1 Nyakati 21
1 Adui akainuka dhidi ya Israeli na kumchochea Daudi kuhesabu Israeli.
And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel,
2 Daudi akamwabia Yoabu na kwa wakuu wa Jeshi, “Nenda, wahesabu watu wa Israeli kutoka Beerisheba mpaka Dani na uniletee taarifa, ilinijue idadi yao.”
And David saith unto Joab, and unto the heads of the people, 'Go, number Israel from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, and bring unto me, and I know their number.'
3 Yoabu akasema, “Yahweh na afanya jeshi lake mara mia zaidi ya lilivyo. Lakini bwana wangu mfalme, kwani wote hawamtumikii bwana wangu? kwa nini bwana wangu anataka hili? Kwa nini ulete hatia kwa Israeli?”
And Joab saith, 'Jehovah doth add to His people as they are a hundred times; are they not, my lord, O king, all of them to my lord for servants? why doth my lord seek this? why is he for a cause of guilt to Israel?'
4 Lakini neno la mfalme halikubadilika kwa Yoabu. Hivyo Yoabu akaondoka na kwenda Israeli yote. Kisha akarudi Yerusalemu.
And the word of the king [is] severe against Joab, and Joab goeth out, and goeth up and down in all Israel, and cometh in to Jerusalem.
5 Yoabu akatoa taarifa ya idadi ya jumla ya wanaume wa mapambano kwa Daudi. Kulikuwa ndani ya Israeli wanaume 1, 100, 000 walio beba upanga. Yuda peke yake kulikuwa na wanajeshi 470, 000.
And Joab giveth the account of the numbering of the people unto David, and all Israel is a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand, each drawing sword, and Judah [is] four hundred and seventy thousand, each drawing sword.
6 Lakini Levi na Benjamini hawaku hesabiwa miongoni mwao, kwa kuwa amri ya mfalme ilimuudhi Yoabu.
And Levi and Benjamin he hath not numbered in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.
7 Mungu alikwazika na hili tendo, akashambulia Israeli.
And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He smiteth Israel,
8 Daudi akamwambia Mungu, “Nimetenda dhambi kubwa kwa kufanya hili. Sasa chukua hatia ya mtumishi wako, nimetenda kwa ujinga sana.”
and David saith unto God, 'I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done this thing; and now, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'
9 Yahweh akamwambia Gadi, nabii wa Daudi,
And Jehovah speaketh unto Gad, seer of David, saying:
10 “Nenda useme kwa Daudi, “Hili ndilo Yahweh anasema: Ninakupa maamuzi matatu. Chagua moja wapo.”
'Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Three — I am stretching out unto thee; choose for thee one of these, and I do [it] to thee.'
11 Hivyo Gadi akaenda kwa Daudi na kusema, “Yahweh anasema hivi, 'Chagua moja ya haya:
And Gad cometh in unto David, and saith to him, 'Thus said Jehovah, Take for thee —
12 kati ya miaka mitatu ya ukame, miezi mitatu unakimbizwa na adui zako na kupatwa na upanga wao, au siku tatu za upanga wa Yahweh, yani, pigo katika nchi, malaika wa Yahweh akiharibu nchi yote ya Israeli.' Hivyo sasa, amua jibu gani ni mpelekee yeye aliye nituma.”
either for three years — famine, or three months to be consumed from the face of thine adversaries, even the sword of thine enemies to overtake, or three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and a messenger of Jehovah destroying in all the border of Israel; and now, see; what word do I return to Him who is sending me?'
13 Kisha Daudi akamwambia Gadi, “Nipo katika shida kubwa sana. Acha nianguke katika mikono ya Yahweh kuliko kuangukia mikono ya mwanadamu, sababu matendo yake ya rehema ni makubwa mno.”
And David saith unto Gad, 'I am greatly distressed, let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for very many [are] His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'
14 Hivyo Yahweh akatuma pigo Israeli, na watu elfu sabini wakafa.
And Jehovah giveth a pestilence in Israel, and there fall of Israel seventy thousand men,
15 Mungu akatuma malaika Yerusalemu kuiharibu. Wakati alipo taka kuiharibu, Yahweh akatazama na kubadili nia yake kuhusu shambulio. Akasema kwa malaika wa uharibifu, “Imetosha! Rudisha mkono wako.” Wakati huo malaika wa Yahweh alikua amesimama eneo la kupeta la Orinani Myebusi.
and God sendeth a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he is destroying Jehovah hath seen, and is comforted concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who [is] destroying, 'Enough, now, cease thy hand.' And the messenger of Jehovah is standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,
16 Daudi akatazama juu na kuona malaika wa Yahweh amesimama kati ya nchi na mbingu, akiwa na upanga mkonono mwake akiuelekeza Yerusalemu. Kisha Daudi na wazee, wakiwa wamevaa magunia, wakalala chini uso ukiwa kwenye ardhi.
and David lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, and David falleth, and the elders, covered with sackcloth, on their faces.
