2 Samweli 24
1 Kisha hasira ya Yahwe ikawaka dhidi ya Israeli, naye akamchochea Daudi kinyume chao kusema, “Nenda, ukawahesabu Israeli na Yuda.”
Again the LORD’s anger burnt against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”
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.”
The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the sum of the people.”
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?
Joab said to the king, “Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this 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.
Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.
5 Wakavuka Yordani na kupiga kambi karibu na Aroeri, kusini mwa mji bondeni. Kisha wakasafiri kupitia Gadi mpaka Yazeri.
They passed over the Jordan and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer;
6 Wakaja Gileadi na nchi ya Tahtimu Hodshi, kisha Dani, Jaani na karibu kuelekea Sidoni.
then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon,
7 Wakafika ngome ya Tiro na miji yote ya Wahivi na Wakanaani. Kisha wakaenda Negebu katika Yuda huko Beersheba.
and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba.
8 Walipokuwa wamepita katika nchi yote, wakarejea Yerusalemu mwishoni mwa miezi tisa na siku ishirini.
So when they had gone back and forth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
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.
Joab gave up the sum of the counting of the people to the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand 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.”
David’s heart struck him after he had counted the people. David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in that which I have done. But now, the LORD, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.”
11 Daudi alipoinuka asubuhi, neno la Yahwe likamjia nabii Gadi, mwonaji wa Daudi, kusema,
When David rose up in the morning, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
12 Nenda umwambie Daudi; 'Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe: “Ninakupa mambo matatu. Uchague mojawapo.”
“Go and speak to David, ‘The LORD says, “I offer you three things. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.”’”
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.”
So Gad came to David, and told him, saying, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who 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.”
David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into the LORD’s hand, for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into man’s hand.”
15 Hivyo akatuma tauni juu ya Israeli kuanzia asubuhi kwa muda ulioamriwa, na watu sabini na tano elfu kutoka Dani mpaka Beersheba wakafa.
So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and seventy thousand men died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba.
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.
When the angel stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” The LORD’s angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah 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!”
David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be 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.”
Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19 Hivyo Daudi akakwea kama Gadi alivyomwelekeza kufanya, kama Yahwe alivyokuwa ameagiza.
David went up according to the saying of Gad, as the LORD commanded.
20 Arauna akatazama na kumwona mfalme na watumishi wake wakikaribia. Ndipo Arauna akaondoka na kumsujudia mfalme uso wake mpaka juu ya ardhi.
Araunah looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on towards him. Then Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
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.”
Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy your threshing floor, to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people.”
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.
Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, the cattle for the burnt offering, and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.
23 Haya yote bwana wangu mfalme, mimi Arauna nakupa.” Kisha akamwambia mfalme, “Yahwe Mungu wako na awe nawe.”
All this, O king, does Araunah give to the king.” Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
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.
The king said to Araunah, “No, but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels 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.
David built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.
