2 Samoela 24

1 Nisolebotse am’ Israele indraike ty haviñera’ Iehovà, le nampitroboe’e amy nampanoeñe i Davide ty hoe: Akia, volilio ondaty e Israele naho e Iehodào.

And the anger of the Lord was again kindled against Israel, and stirred up David among them, saying: Go, number Israel and Juda.

2 Aa le hoe i mpanjakay am’ Ioabe mpifehe’ i valobohòkey, ie mpiama’ey: Akia henaneo, tsitsiho ze hene fifokoa’ Israele boake Dane pake Beere-sevà hamolily ondatio, hahafantarako ty ia’ ondatio.

And the king said to Joab the general of his army: Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Bersabee, and number ye the people that I may know the number of them.

3 Le hoe t’Ioabe amy mpanjakay, Ehe ho tovoña’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o in-jato ondatio, ndra t’ie fire-fire; vaho ho oni-pihainon-talèko mpanjaka; fa ino ty ifalean-talèko mpanjaka o raha zao?

And Joab said to the king: The Lord thy God increase thy people, and make them as many more as they are now, and again multiply them a hundredfold in the sight of my lord the king: but what meaneth my lord the king by this kind of thing?

4 Fe nandrekets’ Ioabe naho o mpiaolo’ i valobohòkeio ty saontsi’ i mpanjakay. Aa le niavotse añatrefa’ i mpanjakay t’Ioabe naho o mpiaolo’ i valobohòkeio, hamolily ondati’ Israeleo.

But the king’s words prevailed over the words of Joab, and of the captains of the army: and Joab, and the captains of the soldiers went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

5 Nitsake Iordaney iereo vaho nitobe e Aroere ao, ankavana’ i rova añivo’ i vavatane’ i Gade tandrife Iazerey;

And when they had passed the Jordan, they came to Aroer to the right side of the city, which is in the vale of Gad.

6 le niheo mb’e Gilade, naho mb’ an-tanen-Takime-kodsý, naho nivo­trake e Dane-jaane, naho niary mb’e Tsidone mb’eo,

And by Jazer they passed into Galaad, and to the lower land of Hodsi, and they came into the woodlands of Dan. And going about by Sidon,

7 naho niheo mb’amy rova aman-kijoli’ i Tsorey, naho mb’amo hene rova’ o nte-Kivìo naho o nte-Khanàneo naho nimb’ atimo’ Iehoda mb’e Beere-sevà mb’eo.

They passed near the walls of Tyre, and all the land of the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and they came to the south of Juda into Bersabee:

8 Aa le nimb’eo mb’eo amy tane iabiy iereo vaho nivo­trake e Ierosalaime ao, ie nahamodo sive volañe mitovoñ’ andro roa-polo.

And having gone through the whole land, after nine months and twenty days, they came to Jerusalem.

9 Natolo’ Ioabe amy mpanjakay i iake namoliliañe do’ey, le valo hetse t’in­daty manjofake, mpitàm-pibara e Israele ao, le lime-hetse ty lahilahi’ Iehoda.

And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people to the king, and there were found of Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword: and of Juda five hundred thousand fighting men.

10 Aa ie fa nañiake ondatio t’i Davide le namofok’ aze ty arofo’e. Le hoe t’i Davide amy Iehovà; ra’elahy ty hakeoko amy nanoekoy; fe amy zao ry Iehovà, miambane ama’o, apoho ty tahi’ o mpitoro’oo amy hagegeañe nanoekoy.

But David’s heart struck him, after the people were numbered: and David said to the Lord: I have sinned very much in what I have done: but I pray thee, O Lord, to take away the iniquity of thy servant, because I have done exceeding foolishly.

11 Ie nitroatse maraindray t’i Davide le niheo amy Gade mpitoky, i mpitoki’ i Davidey, ty tsara’ Iehovà nanao ty hoe:

And David arose in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to Gad the prophet and the seer of David, saying:

12 Akia saontsio Amy Davide: Inao ty tsara’ Iehovà: Hitolorako telo; joboño ty hanoako.

Go, and say to David: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee thy choice of three things, choose one of them which thou wilt, that I may do it to thee.

13 Aa le nimb’ amy Davide mb’eo t’i Gade le nanoa’e ty hoe: Hivo­traha’ ty san-kerè fito taoñe an-tane’o ao? hera hitriban-day telo volan-drehe añatrefan-drafelahi’o mañoridañe azo? ke ho telo andro an-tane’o ao ty angorosy? Mivetse­vetsea, vaho itsa­koreo ty vale’e habaliko amy nañirak’ ahiy.

