1 Ihe E Mere 21
1 Ekwensu biliri megide Izrel, mgbe ọ kpaliri Devid ka ọ gụọ Izrel ọnụ.
Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number Israel.
2 Ya mere, Devid gwara Joab na ndịisi agha okwu sị, “Gaa gụọ ụmụ Izrel niile ọnụ, site na Bịasheba ruo Dan. Emesịa, bịa gwa m ihe ị gụtara ka m mata ole ọnụọgụgụ ha dị.”
And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people: “Go, and number Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan. And bring me the number, so that I may know it.”
3 Ma Joab zaghachiri, “Ka Onyenwe anyị mee ka ndị agha ya mụbaa, otu onye narị ụzọ karịa. Ma onyenwe m eze, ọ bụ na ndị a niile abụghị ndị nọ nʼokpuru ọchịchị onyenwe m? Nʼihi gịnị ka onyenwe m ji na-achọ ime ihe a? Nʼihi gịnị ka ọ ga-eji wetara Izrel ikpe ọmụma?”
And Joab responded: “May the Lord increase his people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all your servants? Why would my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?”
4 Ma okwu eze dị ike karịa nke Joab. Ya mere, Joab pụrụ gagharịa nʼIzrel niile, mechaa lọghachikwa na Jerusalem.
But the word of the king prevailed instead. And Joab went away, and he traveled around, through all of Israel. And he returned to Jerusalem.
5 Joab nyere Devid ngụkọta ọnụọgụgụ nke ndị agha Izrel niile. NʼIzrel niile, ha dị otu nde, na narị puku ndị ikom ndị tozuru iji mma agha buo agha, tinyekwara narị puku ndị ikom anọ na iri asaa nʼala Juda ndị na-amịpụta mma agha.
And he gave to David the number of those whom he had surveyed. And the entire number of Israel was found to be one million and one hundred thousand men who could draw the sword; but from Judah, there were four hundred and seventy thousand men of war.
6 Ma Joab agụnyeghị ndị Livayị, na ndị Benjamin nʼọnụọgụgụ ahụ, nʼihi na iwu eze amasịghị ya nʼobi nʼụzọ ọbụla.
But Levi and Benjamin he did not number. For Joab executed the orders of the king unwillingly.
7 Iwu banyere ọnụọgụgụ a adịghịkwa Chineke mma nʼanya. Ya mere, ọ tara ndị Izrel ahụhụ nʼihi ya.
Then God was displeased with what had been ordered, and so he struck Israel.
8 Mgbe ahụ, Devid sịrị Chineke, “Emehiela m nke ukwuu site nʼihe a m mere. Ma ugbu a, biko, arịọ m gị, wezuga ikpe ọmụma dịịrị ohu gị; nʼihi na emeela m ihe nzuzu dị ukwuu.”
And David said to God: “I have sinned exceedingly in doing this. I beg you take away the iniquity of your servant. For I have acted unwisely.”
9 Onyenwe anyị gwara Gad, onye ọhụ ụzọ Devid, sị,
And the Lord spoke to Gad, the seer of David, saying:
10 “Gaa gwa Devid, ‘Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu: Ụzọ ihe atọ ka m na-eche gị nʼihu. Họrọ otu nʼime ha nke m ga-eme ka ọ bịakwasị gị.’”
“Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus says the Lord: I give to you the option of three things. Choose the one that you will want, and I will do it to you.”
11 Ya mere Gad jekwuuru Devid sị ya, “Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, Họrọ nke dị gị mma.
And when Gad had gone to David, he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Choose what you will want:
12 Oke ụnwụ nke ga-adị afọ atọ, ka ọ bụ ọnwa atọ nke mkpochapụ nʼihu ndị iro unu, site na mma agha ha ga-eru unu ahụ, ka ọ bụ ụbọchị atọ nke mma agha Onyenwe anyị, bụ ajọ ọrịa na-efe efe ịda nʼala a, nke mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka ọ bịakwasị ala Izrel niile. Ugbu a, chee echiche, kpebie ọsịsa ị chọrọ ka m weghachiri onye ahụ zitere m.”
