know the number of them.
Daudi akamwabia Yoabu na kwa wakuu wa Jeshi, “Nenda, wahesabu watu wa Israeli kutoka Beerisheba mpaka Dani na uniletee taarifa, ilinijue idadi yao.”
3 Then said Joab, May Yahweh add unto his people, as many as they are, a hundred times, but are they not, my lord O king, all of them my lord’s, as servants? wherefore should my lord seek this? wherefore should it become guilt to Israel?
Yoabu akasema, “Yahweh na afanya jeshi lake mara mia zaidi ya lilivyo. Lakini bwana wangu mfalme, kwani wote hawamtumikii bwana wangu? kwa nini bwana wangu anataka hili? Kwa nini ulete hatia kwa Israeli?”
4 But, the word of the king, prevailed against Joab, —and Joab departed, and went to and fro throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Lakini neno la mfalme halikubadilika kwa Yoabu. Hivyo Yoabu akaondoka na kwenda Israeli yote. Kisha akarudi Yerusalemu.
5 And Joab delivered the sum of the number of the people, unto David, —and all Israel was found to be a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men, who drew sword, and Judah, four hundred and seventy thousand men, who drew sword.
Yoabu akatoa taarifa ya idadi ya jumla ya wanaume wa mapambano kwa Daudi. Kulikuwa ndani ya Israeli wanaume 1, 100, 000 walio beba upanga. Yuda peke yake kulikuwa na wanajeshi 470, 000.
6 But, Levi and Benjamin, counted he not among them, —for detestable was the word of the king unto Joab.
Lakini Levi na Benjamini hawaku hesabiwa miongoni mwao, kwa kuwa amri ya mfalme ilimuudhi Yoabu.
7 And it was displeasing in the eyes of God, concerning this thing, —therefore smote he Israel.
Mungu alikwazika na hili tendo, akashambulia Israeli.
8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing, —but, now, I beseech thee, take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have shown myself very foolish.
Daudi akamwambia Mungu, “Nimetenda dhambi kubwa kwa kufanya hili. Sasa chukua hatia ya mtumishi wako, nimetenda kwa ujinga sana.”
9 Then spake Yahweh unto Gad, the seer of David saying:
Yahweh akamwambia Gadi, nabii wa Daudi,
10 Go—and thou shalt speak unto David, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh, Three things, do I offer thee, —choose thee one from among them, that I may do it unto thee.
“Nenda useme kwa Daudi, “Hili ndilo Yahweh anasema: Ninakupa maamuzi matatu. Chagua moja wapo.”
11 So Gad came unto David, —and said to him, Thus, saith Yahweh,
Hivyo Gadi akaenda kwa Daudi na kusema, “Yahweh anasema hivi, 'Chagua moja ya haya:
12 Choose thee: —Whether, for three years, [there be] famine, Or, for three months, that thou flee before thine adversaries, while the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, Or, for three days, the sword of Yahweh, and pestilence be in the land, with, the messenger of Yahweh, laying waste throughout all the boundary of Israel, —Now, therefore, see, what, answer, I shall return unto him that sent me.
kati ya miaka mitatu ya ukame, miezi mitatu unakimbizwa na adui zako na kupatwa na upanga wao, au siku tatu za upanga wa Yahweh, yani, pigo katika nchi, malaika wa Yahweh akiharibu nchi yote ya Israeli.' Hivyo sasa, amua jibu gani ni mpelekee yeye aliye nituma.”
13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait, —Oh let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Yahweh, for abounding are his compassions, exceedingly, but, into the hand of man, let me not fall.
Kisha Daudi akamwambia Gadi, “Nipo katika shida kubwa sana. Acha nianguke katika mikono ya Yahweh kuliko kuangukia mikono ya mwanadamu, sababu matendo yake ya rehema ni makubwa mno.”
14 So Yahweh laid pestilence, upon Israel, —and there fell, of Israel, seventy thousand men.
Hivyo Yahweh akatuma pigo Israeli, na watu elfu sabini wakafa.
15 And God sent a messenger to Jerusalem, to lay it waste, but, as he was laying it waste, Yahweh looked, and relented concerning the calamity, and said unto the messenger who was laying waste, Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Mungu akatuma malaika Yerusalemu kuiharibu. Wakati alipo taka kuiharibu, Yahweh akatazama na kubadili nia yake kuhusu shambulio. Akasema kwa malaika wa uharibifu, “Imetosha! Rudisha mkono wako.” Wakati huo malaika wa Yahweh alikua amesimama eneo la kupeta la Orinani Myebusi.
16 And, when David lifted up his eyes, and saw the messenger of Yahweh, standing, between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn, in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, then fell David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, upon their faces.
Daudi akatazama juu na kuona malaika wa Yahweh amesimama kati ya nchi na mbingu, akiwa na upanga mkonono mwake akiuelekeza Yerusalemu. Kisha Daudi na wazee, wakiwa wamevaa magunia, wakalala chini uso ukiwa kwenye ardhi.