And when Gad was come to David, he told him, saying: Either seven years of famine shall come to thee in thy land: or thou shalt flee three months before thy adversaries, and they shall pursue thee: or for three days there shall be a pestilence in thy land. Now therefore deliberate, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

14 Aa le hoe t’i Davide amy Gade, vata’e ampoheke iraho; hamake hihotrak’ am-pità’ Iehovà tika henaneo; fa ra’elahy ty fifere­naiña’e; le ko anga’o hikorovok’ am-pitá’ ondaty.

And David said to Gad: I am in a great strait: but it is better that I should fall into the hands of the Lord (for his mercies are many) than into the hands of men.

15 Aa le nirahe’ Iehovà am’ Israele mifototse amy maraiñey am-para’ i namantañañey ty angorosy; le fito-ale t’indaty nihomake boake Dane pake Beere-sevà añe.

And the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning unto the time appointed, and there died of the people from Dan to Bersabee seventy thousand men.

16 Aa ie nañity fitañe mb’e Ierosalaime mb’eo hamongora’e aze, i anjeliy, le najihe’ Iehovà i hankàñey, vaho nanoe’e ty hoe amy anjely nanjamañe ondatioy, Soa izay, ajihero ty fità’o. Ie amy izay tan-toem-pifofoha’ i Araonà nte-Iebose i anjeli’ Iehovày.

And when the angel of the Lord had stretched out his hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord had pity on the affliction, and said to the angel that slew the people: It is enough: now hold thy hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the thrashingfloor of Areuna the Jebusite.

17 Le hoe t’i Davide am’ Iehovà, ie nahaoniñe i anjely nampibaibay ondatioy: Toe nanao hakeo iraho, izaho ty nanao i hamengohañey; fa o añondry retoañe, ino ty nanoe’ iereo? Mihalaly ama’o, lonik’ abey te ho amako naho añ’ anjomban-draeko ty fità’o.

And David said to the Lord, when he saw the angel striking the people: It is I; I am he that have sinned, I have done wickedly: these that are the sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I beseech thee, be turned against me, and against my father’s house.

18 Aa le niheo mb’amy Davide mb’eo amy àndroy t’i Gade, nanao ty hoe ama’e, ampitroaro kitrely an-toem-pifofoha’ i Araonà nte-Iebose eo t’Iehovà.

And Gad came to David that day, and said: Go up, and build an altar to the Lord in the thrashingfloor of Areuna the Jebusite.

19 Aa le nionjoñe mb’eo t’i Davide amy tsara’ Iehovà tinaro’ i Gadey.

And David went up according to the word of Gad which the Lord had commanded him.

20 Ie niandra t’i Araonà le nahaisake i mpanjakay naho o mpitoro’eo nimb’ama’e mb’eo, naho niavotse mb’eo t’i Araonà nibokobokok’ amy mpanjakay, niatre-tane ty lahara’e,

And Areuna looked, and saw the king and his servants coming towards him:

21 vaho hoe t’i Araona, Akore te nivo­trak’ amy mpitoro’ey ty talèko mpanjaka? Le hoe t’i Davide: Ty hikalo ama’o ty toem-pifofoha’o, handranjia’ay kitrely amy Iehovà, hampijihetse i angorosiy am’ondatio.

An going out he worshipped the king, bowing with his face to the earth, and said: Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? Arid David said to him: To buy the thrashingfloor of thee, and build an altar to the Lord, that the plague, which rageth among the people, may cease.

22 Le hoe t’i Araona amy Davide, Ee te ho rambese’ i talèko mpanjakay ze atao’e mahasoa ho enga’e; ingo o añombe hisoroñañeo naho o haraom-pamofohañeo vaho o jokan’ añombeo ho hatae’e.

And Areuna said to David: Let my lord the king take, and offer, as it seemeth good to him: thou hast here oxen for a holocaust, and the wain, and the yokes of the oxen for wood.

23 Ie iaby zao ty atolo’ i Araona amy mpanjakay. Natovo’ i Araona amy mpanjakay ty hoe, Ee t’ie ho no’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o.

All these things Areuna as a king gave to the king: and Areuna said to the king: The Lord thy God receive thy vow.

24 Fe hoe i mpanjakay amy Araona, Aiy; tsy mete tsy hikaloako ami’ ty vili’e. Mbore tsy ho soroñeko am’ Iehovà Andrianañahareko ty tsy amam-bily. Aa le kinalo’ i Davide ami’ty sekele limam-polo i toem-pifofohañey naho o añombeo;

And the king answered him, and said: Nay, but I will buy it of thee at a price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God holocausts free cost. So David bought the floor, and the oxen, for fifty sicles of silver:

25 teo ty nandranjia’ i Davide kitrely am’ Iehovà, le nisoroñe engan-koroañe naho engam-panintsiñañe. Izay ty nisolohoañe amy Iehovà i taney, nampijihetse i angorosiy am’Israele.

And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered holocausts and peace offerings: and the Lord became merciful to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.