Either three years of famine, or three months for you to flee from your enemies, unable to escape from their sword, or three days for the sword of the Lord and a pestilence to turn within the land, with the Angel of the Lord killing in every part of Israel. Now therefore, see what I should respond to him who sent me.”
13 Devid sịrị Gad, “Anọ m nʼoke nsogbu. Ọ ka mma ka m daba nʼaka Onyenwe anyị karịa ịdaba nʼaka mmadụ. Nʼihi na obi ebere ya bara ụba nke ukwuu.”
And David said to Gad: “There are difficulties pressing upon me from every side. 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 Nʼihi ya, Onyenwe anyị zitere ajọ ọrịa na-efe efe nʼala Izrel, iri puku ndị ikom asaa dara nwụọ.
Therefore, the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell from Israel seventy thousand men.
15 Chineke zipụrụ mmụọ ozi ị ga bibie Jerusalem, ma dịka mmụọ ozi ahụ na-eme nke a, Onyenwe anyị hụrụ ya, o wutere ya nʼihi mbibi ahụ. Ọ sịrị mmụọ ozi ahụ nke na-ebibi ndị mmadụ, “O zuola! Seghachi aka gị.” Mgbe ahụ, mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị na-eguzo nʼebe ịzọcha ọka Arauna onye Jebus.
Also, he sent an Angel to Jerusalem, so that he might strike it. And while he was striking, the Lord saw and took pity over the magnitude of the harm. And he commanded the Angel who was striking: “It is enough. Now let your hand cease.” And the Angel of the Lord was standing beside the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 Mgbe Devid leliri anya elu hụ mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị ka o guzo nʼetiti mbara eluigwe na ụwa, hụkwa mma agha o ji, nke o chere ihu ya na Jerusalem, ya na ndị okenye Izrel yi akwa mkpe, dara nʼala kpuo ihu nʼala.
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 toward Jerusalem. And both he and those greater by birth, being clothed in haircloth, fell prone upon the ground.
17 Devid sịrị Chineke, “Ọ bụghị m nyere iwu ka a gụọ ndị tozuru ibu agha ọnụ? Ọ bụ mụ onwe m, mụ bụ onye ọzụzụ atụrụ, mehiere mee ajọ omume. Ma ndị a bụ naanị ụmụ atụrụ, gịnị kwanụ ka ha mere? Onyenwe anyị Chineke m, biko ekwela ka ọrịa a na-efe efe nọgide nʼahụ ndị gị, ka aka gị dịgide naanị nʼahụ m, dịgidekwa nʼahụ ndị ụlọ m.”
And David said to God: “Am I not the one who ordered that the people be numbered? It is I who sinned; it is I who did evil. This flock, what does it deserve? O Lord my God, I beg you to let your hand be turned against me and against the house of my father. But let not your people be struck down.”
18 Mgbe ahụ, mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị nyere Gad iwu ka ọ gwa Devid, ka ọ gaa wuore Onyenwe anyị ebe ịchụ aja nʼebe ịzọcha ọka Arauna, onye Jebus.
Then the Angel of the Lord instructed Gad to tell David that he should ascend and build an altar to the Lord God on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 Ya mere, Devid rubere isi gaa dịka okwu ahụ Gad kwuru nʼaha Onyenwe anyị.
Therefore, David ascended, in accord with the word of Gad, which he had spoken to him in the name of the Lord.
20 Mgbe Arauna nọ nʼebe ịzọcha ọka, ọ tụgharịrị hụ mmụọ ozi ahụ, ụmụ ya ndị ikom anọ ndị so ya guzo nʼebe ahụ zoro onwe ha.
