2 Samweli 24
1 Kisha hasira ya Yahwe ikawaka dhidi ya Israeli, naye akamchochea Daudi kinyume chao kusema, “Nenda, ukawahesabu Israeli na Yuda.”
And the anger of the Lord was again kindled against Israel, and stirred up David among them, saying: Go, number Israel and Juda.
2 Mfalme akamwambia Yoabu, jemedari wa jeshi, aliyekuwa pamoja naye, “Nenda upite katika kabila zote za Israeli, toka Dani mpaka Beersheba, uwahesabu watu wote, ili niweze kujua idadi kamili ya watu wanaofaa kwa vita.”
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 Yoabu akamwambia mfalme, “Yahwe Mungu wako na aizidishe hesabu ya watu mara mia, na macho ya bwana wangu mfalme yaone ikifanyika. Lakini kwa nini bwana wangu mfalme analitaka jambo hili?
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 Walakini neno la mfalme lilikuwa la mwisho dhidi ya Yoabu na dhidhi ya majemedari wa jeshi. Hivyo Yoabu na majemedari wakatoka mbele ya mfalme kuwahesabu watu wa Israeli.
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 Wakavuka Yordani na kupiga kambi karibu na Aroeri, kusini mwa mji bondeni. Kisha wakasafiri kupitia Gadi mpaka Yazeri.
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 Wakaja Gileadi na nchi ya Tahtimu Hodshi, kisha Dani, Jaani na karibu kuelekea Sidoni.
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 Wakafika ngome ya Tiro na miji yote ya Wahivi na Wakanaani. Kisha wakaenda Negebu katika Yuda huko Beersheba.
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 Walipokuwa wamepita katika nchi yote, wakarejea Yerusalemu mwishoni mwa miezi tisa na siku ishirini.
And having gone through the whole land, after nine months and twenty days, they came to Jerusalem.
9 Ndipo Yoabu alipotoa taarifa ya hesabu kamili kwa mfalme kuhusu watu wawezao kupigana vita. Katika Israeli kulikuwa na watu 800, 000 jasiri wawezao kutoa upanga, na wale wa Yuda walikuwa watu 500, 000.
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 Ndipo moyo wa Daudi ukamchoma alipokuwa amewahesabu watu. Hivyo akamwambia Yahwe, “Kwa kufanya hivi nimetenda dhambi sana. Sasa, Yahwe, uiondoe hatia ya mtumishi wako, kwani nimetenda kwa upumbavu.”
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 Daudi alipoinuka asubuhi, neno la Yahwe likamjia nabii Gadi, mwonaji wa Daudi, kusema,
And David arose in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to Gad the prophet and the seer of David, saying:
12 Nenda umwambie Daudi; 'Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe: “Ninakupa mambo matatu. Uchague mojawapo.”
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 Hivyo Gadi akaenda kwa Daudi na kumwambia, “Je miaka mitatu ya njaa ije katika nchi yako? au miezi mitatu ukimbie kutoka kwa adui zako huku wakikufuatia? au kuwe na tauni ya siku tatu katika nchi yako? Amua sasa jibu gani nimrudishie aliyenituma.”
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 Ndipo Daudi alipomwambia Gadi, “Nipo katika shida kubwa. Haya na tuanguke katika mikono ya Yahwe kuliko kuanguka katika mikono ya mwanadamu, kwani matendo yake ya rehema ni makuu sana.”
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 Hivyo akatuma tauni juu ya Israeli kuanzia asubuhi kwa muda ulioamriwa, na watu sabini na tano elfu kutoka Dani mpaka Beersheba wakafa.
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 Malaika aliponyosha mkono wake kuelekea Yerusalemu ili kuuharibu, Yahwe akabadili nia yake kuhusu madhara, na akamwambia malaika aliyekuwa tiyari kuwaangamiza watu, “Yatosha! Rudisha mkono wako sasa.” Wakati huo malaika wa Yahwe alikuwa amesimama katika kiwanja cha kupuria cha Arauna Myebusi.
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 Daudi alipomwona malaika aliyekuwa amewapiga watu, akamwambia Yahwe kusema, “Nimetenda dhambi, na nimetenda kwa upumbavu. Lakini kondoo hawa, wamefanya nini? Tafadhari, mkono wako na uniadhibu mimi na familia ya baba yangu!”
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 Kisha Gadi akaja siku hiyo kwa Daudi na kumwambia, “Kwea na ujenge madhabahu kwa ajili ya Yahwe katika kiwanja cha kupuria cha Arauna Myebusi.”
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 Hivyo Daudi akakwea kama Gadi alivyomwelekeza kufanya, kama Yahwe alivyokuwa ameagiza.
And David went up according to the word of Gad which the Lord had commanded him.
20 Arauna akatazama na kumwona mfalme na watumishi wake wakikaribia. Ndipo Arauna akaondoka na kumsujudia mfalme uso wake mpaka juu ya ardhi.
And Areuna looked, and saw the king and his servants coming towards him:
21 Kisha Arauna akasema, “Kwa nini bwana wangu mfalme amekuja kwangu, mtumishi wake? Daudi akajibu, “Kununua uwanja wako wa kupuria, ili nimjengee Yahwe madhabahu, ili kwamba tauni iondolewe kwa watu.”
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 Arauna akamwambia Daudi, “Chukua liwe lako, bwana wangu mfalme. Ulifanyie lolote lolote lililojema machoni pako. Tazama, ng'ombe kwa ajili ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa na miganda ya kupuria na nira kwa kuni.
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 Haya yote bwana wangu mfalme, mimi Arauna nakupa.” Kisha akamwambia mfalme, “Yahwe Mungu wako na awe nawe.”
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 Mfalme akamwambia Arauna, “Hapana, nahimiza kukinunua kwa thamani yake. Sitatoa kama sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa Yahwe chochote nisichokigharimia.” Hivyo Daudi akakinunua kiwanja cha kupuria na ng'ombe kwa shekeli hamsini za fedha.
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 Daudi akajenga madhabahu kwa Yahwe pale na kutoa juu yake sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani. Hivyo wakamsihi Yahwe kwa niaba ya nchi, hivyo akaizuia tauni katika katika Israeli yote.
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.
