1 Maũndũ 21
1 Na rĩrĩ, Shaitani nĩookĩrĩire andũ a Isiraeli, na akĩarahũra Daudi nĩguo atarithie andũ a Isiraeli.
And Satan rose up against Israel: and moved David to number Israel.
2 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi akĩĩra Joabu na anene a mbũtũ cia ita atĩrĩ: “Thiĩi mũgatare andũ a Isiraeli kuuma Birishiba nginya Dani, mũcooke mũndehere ũhoro nĩguo menye ũrĩa maigana.”
And David said to Joab, and to the rulers of the people: Go, and number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring me the number of them that I may know it.
3 Nowe Joabu akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Jehova aroingĩhia mbũtũ ciake cia ita maita igana. Mwathi wakwa mũthamaki, githĩ othe matirĩ watho-inĩ waku? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma mwathi wakwa ende gwĩka ũguo? Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma ahĩtithie Isiraeli?”
And Joab answered: The Lord make his people a hundred times more than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all thy servants: why doth my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?
4 No rĩrĩ, mũthamaki agĩkararia Joabu; nĩ ũndũ ũcio Joabu akiuma hau agĩthiĩ Isiraeli guothe, na agĩcooka Jerusalemu.
But the king’s word rather prevailed: and Joab departed, and went through all Israel: and returned to Jerusalem.
5 Joabu akĩmenyithia Daudi mũigana wa andũ arĩa maangĩarũire mbaara ta ũũ: Isiraeli guothe kwarĩ na andũ 1,100,000 arĩa maangĩahotire kũhũthĩra rũhiũ rwa njora, thĩinĩ wao haarĩ na andũ 470,000 kuuma Juda.
And he gave David the number of them, whom he had surveyed: and all the number of Israel was found to be eleven hundred thousand men that drew the sword: and of Juda four hundred and seventy thousand fighting men.
6 No rĩrĩ, Joabu ndaatarire andũ a Lawi na a Benjamini, tondũ watho ũcio wa mũthamaki nĩwamũiguithĩtie ũũru mũno.
But Levi and Benjamin he did not number: for Joab unwillingly executed the king’s orders.
7 O na ningĩ watho ũcio warĩ mũũru maitho-inĩ ma Ngai; nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩherithia Isiraeli.
And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded: and he struck Israel.
8 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Daudi akĩĩra Ngai atĩrĩ, “Nĩnjĩhĩtie mũno nĩ gwĩka ũndũ ũyũ. Rĩu ndagũthaitha ũnjehererie mahĩtia, niĩ ndungata yaku. Nĩnjĩkĩte ũndũ wa ũrimũ mũno.”
And David said to God: I have sinned exceedingly in doing this: I beseech thee take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done foolishly.
9 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Gadi ũrĩa woonagĩra Daudi maũndũ atĩrĩ,
And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying:
10 “Thiĩ ũkeere Daudi ũũ, ‘Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Ũrĩ na maũndũ matatũ ma gũthuura. Nowe ũthuure ũmwe wamo ũrĩa ngũkũherithia naguo.’”
Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee the choice of three things: choose one which thou wilt, and I will do it to thee.
11 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Gadi agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Daudi, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Jehova ekuuga ũũ: ‘Thuura ũndũ ũmwe wa maya:
And when Gad was come to David, he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: choose which thou wilt:
12 Ũthuure mĩaka ĩtatũ ya ngʼaragu, kana mĩeri ĩtatũ ya kũniinwo nĩ thũ ciaku igũthingatĩte na hiũ ciao cia njora, kana mĩthenya ĩtatũ ya rũhiũ rwa njora rwa Jehova, naguo nĩ atĩ kũgĩe na mĩthenya ya mũthiro bũrũri-inĩ, rĩrĩa mũraika wa Jehova akaaniinana Isiraeli guothe.’ Na rĩrĩ, tua itua ũnjĩĩre ũrĩa ngũthiĩ gũcookeria ũrĩa ũndũmĩte.”
Either three years’ famine: or three months to flee from thy enemies, and not to be able to escape their sword: or three days to have the sword of the Lord, and pestilence in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying in all the coasts of Israel: now therefore see what I shall answer him who sent me.
13 Daudi akĩĩra Gadi atĩrĩ, “Rĩu niĩ ndĩ na thĩĩna mũno. Nĩ kaba niĩ ngwe moko-inĩ ma Jehova, tondũ tha ciake nĩ nyingĩ mũno; no ndũkareke ngwe moko-inĩ ma andũ.”
And David said to Gad: I am on every side in a great strait: but it is better for me to fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are many, than into the hands of men.
14 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova akĩrehera Isiraeli mũthiro, na andũ a Isiraeli 70,000 magĩkua.
So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15 Nake Ngai agĩtũma mũraika akanange Jerusalemu. No rĩrĩa mũraika ekaga ũguo-rĩ, Jehova akĩona ũndũ ũcio na akĩigua kĩeha nĩ ũndũ wa kĩnyariirĩko kĩu, nake akĩĩra mũraika ũcio wanangaga andũ atĩrĩ, “Tigĩra hau! Eheria guoko gwaku.” Hĩndĩ ĩyo mũraika ũcio wa Jehova aarũgamĩte kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano kĩa Arauna ũrĩa Mũjebusi.
And he sent an angel to Jerusalem, to strike it: and as he was striking it, the Lord beheld, and took pity for the greatness of the evil: and said to the angel that destroyed: It is enough, now stop thy hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the thrashing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 Nake Daudi akĩrora igũrũ akĩona mũraika wa Jehova arũngiĩ gatagatĩ ka igũrũ na thĩ acomorete rũhiũ rwa njora, arũnyiitĩte na guoko gwake gũtambũrũkĩirio Jerusalemu. Nake Daudi na athuuri, mehumbĩte nguo cia makũnia, makĩgũa magĩturumithia mothiũ mao thĩ.