Now when Ornan had looked up and seen the Angel, he and his four sons hid themselves. For at that time, he was threshing wheat upon the floor.
21 Mgbe Devid bịakwutere Arauna, Arauna weliri anya hụ ya, ọ hapụrụ ebe ịzọcha ọka ahụ, bịa kpọọ isiala nye Devid, kpudokwa ihu ya nʼala.
Then, as David was approaching Ornan, Ornan saw him, and he went out from the threshing floor to meet him. And he reverenced him prone on the ground.
22 Devid sịrị ya, “Nye m ebe a, bụ ala ebe ịzọcha ọka gị, ka m nwee ike wuore Onyenwe anyị ebe ịchụ aja, ka akwụsị ọrịa a na-efe efe dakwasịrị ndị mmadụ. Resi m ya nʼọnụ ahịa o ruru.”
And David said to him: “Give this place of your threshing floor to me, so that I may build an altar to the Lord upon it. And you shall accept from me as much money as it is worth, so that the plague may cease from the people.”
23 Ma Arauna zara sị Devid, “Were ya ka onyenwe m eze mee ihe ọbụla dị ya nʼobi. Aga m enye ehi maka iji chụọ aja nsure ọkụ, ihe nzọcha ọka niile ka ha bụrụ nkụ na ọka wiiti maka ịchụ aja mkpụrụ ọka. Aga m enye ha niile.”
But Ornan said to David: “Take it, and may my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Moreover, I give the oxen also as a holocaust, and the plow for wood, and the wheat for a sacrifice. I will offer all freely.”
24 Ma eze Devid zaghachiri Arauna, “ee, aghaghị m ịkwụzu gị ọnụahịa ya. Nʼihi na agaghị m ewere ihe bụ nke gị nye ya Onyenwe anyị, maọbụ chụọ aja nsure ọkụ nke na-agaghị efu m ihe ọbụla.”
And king David said to him: “By no means shall it be so. Instead, I will give money to you, as much as it is worth. For I must not take it from you, and thereby offer to the Lord holocausts that cost nothing.”
25 Ya mere, Devid kwụrụ Arauna narị shekel ọlaedo isii iji zụrụ ebe ahụ.
Therefore, David gave Ornan, for the place, the very just weight of six hundred shekels of gold.
26 Devid wuru ebe ịchụrụ Onyenwe anyị aja nʼebe ahụ, chụọkwa aja nsure ọkụ na aja udo. Ọ kpọkuru Onyenwe anyị, Onyenwe anyị zakwara ya, site nʼọkụ nke si nʼeluigwe daa nʼelu ebe ịchụ aja nke aja nsure ọkụ ahụ.
And he built an altar to the Lord there. And he offered holocausts and peace offerings, and he called upon the Lord. And he heeded him by sending fire from heaven upon the altar of the holocaust.
27 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị nyere mmụọ ozi ahụ iwu ka o tinyekwa mma agha ya nʼọbọ ya.
And the Lord instructed the Angel, and he turned his sword back into its sheath.
28 Mgbe Devid hụrụ na Onyenwe anyị azala ekpere ya nʼebe ịzọcha ọka nke Arauna onye Jebus, ọ chụkwara aja ọzọ nye Onyenwe anyị.
Then, seeing that the Lord had heeded him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, David immediately immolated victims there.
29 Ụlọ ikwu Onyenwe anyị na ebe ịchụ aja nke aja nsure ọkụ ahụ Mosis wuru nʼọzara dị nʼebe dị elu Gibiọn, nʼoge ahụ.
But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, were at that time on the high place of Gibeon.
30 Ma Devid ejerughị ebe ahụ ịjụta Chineke ase, nʼihi na ụjọ tụrụ ya mgbe ọ hụrụ mma agha ahụ dị nʼaka mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị.
And David was unable to go to the altar, so that he might pray to God there. For he had been struck with an exceedingly great fear, seeing the sword of the Angel of the Lord.
