Kronika 1 21
1 Eva eme be Satana tsi tsitre ɖe Israel ŋu eye wòdee David me be wòaxlẽ Israel blibo la.
Then Satan stands up against Israel, and persuades David to number Israel,
2 David gblɔ na Yoab kple kplɔla bubuawo be, “Miɖaxlẽ Israelviwo tso Beerseba va se ɖe Dan eye miana manya woƒe xexlẽme.”
and David says to Joab and to the heads of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beer-Sheba even to Dan, and bring [the account] to me, and I know their number.”
3 Ke Yoab melɔ̃ ɖe nya sia dzi o. Ebia David be, “Ne Yehowa na eƒe amewo dzi ɖe edzi zi alafa ɖeka hã la, ɖe wo katã manye tɔwòwo oa? Nu ka ta nèle didim be míawɔ nu sia? Nu ka ta nàna Israel nakpɔ fɔbubu?”
And Joab says, “YHWH adds to His people as they are one hundred times; are they not, my lord, O king, all of them for servants to my lord? Why does my lord seek this? Why is he for a cause of guilt to Israel?”
4 Ke fia la ƒe nya ɖu Yoab kple aʋafia bubuawo tɔ dzi ta la, Yoab wɔ nu si wòɖo nɛ. Ezɔ mɔ to Israelnyigba blibo la dzi eye wòtrɔ yi Yerusalem.
And the word of the king [is] severe against Joab, and Joab goes out, and goes up and down in all Israel, and comes to Jerusalem.
5 Yoab gblɔ na David be, ame siwo ate ŋu awɔ aʋa la nye ame miliɔn ɖeka akpe alafa ɖeka le Israel kple ame akpe alafa ene blaadre le Yuda.
And Joab gives the account of the numbering of the people to David, and all Israel is one million and one hundred thousand, each drawing sword, and Judah [is] four hundred and seventy thousand, each drawing sword.
6 Ke mexlẽ Leviviwo kple Benyaminviwo de ame siawo me o elabena mekpɔ dzidzɔ le nu si fia la zi edzi be wòawɔ la ŋu o.
And he has not numbered Levi and Benjamin in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.
7 Mawu hã mekpɔ dzidzɔ le amexexlẽ sia ŋu o, eya ta wòhe to na Israel ɖe eta.
And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He strikes Israel,
8 David gblɔ na Mawu be, “Nyee nye ame si wɔ nu vɔ̃, meɖe kuku, tsɔe kem, medze si nu vɔ̃ si mewɔ le nu sia wɔwɔ me.”
and David says to God, “I have sinned exceedingly in that I have done this thing; and now, please cause the iniquity of Your servant to pass away, for I have acted very foolishly.”
9 Yehowa gblɔ na Gad, ame si nye nukpɔla na David be,
And YHWH speaks to Gad, seer of David, saying,
10 “Yi, nàgblɔ na David be, ‘Nya si Yehowa gblɔe nye: Metsɔ nu etɔ̃ le dadam ɖe wò ŋkume. Tia wo dometɔ ɖeka ne mawɔ eŋu dɔ ɖe ŋutiwò.’”
“Go, and you have spoken to David, saying, Thus said YHWH: I am extending three [choices] to you; choose one of these for yourself, and I do [it] to you.”
11 Ale Gad yi David gbɔ eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Nya si Yehowa gblɔe nye, ‘Tsɔ ɖeka le nu etɔ̃awo dome.
And Gad comes to David and says to him, “Thus said YHWH: Take for yourself—
12 Ne èlɔ̃ la, àtia be dɔwuame nava anyigba la dzi ƒe etɔ̃ loo, alo Israel ƒe futɔwo nasi mi ɣleti etɔ̃ loo alo Yehowa ƒe dɔla nana dɔvɔ̃ nawu amewo le anyigba la dzi ŋkeke etɔ̃. Bu eŋuti nyuie eye nàna manya ŋuɖoɖo si matsɔ ayi na ame si dɔm la.’”
either famine for three years, or three months to be consumed from the face of your adversaries (even [for] the sword of your enemies to overtake), or three days of the sword of YHWH (even pestilence in the land, and a messenger of YHWH destroying in all the border of Israel); and now, see; what word do I return to Him who is sending me?”
13 David gblɔ na Gad be, “Meɖo xaxa gã aɖe me. Na madze Yehowa ƒe asi me le eƒe nublanuikpɔkpɔ sɔ gbɔ la ta, ke mègana madze amegbetɔ ƒe asi me o.”
And David says to Gad, “I am greatly distressed, please let me fall into the hand of YHWH, for His mercies [are] very many, and do not let me fall into the hand of man.”
14 Ale Yehowa na dɔvɔ̃ va Israelnyigba dzi eye wòwu ame akpe blaadre.
And YHWH gives a pestilence in Israel, and there falls from Israel seventy thousand men,
15 Le dɔvɔ̃ la ƒe ɣeyiɣi me la, Mawu ɖo mawudɔla aɖe ɖa be wòagbã Yerusalem, ke egakpɔ nublanui na du la ale gbegbe be, wòtrɔ ta me eye wòɖe gbe na mawudɔla la be, “Esɔ gbɔ!” Mawudɔla la nɔ tsitre ɖe Arauna, Yebusitɔ la ƒe lugbɔƒe ɣe ma ɣi.
and God sends a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he is destroying, YHWH has seen, and is comforted concerning the calamity, and says to the messenger who [is] destroying, “Enough now, cease your hand.” And the messenger of YHWH is standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,
16 Esi David kpɔ mawudɔla la wònɔ tsitre ɖe dziƒo kple anyigba dome, ɖe eƒe yi le aku me eye wòdoe ɖe Yerusalem gbɔ la, eya kple Israel ƒe ametsitsiwo ta akpanya eye wodze anyi ɖe Yehowa ŋkume, le konyifafa me.
and David lifts up his eyes, and sees the messenger of YHWH standing between the earth and the heavens, and his sword [is] drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, and David falls, and the elderly, covered with sackcloth, on their faces.