And David lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand, turned against Jerusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat on the ground.
17 Daudi akĩũria Ngai atĩrĩ, “Githĩ ti niĩ ndaathanire atĩ arũi a mbaara matarwo? Niĩ nĩ niĩ njĩhĩtie o na ngeeka ũũru. Andũ aya matariĩ o ta ngʼondu. Nĩ atĩa mekĩte? Wee Jehova Ngai wakwa, reke guoko gwaku kũnjũkĩrĩre niĩ na nyũmba yakwa, no rĩrĩ, ndũkareke mũthiro ũyũ ũikare na andũ aku.”
And David said to God: Am not I he that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned: it is I that have done the evil: but as for this flock, what hath it deserved? O Lord my God, let thy hand be turned, I beseech thee, upon me, and upon my father’s house: and let not thy people be destroyed.
18 Nake mũraika wa Jehova agĩatha Gadi eere Daudi aambate athiĩ agaakĩre Jehova kĩgongona o kũu kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano kĩa Arauna ũrĩa Mũjebusi.
And the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to tell David, to go up, and build an altar to the Lord God in the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi akĩambata agĩathĩkĩra kiugo kĩu Gadi aarĩtie thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova.
And David went up, according to the word of Gad, which he spoke to him in the name of the Lord.
20 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Arauna aakonyoraga ngano-rĩ, akĩĩhũgũra akĩona mũraika ũcio; nao ariũ ake ana arĩa maarĩ nake makĩĩhitha.
Now when Ornan looked up, and saw the angel, he and his four sons hid themselves: for at that time he was thrashing wheat in the floor.
21 Nake Daudi agĩkuhĩrĩria, na rĩrĩa Arauna aarorire akĩmuona, akiuma kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano, akĩinamĩrĩria mũtwe wake mbere ya Daudi, na agĩturumithia ũthiũ thĩ.
And as David was coming to Ornan, Ornan saw him, and went out of the thrashingfloor to meet him, and bowed down to him with his face to the ground.
22 Daudi akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Njĩtĩkĩria njakĩre Jehova kĩgongona haha kĩhuhĩro-inĩ gĩkĩ gĩaku kĩa ngano, nĩguo mũthiro ũyũ ũkorete andũ ũthire. Nyenderia o ũrĩa thogora wakĩo ũigana.”
And David said to him: Give me this place of thy thrashingfloor, that I may build therein an altar to the Lord: but thou shalt take of me as much money as it is worth, that the plague may cease from the people.
23 Arauna akĩĩra Daudi atĩrĩ, “Kĩoe! Reke mũthamaki mwathi wakwa eeke ũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩmũkenia. Na rĩrĩ, nĩngũkũhe ndegwa ici irutwo igongona rĩa njino, ihũũri ici cia ngano ituĩke ngũ, ngano nayo ĩtuĩke ya igongona rĩa mũtu. Icio ciothe nĩngũkũhe.”
And Ornan said to David: Take it, and let my lord the king do all that pleaseth him: and moreover the oxen also I give for a holocaust, and the drays for wood, and the wheat for the sacrifice: I will give it all willingly.
24 Nowe Mũthamaki Daudi agĩcookeria Arauna atĩrĩ, “Aca, no nginya ndĩhe thogora wakĩo ũrĩa ũigana. Ndingĩrutĩra Jehova kĩndũ gĩaku, kana ndute igongona rĩa njino na kĩndũ kĩrĩa itarutĩire thogora.”
And king David said to him: It shall not be so, but I will give thee money as much as it is worth: for I must not take it from thee, and so offer to the Lord holocausts free cost.
25 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Daudi akĩrĩha Arauna cekeri magana matandatũ cia thahabu nĩ ũndũ wa handũ hau.
So David gave to Ornan for the place, six hundred sicles of gold of just weight.
26 Daudi agĩakĩra Jehova kĩgongona handũ hau, na akĩruta maruta ma njino na maruta ma ũiguano. Agĩkaĩra Jehova, nake Jehova akĩmwĩtĩka na njĩra ya mwaki uumĩte igũrũ, ũgĩakana kĩgongona-inĩ kĩu kĩa maruta ma njino.
And he built there an altar to the Lord: and he offered holocausts, and peace offerings, and he called upon the Lord, and he heard him by sending Are from heaven upon the altar of the holocaust.
27 Ningĩ Jehova akĩarĩria mũraika ũcio nake agĩcookia rũhiũ rwake njora.
And the Lord commanded the angel: and he put up his sword again into the sheath.
28 Hĩndĩ ĩyo, rĩrĩa Daudi onire atĩ Ngai nĩamũiguĩte arĩ kũu kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano kĩa Arauna ũcio Mũjebusi-rĩ, akĩrutĩra magongona hau.
And David seeing that the Lord had heard him in the thrashingfloor of Oman the Jebusite, forthwith offered victims there.
29 Hema ya Jehova ĩrĩa nyamũre ĩrĩa Musa aathondekeire werũ-inĩ, na kĩgongona kĩa maruta ma njino, hĩndĩ ĩyo ciarĩ harĩa hatũũgĩru o kũu Gibeoni.
But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, was at that time in the high place of Gabaon.
30 No rĩrĩ, Daudi ndangĩathiire mbere yakĩo gũtuĩria ũhoro harĩ Ngai tondũ nĩetigagĩra rũhiũ rwa njora rwa mũraika ũcio wa Jehova.
And David could not go to the altar there to pray to God: for he was seized with an exceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the angel of the Lord.
