Samuel 2 24
1 Yehowa gado dziku ɖe Israel ŋu eye wòna be David tso ɖe wo ŋu gblɔ na wo be, “Miyi miaxlẽ ame siwo le Israel kple Yuda.”
And the Lord caused his anger to burn forth again in Israel, and [Satan] stirred up David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Juda.
2 Ale fia la dɔ Aʋafia Yoab kple aʋafia bubuwo eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Miyi ne miatsa le Israel ƒe toawo katã me tso Dan va se ɖe Beerseba eye miaŋlɔ ŋutsu siwo ate ŋu awɔ aʋa la ƒe ŋkɔ ne manya woƒe xexlẽme.”
And the king said to Joab commander of the host, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel and Juda, from Dan even to Bersabee, and number the people, and I will know the number of the people.
3 Ke Yoab ɖo eŋu na fia la be, “Yehowa, wò Mawu la nadzi wò aʋakɔwo ɖe edzi zi alafa eye wòana be nye aƒetɔ, fia la ƒe ŋkuwo nakpɔ esia gake nu ka ŋuti nye aƒetɔ, fia la di be yeawɔ nu sia ɖo?”
And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord add to the people a hundred-fold as many as they are, and [may] the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king desire this thing?
4 Ke fia la ƒe nya ɖu Yoab kple aʋafia bubuawo tɔ dzi ale wodzo le fia la ŋkume be woaɖaŋlɔ ŋutsu siwo katã ate ŋu ayi aʋa le Israel la ƒe ŋkɔ.
Nevertheless the word of the king prevailed against Joab an the captains of the host: And Joab and the captains of the host went out before the king to number the people of Israel.
5 Esi wotso Yɔdan tɔsisi la vɔ la, woƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe Aroer gbɔ le du si le balime la ƒe dziehe gome eye wozɔ to Gad va ɖo Yazer.
And they went over Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right of the city which is in the midst of the valley of Gad and Eliezer.
6 Tso afi ma woyi Gilead le Tatimhodsinyigba dzi heyi Dan Yaan eye woƒo xlã yi Sidon.
And they came to Galaad, and into the land of Thabason, which is Adasai, and they came to Danidan and Udan, and compassed Sidon.
7 Tso afi ma woyi Tiro mɔ la me kple Hivitɔwo kple Kanaantɔwo ƒe duwo katã me. Mlɔeba la, woyi Beerseba le Yuda ƒe gbegbe.
And they came to Mapsar of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Evite and the Chananite: and they came by the South of Juda to Bersabee.
8 Esi wotsa le anyigba blibo la dzi vɔ la, wotrɔ gbɔ va Yerusalem, esi wotsa le ɣleti asiekɛ kple ŋkeke blaeve kple vɔwo megbe.
And they compassed the whole land; and they arrived at Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
9 Yoab gblɔ na fia la be ŋutsu siwo tsi na aʋayiyi la le ame akpe alafa enyi le Israel eye wole akpe alafa atɔ̃ le Yuda.
And Joab gave in the number of the census of the people to the king: and Israel consisted of eight hundred thousand men of might that drew sword; and the men of Juda, five hundred thousand fighting men.
10 David ƒe dzitsinya ɖe fu nɛ esi wòna woxlẽ ame siwo ate ŋu ayi aʋa la vɔ. Tete wògblɔ na Yehowa be, “Mewɔ nu vɔ̃ gã aɖe le nu si mewɔ la ta. Oo Yehowa, azɔ la meɖe kuku na wò, ɖe wò dɔla ƒe vodada ɖa elabena mewɔ bometsinu gã aɖe.”
And the heart of David struck him after he had numbered the people; and David said to the Lord, I have sinned grievously, O Lord, [in] what I have now done: remove, I pray you, the iniquity of your servant, for I have been exceedingly foolish.
11 Hafi David nafɔ le ŋdi la, Yehowa ƒe gbe va na Nyagblɔɖila Gad, David ƒe nukpɔla be,
And David rose early in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, the seer, saying, Go, and speak to David, saying,
12 “Yi nàgblɔ na David be, ‘Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: mele nu etɔ̃ ɖom ŋkuwò me. Tia wo dometɔ ɖeka esi mawɔ ɖe ŋutiwò.’”
Thus says the Lord, I bring [one of] three things upon you: now choose you one of them, and I will do [it] to you.
13 Gad yi David gbɔ eye wòbiae be, “Ɖe nàtia be dɔwuame nava anyigba dzi ƒe adre loo, alo nàsi le wò futɔwo nu ɣleti etɔ̃ loo, alo dɔvɔ̃ nava anyigba la dzi ŋkeke etɔ̃a? Bu nu siawo ŋu nyuie eye nàna manya ŋuɖoɖo si mana ame si dɔm la.”