17 And David said unto God, Was it not, I, who gave word to number the people? Yea, I, it was who sinned and did the great wrong, what then had, these sheep, done? O Yahweh, my God, let thy hand, I beseech thee, be against me, and against the house of my father, but not against, thy people, that they should be plagued!
Daudi akamwambia Mungu, “Sio mimi niliye amuru jeshi kuhesabiwa? Nimefanya hichi kitu kiovu. Lakini hawa kondoo, wamefanya nini? Yahweh Mungu wangu! Acha mkono wako unipige mimi na familia yangu, lakini usiache pigo iliendelee kubaki kwa watu wako.”
18 And, the messenger of Yahweh, commanded Gad, to say unto David, —that David should go up, to rear an altar unto Yahweh, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Hivyo malaika wa Yahweh akamuamuru Gadi kusema kwa Daudi, kwamba Daudi aende juu na kujenga madhabahu ya Yahweh katika eneo la kupeta la Oranani Myebusi.
19 So David went up, according to the word of Gad, which he spake in the name of Yahweh.
Daudi akaenda kama Gadi alivyo muelekeza cha kufanya kwa jina la Yahweh.
20 And Ornan turned, and saw the messenger, but, his four sons with him, were hiding themselves, —now, Ornan, had been threshing wheat.
Wakati Orinani akipepeta ngano, aligeuka na kumuona malaika. Yeye na wana wake wanne wakajificha.
21 Then came David unto Ornan, —and Ornan looked, and saw David, and went forth out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself unto David, with his face to the ground.
Wakati Daudi alipo kuja kwa Orinani, Orinani akatazama na kumuona Daudi. Aliacha eneo la kupeta na akamuinamia Daudi uso wake ukiwa kwenye ardhi.
22 And David said unto Ornan, Grant me the place of the threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar, unto Yahweh, —for silver in full, shalt thou grant it me, that the plague may be stayed from off the people.
Kisha Daudi akasema kwa Orinani, “Niuzie hili eneo la kupeta, iliniweze kumjenga Yahweh madhabahu. Nitalipa gharama yote, ili pigo liondolewe kwa watu.”
23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do what is good in his own eyes, —see! I have given the oxen for ascending-sacrifices, and, the threshing implements for wood, and the wheat for a meal-offering, —the whole, have I given.
Orinani wakwambia Daudi, “Chukuwa kama lako, bwana wangu mfalme. Fanya nalo linalo kupendeza. Tazama, nitakupa ng'ombe kwa sadaka ya kuteketeza, vifaa vya kupeta kwa ajili ya mbao, na ngano kwa sadaka ya mbegu; nitakupa yote wewe.”
24 Then said King David to Ornan, Nay! but I will, surely buy, it for silver in full, —for I will not take that which is thine for Yahweh, nor offer an ascending-sacrifice that hath cost me nothing.
Mfalme Daudi akamwambia Orinani, “Hapana, nina sisitiza kununua kwa bei yote. Sitachukua kilicho chako na kutoa kama sadaka ya kuteketeza kwa Yahweh kama haitanighramu chochote.”
25 So David gave to Ornan, for the place, —shekels of gold, by weight, six hundred.
Hivyo Daudi akalipa shekeli mia sita ya dhahabu kwa hilo eneo.
26 And David built there an altar unto Yahweh, and caused to go up ascending-sacrifices, and peace-offerings, —and called unto Yahweh, and he responded to him, by fire, out of the heavens, upon the altar of ascending-sacrifice.
Daudi akajenga madhabahu ya Yahweh pale na kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za ushirika. Akamuita Yahweh, aliye mjibu kwa moto kutoka mbinguni kwenye madhabahu ya sadaka za kuteketezwa.
27 And Yahweh gave word to tile messenger, and he put back his sword into its sheath.
Kisha Yahweh akampa agizo malaika, na malaika akarudisha upanga kwenye mfuko wake.
28 At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
Daudi alipo ona kuwa Yahweh amemjibu kwenye eneo la kupeta la Orinani Myebusi, alitoa dhabihu pale pale kwa wakati huo.
29 But, the habitation of Yahweh, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of ascending-sacrifice, were, at that time, in the high place at Gibeon;
Sasa kwa wakati huo, hema la kuabudia la Yahweh, ambalo Musa alilitengeneza nyikani, na madhabahu ya sadaka za kuteketezwa, zilikuwa sehemu ya juu huko Gibeoni.
30 and David could not go before it, to seek God, —for he had been terrified, because of the sword of the messenger of Yahweh.
Walakini, Daudi hakuweza kwenda huko kumuliza Mungu muelekeo, kwa kuwa alikuwa anaogopa upanga wa malaika wa Yahweh.