17 David gblɔ na Mawu be, “Nyee nye ame si wɔ nu vɔ̃ be mena be woaxlẽ amewo. Ke nu kae alẽ siawo ya wɔ? Oo, Yehowa, nye Mawu, tsrɔ̃ nye kple nye ƒome, ke mègatsrɔ̃ wò amewo o.”
And David says to God, “Did I not command to number the people? Indeed, it [is] I who have sinned, and done great evil: and these, the flock, what did they do? O YHWH, my God, please let Your hand be on me, and on the house of my father, and not on Your people—to be plagued.”
18 Yehowa ƒe dɔla gblɔ na Gad be wòagblɔ na David be wòatu vɔsamlekpui na Yehowa ɖe Arauna, Yebusitɔ la ƒe lugbɔƒe.
And the messenger of YHWH commanded to Gad to say to David, “Surely David goes up to raise an altar to YHWH in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.”
19 Ale David wɔ ɖe nya si Gad gblɔ nɛ le Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ me la dzi.
And David goes up by the word of Gad, that he spoke in the Name of YHWH.
20 Esime Arauna nɔ lu gbɔm la, enye kɔ eye wòkpɔ mawudɔla la; Via ŋutsu ene siwo nɔ egbɔ la, ɣla wo ɖokuiwo.
And Ornan turns back and sees the messenger, and his four sons [are] with him hiding themselves, and Ornan is threshing wheat.
21 Esi David va Arauna gbɔ eye Arauna fɔ kɔ dzi kpɔe la, Arauna dzo le lugbɔƒe la eye wòɖade ta agu tsyɔ mo anyi ɖe David ƒe ŋkume.
And David comes to Ornan, and Ornan looks attentively and sees David, and goes out from the threshing-floor, and bows himself to David—face to the earth.
22 David gblɔ na Arauna be, “Tsɔ wò lugbɔƒe la nam ale be maɖi vɔsamlekpui na Yehowa ɖe edzi be dɔvɔ̃ si le dukɔa dzi la nu natso. Dzrae nam ɖe asi si wòaxɔ tututu la nu.”
And David says to Ornan, “Give the place of the threshing-floor to me, and I build an altar to YHWH in it; give it to me for full price, and the plague is restrained from the people.”
23 Arauna gblɔ na David be, “Xɔe! Nye aƒetɔ, fia la newɔ nu sia nu si dze eŋu. Kpɔ ɖa, mana nyitsu hena numevɔsa la, luƒotiwo hena nake eye lu hena nuɖuvɔsa la. Matsɔ esiawo katã na wò.”
And Ornan says to David, “Take [it] to yourself, and my lord the king does that which is good in his eyes; see, I have given the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for a present; I have given the whole.”
24 Fia David ɖo eŋu na Arauna be, “Ao, maƒlee ko. Maxe fe si dze la, ɖe eta. Nyemate ŋu atsɔ nu si nye tɔwò la asa vɔe na Yehowa, asa numevɔ kple nu siwo ta nyemexe fe aɖeke ɖo o!”
And King David says to Ornan, “No, for I surely buy [it] for full price; for I do not lift up that which is yours to YHWH, so as to offer a burnt-offering without cost.”
25 Ale David xe sikaga kilogram adre na Arauna ɖe lugbɔƒe la ta.
And David gives to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold [in] weight for the place;
26 David ɖi vɔsamlekpui na Yehowa ɖe afi ma eye wòsa numevɔ kple akpedavɔ le edzi. Edo gbe ɖa na Yehowa eye Yehowa ɖo eŋu nɛ heɖo dzo ɖa tso dziƒo wòva bi vɔsa la le vɔsamlekpui la dzi.
and David builds an altar to YHWH there, and offers burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and calls to YHWH, and He answers him from the heavens with fire on the altar of the burnt-offering.
27 Tete Yehowa ɖe gbe na mawudɔla la be wòatsɔ eƒe yi la ade aku me.
And YHWH speaks to the messenger, and he turns back his sword to its sheath.
28 Le ɣe ma ɣi me, esi David kpɔ be Yehowa ɖo yeƒe gbedodoɖa ŋu le Yebusitɔ, Arauna ƒe lugbɔƒea la, esa vɔwo le afi ma.
At that time, when David sees that YHWH has answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrifices there;
29 Yehowa ƒe Agbadɔ si Mose tu le gbedzi ƒe vɔsamlekpui si dzi wowɔ numevɔsa le ɣe ma ɣi me la nɔ Gibeon ƒe vɔsaƒe.
and the Dwelling Place of YHWH that Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, [are] at that time at a high place in Gibeon;
30 Ke David mete ŋu yi vɔsaƒe la ne wòabia gbe Yehowa o elabena evɔ̃ na Yehowa ƒe dɔla la ƒe yi.
and David is not able to go before it to seek God, for he has been afraid because of the sword of the messenger of YHWH.