And Gad went in to David, and told him, and said to him, Choose [one of these things] to befall you, whether there shall come upon you [for] three years famine in your land; or that you should flee three months before your enemies, and they should pursue you; or that there should be [for] three days mortality in your land. Now then decide, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
14 David gblɔ na Gad be, “Meɖo xaxa gã aɖe me. Na míadze Yehowa ƒe asi me le eƒe nublanuikpɔkpɔ sɔ gbɔ la ta, ke mègana madze amegbetɔ ƒe asi me o.”
And David said to Gad, On every side I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions [are] very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man.
15 Ale Yehowa na dɔvɔ̃ va Israelnyigba dzi ŋdi ma; enɔ anyi va se ɖe ɣeyiɣi si wòɖo nɛ eye ame akpe blaadre ku le dukɔ la me, tso Dan va se ɖe Beerseba.
So David chose for himself the mortality: and [they were] the days of wheat harvest; and the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from morning till noon, and the plague began amongst the people; and there died of the people from Dan even to Bersabee seventy thousand men.
16 Esi mawudɔla la do eƒe asi ɖa be yeatsrɔ̃ Yerusalem la, dzɔgbevɔ̃e la ve Yehowa eye wògblɔ na mawudɔla si le nu gblẽm le ameawo dome la be, “Enyo gbɔ! Ɖe wò asi ɖa.” Yehowa ƒe dɔla la ɖo Arauna, Yebusitɔ la ƒe lugbɔƒe le ɣe ma ɣi me.
And the angel of the Lord stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, [It is] enough now, withhold your hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite.
17 David kpɔ mawudɔla la eye wògblɔ na Yehowa be, “Kpɔ ɖa, nyee nye ame si wɔ nu vɔ̃! Nu ka alẽ siawo ya wɔ? Na wò dɔmedzoe nabi ɖe nye kple nye ƒometɔwo ɖeɖe ko ŋuti.”
And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel striking the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, but these sheep what have they done? Let your hand, I pray you, be upon me, and upon my father's house.
18 Nyagblɔɖila Gad va David gbɔ gbe ma gbe eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Yi nàtu vɔsamlekpui aɖe na Yehowa le Arauna, Yebusitɔ la ƒe lugbɔƒe.”
And Gad came to David in that day, and said to him, Go up, and set up to the Lord and altar in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite.
19 David yi be yeawɔ nu si Yehowa to Gad dzi gblɔ nɛ.
And David went up according to the word of Gad, as the Lord commanded him.
20 Esi Arauna kpɔ fia la kple eŋumewo gbɔna egbɔ la, eyi hede ta agu tsyɔ mo anyi ɖe fia la ŋkume.
And Orna looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on before him: and Orna went forth, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the earth.
21 Ebia wo be, “Nu ka wɔ ge mieva?” David ɖo eŋu be, “Míeva be míaƒle wò lugbɔƒea eye matu vɔsamlekpui aɖe na Yehowa ɖe afi sia ale be wòana dɔvɔ̃ la nu natso.”
And Orna said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? and David said, To buy of you the threshing floor, in order to build an altar to the Lord that the plague may be restrained from off the people.
22 Arauna gblɔ na David be, “Nye aƒetɔ fia, wɔ nu sia nu si hiã wò la ŋu dɔ faa. Nyitsuwoe nye esiawo na numevɔsa; àte ŋu awɔ lugbɔnuwo kple nyitsuwo ƒe kɔkutiwo ŋu dɔ hena dzododo ɖe vɔsamlekpui la dzi.
And Orna said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer to the Lord that which is good in his eyes: behold, [here are] oxen for a whole burnt offering, and the wheels and furniture of the oxen for wood.
23 Matsɔ wo katã na wò faa. Yehowa, wò Mawu la naxɔ wò vɔsa.”
Orna gave all to the king: and Orna said to the king, The Lord your God bless you.
24 Ke Fia David gblɔ na Arauna be, “Ao, nyemaxɔ nu siawo abe nunanawo ene o, elabena nyemedi be masa numevɔ la na Yehowa, nye Mawu la kple nu siwo ta nyemexe fe aɖeke ɖo o.” Ale David xe klosaloga blaatɔ̃ nɛ ɖe lugbɔƒe la kple nyitsuawo ta.
And the king said to Orna, Nay, but I will surely buy it of you at a fair price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God a whole burnt offering for nothing. So David purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 David ɖi vɔsamlekpui ɖe afi ma na Yehowa eye wòsa numevɔ kple akpedavɔ. Yehowa se eƒe gbedodoɖa eye wòna dɔvɔ̃ la nu tso.
And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings: and Solomon made an addition to the altar afterwards, for it was little at first. And the Lord listened to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