17 Daudi akamwambia Mungu, “Sio mimi niliye amuru jeshi kuhesabiwa? Nimefanya hichi kitu kiovu. Lakini hawa kondoo, wamefanya nini? Yahweh Mungu wangu! Acha mkono wako unipige mimi na familia yangu, lakini usiache pigo iliendelee kubaki kwa watu wako.”
And David saith unto God, 'Did not I — I say to number the people? Yea, I it [is] who have sinned, and done great evil: and these, the flock, what did they? O Jehovah, my God, let, I pray Thee, Thy hand be on me, and on the house of my father, and not on Thy people — to be plagued.'
18 Hivyo malaika wa Yahweh akamuamuru Gadi kusema kwa Daudi, kwamba Daudi aende juu na kujenga madhabahu ya Yahweh katika eneo la kupeta la Oranani Myebusi.
And the messenger of Jehovah spake unto Gad, saying for David, 'Surely David doth go up to raise an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.'
19 Daudi akaenda kama Gadi alivyo muelekeza cha kufanya kwa jina la Yahweh.
And David goeth up by the word of Gad, that he spake in the name of Jehovah.
20 Wakati Orinani akipepeta ngano, aligeuka na kumuona malaika. Yeye na wana wake wanne wakajificha.
And Ornan turneth back, and seeth the messenger, and his four sons [are] with him, hiding themselves, and Ornan is threshing wheat.
21 Wakati Daudi alipo kuja kwa Orinani, Orinani akatazama na kumuona Daudi. Aliacha eneo la kupeta na akamuinamia Daudi uso wake ukiwa kwenye ardhi.
And David cometh in unto Ornan, and Ornan looketh attentively, and seeth David, and goeth out from the threshing-floor, and boweth himself to David — face to the earth.
22 Kisha Daudi akasema kwa Orinani, “Niuzie hili eneo la kupeta, iliniweze kumjenga Yahweh madhabahu. Nitalipa gharama yote, ili pigo liondolewe kwa watu.”
And David saith unto Ornan, 'Give to me the place of the threshing-floor, and I build in it an altar to Jehovah; for full silver give it to me, and the plague is restrained from the people.'
23 Orinani wakwambia Daudi, “Chukuwa kama lako, bwana wangu mfalme. Fanya nalo linalo kupendeza. Tazama, nitakupa ng'ombe kwa sadaka ya kuteketeza, vifaa vya kupeta kwa ajili ya mbao, na ngano kwa sadaka ya mbegu; nitakupa yote wewe.”
And Ornan saith unto David, 'Take to thee — and my lord the king doth 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; the whole I have given.'
24 Mfalme Daudi akamwambia Orinani, “Hapana, nina sisitiza kununua kwa bei yote. Sitachukua kilicho chako na kutoa kama sadaka ya kuteketeza kwa Yahweh kama haitanighramu chochote.”
And king David saith to Ornan, 'Nay, for I surely buy for full silver; for I do not lift up that which is thine to Jehovah, so as to offer a burnt-offering without cost.'
25 Hivyo Daudi akalipa shekeli mia sita ya dhahabu kwa hilo eneo.
And David giveth to Ornan for the place shekels of gold [in] weight six hundred;
26 Daudi akajenga madhabahu ya Yahweh pale na kutoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za ushirika. Akamuita Yahweh, aliye mjibu kwa moto kutoka mbinguni kwenye madhabahu ya sadaka za kuteketezwa.
and David buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and offereth burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and calleth unto Jehovah, and He answereth him with fire from the heavens on the altar of the burnt-offering.
27 Kisha Yahweh akampa agizo malaika, na malaika akarudisha upanga kwenye mfuko wake.
And Jehovah saith to the messenger, and he turneth back his sword unto its sheath.
28 Daudi alipo ona kuwa Yahweh amemjibu kwenye eneo la kupeta la Orinani Myebusi, alitoa dhabihu pale pale kwa wakati huo.
At that time when David seeth that Jehovah hath answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificeth there;
29 Sasa kwa wakati huo, hema la kuabudia la Yahweh, ambalo Musa alilitengeneza nyikani, na madhabahu ya sadaka za kuteketezwa, zilikuwa sehemu ya juu huko Gibeoni.
and the tabernacle of Jehovah that Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, [are] at that time in a high place, in Gibeon;
30 Walakini, Daudi hakuweza kwenda huko kumuliza Mungu muelekeo, kwa kuwa alikuwa anaogopa upanga wa malaika wa Yahweh.
and David is not able to go before it to seek God, for he hath been afraid because of the sword of the messenger of Jehovah.
